March 17, 2006	Friday	Safar 16, 1427

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KARACHI: Education deptt’s long silence irks students: Composite exam issue KARACHI, March 16: While about 300,000 students of class IX (SSC part-I) in the province are uncertain and confused about their exams, the relevant authorities are maintaining a mysterious silence about...		KARACHI: Policeman among 3 killed in accidents KARACHI, March 16: A policeman was among three persons killed in different road accidents in the city on Thursday. Head-constable of traffic police Syed Sajjad Ali was knocked down by a coach when he signalled its driver to stop....
KARACHI: SHC not satisfied with govt’s action KARACHI, March 16: A Sindh High Court division bench on Thursday sought details of action taken by the Sindh government against smoke-emitting vehicles. The bench, comprising Justices Ghulam Rabbani and Zia...		KARACHI: Monorail project to start soon, says Kamal: 8,000 buses in 5 years KARACHI, March 16: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal on Thursday said that paperwork on the monorail project connecting Surjani Town to Merewether Tower had been completed and construction work on the project will start soon....
KARACHI: Bugti’s grandson declared proclaimed offender KARACHI, March 16: An anti-terrorism court declared on Thursday a grandson of Nawab Akbar Bugti as proclaimed offender in the PIDC House bomb blast case. Judge Haq Nawaz Baloch of the...		KARACHI: WSF resents delay in issuance of visas KARACHI, March 16: Organizers of the World Social Forum (WSF) mega event in the city have expressed their serious concern over delaying tactics by government functionaries in issuing visa to foreign...
KARACHI: Ibad for effective police reforms KARACHI, March 16: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has stressed on early constitution of a provincial public safety and police complaints commission to have better results of new police reforms....		KARACHI: Sindh govt striving for autonomy: adviser KARACHI, March 16: Adviser to the Chief Minister on Local Government Waseem Akhtar has said that the Sindh government is still struggling for provincial autonomy and a just NFC Award....
KARACHI: Appellants given last chance to hire counsel KARACHI, March 16: An anti-terrorism appellate bench of the Sindh High Court gave a last opportunity to the appellants in the Sheraton bomb blast case on Thursday to engage a counsel...		KARACHI: SPLA takes out rally, stages sit-in KARACHI, March 16: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) on Thursday took out a rally from the DJ Sindh Govt Science College and staged a sit-in outside the Sindh Secretariat...
KARACHI: SWC plans march against occupation of Iraq KARACHI, March 16: The Stop the War Coalition (SWC) on Thursday asked people to participate in the march to be held here on Saturday against the three years of US occupation of Iraq....		KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, March 16: The Met office has forecast fair weather with hazy morning for the city with the minimum temperature expected to range between 17 and 19 degrees Centigrade on Friday.—APP...
KARACHI: Adoption of hygienic practices stressed KARACHI, March 16: There is an urgent need for creating public awareness regarding hygienic practices and simple but necessary precautions right from homes, hospitals to beauty saloons and barber shops to fight infectious diseases....		KARACHI: N. Nazimabad to have three pedestrian bridges soon KARACHI, March 16: Work on construction of three pedestrian bridges over the main and busy roads of North Nazimabad Town will begin in two weeks, the Town Nazim, Mumtaz Hameed, said on Thursday....
KARACHI: Altaf opposes removal of workers KARACHI, March 16: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Thursday called for protecting the interests of the workers of the privatized institutions, saying workers form the backbone of economy and any injustice against them will not be acceptable....		KARACHI: Human resource training urged KARACHI, March 16: Stressing the importance of training, speakers at a function on Thursday said the progress of a nation depended on the development of human resources in the country....
KARACHI: Protest against demolition KARACHI, March 16: Hundreds of dislodged residents of Jumma Goth on Thursday staged a sit-in at a section of the Main University Road in protest against the demolition of their houses by the city government....		KARACHI: Two-day ‘IT Mela’ from 22nd KARACHI, March 16: A two-day ‘IT Mela’ would be organized at the Annu Bhai Park here from March 22 to help foster awareness among the masses regarding the information technology, its uses and benefits....
KARACHI: Vocational centres planned KARACHI, March 16: The city government plans to open 250 literacy and vocational centres in Karachi where adults will be imparted education and skill training to enable them to get jobs...		HYDERABAD: Body to monitor hospitals’ working HYDERABAD, March 16: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has constituted a health committee to look after working of 62 government hospitals and health centres of the district....
HYDERABAD: Funds allocated for renovation of shrine lapse HYDERABAD, March 16: The 262nd Urs celebrations of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai will conclude on Friday but the renovation and repair work for which Rs25 million had been allocated by former...		HYDERABAD: HBL workers observe tool-down strike HYDERABAD, March 16: Account holders of Habib Bank Limited (HBL) faced inconvenience as employees in all the branches of the bank Hyderabad and its adjoining districts observed a tool-down strike for...
HYDERABAD: Rs1.2bn to be spent on road project HYDERABAD, March 16: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has said the local government plans to spend Rs1.2 billion on development of roads to provide better communication facilities to people and open new corridors for extension of the city....		HYDERABAD: India urged to issue more visas HYDERABAD, March 16: The Pakistan chapter of South Asia Lawyers Forum has appealed to the Indian prime minister and the Indian high commissioner in Islamabad to issue more visas to...
PESHAWAR: Deputy speaker goes to court PESHAWAR, March 16: The NWFP Assembly’s deputy speaker, Ikramullah Shahid, filed a writ petition in the Peshawar High Court on Thursday seeking that a proposal to decide a resolution of no-confidence...		PESHAWAR: Qazi assails MMA govt’s failure to curb crime PESHAWAR, March 16: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal president Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said that the NWFP government has failed to control the law and order situation in the province....
PESHAWAR: Women forum plans to set up new chapter PESHAWAR, March 16: The International Organisation of Pakistani Women Engineers will set up its Peshawar chapter at the Institute of Management Sciences at Hayatabad....		PESHAWAR: Dislodging of nurses from hostel stayed PESHAWAR, March 16: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday stayed the dislodging of post-graduate nursing students from a hostel in Hayatabad township. A writ petition was filed by the president of...
CHITRAL: Kidnapping of social worker condemned CHITRAL, March 16: The general secretary of the District Coordination Council of NGOs, Mr Inayatullah Aseer, has condemned the kidnapping of a woman social worker of Kalash from Peshawar last week....		PESHAWAR: Independent status for KMC girls’ campus irks students PESHAWAR, March 16: Students of the girls’ campus of the Khyber Medical College (KMC) have expressed concern over the change of status of their college. About a year ago, some 46...