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May 24, 2003 Saturday Rabi-ul-Awwal 21,1424 KARACHI: Lack of interest piles up abandoned projects KARACHI, May 23: Fate of a number of projects, abandoned half way though much needed, still hangs in the balance. Work on these projects had been stopped abruptly for reasons best... KARACHI: Hub dam drying up fast KARACHI, May 23: Water supply to Karachi and Lasbela from Hub dam source will come to a halt once again by mid-June as the water level in the dam’s reservoir is... KARACHI: Final arguments in LEW case on 30th KARACHI, May 23: The Sindh High Court decided on Friday to hear final arguments in the Lyari Expressway case on May 30.... KARACHI: Boy killed as two religious groups clash in N. Karachi: DIG among 10 injured KARACHI, May 23: A boy was shot dead, and the DIG Karachi Operations and nine other people were wounded on Friday in a clash between two religious groups over a mosque... KARACHI: Taxi driver shot dead KARACHI, May 23: A taxi driver was shot dead by armed men in Kalakot on Friday morning.... KARACHI: Medical students go on hunger strike KARACHI, May 23: Getting no response from the government, the aggrieved students of the Sindh Medical College on Friday went on what they claimed a till-death hunger strike.... KARACHI: Electricity breakdowns plague life in city KARACHI, May 23: At long last, a chastened managing director of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation on Friday regretted the inconvenience caused to the public due to power breakdowns. However, he... KARACHI: Councillors’ role in anti-polio drive sought KARACHI, May 23: Medical officers associated with the World Health Organization’s programme for Polio Eradication, have identified absence of local teams, proper transportation arrangements and of effective monitoring, as major factors... KARACHI: Cleanliness campaign under way KARACHI, May 23: The cleanliness campaign is being carried out in various city areas, on the directives of Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad.... KARACHI: Mother of the Nation award KARACHI, May 23: Sindh Culture Department is organizing a function to confer “Mother of the Nation’s Blessing Award 2003” to the distinguished figures for their achievements and excellence in their respective... KARACHI: Diabetes can be avoided KARACHI, May 23: Diabetes can be avoided and treated with the use of suitable metal elements in medicines, said Prof Dr Mohammad Maroof Tahir of the Saint Cloud State University, Minnesota,... KARACHI: Internet cafes KARACHI, May 23: Preparations are afoot to initiate an action against all such private computer institutes which are allegedly indulging in negative and immoral activities and ruining the career of youth.... KARACHI: Uneasy calm in Malir, Faisal Colony KARACHI, May 23: An uneasy calm resides in parts of Malir and Shah Faisal Colony following raids in Landhi and alleged election related manoeuvring in NA-255.... KARACHI: Cloudy weather forecast KARACHI, May 23: The Met office has forecast partly cloudy and windy weather for Karachi with maximum temperature between 33 and 35 degree centigrade on Saturday.... KARACHI: Rally against water crisis KARACHI, May 23: Some residents of Haryana Colony, Orangi Town, demonstrated on Friday in front of the Karachi Press Club against the authorities’ failure to provide basic facilities, like water and... KARACHI: Protection to people in Landhi assured KARACHI, May 23: Advisor to Sindh chief minister on home affairs Aftab Ahmed Shaikh has assured that the government will give full protection to life and property of the people living... KARACHI: Report reveals plight of hospitals in the interior KARACHI, May 23: The state-owned healthcare centres of Shikarpur District between them do not have a single gynaecologist, surveys undertaken by members of the chief minister’s inspection, enquiries and implementation team... KARACHI: Mujahid condemns police raids KARACHI, May 23: The Muttahida Majlis-i- Amal candidate in the by-election for NA 255, Muhammad Aslam Mujahid, has appealed to the Sindh chief minister and the 5- corps commander to take... KARACHI: Mohsin Ali passes away KARACHI, May 23: Former director of Pakistan Television and a prominent TV producer, Syed Mohsin Ali, died after a prolonged illness in Karachi on Friday. He was 62.... KARACHI: Nasim Tajammul laid to rest KARACHI, May 23: Begum Nasim Tajammul, wife of Mirza Tajammul Hussain, former secretary finance and a former ambassador, and mother in-law of former senator Iqbal Haider, who died of cardiac failure... KARACHI: Licences for deep-sea fishing resented KARACHI, May 23: The Pakistan Fisher-folk Forum (PFF), at an emergency meeting on Friday, strongly criticized the government for issuing licenses to deep-sea