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March 27, 2007 Tuesday Rabi-ul-Awwal 7, 1428 KARACHI: MMA joins ARD protest rally KARACHI, March 26: The joint opposition parties staged a peaceful rally in the city on Monday and vociferously demanded that General Pervez Musharraf resign “before the people of Pakistan throw him out of power”.... KARACHI: Lawyers continue protest KARACHI, March 26: Four members of Sindh High Court Bar Association (SHCBA) observed a token hunger strike in SHC against the suspension of Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.... KARACHI: TB and Aids control projects be coordinated KARACHI, March 26: There is a need to coordinate the TB Control and AIDS Control programmes because both infections facilitate each other. Health officials should integrate HIV prevention services with DOTS diagnostic and treatment centres and vice versa.... KARACHI: SHC stops operations branch from probe KARACHI, March 27: The Sindh High Court ordered transfer of all investigations pending before the operations branch of police to its investigation branch as required by the Police Order 2002.... KARACHI: People are with us, says CM KARACHI, March 26: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim, has said that the opposition’s protest call in Sindh has failed and the people had not responded.... KARACHI: Supply of clean water urged KARACHI, March 26: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Karachi Chapter on Monday expressed concern over the supply of contaminated water to various areas of the city, particularly in government hospitals.... KARACHI: 12,000 tachers to be trained KARACHI, March 26: The Professional Institute of Teacher Education has organised a six-week teachers'' training programme at Elementary Colleges of Sindh. As many as 12,000 primary teachers will be imparted training.... KARACHI: 70 cellphones, 34 vehicles taken away KARACHI, March 26: Seventy cellphones and 34 vehicles were taken away from different parts of the city on Monday. Bandits snatched 35 mobile phones at gunpoint and thieves stole 28 mobile phones.... KARACHI: HEC to set up ‘plagiarism detection cell’ KARACHI, March 26: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has decided to set up a Plagiarism Detection Cell, which will monitor all Ph.D. theses and research publications by checking them against international literature.... KARACHI: Foolproof security ordered KARACHI, March 26: Chief Secretary Shakeel Durrani has directed all relevant departments to ensure foolproof security and civic arrangements during the Eid Miladun Nabi (SAW) celebrations.... KARACHI: Procession route for Chup-Tazia KARACHI, March 26: The 8th Rabi-ul-Awwal Chup-Tazia procession will be taken out at 6:30am on Wednesday from Nishtar Park. It will terminate at Noor Bagh Musaffirkhana in Moosa Lane, Lyari.... KARACHI: MMA slates vulgar TV ads KARACHI, March 26: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Monday, expressing concern over the vulgar advertisements being produced and telecast in the country, has urged the authorities to check this growing menace that is affecting the morals of society.... KARACHI: Young artists should be acknowledged KARACHI, March 26: Gulmohar Art Gallery wants to promote budding artists of the country across the world, said its proprietor, Shaheen Siddiqui. She said the gallery had served as a... KARACHI: Free check-up of vehicles offered KARACHI, March 26: The Sindh Environment and Alternate Energy Department on Monday started free check-ups of smoke-emitting vehicles in the metropolis. More than 150 vehicles were checked through smoke analysing instruments... KARACHI: KWSB complaint centres KARACHI, March 26: Managing Director Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) Brig Iftikhar Haider has said that complaint centres had been established to remove peoples’ grievances within the shortest possible time.... KARACHI: Cooking oil, ghee prices shoot up KARACHI, March 26: The price of a 16-kg ghee tin has increased to Rs1,050-Rs1,065 from Rs1,000-Rs1,015 on March 1, while the 16-kg cooking oil tin price rose to Rs1,150-Rs1,200 from Rs1,100.... KARACHI: Nasrin stresses TB awareness KARACHI, March 26: City Naib Nazim Nasrin Jalil has said that it is now inevitable to generate awareness and information about tuberculosis and people have to be told that it is no longer an incurable disease.... KARACHI: Ibad calls for system ensuring fitness of CNG kits KARACHI, March 26: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has stressed the need for having a