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April 17, 2003 Thursday Safar 14, 1424 KARACHI: City lawyers stay away from court proceedings KARACHI, April 16: Lawyers boycotted the court proceedings on Wednesday in protest against the killing of their colleague on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Parents in a fix over costlier books, copies KARACHI, April 16: School textbooks, printed by private publishers, are short in supply in the market and are being sold at a price five to 20 per cent higher than last... KARACHI: Water crisis due to voltage drop KARACHI, April 16: Almost all those localities hooked to the Hub Dam source will either go dry or receive scant supply with low pressure for the next couple of days owing... KARACHI: Russian envoy for bilateral solution of Kashmir KARACHI, April 16: Russia has called upon India and Pakistan to resolve their conflicts through peaceful means and create a climate of understanding and accommodation.... KARACHI: School-wall collapse kills girl KARACHI, April 16: A minor girl died and her sister was injured when a wall of their school collapsed.... KARACHI: Ban on supari products demanded KARACHI, April 16: There have been sufficient evidence that rotten betel nut was being used in the manufacturing of sweet supari and gutka, senior members of the Pakistan Medical Association told... KARACHI: Man kidnapped, killed KARACHI, April 16: Unknown persons killed a young man after kidnapping him.... KARACHI: Hawkers zone in Saddar planned KARACHI, April 16: The Saddar town administration has submitted a proposal to the city government for establishing Hawkers’ zones in some parts of the town.... KARACHI: 950 lecturers to be appointed KARACHI, April 16: Sindh Education Minister Irfanullah Marwat announced on Wednesday that to overcome the shortage of college teachers, some 950 lecturers would be recruited in the education department, details of... KARACHI: Two ministers visit Landhi, Korangi KARACHI, April 16: Sindh minister for planning and development Syed Shoaib Bukhari and local bodies minister Mohammad Husain Khan on Wednesday visited Landhi, Korangi and Malir to inquire about the problems... KARACHI: Teacher to get skill development training KARACHI, April 16: The training of fifth batch in the Skill Development subject under the Middle School Project (MSP) will commence from the first week of May.... KARACHI: Arts Council theatre opens in August KARACHI, April 16: Ninety per cent of the construction work of the Karachi Arts Council theatre project has been completed and the theatre is expected to be inaugurated by President General... KARACHI: Sindh to be made polio-free by 2004 KARACHI, April 16: The Sindh Chief Minister, Sardar Ali Mohammad Khan Mahar, has said that the provincial government is according priority to health problems, and said that the province would, Inshallah,... KARACHI: JPMC to have emergency OT soon KARACHI, April 16: The casualty department of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, which receives between 350 and 400 patients every day, is doing without an emergency operation theatre.... KARACHI: Self-monitoring tool for industry KARACHI, April 16: The provincial module of the Self- Monitoring and Reporting Tool, a software developed for management of reports generated by the industries under the self-monitoring programme, has been handed... KARACHI: CHK seeks deployment of rangers for security KARACHI, April 16: The administration of Civil Hospital Karachi requested the health department on Wednesday to allow the posting of rangers or police personnel on its premises so that adequate security... KARACHI: Commercial zones along six roads planned KARACHI, April 16: The city government has chalked out a plan to commercialize plots/land situated on various thoroughfares.... KARACHI: Power breakdowns persist in city KARACHI, April 16: While the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation insists that it is not carrying out loadshedding in the city, consumers calling from many localities, other than those affected by a... KARACHI: More women likely in Sindh cabinet KARACHI, April 16: Sindh Chief Minister Sardar Ali Muhammed Mahar said on Wednesday that more women would be inducted in the provincial cabinet.... KARACHI: Suspects remanded in police custody KARACHI, April 16: The suspects who killed a city lawyer were on Wednesday remanded to police custody for seven days.... KARACHI: SDA to get more ministries: Imtiaz KARACHI, April 16: President Sindh Democratic Alliance (SDA), Imtiaz Shaikh, on Wednesday said that more MPAs belonging to the SDA and parties comprising the National Alliance (NA) would be given... KARACHI: 10 injured as student groups clash at SSUET KARACHI, April 16: At least 10 people were injured when two groups of students clashed over the distribution of stickers at Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology on Wednesday.... KARACHI: KU announces BCom results KARACHI, April 16: The University of Karachi on Wednesday announced results of BCom Part-I (Regular/ External), annual examination 2002, with an overall pass percentage of 24.02.... KARACHI: Governor off to UK KARACHI, April 16: Speaker Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah took oath as acting Sindh governor here at the governor’s house on Wednesday.... HYDERABAD: SGA raps government for non-payment of cane price HYDERABAD, April 16: The Sindh Sugarcane Growers Association has criticized the government for its failure to honour its own commitment regarding payment to growers and termed it ironical that the government... DADU: Two killed in clash DADU, April 16: Two people were killed and another was injured in a clash between Rind and Tunio tribesmen in the Yaqoob Rind village, Mahar taluka, on Tuesday evening.... HYDERABAD: Scholars urged to work on welfare projects HYDERABAD, April 16: The vice chancellor, University of Sindh, Mazharul Haq Siddiqui, has called upon the research scholars to concentrate on those research projects, which may provide relief to the community... PESHAWAR: Hospitals complain of fund shortages PESHAWAR, April 16: Shortage of Zakat fund has been affecting the treatment of deserving patients at hospitals, said an official in the provincial Zakat and Usher department on Wednesday.... HYDERABAD: Water board refutes allegations HYDERABAD, April 16: The Left Bank Canal Area Water Board, Badin, has refuted allegations levelled by the chief engineer, irrigation, Kotri Barrage, accusing the Board of being responsible for the water... PESHAWAR: Judgment in drug case reserved PESHAWAR, April 16: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court has reserved its judgment on an appeal of a woman sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court for drug... PESHAWAR: Opposition urged to accept LFO PESHAWAR, April 16: The Grand National Alliance has urged the joint opposition in parliament to accept the Legal Framework Order as “a bridge between the army and civil society” and refrain... PESHAWAR: Regularization of services sought PESHAWAR, April 16: The Doctor’s Action Committee, Fata, has asked the Nifaz-i-Shariat Council to recommend to the government the regularization of the services of the contract doctors to remove the prevalent... PESHAWAR: Singer administers polio drops PESHAWAR, April 16: UNICEF’s polio ambassador and famous singer Jawad Ahmad visited some educational institutions and slum areas here on Wednesday to create awareness on polio eradication campaign.... PESHAWAR: Ammunition seized at Torkham PESHAWAR, April 16: The political administration of Khyber Agency seized a large quantity of ammunition from a truck at Torkham border and arrested an Afghan on Wednesday.... CHITRAL: Internet users’ complaint CHITRAL, April 16: Internet users have been facing connectivity problems for the last one week, shows a survey.... SWABI: Mountain dispute resolved SWABI, April 16: An old dispute over the ownership of a mountain was amicably settled after the intervention of elected representatives and police officials....

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