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March 5, 2002 Tuesday Zilhaj 20, 1422 KARACHI: Uproar mars first day session: City Council discuss budget KARACHI, March 4: Uproar marred the first day’s session of the City Council that began to discuss and approve a Rs549 million budget of the Karachi City District Government’s medical... KARACHI: Moin claims success in curbing human traffic KARACHI, March 4: Pakistan has taken a various measures to check human smuggling, and in this regard a database of recruiting agents is being prepared at the FIA, said Interior Minister... KARACHI: Police’s working relations with Nazims explained KARACHI, March 4: Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider has clarified that under the new setup, police will be responsible to the Nazims to the extent of maintaining law and order.... KARACHI: Another doctor shot dead KARACHI, March 4: A doctor was shot dead in Gizri on Monday morning.... KARACHI: 13 cars, 14 bikes hijacked KARACHI, March 4: Twenty-seven vehicles — 13 cars and 14 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Monday, the police said.... KARACHI: 17 doctors reinstated KARACHI, March 4: The Sindh government, on the intervention of City Nazim Naimatullah Khan, on Monday reinstated the services of all the 17 doctors who were relieved of their jobs by... KARACHI: KESC owes Rs2bn to SSGC as 5-month dues KARACHI, March 4: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation has not paid dues to the Sui Southern Gas Company for the past five months so much so that the outstanding amount has... KARACHI: IT proving helpful in biological research KARACHI, March 4: A workshop on information handling in biological research began at the Karachi University campus on Monday.... KARACHI: 8.5m children to be immunized: Anti-polio drive from today KARACHI, March 4: All arrangements have been finalized across the province to immunize an estimated number of 8.5 million children, up to the age of five years, against Polio under the... KARACHI: Inter-collegiate Naat contest held KARACHI, March 4: Fatima Shaheen of Home Economics College for Women won the inter-collegiate Naat competition held on Monday in connection with the Students Week of St Joseph’s Government College for... KARACHI: Literary sitting at Irteqa KARACHI: Hemayat Ali Shaer’s long poem, titled Aena Dar Aena, recently launched at the Pakistan Arts Council, was re-examined by some critics and writers at the Irteqa Literary Forum on Sunday.... KARACHI: CHK library to be improved KARACHI, March 4: The reference library at the Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) is about to receive a major facelift in cooperation with the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP).... KARACHI: Collection of Sindhi short stories launched KARACHI: Anwer Abro, young short-story writer and poet, launched his first collection of short-stories — ‘Khudkushi Jo Romance’ (romance of the suicide) on Sunday. Senior journalist Anwer Pirzado presided over the... KARACHI: Confusion prevails as BSE delays admit cards KARACHI, March 4: The delay in the issuance of admit cards to candidates of class IX and X has been adding to confusion, and the students and their parents are concerned... KARACHI: Thal Flood Canal project discussed: Sindh reiterates reservation KARACHI, March 4: A high-level meeting was held at the Governor’s House on Monday to discuss the issue of the construction of Thal Flood Canal.... KARACHI: Report about ATC judge’s ‘apology’ clarified KARACHI, March 4: Khan Pervez Chang, judge, Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC IV), has simply submitted an explanation before Anti-Terrorism Appellate Court of Sindh High Court (SHC) in a matter of delay in... KARACHI: Several projects under way, says Nazim KARACHI, March 4: Nazim Karachi Naimatullah Khan said on Monday the Federal Government was taking special interest in the development schemes of Karachi, work on projects worth billions of rupees had... KARACHI: KWSB comes under fire at City Council session KARACHI, March 4: Working of the KWSB came under severe attack at the first day of City Council’s budget session when most of the members accused the officials of the utility... KARACHI: KUTS opposes new proposals on varsities KARACHI, Mar 4: The executive council of Karachi University Teachers’ Society has opposed the suggestions put up by a task force on universities.... KARACHI: Foreign policy termed unsatisfactory KARACHI, March 4: Founder leader of National Democratic Party Omar Asghar Khan has expressed dissatisfaction over the state of judiciary and foreign policy, saying that major transformations were needed to get... KARACHI: Altaf shocked over killings in India KARACHI, March 4: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has urged both Muslims and Hindus to follow the dictates of their religions and pay respect