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March 05, 2008 Wednesday Safar 26, 1429 KARACHI: Uproar in council over ‘KWSB appointments’ KARACHI, March 4: The City Council session witnessed fireworks on Tuesday as opposition councillors, led by the Awam Dost Panel, staged a sit-in twice in the house to protest against alleged illegal appointments made in the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board.... KARACHI: Qaim’s selection gives insight into PPP plan KARACHI, March 4: The nomination of Syed Qaim Ali Shah by the Pakistan People’s Party for the post of Sindh chief minister does not only put to rest intense speculation on... KARACHI: Long march call not withdrawn, says Aitzaz KARACHI, March 4: The legal fraternity will not compromise on the issue of the restoration of deposed judges and will continue its struggle if the new government fails to meet their demand.... KARACHI: Lyari nazim resigns KARACHI, March 4: Lyari Town Nazim Malik Mohammad Fayyaz has resigned from his office, a confidante of the nazim confirmed here on Tuesday.... KARACHI: SHC seeks information on amnesty law implementation KARACHI, March 4: The Sindh High Court asked the federal government and the National Accountability Bureau on Tuesday to inform it by March 21 of the measures taken by them to... KARACHI: Arbab had five top bureaucrats removed to back his favoured official KARACHI, March 4: Former chief minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim got five chief secretaries changed during his tenure as chief minister from 2004 to 2008.... KARACHI: Warrants for arrest of policeman, witnesses reissued KARACHI, March 4: Additional District and Sessions Judge (Central) Nelofer Shahnawaz on Tuesday reissued non-bailable warrants (NBWs) for the arrest of three prosecution witnesses and a policeman in a case of... PESHAWAR: Family in a shock as govt fails to trace envoy PESHAWAR, March 4: The family of Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan is in a state of shock and dismay as the government and tribal administration have failed to trace Tariq Azizuddin, who has been missing for the last 23 days.... PESHAWAR: PHC dismisses petitions of six losing candidates PESHAWAR, March 4: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday dismissed six writ petitions filed by the losing candidates of National and provincial assemblies and directed the petitioners to approach the election tribunals in that regard.... PESHAWAR: Lawyers’ boycott termed ‘misconduct’ PESHAWAR, March 4: Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Mohammad Raza Khan said on Tuesday that the lawyers’ boycott of the superior courts amounted to professional misconduct.... KARACHI: Demand for psychiatric ward in central jail KARACHI, March 4: Members of the board of visitors (BoV) established under the provisions of the Mental Health Ordinance, 2001, have recommended the establishment of a fully-fledged psychiatric ward in the Karachi Central Prison, sources told Dawn.... KARACHI: DUHS academic block inaugurated KARACHI, March 4: The Sindh governor, Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan, on Tuesday inaugurated the new academic block of the Dow Medical College campus of the Dow University of Health Sciences.... KARACHI: Back to their roots KARACHI, March 4: At Chawkandi Art Gallery one normally moves clockwise. I decided to go anticlockwise and was amply rewarded when I saw arguably the best work on display at the... KARACHI: Lawyers vow to continue struggle KARACHI, March 4: The president of the Sindh High Court Bar Association (SHCBA), Rasheed A. Rizvi, on Tuesday urged members of civil society, non-governmental organisations and political parties to take part... KARACHI: Plan to revamp old park KARACHI, March 4: One of the oldest recreational spots in the city, Aziz Bhatti Park, will be revamped and opened to the public after two months under a project worth Rs90 million.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, March 4: The Met Office has forecast fair weather for the city on Wednesday with the minimum temperature expected to range between 15°C and 17°C.—PPI... KARACHI: Art show KARACHI, March 4: An exhibition of Moin Shah’s works opens on Wednesday at Citi art gallery at 5.30pm.... KARACHI: MA registration dates KARACHI, March 4: The University of Karachi on Tuesday announced an extension in the date for the submission of registration forms of MA, double MA and improvement of division.... KARACHI: Confusion persists over bridge inquiry KARACHI, March 4: Confusion prevails about the findings of an inquiry into the Shershah Bridge collapse, which killed more than half a dozen people in September 2007, as the caretaker federal... KARACHI: CPLCs at district level proposed KARACHI, March 4: The Citizen-Police Liaison Committee has proposed establishment of CPLCs at regional and district levels across the province to help law enforcers combat crime with community help.... KARACHI: Judgment in cabs scam reference today KARACHI, March 4: An accountability court recorded final arguments in a yellow cabs’ scam reference against a former assistant vice-president of a bank and reserved the order till March 5.... KARACHI: Jobless man shot dead KARACHI, March 4: A jobless man was shot dead in Site on Tuesday.... NAWABSHAH: Court asked to quash encounter case NAWABSHAH, March 4: The counsel for the defence in the Rasool Bux Brohi murder case requested the court of the second additional and session’s judge on Tuesday to quash the case after the prime witness retracted his statement.... HYDERABAD: STP calls for end to army’s interference in politics HYDERABAD, March 4: The annual congress of the Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party has demanded reinstatement of deposed judges of superior judiciary, repeal of Pemra Ordinance amendments to the 1973 Constitution and restoration of supremacy of parliament.... HYDERABAD: Transporters demand compensation HYDERABAD, March 4: The affected transporters of Hyderabad staged a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Tuesday against the non-payment of compensation for 21 vehicles which had been burnt... HYDERABAD: Lawyers seek fair bar elections HYDERABAD, March 4: A meeting of a group of lawyers held here demanded complete fairness and transparency in the upcoming elections of the Hyderabad District Bar Association on Tuesday.... NAWABSHAH: Accident NAWABSHAH, March 4: Three students suffered serious injuries when a speeding car hit their cycle on the Sanghar Road on Tuesday.... HYDERABAD: Water released below Kotri HYDERABAD, March 4: On the intervention of Hyderabad district nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil the irrigation authorities have released water downstream Kotri as due to the non-release the water had become contaminated.... NAWABSHAH: Major reshuffle in Nawabshah police NAWABSHAH, March 4: District police witnessed major reshuffle immediately after announcement of formation of new Sindh government on Monday evening with as many as four SHOs and a traffic sergeant replaced.... HYDERABAD: Students’ struggle remembered HYDERABAD, March 4: The Jeay Sindh Students Federation (Organising Committee) organised an event on Tuesday to mark the launching of a movement against the dictatorship of Field Marshal Ayub Khan and One Unit on March 4, 1967.... PESHAWAR: Youth shot dead PESHAWAR, March 4: Unidentified persons on Tuesday allegedly shot dead a youth at Dandiyal Gharibabad village in the limits of Badbher area.... LANDI KOTAL: Tribesmen block road over Lashkar hauteur LANDI KOTAL, March 4: Armed tribesmen of Kukikhel and Zakhakhel tribes blocked the Peshawar-Torkhum Road on Tuesday to protest against the highhandedness of Lashkar-i-Islam and failure of the political administration to ensure law and order in Khyber Agency.... HANGU: Two killed in Hangu firing HANGU, March 4: Two people were killed and two injured when unknown miscreants allegedly opened fire on a vehicle near Doaba, Hangu on Tuesday.... ABBOTTABAD: NGOs to shift from Mansehra ABBOTTABAD, March 4: Provincial Special Home Secretary Mohammad Khalid Khan Umerzai has asked NGOs working in Mansehra to shift their offices to the district’s Ghazikot area where the provincial government has made stringent security measures to protect lives of NGOs’ officials....

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