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March 9, 2002 Saturday Zilhaj 24, 1422 KARACHI: Commission on higher education announced: President opens science moot KARACHI, March 8: President General Pervez Musharraf on Friday announced formation of a commission for major restructuring of higher education and science and technology sectors in the country.... KARACHI: Women seek end to discrimination KARACHI, March 8: Various functions were organized in the city like everywhere else in the country by different organizations to observe the Women’s Day on Friday.... KARACHI: Progress of Karachi’s major projects reviewed KARACHI, March 8: The mega projects for the city worth billions of rupees came under a thorough review at a high-level meeting held under the chairmanship of President General Pervez Musharraf... KARACHI: Relaxation of attendance rule likely KARACHI, March 8: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, appears to be getting lenient on the issue of 75 per cent compulsory attendance by students.... KARACHI: Eight cars, 14 bikes hijacked KARACHI, March 8: A jobless man committed suicide in his home in Azizabad on Friday. The police said that Asrar Ahmed Khan, aged 42, locked himself in a room of his house in Bhagoria goth and hanged himself from a ceiling fan.... KARACHI: Doctors observe token strikes from today KARACHI, March 8: The doctors in the city have decided to observe daily 15-minute token strikes from Saturday at all the healthcare facilities in the city as a mark of protest... KARACHI: Rickshaw silencers to be replaced KARACHI, March 8: Sindh ombudsman Justice (rtd) Haziqul Khairi has directed the DIG Sindh traffic police & highways to work out a plan to replace silencers of rickshaws in Karachi.... KARACHI: Students suffer as DCET lacks teachers KARACHI, March 8: An acute shortage of faculty at the Dawood College of Engineering and Technology (DCET), Karachi, is causing inconvenience to a large number of students and their future seems... KARACHI: Concern at rising cost of health care KARACHI, March 9: The guest speaker at the opening session of a physicians’ symposium on Friday, deviated from the customary laudatory utterances and spoke about unnecessary and overwhelming ‘medicalization’ of life... KARACHI: A major group show KARACHI, March 8: An exhibition of paintings, ceramics and sculpture, titled Uraan (flight), will open at The Amin Gulgee Gallery on Saturday at 5.30pm, says a press release.... KARACHI: Women want CEDAW enforced KARACHI, March 8: Various non-governmental organisations observed the Women’s Day on Friday by, in one case, staging a demonstration in front of the Karachi Press Club and, in another, holding a... KARACHI: Nazim orders repair of Malir Town’s sewerage KARACHI, March 8: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has directed the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KW&SB) authorities to rectify the sewerage system of Malir Town within a week positively and a... KARACHI: SSUET announces BS exam results KARACHI, March 8: The Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology on Friday announced the results of BS in Bio-Medical, Civil, Electrical and Computer Engineering Examinations 1998 batch.... KARACHI: PIA brings back 29,000 Hajis KARACHI, March 8: Pakistan International Airlines in its post-Haj operations, beginning from Feb 26, has flown back home over 29,000 pilgrims, including 5,166 Hajis to Karachi.... KARACHI: FSc certificates KARACHI, March 8: The original certificates pertaining to Intermediate Science, pre-medical examination 1999, have been delivered to the respective colleges.... KARACHI: NED exam schedule announced KARACHI, March 8: NED University has announced the schedule of first, second and third year Science and Information Technology supplementary examinations of various batches....