March 5, 2006	Sunday	Safar 4, 1427

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KARACHI: Ibad stresses extensive use of IT for progress KARACHI, March 4: The Governor, Dr Ishratul Ibad, on Saturday stressed the need for extensive use of information technology for rapid progress of the province. Addressing a meeting regarding the application...		KARACHI: Rallies held against Bush visit KARACHI, March 4: Protest rallies were taken out in different parts of the province on Saturday against US policies in this region, as well as in Iraq and Afghanistan....
KARACHI: Top MMA, PPP figures to lead march today KARACHI, March 4: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has said that the grand rally held last Sunday, the complete nationwide strike on Friday and the ‘black day’ observed on Saturday were manifestations of...		KARACHI: Nadra to match fingerprints of suicide bomber KARACHI, March 4: The authorities have decided to send the forearm of the suicide bomber to Nadra for fingerprint matching. The limb was found at the site of the car bombing near US Consulate on Thursday....
KARACHI: Sugar crisis blamed on ministers KARACHI, March 4: Speakers at a seminar here on Saturday urged the government to formulate sound policies and ensure their strict implementation. They warned the government of serious implications if consumers were pushed to the edge....		KARACHI: PPP demands inquiry into sugar scam KARACHI, March 4: The Pakistan Peoples Party on Saturday chided the announcement of the Economic Coordination Committee for holding investigation into profiteering by sugar mills after allegedly patronizing the sugar scam...
PESHAWAR: NGO woman released after paying ransom PESHAWAR, March 4: Lakshan Bibi, an NGO operator in Chitral district, who was kidnapped at gunpoint on Thursday from Warsak Road, has secured her freedom by paying Rs one million as ransom to her four kidnappers here on Saturday....		KARACHI: Muttahida activist shot dead KARACHI, March 4: An activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement was gunned down and two women were wounded in Garden police limits on Saturday. Police said unidentified gunmen opened indiscriminate firing...
KARACHI: Lawlessness won’t be tolerated, warns CM KARACHI, March 4: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that maintaining law and order and ensuring protection of lives and properties of citizens was the responsibility of government and no lapse would be tolerated in this regard....		KARACHI: ATC records statement of two witnesses KARACHI, March 4: An anti-terrorism court recorded on Saturday the statement of two prosecution witnesses in the kidnapping and murder case of an 18-year-old man. Mehboob Ali, a cloth merchant, was...
KARACHI: JWP slams ‘slanderous campaign’ by govt KARACHI, March 4: Secretary-General of Jamhoori Watan Party Agha Shahid Bugti has condemned the government for slandering Baloch leaders through media. He declared that the Baloch people would not be misled by the sinister campaign being run by the government....		KARACHI: Transporters hail decision on oil, gas price control KARACHI, March 4: Transporters on Saturday welcomed the decision to authorize the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority for determining oil prices and expressed hope that the Ogra would not follow the footsteps of the Oil Companies Advisory Committee....
KARACHI: Architect Mistri dies KARACHI, March 4: Minoo Pirojshah Mistri, 94, a noted architect of the city, who had designed the monument of Tin Talwar at Clifton, died of cardiac arrest early on Saturday morning....		KARACHI: Inter-collegiate Naat, Qirat contests held KARACHI, March 4: Inter-collegiate naat and qirat competitions were held at the DHA Degree College for women on Saturday. The overall winners trophy was lifted by the Bahria College....
KARACHI: Fair weather KARACHI, March 4: The Met Office has forecast fair weather with misty morning for Sunday with minimum temperature in the city expected between 17 and 19 degrees Centigrade and maximum in the range of 21 to 33 degrees Centigrade.—PPI...		HYDERABAD: Forum for consumer rights formed HYDERABAD, March 4: People from all walks of life have formed the Consumer Rights Forum to protect rights of consumers. They decided to launch the forum on March 15 which coincides with the World Consumer Rights Day....
HYDERABAD: Sehresh Nagar to get basic amenities HYDERABAD, March 4: The district government had set aside an amount of Rs96.6 million to provide basic amenities to Sehresh Nagar, Qasimabad taluka, Hyderabad District Naib Nazim Zafar Rajput said on Thursday....		HYDERABAD: Meeting reviews uplift schemes HYDERABAD, March 4: A meeting of district government officials presided over by District Nazim of Jamshoro, Malik Asad Sikandar, reviewed water supply, sewerage schemes and other mega projects on Saturday....
MIRPURKHAS: Umerkot to achieve target by June: Watercourses lining MIRPURKHAS, March 4: The District Coordination Officer, Umerkot, Mushtaq Ahmed Shaikh, has said that target of lining of 162 watercourses would be achieved till June 2006 under National Programme for Improvement of Watercourses....		SUKKUR: NADRA’s ‘service week’ begins tomorrow SUKKUR, March 4: The National Database Registration Authority will prepare database of all citizens of the country. This was stated by the regional director of NADRA, Col Mohammad Khalid Khan, while...
SHIKARPUR: Enrolment of more students in schools urged SHIKARPUR, March 4: A meeting of the school management committee of National Centre for Rehabilitation of Child Labour (NCRCL), organised by Pakistan Baitul Maal, Shikarpur, was held here at Mirani Mohalla on Friday....		DADU: PHED staff demand payment of salaries DADU, March 4: A large number of employees of the Public Health Engineering Department staged a demonstration outside the press club here on Friday demanding three months salaries to 7,000 employees....
KHAIRPUR: Measures taken against bird flu KHAIRPUR, March 4: District Nazim Syed Niaz Hussain Shah has said the local government has taken preventive measures against the spread of bird flu in the district by making available anti-bird flu medicines....		PESHAWAR: Governor, CM review NWFP security plans PESHAWAR, March 4: NWFP Governor Khalil-ur-Rehman and Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani at a meeting held at Governor’s House here on Saturday reviewed in detail law and order situation in the province and FATA....
PESHAWAR: Kidnapped men yet to be found PESHAWAR, March 4: City police and political administration of the Khyber Agency are yet to find four people, who were kidnapped by their rivals a month ago....		PESHAWAR: Amenities sought in Karak PESHAWAR, March 4: The gas producing Karak district has been denied basic amenities and the situation is ‘compelling its residents to create a situation like that in Dera Bugti, Balochistan.’...
PESHAWAR: Car rally protesters condemn Bush’s visit PESHAWAR, March 4: The Alliance for the Protection of Human Rights (APHR) took out a car rally here on Saturday to condemn the US President Bush’s visit to Pakistan....		PESHAWAR: Four killed as truck rams into cab PESHAWAR, March 4: Four persons, including a woman and two minors, were killed and a boy injured when a container truck rammed into a taxicab here at Hayatabad Township on Saturday....