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March 30, 2007 Friday Rabi-ul-Awwal 10, 1428 KARACHI: Lawyers continue protest campaign KARACHI, March 29: Thee members of Sindh High Court Bar Association (SHCBA) observed a hunger strike against the suspension of Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.... KARACHI: Principal dismisses teachers, shuts college KARACHI, March 29: The education of more than a hundred girls came to a sudden halt when arts and commerce classes in a women’s college were suddenly stopped.... KARACHI: Opposition files yet another requisition KARACHI, March 29: The joint opposition in the Sindh Assembly on Thursday submitted requisition for yet another session. The requisition has been signed by 44 MPAs belonging to Pakistan People’s Party and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal.... KARACHI: 3 killed in violent incidents KARACHI, March 29: Three people were killed on Thursday in acts of violence in different parts of the city. A 26-year-old man was found stabbed to death at a desolate place in Umer Khan Goth within the limits of Manghopir police.... KARACHI: Rowdy students force Fuuast closure KARACHI, March 29: Academic and non-academic activities were suspended in the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology on Thursday following maltreatment of staff by three students belonging to a regional students organisation.... KARACHI: Hundreds of govt employees get no salary KARACHI, March 29: Hundreds of employees, transferred to the newly established Office of the Provincial Manager, (Colleges), are faced with financial hardship due to non-payment of their salaries.... KARACHI: Kanupp convocation confers 82 degrees KARACHI, March 29: The 8,800MW nuclear power target by 2030 assigned to Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) is within its reach. Six sites are being studied throughout the country for location of these plants.... KARACHI: Naval chief confers military awards KARACHI, March 29: The chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Mohammad Afzal Tahir, on Thursday conferred military awards on Pakistan Navy officers and men at ceremony held here at the Bahria Auditorium.... LARKANA: Court asks police to help TMA clear encroachments LARKANA, March 29: The Larkana circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Thursday asked the district police officer to assist taluka nazim and taluka administration in clearing the city of encroachments and controlling law and order.... KARACHI: Report on irregularities in Sabzi Mandi affairs sought KARACHI, March 29: Sindh Chief Secretary Shakil Durrani has taken notice of the alleged irregularities in the allotment of shops in the New Sabzi Mandi and directed the agriculture secretary to... KARACHI: Ibad stresses strict check on vice dens KARACHI, March 29: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has stressed the need for strengthening intelligence network in the province to eliminate street crime and vice dens, and directed the authorities concerned... KARACHI: Encroachments at CHK KARACHI, March 29: The Sindh health minister has ordered immediate removal of the encroachments on the Civil Hospital premises, erected under the pretext of feeding area for attendants of patients admitted to the hospital.... KARACHI: ‘EU, China, India are next superpowers’ KARACHI, March 29: China and India might be next on the list to become superpowers. They have already attained “near-superpower” status in the world. And while the European Union (EU) is... KARACHI: Judge raids police station KARACHI, March 29: The Judicial Magistrate South First, Aurangzeb Alamgir Qazi, raided Chakiwara Police Station on Thursday and recovered a man who was kept in illegal confinement for the last three days.... KARACHI: Contaminated water KARACHI, March 29: Residents of Liaquatabad have complained of contaminated water supply to their area for the last six months causing various diseases. They said that the most affected areas were behind the KMC Dispensary and near the Masjid Aqsa.... KARACHI: No let-up in power breakdowns KARACHI, March 29: Residents of various localities in the metropolis complained of intermittent and prolonged power suspensions on Thursday. A consumer from Pak Colony said that power supply to the area was suspended at 6am and restored at 11am.... KARACHI: Govt blamed for economic problems KARACHI, March 29: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Thursday held the government’s deficient economic policies responsible for ever increasing inflation, joblessness and rampant poverty.... KARACHI: NGOs express solidarity over Kidney Hill case KARACHI, March 29: Representatives of the member organizations of the Pakistan National Committee (PNC) of IUCN on Thursday expressed solidarity with a fellow member, Shehri, for its stand against the... KARACHI: Govt urged to restore rule of law KARACHI, March 29: Pasban-i-Aza on Thursday urged the authorities to uncover who was misleading or using the Islamabad madressah girl students, who was encouraging them to take the law into their own hands, and to probe what their real intentions were.... KARACHI: Two holidays for Eid Milad demanded KARACHI, March 29: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan has asked the government to declare two holidays for Eid Miladun Nabi for observing the festival in a more befitting manner with religious zeal.... KARACHI: Former IT commissioner sent to jail KARACHI, March 29: An accountability court remanded on Thursday a former regional commissioner of income tax, charged with corruption, to judicial custody. Judge Nuzhat Ara Alvi of AC-5 directed the jail... KARACHI: Tribute paid to Bogra KARACHI, March 29: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that the services of the late Muhammad Ali Bogra for Pakistan as foreign minister and prime minister will always be remembered.... KARACHI: Hallaj remembered KARACHI, March 29: Speakers at a meeting held to observe the 1118th death anniversary of Hussain bin Mansoor al-Hallaj at the Arts Council, called for deeper research on the life of... KARACHI: Imtiaz meets Imran Farooq KARACHI, March 29: Former Sindh minister and MPA Imtiaz Shaikh of the Muslim League (Functional) met MQM converner Dr Imran Farooq in London on Thursday, according to a press release issued here.... KARACHI: HSC exam forms KARACHI, March 29: Board of Intermediate Education on Thursday extended the dates for acceptance of examination forms of HSC Parts I and II, or combined if eligible, or improvement of division... KARACHI: Sardar Sabri remembered KARACHI, March 29: Speakers paid glowing tributes to late Sardar Ali Sabri, a renowned journalist and worker of the Pakistan movement at a local hotel on Thursday.... KARACHI: Encroachments KARACHI, March 29: Pasban on Thursday condemned the government for allowing the land mafia to encroach upon a green belt in Scheme 33, and demanded that the encroachment be cleared immediately.... KARACHI: Exhibitions JI Gallery KARACHI, March 29: “A tribute to Chughtai” Four contemporary artists M F Shahid Zaki, M A Munawar, Shamim Khan and Anees Ahmed opens at JI Gallery on Friday, 30th March, at 5pm.... THATTA: Demand for arrest of rapist THATTA, March 29: Delay in justice, denial of medical report, and failure to arrest the culprits are making a gang rape victim psychosomatic and further lingering may force her to end her life.... HYDERABAD: Membership of Nuzhat Pathan, 11 lawyers cancelled HYDERABAD, March 29: The Hyderabad District Bar Association on Thursday cancelled membership of 12 lawyers including adviser to Sindh chief minister Nuzhat Pathan for their participation in what it termed as the “so-called lawyer''s convention at the Circuit House Hyderabad”.... NAWABSHAH: Rally against trader’s kidnap in Sakrand NAWABSHAH, March 29: Hundreds of residents of Sakrand town took out a rally and staged a demonstration at Sahafi Chowk against the kidnapping of a Hindu businessman and his friend here on Thursday.... HYDERABAD: Paramedics seek jobs on merit HYDERABAD, March 29: The Sindh chapter of the All-Pakistan Paramedical Staff Federation (APPSF) demanded on Thursday that the government should cancel what it claimed ‘illegal appointments’ in the government hospitals of...

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