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April 10, 2008 Thursday Rabi-us-Sani 3, 1429 KARACHI: MQM blames PML-N, lawyers & ‘civil society’ for violence KARACHI, April 9: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has said that attacks on MQM lawyers and violent incidents in Karachi are part of a well-thought-out conspiracy and the party will foil all... KARACHI: Violence Triggers police dept reshuffle KARACHI, April 9: The Karachi police witnessed a major reshuffle on Wednesday, amid severe violence in the city which killed more than half a dozen people, in a move reflecting the change of the political administration in the province.... KARACHI: ‘KBA lawyers attacked’ KARACHI, April 9: The Karachi Bar Association president, Mahmoodul Hasan, said unknown armed men entered the KBA office, beat up lawyers and set fire to vehicles on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Man held for attacking Arbab KARACHI, April 9: Dr Agha Javed Pathan, who manhandled former Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim, was arrested and booked in four different cases by the Preedy police.... KARACHI: KU seeks deployment of law-enforcers KARACHI, April 9: The vice-chancellor of Karachi University has directed the deans, campus security adviser and students’ adviser to finalise arrangements for resumption of teaching activities from April 11 (both morning and evening programmes).... KARACHI: Khuhro warns of plot to divide rural, urban areas KARACHI, April 9: Sindh Assembly Speaker Nisar Ahmad Khuhro has said the absence of government officials from the house during assembly sessions will not be tolerated.... KARACHI: SHCBA slams attack on Arbab, Afgan KARACHI, April 9: Lawyers at a general body meeting of the Sindh High Court Bar Association condemned on Wednesday the attack and manhandling of the former chief minister of Sindh, Dr... HYDERABAD: Qazi should apologise to rejoin MMA: JUI HYDERABAD, April 9: Jamiat Ulema-I-Islam (Fazlur Rehman) leader Senator Dr Khalid Mahmood Soomro has said that Qazi Hussain Ahmed has left the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal whereas other member parties of the alliance... PESHAWAR: Flour crisis deepens in Frontier PESHAWAR, April 9: The flour crisis has deepened in the NWFP and there are reports that in parts of the province, the price of a bag of flour had reached Rs5,000.... KARACHI: Bureaucratic delays hit JPMC Aids centre KARACHI, April 9: Thanks to bureaucratic apathy, a significant HIV and Aids care and therapy project has not been commissioned at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) despite the lapse of a year.... KARACHI: Fake car insurance claims on the rise KARACHI, April 9: As law-enforcers and investigators seek to trace car thieves, they find a rising number of cases based on false information provided to them by complainants trying to hoodwink insurance companies and get exemption in instalments of leased vehicles.... KARACHI: The rise after a fall KARACHI: Sometimes personal tragedies can act as catalysts and in the case of artists and literary figures they can give a new dimension to their pursuits.... KARACHI: Mansoor Aye hospitalised KARACHI, April 9: The noted Karachi-based artist Mansoor Aye (not to be confused with Mansoor Rahi) has been admitted to a private hospital for dialysis because his kidneys have failed to function.... KARACHI: CM seeks details of jobs KARACHI, April 9: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah held an introductory meeting with the secretaries of all the administrative departments.... KARACHI: Cop among four killed KARACHI, April 9: Four people, including a constable, were killed in different parts of the city, witnesses and police said on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Demand for action against organ law violators KARACHI, April 9: The Karachi Bioethics Group has taken serious notice of the media reports which indicate that private hospitals in Lahore and Rawalpindi have resumed their unethical practice of transplantation buying kidneys from indigent citizens of Pakistan.... KARACHI: Survey shows milk prices high, quality still low KARACHI, April 9: A random survey of city markets showed on Wednesday that milk continued to be sold at rates ranging from the officially-fixed retail rate of Rs34 to Rs42 per litre.... KARACHI: Assembly condemns Karachi violence KARACHI, April 9: The Sindh Assembly has condemned the acts of violence that claimed many innocent lives and left some offices in Karachi Bar and Malir Bar vicinities burnt.... KARACHI: Dawn staffer grieved KARACHI, April 9: Sohrab Nadirshah Lawyer, father of Dawn Director Circulation Niloufer Patel, died here on Wednesday.... HYDERABAD: Founder’s Week begins at SU HYDERABAD, April 9: The University of Sindh started the Founder’s Week celebrations at its Jamshoro and Hyderabad campuses on Wednesday to pay homage to the great scholar and founder vice-chancellor of the university, Allama I.I.... HYDERABAD: Dist govt plans evening with special people HYDERABAD, April 9: The district government would celebrate an evening with special people in the last week of this month and use the occasion to introduce them to civil society, NGOs... SHIKARPUR: Lawyers slate Arbab, Niazi manhandling SHIKARPUR, April 9: Lawyers condemning the manhandling of former chief minister Sindh Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim and former federal minister Dr Sher Afghan Niazi said the two incidents are a pre-planned... HYDERABAD: Milk sellers warned HYDERABAD, April 9: Hyderabad DCO Syed Barkat Ahmed Rizvi on Wednesday warned the milk retailers and wholesalers of strict legal action if they were found violating the rates fixed by the district government.... HYDERABAD: Nazim approves uplift schemes HYDERABAD, April 9: Jamshoro District Nazim Malik Asad Sikandar at a meeting on Wednesday approved 33 development schemes which are expected to cost Rs85.61 million.... PESHAWAR: CM announces 100-day package today PESHAWAR, April 9: NWFP Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti will announce a 100-day package for the people after seeking vote of confidence here on Thursday.... LAKKI MARWAT: Missile defused in Lakki Marwat LAKKI MARWAT, April 9: Tajori police averted a sabotage attempt by defusing a missile near the irrigation colony in Malang Adda locality here on Wednesday.... PESHAWAR: Delay doubles cost of Regi housing scheme PESHAWAR, April 9: Developmental cost of the under construction Regi Lalma Model Town scheme has escalated from Rs7 to Rs15 billion owing to the law and order situation, land dispute and... PARACHINAR: Two killed in Kurram clashes PARACHINAR, April 9: Two people were killed in the ongoing clashes in the Kurram Agency on Wednesday. Sources said that firing continued between the rival groups in several parts of the troubled region....

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