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January 20, 2003 Monday Ziqa'ad 16, 1423 KARACHI: Medico-legal facilities at govt hospitals inadequate KARACHI, Jan 19: People have been facing serious problem and a great deal of hardship in getting medico-legal opinion in emergency cases as there are only three, out of nine, major... KARACHI: 10,000 files missing from Land Dept’s record room KARACHI, Jan 19: Over 10,000 files of houses and open plots of almost all categories have gone missing from the record room of the defunct KDA’s Land Department which has now... KARACHI: Taxi driver dies in accident, bandits kill ranger KARACHI, Jan 19: A taxi driver died and six others were injured in a road accident at Old Exhibition (Numaish) on Sunday.... KARACHI: Eight cars, 11 bikes hijacked KARACHI, Jan 19: At least 19 vehicles — eight cars and 11 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen from different parts of the city on Sunday.... KARACHI: Sadequain exhibition at Mohatta concludes KARACHI, Jan 19: The largest-attended and longest-running exhibition in the history of Pakistani art — titled The Holy Sinner: Sadequain — came to an end at the Mohatta Palace Museum on... KARACHI: Non-surgical coronary procedures on the rise KARACHI, Jan 19: In 1998 only about 2,500 non-surgical coronary procedures were performed in the country. However, last year more than 20,000 such procedures were done, which shows that non-surgical coronary... KARACHI: Garbage disposal a major problem KARACHI, Jan 19: Accumulation of garbage in absence of an effective disposal system has become a serious health hazard creating numerous infectious and other disease in certain towns of the city.... KARACHI: Uplift projects in Lyari remain abandoned KARACHI, Jan 19: The city government has taken no decision so far on the abandoned projects initiated by the defunct KMC in former district south at a cost of millions of... KARACHI: Tributes paid to Ubaid Durrani KARACHI, Jan 19: Nashrah Foundation arranged a seminar to pay tributes to the late education Engineer Muhammed Ubaid Ullah Khan Durrani on the premises of Fuyuz-ul-Quran, Karachi, a press release said... KARACHI: Cardio moot concludes, 41 complex cases treated KARACHI, Jan 19: Three-day international congress and workshop on cardiovascular intervention ended here on Sunday.... KARACHI: BCS aptitude test for govt colleges on 27 KARACHI, Jan 19: The centralized aptitude test for admission to Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS) classes in selected city colleges would be held at the D J Science College on Jan... KARACHI: Symposium on proteins KARACHI, Jan 19: Dr Atta-ur-Rahman, chairman Higher Education Commission will inaugurate the seventh symposium on protein structure function relationship here on Monday at a hotel.... KARACHI: Performers at SeaKarnival entertain big crowds KARACHI, Jan 19: A large number of people, accompanied by their children dressed up in colourful clothes, participated in the Karavan SeaKarnival and had fun to their hearts’ content as performers... KARACHI: PTCL monopoly ends, policy for private parties awaited KARACHI, Jan 19: Although the monopoly of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company over basic telephony came to an end last December, the government has not even announced a licensing policy for those... KARACHI: Benazir seeks solution to growers’ problems KARACHI, Jan 19: The Chairperson of Pakistan People’s Party, Benazir Bhutto has expressed grave concern over the plight of sugarcane growers of Sindh caused by the manipulation of its support price... KARACHI: Rs22bn KCR revival plan prepared: Nazim KARACHI, Jan 19: Nazim Karachi Naimatullah Khan has said the investment climate in the country and in the city is quite favourable.... KARACHI: Delivery of petrol pumps’ possession stopped KARACHI, Jan 19: A division bench of the Sindh High Court suspended on Saturday the order of a single judge for delivery of possession of two petrol pumps here at National... KARACHI: Asif’s release on parole demanded KARACHI, Jan 19: The Pakistan Peoples Party has announced that Quran Khwani and Fateha will be held at Bilawal House on Tuesday at 2pm for Begum Amir Bhutto, first wife of... KARACHI: Technology students urged to write research papers KARACHI, Jan 19: Dean Faculty of Engineering, Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET), Dr Syed Enamul Haque, has exhorted the students to start writing research- oriented papers which would... KARACHI: Weather forecast KARACHI, Jan 19: Cloudy weather will persist in almost all the six divisions of the Balochistan province