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February 11, 2003 Tuesday Zul Hijjah 9, 1423 KARACHI: Sale by private water tankers goes up KARACHI, Feb 10: As usual, an artificial water shortage has been created by the vested interest on the eve of Eid to give a boost to the sale of water tankers.... KARACHI: IT will be optional subject this year KARACHI, Feb 10: The Sindh government on Monday dropped the holding of the information technology examination as a compulsory subject in the current intermediate examination, authoritative sources said.... KARACHI: Sindh rejects centre’s plea KARACHI, Feb 10: The provincial government has rejected a proposal by the Federal Minister for Industries, Liaquat Ali Jatoi, to withdraw the 0.5 per cent infrastructure development cess on imports, it... KARACHI: Suspect killed in ‘encounter’ KARACHI, Feb 10: A suspected bandit was shot dead and his accomplice was arrested in Federal B Area on Monday, during what the police claimed an encounter.... KARACHI: Speaker summons PA session on 22nd KARACHI, Feb 10: The Sindh Assembly session, requisitioned by the People’s Party Parliamentarians, has been summoned on Feb 22.... KARACHI: Motorcyclist wounded by robbers KARACHI, Feb 10: Motorcycle hijackers shot and wounded a young man and got away with his motorcycle in Buffer Zone late Sunday night.... KARACHI: CM seeks special package for Karachi KARACHI, Feb 10: Sindh Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Mahar has said that he has requested the Prime Minister for a special package for Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur.... KARACHI: Remission KARACHI, Feb 10: Sindh Chief Minister Ali Mohammed Mahar announced on Monday two months’ remission in the sentence to prisoners on the eve of Eidul Azha.—APP... KARACHI: Vitamin-A intake being streamlined KARACHI, Feb. 10: Immunization programmes are currently registered to reach about 80 per cent of the world’s infants each year and efforts are on to further streamline Vitamin A supplementation.... KARACHI: Intellectuals slam US war designs KARACHI, Feb 10: Intellectuals from a cross-section of society have announced their solidarity with the people of Iraq and all those who hate war and love peace.... KARACHI: Ban on cattle markets fails to make impact KARACHI, Feb 10: The city government has failed to check the temporary cattle markets mushrooming across the city. Weeks earlier it had repeatedly announced that it would not allow such markets... KARACHI: President to inaugurate 500-bed hospital KARACHI, Feb 10: President Pervez Musharraf will inaugurate a 500-bed Fatima Hospital in the city on Feb 17.... KARACHI: Aali named dy. Chair Names for Urdu varsity senate finalized KARACHI, Feb 10: The President, who is also the chancellor of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, has appointed Dr Jamiluddin Aali as deputy chairperson of the varsity’s... KARACHI: Edhi appeals for donation of hides KARACHI, Feb 10: The Edhi Foundation has appealed to the people to donate hide and skin of the sacrificial animals to the foundation for the cause of humanity.... KARACHI: Malaria warning system to be established in country KARACHI, Feb 10: The ministry of health, in collaboration with the WHO, is in process of establishing a malaria early warning system (MEWS).... KARACHI: Landfill site KARACHI, Feb 10: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has issued directives for the repair of heavy machinery to be used in landfill sites so that lifting of offal and animal refuse is... KARACHI: Education can help reform individual, society: Ibad KARACHI, Feb 10: The Governor of Sindh, Dr Ishratul Ibad, has said that an appropriate use of education in all walks of life could promote peace and harmony in society and... KARACHI: Disqualified candidates names on ballot papers: High Court directive to EC KARACHI, Feb 10: The Sindh High Court asked the Election Commission on Monday to mention on the ballot papers the names of all three candidates from the province debarred by it... KARACHI: MQM urged not to back establishment KARACHI, Feb 10: Pakistan Peoples Party on Monday warned Muttahida Qaumi Movement against supporting the Establishment on anti-Sindh projects like Kalabagh dam and greater Thal canal and warned that the MQM... KARACHI: Bengali-speaking people threaten protest KARACHI, Feb 