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March 04, 2007 Sunday Safar 14, 1428 KARACHI: Federal govt medical college this year KARACHI, March 3: A federal government medical-cum-dental college in the city will become functional in September, Federal Health Secretary Syed Anwar Mehmood told APP here on Saturday.... KARACHI: Civil hospital’s trauma centre hits hurdles KARACHI, March 3: Construction has not started on Civil Hospital Karachi’s trauma centre even after a year because the CHK management and health department officials have failed to address stakeholders’ concerns.... KARACHI: Opposition invited to attend APC on provincial autonomy KARACHI, March 3: Sindh Minister for Mines and Mineral Development Irfanullah Khan Marwat said on Saturday that he had delivered invitations to all the opposition parties to participate in the All... KARACHI: IGP orders registration of domestic servants KARACHI, March 3: Sindh Inspector General of Police Jehangir Mirza has directed the Clifton Town Police Officer to implement the suggestions submitted by the Defence Housing Authority Residents Society regarding registration of domestic servants.... KARACHI: PPP Sindh Council KARACHI, March 3: President of the Pakistan People’s Party, Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah has convened the meeting of the party’s Sindh Council at the People’s Secretariat on Thursday (March 8) at 11am.... KARACHI: Holiday on Bhitai Day KARACHI, March 3: The Sindh government has announced March 5, 2007 as a public holiday on the occasion of Urs of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai for all offices, autonomous, semi-autonomous bodies,... KARACHI: Holi gives colour to many areas KARACHI, March 3: Hindus celebrated the annual festival of colours, Holi, on Saturday. The festival is celebrated to mark the victory of good forces over evil ones.... KARACHI: ATC adjourns Laiba murder case hearing KARACHI, March 3: An Anti-Terrorism Court, headed by Ghulam Ali Samito, on Saturday put off the proceedings till March 7, on adjournment plea moved by counsel for accused, in a case about alleged kidnapping for ransom and murder of baby Laiba.... KARACHI: Overfishing destroying resources: PMT chief KARACHI, March 3: Small fishermen have described over fishing as one of the main causes of destruction of coastal resources and the livelihood of small fishermen along the Sindh coast.... PESHAWAR: Ulema support sought: Anti-polio campaign PESHAWAR, March 3: To counter the propaganda against vaccination in parts of the NWFP and Fata, the Frontier government has decided to mobilise prayer leaders who will try to convince the masses about the merits of the ongoing anti-polio drive.... KARACHI: Security agencies without licence warned of action KARACHI, March 3: Strict action would be taken against the private security agencies being operated without a valid licence, Adviser to the Chief Minister on Home Waseem Akhtar said, adding that owners of such illegal agencies could be arrested.... KARACHI: Power cuts continue KARACHI, March 3: Residents of various localities continue to suffer due to intermittent power failures on Saturday.... KARACHI: Blue Light Special KARACHI, March 3: Karachi seems to have caught the jazz bug. For the second time in as many weeks, the city was treated to a performance of jazz standards, this time... KARACHI: Second Pakistan inter-school debate contest KARACHI, March 3: Thirty four schools took part in the 2nd Pakistan Declamation Contest 2007, organised by the Saint Patrick’s High School here at a local hotel.... KARACHI: Baldia issues to be resolved on priority: nazim KARACHI, March 3: A delegation led by parliamentary leader of Mutthiada Majlis-i-Amal in Sindh Assembly Maulana Omar Sadiq called on City Nazim Mustafa Kamal at his office on Saturday and discussed issues being faced by the residents of Baldia Town.... KARACHI: Lawyers ask govt to appoint judges within one month KARACHI, March 3: The lawyers’ fraternity has given the government one-month time to fill up all vacant seats of judges in the Sindh High Court and its subordinate courts, saying that... KARACHI: SBTE offers diploma in multimedia management KARACHI, March 3: The Sindh Board of Technical Education on Saturday announced launching of the Multimedia Operational Management (MOM) course, a specialised one-year diploma programme for students with advanced graphic skills.... KARACHI: 4 sent behind the bars KARACHI, March 3: