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April 5, 2003 Saturday Safar 2, 1424 KARACHI: Police kill suspect; young man shot dead KARACHI, April 4: A suspected bandit was shot dead and his two accomplices were wounded in North Nazimabad on Friday, in what the police claimed an encounter.... KARACHI: Sindh without health minister KARACHI, April 4: Sindh is doing without a health minister for the last six months. This is affecting badly not only the situation obtaining in the provincial health department but creating... KARACHI: Passengers to be examined for SARS at airport KARACHI, April 4: All the people disembarking from international flights will be monitored for the flu-like virus Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The killer virus has claimed more than 80 lives... KARACHI: SC upholds plea by retired NBP officials KARACHI, April 4: The Supreme Court has upheld an appeal by retired officers and executives of the National Bank for payment of the bank’s contribution to the employees provident fund, which... KARACHI: Fibre optic damage causes Internet breakdown KARACHI, April 4: Internet subscribers hooked to at least 45 ISPs in the city suffered on Friday owing to severing of a fibre optic link of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company.... KARACHI: Man commits suicide in Surjani KARACHI, April 4: A man committed suicide in Surjani Town late Thursday night.... KARACHI: High-risk school vans need urgent attention KARACHI, April 4: Accidents, mishaps and breakdowns involving school vans have long been a routine in this metropolis. The relevant authorities’ failure in the effective implementation of vehicle fitness rules is... KARACHI: Drug firms bribing doctors to be checked: Health minister says... KARACHI, April 4: The pharmaceutical companies have created a lot of distortions in the market by offering free air tickets and other incentives to doctors and their families, said the federal... KARACHI: 200 shops come up on encroached land in Malir KARACHI, April 4: The land mafia has illegally built at least 200 shops along the walls of Malir’s main water boosting station in Begum Khursheed Road.... KARACHI: Simple system for tax assessment stressed KARACHI, April 4: Sindh minister for excise and taxation, Rauf Siddiqi, has called for simplification of the present system of assessment of property tax in Sindh so that people may not... KARACHI: City govt’s IT varsity project delayed KARACHI, April 4: Work on Sindh’s first IT University has been delayed due to non-availability of funds, and its building will be completed by September this year instead of April, 2003.... KARACHI: Nazim visits uplift projects KARACHI, April 4: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan on Thursday directed early completion of the commerce degree college for women, the mono-technical institute Malir and the mono-technical institute Asoo Goth, so that... KARACHI: New schools, hospitals have 16,000 jobs KARACHI, April 4: As many as 16000 manpower will be required to make the completed educational institutions and hospitals functional in Sindh. Of these 12000 teachers are needed for the schools... KARACHI: Teachers’ hunger strike today KARACHI, April 4: On the call of the Joint Action Committee, KUTS, SPLA, PMA teachers and doctors and representatives of various student organizations will participate in the hunger strike camp at... KARACHI: Epilepsy camp in Orangi hospital KARACHI, April 4: The Epilepsy Association under its comprehensive epilepsy control programme will hold a free camp at the Sindh Government Qatar Hospital on Saturday.... KARACHI: Autobiography launched KARACHI: Pas Manzer by Syed Mohammed Manzer Sadaatpuri, a trader/industrialist and a self-made person, his career as an entrepreneur spread over 40 fruitful years, was launched here on Thursday.... KARACHI: Anti-war rallies slam US attack on Iraq KARACHI, April 4: Leaders of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, addressing public rallies outside various mosques after Juma prayers, eulogized Iraq’s stiff resistance to the aggression by US-British forces and said that Saddam Hussain... KARACHI: Navy starts constructing multipurpose crafts KARACHI, April 4: The Pakistan Navy achieved another landmark in the field of indigenous development and combat vessel building by launching the construction of the multipurpose auxiliary crafts in collaboration with... KARACHI: Warrants for arrest of leaders issued KARACHI, April 4: Non-bailable warrants of arrest have been issued against Maulana Hasan Turabi, Mirza Yousuf Hussain and five others of the banned Tehrik Nifaz Fiqah-i-Jaffaria for April 24 by an... KARACHI: People