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March 08, 2008 Saturday Safar 29, 1429 KARACHI: Power cuts Continue to plague Karachi KARACHI, March 7: Prolonged load-shedding on Friday that continued for more than eight hours since 6.30 in the morning caused unrest among the citizens who blamed the privatised management of the utility for the simmering power crisis.... KARACHI: No progress in stalled Muttahida-PPP talks KARACHI, March 7: As political manoeuvring continues both on the provincial and national levels post February 18, talks between the Pakistan People’s Party and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement – the two major political forces in Sindh – seem to have stalled.... KARACHI: Police reshuffle ahead of new govt KARACHI, March 7: A number of district police officers, who served under the previous political government and played what is widely described as a controversial role, have asked police authorities for a transfer, it has been learnt.... KARACHI: Single group suspected to be behind bank robberies KARACHI, March 7: As the city witnesses a renewed trend of robberies, mainly in banks, police authorities and private security agencies are holding each other responsible for the crimes, while investigators have pinpointed a single group behind the recent heists.... KARACHI: Drive against encroachments KARACHI, March 7: The CDGK is launching an anti-encroachment drive from Saturday to enforce civic discipline on over a dozen main carriageways in the metropolis, said City Nazim Mustafa Kamal.... KARACHI: Peaceful Strike against cartoons KARACHI, March 7: Traders on Friday observed almost a complete shutter-down strike in protest against the publication of blasphemous cartoons in Danish newspapers.... KARACHI: SHC orders committee to monitor KBCA KARACHI, March 7: The Sindh High Court directed the provincial government on Friday to constitute an ‘oversee committee’ to monitor the working of the Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA).... KARACHI: MQM slams manhandling of AJK legislator KARACHI, March 7: A large number of Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s workers and... KARACHI: SCPS hiring law officers KARACHI, March 7: The Sindh Criminal Prosecution Service has sent a summary of the selected candidates for its vacant posts to the Sindh chief minister for approval.... KARACHI: Legislators’ training KARACHI, March 7: Pakistan Legislative Strengthening Project, an initiative funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has planned provision of basic orientation for the newly-elected legislators to enhance their ability to meet challenging issues.... KARACHI: Doctors get results of recruitment tests KARACHI, March 7: Hundreds of doctors, who appeared in tests for appointment as medical officers in Sindh health department four months back, have finally succeeded in getting their official results on Friday.... KARACHI: 46 women killed in Sindh since January KARACHI, March 7: Forty-six women were killed in the first two months of this year, says a report released on the eve of the International Women’s Day, which is being celebrated on Saturday.... KARACHI: Retail milk price raised to Rs34 a litre KARACHI, March 7: The City District Government Karachi has officially announced the wholesale and retail prices of fresh milk at Rs32 and Rs34 a litre, respectively.... THATTA: Hospital faces drug shortage THATTA, March 7: Failure to supply medicine on regular basis and non-release of funds for its month-wise local purchase, besides acute shortage of water has developed a crisis like scenario for Makli Civil Hospital putting many precious lives at stake.... SUKKUR: Ghotki police unmoved over kidnappings SUKKUR, March 7: Ghotki police have failed to recover 13 people who were kidnapped from different parts of the district during last one and half month.... HYDERABAD: Non-practising lawyers to play vital role in bar polls HYDERABAD, March 7: Non-practising lawyers would once again play a crucial role in elections of Hyderabad District Bar Association (HDBA) scheduled for Saturday when Kazi Sattar group’s candidate Chaudhry Bashir Gujjar... HYDERABAD: Rallies staged in Sindh over caricatures HYDERABAD, March 7: Rallies and processions were taken out on Friday in many districts of Sindh against the republication of blasphemous caricatures in Denmark newspapers.... MIRPURKHAS: Quack attacked MIRPURKHAS, March 7: A quack was shot at and injured by two unidentified motorcyclists in the Walkart area on Thursday night.... DADU: Loadshedding, inflated bills decried DADU, March 7: A large number of people, including shopkeepers and social workers, took out a procession here on Friday against unannounced loadshedding in the city.... HYDERABAD: A woman’s toil mocks Women’s Day HYDERABAD, March 7: Slochna, an aged woman in her 50s, is worried that she would lose a day’s earning and that too on the International Women’s Day.... PESHAWAR: Transport fares up by 35pc PESHAWAR, March 7: The NWFP transporters unilaterally announced 35 per cent increase in their fares here on Friday.... PESHAWAR: NWFP to have first elected woman minister PESHAWAR, March 7: The Awami National Party has nominated a young educated woman as the minister for social welfare and women development, who will be the first woman minister in an elected government in the NWFP.... PESHAWAR: Bird flu still a threat, warns WHO: ‘Preventive measures needed’ PESHAWAR, March 7: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that bird flu was still a potential threat to infect humans in the region and stressed on preventive measures in this regard.... PESHAWAR: ANP ministers-designate quit party posts PESHAWAR, March 7: Five central and provincial leaders of the Awami National Party have ceased to hold their party posts, as required under amendments made to the party constitution last year.... PESHAWAR: Tribes call for action against Mangal Bagh PESHAWAR, March 7: A jirga of Khalil and Mohmand tribes on Friday pledged to take a unified stand against Lashkar-i-Islam (LI) chief Mangal Bagh if the government did not stop his... PESHAWAR: DFID approves more fund for water project PESHAWAR, March 7: The NWFP government has decided to extend Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project (RWSSP) for another year, as the UK Department for International Development (DFID) has approved an additional grant of £800,000 for it.... HARIPUR: Police complaint cell reactivated HARIPUR, March 7: The Home and Tribal Affairs Department has notified the names of the members of the District Pubic Safety and Police Complaint Commission (DPS&PCC), Haripur.... SHIKARPUR: Village attacked, man killed SHIKARPUR, March 7: A man was killed in an armed attack on Anwar Ali Shar Goth in the jurisdiction of Lakhi police station on Friday.... NAWABSHAH: Seven huts gutted, three injured NAWABSHAH, March 7: Two women and a child were injured and seven huts gutted when fire broke out in Waryal Shah village near Sath Meel on Friday.... HYDERABAD: SHC issues notice to officials, nazim: Construction of plaza HYDERABAD, Mach 7: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad Circuit Bench, on Thursday issued notices to official respondents in a petition, challenging construction of a commercial plaza in the Oad Colony’s vicinity.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Police Recover kidnap victim NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, March 7: A teenaged boy kidnapped some two months back was recovered by police after an encounter on Friday. Eighteen-year old Sajjad Siyal from Mohammad Khan Siyal village near Kandiaro was kidnapped on January 12.... LARKANA: Ministry sacks 14 daily-wagers LARKANA, March 7: The federal ministry of culture and tourism has sacked 14 daily-wagers working for the National Fund (NFM) for Moenjodaro project at Moenjodaro.... LARKANA: Rice millers-labourers talks end in deadlock LARKANA, March 7: The dispute over salaries of labourers between the rice millers and technical labourers in Shahdadkot further deepened as talks between the labourers and a committee of the rice millers remained inconclusive on Thursday.... KHAIRPUR: SALU dept goes online KHAIRPUR March 7: Shah Abdul Latif University (SALU) Vice-Chancellor Prof. Nilofer Shaikh on Thursday inaugurated the website of the department of business administration....

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