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February 25, 2003 Tuesday Zul Hijjah 23, 1423 KARACHI: 31 SMC students allowed to take exam KARACHI, Feb 24: A division bench of the Sindh High Court allowed about 31 expelled students of the Sindh Medical College on Monday to appear in their ensuing fourth and final... KARACHI: KESC fails to explain power breakdowns KARACHI, Feb 24: Power failures continued to occur on Monday as the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation failed to explain why the city was experiencing electricity shutdowns despite the fact that summer... KARACHI: Five declared absconders in carbomb case KARACHI, Feb 24: Five accused in the bomb blast near the Sheraton Hotel that had killed 13 people, including 10 Frenchmen, and injured 23 others, were declared absconders by Judge Feroz... KARACHI: Five declared absconders in carbomb case KARACHI, Feb 24: Five accused in the bomb blast near the Sheraton Hotel that had killed 13 people, including 10 Frenchmen, and injured 23 others, were declared absconders by Judge Feroz... KARACHI: 90 men found abandoned on island KARACHI, Feb 24: Ninety Pakistani job seekers were rescued by a patrolling unit of Pakistan Navy which spotted them stranded on a barren island some 270kms west of Karachi.... KARACHI: Afghan, two others murdered KARACHI, Feb 24: Three bodies were found in various parts of the city on Monday.... KARACHI: MQM-H files contempt petition KARACHI, Feb 24: Mohajir Quami Movement (Haqiqi) leader and MNA Mehmood Ahmed Qureshi on Monday filed contempt of court petition against chief controller of buildings, director-general rangers, and others before Judicial... KARACHI: Heroin kills hundreds of addicts every year KARACHI, Feb 24: As many as 800 bodies of heroin addicts were collected from the streets of the metropolis in 2002 as against 375 in the previous year.... KARACHI: 33pc interned women not produced in courts KARACHI, Feb 24: The authorities failed to produce around 33 per cent of the inmates of the Karachi Women Prison, belonging to the interior of the province, in courts last month.... KARACHI: Water supply position grim KARACHI, Feb 24: Despite restoration of normal water supply from Dhabeji phase-III pumping house to the city, there has been no let up in the water shortage persisting for the last... KARACHI: Shah Faisal flyover to be ready by Aug 14 KARACHI, Feb 24: Over 70 per cent work on Shah Faisal flyover has been completed and hopefully, the project will be completed before August 14.... KARACHI: Nazim opposes privatization of colleges KARACHI, Feb 24: The City Nazim, Naimatullah Khan, has opposed privatization of educational institutions, saying that it would further deteriorate educational system.... KARACHI: Skin diseases on the rise KARACHI, Feb 24: Lack of adequate funds at a majority of local government health care units to procure relevant medicines, including the most-cost effective sulphur ointment, to treat scabies is adding... KARACHI: Qazi Khuda Bakhsh remembered KARACHI, Feb 24: Glowing tributes were paid to the life and services of late Qazi Khuda Bakhsh, the first Muslim mayor of Karachi, at a ceremony held here on Sunday night... KARACHI: Six roads marked for bus lanes KARACHI, Feb 24: Transport and Communication department of the city district government has completed its survey regarding the bus lanes in the city, said a press release of the department.... KARACHI: Ban on jobs to go soon, says minister KARACHI, Feb 24: Provincial Education Minister Irfanullah Khan Marwat said that the Sindh government would lift the ban on recruitment by the end of the month and youths would be offered... KARACHI: Malaria kills 1m people annually KARACHI, Feb 24: Malaria kills one million people, usually children, throughout the world while over 300 million are affected by the disease.... KARACHI: No classes at KU on 28th, March 1 KARACHI, Feb 24: The morning classes and public dealing at Karachi University will remain suspended on Feb 28 and March 1 in the wake of the varsity’s convocation on March 1.... KARACHI: Two men get death for boy’s kidnapping KARACHI, Feb 24: An anti-terrorism court sentenced on Monday two men to death for kidnapping a boy for ransom.... KARACHI: No major setbacks in race for Senate seats: Opposition loses two seats KARACHI, Feb 24: The ruling alliance once again proved its supremacy over the opposition by getting elected all of its 14 candidates in the elections for the Sindh seats of Senate... KARACHI: Strategy for MMA’s march reviewed KARACHI, Feb 24: A meeting of the office-bearers of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP), held on Sunday to review the arrangements for ‘Million March’, organized by the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on March 2,... KARACHI: Hawkesbay residents get power supply KARACHI, Feb 24: KESC has started supplying electricity to the residents of Lyari Expressway re-settlement project.... KARACHI: KU students protest Al-Falah killings KARACHI, Feb 24: A large number of students at the University of Karachi on Monday staged a protest demonstration against the killing of nine people in Al-Falah Society, Malir, on Saturday.... KARACHI: Drug problem major threat: ANF chief KARACHI, Feb 24: Maj-Gen Zafar Abbas, D-G Anti-Narcotics Force has said that drug problem with its multiple aspects is a major threat to society and is steadily trapping almost all social... KARACHI: Govt agrees to raise transport fares KARACHI, Feb 24: Transporters in the city have called off their strike scheduled for Feb 27 against increase in POL prices after Sindh Minister for Transport Adil Siddiqui in a meeting... KARACHI: ‘Distortions’ in poll process irks Jabbar KARACHI, Feb 24: The Senior Vice President of Millat Party, Javed Jabbar, said on Monday that the party and alliance-related factors, as well as non-party factors which caused ‘severe distortions in... KARACHI: Prof Safdar laid to rest KARACHI, Feb 24: The principal of Government Degree College, Malir Cantt, Prof Safdar Iqbal Malik, was buried at the Federal B. Area graveyard on Monday.... KARACHI: Anti-war rally KARACHI, Feb 24: A rally against impending US war on Iraq would be held on Feb 28 outside the press club here. The rally has been organized by the Citizens Committee... KARACHI: Poll petitions KARACHI, Feb 24: The election tribunal, headed by Justice Ghulam Rabbani of Sindh High Court has permitted Dr. Abdul Wahid Soomro to serve notice on respondents through press and fixed the... HYDERABAD: Role of open varsity highlighted HYDERABAD, Feb 24: University degrees without real education and knowledge are not worth even the paper they are printed on.... HYDERABAD: SU to coordinate with Japanese university HYDERABAD, Feb 24: The University of Sindh and Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences (NUAS), Japan, will sign an inter-linkage programme for benefit of scholars and students of the two institutions.... HYDERABAD: MPAs urged to reject projects on Indus HYDERABAD, Feb 24: The Sindh Abadgar Board has demanded of members of the Sindh Assembly to reject all water and power projects that may be planned on the River Indus.... HYDERABAD: Dadu village hit by disease HYDERABAD, Feb 24: Sixteen people, most of them children, died of a mysterious disease in a village in the Dadu district during the last few days.... HYDERABAD: Karachi killings condemned HYDERABAD, Feb 24: The Islami Tehrik Pakistan, Hyderabad district, held protest meetings on Sunday at the central Imam Bargha Shah Najaf and Qadamgah Maula Ali to condemn the killing of 10... MITHI: Woman appeals for justice MITHI, Feb 24: A handicapped woman of the Bheel community, Poona Bai, has appealed to the government, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and the district administration, Tharparkar, to provide... MIRPURKHAS: Students told to appear in tests MIRPURKHAS, Feb 24: The district government has made it compulsory for students of class-IX and X to appear in preliminary tests, scheduled to be conducted from Feb 25, ahead of their...

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