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March 9, 2003 Sunday Muharram 5, 1424 KARACHI: Govt urged to provide free dialysis facility KARACHI, March 8: The Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, which at present performs three transplant operations a week, could carry out at least four transplant surgeries a day if the... KARACHI: Women should join hands with men for rights: seminar KARACHI, March 8: The solution to woman’s problems does not involve conflict with man and opposition to him, but the solution lies in adopting a positive attitude and creating an understanding... KARACHI: History of war, peace movements traced KARACHI, March 8: Historian Dr Mubarak Ali traced the history of war and peace movements from olden times to the present day in a lecture delivered on Saturday.... KARACHI: Students condemn harassment KARACHI, March 8: Workers and students belonging to the Progressive Youth Front on Saturday staged a demonstration in front of Karachi Press Club against the manhandliling of some KU students associated... KARACHI: CPNE seeks help for ailing editor KARACHI, March 8: The General Secretary of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors, Mahmudul Aziz, has urged the Sindh chief minister to order complete medical treatment of ailing senior newspaper editor... KARACHI: Present setup may not last, says Imran KARACHI, March 8: Imran Khan, chairman, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, has said that the present system in which “Legal Framework Order” has been made part of the 1973 Constitution, cannot survive because the... KARACHI: Regularization KARACHI, March 8: The recommendations regarding regularization of private schools functioning in residential areas as framed in a meeting of EDO Education Prof Anwarzai with the officials of the city district... KARACHI: Committee surveying Hawkesbay land KARACHI, March 8: The survey department of the Board of Revenue, in its report to the Ombudsman, Justice Haziqul Khairi, has informed that a four-member committee has been constituted, with a... KARACHI: Moot on head and neck injury KARACHI, March 8: The participants of a workshop were told about techniques of head and neck surgery by foreign experts on Friday.... KARACHI: Activists demand end to gender discrimination KARACHI, March 8: A large number of people, an overwhelming majority of them women, assembled at the Press Club on Saturday afternoon to celebrate the International Women’s Day, that is observed... KARACHI: Quality education for deaf demanded KARACHI, March 8: Speakers at a seminar on Saturday demanded that handicapped people in general and deaf persons in particular be given their due rights including proper opportunities to quality education... KARACHI: KU exams schedule KARACHI, March 8: The Bachelor of Physical Education (BPEd) supplementary examination 2002 will commence on March 17, said a University of Karachi notification on Saturday.... KARACHI: Adolescents not aware of reproductive health rights KARACHI, March 8: Change in the attitude of society and families is needed to enable youth to play their role in making decisions about health, education and career goals.... KARACHI: Celebration in central prison KARACHI, March 8: Justice (retd) Nasir Aslam Zahid, in view of the plight of women inmates of the prisons in the country, plans to initiate a project for their rehabilitation in... PESHAWAR: NGOs discuss role of women in development PESHAWAR, March 8: Though various NGOs in the NWFP observed the International Women’s Day by organizing seminars, meetings and displaying banners on Saturday in the city, womenfolk at large still remained... HYDERABAD: Hospital, courts in jail recommended HYDERABAD, March 8: A judicial complex and a hospital should be established in the Hyderabad central jail premises to ensure legal and medical facilities to its inmates.... PESHAWAR: Stranded Chitralis leave for home PESHAWAR, March 8: Over 300 Chitral residents, stranded here for many days, left Peshawar on Saturday in a motorcade for Chitral via Kunar, an Afghan eastern province bordering Bajaur and Mohmand... PESHAWAR: Lawyers observe black day PESHAWAR, March 8: The lawyers community in the provincial capital observed a black day against the Legal Framework Order (LFO) and they asked the Chief Justice of Pakistan to take retirement... HYDERABAD: Women teachers seek resolution of problems HYDERABAD, March 8: The Pakistan Women Teachers’ Association has deplored the apathy of authorities concerned towards resolving women teachers’ problems.... PESHAWAR: PML-Q plans programmes for Fatima Jinnah year PESHAWAR, March 8: The PML-Q youth wing has finalized arrangements to observe year 2003 as the year of Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah, as announced by Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali, said a... HYDERABAD: Local govt academy to be upgraded HYDERABAD, March 8: The Sindh Local Government and Rural Development Academy (SLGRDA), Tando Jam, will be upgraded to meet requirements of the devolution plan and district government functionaries.... SUKKUR: Environmental education discussed SUKKUR March 8: A seminar was organized on Friday on the importance of environmental education by the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency, Sukkur, in collaboration with the Engro Chemicals and the Government... HYDERABAD: Compensation for land sought HYDERABAD, March 8: As budget for current financial year has been exhausted, alternative steps are being taken to ensure payment for land acquisition, which may be made by September.... JACOBABAD: Woman killed JACOBABAD, March 8: Five armed men on Friday killed a 22-year- old woman, Mithal Khatoon, wife of Allahdin Mamdani, on the pretext of Karo-kari in Bakhshapur.... RAWALPINDI: Control room to oversee Muharram activities RAWALPINDI, March 8: The district government on Saturday ordered setting up of a control room for overseeing Muharram activities, officials said.... RAWALPINDI: MMA set to hold million march in Rawalpindi RAWALPINDI, March 8: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) is all set to hold its million march on Sunday against the looming US-led attack on Iraq.... GUJAR KHAN: Discriminatory laws need to be repealed, says MPA GUJAR KHAN, March 8: The need of the hour is to repeal discriminatory laws and curb violence against women and enhance their role for national uplift.... ISLAMABAD: Report being finalized for new angiography unit at Pims ISLAMABAD, March 8: The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) administration on Saturday said a feasibility report was being finalized to buy a modern angiography unit to replace the old machine... ISLAMABAD: Sports goods donated to women refugees ISLAMABAD, March 8: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) marked International Women’s Day by announcing distribution of sports equipment to new women centres being established for Afghan refugees in the... ISLAMABAD: Jamali assures minorities of protection ISLAMABAD, March 8: Rights of the minorities are protected in the Constitution and sanctity of all religions is being upheld without any discrimination.... TAXILA: Lawyers reject LFO TAXILA, March 8: Taxila Bar Association (TBA) observed March 8 as black day against Legal Framework Order (LFO) and possible extension in the tenure of apex court judges.... ISLAMABAD: Campaign against wild boars soon ISLAMABAD, March 8: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is set to launch a large-scale campaign to control the fast growing population of wild boars in the federal capital.... LAHORE: PA withdraws 10 posts in BS-17 and 18 LAHORE, March 8: The Punjab Assembly has withdrawn 10 posts in BS-17 and 18 requisitioned to the Punjab Public Service Commission, and the speaker has decided to make recruitments by himself.... LAHORE: Rs1bn needed for infrastructure: Emergency services bill LAHORE, March 8: Interior Secretary Tanseem Noorani said here on Saturday that the Draft Emergency Services Bill would be submitted to parliament after giving due consideration to objections to it.... LAHORE: Repeal ‘discriminatory’ laws LAHORE, March 8: The Joint Action Committee for People’s Rights has demanded repeal of all laws based on sex discrimination.... LAHORE: Wasa to upgrade pumping stations LAHORE, March 8: Water and Sanitation Agency of the Lahore Development Authority will upgrade the Babu Sabu and Main Outfall pumping stations at a cost of Rs25 million before the monsoon.... LAHORE: Rangeela improving LAHORE, March 8: Rangeela is improving, doctors treating the 60-year Comedy King at Sheikh Zayed Hospital claimed here on Saturday.... LAHORE: MMA meets on Iraq issue LAHORE, March 8: Heads of six-party religious alliance, the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), are meeting in Islamabad on Sunday (today) to decide further measures for forcing the government to side with Iraq... LAHORE: Bureaucracy pleads for more powers LAHORE, March 8: Mismanagement at the reception for the Iranian president was linked to the absence of a central authority, at a recent meeting held to discuss a foreign ministry letter... LAHORE: UCs for waste collection privatization LAHORE, March 8: The city district government has selected the Gulberg (UC-97), Shadman (UC-98) and Ichhra (UC-108) for privatization of the solid waste collection on franchise basis....

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