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ISLAMABAD: Centre for bioequivalence studies soon
ISLAMABAD, March 10: The Central Development Working Party of the Planning Commission has approved a project submitted by the Higher Education Commission for setting up the Centre for Bioequivalence Studies... 
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KARACHI: Imam Hussain’s Chehlum observed
KARACHI, March 10: The Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) was observed in the city on Saturday with religious fervour and solemnity. Allama Talib Jauhri addressed the central meeting, which was...
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KARACHI: Petition against plot conversion allowed
KARACHI, March 10: The Sindh High Court has allowed a petition against conversion of a plot in Mohammad Ali Johar Society from residential to commercial. A resident of the society submitted through Advocate S....
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KARACHI: Lawyers boycott courts
KARACHI, March 10: Legal proceedings remained suspended on Saturday in the city courts due to the strike call given by different lawyers associations. The call was given to protest against...
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KARACHI: SHCBA not to attend court
KARACHI, March 10: The Sindh High Court Bar Association member will abstain from attending court on March 12 to protest against the ouster of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry....
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PESHAWAR: Lawyers protest against CJ’s suspension: Black day on March 13
PESHAWAR, March 10: The lawyers’ community boycotted court proceedings here on Saturday in protest against the suspension of the Chief Justice of Pakistan by President General Pervez Musharraf....
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PESHAWAR: PPP, ANP condemn action
PESHAWAR, March 10: The People’s Party Parliamentarians and Awami National Party have condemned the action against Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and termed it a maneuvered move by Gen Pervez Musharraf to...
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HYDERABAD: Rallies, demos across Sindh
HYDERABAD, March 10: Lawyers in the interior of Sindh boycotted courts on Saturday to condemn the action against the chief justice. The lawyers termed the president’s action illegal, unconstitutional....
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KARACHI: India keen to reopen office in Karachi
KARACHI, March 10: The Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan said on Saturday said the Indian authorities would share all the findings vis-à-vis Samjhota Express explosions with their Pakistani counterparts and any...
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KARACHI: Traffic plan unsuccessful
KARACHI, March 10: People faced difficulties on Saturday due to the traffic police’s diversion plan on the occasion of chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA). Though traffic was diverted to alternative...
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KARACHI: Light rain expected in province
KARACHI, March 10: Light rains are expected on Sunday almost all over Sindh, including the city. This will bring down the mercury slightly, a met office official said on Saturday....
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KARACHI: KESC fails to keep promise
KARACHI, March 10: People experienced power suspensions on Saturday despite assurances given by KESC officials that power supply would remain normal on the Chehlum of Imam Hussain (RA)....
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KARACHI: Displaced families
KARACHI, March 10: The Tehreek-i-Mahsooreen Mashriqi Pakistan in a statement issued on Saturday condemned the city government for evicting over 80 Behari families from Mansoor Nagar in Orangi Town, and demanded that they be resettled in their homes.—Staff...
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KARACHI: Rs3.2m looted from bank
KARACHI, March 10: A gang of robbers looted Rs3.2 million from a bank in North Nazimabad on Saturday. Hyderi police said nine bandits entered the United Bank Allama Rasheed Turabi branch in Block-F around 12:30pm....
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KARACHI: Workers unhappy with Sessi hospitals
KARACHI, March 10: Workers of private industrial concerns secured under the Sindh Employees Social Security Institution (Sessi) scheme have complained of declining standards of treatment and medicines at the hospitals managed by Sessi....
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KARACHI: Alternative energy projects to start soon
KARACHI, March 10: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan said that new projects of alternate energy would soon start functioning in Sindh to help overcome energy crisis....
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KARACHI: Timely completion of schemes ordered
KARACHI, March 10: Sindh Chief Secretary Fazlur Rehman has directed all the provincial secretaries and DCOs to spare no effort in ensuring timely completion of ongoing uplift schemes and promote departmental liaison to achieve the targets....
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KARACHI: PIMA holds workshop for doctors
KARACHI, March 10: The Pakistan Islamic Medical Association, Sindh, organised a workshop for doctors on research methodology and manuscript writing on Saturday. The workshop was a component of the 10th PIMA biennial convention which started at a local hotel on Saturday....
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KARACHI: Madressahs not teaching extremism
KARACHI, March 10: Mufti Mohammad Naeem of Jamia Binoria Al-Aalmia (Binoria University International) on Saturday said that madressahs were not preaching extremism or fanaticism to its students....
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KARACHI: Court appoints administrator
KARACHI, March 10: An administrator has been appointed to conduct the Tariq Road Traders Welfare Association polls within 90 days. A suit was filed by a former president of the traders...
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KARACHI: Underpass at Malir planned
KARACHI, March 10: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has announced construction of an underpass at the Wireless Gate, Malir, for resolving the chronic problem of traffic jam caused by the rail traffic crossing this section of the prime thoroughfare....
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KARACHI: Book examining India, Pakistan art launched
KARACHI, March 10: An art book ‘Memory, Metaphor, Mutations: Contemporary Art of India and Pakistan’, written by Salima Hashmi and Yashodhara Dalmia, was launched by the Oxford University Press, Pakistan yesterday....
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PESHAWAR: Merger of UCs to be discussed with Centre
PESHAWAR, March 10: The provincial government has decided to raise, with the Centre, the apprehensive merger of six union councils of Haripur district into the federal territory in the wake of...
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PESHAWAR: JI women MPAs vow to counter secular force
PESHAWAR, March 10: Jamaat-i-Islami women MPAs on Saturday said that they were sitting on reserved seats in the NWFP assembly to counter ‘liberal and secular’ women legislators....
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KOHAT: Firing at jirga leaves three dead
KOHAT, March 10: Three people were killed and two others were injured during an exchange of fire at a jirga by rival groups in Tora Wari area of Doaba on Saturday....
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JACOBABAD: Man, woman killed over karo-kari
JACOBABAD, March 10: A man killed his wife and another man in the Dur Mohammad Sianch village in Mouladad police station’s area on Saturday suspecting her of having illicit relations with the man....
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SWAT: Kite flying claims two lives
SWAT, March 10: Two boys were killed in different kite flying related incidents on Saturday. Adnan, son of Syed Bacha, was flying kite on the roof of his house in Kabal tehsil when he fell down....
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HYDERABAD: Precautionary measures
HYDERABAD, March 10: The additional relief commission on Saturday directed all the DCOs of the province to take precautionary measures against possible rains in the province following met office forecast for...
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