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March 03, 2007 Saturday Safar 13, 1428 KARACHI: Centralised blood bank on cards to meet emergencies KARACHI, March 2: The City District Government of Karachi is in the process of setting up a centralised blood bank to deal with any emergency need during outbreak of diseases or accidents and disasters, said health department sources.... KARACHI: SHC asks KBCA to inform it of action: Illegal structures KARACHI, March 2: The Sindh High Court asked the Karachi Building Control Authority to apprise it of the action taken or proposed to be taken against the builders and developers, architects... KARACHI: KWSB warning KARACHI, March 2: The Additional Vice-Chairman of the KWSB, MPA Mohammad Moin Khan, has ordered the officials concerned to discontinue water supply to defaulters of the water utility.... KARACHI: Opposition ignores Treasury’s jibes KARACHI, March 2: The Opposition blunted the moves of some treasury bench members on Friday by demonstrating restraint in the Sindh Assembly to draw them into a shouting match or trap... KARACHI: PPP indulging in non-issues, says Arbab KARACHI, March 2: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that as the Pakistan Peoples Party was left with no issue, it was indulging in politics of non-issues.... KARACHI: Benazir needs no signal to return: PPP KARACHI, March 2: The Pakistan People’s Party central information secretary, Sherry Rehman, has said party chairperson Benazir Bhutto needs no NOC nor any green signal and she would return home as per her programme when the election schedule will be announced.... KARACHI: 13 women fell prey to karo-kari last month KARACHI, March 2: As many as 21 females, including two minors, and 83 men were murdered and another 10 women injured in Sindh in the month of February, according to a report issued by the Aurat Foundation here on Thursday.... KARACHI: 986 vehicles, 4,375 cellphones taken away in Feb KARACHI, March 2: More than four thousand cellphones and over nine hundred vehicles were taken away in the city during the past one month.... PESHAWAR: CJ blames police for increase in human trafficking PESHAWAR, March 2: Human trafficking is on the rise because of incompetent investigating officers, according to Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court Tariq Pervez Khan.... KARACHI: UTS bus operators to observe strike on 9th KARACHI, March 2: Following collapse of their talks with the city government, operators of the Urban Transport Service (UTS) and KPTS Metro buses on Friday decided to observe a wheeljam in... KARACHI: Govt trying to overawe opposition: Khuhro KARACHI, March 2: Leader of Opposition In Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmad Khuhro has termed the murder of Punjab Minister Zill-i-Huma Usman during an open katchery as proof of the inept performance... KARACHI: Journalists’ walk-out from Sindh PA KARACHI, March 2: The Sindh Assembly Press gallery corps on Friday staged a token walkout to protest against the government action against daily Islam and the improper treatment of the nephew... KARACHI: Jubilation fire claims guest’s life KARACHI, March 2: A guest at a wedding ceremony was killed when some people resorted to firing in jubilation. The ceremony pertained to the wedding of Keamari Town nazim’s paternal cousin.... KARACHI: Cleanliness drive in full swing KARACHI, March 2: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has directed the city government authorities to take necessary measures for elimination of the mosquito breeding grounds in the metropolis to curb any possible spread of viral diseases.... KARACHI: Punjab ombudsman KARACHI, March 2: Punjab Ombudsman Abdul Rasheed Khan visited his Sindh counterpart K. Yousuf Jamal here on Friday and discussed with him the issues of pension and board examination in detail.... KARACHI: Steps urged to protect street children KARACHI, March 2: A programme aimed at capacity building jointly organised by the Capital City Police Karachi and Azad Foundation, an NGO, held here at the ADRC police station on Friday.... KARACHI: Traffic mess irks commuters KARACHI, March 2: Commuters continue to suffer due to the closure of a portion of Dr Ziauddin Ahmad Road on account of the replacement of sewerage line.... KARACHI: Increase in power tariff slammed KARACHI, March 2: Speakers at an All Parties Conference on Friday condemning the recent 10 per cent increase in electricity charges termed it an anti-people move of the government and demanded its immediate withdrawal.... KARACHI: Arrest of culprits demanded: Nishtar Park tragedy KARACHI, March 2: Speakers at a demonstration on Friday condemned the government on its failure in arresting the culprits of the Nishtar Park tragedy and warned that if all those involved... KARACHI: Hearing adjourned in kidnapping case KARACHI, March 2: The Anti-terrorism Court (ATC) No 1, Karachi headed by Ghulam Ali Samito on Friday adjourned the proceedings till March 6, after hearing final arguments from the counsels representing both the sides, in a kidnapping case.... KARACHI: Qasba, Baloch colonies getting contaminated water KARACHI, March 2: The residents of Qasba and Baloch colonies have complained of contaminated water. They said the problem had aggravated last month and many neighbourhoods had stopped using this water since more than a week.... KARACHI: Special allowances for doctors, paramedics KARACHI, March 2: Sindh Health Minister Syed Sardar Ahmad on Friday said that the provincial government would provide incentive allowances to those doctors and paramedics who are at present performing duties... KARACHI: Security on Chehlum KARACHI, March 2: Sindh police chief Jehangir Mirza has directed the Capital City Police Officer of Karachi and Regional Police Officers of Hyderabad and Sukkur to chalk out extra-ordinary security plan on the occasion of Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA).... KARACHI: Encroachments removed KARACHI, March 2: Pakistan Railways, Karachi Division, has launched a campaign to remove encroachments.... KARACHI: DAE results announced KARACHI, March 2: The Sindh Board of Technical Education (SBTE), Karachi on Friday announced the results of Diploma of Associate Engineer second year evening annual examinations held in November 2006.