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March 04, 2008 Tuesday Safar 25, 1429 KARACHI: Mengal sent back to prison after NICVD tests KARACHI, March 3: Balochistan National Party (Mengal) president and former chief minister Sardar Akhtar Mengal was brought to the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases on Monday amid tight security.... KARACHI: Charge-sheet against Toori filed in SHC KARACHI, March 3: The administrative judge of anti-terrorism courts, Khawaja Naveed Ahmed, sent a bank robbery and killing case against Qasim Toori and others to the ATC-V for trial on Monday.... KARACHI: PML-N hits out at MQM for backing ‘dictator’ KARACHI, March 3: The defeated political forces in the Feb 18 general elections instead of conceding their defeat are busy hatching conspiracies to drive a wedge between the two major political parties, which have won the people’s mandate.... KARACHI: Warrants out for IO’s arrest in Kazmi case KARACHI, March 3: The civil judge and judicial magistrate, central, Khadim Hussain Chand, on Monday issued bailable warrants for the arrest of an investigation officer for not appearing in court despite... KARACHI: Brutal cockfights attract gamblers KARACHI, March 3: Mutilated bodies of specially bred roosters lie unattended on the ground. The piece of land, partly covered by a marquee in Mowach Goth, has been the venue of a blood-curdling cockfight.... KARACHI: Karsaz tribunal summons Naheed Khan on 11th KARACHI, March 3: The Karsaz inquiry tribunal on Monday re-issued a summons against Pakistan People’s Party leader and political secretary to former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, Naheed Khan, and directed her... KARACHI: City govt plans to shift truck-stand from Mauripur Road KARACHI, March 3: The city government is all set to establish a new truck-stand on 500 acres near the Northern Bypass so that it could shift the existing truck-stand and warehouses... KARACHI: Plan to generate additional 6,000MW KARACHI, March 3: With the launch of various new power projects both in the public and private sectors, the national grid will have an additional electricity of 6,000 megawatts by 2010-11.... KARACHI: KU enrolments KARACHI, March 3: The University of Karachi announced on Monday that the enrolment forms and fee of BS, BBA, BPA, BS (Textile), BCS, MBA, MPA and PGH for the academic session 2007-08 would be accepted up to March 6.... KARACHI: Lyari’s development on top of agenda, says PPP leader KARACHI, March 3: The new Sindh government led by the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) will accord priority to the problems facing Lyari and other downtrodden areas of the city and will... KARACHI: Plea against recount to be heard in Islamabad KARACHI, March 3: A PML-Q candidate’s appeal against recount of votes and a stay of notification of his election from the provincial constituency PS-87 (Thatta) will be heard in Islamabad on March 6.... KARACHI: KBCA seals project KARACHI, March 3: Cancelling the NOC of a residential project on Plot no 143-A, Block 2, PECHS, the Karachi Building Control Authority has sealed the site/booking office of the project.... KARACHI: CJ deplores dearth of judges, judicial officers KARACHI, March 3: The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, has said that the judiciary is primarily responsible for resolving the controversies and disputes brought before it within the... KARACHI: Private firm’s manager shot dead KARACHI, March 3: A 51-year-old sales manager of a private concern was found shot dead on Monday in his car at Qazafi Town.... KARACHI: Strike KARACHI, March 3: Various organisations of Karachi-based traders have announced that they will observe a shutter-down strike on Friday to record their protest against the publication of blasphemous sketches by various Danish newspapers.... HYDERABAD: Growers want wheat price raised to Rs1,000 per 40kg HYDERABAD, March 3: The Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB) has termed the government-fixed procurement price of wheat unrealistic and demanded that it be raised from Rs510 per 40kg (40 kilogramme) to Rs1,000 per 40kg.... HYDERABAD: Four boat tragedy victims buried in Hyderabad HYDERABAD, March 3: Bodies of four people, who lost their lives in Sunday’s Karachi boat tragedy, were buried in a graveyard at Indus hills here on Monday.... HYDERABAD: Polling agent seeks arrest of attackers HYDERABAD, March 3: A university teacher has appealed to authorities to order arrest of assailants for seriously injuring his guest on February 22.... HYDERABAD: Delay in promotion of teachers slammed HYDERABAD, March 3: The Hyderabad chapter of the Government Secondary Teachers Association (GSTA) has threatened to launch a protest movement from March 12 if the district’s education department does not announce teachers’ promotions.... SUKKUR: Polls proved govt’s sincerity: minister SUKKUR, March 3: Federal caretaker minister for information and broadcasting Nisar Memon said here on Monday that the country was facing the challenge of terrorism and stressed the need for cohesion... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Minor girl loses leg in highway accident NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, March 3: A minor girl was seriously injured and lost her leg when a speedy trailer hit her on Kandiaro bypass on Monday.... SHIKARPUR: Milkman kidnapped SHIKARPUR, March 3: A milkman was kidnapped by five armed men from Jarar Pahore Road in the jurisdiction of Khanpur police on Sunday night.... SHIKARPUR: People asked to benefit from TB centres SHIKARPUR, March 3: Tuberculosis (TB) is dangerous disease but curable if detected early and treated continuously for eight months without gap, said speakers at a media training workshop.... MIRPURKHAS: Ban on parabolic structure affects watercourse lining MIRPURKHAS, March 3: Ban on the use of parabolic cemented structure has affected progress on the lining of watercourses in the district, according to a survey conducted by Dawn.... MIRPURKHAS: Blood camp set up in Umerkot MIRPURKHAS, March 3: Eight out of the 200 registered patients of thalassaemia and haemophilia belong to Umerkot district, said In-charge Thalassaemia and Haemophilia Department, Fatmid Foundation, Hyderabad Dr Bhawani Shankar.... MIRPURKHAS: Hunger strike MIRPURKHAS, March 3: Activists of Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz observed token hunger strike and staged demonstration outside the Mirpurkhas Press Club to protest detention of the JSQM General Secretary, Dr Safdar Sarki.... MANSEHRA: Police name accused in attack on NGO MANSEHRA, March 3: A former commander of a banned religious group and the chief of the Lashkar-i-Ababil had organised the attack on an office of the UK-based Plan International on Feb 25 here, said a police official.District... DARRA ADAMKHEL: Schools and colleges closed indefinitely in Darra DARRA ADAMKHEL, March 3: Political administration has closed all education institutions in Darra Adamkhel for indefinite period as tribesmen mourned the death of scores of people who were killed in a deadly bomb blast at a jirga on Sunday.... PESHAWAR: RCOs get sweeping powers PESHAWAR, March 3: The government has delegated the newly posted regional coordination officers (RCOs) with immense administrative powers, virtually making them as the superior authority for all the district coordination officers (DCOs), political agents and deputy inspectors general (DIGs) of police.... PESHAWAR: Tribal elders may be allowed to carry arms PESHAWAR, March 3: The government has proposed allowing tribal elders loyal to it to carry AK-47 rifles in Peshawar and other parts of the province for personnel safety, sources said.... PESHAWAR: Another independent joins ANP PESHAWAR, March 3: Obaidullah Khan, MPA-elect from Kohistan as an independent candidate, announced joining Awami National Party here on Monday. He announced his decision in the presence of ANP leader Bashir Ahmad Bilour at the press club....

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