urged to send relief goods to Iraq KARACHI, April 4: MNA Maulana Azam Tariq warned here on Friday the coalition forces against committing brutalities on the Iraqi people, otherwise Ulema would be compelled to issue Fatwa for suicide... KARACHI: Haris to get 100,000 acres of land soon KARACHI, April 4: Over one hundred thousand acres of land will soon be distributed among landless peasants (haris) in Sindh so as to help them earn livelihood and meet the nutritive... KARACHI: FST restores IT officer’s seniority KARACHI, April 4: The Federal Service Tribunal on Monday expunged adverse remarks against an income tax officer in his annual confidential reports (ACRs) and ordered his promotion with retrospective effect so... KARACHI: Coastal areas KARACHI, April 4: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said that full attention will be paid to the development of coastal inhabitations and welfare of their residents.... KARACHI: High Court orders probe into ‘misappropriation’ KARACHI, April 4: A division bench of the Sindh High Court asked the anti- corruption department on Thursday to investigate misappropriation of Zakat funds as alleged by three petitioners.... KARACHI: Musical instruments on display KARACHI, April 4: The National Museum has put on display a pair of musical instruments, Yak-tara and Tal-tanpura, as part of its “Object of the month” series for April, says a... SUKKUR: Killing of innocent Iraqis condemned: Anti-war demos held SUKKUR, April 4: On the call of the Mutahidda Majlis-i-Amal, protest rallies were staged in different parts of Sindh on Friday to condemn the ongoing US-UK invasion of Iraq and killing... BADIN: Tension rises in Lowari as another disciple dies BADIN, April 4: A heavy police force was deployed in and around Lowari on Friday after news of the murder of Mir Ghous Bux Talpur, general manager of the Lowari estate... HYDERABAD: Teachers’ demands to be met, assures minister HYDERABAD, April 4: Sindh minister for education Mr Irfanullah Marwat is reported to have assured the Sindh Professors and Subject Specialists Association that the problems of the teachers of higher secondary... HYDERABAD: Closure of three IT circles slated HYDERABAD, April 4: Activists of three factions of the Jeay Sindh movement and employees of income tax department held a demonstration here on Friday against closure of Kotri, Tando Allahyar and... HYDERABAD: Model varsity ordinance opposed HYDERABAD, April 4: The general body meeting of the Sindh Agriculture University Teachers Association held here on Thursday expressed solidarity with the Federation of All-Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association in its... HYDERABAD: FAB directed to return weapons HYDERABAD, April 4: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, on Friday directed the in charge Fire Arms Bureau (FAB) to return two weapons, i.e. a double barrel... HYDERABAD: Police accused of harassing drivers HYDERABAD, April 4: The counsel for Motorway police officials on Friday sought time to file comments in response to the petition filed against them by All Sindh air-conditioned and non-air-conditioned private... PESHAWAR: Shortage of staff affects working: Drug quality control boards PESHAWAR, April 4: Lack of infrastructure and shortage of staff have affected the performance of the drug quality control board, health officials said on Friday.... PESHAWAR: Ex-official acquitted of corruption charge PESHAWAR, April 4: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court accepted here on Friday an accountability appeal of a former additional secretary of the housing and physical planning department, Mr... PESHAWAR: PHC seeks record of deaths: Allama Hussaini’s murder PESHAWAR, April 4: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday directed the SHO of Chamkani police station to inform the court about the deaths of accused charged in the murder case of... PESHAWAR: Teams formed to check power theft PESHAWAR, April 4: The Peshawar Electricity Supply Company (Pesco) has formed mobile teams to check power theft in the posh Hayatabad township and its adjoining residential areas.... PESHAWAR: CM’s direction PESHAWAR, March 4: Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has directed the authorities that the on-going construction work on uplift projects should not affect  the  smooth flow of vehicular traffic  and  cause... PESHAWAR: ANP demands profit equal to IPPs’ share PESHAWAR, April 4: The Awami National Party (ANP) has demanded that Wapda should pay for hydel power generated by NWFP’s power generation units equal to rates being paid to independent power...

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