10: Speakers at a press conference here on Monday warned that if the authorities did not stop harassing Bengali-speaking Pakistanis immediately, they would launch a protest movement from March... KARACHI: Hearing of case against Lashkar men put off KARACHI, Feb 10: An anti-terrorism court put off on Monday the hearing of a sectarian killing case against Akram Lahori, the chief of the banned Lashkar-i- Jhangvi, and two others as... KARACHI: Show cause for ending apprentices’ contract KARACHI, Feb 10: The Sindh Labour Department (SLD) has issued showcause notice to an industrial concern for prematurely terminating the contract of 26 apprentices, it is learnt.... KARACHI: Towns told to charge cattle entry fees as fixed KARACHI, Feb 10: The Bin Qasim and Malir town committees have been directed to charge and recover cattle entry fees in accordance with the schedules notified by the Sindh government.... KARACHI: Favouritism in railway contracts slammed KARACHI, Feb 10: The Pakistan Railway Workers Federation has expressed concern over awarding dining car contract to one group and ignoring contractors from Sindh, Balochistan and the NWFP.... KARACHI: LLM viva voce from 24th KARACHI, Feb 10: The examinations department, University of Karachi, announced on Monday that viva voce of the LLM final examinations, 2002, would start from Feb 24, at the office of the... KARACHI: Billing function smooth: SSGC KARACHI, Feb 10: In response to a news item in the Feb 9 issue of Dawn, the Sui Southern Gas Company has said that the billing function is running smoothly and... KARACHI: Security beefed up for Eid KARACHI, Feb 10: Sindh police has beefed up security in the city and in other parts of the province on the eve of Eidul Azha to cope with any eventuality.... KARACHI: HU announces MBBS part-I results KARACHI, Feb 10: The examination department of the Hamdard University on Monday announced the results of first professional, MBBS Part-I, annual examination, 2002.... LARKANA: Call to rehabilitate dislocated people: Drought-hit areas LARKANA, Feb 10: The government should conduct accurate surveys to determine the extent of damage in the drought-hit areas of Sindh besides chalking out a rehabilitation plan for the dislocated people.... SUKKUR: SHO suspended for injuring revellers SUKKUR, Feb 10: The DIG, Sukkur Range, Syed Mushtaq Shah, has suspended the SHO, Abdul Hameed Panwhar, of the C-Section police station on Monday on charges assaulting people.... HYDERABAD: Govt asked to ensure payment of cane rate HYDERABAD, Feb 10: The Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party has demanded of the government to ensure payment of sugarcane price of Rs43 per 40kg to growers, fixed by it.... HYDERABAD: Hyderabad Civil Hospital to close laboratory HYDERABAD, Feb 10: The Civil Hospital management has decided to close down its pathology laboratory and merge it into the newly-established Diagnostic and Research Laboratory without seeking permission from the Sindh... HYDERABAD: Dr Schimmel’s services eulogized HYDERABAD, Feb 10: Writers and intellectuals paid rich tribute to renowned international scholar Prof Dr Annemarie Schimmel for her services in the cause of Sindhi literature and culture at a condolence... KHAIRPUR: Growers protest against officials KHAIRPUR, Feb 10: Hundreds of growers held a demonstration on Monday carrying dry crops and by sitting on the dry bed of the Mirwah Canal in protest against the irrigation officials... DADU: Shrine work will be completed soon DADU, Feb 10: The construction work on the shrine of Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar will be completed by next month.... HYDERABAD: CPP-K rally against US designs on Iraq HYDERABAD, Feb 10: The Communist Party of Pakistan (Khaskheli group) staged a rally here on Sunday against the impending US attack on Iraq.... HYDERABAD: Dictionary published HYDERABAD, Feb 10: The Sindhi Language Authority in collaboration with the Sindhika Academy, Karachi, has published a 1024-page the Urdu-Sindhi dictionary containing 50,000 words.... MIRPURKHAS: Govt should not have hopes from US: JI MIRPURKHAS, Feb 10: The deputy chief of Jamaat-i-Islami, Prof Ghafoor Ahmed, has said that the United States is extremely close to India and US Secretary of State Colin Powell has recently...

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