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January 8, 2003 Wednesday Ziqa’ad 4, 1423 KARACHI: KESC to get Rs1bn to Improve operations KARACHI, Jan 7: The federal government will soon release the first instalment of Rs one billion of the Rs13 billion package announced for improvement of the operational working of the KESC,... KARACHI: Two men killed; eight cars, 12 bikes hijacked KARACHI, Jan 7: Two young men were found murdered in the city on Tuesday.... KARACHI: PBC slams extension in judges’ tenures KARACHI, Jan 7: The Pakistan Bar Council has condemned the amendment made to the Legal Framework Order (LFO) on Oct 2, 2002 under which retirement age of superior courts’ judges has... KARACHI: Petition on Haqiqi’s office disposed of KARACHI, Jan 7: A division bench of the Sindh High Court dismissed on Tuesday a petition of MNA Mahmood Ahmed Qureshi of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement against the sealing of party... KARACHI: Hearing of US mission bombing case put off KARACHI, Jan 7: The anti-terrorism court No 1 on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of the US consulate carbombing case against three leaders of the banned Harkatul Mujahideen Al-Aalmi.... KARACHI: PTV urged to make do without tobacco ads KARACHI, Jan 7: Smoking is the single largest preventable cause of death in the world, including Pakistan, yet the tobacco companies are given a ‘carte blanche’ to advertise their products. This... KARACHI: Bodies set up to ensure standard of uplift works KARACHI, Jan 7: The Nazim of Karachi, Naimatullah Khan, has set up special committees to monitor work on development in education sector at towns level. Besides ensuring completion of schemes, the... KARACHI: Seminars on women’s rights planned KARACHI, Jan 7: District level conferences, workshops and seminars will be organized throughout the province to highlight rights of women and also to have their opinion in this regard.... KARACHI: Senior poet honoured KARACHI: Noted poet Khalid Alig was the guest of honour at a literary sitting held in his honour by three organizations — Daira-i-Adab-o-Saqafat, Dhaka Group of Institutions and the Sadequain Institute... KARACHI: Annual fee illegal: EDO KARACHI, Jan 7: The executive district officer (EDO), Education, of the city government, Mohammad Rais Alvi, said the receipt of annual fee alongwith the monthly fee by the private schools, was... KARACHI: Better academic environment stressed KARACHI, Jan 7: For restoring city’s image as the ‘city of lights’, it is essential that the environment of its educational institutions be improved.... KARACHI: Concern over karo-kari KARACHI, Jan 7: A meeting of various organizations here on Tuesday expressed concern over what they described as increasing incidents of ‘karo-kari’ in the province.... KARACHI: One-km mural display KARACHI, Jan 7: The Karavan movement, initiated by the city government and a voluntary organization - Heritage Wallay - will display a one-km-long mural, composed of three-metre-long canvas panels, along the... KARACHI: Air and noise pollution at Lea Market intolerable KARACHI, Jan 7: Thousands of people — passersby, commuters, shopkeepers, shoppers and residents — experience miserable conditions at Lea Market and its adjoining areas every day due to congestion which is... KARACHI: Environment-friendly curriculum stressed KARACHI, Jan 7: Sindh Chief Minister Sardar Ali Mohammad Mahar on Tuesday underlined the need to upgrade the curriculum by incorporating the today’s concerns like environment in it.... KARACHI: People urged to vote for MMA KARACHI, Jan 7: The Chairman of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Allama Shah Ahmed Noorani, has appealed to the people of Karachi to vote for religious parties in the Jan 15 by-elections.... KARACHI: Free education up to matric in Sindh demanded KARACHI, Jan 7: Chairperson of Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan (Women wing), Dr Farida Ahmad Siddiqui (MNA), has urged the Sindh government to make arrangements for free education up to matric level in all... KARACHI: Minister briefed on education KARACHI, Jan 7: Sindh education minister Irfanullah Khan Marwat was, on Tuesday, briefed on the state of education in the province.... KARACHI: Soyem for Alimuzzubair KARACHI, Jan 7: Soyem for Syed Alimuzzubair Mujaddadi, a former senior manager of the Dawn Group of Newspapers, who died on Monday, will be held on Wednesday after Zuhar prayer at... KARACHI: NGOs slam Marwat’s inclusion in govt KARACHI, Jan 7: Non-governmental organizations have expressed concern over the inclusion of Irfanullah Marwat in the Sindh cabinet and have demanded that he be dropped from the government and the pending... KARACHI: Forward-looking approach must for progress: Ibad KARACHI, Jan 7: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said the country’s stability and progress and the situations at home and abroad demand that bickerings of the past be forgotten and... DADU: Sugarcane crisis to be settled soon: minister DADU, Jan 7: The federal minister for industries, Liaquat Ali Khan Jatoi, has said that the sugarcane crisis would be settled soon and the sugar mills would have to pay the... MIRPURKHAS: Mirpurkhas hit by water shortage MIRPURKHAS, Jan 7: The people of Mirpurkhas are facing an acute shortage of water since the last six days due to suspension of the water supply from scheme I and II.... SUKKUR: Protesters demand hostages’ recovery SUKKUR, Jan 7: A large number of Golo tribesmen staged a demonstration in Zoargarh village near Kandhkot on Tuesday against the police failure to recover two hostages, Barkat Golo and Rahim... LARKANA: Robbers kill man LARKANA, Jan 7: A man was shot dead and his son injured by some thieves, who had barged into their house in Allah Bakhsh Mugheri village near Kambar on Monday night.... HYDERABAD: Growers seek cabinet’s intervention: Sugar mills’ problems HYDERABAD, Jan 7: The Sindh Abadgar Board has said the decisions, taken at the Jan 4 tripartite meeting of growers, sugar mill owners and representatives of the Sindh government, are not... HYDERABAD: Delay in NFC award deplored HYDERABAD, Jan 7: The chairman of the Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party, Dr Qadir Magsi, has criticised the delay in the National Finance Commission award, saying that this was being purposely done... HYDERABAD: Art exhibition held at Sindhology HYDERABAD, Jan 7: An exhibition of art and craft of three artists — Dr Zubaida Junejo, Waheeda Kazi and Nida Asif — was inaugurated at the museum of the Institute of... HYDERABAD: Decision on promotion cases urged HYDERABAD, Jan 7: The Elementary College Teachers Association has demanded of the Sindh government to decide promotion and selection grade cases of elementary college teachers without further delay.... HYDERABAD: Doctor commits suicide HYDERABAD, Jan 7: An unemployed doctor, Tariq Abro, 31, committed suicide by hanging himself with a ceiling fan in his house in Qasimabad here on Monday.... HYDERABAD: Plea to reinstate 399 sacked teachers HYDERABAD, Jan 7: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement MPAs, Arshad Shah, Naeem Ishtiaq and Aslam Pervez, have termed the dismissal of 399 primary school teachers in 1998 illegal and demanded their reinstatement.... PESHAWAR: EPA to prepare fresh profile of NWFP resources PESHAWAR, Jan 7: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will prepare a fresh profile of NWFP to compile data about the resources of the province.... PESHAWAR: Steps to combat AIDS stressed PESHAWAR, Jan 7: In the wake of non-availability of investigation facilities in Afghanistan, the deadly epidemic of AIDS may play havoc with the people in the war-battered country of Afghanistan, said... PESHAWAR: Peshawar University increases exam fees PESHAWAR, Jan 7: Despite strong opposition by the teachers community, the University of Peshawar has announced 10 per cent increase in MA and MSc examination fees for both private and regular... PESHAWAR: Death anniversary PESHAWAR, Jan 7: The Awami National Party (ANP) will hold public meetings at district level between Jan 20 and 27 to mark the 15th death anniversary of Abdul Ghaffar Khan -... PESHAWAR: Power outage hits Peshawar PESHAWAR, Jan 7: Several areas of the Peshawar district and the adjoining Federally Administered Tribal Areas experienced power shutdown due to a major fault in the 132kv double circuit Peshawar-Mardan line...

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