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January 3, 2003 Friday Shawwal 29, 1423 KARACHI: Second day of JPMC patients’ sufferings: Doctors strike KARACHI, Jan 2: Regardless of the sufferings of hundreds of patients who turn up at the casualty ward of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre every day needing treatment on an emergency... KARACHI: KESC men detained in retaliation KARACHI, Jan 2: The residents of Gulberg Town are in for bad days as the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation and the town administration are on a collision course over the digging... KARACHI: Four die in accidents KARACHI, Jan 2: Reckless driving claimed four lives in the city on Thursday.A young lady doctor died and her husband was injured in a road accident.... KARACHI: Nine cars, 11 bikes hijacked KARACHI, Jan 2: Twenty vehicles — nine cars and 11 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Thursday, police said.... KARACHI: Probe into eye patient’s death demanded KARACHI, Jan 2: The City Council, on the last of day of its current session, unanimously adopted a resolution deploring the death of a patient in operation theatre at the Spencer’s... KARACHI: Dialysis, other equipment idle for years at LGH KARACHI, Jan 2: Medical equipment worth millions of rupees at the kidney care unit in Lyari General Hospital are lying idle for the past seven years.... KARACHI: Polio set to be banished from Pakistan KARACHI, Jan 2: Pakistan is on the verge of banishing polio from the country. However, if the country didn’t see to it that anti-polio drops were administered to almost all its... KARACHI: Shortage of water persists in towns KARACHI, Jan 2: An acute water shortage continued to persist in various parts of the city for the third consecutive day on Thursday.... KARACHI: Leaders condemn US law on registration KARACHI, Jan 2: Politicians and a former judge of the superior court on Thursday criticized the registration of Pakistanis in the United States and called upon the Muslim countries to strengthen... KARACHI: PSCs to be activated KARACHI, Jan 2: Sindh Chief Secretary K.B Rind on Thursday directed the provincial local government secretary to make the Public Safety Commissions active in the districts.... KARACHI: Realistic funding for health care pledged KARACHI, Jan 2: The Federal Minister for Health, Mohammad Nasir Khan, has said that a realistic revision will be made in the funding and budgetary allocations for the federally-administered healthcare units... KARACHI: Teachers evading duty to be dealt with sternly KARACHI, Jan 2: The Sindh government has decided to go tough on office- bearers of teachers’ bodies, who are allegedly not paying the needed attention to their original jobs in schools... KARACHI: Five-rupee coins begin trickling into market KARACHI, Jan 2: As five-rupee coin has finally begun trickling into the market, notes of the same denomination are on their way out. One hopes that the mostly torn, crudely patched,... KARACHI: Petition of Aamir’s wife disposed of KARACHI, Jan 2: A division bench of High Court of Sindh disposed of on Thursday an application filed by Malika Saboohi, wife of Aamir Khan, general secretary of the Mohajir Qaumi... KARACHI: PPP criticizes President for interference KARACHI, Jan 2: The Pakistan People’s Party said on Thursday that President Pervez Musharraf had “no right to interfere in the formation of government” in Sindh.... KARACHI: Police to launch public welfare projects KARACHI Jan 2: The National Police Foundation (NPF) on Thursday decided to launch transport service for public and to establish nine vocational training centres in Azad Kashmir and Balochistan.... KARACHI: 568 children killed in country last year KARACHI, Jan 2: As many as 1,615 cases of physical and sexual abuse were reported against children in prominent national and provincial newspapers in 2002.... KARACHI: Use of modern technologies KARACHI, Jan 2: Sindh Assembly Speaker Muzaffar Hussain Shah on Thursday underlined the need to use modern technologies in of advertisement and public relations.... KARACHI: BSE lowers age limit for SSC exam KARACHI, Jan 2: Regular candidates who will be 13 years of age and above on May 1st, this year, have been allowed to appear in the Secondary School Certificate, Part-I (Class-IX),... KARACHI: Liquor seized KARACHI, Jan 2: Custom officials have claimed the seizer of a container loaded with contraband goods smuggled in from Dubai.... KARACHI: PW records statement in case against Mansoorul Haq KARACHI, Jan 2: An accountability court put off on Thursday the hearing of a corruption reference against former chief of the Pakistan Mansoorul Haq and another former official of the navy... HYDERABAD: New Senate poll formula opposed HYDERABAD, Jan 2: Speakers at a seminar entitled ‘Future of Democracy in Pakistan’, held here on Wednesday, opposed the new formula for the election of the Senate.... HYDERABAD: Merit list for SU admissions HYDERABAD, Jan 2: The University of Sindh on Thursday announced third merit list of selected candidates for admissions to bachelors degree programme.... HYDERABAD: Villagers cooperation must for development HYDERABAD, Jan 2: The Nazim, Kotri Taluka, Khuda Bux Joyo, has said that the participation of villagers was the sine qua non for the development of villages and the prosperity of... HYDERABAD: Mill workers continue hunger strike HYDERABAD, Jan 2: The sacked employees of the Fateh Apparel Limited and Fateh Weaving Mills Limited, Hyderabad, continued their hunger strike outside the press club for the 13th consecutive day on... HYDERABAD: 10 arrested HYDERABAD, Jan 2: The regional police, Hyderabad, on Thursday arrested seven criminals and three absconders and recovered a large quantity of ammunition during a campaign against anti-social elements in the region.... HYDERABAD: Employees hold demo HYDERABAD, Jan 2: The Sazda employees held a demonstration outside the Hyderabad Press Club on Thursday to protest against the non-implementation of notification dated November 12, 2002 about the... MIRPURKHAS: Patients denied of medicines MIRPURKHAS, Jan 2: A large number of poor patients have not been provided medicines at the Civil Hospital, Mirpurkhas, and other government hospitals in the district during the last six months... PESHAWAR: Court summons police officials: Illegal detention PESHAWAR, Jan 2: The additional district and sessions judge, Khwaja Wajihuddin, here on Thursday summoned high-ranking police officers in connection with keeping a person in illegal detention.... PESHAWAR: UNDP to give Rs8.5m for vehicle testing PESHAWAR, Jan 2: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has approved Rs8.5 million grant for setting up three mobile vehicle emission testing stations in the NWFP, according to official sources.... PESHAWAR: Plan launched to protect migratory birds PESHAWAR, Jan 2: The Frontier Wildlife Department has launched a project to protect and preserve migratory birds in the province with the help of communities settled along the Kabul and Indus... PESHAWAR: Workshop on impact of eucalyptus PESHAWAR, Jan 2: A one-day national workshop on environmental impact of eucalyptus plantations has been organized by the Research and Develop-ment Directorate of NWFP Forest Department at the Pakistan Forest Institute,... PESHAWAR: Unity essential for progress: governor PESHAWAR, Jan 2: The NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has stressed the need for unity to foster development in the province.... PESHAWAR: Shopkeepers decry deception PESHAWAR, Jan 2: The Cantonment Board authorities have failed to correct the telephone, gas and electricity lines, as had been promised with the shopkeepers at the time of launching of an...

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