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May 8, 2003 Thursday Rabi-ul-Awwal 5, 1424 KARACHI: Non-production of Asif Jails chiefs of Sindh, Punjab summoned KARACHI, May 7: An additional district and sessions court in Karachi holding trial of Asif Ali Zardari in a murder case directed the prison chiefs of Punjab and Sindh to personally... KARACHI: 15,000 officials to be trained in IT KARACHI, May 7: The Sindh government is striving to promote information technology in urban and rural areas on equal footing to establish an effective IT infrastructure.... KARACHI: KESC fails to rectify faults in system KARACHI, May 7: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation fails to explain the cause of frequent cable faults in its transmission and distribution system.... KARACHI: Man, son shot dead KARACHI, May 7: Two Afghans, who had recently arrived from Afghanistan, were shot dead by unknown persons in their quarter in Sikandarabad.... KARACHI: Movement of heavy vehicles restricted KARACHI, May 7: There will be a ban on movement of heavy traffic in the city during the morning and evening peak hours.... KARACHI: Doctors seek ban on sweetened betel nuts KARACHI, May 7: Speakers, including oncologists, ENT specialists, dentists, pathologists and general physicians, have demanded an immediate ban on processing and sale of branded pan masala and sweetened betel nuts in... KARACHI: Boy dies KARACHI, May 7: A young boy died in a road traffic accident in Saeedabad on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Jurisdiction dispute hampers road work KARACHI, May 7: A dispute over jurisdiction is making Jinnah Avenue/Highway suffer and a portion of it is being neglected as far as its maintenance work is concerned.... KARACHI: Colleges to get internet facility soon KARACHI, May 7: The government-run colleges in the city are likely to get the internet facility within a month time, it was learnt officially.... KARACHI: Law colleges board reconstituted KARACHI, May 7: The Sindh government has reconstituted the Board of Governors of law colleges, it was announced here on Wednesday.... KARACHI: KU extends date for form submission KARACHI, May 7: The controller of examinations, Karachi University (KU), on Wednesday announced that the date for submission of examination forms of MA/ double MA and improvement of division (Previous and... KARACHI: ‘Islamic economics’ book launched KARACHI: ‘Equitable Monetary System and Structure’, a book by senior journalist/economist Mr Umer Latif, was launched at the Karachi Club on Tuesday. Abdus Samad, honorary secretary of the Economic Forum, introduced... KARACHI: DCET exam schedule KARACHI, May 7: The Dawood College of Engineering and Technology has announced the schedule for different examinations and for submission of examination forms.... KARACHI: Ikebana show KARACHI, May 7: Prof Asifa Ataka presented her Ikebana demonstration at the PAF Korangi Creek Base. The programme was organized by the Japan Cultural Centre in Karachi.... KARACHI: Ibad vows to foil bids to divide urban, rural people KARACHI, May 7: Governor Ishratul Ibad has vowed to thwart attempts to divide rural and urban population and said that the government is making all out efforts to create harmony among... KARACHI: Inquiry into betel nuts controversy urged KARACHI, May 7: Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has urged the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) to conduct a public inquiry into the import of infected betel nuts (chhalia) as the association... KARACHI: Alliance Motors case Liquidators agree on part payment to investors KARACHI, May 7: The two Sindh High Court-appointed liquidators for the Alliance Motors and T.J. Ibrahim and Company have decided, in principle, to file a joint proposal for part payment of... KARACHI: Illegal house expansion work irks neighbours KARACHI, May 7: A house is being built in the back alley, where pipelines, sewerage lines and gas lines pass through, in block 2 of the PECHS. The construction work has... KARACHI: Funds for various schemes KARACHI, May 7: The Sindh Forest Department has accelerated its efforts to bring more lands under farm forestry in Sindh. Besides, the department has earmarked about Rs69.87 million to complete five... KARACHI: Notice to NBP chief KARACHI, May 7: Notices were issued to the President of National Bank of Pakistan and other officers by a division bench of High Court of Sindh, comprising Justice Muhammed Roshan Essani... HYDERABAD: Wapda, Hesco workers hold demos HYDERABAD, May 7: Wapda and Hesco employees on Wednesday held separate demonstrations outside various sub-divisional offices, including the revenue office, to protest against the inhuman atrocities unleashed by the Hesco administration... HYDERABAD: MNAs urged to help abolish additional taxes: Electricity charges HYDERABAD, May 7: Hesco chief executive Mohammad Tariq Arshad has urged parliamentarians of Sindh to use their offices for doing away with additional taxes on electricity.... HYDERABAD: Water rotation schedule HYDERABAD, May 7: The executive engineer, Nasir irrigation division, Hyderabad, has announced a water rotation programme in various distributaries due to the shortage of water in the Rohri Canal.... HYDERABAD: Hyderabad Site to be expanded, says minister HYDERABAD, May 7: The Sindh minister for commerce, industry, labour and transport, Mohammad Adil Siddiqui, has said the Hyderabad Site will be expanded to develop the industrial sector.... HYDERABAD: UC Nazim accused of corruption HYDERABAD, May 7: The Naib Nazim and councillors of union council Dad Jarwar, Tando Allahyar Taluka, have accused the union council Nazim of corruption, embezzlement of funds and nepotism in the... HYDERABAD: Two newspaper workers killed in accident HYDERABAD, May 7: Two newspaper employees were killed in an accident on the Super Highway late Tuesday night.... SUKKUR: Sindh to take up NFC award issue in CCI, says minister SUKKUR, May 7: Sindh will take up the issues of the National Finance Commission Award and the construction of the greater Thal canal in the Council of Common Interests.... BADIN: PPP leader’s bail cancelled BADIN, May 7: The president of the Pakistan People’s Party, Shaheed Fazil Rahu taluka, was sent to the Nara Prison after the court of the additional sessions judge, Badin, cancelled his... PESHAWAR: Apathy towards Afghan children criticized PESHAWAR, May 7: Nazim Town-1 Haroon Bilour has said that the decades-long war in Afghanistan and Kashmir conflict have badly affected the mental health scenario situation in the region.... PESHAWAR: Assembly seeks funds for medical college PESHAWAR, May 7: The NWFP assembly on Wednesday urged the government to finance the Gomal Medical College just as it had done so in the case of Saidu Medical College.... PESHAWAR: 11,000 behind bars in NWFP PESHAWAR, May 7: About 11,000 prisoners, including 2000 juvenile offenders, are spending their lives behind the bars in different prisons of the NWFP.... PESHAWAR: Medical student’s petition dismissed PESHAWAR, May 7: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday ruled that seats reserved for backward areas in medical colleges could only be filled by candidates who had... PESHAWAR: Minister accused of delaying release of ambulances PESHAWAR, May 7: The NWFP health department has delayed release of ambulances to six hospitals of the province owing to interference by the health minister, sources in the health department told... PESHAWAR: Book forfeited PESHAWAR, May 7: The NWFP government has declared that all copies of the book Terrorism, Jihad and the Bible along with its translation in any language shall stand forfeited to it...

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