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April 9, 2003 Wednesday Safar 6, 1424 KARACHI: Chinese firm waiting for finalization of a deal: Revival of KCR KARACHI, April 8: The Chinese Mechanical Corporation, seeking revival of the Karachi Circular Railway, is still awaiting for finalization of a deal for launching the project.... KARACHI: SHC seeks approved plan for repayment to victims: Alliance Motors scam KARACHI, April 8: The Sindh High Court asked its official assignee on Tuesday to have his proposal for partial repayments to the 1989 Alliance Motors scam victims approved by the court-appointed... KARACHI: 3 children die, 60 huts destroyed by fire KARACHI, April 8: Three children died and four others suffered burns when a fire swept through a shanty town in Mauripur Road on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Bandits kill man, cleaner run over by tanker KARACHI, April 8: Bandits shot dead a man in Shaheed-i-Millat Road on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Worker dies in factory KARACHI, April 8: A worker died while working in a factory in Manghopir Road on Tuesday.... KARACHI: People brave hot spell without power KARACHI, April 8: As mercury shot up to 40.5 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, the KESC consumers in many parts of the city stated they braved the dry and hot spell without... KARACHI: Spiralling breakdowns, rising cost KARACHI: While millions of Karachiites have to endure spiralling power breakdowns, the latest increase in tariff allowed to Wapda by Nepra, and which will also affect consumers of the KESC, will... KARACHI: Disaffiliation of DCET affects job prospects KARACHI, April 8: 348 former students of the Dawood College of Engineering and Technology (DCET) Karachi, of the 1996-97 batch, are facing tremendous difficulties in getting employment in various national industrial... KARACHI: Water supply situation worsens in city KARACHI, April 8: Water supply position assumed an alarming proportions on Tuesday as a number of localities either went dry or received scant supply, adding miseries to the residents of the... KARACHI: Schemes under KPP to be monitored KARACHI, April 8: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has directed the district coordination officer, Mir Hussain Ali, through a letter, that schemes of the Khushhal Pakistan programme be monitored through the Inspection... KARACHI: Probe into privatization of institute ordered KARACHI, April 8: Sindh Minister for Planning and Development, Syed Shoaib Ahmed Bukhari, has ordered a probe into the transfer of the Saifee Eide Zahabi Institute of Technology to a private... KARACHI: NGOs urged to play role for reproductive health KARACHI, April 8: Provincial Minister for Health, Dr Saeeda Malik, has said that providing facilities for reproductive health is not the responsibility of the government only, the NGOs and the people... KARACHI: Children from jail visit park KARACHI, April 8: Twenty children, living with their mothers in the women’s prison, took part in a mela being organized by the community health services department of Aga Khan University Hospital... KARACHI: Health services training centre KARACHI, April 8: About 90 per cent work of the Reproductive Health Services Training Centre at Nazimabad Chest Clinic adjacent to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital has been completed, at a cost... KARACHI: Media’s role termed vital to nation building: National conference KARACHI, April 8: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad has said that if every forum of society plays its due role for nation-building, democracy will certainly be strengthened in the country.... KARACHI: Senior citizens to get relief in property tax KARACHI, April 8: Sindh minister for excise and taxation Rauf Siddiqui said on Tuesday that a bill seeking amendment to the Sindh Urban Immovable Property Tax Act, 1958, would shorty be... KARACHI: SHC declines pleas by buyers of plots: Gutter Baghicha KARACHI, April 8: The Sindh High Court declined on Tuesday to make any order on nine writ petitions moved by buyers of industrial plots in the KMC Sewage Farm, Manghopir Road,... KARACHI: KU engineer beaten by unidentified students KARACHI, April 8: Tension gripped the University of Karachi on Tuesday when a group of students beat a non-teaching staff officer of the varsity at the KU administration building and then... KARACHI: Probe demanded into PTCL fibre link damage KARACHI, April 8: Internet Service Providers (ISPs) demanded of the government to launch an inquiry into Pakistan Telecommunication Company’s fibre link damage, which cut off the country’s link with the world... KARACHI: Court officials get pay raise KARACHI, April 8: The High Court of Sindh will pay judicial allowance to its officers and staff, including those of district and subordinate courts.... KARACHI: Spreading IT govt’s top priority: CM KARACHI, April 8: Sindh