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March 24, 2007 Saturday Rabi-ul-Awwal 4, 1428 KARACHI: Governor, CM visit Quaid’s mausoleum KARACHI, March 23: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan and Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Friday visited the mausoleum of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah to pay homage to the Father of the Nation on Pakistan Day.... KARACHI: Exhibition at museum marks Pakistan Day KARACHI, March 23: The National Museum of Pakistan on Friday opened a special exhibition on its premises in connection with the Pakistan Day in which some rare documents in original, letters,... KARACHI: Civil awards conferred KARACHI, March 23: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan on Friday decorated 26 individuals of the Sindh province with Pakistan Civil Awards, on behalf of the president at a ceremony held her at the Governor''s House on Friday.... KARACHI: Smart card project in doldrums KARACHI, March 23: The Smart Card vehicle inspection and testing project principally approved by the Sindh government is reportedly in the doldrums. Messers IRIS-RIST Technologies of Malaysia had offered the Sindh... KARACHI: Suspect held in murder of three brothers KARACHI, March 23: The Anti-Dacoity and Robbery Cell arrested on Friday a suspected bandit in the murder of three brothers. DSP Ghulam Rasool Abro of the ADRC told a press conference... KARACHI: Rising sea-level threat to islands KARACHI, March 23: Speakers at a meeting on Friday said that owing to global warming the sea level would rise during the next 100 years and pose threat to many small... KARACHI: Artistes mourn Bazmi’s death KARACHI, March 23: Top artistes and singers on Friday expressed their shock and grief over the death of renowned music director Nisar Bazmi who died on Thursday.Famous... KARACHI: Airports’ security reviewed KARACHI, March 23: A two-day conference of Chief Security Officers of Airport Security Force has concluded after discussing ways to further improve the overall security operations at various airports in the country.... KARACHI: High speed internet links up 85 varsities KARACHI, March 23: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) connected 85 universities through high speed internet as a joint venture with the Higher Education Commission (HEC).... KARACHI: Highway blocked for 7 hours KARACHI, March 23: Thousands of people remained stuck on Friday for over seven hours as transporters blocked the main Hub River Road and Northern Bypass to protest against the “highhandedness” of crime branch police.... KARACHI: Jheel Park renovation begins today KARACHI, March 23: The city government will begin renovating the Jheel Park on Saturday while it would also lay a modern park on the pattern of Bagh Ibne Qasim in Rehri Goth, Landhi, said City Nazim Mustafa Kamal on Friday.... KARACHI: Lifting of ban on Al-Rasheed Trust urged KARACHI, March 23: The Karachi Bar Association has expressing concern over the imposition of ban on the Al-Rasheed Trust, demanding that the ban be lifted immediately and the organisation be allowed to resume its social welfare activities and humanitarian services.... KARACHI: Disappearances alarm HR bodies KARACHI, March 23: According to a statement issued by various international human rights organizations today, Pakistan is among the leading nations of the world when it comes to enforced disappearances.... KARACHI: Reports on water, sewerage sought KARACHI, March23: The Managing Director of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board, Brigadier Iftikhar Haider, has asked KWSB staff to ensure smooth supply of water and regular flow of sewage in the... KARACHI: Enforcement of ban on plastic bags KARACHI, March 23: Sindh Minister for Environment and Alternative Energy Dr Saghir Ahmed directed officials concerned to ensure strict implementation of ban on polythene bags .... KARACHI: Orangi girls school in pitiable state KARACHI, March 23: An organization in Orangi Town has expressed concern over the dilapidated condition of the Government Girls Primary School, Orangi Town No 15 (OT-15), and said that the officials concerned are not interested in reconstructing its boundary wall.... KARACHI: Promotion of scouting stressed KARACHI, March 23: Sindh Education Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro said on Friday that serving humanity was an important aspect of Islamic values while in the present era, the scouts movement was its true reflection.... KARACHI: Music moot rolls on despite hitches KARACHI, March 23: Music enthusiasts on Thursday night felt the absence of eminent tabla players on the opening night