March 22, 2006	Wednesday	Safar 21, 1427

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KARACHI: Prolonged power cuts in Nazimabad, Liaquatabad: Snapping of cable KARACHI, March 21: People in Liaquatabad, Nazimabad and adjoining localities suffered a prolonged power breakdown on Monday night and Tuesday owing to a damage caused to a high tension underground cable...		KARACHI: Mother narrates ordeal after killing daughters KARACHI, March 21: Except for brief bouts of hysterical fits, Nadia Kanwal was quite composed following her arrest at the Landhi police station on Monday midnight for throttling her two minor daughters with her bare hands at her Landhi house....
KARACHI: Three police officials picked up in murder case KARACHI, March 21: Three police officials were put behind lockup and a murder case was registered against unknown persons following the killing of a man and his sister near Sakhi Hasan on Monday night....		KARACHI: Aalmi Mushaira at stadium today KARACHI, March 21: Like last year, and more than a dozen before it, many renowned poets of Urdu have begun arriving here from around the world to take part in a mushaira being held on Wednesday....
KARACHI: TB incidence alarming in country, say experts KARACHI, March 21: Pakistan shares the sixth highest burden of TB cases registered across the globe in a situation where 350,000 new cases of the diseases are added to the already existent tuberculosis inflicted people....		KARACHI: Hashmi’s death condoled KARACHI, March 21: Leaders from a cross-section of people have mourned the death of late S.H. Hashmi, patron-in-chief of the Pakistan Advertising Association and managing director of Orient McCann Ericson Advertising...
KARACHI: Ulema council discussed KARACHI, March 21: The formation of the Ulema Council in Sindh came under final consideration at a meeting held at Governor House here on Tuesday with Governor Ishratul Ibad in the chair....		KARACHI: No teaching guidelines for composite exam system KARACHI, March 21: Despite the passage of a considerable amount of time the federal education ministry has been unable to reorganize the teaching contents for theory and practical education of class...
KARACHI: Demolition of houses condemned KARACHI, March 21: Criticizing the demolition of houses in Jumma Goth, Lyari, North Karachi, Liaquatabad and Gulistan-i-Jauhar, Sunni Tehrik chief Abbas Qadri has stated that the demolition drive speaks of government’s prejudice towards poor people....		KARACHI: Nominations invited for press freedom award KARACHI, March 21: The Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) has invited nominations for the first Aslam Ali Press Freedom Award. The award is named after late Aslam Ali, founding Trustee of PPF....
KARACHI: Exercise for healthy heart stressed KARACHI, March 21: Regular physical exercise, healthy eating habits, strict control of obesity and less consumption of fats and oils in our diet were described as important safeguards against heart diseases....		KARACHI: Passengers of Airblue cross million mark KARACHI, March 21: An American woman, daughter of a US-based Pakistani businessman, was pronounced on Tuesday millionth passenger of Airblue at Jinnah Terminal of Qauid-i-Azam Airport....
KARACHI: KU approves award of 32 PhD, MPhil, MS degrees KARACHI, March 21: The Board of Advanced Studies and Research (BASR), University of Karachi has approved award of 32 MPhil, PhD and MS degrees in addition to giving approval of 71 admissions to the same degree courses....		KARACHI: Convert sisters appeal for help KARACHI, March 21: The three sisters, Anam, Nida and Afshan, who recently embraced Islam, said on Tuesday that they were being punished for conversion, and their basic human rights were being grossly violated....
KARACHI: Acute water shortage in Kharadar KARACHI, March 21: Residents of Jaffar Fadoo Road and adjoining areas in Kharadar have been facing acute water shortage for many weeks due to negligence of the authorities concerned....		KARACHI: MA (external) exam forms KARACHI, March 21: The examinations department of the University of Karachi on Tuesday announced the forms submission schedule for MA, double MA and improvement of division (previous and final) for external annual exams 2005 (to be held in 2006)....
KARACHI: Illegal structures razed KARACHI, March 21: On the directives of KBCA Chief Controller Mumtazur Rehman, demolition squads razed various illegal structures in Jamshed Town and North Nazimabad on Tuesday....		KARACHI: IT Mela opens today KARACHI, March 21: An “Awami IT Mela” will be held at the Annu Bhai Park on March 22. According to a statement issued here on Tuesday, the IT Mela is being...
KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, March 21: The Met office has forecast dry and fair weather with maximum temperature expected to range between 33 and 35 degrees Centigrade in Karachi on Wednesday.—PPI...		KARACHI: High Court commutes death sentence KARACHI, March 21: The Sindh High Court maintained the conviction of a man in a kidnapping-for-ransom case on Tuesday but commuted his death penalty to life imprisonment....
KARACHI: Arrests of Baloch activists slammed KARACHI, March 21: The Karachi-based Baloch Alliance has condemned the arrests of Baloch political activists including those of Saleem Baloch and Rauf Sasuli in the city....		KARACHI: Shubha Mudgal to perform in the city KARACHI, March 21: We-known Indian exponent of classical music and a singer of Sufi (mainly Amir Khusrau’s work) and Bhakti poetry, Shubha Mudgal will perform at the Karachi Parsi Institute on...
KARACHI: Former IG of Balochistan passes away KARACHI, March 21: A former IGP of Balochistan Waheed Imtiaz died here in a local hospital on Tuesday after a brief illness. He was 83. He leaves behind a widow, two...		KARACHI: Businesswomen urged to sharpen skills KARACHI, March 21: Speakers at a workshop on Tuesday urged the women entrepreneurs to further sharpen their skills in business management and marketing so that they could compete in the cut-throat competitive international markets....
HYDERABAD: Proprietary rights urged for residents: Old villages in Karachi HYDERABAD, March 21: The Sindh National Party hosted a reception at the press club here in honour of newly-elected office-bearers of the Sindhi Abadi Sangat. Speakers at the reception demanded that...		PESHAWAR: NWFP deputy speaker resigns PESHAWAR, March 21: Deputy Speaker Ikramullah Shahid on Tuesday resigned from the office and asked Chief Minister Akram Durrani to demonstrate ‘similar courage’ and quit the post for having failed to...
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Blast a conspiracy to destabilise province’ DERA ISMAIL KHAN, March 21: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Tuesday that conspiracies were being hatched to disturb peace in the province....		PESHAWAR: Court orders nazim poll recount PESHAWAR, March 21: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday decided to recount the votes cast during the elections of Lower Dir district nazim for ending the dispute between candidates....
PESHAWAR: ‘Distt accounts computerised’ PESHAWAR, March 21: NWFP Accountant-General Ahmad Rasool Bangash has said that district budgets and accounts have been computerised in the 24 districts of the province and the seven agencies in the...		PESHAWAR: Reconstruction strategy to be unveiled soon: official PESHAWAR, March 21: The provincial government will unveil its reconstruction strategy for earthquake-hit areas at a seminar to be held in a couple of days. A senior government official said that the seminar would be held either in Abbottabad or Mansehra....