March 11, 2006	Saturday	Safar 10, 1427

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KARACHI: High court acquits doctor brothers KARACHI, March 10: An anti-terrorism appellate bench of the Sindh High Court accepted on Friday an appeal filed by Doctors Akmal Waheed and Arshad Waheed against their conviction and sentences by an anti-terrorism court of Karachi....		KARACHI: Detained under MPO KARACHI, March 10: The jail authorities on Friday refused to release Dr Akmal Waheed and Dr Arshad Waheed, arguing they would remain confined for another 30 days under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO). ...
KARACHI: FBI team returns home with blast samples KARACHI, March 10: A 12-member team of US Federal Bureau of Investigation agents left the city for home on Thursday night after completing a week-long forensic investigation and collecting samples for further tests....		KARACHI: HBL sacks over 2,000 employees: Action condemned KARACHI, March 10: The Habib Bank Limited (HBL) has retrenched all non-clerical cadre employees with immediate effect in an effort to rationalize staff strength and focus on core banking activities....
KARACHI: 400 shops demolished at Liaquat Market KARACHI, March 10: The anti-encroachment operation launched at Liaquat Market continued for a second day on Thursday, and a total of 400 shops and stalls were removed using heavy machinery....		KARACHI: Two model parks, road projects inaugurated KARACHI, March 10: The newly-constructed Sehba Akhtar Road Extension was opened to traffic on Friday after it was inaugurated by the City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal....
KARACHI: Alternative energy units across Sindh planned KARACHI, March 10: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has described establishment of the Directorate of Alternative Energy at provincial level ‘a welcome step’, and said this would provide consultation to the...		KARACHI: Karachi to have 5 new stadiums, says Kamal KARACHI, March 10: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has said that five new stadiums would be built in the city on pattern of the National Stadium. He told a large gathering in...
KARACHI: JWP leader picked up KARACHI, March 10: Vice President of the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) was picked up by five persons in Lyari on Friday morning. Family and friends of Saleem Baloch told Dawn that...		KARACHI: Emphasis on parking etiquettes with no space available KARACHI: “YOU can’t park here, move on, move on…,” shouts the security guard outside a small branch of a multinational bank. While checking all bank customers from parking anywhere in the...
KARACHI: Resettlement sites to have schools, hospitals KARACHI, March 10: The Adviser on Local Government, Waseem Akhtar, has called for provision of all basic amenities of life to the shiftees of the Lyari Expressway (LEW) Project....		KARACHI: Tributes paid to Faiz KARACHI, March 10: Rich tributes were paid to renowned poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz at a programme held at the Arts Council of Pakistan on Wednesday....
KARACHI: Women seek repeal of gender-based laws KARACHI, March 10: Speakers at a meeting on Friday demanded that all the laws that were discriminatory towards vulnerable sections of society, including women, children, minorities, etc, be abolished so that rights of all citizens could be safeguarded....		KARACHI: Increase in salaries of MPAs opposed KARACHI, March 10: Opposition political parties and NGOs on Friday condemned promulgation of an ordinance by the governor, through which salaries and allowances of MPAs, ministers and advisers were increased by 78 per cent....
KARACHI: Universal ban on N-weapons urged KARACHI, March 10: The Sixth World Parliamentary Forum has reaffirmed the charter of principles adopted by the organizing committee of the World Social Forum on April 9, 2001 and appreciated its...		KARACHI: ‘Govt fleecing people through price-hike’ KARACHI, March 10: The Pakistan People’s Party has accused the government of fleecing people through brutal price-hike, and said that the latest move in this regard was an increase of 23 paisa per unit in KESC tariff....
KARACHI: Rulers attitude slammed KARACHI, March 10: The Jama’at Ahle Sunnat chief, Syed Shah Turabul Haq Qadri, has said that despite worldwide protests over blasphemy, there is no change in the attitude of Muslim rulers...		KARACHI: Flower show KARACHI, March 10: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on Friday announced the extension of three more days for ongoing “flower exhibition,” at Al-Markaz-i-Islami, being organised by the Community Development Department the CDGK.—APP...
HYDERABAD: Spring flower show HYDERABAD, March 10: The district government wanted to make flower show a regular event as part of a festival, said District Coordination Officer (DCO) Mohammad Sharif Awan while providing over a...		PESHAWAR: MMA may remove deputy speaker: Defeat in Senate polls PESHAWAR, March 10: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal government, which suffered a serious setback in the Senate election, has requisitioned an emergency session of the NWFP assembly on Saturday to take disciplinary action against what it called black sheep....
PESHAWAR: Statements against Kabul criticised PESHAWAR, March 10: The NWFP wing of the Pukhtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party condemned President Pervez Musharraf’s statements against the Karzai government and termed them unethical, saying that it tantamount to covering up his own failure to curb terrorism....		PESHAWAR: ANP criticises killing of tribesmen PESHAWAR, March 10: The Awami National Party has expressed deep concern over what it has termed the killing of innocent women and children in tribal areas in the name of war...
PESHAWAR: Passport office to be opened in Mardan PESHAWAR, March 10: The Federal government has approved the setting up of a regional passport office in Mardan. This was stated here on Friday by Deputy Director Regional Passport Office Peshawar, Mohammad Irfan Khan....		PESHAWAR: By-polls for nazim seats today PESHAWAR, March 10: The provincial Election Commission has completed arrangements for by-elections to be held on Sunday for seven vacant seats of nazims and one naib nazim in various union councils in five districts of the NWFP....
HARIPUR: Court orders payment of damages HARIPUR, March 10: The Haripur additional district and sessions judge on Friday issued a Rs500,000 decree on a damages suite against chief editors, publishers and correspondents of four dailies and six other people for publishing libellous reports against a cleric....		MARDAN: Dist govt to cooperate with NGOs: nazim MARDAN, March 10: Mardan Nazim Himayatullah Mayar has said that the district government will cooperate with non-government organisations in welfare and development work....
KOHAT: Constable killed in shootout KOHAT, March 10: A constable was killed in exchange of fire between police and a group of proclaimed offenders (POs) in Merozai area on Rawalpindi road on late Thursday night....		PESHAWAR: Scholarship offered PESHAWAR, March 10: An educational institution has announced that it will provide free education and a monthly stipend of Rs600 per month, to at least 20 students seeking admission to class IX under a scholarship scheme....