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March 26, 2003 Wednesday Muharram 22, 1424 KARACHI: Builder sent to jail for defying SHC order KARACHI, March 25: The Sindh High Court jailed a builder for three months on Tuesday for defying its stay order.... KARACHI: Another 12mgd shortfall aggravates water crisis KARACHI, March 25: At a time when the city is already in the grip of water crisis, a long spell of power failure, now at Pipri pumping station, on Tuesday, resulted... KARACHI: No case of pneumonia reported in Pakistan KARACHI, March 25: No case of the killer Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) — which has claimed 17 lives in 13 countries and the Chinese administrative region of Hong Kong —... KARACHI: Syndicate seeks more funds for KU KARACHI, March 25: The syndicate of the University of Karachi has urged the government to allow the university to create new posts of non-teaching staff and provide necessary funds to the... KARACHI: Rallies against US-led invasion KARACHI, March 25: Scores of veiled women, along with a large number of children, staged protest demonstrations outside the press club here on Tuesday against the US-led forces’ invasion of Iraq... KARACHI: PPP leaders meet amid growing resentment KARACHI, March 25: Top leadership of the Pakistan Peoples Party has gone to Dubai to “seek guidance” from their leader, Ms Benazir Bhutto, amid growing disenchantment of the cadre with the... KARACHI: Official car hijacked KARACHI, March 25: An official car under the use of Ali Gohar, brother of Sindh Chief Minister Ali Mohammed Mahar, was hijacked in Defence in the police limits of Frere on... KARACHI: Neglect ruins an ideal school in Lyari Town KARACHI, March 25: The S. M. Lyari School, Lyari’s oldest secondary school and once regarded as an ideal educational institution, has lost its glory gradually after being taken over by the... KARACHI: Doctors warn against improper use of drugs KARACHI, March 25: The growing tendency to administer drugs without qualified medical supervision is feared to severely hamper the efficacy of many medicines, besides exposing the consumers to a wide range... KARACHI: Treatment plant for tanneries soon KARACHI, March 25: The Minister of State for Environment, Local Government and Rural Development, Major Tahir Iqbal, on Tuesday underlined the need for making the combined effluent treatment plant for Korangi... KARACHI: Urdu version of books on Sindh launched KARACHI, March 25: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said the province is the land of peace and harmony and its inhabitants are ambassadors and protagonists of love.... KARACHI: Govt issues Rs100m for Hawkesbay scheme KARACHI, March 25: The Sindh government has issued a sum of Rs100 million for development projects in Journalists Society, Hawkesbay, said the Director of the Lyari Development Project, Shafiqur Rahman Paracha,... KARACHI: Metrobus service for Orangi KARACHI, March 25: The transport secretary has directed the KPTS administration to ensure plying of metrobuses throughout the city.... KARACHI: City govt aims at 100pc literacy KARACHI, March 25: Nazim Karachi Naimatullah Khan said here on Monday the promotion of education is included in the priority list of the city government, and it has allocated 31 per... KARACHI: Women health project KARACHI, March 25: Sindh Health Secretary Ashique Hussain Memon has directed the concerned officials to pace up the programme of women health project with proper utilization of funds amounting to Rs631.875... KARACHI: Election plea rejected KARACHI, March 25: The election tribunal, headed by Justice Amir Hani Muslim of the Sindh High Court, here on Tuesday dismissed an election petition of MMA candidate Prof Mohammad Ahmed Siddiqui... KARACHI: Govt to give top priority to fisheries’ development KARACHI, March 25: The government is determined to give the fisheries’ sector the due attention it deserves as a source of food and an industry, especially in view of the alarming... KARACHI: Bandit shot and injured in ‘encounter’ KARACHI, March 25: A suspected bandit was shot and injured in Gulistan-i- Jauhar on Tuesday, in what the police claimed an encounter with bandits.... KARACHI: Railways to set up terminal at PQA KARACHI, March 25: Railway fares would not be increased despite a continuous hike in oil prices internationally.... KARACHI: Landhi abattoir lying idle KARACHI, March 25: The Landhi slaughterhouse had been completed 26 years ago, but it is yet to be made operational.... KARACHI: Transfer of case sought KARACHI, March 25: The prosecution in a gang-rape case of two sisters against five men, including three cops, has moved an application for the transfer of the case to anti-terrorism court... KARACHI: JUI chief slams Bush KARACHI, March 25: Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Secretary General of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and chief of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, has described US-led forces’ invasion of Iraq as ‘international terrorism’.... KARACHI: KBCA assurance KARACHI, March 25: The Karachi Building Control Authority