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April 15, 2003 Tuesday Safar 12, 1424 KARACHI: Strike at CHK after lady doctor beaten up KARACHI, April 14: The house officers of the Civil Hospital Karachi called a strike on Monday morning after a series of incidents in which a colleague of theirs was severely beaten... KARACHI: Loadshedding in city areas KARACHI, April 14: Just when the Sui Southern Gas Company starts supplying 240MMCFD of natural gas to the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation, the “outside connecting conductor insulator of the 132kv Orangi... KARACHI: HBFC scheme for house improvement KARACHI, April 14: The House Building Finance Corporation on Monday launched a home improvement scheme called ‘Shandar Ghar’ as a pilot project in Karachi. The scheme will be extended to other... KARACHI: Police put on high alert KARACHI, April 14: The police were put on high alert in the city on Monday after the judgment by an anti-terrorism court in the US consulate carbomb case.... KARACHI: Petroleum firm’s officials kidnapped KARACHI, April 14: Two officials of a multinational petroleum company were kidnapped on Super Highway in Gulzar-i-Hijri police limits on Friday while they were coming to Karachi from Hyderabad.... KARACHI: Anti-polio drive begins today KARACHI, April 14: Sindh chief minister Sardar Ali Mohammad Khan Mahar will formally open the 37th National Immunization Days (April 15 to April 17) by administering polio drops to child patients... KARACHI: No future health policy for city KARACHI, April 14: The city government has failed to formulate any future health policy despite the fact that less than 20 per cent of Karachi’s population benefits from its health facilities... KARACHI: IBA to facilitate Sukkur students KARACHI, April 14: The IBA Karachi has agreed to hold examinations of 17 students of MCS programme of 2001 batch at the IBA Sukkur after some necessary adjustment, said sources in... KARACHI: Swiss diplomat visits NGO office KARACHI, April 14: Consul-General of Switzerland in Karachi, Julius Anderegg, visited the support office of Marie Stopes Society and exchanged views with its Managing Director Dr Mohsina Bilgrami on general reproductive... KARACHI: Phone booths to be set up at bus stops KARACHI, April 14: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited chairman Akhter Ahmed Bajwa has directed the payphone companies to install payphone booth at all bus stops of the rural and far-flung areas of... KARACHI: CPSP de-recognizes medical institutions KARACHI, April 14: The College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan has de-recognized different medical institutions accredited by it for postgraduate training due to non-payment of stipend to FCPS-11 trainees.... KARACHI: Water pipeline leakages to be checked: Nazim KARACHI, April 14: The City Nazim, Naimatullah Khan, has said Karachi lacks water resources and leakage from pipelines and unjust distribution aggravates the water shortage problem.... KARACHI: 3,500 children suffering from blood diseases KARACHI, April 14: About 3,500 children suffering from thalassemia and haemophilia are registered with the Fatimid Foundation and for these 80 to 90 bottles of blood is required daily.... KARACHI: Abdullah Malik remembered KARACHI: At a condolence meeting held for famous writer, journalist and social activist Abdullah Malik, the speakers at the Irteqa Literary Forum termed his death a great loss to the Progressive... KARACHI: 5,500 schools need funds & 15,000 staff, CM told KARACHI, April 14: Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Mahar has said that it was the government’s desires to introduce revolutionary changes in the realm of education so as to change the destiny... KARACHI: Chaotic traffic in Lyari town KARACHI, April 14: Chaotic traffic conditions have become a regular feature at the Lea Market roundabout, particularly near Azam Khan Hotel, because of parking of buses, coaches and wagons in the... KARACHI: Committee to help solve villagers’ problems KARACHI, April 14: A committee has been formed for the resolution of the problems being faced by the dwellers of the villages located within the jurisdiction of Port Qasim.... KARACHI: Mumtaz stresses unity to face external threat KARACHI, April 14: The chief of the Sindh National Front, Mumtaz Ali Bhutto, said here on Monday that the US aggression against Iraq had a direct bearing on Pakistan as it... KARACHI: Teachers’ detailment orders to be cancelled KARACHI, April 14: The provincial Education Minister, Irfanullah Marwat, on Monday has attributed scarcity of teachers in colleges to many teachers’ transfers from the colleges in far-flung areas and many others’... KARACHI: Young man commits suicide KARACHI, April 14: A young man committed suicide in the city on Monday.... KARACHI: Candidate withdraws poll plea KARACHI, April 14: An election tribunal, headed by Justice Zawwar Hussain Jaffery of the Sindh High Court, disposed of on Monday the election petition of Muttahida Qaumi Movement candidate Syed Afsar... KARACHI: Paper dealers to continue strike KARACHI, April 14: Paper merchants, after observing a complete shutter-down on Monday in protest against the arrest of their fellow dealer, have decided continue the strike for another day, Tuesday.... KARACHI: IT literacy may be made mandatory KARACHI, April 14: Knowledge in information technology would be made mandatory for all future government employees, while email would be used for inter-office communication, an official of the Sindh IT Department... KARACHI: Lashkar man’s trial begins on 21st KARACHI, April 14: Judge Arshad Noor Khan of the anti-terrorism court-3, who is also the acting administrative judge of the ATCs at Karachi, accepted on Monday five police challans against Abdul... KARACHI: Diplomat visits CPLC office KARACHI, April 14: The consul-general of Germany visited the office of the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee on Monday to review the working of the institution.... KARACHI: Probe body on Irsa KARACHI, April 14: In view of the apprehensions in the press regarding decisions taken at the Irsa advisory committee meeting held on April 9 in Islamabad, the Sindh chief minister has... HYDERABAD: Growers oppose water distribution on historic use basis HYDERABAD, April 14: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture has expressed shock over the Irsa decision that the distribution of water during the current Kharif season would be made according to historic... LARKANA: Uplift schemes approved LARKANA, April 14: The District Development Working Party (DDWP) approved 125 development schemes to be carried out in the district at an estimated cost of Rs63 million.... HYDERABAD: MMA asks Musharraf to step down as COAS HYDERABAD, April 14: Leaders of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Monday criticized the United States for its occupation of Iraq and asked President Gen Pervez Musharraf to step down as the chief... HYDERABAD: Exams schedule HYDERABAD, April 14: The University of Sindh has announced that the B.Ed and M.Ed off campus annual examinations for the year 2002 will be conducted from May 19.... HYDERABAD: Court refuses to grant remand of suspect HYDERABAD, April 14: A court of law on Monday refused to grant more remand in police custody of an accused, Abdul Rehman Khoso, who had allegedly tried to commit suicide in... DADU: Four injured in clash DADU, April 14: Four persons were injured on Monday in a clash between two groups of the Katohar clan in a dispute over distribution of land in Mahi Otho town.... SANGHAR: Girl students allowed to take exams SANGHAR, April 14: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Hyderabad, has decided to allow 57 students of the Government Girls’ College, Sanghar, to appear in the examinations, commencing from April... PESHAWAR: Tax men told to speed up drive PESHAWAR, April 14: Provincial Minister for Excise and Taxation Fazal Rabbani has directed the high-ups of the excise department to take strict action against those officials who fail to achieve tax... PESHAWAR: Government fails in stemming crime PESHAWAR, April 14: The provincial government has failed to restore the rule of law in the high-crime incidence pockets of the province.... PESHAWAR: Anti-polio drive begins today PESHAWAR, April 14: NWFP ministers have urged the people to administer anti-polio drops to the children up to five years of age in order to save them from falling prey to... PESHAWAR: Law & order situation deplored PESHAWAR, April 14: Central leader of the Pakistan People’s Party (Sherpao) and MPA, Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao has expressed anguish over the deteriorating law and order situation in NWFP.... PESHAWAR: Couple gets bail in Hudood case PESHAWAR, April 14: A local court here on Monday granted bail to a couple who had entered into wedlock without the consent of their parents.... MINGORA: One killed MINGORA, April 14: A man was shot dead and four others were injured in tehsil Matta of Swat on Monday.... HARIPUR: Man shot dead HARIPUR, April 14: A man was shot dead in broad daylight by unknown assailants here on Saturday. The motive behind the murder could not be known....

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