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, March 2: The Met office has forecast fair weather with hazy morning with the minimum temperature expected to range between 15 and 17 degrees Centigrade on Saturday.—PPI... KARACHI: Sharing medical expertise need of the hour, moot told KARACHI, March 2: Speakers at a medical congress stressed the need to augment the relationship between local and foreign medical experts and researchers in order to address the newer health concerns befittingly.... KARACHI: Epilepsy patient: board set up KARACHI, March 2; A three-member board constituted to examine a 15-year old epilepsy patient, on Friday visited the Aga Khan University Hospital where the patient in question is admitted for six and a half months, said sources in the health department.... KARACHI: Power cuts continue KARACHI, March 2: People complained of intermittent and prolonged power suspensions in various localities of the city on Friday.... KARACHI: Multan blast condemned KARACHI, March 2: Condemning the Multan bomb blast, the Pakistan People’s Party has asked the government to ensure immediate arrest of the culprits involved in this act of terrorism and award them exemplary punishment.... KARACHI: Bagh another gift, says Altaf KARACHI, March 2: Chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Altaf Hussain has congratulated people of Sindh, particularly Karachi, on the inauguration of the country’s biggest park, Bagh Ibne Qasim.... KARACHI: Holi today KARACHI, March 2: The Hindu community in the city will celebrate its annual religious festival of Holi on Saturday.... KARACHI: Cultural show KARACHI, March 2: Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town has organised a cultural show in connection with spring festivals at Shaheen Ground on Saturday. The programme arranged by Union Council 2 of Gulshan-i-Iqbal will be started from 11am and continue till late night.... HYDERABAD: Experts want victims of child abuse rehabilitated HYDERABAD, March 2: Medical experts from abroad and Pakistan have underscored the need for identification of victims of child abuse to ensure their rehabilitation, saying that a legal framework for regulating... HYDERABAD: Nazims asked to speed up development HYDERABAD, March 2: The government has devolved powers at the grass-root level and now it is up to the elected representatives to resolve the problems of people, said the chairman, National Commission for Government Reforms, Dr Ishrat Hussain.... HYDERABAD: Corneal graft in Hyderabad hospital HYDERABAD, March 2: Corneal graft of second eyes of a girl and a man was performed at the Red Crescent Hospital, Latifabad, on Friday with the collaboration of the district government and the Al-Umeed Lions Club, Hyderabad.... PESHAWAR: Assistance to Afghan refugees lauded PESHAWAR, March 2: The people and government of Afghanistan are thankful to Pakistan for extending support to Afghan refugees who are still living here in large numbers, according to Dr Abdul... PESHAWAR: Petition against Bilour deemed maintainable PESHAWAR, March 2: The Peshawar High Court on Friday dismissed a writ petition filed by Awami National Party’s Senator Ilyas Ahmad Bilour which sought dismissal of an election petition filed against him.... PESHAWAR: Students stage sit-in PESHAWAR, March 2: Students of the Peshawar College of Engineering, Kohat road, staged a sit-in on the Fort road near the Governor’s House, demanding that the government grant autonomy to their institution.... PESHAWAR: Customs agents to form association PESHAWAR, March 2: An emergency meeting of the Karachi Customs Agents Association that was held here on Friday decided to form a new body called the All Pakistan Customs Agents Association under the Trade Organisation Ordinance, 2006.... PESHAWAR: New PA secretary appointed PESHAWAR, March 2: Speaker of NWFP Assembly Bakht Jehan Khan, on the recommendations of the departmental promotion and recruitment committee No 1, has promoted Mohammad Mushtaq, senior additional secretary (BPS-21), to... PESHAWAR: Last date for postal ballot applications PESHAWAR, March 2: The Election Commission of Pakistan has fixed March 15 as the last date for applying for postal balloting in the by-election in NA-26 Bannu constituency.... PESHAWAR: History of Hazara region discussed PESHAWAR, March 2: The first session of the newly-established “Hazara Thinkers Forum” was held on Friday in Abbottabad with Zulfiqar Ahmad Cheema, Deputy Inspector General of Police for Hazara Region, in the chair.... PESHAWAR: Call for cultural exchanges PESHAWAR, March 2: The world has become a global village because of advancements in information technology but distances still exist among peoples which could be removed through cultural exchanges, according to... PESHAWAR: Govt asked not waste time on renaming province PESHAWAR, March 2: Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Salim Saifullah Khan on Friday asked the NWFP government not to waste its energies on renaming the province after ignoring the real issues confronting its people.... ISLAMABAD: Rain, snowfall likely ISLAMABAD, March 2: The Meteorological Office on Friday forecast rain and snowfall in the NWFP, Upper Punjab and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. Weather would remain partly cloudy in the federal capital with chances of rain during the weekend....

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