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April 30, 2003 Wednesday Safar 27, 1424 KARACHI: Jamali hopes political process will continue KARACHI, April 29: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said that the government is holding talks with political parties with good intentions.... KARACHI: Polio teams not doing enough in Sindh: WHO official says... KARACHI, April 29: The WHO’s director for Eastern Mediterranean Region expressed dismay at the government officials’ inability to get a grip on polio during his meetings on Tuesday with the Sindh... KARACHI: Health dept issued notice on medical students’ plea KARACHI, April 29: The referee judge of the Sindh High Court, seized of the medical students’ case, issued notices to the provincial health department and the advocate-general for Wednesday.... KARACHI: Body to check illegal detentions KARACHI, April 29: The Sindh Ombudsman, Justice (Retd) Haziq-ul-Khairi, exercising his suo moto powers in continuation of his order passed on Jan 25 and 26, named a two-member commission for illegal... KARACHI: Hearing in Frenchmen killing case put off KARACHI, April 29: Judge Feroze Mahmood Bhatti of the Anti-terrorism Court No. 2 put off the hearing of the Frenchmen killing case till May 2 after recording the statements of two... KARACHI: Man shot dead; two die in accidents KARACHI, April 29: Unknown persons shot dead a man in his house in Orangi Extension early Tuesday morning.... KARACHI: Adhocism undermines W&S dept performance KARACHI, April 29: The prevailing adhocism in the administrative setup of the city government’s Water and Sanitation (W&S) Department has emerged as the root cause of the rapidly deteriorating performance, of... KARACHI: Workers seek withdrawal of IRO KARACHI, April 29: Labour leaders and trade unionists have condemned the new Industrial Relations Ordinance (IRO-2002) demanding its immediate withdrawal and introduction of a worker-friendly law in its place.... KARACHI: Modern OPD unit ready at NICVD KARACHI, April 29: The modern OPD and the new angiography unit at the National Institute of Cardio Vascular Diseases (NICVD) will become functional by May 3, after its formal inauguration by... KARACHI: 94pc patients recover without treatment: No SARS case in Pakistan KARACHI, April 29: About 94 per cent of the people carrying the virus which causes the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome recover from it on their own. No treatment is available for... KARACHI: KU notifies exam schedule KARACHI, April 29: The Department of Microbiology, University of Karachi, on Tuesday announced the schedule for terminal examination of first semester, 2003.... KARACHI: Upgrading may affect phones KARACHI, April 29: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company, STR-III has said that during the course of technical upgrading of the system, the usual telecommunication position of the telephone numbers with prefix, 8142000... KARACHI: Exam boycott KARACHI, April 29: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association has resented torture on a professor at the Government St Patrick’s College, by some students of an organization, for refusing to allow... KARACHI: Watercolours at The Art KARACHI, April 29: A display of urban and still life in watercolours by G.N. Kazi opens at The Art Gallery on Wednesday at 5pm.... KARACHI: Local govt minister acquitted in three cases KARACHI, April 29: Mohammed Hussain, Sindh Minister for Local Government, was on Tuesday acquitted in three criminal cases, including a murder case, by an additional district and sessions court of district... KARACHI: Boost in seafood exports termed encouraging KARACHI, April 29: The substantial increase in fish exports during the month of March shows that importers’ response to Pakistan’s seafood is favourable, according to a fisheries source.... KARACHI: Suspects in Alliance Motors scam sent to jail KARACHI, April 29: Fifteen accused, including the widow of a senior journalist, facing charges in a Rs3.5 billion Alliance Motors scam were remanded to jail custody on Tuesday by an accountability... KARACHI: Govt to help LEW plan affectees KARACHI, April 29: The federal government will extend its support for the rehabilitation of the shiftees of the Lyari Expressway Project.... KARACHI: PN’s safety measures Reviewed KARACHI, April 29: The Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Shahid Karimullah, said due to the volatile geo-political situation in the region, the Pakistan Navy needed to remain prepared to embark... KARACHI: Holiday KARACHI, April 29: Sindh government has declared May 1 as a holiday in the province on the occasion of the May Day, for all offices, autonomous, semi-autonomous bodies, corporations and local... KARACHI: Governor’s House website KARACHI, April 29: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad on Tuesday launched the official website of the Governor’s House.... KARACHI: UC Nazim brought from jail to attend council session KARACHI, April 29: The Nazim of UC-7 (Gulberg Town), Faizanullah, on Tuesday became the first member of any local government having been granted permission to attend the session on parole.... KARACHI: 4 held for robberies KARACHI, April 29: Police have arrested four alleged robbers and recovered unlicensed weapons and stolen property from their possession.... KARACHI: BSE enrolment KARACHI, April 29: The Board of Secondary Education, Karachi has announced that the Enrolment forms for the Secondary School Certificate, Part-I (Class-IX), annual examination, 2004, for Science and General Group, will... KARACHI: KESC disowns ‘lady meter readers’ KARACHI, April 29: The KESC authorities have cautioned consumers against impersonators and warned that no woman introducing herself as meter checker be allowed into a consumer’s house as the KESC never... KARACHI: Chinese firm satisfied with water quantity in Thar: 600mw power project KARACHI, April 29: Chinese hydraulic experts, who recently carried out initial studies in Thar, have expressed satisfaction with the availability of the quantity of water in Thar which will be sufficient... HYDERABAD: Dist Council calls for dissolution of Sida HYDERABAD, April 29: The district council of Hyderabad on Tuesday demanded the dissolution of the Sindh Irrigation and Drainage Authority (Sida).... HYDERABAD: ‘Universities to be decentralized’ HYDERABAD, April 29: The chairman of the Higher Education Commission, Dr Attaur Rehman, has said efforts are being made to decentralize universities of the country.... HYDERABAD: Growers to be trained for proper use of pesticides HYDERABAD, April 29: As many as 3,220 agriculture officers, doctors, farmers, field assistants and pesticide dealers will be imparted training in safe use of pesticides.... HYDERABAD: Slaughterhouse to be built: minister HYDERABAD, April 29: A modern slaughterhouse will be constructed at the new Cattle Colony on Tando Mohammad Khan road with the assistance of the Asian Development Bank.... HYDERABAD: 386 snatched vehicles recovered HYDERABAD, April 29: The motor vehicle and crime branch of Sindh Excise and Taxation Department has launched a crackdown for the recovery of motor vehicle tax and snatched and stolen vehicles.... HYDERABAD: Sacking of mill workers flayed HYDERABAD, April 29: The All Pakistan Trade Unions Organization (APTUO) has condemned the sacking of all the permanent employees of the Khoski Sugar Mills.... PESHAWAR: PA demands gas to be utilized by Frontier: Resolution adopted PESHAWAR, April 29: The NWFP Assembly on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution asking the provincial government to move the federal government to ensure utilization of gas deposits found in the province... PESHAWAR: Sherpao indicted in illegal exit case PESHAWAR, April 29: A local court on Tuesday indicted Federal Minister for Water and Power, Aftab Ahmad Sherpao, for illegal exit from the country in early 2000.... PESHAWAR: Governor opens IT exhibition PESHAWAR, April 29: A two-day IT exhibition, entitled ‘Brain Storm’, was inaugurated by NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah on Tuesday, and attracted a large number of students. About 50 stalls,... PESHAWAR: Opposition’s move to be futile PESHAWAR, April 29: The joint move of the opposition benches in the NWFP Assembly for regularizing the services of employees appointed on contract basis is likely to prove a futile exercise,...

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