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March 5, 2003 Wednesday Muharram 1, 1424 KARACHI: Water supply from Hub Dam resumes KARACHI, March 4: The city on Tuesday once again started getting water from the Hub source after a gap of about four months.... KARACHI: People not satisfied with police performance: Cabinet’s observation KARACHI, March 4: The police have failed to come up to the expectations of the masses and get their confidence, as people are not satisfied with the law and order situation,... KARACHI: Rupture repaired KARACHI, March 4: Water supply to all those localities where the Water and Sanitation Department had applied a two-day weekly water closure (Monday and Tuesday) has been restored following completion of... KARACHI: Nazim warns against meddling KARACHI, March 4: Expressing resentment over transfers being made in the city government and the police department without his consent, the city Nazim Naimatullah Khan has cautioned that all development works... KARACHI: Bandits kill man KARACHI, March 4: Bandits shot dead a man in Malir late Monday night The police said armed men entered the house of Haji Faqir Mohammed, aged 60, in Goonga goth, Malir City. As the bandits were collecting valuables, he raised alarm..... KARACHI: Suspect in cops killing case identified KARACHI, March 4: The alleged killer of two police officials at the police picket next to the US Consulate was identified on Tuesday by a sanitary worker during an identification parade... KARACHI: Legal body KARACHI, March 4: The Sindh government has constituted a legal/consultative committee, headed by A. Q. Halepota.... KARACHI: Park built on encroached land KARACHI, March 4: A children’s park has been built illegally on the municipal footpath near Hoti Market in Ranchore Line, Saddar Town.... KARACHI: Enrolment in govt schools declining KARACHI, March 4: The government-run primary schools in the city enrolled about 20 per cent of the total population in the age group of 4-9 years, an official report said.... KARACHI: Literary writings evaluated KARACHI: The literary committee of the Arts Council of Pakistan resumed its regular sittings after a year’s lapse, on March 2, with its chairman Naqqash Kazmi as the moderator.... KARACHI: Army to build model park at old Sabzimandi KARACHI, March 4: The Pakistan Army will gift a model park, proposed to be built at the old Sabzi Mandi on the University Road, to the people of Karachi, Corps Commander... KARACHI: Teachers observe black day today KARACHI, March 4: On the call of the Federation of All Pakistan University Academic Staff Association (KUTS) will observe a black day on Wednesday against the Model University Ordinance at the... KARACHI: Bahria College wins elocution competition KARACHI, March 4: Fatima Shakeel of the Bahria College Islamabad won the annual English speaking competition held at a local hotel on Monday evening.... KARACHI: Dry weather KARACHI, March 4: The meteorological department has forecast dry weather with a cold night for Karachi on Wednesday with a minimum temperature of 9 to 11 degrees centigrade.—PPI... KARACHI: Six DHA grid stations energized KARACHI, March 4: The energizing and commissioning of six grid stations marked the completion of the electrification project of the Defence Housing Authority Sector ‘A’ Phase VIII.... KARACHI: HU MBBS exams schedule KARACHI, March 4: The examinations department of the Hamdard University has announced the schedule of theory and practical exams of First Professional MBBS (part-II).... KARACHI: Polio cases KARACHI, March 4: Despite a large number of polio crash programmes, Pakistan still remains the third country with highest prevalence rate of polio cases, and Sindh tops the four provinces.... KARACHI: Special security steps for Muharram KARACHI, March 4: The police have been put on high alert to ensure peace and tranquillity in the city during Muharram.... KARACHI: Reshuffle in education department KARACHI, March 4: In a major reshuffle after the takeover by the coalition in the province, three District Executive Officers (Education) have been transferred/posted at Karachi, Jacobabad and Naushehro Feroz.... KARACHI: Hearing of kidnapping for ransom case put off KARACHI, March 4: The Anti-terrorism Court No. 3, headed by Judge Arshad Noor Khan, put off on Tuesday the hearing of a kidnapping for ransom case after the statements of the... KARACHI: Sindh govt stable, says SDA chief KARACHI, March 4: President Sindh Democratic Alliance (SDA) and Provincial Minister, Imtiaz Shaikh, on Tuesday reiterated that Sindh government would continue its efforts to get due share from the NFC award... KARACHI: Control room set up to deal with complaints KARACHI, March 4: The city government has set up a control room in the Civic Centre to attend to public complaints with regard to civic amenities such as water, sewerage, electricity... KARACHI: SHC disposes of medical students’ application KARACHI, March 4: The Sindh High Court disposed of on Tuesday as withdrawn an application moved by students of Sindh Medical College whose admissions the college has cancelled for permission to... KARACHI: APNS function on 18th KARACHI, March 4: The annual award ceremony of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) will now be held in the city on March 18.... KARACHI: Action against marriage halls KARACHI, March 4: The Karachi Building Control Authority has taken notice of continued commercial activities on plots reserved for residential and other purposes and decided to initiate action against all illegally... KARACHI: Court notice to MNC KARACHI, March 4: A division bench of the Sindh High Court issued notices on Tuesday to Lever Brothers Pakistan, the secretary home and others for March 30, on a petition filed... KARACHI: Proper antenatal care a must KARACHI, March 4: Forty-four per cent of local women expecting babies are reportedly denied quality food, a prerequisite for both mother and baby.... KARACHI: Seminar KARACHI, March 4: The Microbiology Department of Karachi University has organized a seminar on ‘Global Burden of Infectious Diseases Surveillance’ to be held on March 6. An announcement of the department... NAWABSHAH: PML-Q workers disrupt hospital meeting, beat MS NAWABSHAH, March 4: Some workers of the PML-Q (youth wing) on Monday went to the Taluka Hospital Sakrand and disrupted a meeting which was going on between the medical superintendent and... SUKKUR: Jirga fines policeman for killing villager SUKKUR March 4: A Jirga held in Kandhkot on Monday imposed Rs250,000 fine on a police constable, Pir Bukhsh Sanjrani, for killing a villager, Nihal Lashari.... DADU: School found closed during working hours DADU, March 4: A team of the district administration paid surprise visits to the Government Middle Schools for Boys and the Government Middle School for Girls, Amri, on Tuesday.... THATTA: Arrest warrants for PPP activists THATTA, March 4: The civil judge and first civil magistrate, Mirpur Bathoro, has issued non-bailable warrants of arrest against former PPP MNA Arbab Wazir Ahmed Memon, the vice president, PPP, Sujawal... HYDERABAD: ATC awards 32-year jail term to two kidnappers HYDERABAD, March 4: The Anti-Terrorism Court Judge, Hyderabad, Syed Ali Ashraf Shah, on Tuesday awarded 32 years of imprisonment each to two accused in a kidnapping-for-ransom case, police encounter and arms... MIRPURKHAS: Walkout staged in dist council session MIRPURKHAS, March 4: A group of members of the Mirpurkhas District Council boycotted the council’s session on Monday to protest against poor sanitary conditions in different towns of the district and... HYDERABAD: Elimination of forced labour urged HYDERABAD, March 4: Speakers at a seminar on “Effects of Forced Labour on Agriculture”, held here the other day, observed the agriculture sector would receive an impetus if peasants were allowed... SUKKUR: Drive against polio begins SUKKUR March 4: District Naib Nazim Iqbal Dawood inaugurated the three-day anti-polio campaign by administering polio drops to children at the Anwar Piracha Hospital here on Tuesday.—Correspondent...

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