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March 07, 2008 Friday Safar 28, 1429 KARACHI: Massive outage cripples life in Karachi KARACHI, March 6: Life in the metropolis was seriously affected on Thursday when a tussle between the Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) and the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) caused massive city-wide power breakdowns.... KARACHI: Rs8 million meant for bank looted in Shershah KARACHI, March 6: In yet another daredevil robbery, four armed men looted Rs8 million meant for a bank in Shershah and injured a security guard on Thursday, police and witnesses said.... KARACHI: Lyari tense KARACHI, March 6: Mafia-infested Lyari remained in the grip of tension as rival gangsters exchanged heavy fire in the area.... KARACHI: SHC disposes of plea on missing persons KARACHI, March 6: A two-member bench of the Sindh High Court on Thursday disposed of a petition seeking the whereabouts of missing persons and said the petitioner is at liberty to... KARACHI: Lawyers boycott court proceedings KARACHI, March 6: Legal proceedings remained suspended at the City Courts and District Courts of Malir on Thursday as the lawyers stayed away from court proceedings in response to a strike... NOWSHERA: Afghan Taliban warn FC to leave refugee camp NOWSHERA, March 6: Afgh-an Taliban have threatened security forces to leave the Jalozai refugee camp in three days, otherwise their fighters will target them, instead of the allied forces in Afghanistan.... KARACHI: Power crisis on the back burner in city council meeting KARACHI, March 6: The City Council on Thursday again witnessed noisy disturbances when its proceedings were marred by repeated thumping of desks and slogan-chanting by members from both sides of the house, who traded allegations against each other.... KARACHI: PPP for release of Baloch leader KARACHI, March 6: The Pakistan People’s Party on Thursday condemned the ill-treatment meted out to the detained Baloch leader, Sardar Akhtar Mengal, who had been refused proper medical attention.... LAKKI MARWAT: Bodies of ‘militants’ shifted from Lakki LAKKI MARWAT, March 6: Bodies of four ‘militants’ who had been killed in a clash with law-enforcement agencies backed by armed Lashkar of locals in Khankhel (Tajori) on Tuesday, were handed... MINGORA: Chinese engineers in Swat to inspect power project site MINGORA, March 6: A six-member team of Chinese engineers arrived in Swat valley on Thursday to inspect the site and decide about the resumption of work on the Besham Hydro Power Project.... KARACHI: Flower show opens in DHA park KARACHI, March 6: The 57th Pakistan Flower Show 2008, representing over 100 floral varieties, opened on Thursday at the DHA Seaview Public Park. The show, organised by the Horticulture Society of... KARACHI: Renewal of arms licence KARACHI, March 6: The home department, government of Sindh, has decided to grant a waiver of penalty on late payment to all those arms licence holders who have not renewed their licences.... KARACHI: 1,159 engineers get degrees: 16th NED convocation KARACHI, March 6: As many as 1,159 students of the bachelors and masters programmes of the session 2003-04 were conferred degrees at the 16th convocation of the NED University of Engineering and Technology on Thursday.... KARACHI: Guidelines for asthma treatment discussed KARACHI, March 6: Speakers at a seminar expressed concern over the increase in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases in the country and highlighted effective diagnostic and management approaches.... KARACHI: Shivratri festival celebrated KARACHI, March 6: The Hindu community in the city, as elsewhere in the world, celebrated their annual festival of Maha Shivratri on Thursday.... KARACHI: Experts call for pragmatic approach on environmental issues KARACHI, March 6: Experts on environmental issues, economists and social scientists here on Thursday called for reconciliation of the needs of the developed and the developing countries which were equally faced... HYDERABAD: Newly-wed woman seeks protection HYDERABAD, March 6: An 18-year-old girl who has married of her own free will has requested the Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court through a petition to restrain the... HYDERABAD: Security for Eid-i-Milad reviewed HYDERABAD, March 6: Police have been directed to make fool-proof security arrangement during Eid Milad-un-Nabi celebration by District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil during a meeting of Peace Committee held at the Secretariat.... HYDERABAD: CBA opposes restructuring of Wapda HYDERABAD, March 6: Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union (CBA) has urged President Pervez Musharraf to keep Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) intact in the interest of country.... HYDERABAD: Bhit Shah serves as Sufi music varsity: minister HYDERABAD, March 6: Bhit Shah served as a university of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai’s ragas where singers had preserved the Sufi poet-musician’s ragas in their original form for about 300 years,... SANGHAR: Major crops hit by water shortage SANGHAR, March 6: Acute water shortage in Nara canal system has badly hit wheat, vegetable, sugarcane and other crops as several branches and distributaries are closed for more than 10 days.... HYDERABAD: Dog bites 18 people in a mad seizure HYDERABAD, March 6: Eighteen dog bite cases were reported at the Civil Hospital here on Wednesday.... HYDERABAD: Woman killed by husband HYDERABAD, March 6: A man strangulated his wife to death in Bachal Kolachi village near Tando Allahyar on Wednesday and escaped.... PESHAWAR: Recruitment, reshuffle, banned for two weeks PESHAWAR, March 6: The NWFP caretaker government has banned transfers and postings of the public sector employees besides halting fresh inductions and work on development projects for the next two weeks.... PESHAWAR: Weapons recovered PESHAWAR, March 6: The city police on Thursday claimed to have foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons to Swat and arrested the accused.... MARDAN: Woman, two daughters\shot dead MARDAN, March 6: A woman and her two daughters were allegedly gunned down by their close relatives inside their house in Sharifabad area on Wednesday evening over a family dispute.... PESHAWAR: Public safety commission’s future in jeopardy PESHAWAR, March 6: Future of the Provincial Safety Commission is in jeopardy as the NWFP government has decided to amend some articles of the Police Order 2002 which is likely to further delay convening of its inaugural meeting....

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