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January 4, 2003 Saturday Shawwal 30, 1423 KARACHI: Scholars seek official status for national language: Urdu conference opens KARACHI, Jan 3: Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu, celebrating its centenary, has stressed on the promotion of Urdu as the official language of the country saying that it had been contributing greatly to the... KARACHI: Doctors at JPMC call off strike today KARACHI, Jan 3: While postgraduate doctors at the JPMC have decided to call off their strike from Saturday, patients at the various wards continued to suffer.... KARACHI: Schedule for power shutdown KARACHI, Jan 3: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) notified on Friday that the 40mv transformer No.3 at FB area grid station is being switched off for repair.... KARACHI: Two security guards killed KARACHI, Jan 3: Two security guards were killed in Cooperative Market at Saddar late Thursday night.... KARACHI: 24 vehicles hijacked KARACHI, Jan 3: Twenty-four vehicles — 10 cars and 14 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Friday, police said.... KARACHI: Brief spell of rain was too much for a Cantt area KARACHI, Jan 3: The scattered showers last month did not have much impact on most parts of the city. That the weather has since been cold is a different matter. A... KARACHI: Serious overcrowding in women’s prison KARACHI, Jan 3: The prison for women in Karachi, which is one of the two prisons for women in Sindh, is overcrowded as more than double the number of prisoners are... KARACHI: Dialysis unit opened at North Karachi hospital KARACHI, Jan 3: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad on Friday reiterated his resolve for maintenance of law and order in the province besides provision of equal facilities of progress and welfare... KARACHI: Reconstruction of North Nazimabad roundabout begins KARACHI, Jan 3: The city government has initiated work on the reconstruction of the Five-Star Chowrangi, North Nazimabad, at a cost of Rs15 million.... KARACHI: Karavan Karachi rally on 19th KARACHI, Jan 3: Sindh Chief Secretary K.B. Rind has directed the departments of Local Government, Education, Culture and Information to extend every possible support in making successful the Karavan Karachi Rally/Parade... KARACHI: Women to get new platform to seek their rights KARACHI, Jan 3: Ministry of Women Development will provide a platform to the women members of national assembly as well as those active in different walks of life to raise their... KARACHI: Malaria early warning system planned KARACHI, Jan 3: The federal ministry of health, in collaboration with the World Health Organization, is in a process of establishing a Malaria Early Warning System (MEWS).... KARACHI: SPLA wants lecturers vacancies filled KARACHI, Jan 3: Sindh Professors and Lecturers’ Association (SPLA) demanded that some 1,000 vacant posts of lecturers in the province be filled.... KARACHI: Pension committee KARACHI, Jan 3: The Secretary, Pension Cases Disposal Committee, on Friday stated that the meeting of the committee which was earlier scheduled on Jan 6, will now be held on Jan... KARACHI: Reproductive health clinic opens at Sobhraj KARACHI, Jan 3: The Sobhraj Maternity Hospital has launched a counselling clinic in order to provide modern medical information to adolescent girls and young women on reproductive health.... KARACHI: Temperature falls KARACHI, Jan 3: City’s weather would be fair and partly cloudy with cold night on Saturday, as the mercury went down to 10 degree centigrade on Friday.... KARACHI: Rally slams US threat of war against Iraq KARACHI, Jan 3: The American threat of war against Iraq, mounting intrusions by the FBI against Pakistanis inside Pakistan and the recent bombing of a Madressa by the American forces was... KARACHI: Nazim distributes self-job grants KARACHI, Jan 3: Naimatullah Khan, the city Nazim, on Friday distributed grants and sewing machines from the City Nazim Welfare Fund to help promote self-employment among the poor.... KARACHI: Transporters’ organizations divided over strike KARACHI, Jan 3: The National Transport Ittehad on Friday said it will hold a meeting of all transport organizations of Pakistan on Jan 6 in Karachi to