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May 1, 2003 Thursday Safar 28, 1424 KARACHI: Protesters ransack water dept offices KARACHI, April 30: The office of the area XEN of the Water and Sanitation Department was ransacked by the enraged residents of North Karachi’s Sector 11-J on Wednesday... KARACHI: PM grants Rs10m for Hamdard varsity KARACHI, April 30: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali awarded a total number of 1,188 degrees to the graduates of 11 institutes of the Hamdard University, including Usman Institute of Technology.... KARACHI: Lahori, 2 others acquitted in Shaukat Mirza murder case KARACHI, April 30: An anti-terrorism court acquitted on Wednesday chief of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi and two others in the Shaukat Mirza murder case.... KARACHI: Electricity breakdowns continue unabated KARACHI, April 30: The city saw no let-up in power breakdowns on Wednesday as mercury stood motionless at 37.5 degrees Centigrade.... KARACHI: Man, boy commit suicide KARACHI, April 30: Two persons committed suicide in separate incidents in different parts of the city on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Robbers kill two KARACHI, April 30: A driver of a private company was shot dead by car-snatchers on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Govt ready to settle land issue for KCR revival KARACHI, April 30: Sindh government is committed to solve the issue of the land along the tracks of Karachi Circular Railway (KCR)and the Chinese firm, which has shown interest in reviving... KARACHI: Policeman shot dead KARACHI, April 30: Unidentified persons killed a police constable in North Nazimabad on Wednesday morning.... KARACHI: Staff’s perks, status to be redetermined: KARACHI, April 30: Though the services of the inherited teaching and non-teaching staff of the newly-established Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology stand protected, their ranks and privileges would... KARACHI: Trauma centre to be built for labourers KARACHI, April 30: A well-equipped burns ward and a trauma centre will be built in the Walika Hospital for the labourers and their families.... KARACHI: Land allotment in Expressway project questioned KARACHI, April 30: The Action Committee for Civic Problems has said the “survey list” regarding the people affected by the Lyari Expressway Project, also submitted to the UN fact-finding mission, is... KARACHI: Pace of LEW Resettlement project reviewed KARACHI, April 30: The pace of resettlement work for those displaced because of construction of Lyari Expressway, was reviewed on Wednesday at a meeting, which expressed its satisfaction over provision of... KARACHI: KU evening admissions begin on May 10 KARACHI, April 30: Director, Evening Programme, University of Karachi, on Wednesday announced that admission process for the evening programme would begin from May 10 and continue till 24th.... KARACHI: Sindh Govt resolves to eliminate polio KARACHI, April 30: Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad said on Wednesday that all available resources would be utilised for elimination of polio from the province.... KARACHI: SSC practical exam KARACHI, April 30: The Board of Secondary Education, Karachi, has notified that the SSC, annual practical examination, 2003, of Food and Nutrition, Clothing and Textiles and Braille system of (Class X)... KARACHI: Technical exams KARACHI, April 30: Controller Examination, Board of Technical Education, Karachi, on Wednesday announced schedule of examination forms and fees for Diploma in Associate Engineering (DAE), first year morning and evening annual... KARACHI: High Court declares detention illegal: Victim to get compensation KARACHI, April 30: A division bench of the Sindh High Court on Wednesday declared illegal and void the detention of a Pakistani American under the Foreigners Act, 1946, and asked the... KARACHI: Significance of patients’ rights highlighted KARACHI, April 30: The decline of the health sector in the country can be gauged from the fact that more than 30,000 women die annually in Pakistan during childbirth, which means... KARACHI: Police claim decline in crime rate KARACHI, April 30: A performance report of the police department received here on Wednesday reveals that 27 dacoits were killed in 146 encounters in the province between January 1 and April... KARACHI: Labour bodies plan rallies to mark May Day KARACHI, April 30: Elaborate arrangements have been made by the labour organizations to observe May Day on Thursday.... KARACHI: Unesco essay contest KARACHI, April 30: The UNESCO is holding an international essay contest for children and youth in two separate categories as part of its “International Decade for Culture of Peace and Non-Violence... KARACHI: Six Muttahida men acquitted KARACHI, April 30: Six workers of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement were acquitted on Wednesday in four cases by different additional district and sessions courts.... KARACHI: KUJ condemns Shamim Alim’s arrest by NAB KARACHI, April 30: The Dawn unit of Karachi Union of Journalists has condemned the arrest of Shamim Alim, widow of their late colleague Alimuddin Pathan, in a property dispute under litigation,... HYDERABAD: DC calls for legislation against Karo-kari HYDERABAD, April 30: The Hyderabad District Council, in a resolution unanimously adopted on Wednesday, called for legislation against Karo-kari.... HYDERABAD: Court orders prosecution of SHO HYDERABAD, April 30: The sessions judge, Hyderabad, here on Wednesday ordered that the SHO, Tando Allahyar police station, should be prosecuted for non-compliance of court order.... HYDERABAD: Appeal to reinstate teachers HYDERABAD, April 30: A delegation representing the 191 female teachers, who had been dismissed from service a couple of years ago, the other day met with the Secretary Education, Ghulam Ali... PESHAWAR: NWFP PA scraps hospital practice PESHAWAR, April 30: The NWFP Assembly unanimously adopted on Wednesday its special committee report doing away with the controversial institutional-based practice (IBP). The report, however, did not mention the fate of... PESHAWAR: Prisoner shot dead on court premises PESHAWAR, April 30: An under-trial prisoner was shot dead by his rival on the sessions court’s premises here on Wednesday. The killer was also gunned down by a policeman present on... PESHAWAR: PHC stays election PESHAWAR, April 30: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court stayed on Tuesday the election for electing the Nazim of the Amankot union council, Nowshera district.... PESHAWAR: ‘Kidnapper’ arrested PESHAWAR, April 30: The city police have arrested an alleged member of a gang of kidnappers while four of his accomplices fled after seeing a police squad at Jany Mor on... PESHAWAR: Dr Zubair retained on NFC PESHAWAR, April 30: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal led provincial government has retained Dr Zubair as the NWFP’s private non-statutory member on the National Finance Commission (NFC), according to official sources.... PESHAWAR: Forest royalty ‘embezzled’ PESHAWAR, April 30: The Youth Welfare Society for the Protection of Forests, Dir-Kohistan, has demanded recovery of forest royalty allegedly misappropriated by contractors in connivance with officials of the forest department....

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