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March 10, 2008 Monday Rabi-ul-Awwal 1, 1429 KARACHI: Constitution to be cleansed: Fakhr: ‘Black flag week’ begins KARACHI, March 9: Speakers at a meeting on Sunday demanded that the pre-November 3 judiciary be restored and all unconstitutional steps taken after that be abolished immediately.... KARACHI: MQM names parliamentary leaders KARACHI, March 9: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement named on Sunday Dr Farooq Sattar and Syed Sardar Ahmed as its parliamentary leaders in the national and Sindh assemblies, respectively.... HYDERABAD: Labour leaders urge Musharraf to quit HYDERABAD, March 9: A declaration issued at the end of the Sindh Trade Union Leaders’ Conference has urged President Musharraf to immediately resign, saying that the people of the country have voted against him in the February 18 general elections.... HYDERABAD: Quota reduced as wheat price goes up HYDERABAD, March 9: The food department has reduced the quota of wheat to chakki and flour mills following an increase in wheat price in the open market.... HYDERABAD: Lawyers protest across Sindh HYDERABAD, March 9: Lawyers started observing ‘black flag week’ in different parts of Sindh on Sunday in response to the call of the Pakistan Bar Council and Supreme Court Bar Association... PESHAWAR: Deposed judge for observing March 9 as ‘bench-bar day’: ‘Black flag week’ starts in Frontier PESHAWAR, March 9: Justice Tariq Pervez Khan, the deposed Peshawar High Court chief justice, announced on Sunday that after their restoration the judges of the high court would observe one-hour boycott with the lawyers on March 9 every year.... KARACHI: Four men shot dead in Korangi KARACHI, March 9: Four young men were gunned down by assailants after kidnapping them on Saturday night. Their bodies were found at two separate places in Korangi in the small hours of Sunday.... KARACHI: 11 vehicles seized, car-lifters arrested KARACHI, March 9: The Anti-Car Lifting Unit (ACLU) has claimed to have arrested key men of three inter-provincial gangs and seized from them 11 vehicles, including that of an MPA-elect belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement.... KARACHI: Graffiti banned KARACHI, March 9: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on Sunday banned graffiti within the limits of City District Government Karachi with immediate effect for a period of seven days.... KARACHI: Containing street crimes will be new govt’s acid test KARACHI, March 9: As the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) prepares to form the provincial government, the rising number of street crimes, mainly in the metropolis, is likely to create problems for... KARACHI: Private schools cash in on academic session issue KARACHI, March 9: A number of private schools have arbitrarily increased monthly tuition fee from February though tuition fee can only be raised at the start of an academic session for which a prior permission from the authorities concerned is prerequisite.... KARACHI: Women’s role against dictatorship hailed KARACHI, March 9: Appre-ciating the role women played in the electoral process, retired Justice Nasira Iqbal said she was proud of the fact that women had raised their voices against ‘dictatorship.’... KARACHI: Call for establishing children’s parliament KARACHI, March 9: Sharing their experiences, the children attending a workshop stressed that education was every child’s the fundamental right, but the government had failed to provide quality education to every kid in the country.... KARACHI: ‘Parliament to decide fate of LG system’ KARACHI, March 9: Care-taker Sindh Minister for Local Government and Katchi Abadis Syed Saleem Ahmed Zaidi has said that parliament is the appropriate forum to decide issues like the fate of local government system.... KARACHI: Protest against price hike KARACHI, March 9: A protest rally was staged against sky-rocketing prices of essential goods outside Karachi Press Club on Sunday.... KARACHI: Control room for Eid Milad KARACHI, March 9: Liaquatabad Town Nazim Usama Qadri has said that the town municipal administration will set up a control room for monitoring the arrangements for Eid Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH).... KARACHI: Paintings show KARACHI, March 9: A solo exhibition of paintings titled ‘Oil and Acraylic on Canvas’ by Malik Tariq Mehmood opens at Gulmohar Art Gallery at 5pm on Monday.... KARACHI: Intermediate suppl exam results KARACHI, March 9: The Board of Intermediate Education (BIE), Karachi, will announce the results of HSC Part-II (Pre-medical) supplementary examinations, 2007 on Monday while the results of HSC (Pre-engineering and general... HYDERABAD: Kazi panel Dominates Hyderabad Bar polls HYDERABAD, March 9: The Kazi Sattar group suffered two