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March 20, 2007 Tuesday Safar 30, 1428 KARACHI: Hydrants controlled by rangers to be closed KARACHI, March 19: The Managing Director of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board, Brigadier Iftikhar Haider, has said all nine hydrants under the control of Pakistan Rangers would be closed once the ongoing work for setting up hydrants in different towns completes.... KARACHI: Rain trips 90 feeders KARACHI, March 19: Residents of various localities experienced prolonged and intermittent power suspensions on Monday. A source in Karachi Electric Supply Corporation said 90 out of 850 feeders were tripped in... KARACHI: Chinese firm ready to manage solid waste KARACHI, March 19: The city government has received a detailed report the survey conducted by a leading Chinese firm over a period of five months on the solid waste management in Karachi.... KARACHI: Lawyers demand Musharraf’s resignation KARACHI, March 19: The protesting lawyers upped the ante in their campaign on Monday and demanded the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf simultaneously with the unconditional withdrawal of the reference pending against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.... KARACHI: Convict to appeal: Pearl case KARACHI, March 19: The lawyer of a militant sentenced to hang in Pakistan for his role in the murder of Daniel Pearl said on Monday he would use a top al Qaeda militant''s confession to support an appeal.... KARACHI: Eclipse ends with light showers KARACHI, March 19: The city received light rain on Monday morning that continued with intervals till evening with North Karachi getting the maximum rainfall of approximately 53mm, the meteorological office said.... KARACHI: Stakeholders’ tussle termed root-cause of problems: Karachi Fish Harbour KARACHI, March 19: Lack of coordination among the key stakeholders in Karachi Fish Harbour has been described as one of the main reasons behind the current crisis in fisheries sector, which... KARACHI: Contaminated water kills 200,000 children annually KARACHI, March 19: Fifty-six million people of the country do not have access to clean drinking water, and 200,000 children die of waterborne diseases every year.... KARACHI: ‘HEC’s policies to spell disaster’ KARACHI, March 19: The consequences of the ill-conceived policies of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) will be disastrous and further ruin the standard of education.... KARACHI: Builder gets notice KARACHI, March 19: Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali of the Sindh High Court issued notice to a builder for March 28 in a suit for specific performance, possession, permanent injunction and damages.... KARACHI: No need to declare emergency: nazim KARACHI, March 19: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has said the city government managed to drain the accumulated rainwater from the city within hours of the rain and there was no need to declare rain emergency on Monday.... KARACHI: KPC meeting for Ahmed Ali Khan KARACHI, March 19: A condolence meeting to pay tribute and acknowledge the services of the legend in journalism and former Editor of Dawn Ahmed Ali Khan has been scheduled to be held on Tuesday at Karachi Press Club.... KARACHI: Gulshan school bags O-level world honours KARACHI, March 19: Only devoted and dedicated teachers can guarantee Pakistan’s prosperous future. Dr Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary said this at a ceremony held by Beacon Light Academy to acknowledge students who... KARACHI: 10-year ban on sale of katchi abadi plots KARACHI, March 19: The Sindh Katchi Abadis Authority (SKAA) has decided to impose a 10-year ban on sale and transfer of plots in any katchi abadi in the province.... KARACHI: Completion of hospital project ordered KARACHI, March 19: Sindh Planning and Development Minister Syed Shoaib Ahmed Bukhari on Monday directed the authorities concerned to expedite work on the expansion project of the Sindh Government Qatar Hospital.... KARACHI: Rally condemns US occupation of Iraq KARACHI, March 19: Anti-war peace activists, media men, civil society and trade union representatives on Monday marched through the streets chanting slogans demanding an end to the American occupation of Iraq.... KARACHI: KU convocation KARACHI, March 19: The University of Karachi on Saturday extended the submission date of registration form and fee for the upcoming annual convocation up to March 31.... KARACHI: Home dept official killed KARACHI, March 19: A section officer of the home department was shot dead on Monday on Abul Asphani Road while he was on way to his office in a contract bus, police said.... KARACHI: ‘Garbage disposal needs integrated approach’ KARACHI, March 19: The Managing Trustee of Gulbahao, an organisation dedicated to recycling of garbage, Nargis Latif, said on Monday that the conventional method of collecting mixed garbage and taking it to landfill sites was unaffordable, outmoded and unnatural.... KARACHI: Malaysian firm ready to invest in mass transit KARACHI, March 19: A Malaysian firm has expressed interest in the Karachi Mass Transit mega project and CNG buses in the metropolis. A delegation of Landesign Group Sendirian, led by... KARACHI: Tuberculosis awareness stressed KARACHI, March 19: The curable tuberculosis (TB) kills about 20,000 people in Sindh due to lack of awareness, said a senior official of the TB Control Programme in the province.... KARACHI: Body found KARACHI, March 19: A man was found slaughtered at a desolate place in Bilal Colony. The body was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed police where the dead man remained unidentified.... KARACHI: MNA refers NAB against CM’s action KARACHI, March 19: PPP MNA Nabeel Ahmed Gabol has said he has submitted a reference with the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim for misuse of authority.... KARACHI: Khan Sahib remembered KARACHI, March 19: The faculty and staff of the Sind Institute of Urology and Transplantation assembled to condoled the sad death of Ahmad Ali Khan, a former member of the SIUT Board of Governors and Editor-in-Chief of Dawn.... KARACHI: Paintings show at Canvas KARACHI, March 19: “Situations” an exhibition of 13 recent oil on canvas paintings by Jamal Shah from Balochistan opens at Canvas art gallery on Tuesday, 20th March, at 5pm.... HYDERABAD: Vacuum left by Zafar Kazmi hard to fill: Agro HYDERABAD, March 19: Rich tributes were paid to renowned artist and sculptor late Zafar Kazmi for his services in the cause of Sindh and art at a condolence reference held at... HYDERABAD: Economist rejects claim of improved reserves HYDERABAD, March 19: Eminent economist Qaiser Bengali has predicted economic crisis next year and rejected government claim that the country’s foreign exchange reserves have improved.... HYDERABAD: Three injured in student clash HYDERABAD, March 19: A group of students seriously injured a bus driver with iron rods and three students suffered serious wounds in a clash between two groups in separate incidents of violence at the Sindh University Jamshoro campus on Monday.... MIRPURKHAS: Boy killed, four hurt in accidents MIRPURKHAS, March 19: An eight-year-old boy was killed and four passengers of a motorcycle rickshaw received serious injuries in two separate accidents on Monday. Reports reaching here said that Ramesh,... HYDERABAD: SU hostel opens HYDERABAD, March 19: Sindh University has completed HEC-funded project of 15 suits in foreign faculty hostel at Allama I.I.Kazi Campus Jamshoro. Vice Chancellor of Sindh University inaugurated the hostel on Monday.... HYDERABAD: Continuation of subsidised rate for DAP in Kharif urged HYDERABAD, March 19: The Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB) appealed to the prime minister to announce a clear policy on the prices of fertilisers before the approaching Kharif season set in.... DADU: Thousands stage march against oil company DADU, March 19: Thousands of people including activists of different political parties took part in a march in Johi town on Sunday in protest against BHP Billiton, oil and gas exploration...

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