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April 12, 2003 Saturday Safar 9, 1424 KARACHI: KESC fails to ensure uninterrupted supply KARACHI, April 11: Despite a marked drop in temperature from Thursday’s 39.6 degrees Centigrade to 32.7 degrees Centigrade on Friday, the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation failed to ensure uninterrupted power supply... KARACHI: SSP activist gets death in Qadri murder case KARACHI, April 11: Judge Aley Maqbool Rizvi of the anti-terrorism court No 1 sentenced a worker of the banned Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) to death on Friday for killing Maulana Salim Qadri,... KARACHI: Man dies in accident; boy attempts suicide KARACHI, April 11: An unidentified man died in a hit-and-run accident in Malir City on Friday.... KARACHI: Abused 10-year-old girl tries to kill herself KARACHI, April 11: A 10-year-old girl, who set herself on fire after being raped, is struggling for life in a hospital.... KARACHI: Dr Pfau receives Jinnah Award KARACHI, April 11: Dr Ruth Pfau of the Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre, the German-born humanist who spent her lifetime in Pakistan for the containment and treatment of leprosy, received the Jinnah... KARACHI: Lease rates to be revised from June 30 KARACHI, April 11: Sindh government’s Katchi Abadi department has been devolved and merged with the Katchi Abadi department of the City District Government. A notification has also been issued in this... KARACHI: Body found KARACHI, April 11: A young woman was found murdered in Sachal police limits late Thursday night. The police said an unidentified young woman, who was in her early 30s, was found... KARACHI: Not enough being done to curb SARS: Seminar told KARACHI, April 11: The government is not doing enough regarding identifying and then isolating the travellers who might be carrying the virus which causes the deadly Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.... KARACHI: Sedentary lifestyle main cause of diseases KARACHI, April 11: Speakers at a seminar on “Importance of lifestyle in disease prevention” underscored the need for taking daily physical exercise to avoid non-communicable diseases (NCDs).... KARACHI: DCET on road to recovery KARACHI, April 11: For the last about two years, the Dawood College of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, has taken great strides towards improvement in its financial position as well as academic... KARACHI: Ida Rieu team win KARACHI, April 11: The cricket team of the Ida Rieu School and College for the Deaf and Blind beat the Karachi Rock Club team by nine wickets and won the two-day... KARACHI: Calendar, diary show inaugurated KARACHI, April 11: Federal Information Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed here on Friday performed the opening of the 34th calendar and diary exhibition at the Sadequain Art Gallery.... KARACHI: High Court sets aside conviction in loan case KARACHI, April 11: The Sindh High Court allowed an appeal by a cotton mills’ chief executive on Friday and set aside his conviction by an accountability court, which had sentenced him... KARACHI: Blackmailers sentenced KARACHI, April 11: An additional district and sessions judge, West, sentenced on Friday a photographer and a dismissed police constable to various prison terms for blackmailing young women after taking their... KARACHI: Pakistan must stop US advances, says Qazi KARACHI, April 11: The Vice President of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and Amir of Jamaat-i-Islami, Qazi Hussain Ahmad, has said that we have left with no option but to put up stiff resistance... KARACHI: Abdullah Malik’s death condoled KARACHI: The Progressive Writers Association and Irteqa Institute of Social Sciences have jointly condoled the death of veteran writer, journalist and committed socialist Abdullah Malik.... KARACHI: Irsa chief’s claim refuted KARACHI, April 11: Provincial Secretary Irrigation and Power, Imtiaz Qazi, has refuted the claim by Chairman, Indus River System Authority (Irsa), Nasar Rajput, that Sindh and Punjab have reached an agreement... KARACHI: Yunus Ahmar passes away KARACHI, April 11: Yunus Ahmar, a prominent literary figure, died here on Friday morning after a protracted illness.... KARACHI: Firing case KARACHI, April 11: The anti-terrorism court No 1 put off the hearing of a case against accused Faisal and two others, which pertained to a firing attack on a prisoners’ van.... KARACHI: Exam timings KARACHI, April 11: The SBTE has notified for all the candidates