setbacks in the annual elections of the Hyderabad District Bar Association and lost the posts of joint secretary and library secretary which were grabbed by Nadeem Khan Tareen and Amjad Sahto, respectively.... LARKANA: Girl dies LARKANA, March 9: A six-year-old girl was buried alive under the debris of a wall which collpsed in Saddiq colony on Sunday.... NAWABSHAH: Nawabshah faces traffic chaos NAWABSHAH, March 9: The vehicular traffic in the district is becoming more and more chaotic due to negligence of the authorities.... BADIN: The not so civil hospital BADIN, March 9: The Badin Civil Hospital is facing a host of problems, including a shortage of equipment, staff and medicines.... LARKANA: Worker-friendly judge remembered LARKANA, March 9: Veteran communist leader comrade Sobho Gianchandani has praised the services of comrade Taj Mohammed Abro and said that he was a great supporter of the cause of workers and peasants.... MITHI: Tremors felt in Thar MITHI, March 9: Tremors of light intensity were felt in Diplo, Islamkot, Nagarparkar and other parts of Tharparkar on Sunday.... PESHAWAR: PRCS in a fix over shortage of funds: Disaster management cells PESHAWAR, March 9: Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) NWFP chapter is in a fix after its national headquarters in Islamabad showed inability to finance disaster management cells and district branches in the province after 2009, reliable sources confided to Dawn.... PESHAWAR: Appointment of 50 teachers opposed: Khyber Girls Medical College PESHAWAR, March 9: The chief executive of Hayatabad Medical Complex has opposed the caretaker government’s move to appoint about 50 more teachers of clinical medical sciences at Khyber Girls Medical College.... PESHAWAR: FC chief likely to be new Frontier IG PESHAWAR, March 9: Commandant Frontier Constabulary (FC) Malik Mohammad Naveed is the frontrunner in the race to become the new NWFP police chief, credible sources say.... TIMERGARA: Govt hospitals face shortage of facilities: Private clinics mushroom in Dir TIMERGARA, March 9: The people of Lower Dir are facing shortage of healthcare facilities and lack of doctors at the government-run hospitals and basic health units (BHUs) but the health department... ANDI KOTAL: Blast damages oil tanker ANDI KOTAL, March 9: A powerful explosion partially damaged a tanker, transporting oil to Afghanistan, near Torkhum border on Sunday, officials said.... MANSEHRA: Re-polling in NA-20 challenged MANSEHRA, March 9: The winning candidate from NA-20, Mansehra, Lt-Gen (retired) Salahuddin Tirmizi of PML-N has challenged the order of the Chief Election Commission (CEC) in the Peshawar High Court’s Abbottabad... MARDAN: Govt asked to declare Mardan calamity-hit MARDAN, March 9: District Nazim Himayatullah Mayar has demanded of the provincial government to declare Mardan as calamity-hit area keeping in view the destruction of cane crop and increase in prices of fertilisers.... BANNU: Rockets fired at Bannu Fort BANNU, March 9: Two rockets were fired at the Bannu Fort and city area on Sunday morning; however, no loss of life was reported.... ABBOTTABAD: Three die as van falls into ravine ABBOTTABAD, March 9: At least three persons were killed and 13 others sustained injuries when a Peshawar-bound passenger van plunged into a ravine here on Sunday.... PESHAWAR: TNSM chief may be freed soon PESHAWAR, March 9: Maulana Sufi Mohammad, founder of the banned Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Mohammadi (TNSM), is expected to be released soon as negotiations between him and NWFP caretaker government about announcement of Shariah... MANSEHRA: Mild quake jolts Mansehra MANSEHRA, March 9: Mansehra, Balakot and its adjoining areas jolted with a mild earthquake at 7:32 am on Sunday. The earthquake was measured at 4.5 magnitude on the Richter scale.... NOWSHERA: Jalozai camp to be vacated by April 15 NOWSHERA, March 9: The tripartite commission has finalised modalities for Afghan refugees to vacate Jalozai camp by April 15 this year.... HYDERABAD: Growers threaten to move court HYDERABAD, March 9: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture at a meeting held here on Sunday threatened to file a petition in the High Court of Sindh against sugar mills if growers were not paid the notified price of sugarcane.... HYDERABAD: STP opposes Dehs’ merger in Karachi HYDERABAD, March 9: The Sindh Taraqi Passand Party has condemned the merger of nine Dehs of Gadap and Bin Qasim towns and 60,000 acres of land in the two towns by... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Three killed as trailer hits truck NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, March 9: Three people, including a boy, were killed in an accident near the Naushahro Feroze bypass on Sunday....

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