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March 15, 2008 Saturday Rabi-ul-Awwal 6, 1429 KARACHI: Electricity tariff hike plan raises hackles KARACHI, March 14: As the city’s power demand surged to 2,000 megawatts with the rise in temperature and the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation faced a shortage of 555MW amid a dwindling... KARACHI: Strike cripples life in Karachi KARACHI, March 14: Incidents of sporadic violence and firing into the air on Friday left over half a dozen vehicles burnt and a couple of people injured following a strike call... KARACHI: PPP ‘concerned’ about PA session delay KARACHI, March 14: Expressing concern over a delay in the convening of the Sindh Assembly session, the Pakistan People’s Party’s MPAs-elect have demanded that the session be called forthwith.... KARACHI: MQM undecided on role in parliament KARACHI, March 14: The parliamentary party of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement met on Friday but failed to take a decision on its future role in the national or provincial assemblies.... KARACHI: Hearing in Shikarpur repoll case adjourned KARACHI, March 14: The Sindh High Court adjourned the hearing of the petitions moved by Dr Mohammad Ebrahim Jatoi and Abid Hussain Jatoi of the National People’s Party against the Election... KARACHI: Ruling on land scam case deferred KARACHI, March 14: An accountability court on Friday deferred the judgment in a reference pertaining to a land scam case against the former employees of the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) and... KARACHI: CM regrets overcrowding in Sindh prisons KARACHI, March 14: The Sindh caretaker chief minister, retired Justice Abdul Qadir Halepota, on Friday directed the relevant authorities to improve the condition of 20 prisons in the province.... KARACHI: PSF warns of bid to trigger ethnic riots KARACHI, March 14: The Pakhtoon Students Federation (PSF) has accused the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and its students’ wing, APMSO, of attempting to trigger ethnic riots to blackmail the coming government.... KARACHI: Another research institute planned in KU KARACHI, March 14: The construction of Centre for Bioequivalence Studies and Bioassay Research (CBSBR) at the Dr Panjwani Centre for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research (PCMD), University of Karachi, will be completed in 2010 at a cost of Rs249 million.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, March 14: The Met Office has forecast fair weather for the city on Saturday with the minimum temperature expected to range between 18 and 20 degrees centigrade and the maximum between 34 and 36 degrees centigrade.... KARACHI: Suspected gangster killed in Lyari KARACHI, March 14: An associate of Rehman Dakait was killed in a shootout between the police and gangsters in the Baghdadi area on Thursday afternoon.... KARACHI: Doctors want greater spending on health care KARACHI, March 14: The governments in the developing countries must increase the flow of fund and allocation of resources in the health sector with an ultimate objective to benefit the patients of low socio-economic status.... HYDERABAD: Strike call gets mixed response in Sindh HYDERABAD, March 14: The Sunni Tehrik’s strike call backed by other religious parties got mixed response in Sindh on Friday as strike was observed in a few cities.... LARKANA: Villagers, police trade allegations over man’s death LARKANA, March 14: Protesters blocked the Larkana-Sukkur Road on Friday in protest against police for allegedly killing a villager.... HYDERABAD: SNF reminds PPP of Sindh’s rights HYDERABAD, March 14: Sindh National Front (SNF) urged the PPP to reject Kalabagh Dam project and ensure judicious distribution of water among the provinces and resources on the internationally recognized principle of - the province which earns more should get more.... HYDERABAD: Court summons woman from Darul Aman HYDERABAD, March 14: The Sindh High Court’s Hyderabad circuit bench here on Friday directed the police to produce a young woman petitioner, Gulnaz Khaskheli, resident of Jamshed colony in Nawabshah, before the court from Darul Aman on March 31.... MITHI: PPP activist freed after two months MITHI, March 14: A PPP activist and an arch rival of Arbabs, Mohammad Khan Lund was released from judicial lockup on Friday as Sindh... HYDERABAD: Strike by SAU Employees enters 12th day HYDERABAD, March 14: Academic and administrative activities at Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam were suspended because of the strike by employees which entered into 12th consecutive day on Friday.... DADU: Movement of wheat worsens situation in Dadu DADU, March 14: Flour crisis has intensified in Dadu and Jamshoro districts due to shortage of wheat as food officials reportedly shifted 11,000 wheat bags to Karachi and Hyderabad.... PESHAWAR: Loadshedding resumes in Frontier: Low power generation PESHAWAR, March 14: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) has re-commenced three to five hours loadshedding in the NWFP because of ‘lower’ than required hydel power generation in the country.... HANGU: Road blocked to protest teachers’ murder HANGU, March 14: Protesters on the call of the All Teachers Association blocked the Hangu-Kohat road for several hours and staged a sit-in against the killing of two primary school teachers on Friday.... PESHAWAR: New district monitoring bodies formed PESHAWAR, March 14: The District Council of Peshawar has announced formation of new district monitoring committees, which were dissolved on Tuesday when members expressed dissatisfaction over their performance.... KOHAT: Six policemen injured in explosion KOHAT, March 14: Six policemen were injured when a bomb exploded at the Shakardarra Alam Shaheed checkpost near the Lachi town on Friday morning, police said.... HARIPUR: Girl abducted in Haripur HARIPUR, March 14: A teenage girl was abducted from her home in the jurisdiction of Saddar police station here on Thursday night.... LAKKI MARWAT: Two brothers die in roof collapse LAKKI MARWAT, March 14: Two children were killed, while their parents narrowly escaped, when roof of one Gul Khan’s house collapsed in village Ghaznikhel on late Thursday night.... CHITRAL: Land prices up in Chitral CHITRAL, March 14: With initiation of work on the Lowari tunnel, the prices of land have jumped to new heights, said people in the real estate business here on Friday.... MARDAN: Mardan sugar mills shut after ‘losses’ MARDAN, March 14: The administration of the Premier Sugar Mills, Mardan, has decided to close the mill for the current season because of high expenditures and low income.... BADIN: Backward areas denied development funds BADIN, March 14: The local bodies’ performance in Badin district has disappointed people who complained that these institutions had failed to develop backward areas.They say that at the time of promulgation... HYDERABAD: Institute renamed HYDERABAD, March 14: University of Sindh has renamed its Institute of Information Technology as Institute of Information and Communication Technology. The university has also renamed Institute of English as Institute of English Language and Literature as approved by the academic council.... NAWABSHAH: Teachers call for payment of honorarium NAWABSHAH, March 14: Primary school teachers have asked the National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) to pay them honorarium.... HYDERABAD: Dialogue today HYDERABAD, March 14: The Institute of Women Development Studies, University of Sindh, in collaboration with National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) is organising an open house dialogue on “Abdication... NAWABSHAH: Minister’s relatives, others booked NAWABSHAH, March 14: Police booked 400 people, including a brother and a son of a sitting caretaker minister, in two cases here on Friday.... HYDERABAD: Admission to music course HYDERABAD, March 14: The University of Sindh has announced schedule for admissions to a four-month certificate course in music in newly established Centre for Music Education at Institute of Sindhology under evening programme for session 2008.... SANGHAR: It takes 2 to buy flour SANGHAR, March 14: Rangers have been deployed to monitor distribution of flour at mills and stores, misuses of quota, and black marketing.... NAWABSHAH: Transfers, postings in Nawabshah police NAWABSHAH, March 14: A number of senior police officers were transferred in another major reshuffle in the district police of Nawabshah during the past 48 hours.... SUKKUR: Court asks convener to call council meeting SUKKUR March 14: The Sukkur circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Thursday directed the district naib nazim to convene meeting of the district council on March 17 so that...

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