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KARACHI - The Welfare Society for Patient Care recently held a painting exhibition at the Canvas Gallery for raising funds for treatment of underprivileged patients. With Prof Dr Iffat Yazdani as Honorary Administrator, the WSPC caters to the dialysis needs of over 250 patients, 95 percent of whom are dialysed free of charge.
Every month, a letter is dispatched to the donors regarding the clinical progress of the patients dialysed. The WSPC, whose funds are audited every six

FAISALABAD - Faisalabad Police, during a snap checking, stopped an auto-rickshaw and arrested a terrorist and recovered two hand grenades from him. According to details, Lorry Addah police ordered the driver of an auto-rickshaw coming out of the local bus stand to stop for checking. When the passenger in the rickshaw saw the police, he jumped out of the vehicle and tried to flee on foot but he was arrested.
The police recovered two hand grenades from his possession. He was

SIALKOT - Hundreds of students of local seminaries on Sunday took out a rally in connection with Jashn-e-Eid Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH) in the city. The rally passed through all the city main roads and bazaars.
The participants were carrying banners, placards and green flags, welcoming the 12th of Rabi-ul-Awwal. They were also reciting Kalima Tayyaba and Naats on loudspeakers. Jamaat-e-Ahle Sunnah Punjab Amir Allama Qari Khalid Mehmood and other local religious clerics led the rally.

KARACHI - The Malir judicial magistrate on Saturday recovered four men being detained at the Anti-Encroachment police station. Judicial Magistrate Ashfaq Ahmed Mughal paid a surprise visit to the police station and ordered the release of Ayub, Yahya, Jameel and Asif on personal bond since the police had failed to produce any evidence against the four men to justify their stay at the police station.
The judicial magistrate bound the SHO and the duty officer of the police station

KARACHI - A prize distribution ceremony of QC/RTG was held yesterday at Maritime Training Institute, an outreach campus of Mersk Training Center, Denmark. The Denmark Consul General in Karachi Naheed Irshaduudin, chief guest of the ceremony, distributed certificates to trainers and trainees. The CJ also praised facilities and training provided by the Maritime Training Institute. The ceremony was mainly attended by maritime and shipping personalities.

LAHORE - Fatima Jinnah College organised its Annual Sports Day on Thursday as part of its silver jubilee celebrations. Chief Guest Justice (r) Nasira Javed Iqbal inaugurated the sports day along with Fatima Jinnah College Principal Asia Begum and Sports Department Head Shazia Zainab.
Around 500 students participated in the event in which students from FA and BA classes participated in the march past and PT show. Asia welcomed the chief guest and appreciated her active

KHAR - Security forces on Wednesday arrested a woman allegedly planning to blow herself up in a lawless tribal region where 43 people were killed two months ago in a female suicide attack, officials said. "Security forces and local administration officials raided a house near Khar on Wednesday morning and arrested a woman wearing a suicide vest," senior local official Sohail Khan told AFP.
He said the raid was ordered on a tip-off that women were being trained as suicide bombers

LAHORE - The second Pipeline Piping and Integrity Management Conference 2011 (PPIMC) was held at local hotel. The conference was organised by SKEN Business Management Services while Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) Managing Director Dr Javed Iqbal inaugurated the conference.
PSQCA Director Training Dr Shahzad Afzal, PARCO General Manager Muhammad Arif, PARCO General Manager Javed Iqbal Khan, Head of Technical Services - Engro Polymers and Chemical Limited Zubair Ashraf, TF

LONDON - Luis Suarez took just 16 minutes to make his impact on Anfield as the 22.8 million pounds ($36.96 million) striker came off the bench to score Liverpool's second goal in a 2-0 Premier League win over Stoke City on Wednesday.
After Raul Meireles's 47th-minute opener the Uruguay striker, a deadline day capture from Ajax Amsterdam, joined the fray in the 63rd minute and tucked in the second goal to secure seventh-placed Liverpool's third successive win and take them within

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Monday disposed of the murder case of former attorney general for Pakistan, Muhammad Sardar Khan after it was informed that the main accused had been taken into custody in Dubai on the request of the Islamabad police and legal process was underway for his extradition.
Appearing on notice before a four-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman

LONDON - Edin Dzeko opened his goalscoring account for Manchester City as the Premier League side scrambled a late equaliser to snatch a 1-1 draw with lowly Notts County in the FA Cup fourth round on Sunday. Bosnian striker Dzeko netted in the 80th minute to rescue City, who were left chasing the game after Neal Bishop headed the Magpies into a shock lead on 59 minutes at Meadow Lane.
City -- who have spent more than 300 million pounds on players since their takeover by the Abu

LONDON - Chelsea maintained their bid for a third consecutive FA Cup after snatching a 1-1 draw with Everton on Saturday as non-league Crawley advanced to the last 16 with a 1-0 win over Torquay.
A goal from Salomon Kalou on 75 minutes saved Chelsea's blushes at Goodison Park after the Toffees had taken a deserved lead through a 62nd-minute headed effort from Louis Saha. Everton boss David Moyes said his side were unlucky to have conceded an equaliser at a time when they had

PESHAWAR - Police on Saturday arrested a lawmaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Assembly on charges of providing a fake graduation degree to the Election Commission of Pakistan. The arrest is the first of an elected representative in the country in recent months.
Sardar Ali Khan, an elected member of Provincial Assembly, appeared before the Chhota Lahore, Swabi District Additional Session Judge Jehangir Khan to get his bail before arrest confirmed. But the court canceled

LAHORE - Mashaikh-e-Ahlesunnat Pakistan hosted a Tahafuz-e-Namoos-i-Risalat seminar at the Lahore Press Club on Saturday. Jamia Naeemia Principal Dr Raghib Naeemi, Prof Ashraf Asif Jalali, Sardar Mohmmad Khan Laghari, Syed Shahid Gardaizi among others spoke on the occasion.
The speakers believed that conspiracies were being made for the blasphemy laws' repeal but the 'slaves' of the Prophet (PBUH) will fight back conspiracies. "Namoos-e-Risalat is not a political issue; it is the

LAHORE - The Annual Science, Art and Funfair of the Pak-Turk International Schools and Colleges, Islampura Branch was held on Saturday at the campus from 10am to 4pm. Punjab Education Secretary Aslam Kamboh was the chief guest while PTICEF Education Director Kamil Ture and PTICEF Regional Director Turgut Puyan also attended the event.
Students of classes from pre-nursery to fifth grade prepared models, projects, presentations and stalls and displayed them at the event. Special

LAHORE - Punjab University (PU) Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran participated in the Higher Education Commission's video conference in the PU Centre for Undergraduate Studies on Saturday.
HEC Operation and Planning member Prof Dr Mukhtar Ahmad presided over the conference in which various research and development projects being executed in the participating varsities were discussed.
PU Centre for Undergraduate Studies Director Prof Dr Amir Ijaz, Planning and

LAHORE - The funeral of the three young men, two of whom were shot and one run over by American 'officials' on Thursday noon was held in their respective localities on Friday. The families of Faizan Haider and Faheem Shamshad, who were gunned down by American official Raymond Davis in Qartaba Chowk, lodged protests on Friday claiming police officials were pressing them to withdraw the cases.
On Friday, Lahore Police handed Faizan and Faheem's bodies to their heirs after