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March 20, 2003 Thursday Muharram 16, 1424 KARACHI: 117 centres for basic education planned KARACHI, March 19: The city will get another 117 non-formal basic education centres within the next three months, it was learnt officially.... KARACHI: SSP leaders’ names in murder case dropped KARACHI, March 19: Two leaders of the defunct Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan, Karachi, were discharged on Wednesday in a sectarian murder case by an anti-terrorism court for want of evidence against them.... KARACHI: Oil tankers resume operation KARACHI, March 19: The operators of oil tankers called off their countrywide strike on the government’s pledge that their genuine demands would be met.... KARACHI: EPI may fail in improving health indicators KARACHI, March 19: Health indicators and some measles cases show, rather strongly, that the nationwide Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) is likely to fail to bring about the desired results.... KARACHI: Seizure of suspects’ property ordered KARACHI, March 19: Anti-terrorism court Judge Feroz Mahmood Wednesday ordered the seizure of the property of five absconding suspects in the killing of 11 French naval engineers in a suicide car... KARACHI: IBS case Hearing of Dr Qadeer’s plea put off KARACHI, March 19: An appellate bench of the Sindh High Court adjourned on Wednesday the hearing of an intra-court appeal filed by Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan against an order of a... KARACHI: Law & order situation reviewed KARACHI, March 19: The law and order situation, the security measures in case of a war on Iraq and the administrative affairs of Sindh were reviewed at a meeting held under... KARACHI: Iraqi diplomat meets minister KARACHI, March 19: The Consul General of Iraq in Karachi, Raad F. Tawfiq, paid a courtesy call on Sindh Minister for Food and Agriculture Arif Mustafa Jatoi on Wednesday.... KARACHI: WB official stresses rehabilitation of disabled people KARACHI, March 19: World Bank’s Vice President for South Asia Mieko Nishimizu has said that a country cannot truly get rid of poverty if its handicapped people are not fully rehabilitated... KARACHI: Moot on infectious diseases KARACHI, March 19: In Pakistan the burden of infectious diseases is considerable yet not enough importance is attached to this discipline. There are less than ten trained experts who are working... KARACHI: Garbage collection fee plan opposed KARACHI, March 19: Some union councils of the city are inventing novel methods of squeezing the already over-taxed people under the pretext of new taxes.... KARACHI: Flower exhibition at KU KARACHI, March 19: A flower exhibition is being organized at Karachi University from March 20 to 22.... KARACHI: Arts’ future bright in East: Gulgee KARACHI, March 19: The future of the arts belongs to the East. Beautiful works are being done by the Muslims in the world. If only their works were properly exhibited.... KARACHI: Seminar KARACHI, March 19: The Baqai Medical University announced on Wednesday that it will organize a national conference on ‘community-oriented medical education’ on March 29 and 30.—PPI... KARACHI: Naat contest organized KARACHI, March 19: Mohammad Zakariya, a student of second year, has won the Qirat competition organized by the Shaikh Zayed Islamic Centre, University of Karachi, on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Chinese goods flood markets KARACHI, March 19: City markets are these days flooded with various goods of Chinese origin, from diaries and stationery to electronic appliances and different types of kitchen items.... KARACHI: Two-day-old bodies of couple, alive infant found KARACHI, March 19: A couple was found murdered in a house near KTC Ground in Jacob Lines on Wednesday. Their eight-month-old baby was, however, found alive lying besides mother’s body.... KARACHI: Over 4,500 seek regularization: Illegal structures KARACHI, March 19: Over 4,500 applications have been received during the last 15 months by the Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) from builders and owners for the regularization of illegally-raised structures.... KARACHI: City govt, Jamshed town issued notices KARACHI, March 19: The city government and the Jamshed Town have been asked by the Sindh High Court to explain on March 28 why a bachat bazaar licence had allegedly been... KARACHI: MMA flays hike in petroleum prices KARACHI, March 19: The local chapter of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has expressed concern over increasing prices of petroleum products which have been adding to miseries of people.... KARACHI: Mystery of boy’s murder solved KARACHI, March 19: Police on Wednesday solved the mystery of a minor’s murder whose body was recovered from the rooftop of Yaseen Centre on Tariq Road on Monday.... KARACHI: Tension at medical college KARACHI, March 19: Following Tuesday’s clash between two groups of students, tension prevailed at the Sindh Medical College on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Dorab Patel Award KARACHI, March 19: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has conferred the HRCP Dorab Patel Award on Hamid Khan, president of the Supreme Court Bar Association.... KARACHI: Soyem for Maisoon today KARACHI, March 19: The soyem of Maisoon Hussein, a former Dawn staffer who died on Tuesday, will be held at Masjid Shah-i-Khurasan (off Britto Road) after Maghrib prayers on Thursday.... KARACHI: Black day at KU KARACHI, March 19: Teachers at the University of Karachi observed a black day on Wednesday against the Model University Ordinance. Teachers’ representatives went round the campus and distributed handbills .—PPI... KARACHI: Seminar on TB KARACHI, March 19: The Department of Chest Medicine, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, in collaboration with the Pakistan Chest Society, Sindh, will hold a seminar on Tuberculosis: problem and control” on Saturday... HYDERABAD: Scholars’ help in promotion of education sought HYDERABAD, March 19: Former Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider has urged scholars to use their knowledge and abilities in promotion of education and betterment of the society.... SUKKUR: New train from Larkana soon, says minister SUKKUR, March 19: A new train will be introduced between Larkana and Karachi, Federal Minister for Railways Ghous Bux Mahar said on Tuesday.... HYDERABAD: Compensation paid to rain-hit people HYDERABAD, March 19: Former Sindh Governor Moinuddin Haider on Tuesday distributed Rs400,000 among heirs of people who died during the recent heavy rain.... HYDERABAD: ‘Reckless driving main cause of accidents’ HYDERABAD, March 19: No complaint of corruption has been filed against any member of the National Highways and Motorway Police during the past five years, Sindh Minister for Law and Parliamentary... SUKKUR: One killed, five injured in accident SUKKUR, March 19: One person was killed and five others were injured in an accident on the National Highway near Pano Aqil on Tuesday night.... THATTA: Hunger strike against police brutality observed THATTA, March 19: Over 300 people observed a token hunger strike outside the press club here on Wednesday to protest against alleged police atrocities, abuse of power and usurpation of district’s... LARKANA: Power supply to 14 villages disconnected LARKANA, March 19: Hesco officials on Wednesday disconnected power supply to 14 villages and 11 education in-stitutions for non-payment of dues.... SANGHAR: Sibghatullah Shah’s death anniversary today SANGHAR, March 19: The district council of Sanghar on Wednesday announced to observe a holiday on Thursday to commemorate the death anniversary of Pir Sibghatullah Shah Rashidi alias Sooreh Badshah Pir... DADU: 15 health workers suspended DADU, March 19: Fifteen health department officials were suspended on Wednesday on charges of negligence.... SANGHAR: Two minor girls die SANGHAR, March 19: Two minor girls were killed when a gun went off accidentally in the Fida Hussain Dero village on the Bhitshah-Tando Adam Road on Wednesday....

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