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March 28, 2003 Friday Muharram 24, 1424 KARACHI: Court allows 21 SMC students to take exam KARACHI, March 27: A division bench of the Sindh High Court allowed on Thursday 21 final-year students expelled from Sindh Medical College (SMC) to appear provisionally in the MBBS (final) examination... KARACHI: City govt will resist tax move by KESC: Nazim KARACHI, March 27: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan said on Thursday that the city government would resist any move by the KESC to further burden its consumers with a new tax.... KARACHI: Youth commits suicide, boy electrocuted KARACHI, March 27: A young man committed suicide in Clifton on Thursday.... KARACHI: Governor for quotas’ restoration in colleges KARACHI, March 27: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan on Thursday favoured the continuation of the centralized admission system for the colleges in Karachi. However, he said there should be certain... KARACHI: Indictment of accused in killing case delayed KARACHI, March 27: The two accused in the Frenchmen killing case could not be indicted on Thursday by the trial court as one of the defence counsel did not turn up.... KARACHI: Budget for Medicines may lapse KARACHI, March 27: With three months to go in the current budget year, the health department is yet to procure many medicines needed badly in the government hospitals, said a source.... KARACHI: Demo staged against invasion of Iraq KARACHI, March 27: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal staged a protest demonstration against the US-led invasion at Karachi Press Club on Thursday.... KARACHI: Police fail to implement Ombudsman’s orders KARACHI, March 27: Sindh Ombudsman Justice Haziqul Khairi on Thursday reviewed the implementation of his earlier directives to the traffic police and the regional transport authority to mitigate the sufferings of... KARACHI: New facility opens at Orangi hospital KARACHI, March 27: The state-owned healthcare facilities in Karachi, built at considerable cost to taxpayers, compare poorly to other parts of the province in terms of services provided to the ill.... KARACHI: 40,000 quacks in city, Nazim told KARACHI, March 27: There are at least 600,000 quacks in the country, between 30,000 and 40,000 of whom are operating in Karachi alone. These people, through their questionable practices, are endangering... KARACHI: Hospital waste being sold to junk dealers KARACHI, March 27: Despite presence of an incinerator at the Civil Hospital, Karachi, used syringes, needles, empty drip bags and cotton in a huge quantity are sold to junk dealers for... KARACHI: MBBS exams from 31st KARACHI, March 27: The Final Professional MBBS Annual Examination 2003 will commence from March 31.... KARACHI: Schools’ registration KARACHI, Mar 27: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi will start accepting applications for renewal of recognition for the academic year 2003-2004 from secondary schools from April 1.... KARACHI: Maternity home promised KARACHI, March 27: Sindh minister for transport, labour, industries and commerce Adil Siddiqui has announced that a maternity home will be established at the SESSI Hospital in North Karachi within a... KARACHI: Rs1.3bn plan to revamp PCSIR approved KARACHI, March 27: Chairman of the Higher Education Commission, Prof Dr Atta-ur-Rehman, has said that a large project of Rs1.3 billion has been approved by the Central Development Working Party (CDWP)... KARACHI: Withdrawal of US forces from Iraq demanded KARACHI, March 27: Scholars and political leaders condemned on Thursday the use of brute force against the Iraqi people, called for end to the war and withdrawal of allied forces, creation... KARACHI: Water crisis in Lyari areas upsets people KARACHI, March 27: Resentment among the residents of many localities in Lyari Town was growing amid persisting shortage of water and in several areas the problem is aggravating to the extent... KARACHI: Rural areas to be given attention, says Nazim KARACHI, March 27: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has said that the next financial year will be the year of development of rural areas and villages.... KARACHI: UC Nazims asked to monitor uplift plans KARACHI, March 27: Sindh Local Bodies Minister Muhammad Hussain Khan on Thursday stressed on UC Nazims to personally monitor