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March 03, 2008 Monday Safar 24, 1429 KARACHI: 2 killed as protesters fire at coach KARACHI, March 2: At least two persons were killed and a couple of others wounded when armed men protesting against the killing of a youngster by gangsters opened fire on a... KARACHI: Unregistered hospitals hindering waste management efforts KARACHI, March 2: The absence of a system for registration and regulation of hospitals and clinics run in the private sector has hindered the city district government’s efforts to properly manage hospital waste.... KARACHI: Ill-equipped bomb disposal unit awaits upgrade KARACHI, March 2: Although Rs20 million was approved in 2006 for the purchase of modern equipment for the police’s bomb disposal unit, nothing has so far been done to upgrade the ill-equipped BDU.... KARACHI: Anti-polio drive from tomorrow KARACHI, March 2: A special campaign against polio will be launched on March 4 and anti-polio drops will be administered to 6.52 million children.... KARACHI: Asif concerned about Mengal KARACHI, March 2: Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Zardari has expressed grave concern over the deteriorating health of former Balochistan chief minister Sardar Akhtar Mengal, who is in custody at the Karachi Central Prison.... KARACHI: Khirthar’s plant biodiversity under threat, says study KARACHI, March 2: The recently completed first ever research on the plant biodiversity of the Khirthar Range has found around 197 species, many with medicinal properties, which are under serious threat... KARACHI: Need to rethink palm oil imports KARACHI, March 2: With continually surging prices of palm oil and Pakistan being the third most important importer of this particular commodity because of its dependence on imported edible oil, it... KARACHI: KWSB yet to plug burst pipeline KARACHI, March 2: Water gushing out from a 24-inch-dia pipeline, which had burst a few days back, entered a number of houses in the Azam Nagar locality of Liaquatabad Town on Sunday.... KARACHI: Transporters threaten to raise fares KARACHI, March 2: The National Transport Ittehad has threatened to raise fares of public transport by March 6 if a recent decision about increase in prices of petrol and diesel is not withdrawn within the next 72 hours.... KARACHI: JI protests against Danish cartoons KARACHI, March 2: Jamaat-i-Islami Karachi chapter on Sunday organised a big rally to protest against the publication of blasphemous caricatures in different newspapers of Denmark.... KARACHI: Delay in formation of govt irks PPP cadre KARACHI, March 2: The Pakistan People’s Party cadre is concerned over the delay in government’s formation and the indecisiveness of its leadership about filling the top slots in Islamabad and Sindh.... KARACHI: Council session KARACHI, March 2: A general meeting of the City Councill will be held on Tuesday (March 4) at 3.30pm in the Council hall, located in the Council Secretariat building of the city district government, on M.... HYDERABAD: Focus of PPP-MQM talks on provincial harmony: Qaim HYDERABAD, March 2: The president of the Sindh chapter of Pakistan People’s Party, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, on Sunday said that the preliminary round of PPP-MQM talks focussed on creating harmony... SUKKUR: Aitzaz to address Sukkur bar today SUKKUR, March 2: Supreme Court Bar Association vice-president Imdad Ali Awan said on Sunday that SCBA president Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan would address the Sukkur circuit bench of the Sindh High Court... HYDERABAD: Magsi lauds people for ‘peaceful revolution’ HYDERABAD, March 2: Chairman Sindh Taraqi Passand Party Dr Qadir Magsi has said that the people have brought about a peaceful revolution against dictatorship and warned that if the future rulers... NAWABSHAH: 11-year-old girl tortured, assaulted NAWABSHAH, March 2: A Hindu girl was criminally assaulted by two men in Gupchani village, 10 kilometres from here on Saturday.... KHAIRPUR: Three men Kidnapped in Khairpur KHAIRPUR, March 2: A group of eight armed men intercepted a tractor trolley and kidnapped three persons in the jurisdiction of Tando Masti police station on Saturday night.... HARIPUR: Provincial autonomy only way out: Hoti HARIPUR, March 2: Awami National Party nominee for chief minister slot of NWFP, Amir Haider Khan Hoti, has said