has assured the owners of private hospitals and schools and marriage halls that every possible concession would be granted to them regarding fines... KARACHI: MQM criticizes Noorani KARACHI, March 25: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has chided Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal chief, Maulana Shah Ahmad Noorani, for asking the government to use its nuclear capability while Iraq is being battered by... KARACHI: Tribute paid to Maisoon KARACHI, March 25: Journalists and social activists paid tribute to a senior journalist, the late Maisoon Hussein, who was associated with Dawn till a few days before her death, at a... KARACHI: Medical camp KARACHI, March 25: The Islamic Mission Hospital, Korangi, is holding a six-day free orthopaedic camp, which was inaugurated on Monday by EDO (health) Dr Ali Nawaz Sheikh.... HYDERABAD: Govt urged to consider Malik’s proposals: Labour laws HYDERABAD, March 25: The Naib Amir of the Jamaat-i-Islami Senator Prof Ghafoor Ahmed on Tuesday criticized the Industrial Relations Ordinance-2002 and urged the government to hold a tripartite conference to strengthen... HYDERABAD: Officials working against LB system: dist council HYDERABAD, March 25: Members of the Hyderabad district Council on Tuesday criticised what they termed bureaucratic efforts to sabotage the district government system.... HYDERABAD: Area Water Board to be reactivated HYDERABAD, March 25: Sindh Irrigation and Drainage Authority chairman Abdul Haq has said area water boards (AWBs) are autonomous and have been vested with powers to resolve problems of growers.... HYDERABAD: Warrants for Altaf, others issued HYDERABAD, March 25: The second additional district judge here on Tuesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain, senior deputy convener Aftab Ahmad Shaikh, Imran Farooq, Nasreen... HYDERABAD: Seminar on TB treatment HYDERABAD, March 25: Speakers, at a seminar here on Monday, advised the TB patients to approach the Directly Observed Treatment Strategy (DOTS) centres instead of going to different doctors.... HYDERABAD: Hoshu Shaheed remembered HYDERABAD, March 25: The people of Sindh should forge unity to secure rights and resources of the province, Jeay Sindh Mahaz (J) chief Abdul Khaliq Junejo said on Monday.... DADU: Notices served on four doctors DADU, March 25: Notices were served on Tuesday on four doctors calling for the termination of their services on charges of negligence regarding the death of a 10-year-old snakebite victim, Erum.... LARKANA: Bank cash looted LARKANA, March 25: Four robbers deprived two bank employees of Rs1.5 million which they were carrying from the Shahdadkot branch of the Muslim Commercial Bank in a horse-drawn wagon.... SHIKARPUR: Boy killed in accident SHIKARPUR, March 25: A boy, Akash, 12, was killed after being hit by a truck near Mehar Shah Jo Qubo locality here on Tuesday.... PESHAWAR: PPP’s provincial chief resigns PESHAWAR, March 25: The Pakistan People’s Party has entered a new crisis after the resignation of the PPP provincial chief Khwaja Mohammad Khan Hoti, demanding immediate expulsion of nine MPAs who,... PESHAWAR: Measures stressed to control AIDS PESHAWAR, March 25: About 276 HIV/AIDS cases have been detected in the province, doctors told a one-day workshop organized by the provincial AIDS control programme here on Tuesday.... PESHAWAR: Committee suggests end to system: Institution-based practice PESHAWAR, March 25: The parliamentary committee on the institution-based practice has sent its recommendations to the provincial government, suggesting abolition of the practice and formation of a regulatory body to check... PESHAWAR: High court disposes of doctors’ petitions PESHAWAR, March 25: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday disposed of three identical writ petitions of about 80 general medical practitioners, challenging certain decisions of the provincial health department.... PESHAWAR: Iran hails MMA’s Shariat agenda PESHAWAR, March 25: Iranian Consul General Abbas Ali Abdullahi on Monday appreciated the performance of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal government and congratulated it for announcing Shariat package for the province.... PESHAWAR: Govt urged to send troops to Iraq PESHAWAR, March 25: The Pakistan chapter of Hizbut Tahrir has condemned the government policy viz a viz Iraqi war and asked it to send Pakistan army troops for the defence of... PESHAWAR: Women granted bail on humanitarian grounds PESHAWAR, March 25: A local court on Tuesday granted bail to two women, accused of drug pushing, as they were having babies with them in the prison.... PESHAWAR: Probe body set up PESHAWAR, March 25: The NWFP government has set up an inquiry committee to look into reports that some out of course questions were asked in Islamiyat and Urdu papers in the... PESHAWAR: Water supply project discussed PESHAWAR, March 25: The NWFP government will undertake a five-year-long rural water supply and sanitation project at an estimated cost of Rs814 million by the end of June to ensure provision...

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