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April 26, 2003 Saturday Safar 23, 1424 KARACHI: Five cops booked in robbery case: IG makes department act KARACHI, April 25: Five policemen were arrested on Friday night after the inspector general of Sindh police ordered the registration of a case and arrest of the culprits of a house... KARACHI: Installation attacked as water crisis deepens KARACHI, April 25: Firing at Bihar Colony pumping station by unidentified people plunged the already hard-hit Lyari Town into a much deeper water crisis on Friday as the facility’s staff fled... KARACHI: Sindhi Adabi Board KARACHI, April 25: The Sindh government has returned the charge of the Sindhi Adabi Board to its parent education department, back from the Culture, Education and Tourism, Department, with immediate effect,... KARACHI: Bench gives split verdict in SMC students’ case KARACHI, April 25: The 27 student petitioners, who took the MBBS (final) written examination earlier this month, failed to obtain a court order to appear in the viva voce commencing on... KARACHI: Three die in accidents KARACHI, April 25: Three persons died in separate road traffic accidents in different parts of the city on Friday.... KARACHI: Power shuts prolong miseries in hot weather KARACHI, April 25: Woefully dependent as it is on ambient temperature, the transmission and distribution system of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation broke down once again on Friday as mercury rose... KARACHI: Efforts urged to improve basic health services KARACHI, April 25: Sindh Minister for Local Bodies, Katchi Abadis, and Special Development, Mohammad Hussain, expressing his concern regarding health care services has called for concerted efforts to address the situation.... KARACHI: A book of critical essays launched KARACHI: Known poet and writer Sarwer Javed presented his book Mata-e-Nazer , a collection of the author’s critical essays, before a select gathering of literary figures at Karachi Gymkhana on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Sharea Faisal needs land for expansion KARACHI, April 25: As the city government continues to ignore the expansion of Sharea Faisal, the land and estate department of the armed forces has allotted more land along the road... KARACHI: Marwat visits exam centres KARACHI, April 25: Sindh Education Minister Irfanullah Khan Marwat, on Friday, paid a surprise visit to the examination centres at the Government D.J. Science College and the Government Women’s College, Burns... KARACHI: Treatment facilities for TB patients reviewed KARACHI, April 25: Sindh Health Secretary, Ashiq Hussein Memon, has called upon the Sindh TB Control Programme managers for taking all necessary measures to enhance case detection rate in the cities... KARACHI: MBBS final practical exam schedule KARACHI, April 25: The examination department of the Karachi University on Friday announced the schedule for practical, viva voce examination of final year, MBBS, 2003.... KARACHI: Relaxation in NIC verification demanded KARACHI, April 25: A group of lawyers, headed by Advocate, Ms Fatima Ismail, on Friday called on the Sindh Chief Secretary K.B Rind, and presented him a report regarding the problems... KARACHI: NAB seeks end to corruption KARACHI, April 25: The country can be freed of the shackles of foreign debts only after uprooting corruption, said chairman of the National Accountability Bureau, Lt-Gen Munir Hafiz on Friday.... KARACHI: Woman fell victim to one of 600,000 quacks KARACHI, April 25: Firdous Begum, who ran the makeshift maternity home where a pregnant woman died after being operated upon by a quack, was not authorized to run such a facility,... KARACHI: Major parties agree to back legislation on karo kari KARACHI, April 25: Speakers at a meeting on Friday demanded that all laws that are discriminatory towards women, minorities and other marginalized sections of the society be repealed immediately.... KARACHI: PPP says Musharraf derailing talks KARACHI, April 25: Observing black day against the controversial LFO, the Pakistan People’s Party on Friday accused President Pervez Musharraf of sabotaging the government-opposition dialogue.... KARACHI: Russia offers cooperation KARACHI, April 25: Consul General of the Russian Federation, Vladimir P. Mekhayov, on Friday called on Sindh Chief Minister Sardar Ali Muhammad Khan Mahar, and exchanged views on different matters of... KARACHI: