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April 28, 2003 Monday Safar 25, 1424 KARACHI: The Nazim calls KARACHI: Most people in this city missed a heartbeat to learn of a robbery in a bookbinder’s home in New Karachi on Wednesday night. This was because of the reported involvement... KARACHI: KESC system collapses as mercury shoots up KARACHI, April 27: As mercury stood at 42 degrees Centigrade on Sunday, the ill-maintained transmission and distribution system of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation collapsed in many city areas.... KARACHI: 450 health facilities in Sindh not functioning KARACHI, April 27: More than 450 healthcare facilities in Sindh, built at considerable cost to the taxpayers, either remain non-functional or grossly under-utilized. The reason: the finance department is yet to... KARACHI: JPMC evicting patients for SARS quarantine KARACHI, April 27: The administration of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre is summarily evicting the patients of its skin department — ward number 10 — to make way for a quarantine... KARACHI: 110 vehicles taken away in a week KARACHI, April 27: Bandits either hijacked or stole 110 vehicles — 50 cars and 60 motorcycles — during the past one week.... KARACHI: 2 bodies found KARACHI, April 27: Partially decomposed bodies of a man and a woman were found in a flat on Saturday night.... KARACHI: Two persons commit suicide KARACHI, April 27: Two persons committed suicide in separate incidents in the city on Sunday.... KARACHI: Khetran barred KARACHI, April 27: A PPP central leader from Balochistan Mir Baz Khan Khetran could not proceed to Dubai to attend a meeting of the central working committee of the party on... KARACHI: Ombudsman directs laying of pipeline KARACHI, April 27: The Provincial Ombudsman, Justice Haziqul Khairi, has directed the EDO Water and Sanitation to take up work pertaining to laying of a pipeline in Orangi’s Bilal Colony (Sector-3)... KARACHI: Reprint edition of Artasia launched KARACHI, April 27: The Contemporary Arts Resource Centre launched the 2003 reprint edition of the first issue of Artasia which had first come out in the winter of 1965.... KARACHI: Two flutist brothers enthral audience KARACHI, April 27: Youngish flutists Sajid Ali and Abid Ali stole the show at an Arts Council music programme on Saturday night where they played the wind instrument with remarkable skill... KARACHI: Lone poison control unit covers 14m population KARACHI, April 27: Karachi, in the backdrop of an alarming surge in suicidal and para-suicidal instances, besides cases of accidental poisoning, is in dire need of poison control centres on district... KARACHI: Urdu University’s senate meets today KARACHI, April 27: The rescheduled maiden meeting of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology senate will be held at the varsity’s Gulshan-i-Iqbal campus on April 28.... KARACHI: Issuance of birth, death certificates KARACHI, April 27: Sindh Chief Secretary K. B. Rind has directed the district coordination officers to adopt a transparent policy for issuance of death and birth certificates and take action against... KARACHI: City Council members oycott session KARACHI, April 27: Members of the City Council on Saturday staged a walkout to lodge their protest against not allowing one of their colleagues, facing a murder trial, to attend the... KARACHI: Muslims urged to disown Jihadis KARACHI, April 27: Participants of a seminar on Sunday called upon the Muslim countries to get rid of dictatorial and monarchical regimes, strictly adhere to democratic dispensation and disown the Jihadi... KARACHI: Plans afoot to check joblessness, says Mahar KARACHI, April 27: Sindh Chief Minister Sardar Ali Mohammad Mahar said on Sunday that a comprehensive strategy was being formulated to eliminate unemployment in the province.... KARACHI: Imam Raza’s services highlighted KARACHI, April 27: Speakers at a conference on Sunday recalled the scholarly contribution of Imam Ahmad Raza, and urged the Muslims to carry out research in various fields as this was... KARACHI: Hot weather persists KARACHI, April 27: The meteorological department on Sunday recorded a maximum temperature of 42 degrees centigrade and minimum temperature of 24.6 degrees centigrade in Karachi. Humidity remained 21 per cent.... KARACHI: Advances by firms without markup illegal: SHC KARACHI, April 27: A limited company that makes advances to its associated undertakings without mark-up or claiming return on them renders itself liable to punishment under the Companies Ordinance-1984, the Sindh... KARACHI: Asif’s counsel seeks coercive action for trial KARACHI, April 27: The defence counsel for Asif Ali Zardari in Sajjad Hussain murder case has sought “coercive action” from the court for an early trial as his client has never... SUKKUR: Four kidnapped from police convoy SUKKUR, April 27: Armed bandits made a police-protected convoy hostage on the Indus Highway in the Bakhshapur police station jurisdiction on Saturday night and kidnapped four men after looting passengers and... HYDERABAD: Moot calls for water release below Kotri HYDERABAD, April 27: Leaders of various political parties, social welfare organisations and agriculture and irrigation experts were unanimous in their criticism over the construction of various water projects on River Indus... KHAIRPUR: PPP leader joins PML-F KHAIRPUR, April 27: Irshad Jilani, Sukkur division, president of the People’s Party Parliamentarians, women’s wing, has resigned from the party’s basic membership and joined the PML-F.... HYDERABAD: Bodies of two bandits found in waterway HYDERABAD, April 27: Two alleged dacoits, Mohamamd Saleh Halepoto and Abdul Razaque Halepoto, were found dead under mysterious circumstances in the jurisdiction of the Tando Allahyar police station on Sunday.... HYDERABAD: Steps to contain hepatitis urged HYDERABAD, April 27: The medical experts have said that Hepatitis was common in Sindh and stressed the need for taking preventive measures, including screening blood to help identify people infected by... BADIN: Many official posts lying vacant BADIN, April 27: The Badin district government is functioning without two executive district officers, two deputy district officers and a district officer.... NAWABSHAH: Water rotation planned for Nawabshah NAWABSHAH, April 27: The executive engineer, Nusrat irrigation division, has announced a fresh water rotation programme on the basis of availability of water in Nusrat Branch.... HYDERABAD: Cane growers asked to seek dues payment HYDERABAD, April 27: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA) has advised sugarcane growers to approach the sugar mills for the recovery of their outstanding dues and keep the cane commissioner posted... SUKKUR: Girl shot dead SUKKUR, April 27: A girl was shot dead by four persons in the Obhayo Malhan village, Ghotki district, on Saturday.... LARKANA: Frequent power failures hit hospital LARKANA, April 27: Patients at the Chandka Medical College Hospital suffered unannounced load shedding as the mercury continued to soar with the advent of summer, patients admitted to the hospital, their... PESHAWAR: Dower wife’s right if cruelty involved: PHC judgment in Khula case PESHAWAR, April 27: The Peshawar High Court has ruled that a husband is liable to pay dower to his wife when she is compelled to seek dissolution of marriage on the... PESHAWAR: Qazi asks president to show flexibility PESHAWAR, April 27: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed has advised President Gen Pervez Musharraf to give up what he called “his stubbornness” on the controversial Legal Framework Order.... PESHAWAR: Development of society urged PESHAWAR, April 27: Speakers at a workshop urged the mass media to play their role in strengthening the civil society and promoting democratic culture in Pakistan and Afghanistan.... PESHAWAR: Appointment of teachers demanded PESHAWAR, April 27: All Teachers Association, NWFP, has asked the government to immediately appoint senior English teachers (SETs) on all vacant posts in order to overcome shortage of staff in the... PESHAWAR: PPP concerned about poverty, lawlessness PESHAWAR, April 27: The Pakistan People’s Party has expressed its profound concern over the increasing poverty, lawlessness and unemployment in the country and held the government responsible for it....

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