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April 08, 2008 Tuesday Rabi-us-Sani 1, 1429 KARACHI: Melee, boycott mark assembly session KARACHI, April 7: The ugly incidents that took place on the floor of the Sindh Assembly on Monday and the subsequent boycott led by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement overshadowed the investiture... KARACHI: Arbab attacked by party activists KARACHI, April 7: Despite strong police protection provided to him by the caretaker administration, the former chief minister of Sindh, Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim, was on Monday physically attacked by some... KARACHI: Muttahida embarks on ‘indefinite’ boycott KARACHI, April 7: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has decided to boycott the proceedings of the Sindh Assembly for an indefinite period in protest against misbehaviour with its women lawmakers and violence against former Sindh chief minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim.... KARACHI: Body formed to probe KU teacher ‘thrashing’ KARACHI, April 7: The Sindh government has constituted a committee to probe into the incident of manhandling of a faculty member of the University of Karachi by Rangers personnel on the campus.... KARACHI: Dairy farmers start indefinite strike KARACHI, April 7: The city is likely to face an acute shortage of milk following the decision taken by all associations of dairy farmers to observe an indefinite strike from Monday... KARACHI: Anti-polio drive begins in Sindh today KARACHI, April 7: With the detection of polio virus prevalence in the environs of a couple of towns, health workers in the city will undertake their polio eradication efforts during a three-day immunisation drive being launched across the province on Tuesday.... HYDERABAD: JI apprehensive over PPP-MQM deal HYDERABAD, April 7: The Pakistan People’s Party Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari must take up the issue of blasphemous caricatures published in Danish newspapers and the statement of Germany’s foreign minister to... LARKANA: Govt asked to fix rice, cane prices LARKANA, April 7: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA) and other farmers’ organisations are demanding the government to fix, as early as possible, support price of wheat, paddy, and sugarcane.... KOHAT: Flour crisis resurfaces in Frontier KOHAT, April 7: Flour crisis again surfaced in different parts of the province after the increase in support price of wheat announced by Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani.... PESHAWAR: NWFP asked to keep an eye on Afghan refugees: Involvement in sabotage activities PESHAWAR, April 7: The federal government has asked the provincial government here to keep strict vigil on the activities of Afghan refugees after a report that they were involved in acts... TIMERGARA: 29 injured in Dir accident TIMERGARA, April 7: At least 29 people, including three of a family, were injured when a passenger coach rammed into a standing vehicle at Shago Kas, some 10 kilometres east off here on Monday, police and eye-witnesses told Dawn.... KARACHI: Syed Qaim Ali Shah: a profile KARACHI, April 7: The newly elected chief minister of Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, was born to an educated middle-class family in Khairpur district in the late 1930s.... KARACHI: City council seeks magisterial powers for TMOs KARACHI, April 7: Amid a walkout by the opposition members, the City Council on Monday passed a resolution seeking magisterial powers for town municipal officers (TMOs) to control and monitor milk prices and enforce city government directives.... KARACHI: PAF gets modern radar KARACHI, April 7: The TPS-77 Radar, having valley coverage and long range detection capabilities, was inducted in the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) in a ceremony held at an Air Force base here on Monday.... KARACHI: Exhibition at Canvas KARACHI, April 7: An exhibition of paintings titled ‘A Step Forward’ by Attiya Shaukat opens on Tuesday at the Canvas art gallery at 5pm.... KARACHI: Witness turns hostile in Lyari extortion case KARACHI, April 7: A prosecution witness in the extortion case against Lyari gangster Arshad Pupoo was declared hostile as the prosecution rested its case on Monday.... KARACHI: KBCA teams raze illegal structures KARACHI, April 7: The Karachi Building Control Authority staff on Monday sealed off the ground floor of a building standing on plot number JM-498 in Jamshed Quarters area for illegal construction.... Colourful ragas One always experiences a thrill of expectancy upon hearing the instrumental introduction to the singing of raagas. Those who attended the recent Sampurna-sponsored performance of 27-year-old classical vocalist Moumita Mitra, with... KARACHI: KWSB drive KARACHI, April 7: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) cut off seven illegal water connections and 24 sewerage connections to force defaulters to clear their dues.... KARACHI: Rs460 million blood bank planned in city KARACHI, April 7: Karachi Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal approved on Monday the establishment of the country’s biggest blood bank, estimated to cost Rs460 million, in the City Government Dispensary at Guru Mandir, having a capacity for more than 1,000 blood bottles.... KARACHI: Contaminated water blamed for fish death KARACHI, April 7: An initial probe into the causes of the death of a large number of fish found on Sunday revealed that a high concentration of toxics in the backwaters... KARACHI: Ex-MQM man among three killed in city KARACHI, April 7: Three people were killed on Monday in acts of violence in different parts of the city, witnesses and police said.... MIRPURKHAS: Mainpuri,gutka make a comeback MIRPURKHAS, April 7: The district nazim, some three years back banned the sale of ‘gutka’ and ‘mainpuri’ which now have made a comeback in the district, including Mirpurkhas city, in connivance with police and narcotics dealers.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Clerks warn teachers againstinterference NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, April 7: The district chapter of the All Pakistan Clerks Association (APCA) has called upon the teachers to stop interference in official work.... MIRPURKHAS: Restoration of train service sought MIRPURKHAS, April 7: The Pakistan Railways, even after the passage of four months, has failed to restore the service of Mehran Express while people were forced to pay excess fare on coaches to travel from Mirpurkhas to Karachi via Hyderabad.... HYDERABAD: Rise in fertiliser prices deplored HYDERABAD, April 7: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA) has expressed concern over increase in fertiliser prices and demanded that the subsidy given by the previous governments on the agricultural input should be restored.... HYDERABAD: Fund reappropriation approved by council HYDERABAD, April 7: The Hyderabad District Council on Monday gave approval to re-appropriation of Rs87.565 million funds amidst protest by PPP-backed Awam Dost Panel council members who staged a walkout from the session while rejecting the re-appropriation.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Rally NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, April 7: Activists of political parties took out a rally demanding of influential politicians and the police for arranging reconciliation of dispute emerged between Solangi and Sehto communities over... HYDERABAD: Attack on university teacher condemned HYDERABAD, April 7: The Sindh chapter of the Federation of All Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association has condemned the attack on Professor Dr Riaz Ahmed by the personnel of a law-enforcing... PARACHINAR: Late-night attack dampens peace efforts PARACHINAR, April 7: Severe clashes continued between the rival groups in Kurram tribal region on Monday.... DARRA ADAMKHEL: Two NGO workers injured in attack DARRA ADAMKHEL, April 7: Two workers of a non-governmental organisation including a woman received injuries when their vehicle came under attack in the troubled Frontier Region, Darra Adamkhel on Monday morning....

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