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March 24, 2008 Monday Rabi-ul-Awwal 15, 1429 KARACHI: Talks with MQM continue, says Qaim KARACHI, March 23: Sindh chief minister designate Syed Qaim Ali Shah gave indications that talks with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement were continuing, but steered clear of giving any timeframe or the... KARACHI: Pakistan Day observed with enthusiasm KARACHI, March 23: Pakis-tan Day was observed with great fervour and national spirit in this city of the Quaid-i-Azam.... KARACHI: Steel, cement prices hit new peaks KARACHI, March 23: Steel bars (sariya) price soared to an all-time high of Rs80,000 a ton on Saturday, marking an increase of Rs15,000 a ton in 12 days, while cement prices continue to show an upward trend.... PESHAWAR: ANP wants Fata to be part of Frontier PESHAWAR, March 23: The Awami National Party (ANP) has called upon political forces to work for the integration of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) into the province so that the... KARACHI: Health officials up in arms over latest polio case KARACHI, March 23: The fresh detection of a polio case in a 16-month old boy in Shikarpur district has upset the immunisation campaigners and others associated with the programme, said sources privy to the expanded immunisation programme.... KARACHI: Home dept permission awaited for two years: Nishtar Park tragedy case KARACHI, March 23: The case of the Nishtar Park tragedy, in which more than 50 people, including several religious leaders, were killed and over 100 others wounded, has been lying pending... KARACHI: Bullet-riddled body found KARACHI, March 23: The bullet-riddled body of a young man was found in the Baghdadi area on Sunday. It was taken to the Civil Hospital for an autopsy.... KARACHI: Spread of scabies sets alarm bells ringing KARACHI, March 23: Scabies, which is a highly contagious skin infection caused by a certain species of mites, is spreading fast in the city mainly due to lack of awareness about... KARACHI: Boy killed KARACHI, March 23: A 17-year-old boy was found dead in Old Haji Camp on Sunday. His body was taken to the Civil Hospital Karachi where doctors said the boy was strangled.... KARACHI: ‘62,000 die of TB every year in Pakistan’ KARACHI, March 23: Tuber-culosis is more dangerous than Aids and malaria and, as such, effective measures to eliminate the disease from the country are needed to be taken.... KARACHI: Protest rally staged against blasphemous cartoons KARACHI, March 23: A rally was staged at the Regal Chowk here on Sunday to protest against the publication of blasphemous caricatures in Danish newspapers. The rally was organised by the... KARACHI: Workshop KARACHI, March 23: A day-long capacity-building workshop for print media personnel is being organised by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) at a local hotel on Monday.... KARACHI: Tree plantation KARACHI, March 23: Stude-nts and teachers from various schools located in the Lyari Expressway and Taisar Town settlements launched a tree plantation campaign on Sunday as part of the Students’ Week.... KARACHI: ‘LG system abolition may halt city uplift’ KARACHI, March 23: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has cautioned that abolition of local body system will create a crisis and halt development process in Karachi.... KARACHI: Man found beheaded KARACHI, March 23: The headless body of a young man, identified as Javed Umer, 26, resident of Baghdadi, was found near Maqbool Masjid in Lyari on Sunday.... HYDERABAD: Low wheat price will encourage smuggling, warn farmers HYDERABAD, March 23: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture at a meeting here on Sunday warned that if the wheat support price was not fixed at Rs1,000 per 40kg, no one would... KHAIRPUR: Tension in Khairpur after clash KHAIRPUR, March 23: Tension prevails in the town’s Kutchery Road area where 10 people were injured in a clash between two religious groups on Friday.... MIRPURKHAS: Cane-growers seek payment MIRPURKHAS, March 23: Sugarcane growers of Digri and Jhuddo talukas staged a protest demonstration outside the Digri Sugar Mills on Saturday against the non-payment of dues.... HYDERABAD: Demand for killers’ arrest HYDERABAD, March 23: Relatives of Imran Bhatti, a boy, who was gunned down by dacoits in a robbery in the jurisdiction of Makki Shah police station on March 10, staged a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Sunday.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Ex-MPA laid to rest NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, March 23: A former MPA and adviser to the Sindh chief minister, Syed Manzoor Hussain Shah, was laid to rest in Halani graveyard on Sunday.... CHITRAL: Lynx creates panic in Chitral town CHITRAL, March 23: A lynx, wild cat, has created panic in the vicinity of Drosh town here keeping the villagers on alert after it attacked children and domestic animals.... KOHAT: Kohat clash death toll reaches 15 KOHAT, March 23: The death toll of armed clash, which took place at Kachai between two groups on Saturday, has risen to 15 and the rivals have made preparations for a battle amidst increasing tension in the region on Sunday.... BANNU: ‘Peace force’ set up to fight militants in Bannu BANNU, March 23: A grand jirga (assembly of tribal elders) on Sunday decided to establish an Amn Lashkar (peace force), having 200 strong men, to fight militants and ensure peace in the Banda Daudshah area, adjacent to Frontier Region Bannu.... HYDERABAD: Foundation stone of flyover laid HYDERABAD, March 23: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil laid the foundation stone of a flyover at Latif chowk on National Highway here on Saturday. The project will be completed by September this year at a cost of Rs290 million.... NAWABSHAH: Nawabshah bar polls NAWABSHAH, March 23: Ali Mohammad Dahiri and Ziaul Hassan Lanjar were elected president and general secretary of the Nawabshah District Bar Association here on Saturday.... MIRPURKHAS: Muzaffar Shah grieved MIRPURKHAS, March 23: Aunt of former speaker Sindh Assembly Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah and sister of former provincial minister Syed Ghulam Haider Shah and retired justice G.M...

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