the ongoing development schemes in their respective constituencies.... KARACHI: Awareness programme at Sobhraj KARACHI, March 27: Counselling of parents, particularly mothers and teachers, is needed for proper guidance of teenagers regarding their psychological and physiological developments.... KARACHI: Transporters block National Highway KARACHI, March 27: Movement of vehicular traffic between Sindh and Balochistan came to a halt on Thursday evening as transporters blocked the RCD Highway after a dispute with the officials of... KARACHI: Lawyers slam invasion of Iraq KARACHI, March 27: The invasion of Iraq is violative of all conventions and norms of international law and of the UN charter, the Supreme Court Bar Association secretary said here on... KARACHI: MPAs’ fund KARACHI, March 27: Members of the Sindh assembly have been issued “guidance letters” on spending the Rs5 million fund allocated to each MPA for development schemes.... KARACHI: Body set up on police reforms KARACHI, March 27: The Sindh government has re-constituted the cabinet’s sub-committee on regularization of contract doctors and admission of students to medical colleges.... KARACHI: Students’ week KARACHI, March 27: “War is not the solution of any problem. Real power lies in knowledge and only the educated can be called powerful”.... KARACHI: Post-Iraq war Pakistan discussed at seminar KARACHI, March 27: Pakistan should have a principled and prudent approach to post-war scenario and go with the vast majority of international community which is against the allied forces’ invasion of... HYDERABAD: S.Asia most volatile area in the world, say experts HYDERABAD, March 27: Islamabad Policy Research Institute president Dr Pervez Iqbal Cheema has said the main cause of hostilities between Pakistan and India is the Kashmir dispute.... HYDERABAD: Taluka-UC Nazims’ dispute echoes in DC HYDERABAD, March 27: The members of the Hyderabad District Council on Thursday criticized City taluka Nazim Moin Shaikh for his remarks against union council-8 Nazim Saleem Khan.... HYDERABAD: Judicial inquiry ordered HYDERABAD, March 27: The Sindh High Court on Thursday ordered to hold a judicial inquiry into the incident in which the viscera of a corpse had gone missing during an autopsy.... HYDERABAD: 104 road schemes approved HYDERABAD, March 27: The Sugar Cess Development Committee, Hyderabad, at its meeting held on Thursday, approved 104 farm-to-market roads schemes.... MIRPURKHAS: Mirpurkhas gets uplift funds MIRPURKHAS, March 27: The government of Sindh has released Rs18 million to the district administration for development works. The amount would be utilized for constructions of 43 water reservoirs, 18 roads... PESHAWAR: NWFP govt, Nazim at loggerheads PESHAWAR, March 27: Differences have cropped up between the NWFP government and the city district Nazim over power-sharing.... PESHAWAR: Enforcement of child labour laws urged PESHAWAR, March 27: Participants at a workshop on Thursday asked the NWFP government to utilize the money collected through fines under the child labour laws on the rehabilitation of child labourers.... PESHAWAR: University students hold anti-US rally PESHAWAR, March 27: Central Chief of Islami Jamiat Talaba, Naveed Anwar, while condemning the US-led invasion of Iraq, has asked the government to condemn the attack, as it was not only... PESHAWAR: Madressahs to get Rs250m for computers PESHAWAR, March 27: Federal Education Minister Zubaida Jalal on Wednesday said the government had allocated Rs250 million to provide computers for seminaries throughout the country.... PESHAWAR: Certificates of excellence PESHAWAR, March 27: Two NWFP doctors have been   awarded certificates of excellence for their performance in the implementation of the directly-observed treatment strategy (Dots), said a press release on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: ANP meeting on April 1 PESHAWAR, March 27: The Awami National Party will hold a public meeting on April 1 to protest against the allied forces invasion of Iraq, a party press release issued here on... PESHAWAR: Environmental agency faces problems PESHAWAR, March 27: Non-availability of sufficient funds on the part of the provincial government and the absence of a proper force to implement the Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997, were cited...

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