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May 9, 2003 Friday Rabi-ul-Awwal 6, 1424 KARACHI: Carriers of SARS to be quarantined in Ojha KARACHI, May 8: The Sindh government has decided to use Ojha TB sanatorium as a place where Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome patients will be quarantined.... KARACHI: Abducted baby handed over to parents KARACHI, May 8: A baby girl abducted from the Sindh Government Hospital, Liaquatabad, last month was handed over to her parents by the Edhi Foundation on Thursday.... KARACHI: Uproar as councillors demand honorarium KARACHI, May 8: Proceedings of the City Council were marred on Thursday when a number of its members insisted on initiating a debate on the issue of their honorarium instead of... KARACHI: Atmosphere conducive to talks on all issues, says Rashid KARACHI, May 8: Federal Minister for Information and Media Development Shaikh Rashid Ahmed has said that present international environment is conducive to productive talks on all issues confronting the region, including... KARACHI: Court notice to govt on Zardari’s pleas KARACHI, May 8: Justice Zahid Kurban Alavi of the Sindh High Court on Thursday put the state on notice on applications filed by a former PPP MNA and father-in-law of former... KARACHI: 41 nurses Graduate from IMH KARACHI, May 8: Forty-one graduates were awarded nursing diplomas at the fifth lamplighting and third graduation ceremony of School of Nursing at the Islamic Mission Hospital here on Thursday.... KARACHI: Lanka flights KARACHI, May 8: Sri Lankan Airlines will resume its operations in Pakistan from June 1, 2003, according to a press release issued here on Thursday.... KARACHI: 6,000 born every year with thalassaemia KARACHI, May 8: Measures, including provision for bone-marrow transplantation in public sector hospitals, are particularly required in the country as more than 6,000 children with thalassaemia major are born here every... KARACHI: HSC part II IT exam on 24th KARACHI, May 8: The HSC Part-II annual examinations in Information Technology as optional subject would be held on May 24 at seven designated centres at colleges, said a notification.... KARACHI: Committees to hire teachers for Middle School Project KARACHI, May 8: The Sindh Middle School Project authorities have formed 16 recruitment committees to finalize the selection of over 1100 trained and qualified teachers for 179 middle schools established in... KARACHI: Primary students still waiting for textbooks KARACHI, May 8: Many a primary student of government schools in the city still awaits the promised textbooks, the new academic session having alerady commenced on April 1.... KARACHI: KU senate elections KARACHI, May 8: A total of 12 teachers were elected to the senate of the University of Karachi from the university teachers constituency on Thursday.... KARACHI: Illegal structure demolished KARACHI, May 8: The KBCA’s demolition squad on Thursday demolished a house, which was being built in a back alley of PECHS Block 2 and from where pipelines, sewerage lines and... KARACHI: Skeletons stolen from Chawkandi graveyard KARACHI, May 8: The Naib Nazim Bin Qasim Town has directed the officials to probe into the incident of theft of human skeletons from the historical Chawkandi graveyard.... KARACHI: HU exam schedule KARACHI, May 8: The Hamdard University on Thursday announced the revised schedule of theory and practical third professional MBBS, 2nd annual examinations 2002, to be held in this month.... KARACHI: Govt urged to protect rights of workers: Moot on ‘decent work’ KARACHI, May 8: Speakers at a conference on Thursday urged the government to ensure that workers enjoy their due rights and employers do have a respect for all such rights of... KARACHI: Woman kills husband KARACHI, May 8: A woman killed her husband in Defence Housing Authority late Wednesday night.... KARACHI: Rs45.8m claimed from hospital KARACHI, May 8: The Sindh High Court issued notices on Thursday to a hospital, its administrator and a gynaecologist and directed them to file written comments on Aug 7 on a... KARACHI: Landhi in grip of tension KARACHI, May 8: Tension prevailed in Landhi on Thursday following the arrest of two activists of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement late Wednesday night.... KARACHI: Loans for fishermen, boat-owners discussed KARACHI, May 8: Boat-owners and fishermen will be provided easy loans for modification of their boats as required by the European Union.... KARACHI: WB mission assured of continuity of reforms KARACHI, May 8: Governor Sindh Dr Ishratul Ibad on Thursday assured the review mission of the World Bank that the reforms programme initiated by previous governments would continue and there was... KARACHI: Causes of strain injuries explained KARACHI, May 8: Doctors at a seminar on “repetitive strain injury” have advized the people in high risk groups to seek an early treatment of the problem to avoid a permanent... KARACHI: Water surcharge exemption KARACHI, May 8: The KWSB has announced to exempt defaulters of 10 per cent surcharge, on lump sum payment of their bills.... KARACHI: CPNE body meets today KARACHI, May 8: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) standing committee will meet in a local hotel on Friday.... HYDERABAD: Taluka council criticizes NADRA HYDERABAD, May 8: The Taluka City Council, Hyderabad, on Wednesday condemned the unnecessary demands being made by the National Database Registration Authority for issuing national identity cards.... HYDERABAD: Rs450m embezzled by Zakat officials HYDERABAD, May 8: The taluka and district level Zakat bodies have misappropriated Rs450 million earmarked for poverty alleviation and eradication of joblessness by the ministry of Zakat, Ushr and Auqaf.... HYDERABAD: Inquiry into estate agent’s killing begins HYDERABAD, May 8: The sessions judge, Hyderabad, Hussain Bux Khoso, on Thursday began judicial probe into the killing of an estate agency owner, Hubdar Leghari, who was gunned down by the... HYDERABAD: Prison to house judicial complex HYDERABAD, May 8: District Naib Nazim Nawab Rashid Ali Khan has said that the government has approved the establishment of a judicial complex at the Hyderabad Central Jail.... HYDERABAD: Injunction against Nazim sought HYDERABAD, May 8: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday directed the additional advocate-general, Sindh, to look into the matter of alleged interference of the district administration in collection of fees by... HYDERABAD: SAU VC accused of corruption HYDERABAD, May 8: The employees action committees, Sindh Agriculture University, Tando Jam, and Z.A. Bhutto Agricultural College, Dokri, have accused the vice-chancellor of destroying the university through corruption and nepotism.... NAWABSHAH: Woman killed NAWABSHAH, May 8: A 20-year-old woman, Samina Jatoi, was shot dead on Tuesday by her husband, Meho Khan Jatoi, on the pretext of Karo-kari in Sardar Colony, Qazi Ahmed.... MIRPURKHAS: Labour laws MIRPURKHAS, May 8: The Sindh minister for transport, labour and industry, Mohammad Adil Siddiqui, has said action will be taken against factory owners who do not implement labour laws.... PESHAWAR: Close ties with Afghanistan urged PESHAWAR, May 8: Speakers at a seminar held here on Wednesday said that the friendly ties between Afghanistan and Pakistan could enable trade and business circles to exploit natural resources of... PESHAWAR: Trees cut under pruning drive PESHAWAR, May 8: A tree pruning campaign has resulted in uprooting and cutting of exquisite trees at the Peshawar University, shows a survey....

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