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April 4, 2003 Friday Safar 1, 1424 KARACHI: Musharraf wants drug prices lowered: CPSP convocation KARACHI, April 3: President Pervez Musharraf called upon the provincial governments here on Thursday to provide basic healthcare facilities to the common man.... KARACHI: Rs44m children hospital stands abandoned KARACHI, April 3: Because Sindh was the only province in the country which didn’t have a children’s hospital of its own, in late 1996 work was started on the construction of... KARACHI: Karachiites brave first heatwave of season KARACHI, April 3: Karachiites braved the first heatwave of the season as temperature rose to 40.5 degrees Centigrade on Thursday. As hot and dry winds blew across the city, humidity level... KARACHI: Child flown out of country in kidnap drama KARACHI, April 3: The eight-year-old daughter of a city businessman was dramatically kidnapped and clandestinely flown to Dubai.... KARACHI: VIP movement causes traffic jams KARACHI, April 3: On Thursday the city suffered severe traffic jams on the main artery of Shahrae Faisal and at other places during the evening rush hours.... KARACHI: Doctor commits suicide KARACHI, April 3: A doctor committed suicide in the city on Thursday.... KARACHI: High Court moved for legislation against karo-kari KARACHI, April 3: The Sindh High Court issued on Thursday notices on a writ petition seeking legislation against karo-kari and other forms of the so-called honour killing and exercise of judicial... KARACHI: 8,100 more rickshaws to get new silencers KARACHI, April 3: An environment-friendly low-noise level auto-rickshaw silencer is likely to be introduced in Karachi by the end of the year, and 24,000 auto-rickshaws will have the new silence.... KARACHI: People yet to realize AIDS threat KARACHI, April 3: Despite high incidence rate of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in local population, people are yet to realize gravity of situation. The STIs increase people’s vulnerability to HIV/AIDS, but... KARACHI: SPLA to observe token hunger strike KARACHI, April 3: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) on Thursday announced that it would observe a token hunger strike in all provincial capitals in the country on Saturday, April... KARACHI: Hindu New Year celebrated KARACHI, April 3: The Hindu community celebrated their new year 2060 that began with the sighting of the new moon of Chait — the first month of the Hindu year —... KARACHI: Surgery techniques discussed KARACHI, April 3: Surgery techniques in modern era have brought about a revolution in the field of medical science in the sense that the dream of treating many complicated diseases has... KARACHI: Arts Council audience enjoy Qawwalis KARACHI, April 3: The Niazi brothers enthralled the audience at the Arts Council on Wednesday night as they presented one Qawwali after another.... KARACHI: Preservation of science projects urged KARACHI, April 3: An arrangement should be made for preserving the projects of the students who take part in the science exhibition organized by the Board of Intermediate Education.... KARACHI: India spoiling Pakistan-BD relations, seminar told KARACHI, April 3: Speakers at a seminar here on Thursday held the military and political leadership of the country equally responsible for the dismemberment of Pakistan in 1971 and called for... KARACHI: Assembly hall expansion project may be revived KARACHI, April 3: Moves are afoot to revive the abandoned project that was aimed adding a spacious hall to the present assembly hall of the historic Sindh Assembly Building.... KARACHI: Performance of Sindh govt reviewed KARACHI, April 3: President Pervez Musharraf has emphasised the need for close coordination between federal and provincial governments to resolve people’s problems.... KARACHI: MMA urges UN to stop US by force KARACHI, April 3: Maulana Fazlur Rahman, secretary-general of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, on Thursday appealed to the peace-loving countries and the UN to intervene into Us-led invasion of Iraq to protect life... KARACHI: Witnesses cross-examined in suicide bombing case KARACHI, April 3: An anti-terrorism court on Thursday began trial of two activists for launching a suicide attack on a bus carrying French engineers.... KARACHI: Privatization of schools will be blunder: Nazim KARACHI, April 3: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has said that the nationalization of educational institutions was a mistake and their denationalization will be a blunder. He was addressing the annual prize... KARACHI: Govt urged not to support post-war Iraqi regime KARACHI, April 3: Speakers at an Iraq conference on Iraq on Thursday warned the government not to support any post-war US-led government in Iraq as such a government would also be... THATTA: TB cases on the rise in Kohistan THATTA, April 3: The hilly terrain of Kohistan in Thatta district comprising union councils Jungshahi, Jhampir and part of union council Onger, having a population of more than a 100,000, has... BADIN: Two killed, 24 hurt in accident BADIN, April 3: Two people were killed and 24 others were injured when a car collided with two bullock-carts on the Badin-Karachi Highway near Fatehabad, some 12 kilometres off here, on... HYDERABAD: PCSIR sets up lab in Jamshoro HYDERABAD, April 3: The officer in charge, Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research laboratories, Hyderabad, Dr Riazuddin Abro, has informed that the council has set up its laboratories in Jamshoro... MITHI: Need for protecting Thar’s natural resources stressed MITHI, April 3: Participants of a seminar on ‘Deforestation in Tharparkar’ on Thursday stressed the need for a fool-proof mechanism to preserve and protect the natural resources and endangered species of... HYDERABAD: Anti-war million march on 14th HYDERABAD, April 3: The leaders of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal have termed US President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair murderers of Muslims and humanity.... MIRPURKHAS: Woman poisoned to death MIRPURKHAS, April 3: A married woman was allegedly killed when she was forcibly given pesticide in Basheerabad, Kot Ghulam Mohammad Taluka, on Wednesday.... HYDERABAD: Jobs regularized HYDERABAD, April 3: The University of Sindh, Jamshoro, has regularised the services of contractual teachers of the... PESHAWAR: Nazims seek end to MMA govt interference: President’s help sought PESHAWAR, April 3: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) and district governments are heading for a deadlock as 16 district Nazims have demanded of President Gen Pervez Musharraf to stop unlawful interference of... PESHAWAR: Ulema, tribesmen call for Jihad against US PESHAWAR, April 3: Local Ulema (Islamic scholars) and tribal leaders on Thursday reiterated calls for waging a jihad against the US-led forces in Iraq as the war raged for the 15th... PESHAWAR: Doctors revert to private practice PESHAWAR, April 3: The doctors’ community has again reverted to committing illegal and unethical medical practices at their private clinics, following the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal government’s plans to do away with the... PESHAWAR: Writ challenging ban on women voters put off PESHAWAR, April 3: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court adjourned here on Thursday hearing of four identical writ petitions challenging banning of women from casting votes in different phases... PESHAWAR: PPP-S slams attack on Iraq PESHAWAR, April 3: Pakistan People’s Party (Sherpao) has expressed solidarity with the war-hit people of Iraq and asked the international community to stop the on-going  US aggression in order to save... PESHAWAR: PML-N urges govt to revise policies PESHAWAR, April 3: PML-N has alleged that the US President Bush has started a crusade against the Muslims by imposing curbs on the Khan Research Laboratories, party’s provincial president Pir Sabir... PESHAWAR: Facilities for HIV\AIDS patients demanded PESHAWAR, April 3: All Women Advancement and Resource Development (Award) has asked the government to ensure medical facilities for the people tested HIV\AIDS positive.... PESHAWAR: Need urged to control population PESHAWAR, April 3: Speakers at a seminar have urged people to put brakes on the burgeoning population to help check growth of lethal diseases taking heavy toll on children owing to...

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