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April 10, 2006 Monday Rabi-ul-Awwal 11, 1427 KARACHI: Touching scenes as casualties pour in KARACHI, April 9: Emotional scenes, amid the unending VIP movements, were witnessed at the city’s two hospitals where casualties from the Faizan-i-Madina seminary were brought following a stampede on Sunday.... KARACHI: Leaders grieved at tragedy KARACHI, April 9: Leaders and representatives from a cross-section of society have expressed grief and sorrow over the Faizan-i-Madina tragedy in which dozens of women and children lost their lives and scores of them received injuries.... KARACHI: Son lost leg in accident day before mother’s death KARACHI, April 9: A youth, who had lost his leg in a road accident on Saturday, was not told about his mother’s death in the Faizan-i-Madina stampede on Sunday.... KARACHI: Transport strike KARACHI, April 9: The Karachi Transport Ittehad, an alliance of 15 transport owners’ associations, in its emergent meeting on Sunday decided to observe wheel jam in the city on April 22... KARACHI: JI releases white paper on law, order KARACHI, April 9: The Jamaat-i-Islami’s deputy chief and a prominent leader of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Prof Ghafoor Ahmad, has warned that if the pattern of governance in Karachi was not changed... KARACHI: Two die in firing incidents KARACHI, April 9: The brother of slain activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Naeem Shary, was shot dead by unknown persons in Shah Faisal Colony on Sunday.... KARACHI: Comrade Bokhari remembered KARACHI, April 9: Speakers at a meeting on Sunday urged the masses to follow the teachings of Comrade Jamaluddin Bokhari so that feelings of brotherhood among people of various ethnic groups... KARACHI: PPP issues pre-budget proposals KARACHI, April 9: Leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has issued recommendations for budget-making which, he said, incorporated public input viz-a-viz expenditure in various sectors.... KARACHI: PPPP MNA joins PML-Q KARACHI, April 9: MNA Khalid Lund of the Pakistan People’s Party-Patriot, who is also a former minister, has announced his joining the ruling Pakistan Muslim League.... KARACHI: Experts recommend exercise, other steps: Seminar on menopausal problems KARACHI, April 9: Speakers at a conference on Sunday stressed the need for increasing awareness about menopause so that women could turn the natural episode of their life after 40 into... KARACHI: Pakistan, India urged to work together KARACHI, April 9: If doctors, physicians and experts of Pakistan and India join hands to work for common goals it could make the subcontinent a leading force in the entire world.... KARACHI: Autonomous status for FCS advocated KARACHI, April 9: Representatives of the fishermen communities have urged the federal government not to take any decision about the Fishermen Cooperative Society (FCS) without taking into consideration their point of view, and to maintain it as an independent body.... KARACHI: Altaf calls for following Seerat of Holy Prophet KARACHI, April 9: MQM chief Altaf Hussain has called upon Mulsims to follow the Seerat of the Holy Prophet (PBUH). He was addressing a Mehfil-i-Naat held at Lal Qilla Ground Azizabad on Saturday night in connection with Jashan Eidul-i-Millad Nabi.... KARACHI: Free mental health camp KARACHI, April 9: The Pakistan Association for Mental Health (PAMH) held a free mental health camp in Gazdarabad here on Sunday. The camp organized in collaboration of a private pharmaceutical company... KARACHI: SSC exam from 18th KARACHI, April 9: About 144,000 candidates are likely to take SSC (Part-II) Class X annual examination, commencing on April 18, said the controller of Board of Secondary Education, Karachi, Mohammad Salim Khan, on Sunday.... KARACHI: Some thoughts on APMC Baithak KARACHI: The All-Pakistan Music Conference’s bi-monthly Baithak was held on Saturday at the auditorium of Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, where a packed house listened to well-known playback singer Mehnaz Begum and veteran music composer and harmonium player Niaz Ahmad.... KARACHI: Facilities at Taiser Town reviewed KARACHI, April 9: The Sindh Health Secretary, Naushad Ahmed Shaikh, along with the EDOs of Health and Education, and other concerned officials, visited the second resettlement site of the Lyari Expressway... KARACHI: Slow pace of uplift work in Lyari KARACHI, April 9: Slow pace of work on