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April 8, 2003 Tuesday Safar 5, 1424 KARACHI: Power supply system fails as mercury shoots up KARACHI, April 7: As the city experienced the second hottest day of the month on Monday, with mercury again rising to 40.5 degrees centigrade, the transmission and distribution system of the... KARACHI: Police obstructing development work KARACHI, April 7: The police are creating hurdles in the way of a development project of the city government by refusing to vacate a portion of Peerabad police station that is... KARACHI: Prosecution seeks death for accused in carbomb case: Judgment reserved KARACHI, April 7: The prosecution in the US Consulate car bombing case pleaded on Monday for awarding capital punishment to the five accused as the court fixed April 14 for pronouncement... KARACHI: Brother, sister die in accident KARACHI, April 7: Reckless driving claimed five lives in the city on Monday.... KARACHI: Woman killed KARACHI, April 7: A woman was found murdered in her apartment at North Nazimabad late Sunday night.... KARACHI: Indian threats be taken seriously: leaders KARACHI, April 7: Political parties have called upon the world community to take serious notice of the Indian threats of pre-emptive strike against Pakistan, which had once again drifted the region... KARACHI: CS pledges to solve DMC’s problems KARACHI, April 7: Chief Secretary K. B. Rind has said that the government had great respect for doctors, teachers and other professionals who were rendering commendable services to humanity.... KARACHI: New OPD opens in Orangi hospital KARACHI, April 7: The Sindh Government Qatar Hospital celebrated the opening of a building on Monday which will house the OPD of its paediatrics department.... KARACHI: KBCA affairs not being monitored KARACHI, April 7: After abolishment of Sindh Housing and Town Planning department and non-recognition of the City Government by chief controller of the Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA), there exists no... KARACHI: Sale of cold drinks picks up in city KARACHI, April 7: As hot weather has set in the city with hot and dry winds blowing across the city for the past few days, sale of soft drinks, including substandard... KARACHI: Seven new courses in technical colleges KARACHI, April 7: Sindh Minister for Planning and Development Syed Shoaib Ahmed Bukhari has asked the education department to introduce new technologies in technical colleges in the province.... KARACHI: Five firms to build bus shelters KARACHI, April 7: The transport and communications department of the city government has issued letters of intent to five firms to build bus shelters along 18 major corridors of Karachi on... KARACHI: Supplementary exams results announced KARACHI, April 7: The examinations department of the NED University of Engineering and Technology Karachi Monday announced results of supplementary examinations.... KARACHI: DCO visits schools KARACHI, April 7: In order to review the measures aimed at improving the conditions of schools in the metropolis, the DCO Karachi, Mir Hussain Ali, visited various schools on Monday.... KARACHI: SBTE exam schedule KARACHI, April 7: The Sindh Board of Technical Education has announced schedule for the supplementary examination 2002.... KARACHI: KU semester examinations from May 7 KARACHI, April 7: The University of Karachi on Monday notified that the first semester examination would start from May 7.... KARACHI: Antenatal care available to few women KARACHI, April 7: Antenatal care, described as a prerequisite for safe delivery and quality survival of mothers, is found to be available to not more than 30 per cent of the... KARACHI: HRCP team doubts fair handling of assault case KARACHI, April 7: The fact-finding team of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed its fear that colleagues may try to come to the rescue of two policemen accused... KARACHI: Private schools warn of complete closure KARACHI, April 7: Representatives of private school management at their convention on Monday rejected Karachi Building Control Authority’s proposal for the regularization of private school buildings built on residential plots and... KARACHI: Edhi to set up trauma centres KARACHI, April 7: The Edhi Foundation is donating considerable amounts to healthcare centres.... KARACHI: Suit against Cancellation of lease disposed of KARACHI, April 7: Sindh High Court on Monday disposed of a suit against the cancellation of a lease of land in terms of the provisions of Regularization and Cancellation of Land... KARACHI: Tribunal orders exparte proceedings on poll plea KARACHI, April 7: Justice Moosa K. Leghari of the Sindh High Court decided on Monday to proceed ex parte on a petition filed by Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal candidate Aslam Mujahid against the... KARACHI: Show cause to appellant in fraud case KARACHI, April 7: Justice Ataur Rahman of the Sindh High Court asked an appellant on Monday to show cause why his punishment for sending people abroad on fake documents for forced... KARACHI: Reinstatement demanded KARACHI, April 7: Speakers at a workers demonstration here on Monday demanded that all of the nearly 310 employees of the Bangal Fibers be reinstated immediately.... KARACHI: Police, complainant under pressure to quash FIR KARACHI, April 7: The police are ready to get quashed an FIR lodged by a woman against a grandson of an influential Pir of Sindh for killing her pregnant daughter.... KARACHI: Ombudsman KARACHI, April 7: The advisor to the Sindh Ombudsman has issued notices to Nazim Orangi Town, and Nazim UC-1, of Orangi Town, regarding occupation of park by an individual with the... THATTA: US invasion of Iraq slammed THATTA, April 7: The district council, Thatta, on Monday strongly condemned the US-led coalition forces’ aggression and brutalities against the innocent people of Iraq.... THATTA: Poet of Laar passes away THATTA, April 7: Noted academician and poet of the Laar (lower Sindh) Mohammad Khan Majidi, 85, passed away on Monday in Sujawal, his native town.... SUKKUR: Vendors freed after inquiry SUKKUR, April 7: The railway police on Monday released all the five vendors of the Rohri Railway Station who were arrested on the charge of selling poisonous food items to passengers... MIRPURKHAS: Power breakdown hits several cities MIRPURKHAS, April 7: A major power breakdown on Monday affected a large area of southeastern Sindh.... HYDERABAD: Case of missing varsity watchman HYDERABAD, April 7: The Tandojam police on Saturday sought more time from the court of the sessions judge to ascertain the whereabouts of Mir Mohammad Siyal, guard of the Sindh Agricultural... HYDERABAD: Body demanded for settling water issue HYDERABAD, April 7: A commission, headed by a retired judge of the apex court and comprising water experts and representatives of all the provinces, should be constituted to resolve water disputes.... HYDERABAD: Protest against MUET VC HYDERABAD, April 7: Some students of the MUET, Jamshoro, belonging to the ‘93 batch, continued their hunger strike outside the press club for the second consecutive day on Sunday in... HYDERABAD: Wapda chief’s remarks on Thal canal criticized HYDERABAD, April 7: The Sindh National Council, at a meeting held here on Sunday, took strong exception to the remarks of Wapda chairman that the greater Thal canal project was a... HYDERABAD: 365 health centres to be made functional HYDERABAD, April 7: At least 365 non-SNE health centres, dispensaries and hospitals are being given approval for Summary for New Establishment (SNE) and these health centres will be made functional to... PESHAWAR: 10 employees injured in baton charge: Minister offers apology PESHAWAR, April 7: The provincial minister for local government and rural development, Sardar Idrees, extended an apology to hundreds of the employees of Town-1 of the Peshawar city district government who... PESHAWAR: Govt offices told to cut expenses PESHAWAR, April 7: The NWFP Senior Minister Sirajul Haq has asked government departments to further curtail their non-development expenditures so that savings made from such efforts could be diverted towards development... PESHAWAR: Order on Gilani’s plea reserved PESHAWAR, April 7: An election tribunal here on Monday reserved its order on a preliminary objection over the maintainability of an election petition filed by a top leader of PML(Q), Iftikhar...

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