of the fourth annual music festival -- currently underway -- organized by the All Pakistan Music Conference at the Hindu Gymkhana.... KARACHI: ARD plans countrywide protest on 26th KARACHI, March 23: As part of its countrywide protest, the Sindh Chapter of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy will stage protest rallies across the province on March 26 (Monday) to... KARACHI: City observes TB Day today KARACHI, March 23: Like elsewhere across the globe, World Tuberculosis (TB) Day will be observed in the city on March 24 to reiterate the pledge for coordinated and concerted efforts towards elimination of the infectious disease from the country.... KARACHI: Rally held for Sher-i-Bengal Day in Pakistan KARACHI, March 23: Speakers at a meeting on Friday demanded that Sher-i-Bengal Maulvi Fazl-ul-Haq day be celebrated on March 23 to mark the day when he presented the Pakistan Resolution at Lahore in 1940.... KARACHI: Arbab seeks report on procurement in police dept KARACHI, March 23: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has directed the chairman chief minister’s inspection team to look into the procurement process in the police department and submit his report within seven days.... KARACHI: No let-up in power cuts KARACHI, March 23: Residents of various localities in the city complained of disruption in power supply on Friday. A complainant from PECHS Block-6 said that power supply to the locality was suspended at 11.30am... KARACHI: Apwa holds charity concert KARACHI, March 23: Pakistani and Indian singers had the audience spellbound at a charity concert held on Thursday night. At the show organized by ‘Friends of Apwa’ (All Pakistan Women’s... KARACHI: Ghee price hike slammed KARACHI, March 23: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Friday condemned the rise in prices of ghee and demanded that the anti-people price hike be taken back immediately.... KARACHI: 5 more flights KARACHI, March 23: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE based in its capital, Abu Dhabi, has announced five additional flights to destinations in Pakistan this summer.... KARACHI: KBCA warning KARACHI, March 23: The Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) on Friday declared the “Overseas Cooperative Housing Society project on plot number 74/1, Block 7-8, Gulshan-i-Iqbal as ‘illegal structure’ and advised general public not to enter into any deal in it.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, March 23: The meteorological office has forecast fair and dry weather for Saturday. The minimum temperature is expected to range between 20 and 22 degrees centigrade.... HYDERABAD: Delay in arrest of culprits deplored: Nishtar Park carnage HYDERABAD, March 23: Anjuman Naujawanan-i-Islam (ANI) activists took out a procession from the DPO office roundabout to the press club here on Friday to protest against inordinate delay in arrest of perpetrators of Nishtar Park carnage.... BADIN: Education in Badin on verge of collapse BADIN, March 23: The state of education at all levels in probably the most backward district of the province is in a shambles with no signs of improvement in near or... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Sindh’s resources usurped: JSQM NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, March 23: The Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz Chairman, Basheer Khan Qureshi, said on Friday that the Punjab was exploiting the smaller provinces by usurping their resources.... JACOBABAD: Boy’s kidnapping jolts Jacobabad JACOBABAD, March 23: The Hindu community took out a procession here on Friday demanding quick recovery of Omparkash 8, who was kidnapped from main Bhittai Bazar six days back.... KHAIRPUR: Communist leader Qasmi dies KHAIRPUR, March 23: Renowned leftist leader and a senior lawyer of Sukkur, Ruknuddin Qasmi, died at the Civil Hospital in Sukkur on Thursday night. He was 86.... THATTA: Woman complains of police harassment THATTA, March 23: A young woman has appealed to President Gen Pervez Musharraf to save her and her relatives from excesses of the Sujawal TPO and the Chuhar Jamali SHO who,... DADU: Rally against health officials DADU, March 23: Activists of different social and political organisations and members of general public staged a rally in the city, which culminated in a demonstration outside the local press club,... HYDERABAD: SPSF demonstration HYDERABAD, March 23: Sindh People’s Students Federation activists staged a demonstration outside the press club on Friday against the arrest and imprisonment of SPSF leader Junaid Buland, reports our Bureau....

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