of TSC Part II annual examination 2003 that exam timings will be 2pm instead of 1pm and 2:30 pm on... HYDERABAD: Govt for talks on LFO: minister HYDERABAD, April 11: Federal Minister for Information and Media Development Shaikh Rasheed Ahmed has said that the government wanted to resolve all contentious issues including the issue of LFO through talks.... HYDERABAD: Water release below Kotri demanded HYDERABAD, April 11: The Sindh Water Committee (SWC) has emphasized the need for conducting a study to determine water needs of downstream Kotri areas and urged the federal government to ensure... MIRPURKHAS: Power outages affect industry MIRPURKHAS, April 11: Industrial production, business activities and normal civic life have been affected in southern Sindh by frequent and prolonged power outages for the past 15 days, it was learnt... SUKKUR: Two killed, 9 injured in accident SUKKUR, April 11: Two women were killed and nine others injured in an accident on the link road, near Daraza Sharif, on Friday.... THATTA: Muttahida leader, six others booked THATTA, April 11: The Mirpur Bathoro police have lodged a case against Mohammad Ibrahim Soho, the zonal in charge of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Thatta and Badin districts; his brother,... HYDERABAD: MMA chief rejects deal on LFO HYDERABAD, April 11: Muttahida-Majlis-i-Amal chief Maulana Shah Ahmed Noorani has rejected reports that the MMA has struck a deal with the government on the Legal Framework Order.... JACOBABAD: Protesters slam US occupation of Iraq JACOBABAD, April 11: Several rallies were taken out on Friday in various cities, including Jacobabad, Shikarpur and Nawabshah, on the call of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal to protest against the US-led invasion... SANGHAR: Burn victim dies SANGHAR, April 11: One of the burn victims, Sawan Halepoto, succumbed to his burn injuries in the hospital on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: Interest waiver on loans ineffective PESHAWAR, April 11: The MMA-led NWFP government’s incentive package aimed at recovering Rs210 million bad loans from the liquidated Frontier Cooperative Bank’s defaulters by waiving the accumulated interest received negligable response,... PESHAWAR: MMA misleading people: ANP PESHAWAR, April 11: The Awami National Party (ANP) has accused the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal of misleading the masses over the question of the Legal Framework Order (LFO) and uniformed president.... ABBOTTABAD: PML-Q leader slams govt ABBOTTABAD, April 11: The Secretary-General, PML-Q, Saleem Saifullah Khan has shown dissatisfaction at the performance of the NWFP government, saying it has failed to deliver the goods as per its manifesto.... SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: More force to take part in anti-poppy drive SOUTH WAZIRISTAN, April 11: The political administration of South Waziristan Agency has dispatched the scouts force stationed at four camps to the agency headquarters, Wana, to take part in the anti-poppy... PESHAWAR: PHC dismisses bail pleas PESHAWAR, April 11: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Friday dismissed the bail applications of two officials of the Punjab police accused of smuggling arms and narcotics.... PESHAWAR: Promotion of Hindko urged PESHAWAR, April 11: The Gandhara Hindko Board has demanded of the government to take concrete measures for the promotion of Hindko, which was the language of Gandhara period.... PESHAWAR: Teachers’ demo against MUO on 15th PESHAWAR, April 11: The Federation of All Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association will hold protest demonstrations in front of provincial assemblies during their sessions against the proposed Model University Ordinance.... PESHAWAR: Women asked to benefit from bank scheme PESHAWAR, April 11: The president’s wife, Sehba Musharraf, on Friday urged the women to benefit from the micro-credit scheme launched by the government through the Khushali Bank, by involving themselves in... PESHAWAR: Singer’s sons detained for kidnapping PESHAWAR, April 11: The police raided the house of prominent Pushto singer Gulzar Alam on Thursday night and detained his two sons in Tatara police station for about 10 hours on charges of kidnapping sons... PESHAWAR: Ord flayed PESHAWAR, April 11: The Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) has said it will not allow the government to implement the proposed Model Universities Ordinance.—Correspondent...

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