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January 9, 2003 Thursday Ziqa’ad 5, 1423 KARACHI: Unbridled schools set to hike fees KARACHI, Jan 8: It is likely that this year parents would have to succumb to the private schools’ demand for an increase in tuition fee, as government has withdrawn itself from... KARACHI: Nadra refuses to own its mistakes in CNICs KARACHI, Jan 8: National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) has been issuing many computerized ID cards carrying mistakes and, on being approached by the complainants, the Nadra authorities refuse to accept the... KARACHI: One killed, another injured in ‘encounter’ KARACHI, Jan 8: A man died and another was seriously injured in an encounter with the police in the Mithadar area on Wednesday.... KARACHI: SSC suppl exam results announced KARACHI, Jan 8: The Board of Secondary Education, Karachi, on Wednesday announced the results of Secondary School certificate (SSC), supplementary examinations (Science and General groups)- 2002, with an overall pass percentage... KARACHI: 21 vehicles hijacked KARACHI, Jan 8: Bandits hijacked 21 vehicles — 8 cars and 13 motorcycles — from various areas of the city on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Confusion, mess hamper governance in Sindh KARACHI, Jan 8: Utter confusion, mess, lack of coordination, absence of policy guidelines and heart-feeling are some of the salient features of the governance in Sindh. Though the new provincial cabinet... KARACHI: Cardio units at short distances stressed KARACHI, Jan 8: It’s a well-known fact that the first 15 minutes following a heart attack are a matter of life and death for a patient. It’s these 15 minutes in... KARACHI: Early completion of handicapped kids’ centre demanded KARACHI, Jan 8: Despite the availability of required funds, work on the extension of Rehabilitation Centre for Mentally Handicapped Children (RCMHC) — the only institution of its kind in Lyari —... KARACHI: Essay-writing contest held KARACHI, Jan 8: Fehmida Afreen of the Government Boys Secondary School, North Karachi, got first position in the Urdu essay writing competition on “ Importance of Computer in Educational Institutes”.... KARACHI: Proceedings of cardiology workshop to be relayed abroad KARACHI, Jan 8: More than 30 cases of cardiovascular interventions will be undertaken during the three days of a workshop to be organized by the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, the... KARACHI: KU to conduct language courses KARACHI, Jan 8: Karachi University’s Area Study Centre for Europe invites applications for admissions in its certificate courses in German, French, Italian and English languages. A diploma in the French language... KARACHI: No entry fee for Quaid’s Mazar on public holidays KARACHI, Jan 8: The Quaid-i-Azam Mazar Management Committee, which met here under the chairmanship of the Federal Minister of State for Environment, Maj Tahir Iqbal, decided to withdraw entry fee for... KARACHI: Renovation work at council hall reviewed KARACHI, Jan 8: The renovation work at the city council hall is progressing at a fast pace and will be completed by the middle of next month, while tenders are being... KARACHI: HU results KARACHI, Jan 8: The examination department, Hamdard University, on Wednesday announced the results of the Third Professional Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS), 2nd annual examination-2002.... KARACHI: Modern asthma cube opened at CHK KARACHI, Jan 8: Sindh Minister for Planning and Development Shoaib Bukhari on Wednesday inaugurated a well-equipped asthma cube at the emergency ward of the Civil Hospital Karachi.... KARACHI: Afghani lauds book week KARACHI, Jan 8: The former mayor of Karachi and MNA of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Abdul Sattar Afghani, lauded the role of the IJT in holding book week.... KARACHI: Afghan prisoners apply for deportation KARACHI, Jan 8: The Afghan nationals imprisoned in the city jails under the Foreigners Act are at the receiving end as the next phase of the refugees’ repatriation will begin in... KARACHI: Statements recorded in PSO MD murder case KARACHI, Jan 8: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday recorded the depositions of four prosecution witnesses in the Shaukat Mirza murder case against the chief of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi and his two... KARACHI: 185 polling stations for NA-242 by-election KARACHI, Jan 8: The election commission will set up 185 polling stations and 411 booths in the NA-242, Karachi-IV Orangi Town, constituency for the by-election on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Cell to receive Extortion complaints KARACHI, Jan 8: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has set up a cell at the Governor House for receiving public complaints regarding the extortion of money and for providing immediate relief... KARACHI: 5 drug traffickers convicted KARACHI, Jan 8: The special anti-narcotics court, headed by Judge Ali Nawaz Pirzada, convicted five drug traffickers and sentenced them to different terms of rigorous imprisonment.... KARACHI: Passengers want bus fares reduced KARACHI, Jan 8: Though the metro bus service and CNG buses, operating between Gulistan-i-Jauhar and Tower, have resolved the transport problem of their beneficiaries to some extent, most of the passengers... KARACHI: Marwat facing no case, says govt KARACHI, Jan 8: The Sindh government has made it clear that neither there is any case against the provincial Education Minister, Irfanullah Khan Marwat, nor any case is pending against him... KARACHI: Aamir Khan alleges victimization KARACHI, Jan 8: The Secretary General of Mohajir Qaumi Movement, Aamir Khan, has said that the administration’s decision to seal off his party’s headquarters, Baitul Hamza, has proved that the government... KARACHI: Sewage floods houses KARACHI, Jan 8: Filthy water gushing out from some chocked gutters have now started entering a number of houses in Shah Faisal Colony No 5.... KARACHI: Mono-train project discussed with Malaysian team KARACHI, Jan 8: City Nazim Karachi Naimatullah Khan has said that more than six corridors have been determined for the operation of mono-train in the city and some multi-national companies of... HYDERABAD: US trying to destroy Muslims: Saeed HYDERABAD, Jan 8: The chief of Jamat Al-Daawa, Prof Saeed Ahmed, has said that all anti-Muslim forces including the US were trying to paralyze the Muslims economically, socially, and politically all... HYDERABAD: ANP leader’s men not to be harassed: Court assured HYDERABAD, Jan 8: The additional DPO, Hyderabad, Sharjeel Karim Kharal, and TPO Site, Amir Abbas Shah, have undertaken before a division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, not... HYDERABAD: Interviews for Thatta DPSC on 27th HYDERABAD, Jan 8: The senior district judge and the chairman of the selection panel for the District Public Safety Commission (DPSC), Thatta, has announced that the interviews, for the selection of... SUKKUR: Sanitation problem solution demanded SUKKUR, Jan 8: Members of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s zonal committee have expressed their deep concern over the deteriorating sanitary conditions in the city, specially in the local markets.... KHAIRPUR: Water for growers KHAIRPUR, Jan 8: Effective measures are being taken to ensure irrigation water for the growers of entire Sindh.... PESHAWAR: NAB’s concern irks party Foreign consortium cancels land deal PESHAWAR, Jan 8: A foreign consortium has backed out of a deal to purchase a commercial plot from the Pakistan Railways in the expensive Peshawar Cantonment area, apparently because railways employees... PESHAWAR: Woman challenges death penalty PESHAWAR, Jan 8: A woman who has been awarded death sentence for killing her husband, has claimed that she was the mother of children of her husband due to which she... PESHAWAR: ANP asks MMA to fulfil commitments PESHAWAR, Jan 8: The Awami National Party (ANP) has condemned the provincial government’s policies accusing the MMA of backing out of its commitments made during the election campaign.... PESHAWAR: Schemes for drought victims finalized PESHAWAR, Jan 8: A ministerial committee constituted by the NWFP chief minister on Drought Emergency Relief Assistance Programme on Wednesday finalized the schemes to be executed under the programme in the... PESHAWAR: Cable operators suspend operations PESHAWAR, Jan 8: The NWFP Cable Operators Association on Wednesday stopped the transmission of the cable television network throughout the province in protest against the damaging of the system of the...

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