and Sindh with chances of rain/thunderstorm in the Kalat and Quetta divisions during the... KARACHI: Proposals sent to Centre KARACHI, Jan 19: Sindh Minister for Food and Agriculture Arif Mustafa Jatoi has said the federal government has been approached to help overcome the sugarcane-related crisis by resolving the demands being... KARACHI: US plan to attack Iraq condemned KARACHI, Jan 19: The Amir of Tehrik-i-Minhajul Quran, Allama Dastagir Afghani, has warned that following the collapse of Communism, Islam is the target of Jewish and Christian extremists who are out... KARACHI: Trade unions slam IRO KARACHI, Jan 19: Trade unionists have criticised the Industrial Relations Ordinance.... KARACHI: EOBI gives Rs9.475 to pensioners KARACHI, Jan 19: The Employees’ Oldage Benefits Institution (EOBI) has disbursed Rs9.475 billion among the pensioners since its inception.... HYDERABAD: SU classes to begin on 23rd HYDERABAD, Jan 19: The University of Sindh authorities have announced classes of the 2003-2004 session will commence from Jan 23.... HYDERABAD: Traders resent changes in IT scheme HYDERABAD, Jan 19: The All-Pakistan Organisation of Small Traders and Cottage Industries has threatened to launch a country-wide protest campaign if the proposed amendments to the income tax self-assessment scheme are... HYDERABAD: Recovery of 9 members of peasant’s family urged HYDERABAD, Jan 19: A large number of peasants staged a demonstration outside the press club here on Sunday against the kidnapping of nine family members of a Hari, Mannu Bheel, by... HYDERABAD: Participation of ministers slated: G. M. Syed’s birth anniversary HYDERABAD, Jan 19: “ Some ruling politicians are trying to hijack the Jeay Sindh movement while some nationalists are interested in a bargain over the Jeay Sindh politics.”... HYDERABAD: Sindh vital for country’s economy HYDERABAD, Jan 19: Sindh Minister for Excise and Taxation M.A. Rauf Siddiqui said on Saturday that Sindh was Pakistan’s gateway to development and prosperity and if Sindh was not prosperous, the... HYDERABAD: US attack on Iraq opposed HYDERABAD, Jan 19: Activists of the Youth for International Socialism staged a demonstration outside the local press club on Sunday against the impending American attack on Iraq.... HYDERABAD: Villagers’ role in community development stressed HYDERABAD, Jan 19: Writer Prof Abdul Hameed Memon has urged the villagers of Sindh to revive kutchehry culture and play a role in community development.... NAWABSHAH: Growers to stage sit-in on 21st NAWABSHAH, Jan 19: Sugarcane growers of Nawabshaw will block the main railway track and stage a sit-in outside the Habib Sugar Mills gate on Jan 21.... KHAIRPUR: Robbery KHAIRPUR, Jan 19: Some unidentified armed men robbed bus passengers of near Dargah Ubhan Shah in the jurisdiction of the Kot Diji police on Saturday.... HYDERABAD: Murderer gets life term HYDERABAD, Jan 19: The fourth additional district and sessions judge here on Saturday sentenced a man to life imprisonment in a murder case.... PESHAWAR: Improvement in birth registration ratio stressed: Nadra Act and LG Ordinance PESHAWAR, Jan 19: The National Steering Committee for Birth Registration has been recommended to introduce certain amendments under the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) Act and the Local Government Ordinance,... PESHAWAR: Water supply to DP camps resumes PESHAWAR, Jan 19: Water supply to refugees at a settlement in tribal areas has been resumed after negotiations and identification of a different route for tankers, according to the UN information... PESHAWAR: Fate of women crisis centre uncertain PESHAWAR, Jan 19: The campaign launched by the elected members of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal against establishment of a women crisis centre here has put the NWFP government in an awkward position.... PESHAWAR: Residents vow to resist eviction: Regi Lelma village PESHAWAR, Jan 19: A Jirga of the Regi Lelma village on Sunday announced to resist the City Development and Municipal Department (CDMD) move to vacate their residences adjacent to the Karkhano... PESHAWAR: Security tightened on roads leading to tribal areas PESHAWAR, Jan 19: The police have beefed up security on several roads leading to tribal areas to cleanse highway robberies and kidnappings, official sources told Dawn here on Sunday.... PESHAWAR: Fog envelops Peshawar for third day PESHAWAR, Jan 19: Fog enveloped the provincial capital and its adjoining areas for the third consecutive day on Sunday, disrupting air and railway traffic here....

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