that he would struggle for complete provincial autonomy as omission of concurrent... UPPER DIR: By-polls to be held on two seats in Upper Dir UPPER DIR, March 2: Upper Dir is the only district in the NWFP where by-elections would be held in two constituencies.... ABBOTTABAD: Traffic police demand extra force, vehicles ABBOTTABAD, March 2: The traffic police have prepared a comprehensive plan and demanded additional force along with vehicles, fork-lifters, cranes and wireless sets to improve the traffic situation in the district.... PESHAWAR: 370 killed in terror attacks last year PESHAWAR, March 2: The Frontier province has been in the grip of terrorists since last year who, primarily, kept their activities in rural areas but now they are taking hold over the urban areas as well.... BANNU: Rockets hit Bannu cantt BANNU, March 2: Some unidentified persons on Sunday morning fired rockets at the cantonment area here. No damage was reported, officials said.... PESHAWAR: Running of training institute on commercial basis opposed PESHAWAR, March 2: Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) President Haji Mohammad Asif on Sunday opposed the running of a training institute Pak-German Wood Work Centre on commercial basis and said it would create problems for the local furniture manufacturers.... JACOBABAD: Murder stirs protest JACOBABAD, March 2: Local Hindu traders observed a complete shutter down strike in Kandhkot on Sunday in protest against murder of a youth, Ravi Kumar, by a police constable and his two accomplices.... KHAIRPUR: Man injured in firing on procession dies KHAIRPUR, March 2: Mukh-tiar Lashari, who was injured when some people fired on a mourning procession on Friday evening, died in Chandka Medical College Hospital Larka-na on Saturday.... JACOBABAD: Teachers’ promotion criticised JACOBABAD, March 2: Members of the Education Cadres Promotion Committee, Jacobabad, took out a procession here on Sunday to protest against what they called illegal promotions of teachers.... HYDERABAD: Sindh farmers want wheat procurement target raised HYDERABAD, March 2: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA) on Sunday asked the government to increase wheat procurement target from 25 per cent to 40 per cent.... HYDERABAD: Some parents opposing anti-polio drive HYDERABAD, March 2: Taking notice of resistance by some parents to immunisation of their children against polio, District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has constituted a three-member committee to ensure that polio... LARKANA: Students highlight plight of women LARKANA, March 2: Taking part in an essay writing competition held to highlight violence against women, students said that due to negligence of the authorities, the number of such cases was increasing every year.... NAWABSHAH: Women hold protest NAWABSHAH, March 2: Members of the women wing of the Jamaat-i-Islami staged a demonstration outside the press club here on Sunday to protest against publication of blasphemous caricatures in Danish newspapers.... LARKANA: Call for campaign to raise awareness of mental diseases LARKANA, March 2: Heads of psychiatry departments of measure universities and hospitals of Sindh have recommended making the subject of psychiatry part of syllabus for undergraduate level of medical studies and... HYDERABAD: SU test for admission to MS, M.Phil HYDERABAD, March 2: The University of Sindh conducted admissions test to MS/MPhil degree programme for academic session 2008 on Sunday.... BADIN: Installation of tower on amenity plot sparks protest BADIN, March 2: Hundreds of people of Bhurgari Mohalla took out a procession on Sunday in protest against the installation of a mobile telephone tower by a cellular company in an amenity plot in the residential area.... SUKKUR: JSQM holds demo against kidnappings SUKKUR, March 2: A large number of Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz activists held a procession and a sit-in in Mirpur Mathelo on Sunday in protest against police failure to find five people, who had been kidnapped 17 days ago.... MIRPURKHAS: Protest against petroleum firm MIRPURKHAS, March 2: Hundreds of villagers and growers staged a demonstration in Umerkot on Sunday to protest against what they called the policy of exploration pursued by the British Gas and Petroleum exploring company....

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