March 26, 2006	Sunday	Safar 25, 1427

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KARACHI: Threats to democracy, peace highlighted: WSF events KARACHI, March 25: The Kashmir issue and India-Pakistan relations remained among major points of deliberations in different events and activities with a number of rallies and demonstrations having been held by...		KARACHI: Kashmir issue taking centre-stage at WSF KARACHI, March 25: The World Social Forum being hosted at the Karachi Sports Complex and scheduled to run till March 29 has a mela-like atmosphere to it....
KARACHI: Local products await customers KARACHI, March 25: People visiting the World Social Forum 2006 on the second day, Saturday, showed their interest in various events and activities taking place there whereas separate stalls were organized...		KARACHI: Class IX exams from June 20 KARACHI, March 25: Anticipating that necessary notifications pertaining to SSC part-I annual exams would be issued shortly by the authorities, Committee of Chairmen (COC) of educational boards in Sindh has fixed...
KARACHI: 100mgd more water for city from 31st: Ibad: K-III undergoes test run KARACHI, March 25: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said that the people of Karachi will start receiving 100-mgd additional water from K-III project from March 31....		KARACHI: Robber shot dead in encounter KARACHI, March 25: A man was shot dead by the police in what they claimed was an encounter in Rizvia on Saturday. Police said three robbers intercepted a rickshaw carrying two...
KARACHI: Discrimination among communities rejected KARACHI, March 25: Participants of an International Fisherfolk convention on Saturday rejected imperialism; social injustice and discrimination among nations and demanded restoration of basic rights of fishermen....		KARACHI: ATC grants prosecution plea in US consulate case KARACHI, March 25: An Anti-Terrorism Court in Karachi on Saturday granted prosecution plea for re-opening of prosecution side in US consulate car bombing case and summoned two magistrates who had recorded confessional statements of convicted activists of banned Harkatul Mujahideen Al-Alami....
KARACHI: PHF told not to interfere in affairs of local hockey KARACHI, March 25: A bench of Sindh High Court, comprising Justice Musheer Alam, on Saturday restrained the Pakistan Hockey Federation from interfering into affairs of Karachi District Hockey Association....		KARACHI: 12 missing fishermen traced KARACHI, March 25: All 12 fishermen onboard Al-Zahra launch which capsized in Churna area about 20 nautical miles off Karachi coast on Saturday have been traced, the Maritime Security Agency confirmed....
KARACHI: Karachiites treated to sublime music KARACHI, March 25: Shubha Mudgal, known for her excellence in classical music and soulful rendering of thumri and dadhra, performed to a select audience on Friday evening at the Karachi Parsi Institute (KPI)....		KARACHI: Local products to be preferred: nazim KARACHI, March 25: The City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal, has asked private sector organisations, working in collaboration with the city government, to prepare such packages which may prove beneficial for the...
KARACHI: 457 awarded degrees at SZABIST convocation KARACHI, March 25: As many as 457 degrees were awarded at the third graduation ceremony of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), Karachi....		KARACHI: Hashish seized KARACHI, March 25: In a successful operation, the Intelligence Excise foiled an attempt of narcotics smuggling and recovered 2,800 rods of hashish along with the arrest of one person on Saturday....
KARACHI: Cheque for quake victims KARACHI, March 25: Thar-parkar Nazim Arbab Anwer presented a cheque of Rs0.122 million to Chief Minister Arbab Rahim on Saturday. Dr Arbab said that a backward district like Tharparkar by contributing...		HYDERABAD: Privatization of power house, Fesco opposed HYDERABAD, March 25: Provincial secretary of the Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union, Mr Iqbal Qaimkhani, has opposed privatization of the Wapda Faisalabad Company and the Jamshoro power house....
LARKANA: Ulema say karo-kari killings un-Islamic LARKANA, March 25: About forty ulema and religious leaders belonging to various schools of thought at ulema conference held in connection with the campaign on the theme “We can end honour...		KHAIRPUR: Vacancies of doctors to be filled soon: official KHAIRPUR, March 25: Recruitment would start soon to fill 500 seats of specialists lying vacant in Sindh, said Sindh Secretary Health Noshad Ahmed Shaikh during his visit to the Lady Wellington Hospital here on Saturday....
HYDERABAD: Tests find no bird flu in poultry HYDERABAD, March 25: The director of animal husbandry, Sindh, announced here on Friday that the department of poultry production and research had obtained 18,842 poultry samples, both commercial and domestic, from...		HYDERABAD: Traders reject tax on slaughter animals HYDERABAD, March 25: The Tajiran-i-Maveshian Welfare Association has warned that if forced recovery of “bhatta” by the contractor appointed by the city district government Karachi was not stopped at Nooriabad, cattle merchants will stop supply of cattle to the city....
HYDERABAD: By-election schedule HYDERABAD, March 25: The last date for filing nomination papers for the by-election for the seat of NA-219, Hyderabad-II, has been fixed at March 27. The seat had fallen vacant following the death of Prof Khalid Wahab....		SANGHAR: Old enmity claims two lives SANGHAR, March 25: Two people were killed over an old enmity near Yousuf Ji Mian on Saturday. Ali Gohar Hingoro and his two sons were fired upon by their rivals in Essa Lanjar village....
SHIKARPUR: Free medical camp held SHIKARPUR, March 25: A one-day free medical camp was held by the district health department at the civil hospital here on Saturday. About 3,000 patients of different diseases were examined who were provided with free medicines and X-ray facilities....		SUKKUR: Two killed in clash SUKKUR, March 25: Two people were killed in an armed clash between two groups over a minor issue in Nau Wah village of the Shikarpur district on Friday....