to each others’ beliefs.... KARACHI: Infant mortality KARACHI, March 4: Sindh health department in collaboration with the AKUH, WHO and UNICEF has decided to launch a new project to reduce pregnant women and infant mortality rates in the... KARACHI: Teenager killed in Orangi KARACHI, March 4: A teenager was killed in a dispute in Orangi Town on Monday night.... KARACHI: Cancellation of customs official’s order recommended KARACHI, March 4: The Federal Tax Ombudsman, Justice Saleem Akhtar, has recommended that the order of Jan 7 passed by the Deputy Collector of Customs (Appraisement) Group 8 be cancelled, refund... HYDERABAD: Rally says no to Thal canal plan: Ecnec decision decried HYDERABAD, March 4: The Centre for Peace and Human Development held a protest rally outside the press club here on Monday against the approval of the Thal canal project by the... HYDERABAD: Viral disease spreads in Hyderabad HYDERABAD, March 4: Dr Hatif Ali Shamsi, head of the department of paediatrics, Isra University Hospital, has warned the parents against the spread of a viral disease among children in Hyderabad.... HYDERABAD: Warrants against DPO, SHO issued HYDERABAD, March 4: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, here on Monday issued bailable warrants against the district police officer (DPO), Nawabshah, and SHO, Daur police station, in a sum... HYDERABAD: — to alienate Sindhis: STPP HYDERABAD, March 4: The chairman, Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party (STPP), Dr Qadir Magsi, has said that the majority of the Sindhi people wanted to remain within the framework of Pakistan but... HYDERABAD: MQM supports ’91 Water Accord HYDERABAD, March 4: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) supports 1991 Water Accord till the re-assessment of water distribution to the four provinces. The party opposes the construction of Thal Canal because... THATTA: Community involvement sought to end polio THATTA, March 4: Speakers at a workshop held here on Monday underlined the importance of education in tackling the enormous problems being faced by the society.... MIRPURKHAS: Management bodies of schools dissolved MIRPURKHAS, March 4: Mirpurkhas District Nazim Pir Shafqat Hussain Shah Jilani has dissolved the management committees of schools and colleges in the district with immediate affect and sought report about their... KHAIRPUR: Evening with vocalist celebrated KHAIRPUR, March 4: An evening with a semi-classical vocalist, Ustad Abdul Ghafoor Soomro, was celebrated here the other day.... DADU: Constable shot dead DADU, March 4: A police constable, Zulfiqar Ali Chandio (24), was killed by two armed men in Shahbaz Colony, Dadu town, on Sunday night.... NAWABSHAH: Attacks on Muslims condemned NAWABSHAH, March 4: The seventh session of the Nawabshah District Council was held in the chairmanship of Convener Khalid Hussain Channa at the Pir Qurban Ali Hall.... PESHAWAR: Proper service structure sought for paramedics PESHAWAR, March 4: Thousands of paramedics employed  in government-owned healthcare institutions across the province have no proper service structure and most of them retire in the same grade in which they... PESHAWAR: Incentives for doctors likely PESHAWAR, March 4: In an attempt to woo the agitating doctors, the NWFP government is likely to offer incentives to public sector doctors for joining institution-based private practice, according to a... PESHAWAR: FBI counter at airport soon PESHAWAR, March 4: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will soon set up a computer database counter at Peshawar International Airport, to go with its hunt for terror suspects in the... PESHAWAR: Another batch of refugees leaves PESHAWAR, March 4: A batch of Afghan 2,813 refugees crossed into Afghanistan at Torkham point as part of the repatriation plan sponsored by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)... PESHAWAR: Commercial plaza at govt land planned PESHAWAR, March 4: A cabinet committee here on Monday discussed the construction of a commercial plaza over 59 kanal vacant land of the government at Dabgari Garden.... PESHAWAR: Workshop on ‘Radio for Peace’ begins PESHAWAR, March 4: NWFP Minister for Education, Culture and Information Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani has called for developing the tools and means of communication, especially radio, to improve the country’s image... PESHAWAR: Social body to hold friendship events PESHAWAR, March 4: The Pak-Japan Cultural Association, NWFP chapter, has decided to hold three social events here on March 16 to strengthen the cordial and friendly relations between Pakistan and Japan.... PESHAWAR: Juvenile offender convicted, released PESHAWAR, March 4: A juvenile offender was awarded 16-month imprisonment by a local court on a charge of drug pushing here on Monday....

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