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January 31, 2003 Friday Ziqa’ad 27, 1423 KARACHI: New body to find role for MPs in LG affairs KARACHI, Jan 30: The federal government has constituted a 10-member committee, members of which included Local Bodies ministers from all the provinces, with the task to evolve modalities for projects proposed... KARACHI: SMC moves belatedly against 62 students KARACHI, Jan 30: The decision by the Sindh Medical College (SMC) to disown a number of its students, several of them with three to five years of academic career, has sparked... KARACHI: Three youths commit suicide KARACHI, Jan 30: Three young men committed suicide in the city between late Wednesday night and Thursday.... KARACHI: Swedish AC green buses start running KARACHI, Jan 30: Over a dozen Swedish buses have started plying the city roads from Thursday.... KARACHI: Peak-hour ban on heavy vehicles KARACHI, Jan 30: Nazim Karachi Naimatullah Khan has imposed section 144 CrPC, prohibiting movement of heavy vehicles within the limits of the city government from 7 to 10am and 4 to... KARACHI: Two boys die in accidents KARACHI, Jan 30: Two boys died in road accidents in the city on Thursday.... KARACHI: Sindh govt decides to approach NAB: Corruption & maladministration at new Sabzimandi KARACHI, Jan 30: The Sindh government has decided to send cases of reported corruption and mal-administration in new Sabzi Mandi to the National Accountability Bureau in the light of an inquiry... KARACHI: Area patients suffer as hospital closes early KARACHI, Jan 30: Patients going to the Sindh Government Hospital, Liaquatabad, face great problems because most of the hospital departments close at 2pm. The multi-million rupee facility, which could easily be... KARACHI: Transport body wants token system abolished KARACHI, Jan 30: Despite severe criticism against the token system, no conclusive decision could be reached in a joint meeting held here on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Doctors cite lack of resources KARACHI, Jan 30: It’s not that the senior officials of the Sindh Government Hospital Liaquatabad don’t want their institution to run 24 hours a day and seven days a week. They... KARACHI: Private TV productions lose prime time slot KARACHI, Jan 30: Pakistan Television has decided to stop showing private productions during what is known as the prime time slot.... KARACHI: Individuals allowed to keep game animals KARACHI, Jan 30: The Sindh Wildlife Management Board (SWMB) has agreed in principle to allow keeping and grooming of game animals by individuals.... KARACHI: Ban on wicker baskets to be extended to entire harbour KARACHI, Jan 30: A ban on wicker basket, locally known as Chhally, for the transportation of seafood is to be extended to the entire premises of Karachi Fish Harbour on Feb... KARACHI: Seminar on democracy KARACHI, Jan 30: A seminar on ‘Democracy under siege’ will be held at the PMA House at 4.30pm on Saturday, under the auspices of the Forum for Democracy. Prof Ghafoor Ahmed,... KARACHI: SSUET announces BCS results KARACHI, Jan 30: The examination department of the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) on Thursday announced the result of Bachelor of Computer Science (CS), second semester batch, of... KARACHI: Diploma exams KARACHI, Jan 30: The Diploma in Laryngology and Oto-Rhinology, Part I and II, Annual Examinations 2003, will commence from February 7.... KARACHI: Stamp exhibition KARACHI, Jan 30: The Pakistan Post Office is organizing a three-day national exhibition with the collaboration of the Philatelic Federation and Stamps Society of Pakistan... KARACHI: Novel on social reforms launched KARACHI, Jan 30: Aek Qadam Aur, a novel by Begum Akhtar Ghayur, was launched at the Rotary Club on Wednesday. Presided over by the club’s president, the ceremony was addressed by... KARACHI: Man sentenced to 35 years’ RI KARACHI, Jan 30: An additional district and sessions judge, East, Shamshad Qazi, sentenced on Thursday a man to 35 years’ rigorous imprisonment for killing a man and injuring another.... KARACHI: Decomposed body found KARACHI, Jan 30: Partially decomposed body of a young man was recovered from a stormwater drain in Mominabad on Thursday.... KARACHI: Work on four foreign-aided projects under way: Assembly told KARACHI, Jan 30: Work on four foreign-funded projects in road sector is currently under way in Sindh. Under the projects new roads are being constructed and existing ones are repaired or... KARACHI: SHCBA urges govt to clarify position KARACHI, Jan 30: The Sindh High Court Bar Association has urged the government to contradict press reports that if a new oath is administered