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February 3, 2003 Monday Zilhaj 1, 1423 KARACHI: Rs41m road, sewerage schemes launched KARACHI, Feb 2: Work on a ten-bed hospital and community centre in Hawkesbay truck stand will begin within the next few months, while a meeting of oil tankers’ representatives will soon... KARACHI: Bandits shoot man to death KARACHI, Feb 2: An expatriate was killed in the city on the very day he returned to the country, during an apparent robbery in Soldier Bazaar on Sunday.... KARACHI: 38 cars, 87 motorcycles taken away in one week KARACHI, Feb 2: One hundred and twenty-five vehicles - 38 cars and 87 motorcycles - were either hijacked or stolen in the past one week in the city, the police said.... KARACHI: School health service being relaunched KARACHI, Feb 2: The Sindh government has planned to reorganize and implement the much-neglected School Health Service (SHS) from the next academic session.... KARACHI: Reckless driving claims three lives KARACHI, Feb 2: Reckless driving claimed three lives in the city on Sunday. The police said two teenage boys riding a motorcycle died... KARACHI: Provision of medicines to be ensured KARACHI, Feb 2: Sindh Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Khan Mahar said on Sunday the government was making efforts on an emergency basis to ensure provision of medicines and equipment to district... KARACHI: Philanthropists donate Rs20m for oncology facility KARACHI, Feb 2: The Aga Khan University took a big step towards realizing its dream of setting up a well-equipped oncology services facility when it managed to raise Rs20 million at... KARACHI: 600 large-size buses to run in city by Dec: 400 bus stops to be built KARACHI, Feb 2: The number of jumbo-size buses being introduced in the city under the urban transport scheme by the city government in the private sector will go up to 600... KARACHI: Govt urged to seek NGOs’ help for better education KARACHI, Feb 2: Speakers at a meeting on Saturday urged the authorities to review curriculums, provide training to teachers and work with nongovernmental organizations, so that education standard could be improved.... KARACHI: MVT’s record to be computerized KARACHI, Feb 2: The entire Motor Vehicle Tax (MVT) record would be completely computerized, said Provincial Minister for Excise and Taxation, Rauf Siddiqi, at a radio press conference on Sunday.... KARACHI: Iranian revolution KARACHI, Feb 2: Sindh Minister for Excise and Taxation Abdul Rauf Siddiqui has paid tribute to the martyrs of Islamic revolution in Iran.... KARACHI: Minister visits Mehdi Hasan KARACHI, Feb 2: Provincial Minister of Labour Adil Siddiqui, City Nazim Naimatullah Khan and Chief Secretary K. B. Rind visited the residence of renowned singer Mehdi Hasan on Sunday to inquire... KARACHI: Procedure of mutation KARACHI, Feb 2: Sindh Chief Secretary K.B. Rind has asked the local government department to simplify the procedure of mutation and transfer of plots.... KARACHI: Paintings exhibition KARACHI, Feb 2: An exhibition of paintings by Mohammad Shafique opens at the Sabuha art gallery on Monday at 5pm.... KARACHI: Chinese consumer goods flood local markets KARACHI, Feb 2: Chinese goods have become a nightmare for every industrialist of the world and Pakistan is not an exception, as goods worth Rs35.3 billion were imported through official channel... KARACHI: Ulema warn US against attack on Iraq KARACHI, Feb 2: Religious scholars, speaking at the ulema convention held here on Sunday, warned the United States against attacking Iraq saying that any aggression against that country would tantamount to... KARACHI: Politicians, intellectuals vow to resist govt moves KARACHI, Feb 2: Politicians and intellectuals at a seminar, Democracy In Chains’ lashed out at the present government’s policies and vowed to resist them. They observed that the policies were detrimental... KARACHI: Report on Gwadar master plan full of errors KARACHI, Feb 2: The preliminary report meant for the preparation of a master plan for Gwadar town, intended to be converted into a model city having modern and high-standard civic, commercial... KARACHI: PPP changes structure at ward level KARACHI, Feb 2: Faced with criticism in the post-election situation owing to the emergence of turncoats, the Pakistan Peoples Party has replaced the party structure at the ward level in the... KARACHI: Encroachment on road KARACHI, Feb 2: Shopkeepers and squatter vendors have encroached upon both sides of the main road from the Valika Hospital to Bacha Khan chowk, causing traffic jams and immense problems to... KARACHI: Institute praised KARACHI, Feb 2: Sindh Chief Secretary, K.B. Rind, has praised the Institute of Business Management for the quality of education being imparted by it.... KARACHI: Dawn staffer dies KARACHI, Feb 2: Asim Ali Siddiqui, a staffer in Dawn’s reading section, died on Saturday night. He was suffering from Hepatitis C. He was 52. He leaves behind a wife and... KARACHI: Solidarity rally KARACHI, Feb 2: A rally will be held outside the Mausoleum of the Quaid-i-Azam under the aegis of the city government to commemorate Kashmir Solidarity Day on Wednesday.—APP... KARACHI: Anti-US demo held KARACHI, Feb 2: Speakers at a demonstration on Sunday warned the authorities against providing any assistance to the United States in its possible aggression against Iraq.... DADU: Political interference behind slow uplift work DADU, Fab 2: Corrupt officials and political interference were affecting the pace of work on the development schemes in the Dadu district, including the Khushhal Pakistan Programme, the Drought Emergency Relief... SUKKUR: MMA will never accept LFO: JUI SUKKUR, Feb 2: The secretary general, Jamiat-i-Ulema-i-Islam, Dr Khalid Mehmood Soomro, has said that the MMA would never accept the LFO and referendum, and advised President Gen Musharraf to take off... HYDERABAD: Farmers seek delay in loan recovery HYDERABAD, Feb 2: The Sindh Abadgar Board has urged the provincial government to postpone the recovery of bank loans from growers to help them overcome the losses of Rs50 billion sustained... DADU: Hepatitis-B claims two lives DADU, Feb 2: Two men died of hepatitis-B in two villages of Khairpur Nathan Shah taluka on Sunday.... HYDERABAD: Wapda workers want bonuses HYDERABAD, Feb 2: The Pakistan Wapda Employees’ Pegham Union has demanded of Wapda authorities to announce two bonuses for employees and restore generation and hardship allowances.... HYDERABAD: Shortage of water deplored HYDERABAD, Feb 2: The Sindh Hari Committee has said that the rulers are destroying the agriculture sector of Sindh, the water of the River Indus is being stolen, and tens of... KHAIRPUR: Sugar mills ignore local growers KHAIRPUR, Feb 2: Growers of Gambat and Khuhra staged a protest demonstration on Khuhra-Ripri link road near here on Sunday against the sugar mill managements.... HYDERABAD: Agriculture varsity demanded HYDERABAD, Feb 2: The Balochistan Students Action Committee, Sindh Agriculture University, Tando Jam, has demanded setting up of an agriculture university in Balochistan.... SUKKUR: Security of gas pipeline in Kandhkot discussed SUKKUR, Feb 2: A meeting of the police was held in Kandhkot on Sunday to review law and order situation in Jacobabad district, with reference to safety of gas pipeline in... SHIKARPUR: Three men kidnapped near Shikarpur SHIKARPUR, Feb 2: Three passengers of a wagon were kidnapped by six armed bandits on Garhi Yasin-Larkana road near Longani village on Saturday night....

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