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March 11, 2008 Tuesday Rabi-ul-Awwal 2, 1429 KARACHI: Lawyers want parliament to impeach president KARACHI, March 10: The Sindh High Court Bar Association hoisted black flags on its office on Monday as part of the ‘black flag week’ to seek the reinstatement of deposed judges.... KARACHI: City govt plans construction of Malir expressway KARACHI, March 10: The city government has decided to construct an expressway on both banks of the Malir River to provide a direct access to downtown light traffic to the city’s eastern industrial neighbourhoods on to the National Highway through Quaidabad.... KARACHI: Summons against Qaim reissued in Karsaz case KARACHI, March 10: The Karsaz inquiry tribunal re-issued on Monday a summons against Pakistan People’s Party’s designated chief minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah asking him to appear before the tribunal for his testimony on March 24.... HYDERABAD: 355 awarded degrees at MUET convocation HYDERABAD, March 10: As many as 355 students of the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology were conferred BE, ME and PhD degrees at the 10th convocation of the university held at the Jamshoro campus on Monday.... HYDERABAD: Glass products design centre to be operative in six months HYDERABAD, March 10: General Manager of Small and Medium Enterprises Develop-ment Authority (Smeda) Syed Iqbal Ahmed Qadwai has said that the work on glass products design centre has been started which... KARACHI: No respite from outages likely KARACHI, March 10: Karachiites endured yet another day of power cuts as the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) on Monday resorted to at least six hours of load-shedding in three different phases.... KARACHI: Modernisation eludes Sindh forensic lab KARACHI, March 10: The Sindh Forensic Science Lab (SFSL) does not appear to have scientific technology in its lexicon and carries out all its work through outdated manual methods, a senior investigator told Dawn.... KARACHI: Lyari UC nazim’s brother injured KARACHI, March 10: A brother of a Lyari’s union council nazim was shot and wounded by two suspected dacoits, who were also injured and arrested after a shootout with a constable on Monday, police and hospital sources said.... KARACHI: School told not to take more students KARACHI, March 10: The Sindh High Court restrained a school run on a residential plot from making fresh admissions.... KARACHI: Nine post offices to issue rail tickets KARACHI, March 10: Rail tickets and reservation facilities will now be available at nine post offices in the city.... KARACHI: Deployment of Rangers in Lyari urged KARACHI, March 10: Although Lyari has been victim of long drawn gang warfare for long, there has been a somewhat breakdown of law and order since the Feb 18 election.... KARACHI: Pedestrians at risk as pavements vanish KARACHI, March 10: Most roadside nurseries in different parts of the city have encroached upon footpaths, compelling pedestrians to walk on roads amidst the deluge of speeding vehicles at considerable risk to their lives.... KARACHI: Exhibition KARACHI, March 10: An exhibition of paintings, titled ‘folding…unfolding’ by Noorjehan Bilgrami, opens on Tuesday at Canvas art gallery, at 5pm.... KARACHI: City council session KARACHI, March 10: A session of the city district council will be held on March 11 at 3:30pm with City Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil in the chair at Council Hall, Council Secretariat Building, Karachi.—PPI... KARACHI: Doctors stop receiving results of job tests KARACHI, March 10: Doctors who from Friday started getting the official results of the tests for appointment as medical officers in the Sindh health department have claimed that the authorities have stopped issuing letters intimating official results for unspecified reasons.... KARACHI: Transporters urged to follow rules KARACHI, March 10: The Sindh caretaker Minister for Transport, Arif Ali Abbasi, has asked the transporters to justify the rationale behind their demand for an increase in fares or facilitation from banks or the government.... KARACHI: Rain forecast KARACHI, March 10: The Met Office has forecast partly cloudy weather with chances of a rain in the city during the next 24 hours.... HYDERABAD: Chapter on snakebite to be changed: Community Medicine book HYDERABAD, March 10: Consensus was reached among all deans and professors of community medicines at the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS) on Monday to change chapter on snakebite treatment protocol in community medicine book.... HYDERABAD: Leftists want end of Jihadi culture HYDERABAD, March 10: A public gathering to mark the ninth death anniversary of communist leader Imam Ali Nazish has called on the upcoming government to eliminate jihadi culture and killing of people in the name of religion.... HYDERABAD: Tight security for Eid Milad planned HYDERABAD, March 10: The district police have deployed plain-clothed policemen at shopping centres, bus stops, sensitive points and venues of public meetings ahead of Eid Milad-un-Nabi.... HYDERABAD: Truckers threaten to go on strike HYDERABAD, March 10: Sindh Goods Transport Owners Association at an urgent meeting held here on Monday expressed concern over the theft of a truck from the Hala Naka truck stand and... HYDERABAD: University employees stage march HYDERABAD, March 10: Around 100 employees of the Sindh Agriculture University staged a long march from Tandojam to Hyderabad on Monday to protest against the policies adopted by the vice-chancellor.... HYDERABAD: Court grants stay in Hesco case HYDERABAD, March 10: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, here on Monday restrained respondent Hesco officials from announcing results of interviews held for the post of revenue officers till March 25, although they may continue the process otherwise.... MIRPURKHAS: Guards thrash clerk at mill MIRPURKHAS, March 10: A police official has alleged that his son has been severely beaten up by the security in-charge of Mirpurkhas Sugar Mills and other officials.... PESHAWAR: G.T. Road to lose greenbelt on both sides: City roads to be widened PESHAWAR, March 10: The city district government has decided to remove the greenbelt from both the sides of the Grand Trunk Road to resolve the issue of increasing traffic in the city.... PESHAWAR: Owais’ appointment challenged in PHC PESHAWAR, March 10: The appointment of Owais Ahmad Ghani as NWFP governor over two months ago has been challenged in the Peshawar High Court on Monday with the request to restrain... PESHAWAR: Housing scheme for govt servants planned PESHAWAR, March 10: Caretaker NWFP Chief Minister Shamsul Mulk has said the government has planned a comprehensive housing scheme for the provision of shelter to government servants and general public in seven major districts of the province.... PESHAWAR: Seven killed in two road accidents PESHAWAR, March 10: Seven people were killed in two road accidents in Haripur and Chitral on Monday.... PESHAWAR: Lady health workers to get salary boost PESHAWAR, March 10: The federal government has decided to raise salaries of lady wealth workers to attract educated women. Releasing findings of an internal assessment survey of the National Lady Health... PESHAWAR: Fata uplift linked to peace, tribesmen told PESHAWAR, March 10: NWFP Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani has urged the tribal elders to play their due role in maintaining peace in their respective areas.... GHALANAI: Rockets fired at security forces GHALANAI, March 10: Militants fired rockets at security forces near Ghalanai in the Mohmand tribal region on Sunday night.... ABBOTTABAD: Transporters directed not to raise fares ABBOTTABAD, March 10: Newly-appointed Superintend-ent of Police, Abbottabad Iqbal Marwat has directed transporters not to increase the fares till March 30.... CHARSADDA: 2 killed on pretext of honour CHARSADDA, March 10: A man allegedly killed his daughter and a neighbour in the name of honour, in the Umerzai area here on Monday.... PARACHINAR: Kurram tense after kidnappings PARACHINAR, March 10: Tension has mounted in the Kurram tribal region after the kidnapping of over two dozens people belonging to two rival groups....

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