devise a strategy against... KARACHI: CBR begins Training programme for officers KARACHI, Jan 3: The chairman, Central Board of Revenue (CBR), Riaz Ahmed Malik, on Friday inaugurated a training programme on the job description development, for the CBR officers, at the Custom... KARACHI: Students face conveyance problem KARACHI, Jan 3: A large number of students appearing in degree examinations at the University of Karachi were suffering due to non-availability of transport.... KARACHI: Mumtaz Bhutto meets politicians KARACHI, Jan 3: Sindh National Front chairman Mumtaz Ali Bhutto held separate meetings with various political leaders including Dr Mubashir Hasan, Meraj Mohammad Khan, Aftab Shaikh and Abdul Hayee Baloch, a... KARACHI: Transport proposals KARACHI, Jan 3: Various proposals regarding the routes for new CNG buses, and other transport facilities came under review at a meeting of the Urban Transport Scheme, held at the Transport... KARACHI: Rural-urban divide to widen: Khuhro KARACHI, Jan 3: The parliamentary party leader of Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians in Sindh Assembly, Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, on Friday apprehended that the way portfolios of various ministries in the provincial... KARACHI: Police told not to harass Afaq’s family KARACHI, Jan 3: Public functionaries are always required to act reasonably and fairly, observed a division bench of the High Court of Sindh, comprising Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed and Justice Amir Hani... HYDERABAD: MMA stages anti-US rallies in Sindh HYDERABAD, Jan 3: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal staged rallies in different parts of Sindh on Friday against the imminent attack on Iraq by the United States.... HYDERABAD: Electricity supply suspension plan HYDERABAD, Jan 3: Electricity supply will be suspended in Hirabad sub-division of Hesco on Jan 4 and 6 from 9am to 2pm.... HYDERABAD: Meeting to discuss crisis today HYDERABAD, Jan 3: A meeting has been convened on Saturday to resolve the problems, faced by the sugarcane growers and the sugar mills’ owners, senior Sindh minister Syed Sardar Ahmed said... HYDERABAD: SHC issues notices to six police officials HYDERABAD, Jan 3: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Friday issued notices to the regional police officer (RPO), Hyderabad; the DPO, Hyderabad; the additional DPO, Hyderabad; the DSP, Site;... HYDERABAD: Three detainees in Ramzi case freed HYDERABAD, Jan 3: The police have released three businessmen, who were detained in connection with the Asif Ramzi after being held for interrogation for over a week.... KHAIRPUR: Growers stop supply to sugar mills: Dispute over sugarcane price KHAIRPUR, Jan 3: After the failure of talks between the sugar mills managements and sugarcane growers over sugarcane price, the growers announced on Friday to stop sugarcane supply to the mills.... DADU: Two die of cold DADU, Jan 3: A minor girl and a young man died of cold in Radhan town of Mehar taluka on Friday.... LARKANA: CMC hit by lack of teachers LARKANA, Jan 3: Shortage of teaching staff in the Chandka Medical College (CMC) is affecting the training of the undergraduate and postgraduate students.... PESHAWAR: MMA declares jihad against US PESHAWAR, Jan 3: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has resolved that the US aggression against Iraq will be considered an attack on Pakistan, and called upon people to wage jihad against America... PESHAWAR: Accused Patwari given last chance PESHAWAR, Jan 3:# An accountability court on Friday started proceedings for declaring a Patwari of revenue department a proclaimed offender.... PESHAWAR: Woman killed PESHAWAR, Jan 3: A young woman, Nasima, was killed allegedly by her husband, Safoor and in-laws and her body thrown in a well.... PESHAWAR: Birth registration rate doubles PESHAWAR, Jan 3: Scope of the birth registration pilot project may be extended to seven more districts of the NWFP and an agency of Fata, according to official sources.... PESHAWAR: 101 outlaws arrested PESHAWAR, Jan 3: The police arrested 27 proclaimed offenders and 74 other outlaws during a 48-hour operation, sources said on Friday....

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