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KARACHI: Work on Nazimabad underpass launched KARACHI, March 11: The City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal, on Saturday laid the foundation stone of the Petrol Pump Chowrangi Nazimabad Underpass project. He said the said project and two other...		KARACHI: Lift for special citizens at Mazar opens KARACHI, March 11: A lift ramp system for handicapped people to help them have easy access to the Quaid’s mausoleum was inaugurated on Saturday. The ramp leads to the lift at...
HYDERABAD: Hyderabad clashes leave 10 injured: UC nazim by-elections HYDERABAD, March 11: Ten people were injured when supporters of two rival candidates clashed during by-elections for the of nazim of UC Hatri. The seat had fallen vacant after election of Khawind Bux Jahejo as nazim of the Hyderabad (rural) taluka....		PESHAWAR: Boycott of European goods demanded: Data of losses in Hangu blast being collected: CM PESHAWAR, March 11: The NWFP lawmakers, through a unanimously adopted resolution, demanded that the federal government should boycott goods from Denmark and other European countries, whose newspapers, had made a mockery...
KARACHI: Wali’s principled politics lauded KARACHI, March 11: The politics of principles, and not of power and pelf, can steer the country out of the present crisis and put it on the road to progress and stability....		KARACHI: Modern emergency centre at CHK planned KARACHI, March 11: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has called for portraying Civil Hospital Karachi as a model hospital so that people of Karachi and other parts of Sindh could be benefit from it more effectively....
KARACHI: Plan for foreigners’ protection finalized KARACHI, March 10: A contingency security plan to ensure protection of foreigners in the province was prepared in a meeting held under the chairmanship of Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui on Friday....		KARACHI: Release of doctor brothers demanded KARACHI, March 11: The Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (Pima) and family members of Dr Akmal Waheed and Dr Arshad Waheed have demanded immediate release of the two doctors following their acquittal by the Sindh High Court on Saturday....
KARACHI: LJ men deny charges in jail van case KARACHI, March 11: Five workers of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi denied on Saturday their involvement in the prisoners’ van firing case before an anti-terrorist court. Judge Haq Nawaz Baloch of the ATC-5...		KARACHI: Parties slam removal of HBL workers KARACHI, March 11: Various political parties, condemning the removal of over 2,000 Habib Bank employees, have demanded their immediate reinstatement, urging the authorities to take action against the bank management....
KARACHI: DSP suspended KARACHI, March 11: Sindh IGP Jehangir Mirza ordered suspension and inquiry against DSP/SDPO and other police officials of Clifton police station on charges of misusing their authority....		KARACHI: Work inspected KARACHI, March 11: Gulshan Town Nazim Muhammad Wasay Jalil visited the town’s UC-10 and inspected the ongoing construction work on roads there. Naib Nazim Shoaib Akhtar and other town officers accompanied the town nazim, said a statement on Saturday....
KARACHI: Man shot dead in Liaquatabad KARACHI, March 11: A man was shot dead by unidentified men near Liaquatabad No 10 intersection here on Saturday. Police said that Mohammad Shahzad, 30, received multiple bullets....		KARACHI: Nasima’s services to science praised KARACHI, March 11: The vice-chancellor and faculty members of Karachi University on Saturday paid homage to the services of late renowned scientist Dr Nasima M Tirmizi at a meeting....
KARACHI: Free shuttle service almost unavailable KARACHI, March 11: People working in the offices on I.I. Chundrigar Road have urged the city government to increase frequency of the shuttle service introduced recently....		KARACHI: KU workshop on 15th KARACHI, March 11: The Area Study Centre for Europe (ASCE), University of Karachi, is organising a workshop on March 15. The workshop on ‘Reflections on the current crisis of the European...
HYDERABAD: Plan to provide facilities to hospitals HYDERABAD, March 11: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has formed a committee to identify lacking facilities in terms of professional expertise in district government hospitals so that the same can be...		HYDERABAD: Samples of chicks obtained for test HYDERABAD, March 11: Officials of the livestock and fisheries department on Friday obtained 11 samples of chicks of a poultry farm in Qasimabad for tests to confirm if there was any bird flu case in the district....
NAWABSHAH: Shortage of water in canal hits many areas NAWABSHAH, March 11: The executive engineer of the Dad irrigation division has announced a rotation programme due to water shortage up to 50 per cent in the Rohri canal....		HYDERABAD: Release of JSQM leader demanded HYDERABAD, March 11: Protest demonstrations and hunger strike by JSQM activists continued on the third day on Saturday against arrest of the general secretary of the party, Dr Safdar Sarki....
PESHAWAR: Causes of stroke highlighted PESHAWAR, March 11: Aging, inactivity, smoking and fast food fuel the growing epidemic of stroke, speakers at a symposium said on Saturday. The figure would double by 2020 if preventive measures...		HYDERABAD: Distt govt helps create jobs: Rajput HYDERABAD, March 11: District Naib Nazim Zaffar Rajput has said the district government was making sincere efforts to help create jobs in the private sector. He was talking to a delegation...
PESHAWAR: Private schools’ law not yet enforced PESHAWAR, March 11: An ordinance promulgated by the NWFP government in 2001 to supervise and regulate the functioning of private educational institutions is yet to be implemented....		PESHAWAR: Protests have united Muslims, says MNA PESHAWAR, March 11: The publication of blasphemous cartoons in European newspapers has proved to be a ‘test’ of the reverence that Muslims have for their beloved Prophet (peace be upon him)....
PESHAWAR: Two alleged terrorists held, arms seized PESHAWAR, March 11: The CID on Saturday claimed to have arrested two alleged terrorists and recovered a large cache of arms and explosives from their vehicle in Hangu district....		PESHAWAR: Business of fake passports eliminated PESHAWAR, March 11: Introduction of computerised passports has eliminated the business of fake passports, an official has claimed. Regional Passport Office Deputy Director Mohammad Irfan Khan told APP on Saturday that...