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March 27, 2006 Monday Safar 26, 1427 KARACHI: Pace of peace process slow, says Mirwaiz: WSF conference on Kashmir KARACHI, March 26: The chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, told a conference here on Sunday that he was “disappointed” at the pace of the peace process between India and Pakistan.... KARACHI: Pakistan, India urged to lift visa restriction KARACHI, March 26: Pakistani and Indian governments should go one step forward in taking the confidence-building measures by lifting visa restriction and provide the peoples of the two countries with the... KARACHI: ‘Continuous struggle only way to democracy’ KARACHI, March 26: Speakers at a seminar on Sunday said there were no shortcuts to democracy and it could only be achieved by a long struggle of the people through a political process after rendering great sacrifices.... KARACHI: ‘Hamas foiling US plan for greater ME’ KARACHI, March 26: The Hamas, after being voted to power, has created the biggest obstacle in the way of the implementation of the US plan for ‘Greater Middle East’, said Jamal Juma, campaign coordinator of the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign.... KARACHI: US seeking dominance through globalization, WSF told KARACHI, March 26: Speakers at a seminar on “Democracy in South Asia” criticized the ‘formal’ democracy in India which, according to them, was accepting dictates of globalization at the cost of the people’s welfare.... KARACHI: Ibad seeks strategy on preservation of heritage KARACHI, March 26: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad has emphasised the need for chalking out a realistic line of action based on positive thinking for preservation of historic and heritage buildings and places.... KARACHI: Rashdis’ services acclaimed KARACHI, March 26: Speakers at a seminar on ‘Rashdi Brothers’ here on Saturday said that although Pir Ali Mohammad Rashdi and Pir Hussamuddin Rashdi never attend school, they achieved top position in politics and research respectively.... KARACHI: Consultant firm warned KARACHI, March 26: The City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal, on Sunday ordered the issuance of a show cause notice to a consultant firm working on development works at the Gharibabad and... KARACHI: Water shortage in Lyari KARACHI, March 26: An acute water shortage problem has been persisting in some parts of Lyari Town for the past two weeks causing unrest among the people in the affected areas.... KARACHI: Cleaning of heritage buildings begins KARACHI, March 26: The city government has in collaboration with the “Karavan Pakistan” started a special campaign for cleaning the city’s buildings of heritage importance starting with the cleaning of the defunct KMC building on Sunday morning.... KARACHI: Scholars pay homage to Imam Ahmad Raza KARACHI, March 26: All the issues being faced by the Muslim Ummah today could be resolved if we have 50 people amongst us of the calibre of Hazrat Imam Ahmad Raza Khan Barelvi.... KARACHI: Only 17 women inspectors in city KARACHI, March 26: Sindh Police Department is faced with shortage of female personnel as it has hardly 1,762 policewomen among the total force of 89,393 across the province.... KARACHI: Art exhibition at Alliance KARACHI, March 26: An art exhibition of mix media by Akram Dost will open at Alliance Francaise at 6pm on Monday. The exhibition will be on till April 3, daily from 11am to 7pm.... KARACHI: Altaf wants foreign policy revised KARACHI, March 26: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has said that in an effort to save the country, the MQM once again extends its hands of friendship to those... KARACHI: Milk price soars KARACHI, March 26: The milk-sellers of Karachi have unilaterally raised the price of milk, selling the daily-use essential commodity at Rs30-34 per litre. The hapless housewives, who have yet to absorb... KARACHI: Relief goods sent to AJK KARACHI, March 26: The Al-Khidmat Welfare Society of the Jamaat-i-Islami Karachi dispatched its 80th consignment of relief goods in four trucks to the quake-hit areas of Muzaffarabad and Bagh districts of... HYDERABAD: PPP condemns razing of villages HYDERABAD, March 26: The People’s Party Parliamentarians has reiterated its opposition to the Kalabagh dam project and condemned demolition of old villages of Sindhis in Karachi and Hyderabad.... HYDERABAD: Land record tampering alleged HYDERABAD, March 26: Residents of Umeed Bux Sanjrani and Ali Murad Sangrani villages, Deh Sekhat, Matiari district, have accused former employees of the revenue department of manipulating the revenue record with a view to depriving them of their land.... HYDERABAD: Govt’s days are numbered: ARD leader HYDERABAD, March 26: The Sindh chapter president of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy, Mr Zain Ansari, has said that Gen Musharraf’s days in power were numbered as the ARD... HYDERABAD: Belgian national seeks president’s help HYDERABAD, March 26: A Belgian national of Pakistan origin, Raja Sikandar Hayat Khan, has appealed to President General Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and other government leaders to help him,... LARKANA: Services of Sooriah Badshah eulogized LARKANA, March 26: Historian and short story writer Sobho Gianchandani has said Rashdi Sayeds had always sacrificed for the cause of Sindh and those who sacrifice for their soil and... SUKKUR: Protest against demolition of villages SUKKUR, March 26: Activists of the Awami Tehrik held a demonstration and observed a token hunger strike in front of the Shah Latif Library in Kandhkot on Sunday in protest against... DADU: End to army operation in Balochistan demanded DADU, March 26: A convention of workers the PPP has demanded that the government should stop army operation in Balochistan, shelve Kalabagh, Bhasha and other controversial projects and withdraw all cases... PESHAWAR: Scout sepoy commits suicide PESHAWAR, March 26: A 22-year-old paramilitary trooper committed suicide using an official gun at Fort Slop in Bara tehsil on Sunday.... PESHAWAR: Consensus on 4-point agenda, says Qazi: Demand for Musharraf’s resignation, caretaker govt PESHAWAR, March 26: President of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) and Amir Jamaat-i-Islami Pakistan Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said that all political and religious parties have agreed on a four-point agenda which envisages... PESHAWAR: Illegal recruiting agency raided PESHAWAR, Nov 26: Several illegal recruitment agencies in the province are fleecing innocent people by promising them jobs in foreign countries, particularly Malaysia, says a Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) official.... PESHAWAR: Four ‘kidnappers’ killed in encounter PESHAWAR, March 26: Four alleged kidnappers were killed and a policeman and two Frontier Constabulary troops were injured during a shoot out in the Palosi Talarzai village in city suburbs on Saturday.... HARIPUR: Man dies as van runs into tractor HARIPUR, March 26: A man was killed and two others sustained injuries when a Haripur-bound van rammed into a stationary tractor-trolley near Khanpur on Sunday....

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