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June 4, 2003 Wednesday Rabi-us-Sani 3, 1424 KARACHI: Line burst causes water crisis in many areas KARACHI, June 3: Bursting of a 66-inch dia rising main between Hub pumping station and reservoir and abrupt suspension of water supply from the Hub Dam source to the city on... KARACHI: Mason’s death unleashes protests in Orangi KARACHI, June 3: Hundreds of angry protesters, besides surrounding the Orangi Extension Police Station and offices of the Orangi Town’s Nazim, lit bonfires and blocked vehicular traffic on Tuesday in protest... KARACHI: Funeral procession turns violent KARACHI, June 3: A minibus was set ablaze after a funeral procession turned violent in New Karachi on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Plea for transfer of case rejected KARACHI, June 3: An anti-terrorism court rejected a defence application on Tuesday that challenged its ability to try five accused charged with attempting to kill President Pervez Musharraf last year.... KARACHI: Remaining bodies of lake tragedy buried KARACHI, June 3: The remaining five bodies of the Sunday’s Keenjhar Lake tragedy were buried in the graveyard of Jafar-i-Tayyar Society on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Opposition to requisition PA session KARACHI, June 3: Opposition parties in the Sindh Assembly, including Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), are planning to requisition a Provincial Assembly session in the next few... KARACHI: Need to conserve, reuse water underlined KARACHI, June 3: Well-known scientists, technologists and academicians of the country who assembled in the Aga Khan University’s auditorium on Tuesday, while describing the water as a scarce commodity in Karachi,... KARACHI: Most private institutions lack sports facilities KARACHI, June 3: Despite strict regulations and clear directives by the provincial education department, most of the private educational institutions, both in rural and urban areas of Sindh, lack lab equipment,... KARACHI: Visitors to Gadani face extortion by police, guards KARACHI, June 3: Four visitors belonging to Karachi narrowly escaped death from drowning on Sunday afternoon, when they were saved by fellow pickners at Gadani beach, while local police and life... KARACHI: Literary pieces evaluated at Arts Council KARACHI, June 3: ‘Meray Shaher Ki Awaaz’ (the voice of my city) was the title of the short story Qaser Saleem read out at the monthly literary sitting of the Pakistan... KARACHI: Submission date for MBBS exam forms announced KARACHI, June 3: The University of Karachi has announced the exams forms and fee submission schedule for first, second and third professional MBBS supplementary exams 2003 for the candidates of all... KARACHI: Body set up for safety of beach visitors KARACHI, June 3: To ensure maximum safety and life saving facilities for beach goers from Sandspit to Cape Monze, all major agencies involved in rescue, including Pakistan Navy, Karachi City Government,... KARACHI: Plea for case transfer dismissed: Lawyer’s killing KARACHI, June 3: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, comprising Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali and Justice Mujeebullah Siddiqui, on Tuesday dismissed a criminal revision application filed by the accused... KARACHI: Fear in Landhi subsiding, says Farooq Sattar KARACHI, June 3: Dr Farooq Sattar, deputy convener of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s coordination committee and a candidate for NA-255 byelections, said on Tuesday that the element of fear which had... KARACHI: Landhi people to favour Haqiqi: Amir KARACHI, June 3: Secretary General of Mohajir Qaumi Movement, Amir Khan, has said the by-election for National Assembly seat NA-255 of Landhi will have far reaching effects on over all politics... KARACHI: Noorani says conspiracies to be foiled KARACHI, June 3: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal chief Allama Shah Ahmad Noorani has warned against usurping powers of the MMA government in the NWFP in the cover of administrative measures and said such... KARACHI: Security guards loot 50 bank lockers KARACHI, June 3: A jobless man committed suicide in Mochko on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Committee to inquire into lake tragedy KARACHI, June 3: The Sindh governor has constituted an inquiry committee to investigate the Keenjhar lake tragedy, in which 26 lives were lost on Sunday.... KARACHI: 26 arrested for power theft KARACHI, June 3: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) identified 146 connections stealing electricity and made 26 arrests from different areas of the city during the first day of the vigorous... KARACHI: IT training for students, graduates planned KARACHI, June 3: Sindh government in collaboration with e-cube, a computer firm, will conduct survey study to impart Information Technology (IT) training to students and jobless graduates in the province to... KARACHI: Tribunal dismisses poll plea KARACHI, June 3: An election tribunal comprising Justice Amir Hani Muslim of the SHC dismissed the election petition of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) candidate Shabbir Abu Talib against the Muttahida Qaumi... KARACHI: Private schools assured of support KARACHI, June 3: Senator Nisar Memon has vowed to take up the problems of private educational institutions in the Senate and try to get them resolved.... HYDERABAD: Protest against water shortage HYDERABAD, June 3: The residents of Pathan Colony blocked a portion of the National Highway on Tuesday to protest against the non-availability of water to their areas for the last four... HYDERABAD: Civil Hospital goes choosy on lab tests HYDERABAD, June 3: The poor indoor patients of the Civil Hospital, Hyderabad, face financial hardships when they are referred to the Diagnostic and Research Laboratory by registrars of different wards of... HYDERABAD: Hospital phone lines out of order HYDERABAD, June 3: At least 20 telephone extension lines of the Civil Hospital, Hyderabad have been lying out of order for the last one month, causing great inconvenience to the patients... HYDERABAD: Reopening of sugar mills demanded HYDERABAD, June 3: More than half a dozen groups of protesters held separate demonstrations and observed token hunger strike outside the press club here on Tuesday.... SANGHAR: Water rotation plan termed unnecessary SANGHAR, June 3: A large number of farmers of Toori Minor staged a sit-in near Bakhoro regulator on Tuesday to protest against water rotation programme being implemented by the irrigation department.... HYDERABAD: Persian classes in SU sought HYDERABAD, June 3: The director, Iran cultural center, Karachi, Jamsheed Khulqi, and the chief of the cultural department, foreign ministry of Iran, Mr Farhand, on Monday called on Sindh University vice-chancellor... SHIKARPUR: Protesters block road SHIKARPUR, June 3: A large number of Buriro clansmen blocked the Shikarpur-Kandhkot road near the Sheedi Wah link road to protest against an incident of firing in which several people were... JACOBABAD: Four injured JACOBABAD, June 3: Four people, including two children, were injured in a clash between two groups of tribesmen near Thul on Monday.... MIRPURKHAS: Officials accused of corruption MIRPURKHAS, June 3: The members of the district council here on Monday adopted a unanimous resolution calling upon irrigation officials to implement the rotation programme and close canals for one week... PESHAWAR: High court sets aside leader’s conviction PESHAWAR, June 3: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday set aside conviction of the provincial vice-president of the Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam), Arbab Ghulam Haider, and his three... PESHAWAR: PA to discuss centre’s interference tomorrow: PESHAWAR, June 3: The NWFP assembly, taking notice of the centre’s interference in provincial affairs, decided to discuss the matter on an adjournment motion on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: Rift between provincial, dist govts widens PESHAWAR, June 3: The ongoing tug of war between the NWFP government and the district governments aggravated further on Tuesday when town and tehsil Nazims from across the province announced their... PESHAWAR: PML-Q seeks governor’s rule PESHAWAR, June 3: The Pakistan Muslim League-Q on Tuesday accused the NWFP coalition government of taking illegal steps to harass the people in the name of the Shariat Bill, calling upon... PESHAWAR: Vehicles being misused PESHAWAR, June 3: Misuse of vehicles at the provincial directorate of health has been affecting its field work, officials said on Tuesday....

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