Chief Minister Sardar Ali Muhammad Mahar has said the government’s first priority was to spread information technology in the province.... KARACHI: Ties with India Measures urged to inspire confidence KARACHI, April 8: Peace activists, advocating confidence building measures between Pakistan and India, on Tuesday expressed grave concern over the Indian external affairs minister’s threat of a preemptive war on Pakistan... KARACHI: Clarification KARACHI, April 8: The Karachi Building Control Authority has clarified a news item stating that all promotion cases are finalized by the authority in accordance with prescribed rules and personally monitored... KARACHI: ATC reserves order in murder case KARACHI, April 8: An anti-terrorism court reserved on Tuesday judgment in a murder case against two workers of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement.... HYDERABAD: Ponam chief slams LFO HYDERABAD, April 8: ‘All we can do is to pray for the people of Iraq for it is a war between an ant and an elephant.’... HYDERABAD: Official held on charge of blasphemy HYDERABAD, April 8: The Tando Adam police here on Tuesday arrested the assistant postmaster-general, operations, Sindh, Shams- ul-Hassan Zaidi, in connection with a blasphemy case registered against him.... HYDERABAD: Farmers’ body supports Sida HYDERABAD, April 8: Syed Ali Gohar Shah, chairman, Farmers Organizations Council, has rejected the demand of the Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB) for abolishing the Sindh Irrigation and Drainage Authority (Sida).... HYDERABAD: DPSC to get office at dist council building HYDERABAD, April 8: A meeting held here on Monday decided to give 10 rooms to the District Public Safety Commission (DPSC) at the district council building, resolving the row over allocation... HYDERABAD: Man shot dead HYDERABAD, April 8: A man was killed and his mother and brother were injured in a foiled motorcycle snatching attempt in unit-9, Latifabad, here on Monday night.... HYDERABAD: SU founder’s week HYDERABAD, April 8: To pay homage to the great scholar, philosopher, educationist and former vice chancellor, University of Sindh, Allama I.I. Kazi, the university will celebrate the founder’s week from April... HYDERABAD: Policeman killed in encounter HYDERABAD, April 8: A police constable was killed while another suffered serious injuries in an encounter in Latifabad Unit No11 on Monday.... THATTA: Work on Thal canal halted: minister THATTA, April 8: Sindh Revenue Minister Altaf Hussain Unnar has claimed that since the adoption of a unanimous resolution against the Thal canal by the Sindh Assembly, the construction of the... PESHAWAR: Strike in Peshawar to protest Iraq war PESHAWAR, April 8: The business community observed a complete strike on Tuesday to express anguish over the US-led invasion of Iraq.... PESHAWAR: Afghans travel on fake Pakistani passports PESHAWAR, April 8: A large number of Afghan refugees have managed to travel abroad and found jobs there on fake Pakistani passports and national identity cards, a senior immigration official said.... PESHAWAR: ‘Rs2.8bn to be spent on AIDS awareness’ PESHAWAR, April 8: The government has approved a project worth Rs2.8 billion to spread awareness against AIDS, said a health department official on Tuesday.... PESHAWAR: Revenue employees’ pleas disposed of PESHAWAR, April 8: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday disposed of 16 identical writ petitions filed by the revenue department employees against their suspension.... PESHAWAR: 3 killed in Peshawar PESHAWAR, April 8: At least three persons were killed in separate incidents on Monday night and Tuesday.... PESHAWAR: University for women planned in NWFP PESHAWAR, April 8: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani said on Monday that provision of an improved social services delivery system would continue to remain the top priority of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s... PESHAWAR: Students decry poor nursing education PESHAWAR, April 8: Students of the Nursing School, Khyber Teaching Hospital, have demanded better education facilities, including qualified teaching staff.... PESHAWAR: University ordinance rejected PESHAWAR, April 8: Joint Action Committee on Tuesday observed black day at the University of Peshawar, rejecting the proposed Model Universities Ordinance.... PESHAWAR: Balochistan, NWFP ministers meet PESHAWAR, April 8: Balochistan’s Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Information and Information Technology Maulana Hussain Ahmed Sharodi called on NWFP ministers Asif Iqbal Daudzai, Hafiz Hashmat Khan and Sardar... PESHAWAR: One security man per 30 people in tribal area PESHAWAR, April 8: The total strength of the levies and khasadar officials in the Frontier Regions of Bannu and Lakki is 887 against a population of 26,505. So there is one official for every...

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