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May 5, 2003 Monday Rabi-ul-Awwal 2, 1424 KARACHI: Parents seek monitoring of private schools KARACHI, May 4: While parents have a lot of grievances against the private schools and demand an independent regulatory body on these, the schools’ managements also want amendments to the private... KARACHI: 50-bed maternity home remains underutilized KARACHI, May 4: A 50-bed government-run maternity home in Karachi, built in the late 80s, remains grossly underutilized even today. In emergencies the people of the area rush to either the... KARACHI: CM urges Industrialists to employ local people KARACHI, May 4: Sindh Chief Minister Sardar Ali Mohammad Mahar on Sunday said that industrialists and investors were being urged to ensure provision of jobs to the people residing in vicinity... KARACHI: Water shortage persists in many areas KARACHI, May 4: Acute water shortage continued to persist in various parts of the city in the current hot and dry weather.... KARACHI: 86 vehicles taken away in seven days KARACHI, May 4: Eighty-six vehicles — 42 cars and 44 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city in the past one week, the police said.... KARACHI: Two young men die in accidents KARACHI, May 4: A young man died in a road accident in Gulbahar on Sunday.... KARACHI: AIDS cases rising within country, says expert KARACHI, May 4: In the 1990s, cases of HIV involved people who had been infected oversees. However, since 2000 the trend has changed and instances are now being reported of people... KARACHI: Abdullah J. Memon remembered KARACHI, May 4: ‘Friends of Abdullah’, a group of childhood friends, relatives, bureaucrats, scholars, close associates and admirers of Abdullah J. Memon, paid rich tributes to the services of the late... KARACHI: Sobho’s birthday celebrated KARACHI, May 4: The 84th birthday ceremony of the veteran communist leader, Comrade Sobho Gian Chandani, was observed in his absence at the PMA House on Saturday evening.... KARACHI: Role of literature during war KARACHI: The role of literature, with particular reference to Pakistani writers, in a situation where a war was imposed on Iraq, was discussed at the Sadequain Institute of Art (Gulshan-i-Iqbal). The... KARACHI: Zia enthrals audience at Arts Council KARACHI, May 4: One and a half hours flew imperceptibly on Saturday night at the Arts Council when Zia Mohyeddin and accompanying artists recited and sang one ghazal by Ghalib after... KARACHI: Lehri gets Rs0.5m cheque KARACHI, May 4: On behalf of Governor Ishratul Ibad, his advisor Said Mazhar Ali presented a cheque of Rs500,000 to the known comedian Safirullah Lehri at the latter’s residence.... KARACHI: Homage paid to Dr Schimmel KARACHI, May 4: Eminent scholars and academicians, speaking at a memorial reference, paid rich tributes to the services rendered by Dr Annemarie Schimmel in the fields of languages, Islamic studies, mysticism... KARACHI: Nationalists’ alliance in making, says SNF chief KARACHI, May 4: Efforts are under way to unite nationalist forces and form a new party at national level.... KARACHI: MMA sees pro-India US tilt on Kashmir KARACHI, May 4: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal Sindh President Asadullah Bhutto has said Pakistan-India talks are resuming at a time when Jehadi organizations have been banned which shows that the US has a... KARACHI: Tribute to Tipu Sultan KARACHI, May 4: Speakers at a memorial meeting here on Sunday paid tribute to Tipu Sultan on his 204th death anniversary.... KARACHI: Financial crisis hits Saddar Town KARACHI, May 4: A serious financial crisis has hit the Saddar Town administration which may upset its development works if urgent remedial measures are not taken.... KARACHI: Ombudsman takes up graveyard issue KARACHI, May 4: The Sindh Ombudsman secretariat is going to prepare recommendations to check the menace of rampant malpractice in the management of public graveyards in urban areas of the province... KARACHI: Denationalization to benefit students KARACHI, May 4: Sindh Minister for Education, Irfanullah Khan Marwat, has said that under the denationalization of education project seven thousand persons will be given employment opportunities and more than 200,000... KARACHI: Teachers plan black day KARACHI, May 4: Condemning the abduction and murder of lecturer Alia Anjum, the Sindh Professors and Lecturers’ Association has decided to observe a black day on Monday.... HYDERABAD: Hesco officials accused of victimizing workers HYDERABAD, May 4: A large number of Wapda/Hesco employees held a protest demonstration outside the press club on Sunday against Hesco officials for treating them inhumanly and subjecting them to unlawful... HYDERABAD: Growers demand implementation of water accord HYDERABAD, May 4: Growers on Saturday demanded of the government to implement the 1991 Water Accord, keep original course of the Right Bank Outfall Drain intact and provide help for exporting... HYDERABAD: Release of funds for health dept delayed HYDERABAD, May 4: The Sindh finance department has yet to sanction and release Rs79.396 million for payment to staff working at health facilities.... HYDERABAD: Councillor’s death leads to protest HYDERABAD, May 4: The Rajput community blocked the National Highway near Hala on Sunday after the body of a member of their community, Nisar Ahmed Rajput, was recovered from the bathroom... SANGHAR: Four held on suspicion of harbouring bandits SANGHAR, May 4: The police are conducting raids to arrest the owner of a banana orchard in which the recent encounter between bandits and the police took place.... THATTA: Sale of girl condemned THATTA, May 4: The activists of the HRCP and NGOs held a protest demonstration in Chilya here on Sunday against the selling of a girl, Mithan Mallah, and her forcible marriage... LARKANA: Policemen detained LARKANA, May 4: Seven policemen of the Badah police station were sent behind the bars on Sunday after it was discovered that Rs200,000 had been stolen from the depository of the... SUKKUR: Power breakdown hits life in Sukkur SUKKUR May 4: An eight-hour power breakdown paralyzed life in sub-division 3, 4, and 6 of Sukkur on Saturday.... DADU: Demo against water shortage DADU, May 4: A large number of people including political and NGO activists held a protest demonstration on Sunday against the shortage of water and failure of the sewerage system in... PESHAWAR: Importance of tribal areas highlighted PESHAWAR, May 4: A gathering of tribal elders, educationists, lawyers and activists belonging to Khyber Agency took place at Landi Kotal on Sunday under the banner of the National Democratic Consultative... PESHAWAR: Police launch crackdown on illegal refugees PESHAWAR, May 4: The city police have launched a ‘combing operation’ against the Afghan refugees living here without their families or any legal occupation, sources told Dawn on Sunday.... PESHAWAR: Warrants for SHO’s arrest issued PESHAWAR, May 4: The district and sessions judge, Peshawar, Hayat Ali Shah, has issued arrest warrants for the East Cantonment police station SHO for keeping a person in illegal detention for... MINGORA: Literacy rate to be increased: minister MINGORA, May 4: Provincial minister for science and information technology Hussein Ahmad Kanju has said the government is determined to increase the literacy rate and provide all facilities relating to information... SWABI: Arts teachers to conduct science practicals SWABI, May 4: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Mardan, has hired teachers holding humanities’ degrees to conduct the practical examination of science group students of 10th grade.... SWABI: 4 hospital staffers suspended SWABI, May 4: The district health officer during a surprise visit suspended four employees of Ghaji Basic Health Unit for their continuous absence from the duty.... LANDI KOTAL: Killer of four murdered near Bara LANDI KOTAL, May 4: Almas Storikhel, who had killed three brothers of a goldsmith family and a woman in revenge for the alleged kidnapping of his two daughters-in-law in Peshawar in...

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