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August 8, 2002 Thursday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 28,1423 KARACHI: Ombudsman seeks report on action: Unregistered schools KARACHI, Aug 7: The provincial ombudsman, Justice (retired) Haziqul Khairi, has asked the secretary, department of education, Sindh, to furnish a report about legal action taken against unregistered schools in the... KARACHI: Walkout disrupts city council proceedings KARACHI, Aug 7: Proceedings of City Council were disturbed and subsequently adjourned on Wednesday when members belonging to Awam Dost, Al-Khadim and Gharib Nawaz panels staged a walkout after accusing Nazim... KARACHI: Two die in road accidents KARACHI, Aug 7: Two persons fell victim to reckless driving in the city on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Rs20bn for Karachi’s uplift projects KARACHI, Aug 7: An amount of Rs 20 billion is to be spent on construction and development in the city during the current financial year.... KARACHI: US Consulate security discussed KARACHI, Aug 7: The US Consul-General in Karachi, John K. Bauman, met City Nazim Naimatullah Khan in his office on Wednesday and discussed security issues of the Consulate General Office.... KARACHI: Official attacked, injured KARACHI, Aug 7: An official of a sensitive agency was injured when unknown armed men opened fire on his vehicle near Superhighway late Tuesday night.... KARACHI: No parking on Club Road KARACHI, Aug 7: Parking of vehicles on the sides of service road from Star Gate to Metropole Hotel has been prohibited, says a press release issued here on Wednesday by the... KARACHI: Loadshedding does not follow schedule KARACHI, Aug 7: The city continued to face power closures — in the form of either loadshedding or power breakdowns — as a chastened Karachi Electric Supply Corporation ate its words... KARACHI: Breast-feeding must for baby’s health: Seminar told... KARACHI, Aug 7: The importance of breast-feeding for the mother and the baby was highlighted on the occasion of the World Breast-Feeding Week at a seminar.... KARACHI: Hamdard library a big treasure for book-lovers KARACHI, Aug 7: With more than 428,000 books, the Hamdard University library is one of the largest libraries in the city.... KARACHI: SSC (suppl) exams from Sept 17 KARACHI, Aug 7: The Board of Secondary Education, Karachi, has announced to hold SSC supplementary examinations 2002 from September 17.... KARACHI: Risks in hormone therapy discussed KARACHI, Aug 7: Out of 70 million female population of Pakistan, 12 % viz 8.4 million are above 50 years of age and potential osteoporosis patients.... KARACHI: Human rights awareness course KARACHI, Aug 7: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has organized a six-day in-service training course on “Human Rights Mass Awareness Through Education” for university/college teachers of English and Pakistan Studies in... KARACHI: Payment of stamp duty KARACHI, Aug 7: The Sindh government has granted permission to the extent of 50 per cent from the payment of stamp duty leviable under a notification of the Board of Revenue,... KARACHI: Students complain of harassment KARACHI, Aug 7: The Karachi University registrar, Dr S.M. Aqil Burney, has referred to the town police officer concerned, an application by a group of students of MPhil and PhD addressed... KARACHI: Wapda gets funds for power project KARACHI, Aug 7: Sindh governor Mohammedmian Soomro has said that the government is implementing a coordinated programme for providing basic necessities in cities and villages.... KARACHI: Medicine course KARACHI, Aug 7: The Pakistan Society of Physicians Karachi, is organising its seventh advanced course in medicine and allied subjects for family physicians and postgraduates at Convention Centre, Liaquat National Hospital,... KARACHI: Complaint cells KARACHI, Aug 7: To check the growing incidents of highhandedness of government officials and to redress public grievances, the provincial monitoring and coordination secretariat has decided to establish two complaint cells... KARACHI: Project for women’s progress KARACHI, Aug 7: To provide equal opportunities and realize their full potential, besides removing the imbalances in all sectors of socio-economic development, to provide equal access to all development benefits, and... KARACHI: