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February 7, 2003 Friday Zul Hijjah 5,1423 KARACHI: No change in Senate candidates’ list KARACHI, Feb 6: There has been no change in the list of eligible candidates for the Senate elections as no appeal against the rejection of nomination papers has been accepted and... KARACHI: Govt in a fix over making IT compulsory KARACHI, Feb 6: Two high level meetings at the provincial Education Department on Thursday failed to take a decision on introducing Information Technology as a compulsory subject in colleges at intermediate... KARACHI: Ombudsman moves to monitor meat quality KARACHI, Feb 6: The provincial Ombudsman, Justice Haziqul Khairi, following a complaint filed by an NGO, Shehri, convened a meeting here with respect to the sale of unhygienic meat. The meeting... KARACHI: Businessman kidnapped KARACHI, Feb 6: A young businessman was kidnapped in Gadap late Wednesday night.... KARACHI: Nurses most oppressed group in health sector KARACHI, Feb 6: In the country’s health-care sector, particularly the state-owned part of it, nurses are the most oppressed group of people. The authorities pay them meagre salaries and the doctors... KARACHI: Fire in factory KARACHI, Feb 6: A huge fire broke out in an oil filter manufacturing factory at Site on Thursday morning.... KARACHI: Theology teacher shot dead, another injured KARACHI, Feb 6: Armed assailants attacked two theology teachers at an interval of five minutes in Joharabad on Thursday night. One of them died, and the other was critically injured.... KARACHI: City Council slams govt official over honorarium KARACHI, Feb 6: The city district council strongly criticized on Wednesday the language of a letter written by an official of the Sindh local government in which the provincial local councils... KARACHI: PML seeks withdrawal of IRO KARACHI, Feb 6: Expressing solidarity with the trade unions on the issue of Industrial Relations Ordinance-2002, the Pakistan Muslim League (N) has demanded its immediate withdrawal.... KARACHI: Steps to curb crimes outlined KARACHI, Feb 6: Sindh National Front chairman Sardar Mumtaz Ali Bhutto said on Thursday that the debate on law and order in the Sindh Assembly had failed to produce any positive... KARACHI: Ghost schools to be made functional KARACHI Feb 6: Sindh education minister Irfanullah Khan Marwat said on Thursday that unutilized school buildings in Sindh would be properly utilized and the EDOs would submit a report of such... KARACHI: Appeals against Udeshi’s conviction rejected KARACHI, Feb 6: Two appeals moved by former Sindh land utilization secretary Ramesh Udeshi against his conviction were dismissed while one was accepted by the Sindh High Court’s accountability appellate bench... KARACHI: Haqiqi leader remanded KARACHI, Feb 6: A judicial magistrate remanded the central information secretary of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement, who was arrested a couple of days ago, in judicial custody on Thursday.... KARACHI: Court notice to govt on election petitions KARACHI, Feb 6: A division bench of the Sindh High Court issued notices to the Election Commission and a federal government law officer for Friday on two writ petitions moved by... KARACHI: New force to check use of banned fishing nets KARACHI, Feb 6: Sindh minister for livestock and fisheries Manzoor Ali Panhwar said on Thursday that the government wanted to discourage the use of prohibited fishing nets in the province to... KARACHI: UAE diplomat KARACHI, Feb 6: UAE consul-general Mohammad Abdullah Amir Alfalassi on Thursday called upon the Chief Minister of Sindh, Sardar Ali Muhammad Mahar, at the CM House.... KARACHI: Order on students’ petitions reserved KARACHI, Feb 6: A division bench of the Sindh High Court on Thursday reserved its judgment on a number of petitions moved by more than 38 students facing expulsion from Sindh... KARACHI: New DCO of Karachi KARACHI, Feb 6: Mir Hussain Ali has been posted DCO of Karachi vice Shafiqur Rahman Paracha who stands retired on Feb 7 on attaining the age of superannuation.... KARACHI: Iraq-US crisis KARACHI, Feb 6: The Department of International Relations, University of Karachi, is organizing a seminar on “Iraq-US Crisis: Implications for Pakistan” on Feb 8 under its programme on Peace Studies and... KARACHI: ‘Right emotions’ prerequisite to success KARACHI, Feb 6: To improve productivity and make life more enjoyable, one needs to adopt a balanced way of life, for which one needs to be healthy , well-fed and filled... HYDERABAD: Workers slam contract system, retrenchment: Sugar mills HYDERABAD, Feb 6: The Sindh Sugar Mills Trade Unions’ Federation (SSMTUF) has criticized the large-scale retrenchment of workers from the mills and non-payment of salaries and allowances to workers.... DADU: Shortage of water hits wheat crop in Dadu DADU, Feb 6: The shortage of water has affected wheat and vegetable crops in different parts of Dadu district.... LARKANA: 20th day of pensioners’ protest LARKANA, Feb 6: Workers of the Pakistan Labour Federation, Hotel Workers’ Union, pensioners of the defunct Larkana Municipal Corporation and the Sindh Social and Cultural Organization staged separate rallies to press... SUKKUR: Two die in exchange of fire SUKKUR, Feb 6: Two people, including a dacoit, were killed when nine dacoits barged into a house whose residents offered resistance in Khanpur, Shikarpur district, on Wednesday night.... HYDERABAD: Two policemen held for torture HYDERABAD, Feb 6: A sub-inspector and a Lance Naik were arrested on Thursday for torturing a man, Dur Mohammad, in detention and misuse of authority.... BADIN: Woman killed by father-in-law over Karo-kari BADIN, Feb 5: A woman, Kaz Bano, was killed on Tuesday by her father-in-law on the pretext of Karo-Kari in the Esso Soomro village, Matli taluka.... HYDERABAD: Drivers protest colleague’s murder HYDERABAD, Feb 6: Hundreds of rickshaw drivers staged a protest rally here on Thursday against the murder of a rickshaw driver, Naimatullah Khan.... KHAIRPUR: Demo against police officials KHAIRPUR, Feb 6: A large number of people, activists of shopkeepers’ associations, and social workers of Razidero, Gambat Taluka, held a demonstration for the second consecutive day on Thursday in protest... HYDERABAD: NLF rejects IRO 2002 HYDERABAD, Feb 6: National Labour Federation (NLF) provincial president Rana Mehmood Ali Khan has said the Industrial Relations Ordinance, 2002, is anti-workers.... HYDERABAD: Plea to stop work on housing scheme HYDERABAD, Feb 6: A group of women of the Parihar community, belonging to Gul Mohammad Parihar goth, have threatened to commit self-immolation on Feb 10 if the work on Mir Hassanabad... NAWABSHAH: Salary demanded NAWABSHAH, Feb 6: The Nawabshah taluka council employees here on Thursday boycotted their work and locked up their offices in protest against non-payment of salary.... KARACHI: Measles strikes again, 3,000 cases reported KARACHI, Feb 6: The measles virus has once again struck the city In the last week of December 2002, and in January this year, some 3000 children were registered in the major teaching hospitals.... KARACHI: Mock mushaira planned KARACHI, Feb 6: A mock Mushaira of some of those poets who are no more alive will be held on March 2 under the aegis of the monthly Zarafat, says a... KARACHI: Spring Festival at Keenjhar lake next week KARACHI, Feb 6: The forthcoming Sindh Spring Festival, being organized at the Keenjhar Lake from Feb 14-16, and other tourism promotion programmes in Sindh came under discussion at a meeting of... KARACHI: Moot on physics education KARACHI, Feb 6: The second international conference on physics education will be held under the auspicious of University of Karachi, the National Centre of Physics, Islamabad, and Centre of Physics Education,... KARACHI: Ownership of govt quarters demanded KARACHI, Feb 6: The Action Committee for Rehabilitation of Government Employees has warned that it would launch a campaign if the government continued to dishonour its commitment to grant ownership rights... KARACHI: SBTE exams KARACHI, Feb 6: The Sindh Board of Technical Education, Karachi, has announced that the following dates have been fixed for receipt of examination forms and fee for candidates of technical school... KARACHI: Sadequain awards KARACHI, Feb 6: The city government will distribute Sadequain awards on Friday at the Sadequain gallery in Frere Hall.... KARACHI: KU announces results KARACHI, Feb 6: The University of Karachi on Thursday announced the results of second, third and fourth year BS in Physiotherapy (New course supplementary examinations-2002.... KARACHI: STBB wants books published by 10th KARACHI, Feb 6: The Sindh Text Book Board on Thursday directed all allocated publishers that books of Class-I to V for 2003-04 given to them for publishing be handed to board... KARACHI: BSE forms KARACHI, Feb 6: The Board of Secondary Education, Karachi, would accept the examination forms of SSC Part-I (Class IX) and Part-II (Class X) regular or ex-students of SSC annual examination-2003 science... KARACHI: ISPR exam KARACHI, Feb 6: The Inter-Services Public Relations has announced the result of written examination for the posts of assistant directors held at various centres.—PPI... KARACHI: Need to see beyond family planning stressed: Workshop on population issues opens KARACHI, Feb 6: A two-day advocacy workshop on “Population Development and Issues” organized by the federal ministry of population welfare, in collaboration with the United Nations Fund For Population Activities (UNFPA),... KARACHI: Tasadaq Sohail at Canvas KARACHI, Feb 6: An exhibition of paintings by Tasadaq Sohail will open at the Canvas art gallery on Friday, says a press release.... KARACHI: Seminar KARACHI, Feb 6: A seminar on depression and its treatment will be held on Saturday at 2pm at the Psychiatric & Hypnotherapy Institute.... KARACHI: Chitra Pritam at Momart KARACHI, Feb 6: An exhibition of pen and ink drawings by Chitra Pritam will open at the Momart gallery on Friday. The exhibition will continue till Feb 20....

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