Judicial Magistrate, South, Khushi Mohammad on Saturday sent four persons to jail in separate cases registered against them under Section 13-D (possession of illegal arms) by Darakhshan police.... KARACHI: Environment dept insists on laws enforcement KARACHI, March 3: The Sindh environment department has started issuing letters to various government departments and agencies, asking them to ensure enforcement of environmental laws in new projects, said sources in the department.... KARACHI: Criminal prosecution service fails to take off KARACHI, March 3: The Sindh Criminal Prosecution Service set up to provide speedy justice to those facing trials in criminal cases failed to take off due to non-allocation of budget by the finance department.... KARACHI: New rules for village, neighborhood councils Karachi, March 3: The Provincial Transition Wing of Sindh Local Government Department on Saturday notified the rules for conducting the Election of Village and Neighborhood Councils in the province.... KARACHI: JAC unhappy with Kainat case progress KARACHI, March 3: The leaders of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) for People’s Rights on Saturday expressed dissatisfaction over police investigations into the alleged gang-rape of Kainat Soomro of Dadu district.... KARACHI: Women on hunger strike KARACHI, March 3: Ten women of a family hailing from Kotri on Saturday observed hunger strike outside the Karachi Press Club against the alleged maltreatment of the area police.... KARACHI: Traffic mess on Manghopir Rd KARACHI, March 3: Traffic jam was witnessed on Saturday morning on main Manghopir Road due to reconstruction work on a portion of the road from Raxer Lane to Bara Board.... KARACHI: Korangi gets small park KARACHI, March 3: Sindh Minister for Local Government Mohammad Hussain Khan has said that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was the largest representative political party of Karachiites and therefore its workers were duty bound to serve the masses round the clock.... KARACHI: Facilities at harbour KARACHI, March 3: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has directed the authorities concerned to ensure modern facilities for the Karachi Fish Harbour Authority in accordance with the international standards.... KARACHI: Sparc terms identity child’s first right KARACHI, March 3: The Society for the Protection of Rights of the Child organised a programme in UC-6 of Shah Faisal Town with the help of union council members to create awareness among people about registration of childbirth.... KARACHI: Probe into Darul Aman affairs KARACHI, March 3: Sindh Minister for Culture, Tourism and Social Welfare Abdul Rauf Siddiqui on Saturday took serious notice of a report appeared in a section of press about excesses on women and irregularities in Darul Aman, Karachi.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, March 3: The Met office has forecast fair weather with hazy morning for the city on Sunday with the minimum temperature expected to range between 16 and 18 degrees Centigrade.—APP... HYDERABAD: Ayaz termed greatest Sindhi poet after Bhitai HYDERABAD, March 3: Shaikh Ayaz is the greatest Sindhi poet after Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai. This appeared to be the consensus at a gathering held here on Friday evening to observe his 84th birth anniversary.... HYDERABAD: Child safety steps during disasters debated HYDERABAD, March 3: “The government should make arrangements for providing medical facilities to people at their doorstep rather than investing heavily in hi-tech innovations.” This was unanimously stressed by the Pakistani... HYDERABAD: PONM meeting in Wadh on 15th HYDERABAD, March 3: A delegation of Pakhtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party leaders, led by its general secretary Akbar Shah, met with Sindh Taraqi-asand Party chief Dr Qadir Magsi at Taraqi Passand House on Saturday.... PESHAWAR: Money transfer service launched PESHAWAR, March 3: The service launched by the Pakistan Post for online transfer of money from 200 countries is now available to consumers in the NWFP.... PESHAWAR: 6.1m euro project to help fight tuberculosis PESHAWAR, March 3: A 6.1 million euro project has been launched in the Frontier province with the assistance of the German government to strengthen the TB Control Programme and to provide better health-care facilities to patients....

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