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Fund-raising walk for kidney patients Karachi The students of the Greenwich University, Karachi, will be organising a ‘walk for a cause’ on April 9 to raise funds for kidney patients who are in need of dialysis. An official of the institution said on Saturday that the students, faculty and staff of the university would participate in the walk. In addition, sportsmen, NGOs and members of civil society organisations will also take part in the walk. The funds will be donated to the SSWAB Trust. The two-kilometre walk will begin at 3pm from the university campus and finish at the Captain Farhan Ali Shaheed Park on Sea view Road. Inquiry into firing ordered Karachi Commissioner Roshan Ali Shaikh on Friday ordered an inquiry into the incident of firing on the official vehicle of Assistant Commissioner Nazimabad Rafiq Shafiq. A statement said that Deputy Commissioner Central Dr Saif-ur-Rehman had been appointed as inquiry officer and directed to present a report in seven days. 26 suspects held Karachi The police arrested 26 suspects from various areas of the city during the past 24 hours. A statement said on Saturday that 16 pistols, a repeater and seven mobile phones and Rs2,480 were also recovered from the possession of those arrested.
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