system of fitness of CNG cylinders and complete kits installed in vehicles.... KARACHI: PR workers concerned over contract system KARACHI, March 26: The Pakistan Railways Workers Federation on Monday expressed concern over the handing over of trains on a contract basis, and demanded that the system be abolished or introduced through open tenders to ensure transparency in the process.... KARACHI: Survey of medical stores urged KARACHI, March 26: Sindh Health Minister Syed Sardar Ahmed on Monday asked health officials to carry out a survey of medicine and chemist shops in the province at the earliest.... KARACHI: Bengalis demand equal treatment KARACHI, March 26: The Pakistani Bengalis Action Committee on Monday demanded restoration of legitimate rights of Bengali-speaking citizens of Pakistan, saying they were patriotic citizens of this country.... KARACHI: Military awards conferred KARACHI, March 26: An investiture ceremony was held at Corps Auditorium, Karachi, on Monday. Corps Commander Lieutenant General Ahsan Azhar Hayat was the chief guest on the occasion, said an ISPR press release.... KARACHI: Nazim seeks KU’s help in solving civic problems KARACHI, March 26: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has sought the cooperation of University of Karachi for identifying civic problems with their scientific solution for the future development of the metropolis.... KARACHI: BEd suppl exams KARACHI, March 26: The Examinations Department, University of Karachi, has notified that the BEd Supplementary Examinations 2006, will start from April 18, 2007. —PPI... KARACHI: 4,000 more policemen for Karachi KARACHI, March 26: Adviser to the Chief Minister on Home Waseem Akhtar has said that recruitment of 4,000 police personnel for Karachi and 2,500 each for Hyderabad and Sukkur has been proposed.... KARACHI: Distributors reduce LPG price KARACHI, March 26: LPG Distributors’ Welfare Association has announced a cut of Rs25 to 30 in the total price of 11.8 kilogrammes and said that LPG cylinders were now available at Rs530.... KARACHI: Coast guards arrest 29 aliens KARACHI, March 26: The Pakistan Coast Guards have arrested 29 suspected illegal immigrants, including four Afghans, for attempting to cross Pakistan’s border into Iran. Officials said here on Monday that coast... KARACHI: Lecture on ‘science behind tsunami’ KARACHI, March 26: A lecture on ‘The science behind Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004’ will be held on Tuesday, March 27 at Latif Ebrahim Jamal (LEJ) National Science Information Centre, University of Karachi.... KARACHI: Dry weather KARACHI, March 26: The meteorological office has forecast dry weather in the city for the next 24 hours. The minimum temperature will remain in the range of 20 to 22 degrees... HYDERABAD: LBOD land acquisition SHC moved for compensation HYDERABAD, March 26: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Monday issued notices to the Wapda chairman, Left Bank Outfall Drain chief engineer, Wapda CDT project director and Sinjhoro deputy... THATTA: Appeal to save life of doctor THATTA, March 26: It is a pity that people like Dr Zebunnisa Abdul Rehman or Dr Zeb, who spend their entire life in serving the downtrodden people, have to face the... HYDERABAD: 39 schemes approved HYDERABAD, March 26: The District Development Working Party (DDWP) has approved Rs212.184 million 39 different development schemes for the urban and rural areas of the district under different development heads.... HYDERABAD: Students call for removal of MUET VC HYDERABAD, March 26: A group of students belonging to Jeay Sindh Students Federation (JSSF) staged a demonstration outside the press club against the vice-chancellor of Mehran University of Engineering and Technology and the university’s project director.... MIRPURKHAS: Blackmailing alleged MIRPURKHAS, March 26: Deploring the blackmailing tactics by some people in the construction of a building for Gulistan-e-Mazoreen Centre, the PML-F leader Basheer Ahmed, city organizer Haji Gul Mohammad Memon and... HYDERABAD: Six JSSF workers arrested HYDERABAD, March 26: The Tandojam police have arrested six activists of the Jeay Sindh Students Federation after they staged a sit-in on Hyderabad-Mirpurkhas road to protest against registration of an FIR... THATTA: Robberies THATTA, March 26: The owner of Dilbar Autos at Shahi Bazar was deprived of Rs70,000 at the hands of two muggers. Two motorcyclists stormed the showroom thus depriving Zulfiqar of cash at gunpoint on Monday....

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