March 13, 2006	Monday	Safar 12, 1427

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KARACHI: Governor for stage-wise payment to contractors: Development schemes KARACHI, March 12: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad has called for continuity of all ongoing development process in the province. Presiding over a high-level meeting held at Governor’s House, he said that...		KARACHI: Death decree against blasphemer issued KARACHI, March 12: Religious scholars at a conference held here on Saturday night issued a death decree for any blasphemer. The decree (fatwa) has been issued with the signatures of 19 Muftis....
KARACHI: Dug-up roads worsen traffic congestion all over city KARACHI, March 12: The city government has launched road repair work simultaneously at more than 50 locations throughout the metropolis, which is naturally causing traffic congestions and immense hardships to motorists and commuters in public transport....		KARACHI: Roads closed for certain vehicles add to problem KARACHI, March 12: The decisions to impose ban on movement of specific vehicles on selected roads and the ban on parking at certain areas have added to the miseries of citizens besides traffic congestions....
KARACHI: Columns of Lyari Expressway being built on bridges KARACHI, March 12: The columns of the elevated Lyari Expressway were constructed at several bridges posing threat to commuters in the metropolis....		KARACHI: Negligent engineer, staff suspended KARACHI, March 12: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on Sunday issued suspension orders of a KWSB engineer and other staff for remaining absent from their duties and showing negligence and lack...
KARACHI: Planetarium ticket made expensive KARACHI, March 12: Entry fees of the PIA Planetarium has been enhanced by 50 per cent making it difficult for the lower-income group of the society to visit it with families, it is learnt....		KARACHI: Carnival held to raise awareness about nature KARACHI, March 12: A large number of children, accompanied by their parents, visited the day-long WWF Nature Carnival organized on the spacious lawns of the PAF Museum on Sunday....
KARACHI: Intelligence man shot dead KARACHI, March 12: A policeman was shot dead by unknown persons in Saeedabad on Sunday night. Police said that Sub-inspector Masoodul Rehman, 40, was returning for duty at the Saeedabad police station when he was shot near a graveyard in Saeedabad....		KARACHI: Dow varsity’s diabetes centre opened KARACHI, March 12: A newly constructed Diabetes and Endocrine Centre of the Dow University of Health Science was inaugurated at a ceremony held at the centre’s premises on Sunday....
KARACHI: Research papers on display KARACHI, March 12: An exhibition of research papers of Sir Shah Muhammad Sulaiman will start on Monday at the National Museum to commemorate the 65th death anniversary of the great Muslim scientist....		KARACHI: Conference planned on infectious diseases KARACHI, March 12: The 4th annual conference on infectious diseases will be held at Liaquat National Hospital’s convention centre from March 17 to 19....
KARACHI: UTS buses moving out of city: Niamat KARACHI, March 12: Former city nazim Niamatullah Khan has said that due to the lack of attention on the part of the city government, some 40 per cent of UTS buses have been shifted from Karachi to other locations....		KARACHI: Passing-out parade for sailors held KARACHI, March 12: A total of 1,070 sailors were formally inducted into the Pakistan Navy during a passing out ceremony held at the PNS Himalaya, Manora, on Saturday....
KARACHI: No tariff increase planned: KESC KARACHI, March 12: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation has not increased electricity tariff for its industrial, commercial, residential and agricultural customers since June 2004 and neither has it any authority for raising tariff, the KESC spokesman said on Sunday....		KARACHI: Free medical camp KARACHI, March 12: Over 328 patients, including 123 women, were diagnosed as requiring cataract surgery at a free medical camp organized by the Al-Mustafa Welfare Society at Orangi Town on Sunday....
KARACHI: Scout training KARACHI, March 12: A weeklong All Pakistan Shaheen Scout Leader Course, participated by scout leaders from across the country, concluded on Saturday....		KARACHI: Need to change mindset stressed: Seminar on women’s struggle KARACHI, March 12: Justice (retd) Nasir Aslam Zahid has underscored the need for changing the mindset of influential segments of society ultimately paving the way for an equitable system in society....
KARACHI: Reinstatement of bank employees demanded KARACHI, March 12: The All Pakistan Trade Unions’ Organization and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Sunday demanded immediate reinstatement of sacked employees of the Habib Bank Limited....		KARACHI: BNP chief shrugs off Musharraf’s warning KARACHI, March 12: Chief of the Balochistan National Party (BNP) Sardar Akhtar Mengal has dismissed General Musharraf’s latest warning to sardars (an oblique reference to Baloch nationalist leaders), saying: “It is not a new thing.”...
KARACHI: Man hurt, car set ablaze in Malir KARACHI, March 12: Situation in Malir 15 area grew tense on Sunday when people took to the street in protest against the detention of a political activist....		KARACHI: K-III project KARACHI, March 12: The Managing Director of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board, Brig Iftikhar Haider, has said that most of the work of K-III water project has been completed....
HYDERABAD: Nazim promises low-cost housing schemes HYDERABAD, March 12: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has said concentration of population in certain areas of the city has damaged the infrastructure and placed people in miserable conditions....		HYDERABAD: PMA demands withdrawal of case against doctors HYDERABAD, March 12: The Hyderabad chapter of the Pakistan Medical Association has demanded that a criminal case instituted against doctors involved in the operation of Shahzadi Sultana should be withdrawn....