Cantonment station’s facelift ordered KARACHI, Aug 7: The Federal Minister for Communication and Railways, Lt-Gen Javed Ashraf on Wednesday directed railway officials to prepare an uplift and renovation plan for the Cantonment Railway Station and... KARACHI: SHC dismisses petition challenging FBI presence KARACHI, Aug 7: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition questioning presence of the American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) personnel in Pakistan and their involvement in several operations... KARACHI: Appeal against dismissal of suit KARACHI, Aug 7: Being aggrieved by the single judge order of dismissing the suit, Nasir Hussain and others of Schon Group have filed an appeal in the Sindh High Court, praying... KARACHI: High Court restrains city govt contractor KARACHI, Aug. 7: A division bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC) on Wednesday granted stay against a contractor of City District Government Karachi (CDGK) restraining him from collecting fee on... KARACHI: 321 rapes reported in six months KARACHI, Aug 7: Some 321 rape cases were reported from across the country between January and June this year.... KARACHI: Three acquitted in robbery case KARACHI, Aug 7: The district and sessions judge, West, Akhtar A Chaudhry, acquitted on Wednesday three men in a robbery case.... KARACHI: Case registered against Nazim KARACHI, Aug 7: A case has been registered against a union council Naib Nazim for allegedly demanding illegal gratification from mourners for burying a dead in a graveyard in Gulistan-i-Jauhar.... KARACHI: MMA rules out alliance with unified PML KARACHI, Aug 7: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of an electoral alliance with the unified Pakistan Muslim League (PML), whose different factions are expected to unite... KARACHI: Dawn staffer grieved KARACHI, Aug 7: Senior physician Dr M.A.H. Roshan, father of Dawn group staffer Faisal Hanif Roshan, died of heart failure on Wednesday. He was 70.... HYDERABAD: Statements recorded in canal breach inquiry HYDERABAD, Aug 7: The inquiry committee, appointed by Sindh Chief Secretary K.B. Rind to look into the cause of the Rohri Canal breach, here on Wednesday recorded statements of some ten... HYDERABAD: Teachers urged to be motivators HYDERABAD, Aug 7: The Vice Chancellor, University of Sindh, Mr Mazharul Haq Siddiqui, has urged the teachers to motivate the students to participate in healthy activities at the campus.... HYDERABAD: SPLA to launch protest movement HYDERABAD, Aug 7: T Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) here on Tuesday decided to launch a protest movement throughout the province if problems of teachers and students were not resolved... HYDERABAD: PPP activists allege rigging in party polls HYDERABAD, Aug 7: Some activists of the Pakistan People’s Party, Hyderabad city, held a protest demonstration outside the press club on Wednesday against “ballot-paper thieves” and vowed to convert Hyderabad city... KHAIRPUR: Sindh a ‘colony’ of establishment: Altaf KHAIRPUR, Aug 7: Sindh no more remains a province and it has become a colony of the establishment.... PESHAWAR: Business not as usual at Bara market PESHAWAR, Aug 7: Ibrahim Shinwari gazes into his crystals and sees a bleak future. The crystal is not genuine, but the message is clear: Pakistan’s shrine of shoppers is collapsing.... PESHAWAR: IJT holds demo against privatization PESHAWAR, Aug 7: The Islami Jamiat Tulaba on Wednesday held a protest demonstration at the Peshawar University campus against the government’s policy to privatize the educational institutions of the country.... PESHAWAR: Auditors face problems due to postings PESHAWAR, Aug 7: One hundred and ten senior auditors and 28 junior auditors, recently selected by the Accountant General, NWFP, are in miserable condition as most of them have been shifted... PESHAWAR: Shinwari’s poetry evaluated PESHAWAR, Aug 7: Amir Hamza Khan Shinwari gave Pushto Poetry a climax and introduced new dimensions in Pushto Ghazal.... PESHAWAR: Nadra to open offices in Fata PESHAWAR, Aug 7: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has decided to open registration offices in the tribal agencies to enable the tribesmen of these areas to get the computerized...

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