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January 5, 2003 Sunday Ziqa’ad 1, 1423 KARACHI: Fertilizer firms asked to help in blasts probe KARACHI, Jan 4: In view of recent reports that fertilizer is being used to make bombs, the federal government has asked the fertilizer manufacturing units to extend full corporation to the... KARACHI: NWFP and Balochistan leaders to support Urdu KARACHI, Jan 4: In all 14 papers, on various topics, were presented by scholars and writers on Saturday, the second day of Urdu Development Centenary conference.... KARACHI: Two persons die in accidents KARACHI, Jan 4: A man and a boy died in traffic accidents in the city on Saturday.... KARACHI: Doctors threaten to resume strike KARACHI, Jan 4: Postgraduate doctors of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre have called off their strike threatening at the same time that they will revert to it if the administration does... KARACHI: UTP dies on way to hospital KARACHI, Jan 4: An under-trial prisoner died on the way while being taken to a hospital from the Central Prison, Karachi, on Friday, police and hospital sources said.... KARACHI: Industries suffer due to water shortage KARACHI, Jan 4: The water and sanitation department of the city government has reduced the quantity of water supplied to the Site industrial area by 50 per cent, and exporters say... KARACHI: Work begins on overhead bridge in Gulshan KARACHI, Jan 4: The city government has initiated work on an overhead bridge opposite Urdu Science College, on the University Road.... KARACHI: TB treatment method to be expanded KARACHI, Jan 4: The World Health Organization (WHO)’s sub- office in Sindh, under its ongoing TB control programme, plans to make DOTS (directly-observed treatment strategy) more comprehensive by training the care-providers... KARACHI: Competitions for schools KARACHI, Jan 4: The district office of the secondary and higher secondary education (male), city government, has chalked out a week-long programme of essay writing, quiz competition, debates, painting and science... KARACHI: MA external results KARACHI, Jan 4: The University of Karachi on Saturday announced the result of M.A. (External), final year, annual examination, 2001.... KARACHI: Co-curricular activities KARACHI, Jan 4: Sindh education department has made a plan for promoting co-curricular activities in the educational institutions of the province for maintaining physical and mental fitness of the students.... KARACHI: Proposal to increase rent rate rejected: Fish harbour facilities KARACHI, Jan 4: The provincial government has disagreed with a proposal to review its earlier decision to increase the rent rate charged on facilities available at the Karachi Fish Harbour, it... KARACHI: Effects of Chotiyari reservoir highlighted KARACHI, Jan 4: A forty-minute documentary film — Drowning Lakes — highlighting issues related to the construction of the Chotiyari reservoir in Sanghar district was screened at the PMA House here... KARACHI: Harkat man indicted in bomb blast case KARACHI, Jan 4: An anti-terrorism court indicted on Saturday a worker of the banned Harkatul Mujahideen in a bomb blast case.... KARACHI: Cleanliness drive planned KARACHI, Jan 4: The Karachi Fisheries Harbour Authority, in collaboration with the Fishermen’s Cooperative Society, is launching a cleanliness drive from Jan 6.... KARACHI: Lack of awareness causes dental diseases KARACHI, Jan 4: Dental diseases have afflicted mankind since the dawn of recorded history and due to lack of awareness the disease is left to progress, resulting in poor prognosis.... KARACHI: BDS results KARACHI, Jan 4: The University of Karachi on Saturday notified the results of the first and third professional, BDS supplementary examinations, 2002.... KARACHI: Ibad visits Mehdi Hasan KARACHI, Jan 4: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad visited on Saturday the Citizen-Police Liaison Committee’s head office and said there was a need to employ the latest technology and methods to... PESHAWAR: Absconding FIA official acquitted PESHAWAR, Jan 4: An accountability court on Friday acquitted an absconding inspector of Federal Investigation Agency, Alamzaib Khan, after the National Accountability Bureau withdrew the case against him.... PESHAWAR: Closer economic ties with Iran stressed PESHAWAR, Jan 4: Speakers at a seminar underlined the need for a closer economic cooperation between Pakistan and Iran.... PESHAWAR: Drug-pusher sentenced to life imprisonment PESHAWAR, Jan 4: The special judge anti-narcotics, Abdur Rehman Khan, here on Saturday convicted a drug pusher and sentenced him to life imprisonment with a fine of Rs1,00,000.... PESHAWAR: LFO unacceptable, says ANP PESHAWAR, Jan 4: The Awami National Party has said that it believes in democracy and will not accept the legal framework order (LFO).... PESHAWAR: Pishtakhara UC elects acting Nazim PESHAWAR, Jan 4: Malik Riaz Khan was unanimously elected acting Nazim of Union Council No. 7, Pishtakhara on Saturday.... PESHAWAR: PPP convention today PESHAWAR, Jan 4: The first district level workers convention of the Pakistan People’s Party will be held at the Nishtar Hall on Sunday in connection with the birth anniversary of the... TIMERGARA: Islamic system to be enforced: Durrani TIMERGARA, Jan 4: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani declared here on Saturday that enforcement of Islamic system in the province was round the corner and now there were no ifs... ISLAMABAD: $2.3bn remittances received last year ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: Pakistan received ever highest foreign remittances of $2.389 billion from expatriates during the year 2002, well-informed sources from Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) told Dawn.... ISLAMABAD: Paksat-1 to be utilized for educational purposes ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has launched a project to use the capabilities of recently- placed communication satellite —- ‘Paksat-1’—- for educational purposes.... ISLAMABAD: QAU students for stopping political activities on campus ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: The Quaid-i-Azam University students, representing four province-based student councils, have warned the varsity administration to stop providing alleged patronage to Islami Jamiat-i-Tulaba (IJT) on the campus otherwise they... ISLAMABAD: Sehba calls for efforts to make special persons respectable ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: The first lady, Sehba Musharraf, has emphasized that care of the special persons is a collective responsibility and the society should be mobilized for an organized support system... ISLAMABAD: Survey of mobile phone cos soon ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) will conduct a second survey of cellular mobile companies from Monday in eight major cities to evaluate the Quality of Service (QoS) being... ISLAMABAD: CRCP criticizes cut in rates of return ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: Consumer Rights Commission of Pakistan (CRCP) has expressed serious concern over the reduction of profit rates on various national savings schemes being run in the country.... ISLAMABAD: Ambassadors present credentials to president ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: The ambassador-designate of Ukraine to Pakistan, Volodymyr Ponomarenko, the ambassador-designate of Netherlands to Pakistan, Prof Dr P.M Kurpershoek, the ambassador-designate of Arab Republic of Egypt to Pakistan, Hisham... ISLAMABAD: WFP to provide $23.9m food aid for Afghan DPs ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: The World Food Programme (WFP), under its emergency operations, will provide food assistance worth $23.9 million to 288,000 Afghan refugees in Pakistan through its implementing partner NGOs.... ISLAMABAD: Country needs water storage facilities: speaker ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: Pakistan urgently requires water storage facilities, and the construction of Kalabagh Dam will provide the best solution to this problem.... MUZAFFARABAD: Qayyum wants all options open for Kashmir issue MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 4: The chairman of the Kashmir Committee, Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan, has said that all options to resolve the Kashmir issue should be considered.... LOS ANGELES: Muslim names confuse FBI LOS ANGELES, Jan 4: Amid the latest FBI faux pas in mistakenly identifying a Lahore-based jeweller Mohammed Asghar, the time has come that Americans must get themselves familiar with Islamic names.... ISLAMABAD: F-16 was used to drop the bomb ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: The United States forces used an F-16 aircraft to drop the 500-pound laser-guided bomb on an abandoned madressah (seminary) in North Waziristan on Dec 29, investigations have revealed.... HYDERABAD: Attack on church condemned HYDERABAD, Jan 4: The All Pakistan Minorities Alliance (APMA), Sindh and Balochistan chapters, has condemned the attack on a church in Chianawali, Daska, on Christmas day, terming it a conspiracy against... HYDERABAD: Apathy of sanitary staff deplored HYDERABAD, Jan 4: The Nazim and the councillors of union council-10, Hyderabad city, have said that their entire area has been converted into a refuse dump.... HYDERABAD: Tribunal decision challenged: Councillor’s election HYDERABAD, Jan 4: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Friday issued notices to a returning officer a general councillor and the election tribunal Nawabshah.... HYDERABAD: Construction of canal wall inaugurated HYDERABAD, Jan 4: Hyderabad District Nazim Dr Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman here on Friday inaugurated construction work of a wall along the Phulelli Canal.... HYDERABAD: SU convocation on 30th HYDERABAD, Jan 4: The University of Sindh on Saturday notified that the date for submission of applications for receiving degrees at the Sindh University Convocation 2001 has been extended till Jan... HYDERABAD: Humayooni Passes away HYDERABAD, Jan 4: Renowned Sindhi poet and writer, Niaz Humayooni, 78, breathed his last here on Friday night at his Mohammadi Plaza residence.... HYDERABAD: Anti-hepatitis drive from 6th HYDERABAD, Jan 4: The Al-Khidmat Foundation will organize a two-day anti-hepatitis campaign from Jan 6 to 7.... LAHORE: Opposition to be consulted on Iraq policy: Shujaat LAHORE, Jan 4: The government will hold talks with parties in the opposition before formulating its policy to deal with the situation arising out of the feared US attack on Iraq,... LAHORE: Police haunt motorists in fog LAHORE, Jan 4: Despite thick fog blanketing the city for the last few days, police continue to harass motorists at pickets set up on all major roads.... LAHORE: Gas supply problem getting worse LAHORE, Jan 4: Despite the cold spell, the gas supply problem in the city is getting worse, specially for the tail-end users.... LAHORE: All set to celebrate Bhutto’s anniversary LAHORE, Jan 4: The PPP completed all arrangements to celebrate the birth anniversary of the late Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on Sunday (Jan 5). A workers’ convention will be held under the... LAHORE: Govt to provide space for fairs, exhibitions LAHORE, Jan 4: The city district government will provide a venue for holding industrial and information technology exhibitions and book fairs.... LAHORE: PML-N hopes to win Lahore bypolls LAHORE, Jan 4: The PML-N on Saturday expressed complete satisfaction over the election campaign of its candidates for PP-142 and 147 (Lahore) and hoped that its candidates would win despite all...

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