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February 12, 2003 Wednesday Zul Hijjah 10, 1423 KARACHI: Reckless driving claims three lives KARACHI, Feb 11: Reckless driving claimed three lives in the city since late Monday night.... KARACHI: Handsome package for CM’s aides proposed KARACHI, Feb 11: Salaries of an advisor and a special assistant to the chief minister of Sindh would rise up to Rs51,000 and 40,000 per month respectively in addition to other... KARACHI: Admit cards to class X students from 17th KARACHI, Feb 11: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi would start issuing admit cards to science and general group regular students from Feb 17 for SSC part-II (class X) annual examination.... KARACHI: Animal prices fall as cricket gets under way KARACHI, Feb 11: Traffic jams can be witnessed in an around the seasonal markets where sacrificial animals are being sold. Special pickup trucks can be seen carrying animals from the city’s... KARACHI: Speedy disposal of officials’ cases ordered KARACHI, Feb 11: Sindh Chief Secretary K. B. Rind has issued instructions to the provincial secretaries and heads of government departments to dispose of on a priority basis all applications, appeals... KARACHI: Community role in expressway settlement planned KARACHI, Feb 11: The Lyari Expressway Resettlement Project at the Hawkesbay Road has become a unique model of community participation with the involvement of the residents in its day-to-day affairs.... KARACHI: Proper disposal of offal urged KARACHI, Feb 11: The Nazim Karachi, Naimatullah Khan, has appealed to the people not to dispose of animal offal carelessly.... KARACHI: Spirit of sacrifice be obeyed: governor KARACHI, Feb 11: The Governor of Sindh, Dr Ishratul Ibad has said that Pakistan had come into being as a result of the supreme sacrifices by the Muslims of South Asia... KARACHI: 0.5m untested people selling blood KARACHI, Feb 11: About 40 per cent of the annual 1.5 million blood transfusions in Pakistan are not screened for HIV. While screening in the public sector has made progress, private... KARACHI: Pakistan urged to learn from Iraq’s experience KARACHI, Feb 11: Just as Pakistan is today, Iraq was once a close ally of Washington’s. And just like Iraq, the United States may one day demand of Pakistan to disarm... KARACHI: Baby daycare centres proposed KARACHI, Feb 11: Sindh Minister for Population Welfare and Women Development Dr. Saeeda Malik had a meeting with British Deputy High Commissioner David Pearey in his office here on Tuesday and... KARACHI: Community role in education highlighted KARACHI, Feb. 11: MPA Mohammad Younus Barai said on Tuesday that provision of cheap and quality education to the masses is the responsibility of the government.... KARACHI: Private donors contribute Rs202m to Civil Hospital KARACHI, Feb 11: The private sector has poured in Rs 202.61 million as donation for various departments of Civil Hospital Karachi while the government has contributed Rs 86.79 million.... KARACHI: Fair weather KARACHI, Feb 11: The meteorological department has forecast fair weather on Wednesday. The minimum temperature will range up to 16 degrees centigrade.—PPI... SUKKUR: Mahar pledges more funds for education SUKKUR, Feb 11: The Sindh government is trying to improve standard of education at school level and more budget would be allocated for education to achieve this target.... LARKANA: Khuhro fears horse-trading: Senate election LARKANA, Feb 11: Opposition leader in the Sindh Assembly Nisar Khuhro has expressed fear that the horse-trading will take place in the Senate elections.... BADIN: Silence of Sindh govt over water issue slated BADIN, Feb 11: Growers have demanded the compensation for water stolen from the share of Sindh besides criticizing the silence of the provincial government and legislators over the issue.... HYDERABAD: Protest against assault on girl: Police helping accused: relatives HYDERABAD, Feb 11: A group of residents of Allahdad Chand village held a demonstration outside the local press club here on Tuesday against partisan attitude of the Phuleli police regarding kidnapping... MITHI: Appeal for drought relief measures MITHI, Feb 11: Tharis have appealed the government and relief agencies to initiate relief measures on an emergency basis, saying that in the absence of concerted relief efforts, the effects of... DADU: 7,200 bags of wheat go missing DADU, Feb 11: The anti-corruption police raided a wheat godown of the food department at Bolari on Tuesday and found 7,200 bags of wheat missing.... HYDERABAD: Hunger strikes continue HYDERABAD, Feb 11: Different groups of protesters, seeking resolution of their problems, continued to observe token hunger strikes outside the press club here even on the eve of Eidul Azha on... MIRPURKHAS: One killed in shootout MIRPURKHAS, Feb 11: One person was killed and an unspecified number of others were injured on Monday night in a shootout between two groups of the Korai community....

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