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March 14, 2008 Friday Rabi-ul-Awwal 5, 1429 KARACHI: Nazim offers cooperation to KESC KARACHI, March 13: Although the Karachi city government has no role in the affairs of the Karachi Electric Supply Company, City Nazim Mustafa Kamal offered all-out cooperation to the KESC on... ISLAMABAD: CNG-based public transport system promised by June ISLAMABAD, March 13: The government will launch a pilot project on the public-private partnership basis for improving the public transport system of Karachi in June this year.... KARACHI: Two die as bus hits motorbikes KARACHI, March 13: Two people were killed and two others injured on Thursday when a fast-moving bus hit their motorcycles near Karsaz on Sharea Faisal, police and witnesses said.... KARACHI: KIHD introduces new cardiac therapy KARACHI, March 13: The Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases has started providing a new non-invasive cardiac therapy to patients who have tried the conventional methods of treatment with little success.... KARACHI: MMA split behind poll defeat: Fazl KARACHI, March 13: Differences in the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal led to the setback suffered by the religious parties in the February election.... KARACHI: Burial gives little solace to families of Oct 18 victims KARACHI, March 13: With the burial of all remains of unidentified victims of the Oct 18 bombings, families of at least six victims of the Karsaz blasts on Benazir Bhutto’s welcome... KARACHI: Wajih sees no crisis if judiciary restored KARACHI, March 13: Retired Justice Wajihuddin Ahmed on Thursday ruled out the possibility of a constitutional crisis in the country after the restoration of the pre-PCO judiciary and said the matter... KARACHI: Question mark over KESC-Pepco row KARACHI, March 13: As the issue of the controversial dues of the Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) outstanding against the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) still remains unresolved, the city suffered... KARACHI: 11 workers killed in a day: MQM-H KARACHI, March 13: The Mohajir Qaumi Movement (Haqiqi) has claimed to have received 11 bodies of its workers who were kidnapped from different areas of the city.... KARACHI: Four killed in separate incidents KARACHI, March 13: Four people, including a woman, were killed on Thursday in acts of violence in parts of the city.... KARACHI: Shot dead KARACHI, March 13: A man was shot dead near Dawood Chowrangi in Quaidabad. A resident of Malir Colony, the victim has been identified as Ansar Ahmed, 34.... KARACHI: Muttahida slammed over violence outside KPC KARACHI, March 13: All political outfits particularly the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) should recognise the right to freedom of expression of others and must avoid harassing and torturing people who try... KARACHI: Recruitment of school teachers hits snags KARACHI, March 13: At a time when a number of schools in Sindh are either closed for want of teachers or facing an acute shortage of teachers, the year-long exercise undertaken... KARACHI: 250MW power plant KARACHI, March 13: The Sindh caretaker chief minister, retired Justice Abdul Qadir Halepota, has directed the secretary irrigation and the managing director of the Sindh Irrigation and Drainage Authority (Sida) to... KARACHI: SHC issues notice to PIA KARACHI, March 13: A division bench of the Sindh High Court comprising Chief Justice Mohammad Afzal Soomro and Justice Syed Pir Ali Shah on Thursday issued notices to the Pakistan International... KARACHI: PPP workers unfazed by PM controversy KARACHI, March 13: Nearly a month after the nation went to the polls on February 18, a very visible power struggle is playing itself out principally in Islamabad regarding who will be the Pakistan People’s Party’s candidate for the premiership.... KARACHI: Industrial areas to receive Rs1 billion KARACHI, March 13: Caretaker Sindh Minister for Industries Arif Ali Abbasi has said that the Sindh government will provide Rsl billion to four industrial areas of Karachi for development of infrastructure facilities there.... HYDERABAD: Shopkeepers protest HYDERABAD, March 13: Shopkeepers of Resham Bazaar staged a rally outside the press club here on Thursday to protest against publication of blasphemous cartoons in Danish newspapers.... HYDERABAD: College staff seeks removal of principal HYDERABAD, March 13: The Nazareth Girls’ College Action Committee demanded on Thursday cancellation of the appointment of Prof Aftab Ehsan Qureshi as the principal of the college for the second time.... HYDERABAD: MS accused of making illegal appointments HYDERABAD, March 13: The All-Sindh People’s Paramedical Staff Welfare Association on Thursday accused the medical superintendent of the Liaquat University Hospital of being involved in misappropriating hospital funds and making illegal appointments despite ban on recruitment.... PESHAWAR: 200-400pc raise in plot prices proposed PESHAWAR, March 13: The City Development and Municipal Department (CDMD) has proposed 200 to 400 per cent increase in prices of plots for government institutions in Hayatabad.... PESHAWAR: Bomb hoax creates panic in Peshawar PESHAWAR, March 13: Bomb hoax created panic among the people when some unidentified people spread the rumours that explosives had been planted somewhere at the State Life Building on the Mall here on Thursday.... MINGORA: Three ‘militants’ arrested in Charbagh MINGORA, March 13: The Swat police arrested three ‘hardcore militants’ in a raid in Charbagh on Thursday but failed to find arms reportedly dumped by militants in the fields in the Shakar Darra area.... KOHAT: ‘Irregularities’ cost KDA Rs73m KOHAT, March 13: The Kohat Development Authority (KDA) sustained a loss of Rs73.18 million due to embezzlements and financial irregularities during the period between 2003 and 2007, revealed inquiry reports.... PESHAWAR: Officials accused of minting money: Printing of question papers PESHAWAR, March 13: Senior officials of eight educational boards are drawing millions of rupees in the name of supervising the printing of question papers, it is learnt.... PESHAWAR: Two Africans deported PESHAWAR, March 13: The immigration staff on Thursday arrested two foreigners at the Peshawar Airport who had arrived here on fake documents.... PARACHINAR: Man killed in mine blast PARACHINAR, March 13: One person was killed in a landmine explosion near Sadda Town in the Lower Kurram Agency on Thursday....

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