various projects being undertaken in the Lyari Town under the governor’s package and Khushhal Pakistan Programme is a source of constant concern for the residents who have been facing multiple problems.... KARACHI: Traffic plan KARACHI, April 9: The traffic police announced alternate traffic routes due to illumination programme on April 10 in connection with Eid Milad in Karachi. According to an official handout issued here... KARACHI: Health gala KARACHI, April 9: Al-Mustafa Welfare Society and Al-Mustafa Medical Centre organized a health gala in Gulshan-i-Iqbal, in connection with the World Health Day on Sunday. At the health camp, according to one organizer, about 1,100 persons were tested for different diseases.... KARACHI: Library project shelved KARACHI, April 9: The Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town Council has decided to convert the building of an under-construction Women’s Library Complex at NIPA roundabout into a hospital. The decision was taken in the... KARACHI: City govt keen to resolve citizens’ problems KARACHI, April 9: Acting City Nazim Nasreen Jaleel said on Sunday that the city government was endeavouring to develop an effective coordination with community boards for resolution of problems being faced by different communities in the metropolis.... HYDERABAD: Polls mandatory in Oct 2007: MMA: Assemblies tenure cannot be extended HYDERABAD, April 9: The central deputy general secretary of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has said that the general elections will have to be held in October 2007, adding that General Pervez Musharraf will not be re-elected as president.... HYDERABAD: Tribute paid to Allama I.I. Kazi HYDERABAD, April 9: Renowned scholar Dr N. A. Baloch has exhorted the youth to follow in the footsteps of scholars and reformers lead a life of purpose.... HYDERABAD: Doctors urged to honour their oath: LUMHS convocation HYDERABAD, April 9: Sindh Minister for Health Shabbir Ahmed Kaimkhani has said that doctors’ oath was to serve people and if they failed to honour their oath their degrees would be worthless.... THATTA: Bifurcation of Thatta a conspiracy: PPP THATTA, April 9: People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) MPA Sassui Palijo has termed the proposed bifurcation of Thatta district a conspiracy that will eventually lead to disintegration of the province.... SHIKARPUR: Paramedics plan rally in Karachi on May 4 SHIKARPUR, April 9: The paramedical staff will launch a series of protests in different districts of the province from Monday, to protest against delay in approval of their service structure by the Sindh government.... MIRPURKHAS: Arrangements for Eid Miladun Nabi MIRPURKHAS, April 9: District Nazim Sughra Junejo held a meeting on Saturday with religious scholars, DCO, officers of health and other departments to finalise arrangements for Jashn-i-Eid Miladun Nabi.... KHAIRPUR: Man kills wife KHAIRPUR, April 9: A man killed his wife with bricks and quietly buried the body near Thari Mirwah. Reports reaching here on Sunday said that some villagers had told the relatives... PESHAWAR: Fata weapons purchase programme shelved PESHAWAR, April 9: The government has shelved its weapons purchase programme in the tribal area after receiving a lukewarm response from tribesmen, particularly in South Waziristan, officials said.... PESHAWAR: Child health institute soon, says minister PESHAWAR, April 9: A modern and well-equipped child health institute will be built in in the city’s Hayatabad area, says NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah Khan. He said that a summary was... NOWSHERA: Army role in politics should end: Baber NOWSHERA, April 9: Former interior minister and PPP central leader Maj-Gen (retd) Naseerullah Babar has stressed the need for ending the role of armed forces in politics so that genuine and real democracy could flourish in the country.... HARIPUR: Spurious liquor kills 3 villagers HARIPUR, April 9: Three people died and another one hospitalised after consuming spurious liquor in village Darvesh here on Sunday. Police said that four villagers consumed the home-made liquor on Saturday... LAKKI MARWAT: Minister criticized LAKKI MARWAT, April 9: Shamsur Rehman Shamsi, Adviser to Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has criticised State Minister for Water and Power and provincial president of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League...

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