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March 29, 2007 Thursday Rabi-ul-Awwal 9, 1428 KARACHI: PA session prorogued amid noisy protests KARACHI, March 28: The requisitioned session of the Sindh Assembly by joint opposition, which resumed its business around 10.35 am on Wednesday after a week’s break, was prorogued at 12.07... KARACHI: Lawyers continue protest campaign KARACHI, March 28: Lawyers continued their campaign in Sindh High Court, the city courts and Malir district court. They were protesting against the suspension of Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry .... KARACHI: Municipal Services dept still largely dormant: Bureaucracy main hurdle KARACHI, March 28: Despite the passage of over three months since its inception, the Municipal Services department of the city government has failed to perform its core functions, as many of its tasks are still being performed by other departments.... KARACHI: Power breakdowns in several areas KARACHI, March 28: Residents of different localities in city on Wednesday complained of prolonged and intermittent power suspension. A resident of Yousuf Goth said that power supply to this locality was suspended at 9am and restored at 3.30pm.... KARACHI: Pir Pagara’s grandson booked for attack KARACHI, March 28: A grandson of Pir Pagara, chief of the Pakistan Muslim League-F, was booked on Wednesday for injuring three security guards during an attack on the house of his stepmother in Defence House Authority.... KARACHI: ‘Over 120 citizens commit suicide annually’ KARACHI, March 28: One million people committed suicide across the world and ninety per cent of them have a diagnosable psychiatric disorder resulting from a combination of painful suffering, desperate hopelessness and underlying psychiatric illness.... KARACHI: Opposition rally in front of speaker’s chamber: Mock session held after one-hour sit-in KARACHI, March 28: The joint opposition in the Sindh Assembly staged a sit-in outside the Speaker’s chamber soon after the requisitioned session was prorogued on Wednesday.... KARACHI: City govt-KU liaison for public welfare urged KARACHI, March 28: Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil has stressed the need for strengthening mutual liaison and coordination between the city government and Karachi University to expand the scope of serving the city and citizens.... KARACHI: Two axed to death by faith-healer KARACHI, March 28: A 60-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy, both homeless, were found axed to death near Do Darya in Clifton. Darakhshan police arrested a 60-year-old faith-healer, identified as Kanch Wala Malang, on the charge of killing Sultan and Rehman.... KARACHI: Nazim for coordination with police department KARACHI, March 28: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has sought help of city police for effective implementation of municipal laws and asked them to maintain coordination with the city government on permanent basis.... KARACHI: Need stressed to promote research KARACHI, March 28: A three-day workshop on guidelines to grant writing skills concluded yesterday at the Professional Skills Development Centre, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS).... KARACHI: KU gets water testing lab KARACHI, March 28: Fifty per cent of bottled water in the country does not meet quality standards and almost 40 per cent of the deaths that occur in the developing countries,... KARACHI: Development of backward areas reviewed KARACHI, March 28: Chief Secretary Sindh Shakil Durrani has directed relevant officials to stabilize institutional arrangements in health and education departments, so that standard health and education facilities could be provided to the people of backward areas in Sindh.... KARACHI: KANUPP convocation KARACHI, March 28: The Convocation of KANUPP Institute of Nuclear Power Engineering will be held on March 29. Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad will be the chief guest on the occasion.... KARACHI: ‘TB infects a third of world population’ KARACHI, March 28: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major challenge to healthcare and almost a third of the population of the world is infected with tuberculosis bacilli.... KARACHI: SHC reduces sentence KARACHI, March 28: A single bench of the High Court of Sindh comprising Justice Azizullah Memon on Wednesday commuted the sentence from seven to five years, awarded to a cellphone snatcher, on an appeal against the conviction by a trial court.... KARACHI: MMA seeks recovery of Hindu boy KARACHI, March 28: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal expressing dissatisfaction over the measures taken by authorities for the recovery of a Hindu boy, who was kidnapped two weeks ago from Kashmore, demanded concrete... KARACHI: Govt hospitals to have MCs, boards within 15 days KARACHI, March 28: All government hospitals in districts and talukas will have managing committees or boards within 15 days. This was said by Senior Minister for Health, Syed Sardar Ahmed, during question hour in the Sindh Assembly here on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Decline seen in vehicle thefts KARAHCI, March 28: The chief of the Anti-car Lifting Cell said on Wednesday that a decline was recorded in vehicle snatching and theft incidents this year as compared to last year.... KARACHI: Ban on plastic bags to help protect environment KARACHI, March 28: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said the ban on polythene bags will help protect environment. Presiding over a meeting at the Governor’s House held to review various... KARACHI: Unions reject SBP benefits structure KARACHI, March 28: The Trade Unions Alliance leaders have rejected the ‘New Compensation and Benefits Structure’ for the employees of State Bank of Pakistan and termed it a discriminatory policy of the authorities concerned.... KARACHI: Gang busted KARACHI, March 28: A special team of the Anti-Dacoity and Robbery Cell smashed on Wednesday a gang involved in street crime and arrested its three members.... KARACHI: 2 sentenced in different cases KARACHI, March 28: The court of Judicial Magistrate South Abdul Qayyum announced one year imprisonment to Rozi Khan. Rozi Khan of Quetta was arrested by police in 2005 in the jurisidction... KARACHI: PR chairman issued notice KARACHI, March 28: A division bench of the Sindh High Court comprising Justice Sarmad Jalal Usmani and Justice Ali Sain Dino Metlo on Wednesday issued notice to the chairman of the... Correction In March 28 issue of DAWN, the caption to the main photograph on page 17 erroneously described an apparently vandalised wall as of Bagh Ibne Qasim.... DADU: Civil Hospital faces shortage of doctors DADU, March 28: Dadu Civil Hospital, the oldest and biggest in the district, lacks a children’s ward and faces acute shortage of gynaecologists, orthopaedics, ear and nose specialists, paramedics and medicines... HYDERABAD: PML-N plans meeting in Hyderabad HYDERABAD, March 28: The PML-N will organise a big public gathering in Hyderabad as a rejoinder to the Liaquat Bagh’s Tuesday meeting addressed by President Pervez Musharraf.... HYDERABAD: Police refuse to file Dr Azra’s FIR: By-election violence HYDERABAD, March 28: Budhapur police did not lodge FIR of attempted murder case on Wednesday on the complaint of People’s Party Parliamentarians MNA Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho despite orders by additional... HYDERABAD: Writer remembered HYDERABAD, March 28: Speakers paid rich tributes to late short story writer Prof Syed Zafar Hassan for his services for literature and geography on his 9th death anniversary on Wednesday.... LARKANA: Protest against imam’s killing LARKANA, March 28: Activists of Sunni Tehrik took to streets on Wednesday in protest against the killing of Nisar Ahmed Mirjat, a peshimam at Hussaini mosque, in crossfire a day ago, and observed strike in the city.... HYDERABAD: MUET dismisses protest HYDERABAD, March 28: The Mehran University of Engineering and Technology on Wednesday reacted to ongoing protests by the Jeay Sindh Students Federation (JSSF) against the vice-chancellor and dismissed the allegations levelled by JSSF as baseless.... HYDERABAD: FIR filed against ASI, constable HYDERABAD, March 28: Pinyari police lodged an FIR against an ASI and a police constable after a detainee escaped from the custody of investigation police on Wednesday.... HYDERABAD: HCCI seeks amendments to ordinance HYDERABAD, March 28: The Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI) has rejected the Trade Organisations Ordinance 2006 and called for carrying out amendments to the law in consultation with traders and industrialists.... HYDERABAD: Training workshop HYDERABAD, March 28: The Faculty Development Centre established by at the Higher Education Commission (HEC) at the Directorate of Continuing Education (DCE) in the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro organised its first development training programme on Wednesday....

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