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March 4, 2003 Tuesday Zul Hijjah 30, 1423 KARACHI: Police kill 3 suspects in ‘encounters’ KARACHI, March 3: Two suspected bandits were shot dead and their accomplice was injured in Orangi Extension on Monday, in what the police claimed an encounter.... KARACHI: Hearing of SMC students’ plea today KARACHI, March 3: A Sindh High Court division bench advanced on Monday the hearing of the Sindh Medical College (SMC) students’ case to Tuesday following a fresh application moved by them... KARACHI: Water closure for Tuesday KARACHI, March 3: The following localities would go dry on Tuesday under the weekly water-holiday:... KARACHI: Supply from Hub Dam resumes today KARACHI, March 3: Water supply to Karachi from the Hub Dam is being restored on Tuesday after a gap of over four-and-a-half months, amid persisting water crisis in the metropolis.... KARACHI: Woollies are out as mercury dips KARACHI, March 3: The people of Karachi have had to take out their woollies as a cold wave has once again began sweeping the city.... KARACHI: Child run over by tanker KARACHI, March 3: A four-year-old boy died in a road accident in Orangi Town on Monday.... KARACHI: Leaders seek more powers for LGs KARACHI, March 3: Speakers at a seminar here on Monday stressed the need for strengthening the existing local government system and making it more responsive to public demands by delegating more... KARACHI: Anti-polio campaign begins today KARACHI, March 3: Pakistan, getting closer to its target of attaining zero prevalence rate of Polio by June this year, will be launching three-day National Immunization Days programme in the country... KARACHI: Red tape hits animals in zoos, Safari Park KARACHI, March 3: Animals in the Karachi Zoo, Landhi-Korangi Zoo and the Safari Park were not administered routine vaccination last year due to shortage of medicines and lengthy procurement procedures adopted... KARACHI: Govt urged to review expressway project KARACHI, March 3: Ted Anana of Eviction Watch, Asian Coalition for Housing Rights — a Bangkok-based organization, has called upon the authorities to review the Lyari Expressway project.... KARACHI: Liabilities consume most of education budget KARACHI, March 3: Despite allocation of approximately 20 per cent of its annual budget for education, the city government’s education department has failed to achieve any positive results as a major... KARACHI: Students’ week in Gulshan college KARACHI, March 3: Extra-curricular activities play an important role in grooming and training students for holding future responsibilities in a welfare state.... KARACHI: Amateur singers captivate audience KARACHI, March 3: The Manzar Akbar Hall of the Arts Council reverberated with the tuneful sound of Sitar as the music programme of the ongoing Baithak series got under way on... KARACHI: Women’s economic empowerment Stressed KARACHI, March 3: Sindh minister for Population Welfare Dr Saeeda Malik has stressed the need of economic empowerment of the women for alleviating the poverty.... KARACHI: Sir Syed’s role in Muslim history discussed KARACHI: The recent work by Dr Mohammad Ali Siddiqui, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and modernism, was brought under discussion at Irteqa Literary Forum on Sunday. Dr Manzoor Ahmad was in the... KARACHI: Language classes KARACHI, March 3: Italian language classes will begin from March 6 at the Italian language and cultural centre at Karachi University. Italian CG will confer diplomas on successful students of a... KARACHI: Admission date extended KARACHI, March 3: The University of Karachi has extended the last date for admission to first-year BA and BSc (pass), BCom and Home Economics classes up to March 15, with a... KARACHI: 275 science graduates receive degrees KARACHI, March 3: About 275 graduates were conferred BSc and MSc degrees at the 8th convocation of the Federal Urdu Science College here on Monday.... KARACHI: Grants to universities being doubled KARACHI, March 3: The recurring grants of the public sector universities in the country are being doubled over the next two years.... KARACHI: Widespread demos if US attacks Iraq: MMA KARACHI, March 3: Secretary-general, Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, and chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI), Maulana Fazlur Rahman, on Monday warned that in case of a US-led attack on Iraq, people of Pakistan would... KARACHI: SHC sends corruption case back to trial court KARACHI, March 3: The Sindh High Court granted bail on Monday to two more assistant drug controllers prosecuted by the National Accountability Bureau and remanded the cases against them to the... KARACHI: PS chairman pays himself Rs2.6m KARACHI, March 3: The Pakistan Steel Mills has paid to its chairman more than Rs2.6 million as arrears and back benefits for a period from February 1996 to December 2002, it... KARACHI: UN urged to prevent war KARACHI, March 3: The Pakistan People’s Party on Monday condemned the ongoing attempts to restore the so-called peace through war.... KARACHI: LEAs told to remain alert in Muharram KARACHI, March 3: The law enforcing agencies have been directed to remain alert round-the-clock to maintain peace during Muharram in Sindh. The directives were issued at a meeting, presided over by... KARACHI: Witnesses in carbomb case identify Harkat men KARACHI, March 3: The Anti-terrorism Court No 1, headed by Judge Aley Maqbool Rizvi, adjourned on Monday the hearing of the US Consulate carbombing case against the leaders and workers of... KARACHI: Altaf accuses MMA of misleading people KARACHI, March 3: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s London-based chief, Altaf Husain, has asked the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal to solve problems of the people instead of “misleading” them by organizing the so-called million... KARACHI: Acting governor takes oath KARACHI, March 3: Sindh Assembly Speaker Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah on Monday took oath as acting governor of Sindh in the absence of Dr Ishtarul Ibad, who has left for London... HYDERABAD: Sindh govt accused of apathy towards people HYDERABAD, March 3: The fate of the assemblies was being threatened by the Sword of Damocles and the Sindh government was doing nothing to resolve problems of the people.... SUKKUR: Plea to protect girl’s life SUKKUR, March 3: The life of a minor girl, Haseena Chachar, whose forcible marriage was annulled by a court, was in danger as she was being tried to be killed.... THATTA: Slow work leads to power shutdowns THATTA, March 3: The residents of five towns and dozens of villages of Mirpur Bathoro taluka are facing problems due to daily 12 to 16 hours electricity shutdowns.... HYDERABAD: Envoy sees scope for power projects HYDERABAD, March 3: There are a lot of opportunities for setting up hydro-electric power projects in Sindh.... LARKANA: BISE told to provide fees schedule LARKANA, March 3: To settle differences between the Jeay Sindh Students’ Federation activists and employees of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Larkana, the district Nazim talked to the board... JACOBABAD: Woman killed over land row JACOBABAD, March 3: A group of assailants shot dead a woman, Rani, and injured her nephew, Liaquat Sabzoi, by opening indiscriminate fire in Jam Jehan Khan Sabzoi village, Kandhkot taluka on... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: 2 possible polio cases detected NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, March 3: Two children suffering acute flaccid paralysis, a highly possible outcome of polio, were reported on Saturday in the local Civil Hospital....

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