trawlers, thereby posing threat of ruin to fishermen... KARACHI: Summer vacation KARACHI, May 23: Sindh education department on Friday announced that the summer vacations in the educational institutions in the province will commence from June 1 to July 31, 2003.... KARACHI: BA results announced KARACHI, May 23: The University of Karachi announced on Friday the results of BA Part-I (Regular and External), annual examination, 2002. As per statistics 17,442 students were registered, out of which... KARACHI: Petition against detention put off KARACHI, May 23: Justice Mohammed Ashraf Leghari of High Court of Sindh on Friday put off hearing of a constitutional petition, filed by Hajira Bibi, mother of the alleged detenue Asif... KARACHI: 4m viewers of cable channels KARACHI, May 23: The growing business of illegal pay TV channels being broadcast by operators through smuggled and illegal decoders, has inflicted a loss of about Rs 1.4 billion to government... KARACHI: Frenchmen killing case hearing adjourned KARACHI, May 23: An anti-terrorism court adjourned on Friday the hearing of the Frenchmen killing case against two workers of a banned religious outfit as one of the defence counsel did... HYDERABAD: Drug stores to remain open till 9pm: adviser: Civil hospitals in Sindh HYDERABAD, May 23: The adviser to Sindh chief minister on health, Nauman Saigal, has directed the managements of all the civil hospitals of Sindh to keep their drug stores open till... HYDERABAD: High court suspends official’s sentence HYDERABAD, May 23: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, on Thursday suspended the sentence of the then sub-divisional education officer (male), Sehwan, in a NAB reference case... SANGHAR: Dist council session boycotted SANGHAR, May 23: Seventeen union council Nazims and some members of the Sanghar District Council, belonging to the Awam Dost and the Al-Falah groups, boycotted the district council session here on... HYDERABAD: Demo against Thal canal HYDERABAD, May 23: A large number of activists of the Jeay Sindh Mahaz (Zain Shah group) held a protest demonstration at the Jamshoro railway crossing on Wednesday against construction of the... HYDERABAD: Plea to provide computers to colleges HYDERABAD, May 23: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA), at a meeting held here on Thursday, profusely thanked the Sindh chief minister and chief secretary for granting approval for the... HYDERABAD: Practical exams HYDERABAD, May 23: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Hyderabad, has announced that practical of computer science of higher secondary certificate part-I and II (class XI & XII) examination 2003... MITHI: Registration of case disputed MITHI, May 23: A scheduled caste family from Nagarparkar taluka has appealed to the Sindh government and the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan to take notice of the excesses of the... HYDERABAD: CM ordered to resolve row HYDERABAD, May 23: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad, the other day directed the Sindh chief minister to resolve the dispute over recovery of market fee between the... PESHAWAR: 50 hoardings smashed in drive against ‘obscenity’ : Traders seek protection of property PESHAWAR, May 23: Activists of the Shabab-i-Milli, a youth wing of the Jamaat-i-Islami, on Friday launched a self-styled “anti-obscenity operation” and tore down more than 50 signboards bearing pictures of women... KOHAT: Body to tackle dist govt’s problems KOHAT, May 23: The district council on Friday constituted a body tasked with identifying bottlenecks, specially economic and technical problems, confronting the local government besides presenting viable solutions in this regard,... PESHAWAR: Dealers donate artefacts to Kabul Museum PESHAWAR, May 23: Afghan antique dealers on Friday donated relics and artefacts of Afghan region to the Kabul Museum here as a gesture to preserve art and heritage of their war-shattered... PESHAWAR: Fresh probe into kidnapping case ordered PESHAWAR, May 23: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah on Friday ordered fresh investigations into the famous kidnapping case of two brothers and urged the political authorities to renew their efforts... PESHAWAR: Nationalists urged to revamp agenda PESHAWAR, May 23: The National Democratic Consultative Process, a Pukhtun think-tank, has offered a development framework to the nationalist forces to review their performance and revamp their agenda in the light... PESHAWAR: Proper sterilization stressed PESHAWAR, May 23: Non-sterilization of instruments at public sector hospitals has not only been causing infections to patients and doctors but also leading to irrational use of anti-biotics, doctors told Dawn....

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