March 25, 2006	Saturday	Safar 24, 1427

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KARACHI: WSF event begins with voice against imperialism KARACHI, March 24: The World Social Forum-2006 hosting more than 400 events with the participation by delegates from 58 countries kicked off here on Friday evening at the KMC Sports Complex...		KARACHI: Ibad opens KBCA’s one-window facility: Building plan approval KARACHI, March 24: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has observed that illegal constructions in Karachi received encouragement when the city’s housing requirement was ignored in the past....
KARACHI: World TB Day observed KARACHI, March 24: Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil has asked local philanthropists to help constitute community citizen boards across the city. She was speaking at a seminar at the National Institute of...		KARACHI: National unity must for progress, says Shaukat: Vegetable markets proposed KARACHI, March 24: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has emphasized the need of forging unity to enable the country to make rapid headway in the comity of nations....
KARACHI: Govt urged not to bulldoze villages KARACHI, March 24: A large number of activists of opposition political, religious and nationalist parties on Friday held a protest demonstration at the Karachi Press Club against the demolition of ancient...		KARACHI: HRCP concerned over ‘anarchy’ KARACHI, March 24: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has found spread of mob violence and lawlessness across the country a matter of immense concern....
KARACHI: National science centre opens at HEJ KARACHI, March 24: A world-class science information centre has recently been made functional as part of the famous HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry on the University of Karachi campus....		KARACHI: Court seeks whereabouts of detainee KARACHI, March 24: The Sindh High Court directed the federal agency officials concerned to file affidavits regarding whereabouts of Ali Mohammad, who was allegedly picked up by a law enforcement agency on May 5, 2004....
KARACHI: Consulate official’s affidavit sought KARACHI, March 24: The Sindh High Court directed a provincial government law officer on Friday to obtain and file an affidavit sworn by a former security officer of the US consulate-general...		KARACHI: Policemen remanded KARACHI, March 24: Three policemen were on Friday remanded to police custody for interrogation in the March 20 incident in Taimuria police station limits where one, Feroz, and his sister, Sabia, were killed in firing by police on their car....
KARACHI: MQM taking steps for welfare of masses: Altaf KARACHI, March 24: The founder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Altaf Hussain, has said that the MQM is taking steps for the wellbeing of masses since the day of its founding....		KARACHI: Imtiaz’s bail further extended KARACHI, March 24: The Sindh High Court on Friday further extended the interim protective bail granted to former provincial revenue minister Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh and others till April 20 in a kidnapping-for-ransom case....
KARACHI: Two commit suicide KARACHI, March 24: Two persons committed suicide in different localities on Friday. A youth ended his life in his house in Ayub Goth. Police said that parents of Sameer were away for work....		KARACHI: JI slams rulers for playing in US hands KARACHI, March 24: Rulers have failed to honour the sentiments and aspirations of the people, and their wishy-washy response to the issue of blasphemous cartoons is a glaring example of this...
KARACHI: Impartial inquiry into police firing case demanded KARACHI, March 24: Relatives of the ‘police firing victim’ urged the higher authorities in the provincial government to constitute an impartial inquiry into the incident and take punitive action against those police officials found responsible for killing an innocent citizen....		KARACHI: Private schools body hails cabinet’s decision: Rejection of composite exams KARACHI, March 24: Senior office bearers of the All Private Schools Management Association Sindh (Apsmas) said on Friday that one after another “the ill-advised decisions of the Sindh education department had messed up the school education in the province”....
KARACHI: Imam Raza moot today KARACHI, March 24: The 26th Imam Ahmad Raza Khan International conference is beginning from Saturday at a local hotel where scholars will present their papers on the works and contributions of...		KARACHI: SBTE results KARACHI, March 24: The Sindh Board of Technical Education (SBTE) on Friday announced the results of Technical School Certificate supplementary exams 2005. An announcement said that the results could be viewed on the SBTE website www.sbte-edu.com....
KARACHI: 9th SSUET convocation on April 1 KARACHI, March 24: The ninth convocation of Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) will be held on April 1 at its campus at 10am....		KARACHI: Police hospital KARACHI, March 24: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui has said that Sindh Police Hospital will start functioning in the next six months. He was speaking as chief guest at the inauguration...
KARACHI: BSc practicals KARACHI, March 24: The practical exams for the leftover candidates of BSc (Pass) first and second years will start from April 1 at the relevant departments of Karachi University....		KARACHI: Clarification KARACHI, March 24: Architect/engineer Mohammad Yusuf Kureshy’s licence has only been suspended and not cancelled by the Karachi Building Control Authority as reported in these columns on March 7....
HYDERABAD: Struggle for rights of peasants planned HYDERABAD, March 24: Organizations of peasants and farmers will launch a joint struggle for their rights. The announcement was made at a “Hari Fair” organized by the Bhandar Hari Sangat at the Sindh Museum, Mumtaz Mirza Hall, here on Thursday....		HYDERABAD: World TB Day marked HYDERABAD, March 24: Leaders and members of the Anti-TB Association and community workers of its local component branches here on Friday held a detailed interaction to mark the World TB Day....
HYDERABAD: 2,500 chicks perish HYDERABAD, March 24: Over 2,500 chicks died, reportedly of bird flu, in Tando Mohammad Khan on Thursday. According to reports, the chicks died in seven poultry farms....		SUKKUR: Court summons finance secretaries SUKKUR, March 24: A bench of the Sindh High Court, Sukkur, has summoned federal and Sindh finance secretaries on April 5 to state when funds for water supply and drainage schemes of the district will be released....
PESHAWAR: Lawyers block Khyber Road PESHAWAR, March 24: Lawyers blocked the busy Khyber Road for more than an hour on Friday to protest against the detention of one of their colleagues by the military police....		PESHAWAR: Mansehra rocked PESHAWAR, March 24: An earthquake of mild intensity measuring 4 on the Richter scale was felt at Mansehra on Friday. According to the preliminary analysis of Meteorological Station Peshawar, the earthquake...
PESHAWAR: Ex-Wapda official held PESHAWAR, March 24: The National Accountability Bureau (Frontier) arrested Najmuddin Dar, a former land acquisition collector of Wapda, on the charge of corruption here on Friday....		LAKKI MARWAT: One killed in road accident LAKKI MARWAT, March 24: A man was killed and two others sustained serious injuries in a collision between two vehicles near Wanda Michenkhel. Altaf Gohar, a resident of Karak died on...