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KARACHI: Police enjoy freehand to grab any land KARACHI, March 17: Police are often employed in different anti-encroachment drives carried out by the city government, but the police department itself continues to encroach upon public and private land with...		KARACHI: SHC orders attachment of building in Saddar KARACHI, March 17: The Sindh High Court ordered attachment of a commercial building, restrained the utilities from sanctioning connections, directed the properties registrar not to execute any lease or sub-lease in...
KARACHI: Composite exams to be reviewed today KARACHI, March 17: The Committee of Chairmen of Educational Boards in Sindh may take up the issue of composite exams in its monthly deliberations scheduled to be held in the city on Saturday....		KARACHI: Fresh air assault by US widely condemned KARACHI, March 17: Leaders of various political, religious and other parties have reacted strongly to the massive US air offensive, biggest since 2003, in Iraq on Thursday, and observed that it was aimed against innocent Iraqis....
KARACHI: Opposition slams demolition drive KARACHI, March 17: Opposition leaders and parliamentarians belonging to the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan Muslim League (N) and some nationalist parties on Friday warned the city and...		KARACHI: Taiser applicants seek refund KARACHI, March 17: People who had applied for a plot in Taiser Housing scheme but failed to get a one in the ballot, are visiting the bank for the refund of the amount they deposited along with their application....
KARACHI: City govt to computerize KDA’s land record KARACHI, March 17: The City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal, on Friday, directed officials of the city government information department to computerise the entire record of the defunct KDA’s land department so...		KARACHI: Steps taken to overcome shortage of power: Ibad KARACHI, March 17: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad said on Friday that steps were being taken to overcome the shortage of electricity and the situation would soon improve....
KARACHI: Girl commits suicide KARACHI, March 17: A girl committed suicide by jumping off from the Natives Jetty Bridge on Friday morning. Police said the girl, 17, was fished out by some fishermen....		KARACHI: Jumma Goth razed to save waterlines, says nazim KARACHI, March 17: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal on Friday defended demolition of Jumma Khan Goth in Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town saying it was established on land under which main water supply lines to Karachi, Siphon 19 were passing....
KARACHI: Move to privatize PS criticized KARACHI, March 17: The National Labour Federation on Thursday, condemning the proposed privatization of the Pakistan Steel, has demanded that the process be abolished and privatization policy of the government be scrapped immediately....		KARACHI: Moot on work and dignity on 26th KARACHI, March 17: The conference on “Work and dignity and mobility with dignity will be an important event during the forthcoming World Social Forum’s gathering in the city....
KARACHI: English teachers to get special allowance KARACHI, March 17: The Sindh Minister for Education and Literacy, Dr Hamida Khuhro, last night said the government had decided to pay special allowance to the teachers serving in rural areas of the province....		KARACHI: NBW issued for Khuhro’s arrest KARACHI, March 17: The judicial magistrate, South, Ms Naushaba Qazi, issued on Friday non-bailable warrants for the arrest of Nisar Khuhro, opposition leader in the Sindh Assembly, and other PPP MPAs in a case pertaining to staging a violent demonstration....
KARACHI: World TB Day to be observed on 24th KARACHI, March 17: The World TB Day will be observed across the country with the theme ‘Action for Life towards a World Free of Tuberculosis’ on March 24....		KARACHI: Rs60m college expansion project inaugurated KARACHI, March 17: Sindh Minister for Planning and Development Syed Shoaib Ahmed Bukhari on Friday inaugurated Rs 60 million expansion project of Khatoon-i-Pakistan Government Girls College, Gulshan-i-Iqbal....
KARACHI: Think-tanks urged on foreign policy KARACHI, March 17: Eminent scholars and experts of international relations at a seminar have called for establishing “think-tanks” comprising experts to provide guidelines to the government on preparation of foreign policy, based on needs and aspirations of people....		KARACHI: Karachi to host Saarc moot on cardiology KARACHI, March 17: Experts from all SAARC member countries including newly inducted Afghanistan, and China and Japan, extended observer status, will attend the SAARC Congress of Cardiology 2006 to be held in Karachi from March 31 to April 2....
KARACHI: Refinement of children’s potentials stressed KARACHI, March 17: The annual prize distribution function was held at Defence Authority Junior Model School in Seaview Township here on Friday. DHA Education Director Brig (Retd) Muzaffarul Hasan, who was...		KARACHI: Vaccination camp set up in Orangi KARACHI, March 17: Sindh Local Government Adviser Wasim Akhter inaugurated a free Hepatitis-B vaccination camp at Qasba Colony in Orangi on Friday. The camp was organized by Khursheed Begum Memorial Medical Centre of Orangi Town, a sub-organization of Khidmat-i-Khalq Foundation....
KARACHI: Turkish team visits KU KARACHI, March 17: A 12-member delegation of Pakistan-Turkey International Educational Foundation, headed by Turkish educationist Sadettin Baser on Friday called on Vice Chancellor, University of Karachi Dr Pirzada Qasim and discussed issues related to higher education....		HYDERABAD: Legislators send resignation to Benazir: Qaim HYDERABAD, March 17: Sindh People’s Party Parliamentarians president Qaim Ali Shah has said that like MNAs and MPAs of Punjab, party legislators in Sindh have also sent their resignations to party chairperson Benazir Bhutto....
HYDERABAD: Construction around school criticized HYDERABAD, March 17: Students, teachers and parents of the Model High School, old campus, staged a protest march from the school to the press club, condemning construction around the school building here on Friday....		HYDERABAD: AT plans protest week HYDERABAD, March 17: The Awami Tehrik has decided to observe a protest week from March 20 to 26 against demolition of Sindhi villages in urban areas....
PESHAWAR: WHO plans to strengthen immunization programme PESHAWAR, March 17: The World Health Organisation (WHO) in collaboration with the provincial health department has planned to strengthen the immunization programme in the province....		PESHAWAR: Prisoner found dead in lavatory PESHAWAR, March 17: An under-trial prisoner was found dead in the bathroom of the central prison here on Friday morning. Prison officials claimed that the prisoner Bashir Mandaray had committed suicide by hanging himself with a piece of cloth....
LAKKI MARWAT: Two women arrested for drug trafficking LAKKI MARWAT, March 17: Police seized 4.8 kg opium and arrested two women on drug smuggling charges here on Friday. Ghaznikhel police acting on a tip-off stopped two Dera Ismail Khan-bound coaches and arrested the two women who were taking 4.8...		MARDAN: Some MMA legislators sold their votes: ANP MARDAN, March 17: Awami National Party provincial president Bashir Ahmed Bilour has said that MMA legislators disappointed the people during the Senate election for changing loyalty....