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February 29, 2008 Friday Safar 21, 1429 KARACHI: Only verbal orders needed to restore judges: Aitzaz KARACHI, Feb 28: Supreme Court Bar Association President Aitzaz Ahsan on Thursday rejected the notion that a two-thirds majority of parliament was required for the reinstatement of the deposed judges.... KARACHI: ‘Nov 3 action by Musharraf high treason’ KARACHI, Feb 28: All acts done and orders made by Gen Pervez Musharraf on Nov 3, 2007, were not only unconstitutional but also fell within the ambit of ‘high treason’ and... KARACHI: Dumper kills couple, infant son KARACHI, Feb 28: A couple and their infant son were killed and at least 25 others injured, four of them critically, on Thursday when a dumper hit their vehicle on the Hub River Road in North Karachi, police and witnesses said.... KARACHI: City govt, police in face-off over traffic control KARACHI, Feb 28: A worsening tug of war between the city government and the Sindh police has brought to a halt the transfer of traffic planning, management and systems of control... KARACHI: Workers who culled birds still not examined KARACHI, Feb 28: District health officials have not yet tested all those workers who were reportedly involved in the culling of around 2,600 birds some six days back at a Malir poultry farm in the wake of an avian influenza outbreak.... KARACHI: SHC orders recount in 15 Thatta polling stations KARACHI, Feb 28: The Sindh High Court ordered on Thursday recount of votes cast at 15 polling stations of the provincial assembly constituency PS-87 (Thatta).... KARACHI: Tribunal issues fifth summons against PPP leader KARACHI, Feb 28: The Karsaz inquiry tribunal issued a summons for the fifth time on Thursday against Pakistan People’s Party leader and MPA-elect Dr Zulfiqar Mirza, who was the security chief of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, for March 6.... HYDERABAD: Arrangements for compensation payment finalized: Post-Dec 27 violence HYDERABAD, Feb 28: The district government is in final stages of distributing compensation for damages caused to public and private property during violence, which broke out in the wake of assassination... LANDI KOTAL: Security issues discussed with US-Afghan team LANDI KOTAL, Feb 28: A 20-member delegation of Afghan and US military and customs officials met their Pakistani counterparts at the Torkham border on Thursday, officials said.... PESHAWAR: Feasibility studies of Bara, Jabba dams completed PESHAWAR, Feb 28: Feasibility studies for building two dams in the Khyber Agency have been prepared.... KARACHI: Anatomy of a targeted killing KARACHI, Feb 28: When instructions came to kill charity workers on Sept 25, 2002, Mohammed Atif found that doling out death had become simply a part of the job.... KARACHI: Drive against beggars ordered KARACHI, Feb 28: The Capital City Police Officer, Niaz Ahmed Siddiqui, has ordered all the police officials to take action against beggars under the Vagrancy Act in their respective areas.... KARACHI: Police IT project to be in place by June KARACHI, Feb 28: The first phase of the e-policing project, which envisages the computerisation and interlinking of all the police stations of Sindh including the Karachi region through the internet, will be completed in June.... KARACHI: Sindh’s mandate be respected, says JSM chief KARACHI, Feb 28: The verdict given by the Sindhi people on Feb 18 in the favour of the pro-democracy forces should be accepted by all and any sinister mover against the... KARACHI: KU signs accord with Iranian varsity KARACHI, Feb 28: The University of Karachi has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an Iranian institution of higher learning for a joint PhD programme, exchange of students, faculty and research material.... KARACHI: Site Town condemns blasphemous cartoons KARACHI, Feb 28: The Site Town Council on Thursday severely condemned the reprinting of blasphemous sketches in Danish newspapers.... KARACHI: 24 Indian Fishermen arrested KARACHI, Feb 28: The Maritime Security Agency (MSA) has arrested six Indian fishing boats with 24 crewmembers for fishing illegally in Pakistani waters.... KARACHI: College student’s expulsion suspended KARACHI, Feb 28: The Sindh High Court suspended on Thursday the expulsion of a student from a private college for flunking two consecutive internal examinations.... KARACHI: Gorakh hills resort to get more land KARACHI, Feb 28: The Sindh government has ordered the Board of Revenue (BoR) to transfer over 0.426 million acres to the Gorakh Hills Development Authority (GHDA) so that the summer resort’s development could be started without any delay.... KARACHI: Suspected robber killed KARACHI, Feb 28: A suspected robber was killed by a police officer in Jamshed Quarter.... KARACHI: Lakhra plant leased, not privatized: SHC KARACHI, Feb 28: The arrangements made through the lease in the case of the Lakhra Power Plant are not privatization under Ordinance LII of 2000 but are a lease for a specific period.... BADIN: Drugs trade booms in Badin BADIN, Feb 28: The narcotics trade in Badin district is on the rise as some 450 home-based illegal wine distilleries are working in the area and in its adjoining localities in... HYDERABAD: University employees protest VC’s extension HYDERABAD, Feb 28: The employees of Sindh Agriculture University observed token hunger strike outside the Tandojam Press Club on Thursday against granting extension to the SAU vice-chancellor.... HYDERABAD: Free hernia camp on March 2 HYDERABAD, Feb 28: The Hajiani Welfare Foundation is organising a free hernia operation camp at Hajiani Hospital in Al-Rahim Centre on March 2 for low-income patients.... HYDERABAD: Nazim wants bypass Completed by June HYDERABAD, Feb 28: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has directed contractors, engineers and concerned officials to complete construction of Ghanghro Mori Bypass by June.... HYDERABAD: Woman seeks protection HYDERABAD, Feb 28: A newly-married woman on Thursday appealed for protection from a relative who she said had filed a fabricated case against her husband and in-laws accusing them of kidnapping her.... PESHAWAR: Next govt urged to let LGs complete term PESHAWAR, Feb 28: Through a unanimously adopted resolution, Town Council-II on Thursday urged the newly elected assembly members to respect the public mandate and let the local governments complete their tenure.... NOWSHERA: Transfer of power in a few days: Shams NOWSHERA, Feb 28: The caretaker NWFP Chief Minster, Shamsul Mulk Thursday said that the government had kept its word for holding of free and fair elections and now the process of... PESHAWAR: Nazim faces action for misuse of authority PESHAWAR, Feb 28: The NWFP Local Government Commission has initiated an inquiry against the district nazim of Karak on the charge of overstepping his authority and jurisdiction.... KOHAT: Two kidnapped in Kohat KOHAT, Feb 28: Unidentified armed men kidnapped a school teacher and a security official along their motorcycle from the Kachai area, police said here on Thursday.... MARDAN: Five policemen injured in blast MARDAN, Feb 28: At least five policemen were injured when a home-made bomb went off on the Sawal Dher road on Wednesday-Thursday mid-night.... KHAR: Three children die in wall collapse KHAR, Feb 28: Three children of a family were killed as wall of a house collapsed at Alizo area, about eight kilometres from Khar on Thursday.... KHAR: ANP leader escapes attack KHAR, Feb 28: Local leader of Awami National Party (ANP) and prominent tribal elder Malik Attaullah Khan narrowly survived an armed attack in Inayet Kali, Bajaur Agency on Thursday.... THATTA: Shirazi group is a reality: members THATTA, Feb 28: Newly-elected legislators of the PML-affiliated Shirazi group have said that their group is a political reality and it will serve people without discrimination.... LARKANA: Ghinwa foresees ‘incapable’ rulers LARKANA, Feb 28: Pakistan People’s Party (Shaheed Bhutto) chairperson Ghinwa Bhutto foresees ‘incapable’ rulers “who will not be in a position to solve the problems of price hike, unemployment, law and...

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