to the members of the superior judiciary,... KARACHI: Police ASI reinstated KARACHI, Jan 30: The Sindh Service Tribunal reinstated on Thursday an assistant sub-inspector of police who had been dismissed from service by a deputy inspector-general for registering a “false” FIR.... KARACHI: Seminar criticizes US policy KARACHI, Jan 30: If the US is not prepared to change its policies detrimental to the interests of Pakistan, the latter should reverse its pro-US policy and play an effective role... KARACHI: Poll tribunal notice to PPP MPA KARACHI, Jan 30: An election tribunal on Thursday issued notices to PPP MPA Abdul Haq Bhurt and other respondents on an application seeking to restrain him from performing his functions, including... KARACHI: Rs1bn for amenities KARACHI, Jan 30: Chief Minister Sardar Ali Mohammed Mahar has said that an amount of one billion rupees has been allocated under the Khushhal Pakistan Programme for providing basic facilities to... KARACHI: Court notice to police KARACHI, Jan 30: A bench of the Sindh High Court issued notices on Thursday to the advocate-general Sindh, DSP Airport and SHO Sharea Faisal police station for Feb 4.... KARACHI: DFS to pay $6m to CAA: Arbitration award KARACHI, Jan 30: Justice Mushir Alam of the Sindh High Court upheld on Wednesday an arbitration award requiring a duty-free shop concern to pay $6 million to the Civil Aviation Authority.... KARACHI: Applications for refund KARACHI, Jan 30: The Malir Development Authority has received 18,330 applications for refund from allottees against cheques would be issued.... KARACHI: Sacrificial animals KARACHI, Jan 30: The provincial Minister for Local Government, Muhammad Hussain, announced on Thursday that no octroi tax would be levied on sacrificial animals brought in for sale at temporary cattle... HYDERABAD: Compulsory education plan lauded: SU convocation held HYDERABAD, Jan 30: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said conditions at primary and secondary levels should be improved and added the provincial government is alive to this problem and has... HYDERABAD: Students protest against excesses HYDERABAD, Jan 30: A large number of students of the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET) held a demonstration and sit-in at the university gate on Thursday to protest against... HYDERABAD: Call to wind up probe against teachers HYDERABAD, Jan 30: The Taluka City Council (TCC) on Thursday called upon the chief minister, the Sindh governor, and the district Nazim to wind-up the inquiry against 814 women school teachers... HYDERABAD: Ibad to seek special grant for Sindh HYDERABAD, Jan 30: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said the government has allocated Rs500 million to improve the sewerage system and Rs980 million for other development schemes in the district.... HYDERABAD: Taluka bodies interference in UCs affairs criticized HYDERABAD, Jan 30: The majority of members of the Hyderabad District Council, at a session held on Thursday, lashed out at interference of taluka councils in affairs of union councils.... NAWABSHAH: 11 booked for torching trees NAWABSHAH, Jan 30: The police on Wednesday booked 11 persons for burning trees in the forest near Daulatpur.... LARKANA: Retired workers demand pension LARKANA, Jan 30: Workers of various political and social welfare organizations on Wednesday staged a demonstration outside the local press club besides observing a token hunger strike to press the authorities... PESHAWAR: Retirement benefits to LB staff held up PESHAWAR, Jan 30: A number of retired class-IV employees of the defunct Municipal Corporation Peshawar are running from pillar to post to get their retirement benefits, but to no avail.... PESHAWAR: police propose elders’ council PESHAWAR, Jan 30: The police have proposed the formation of local councils, comprising elders and notables to assist in the maintenance of law and order, and their authority should be equal... PESHAWAR: Two cops suspended PESHAWAR, Jan 30: Two police constables were suspended on the charges of conniving at robberies, sources told Dawn on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: Transporters plan strike tomorrow PESHAWAR, Jan 30: The NWFP Public Transport Association will observe a wheel-jam strike on Saturday as talks between officials of the Regional Transport Authority and its representatives on the increase in... PESHAWAR: Inquiry against officials begins PESHAWAR, Jan 30: The home and tribal affairs department has launched an inquiry into the alleged corruption of pay officers in all the law enforcement agencies, sources said here on Thursday....

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