AG to argue in detention case KARACHI, April 25: A division bench of the Sindh High Court adjourned the hearing of a Pakistani American’s petition against his detention on Friday for arguments by Attorney-General Makhdoom Ali Khan’s... KARACHI: PPL rejects ‘baseless’ campaign KARACHI, April 25: The management of Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) on Friday refuted what it called the “sustained campaign of disinformation by vested interests” and said it had “fully implemented” the... KARACHI: Qatari nationals advised KARACHI, April 25: The State of Qatar has announced holding of referendum on the constitution on April 29 in Qatar.... KARACHI: City Council session today KARACHI, April 25: Karachi City Council, will meet on Saturday, April 26, at 2.30pm, due to absence of Naib Nazim, Tariq Hasan, who is presently in the USA, convener of the... KARACHI: Settlement of pension cases KARACHI, April 25: The office of Accountant General Sindh, Karachi, has directed its staff to ensure an early settlement of pension matters of government employees.... KARACHI: Power failures hit industries KARACHI, April 25: Industrialists in F.B. Area and North Karachi have complained that the KESC was resorting to unannounced loadshedding.... HYDERABAD: Measures demanded against SARS threat HYDERABAD, April 25: The participants at a one-day symposium on “Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and its preventive measures” on Friday called the epidemic a global threat and stressed the need for... HYDERABAD: Workers problems resolution urged HYDERABAD, April 25: Solving workers’ problems and raising their standard of living is necessary for the progress of the country.... MIRPURKHAS: Water shortage hits cotton sowing MIRPURKHAS, April 25: Persisting water shortage has adversely affected cotton sowing at the areas lying at the tails of Jamrao, Mithrao and Thar canal.... HYDERABAD: Vaccines available in hospitals: EDO HYDERABAD, April 25: The government has formulated a health policy for children under which they will be administered anti- polio drops and other vaccines to control seven fatal diseases including hepatitis.... HYDERABAD: 11th Sajjada Nasheen of Bhitai’s shrine installed HYDERABAD, April 25: Syed Nisar Hussain Shah was installed on Thursday as the 11th Sajjada Nasheen of the shrine of the great saint-poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai at Bhit Shah.... THATTA: SHO suspended THATTA, April 25: The Thatta police have dropped the charges against Rehana Leghari, district president, women’s wing, PPP, her brothers and cousin, while the SHO, Sujawal police station, Rashid Ahmed Serai,... KHAIRPUR: Teachers protest KHAIRPUR, April 25: Teachers affiliated with the Primary Teachers’ Association on Friday observed a token hunger strike to press the authorities for the acceptance of their demands.... HYDERABAD: RBOD land acquisition payment stressed HYDERABAD, April 25: There is an urgent need to eliminate bottlenecks in the Right Bank Outfall Drain project, including payment of compensation against land acquisition.... DADU: G.M. Syed’s eighth death anniversary observed DADU, April 25: Activists of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz on Friday organized a public gathering in Sann, Dadu district, to mark the eighth death anniversary of the late G. M.... SUKKUR: Landlord killed SUKKUR, April 25: A landlord was shot dead near Abdul Sattar Mahar village in the Khanpur police station jurisdiction on Friday over a land dispute.... PESHAWAR: PA to discuss closure of cooperative bank PESHAWAR, April 25: The provincial assembly on Friday admitted two identical adjournment motions to discuss the closure of the Frontier Cooperative Bank, which ended the services of hundreds of employees and caused hardship to... PESHAWAR: PHCBA election today PESHAWAR, April 25: The two alliances of lawyers belonging to political groups will face each other in the annual elections of Peshawar High Court Bar Association on Saturday.... PESHAWAR: Sherpao’s indictment on 29th PESHAWAR, April 25: A local court on Friday fixed April 29 for indictment of Water and Power Minister Aftab Ahmad Sherpao on the charge of illegal exit from the country.... PESHAWAR: Two policemen killed PESHAWAR, April 25: Two policemen were killed here on Friday when they were returning to Mathra police station in an official car....

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