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June 11, 2003 Wednesday Rabi-us-Sani 10, 1424 KARACHI: Water supply duration in some areas curtailed KARACHI, June 10: The quantity of water supply to almost all the localities hooked to the Hub source has been reduced following the four-hour curtailment to their supply timings.... KARACHI: CM to get executive powers from governor: Cabinet decision KARACHI, June 10: The Sindh Annual Development Programme for the next fiscal year 2003-04 is likely to have an outlay of Rs11-12 billion and will be made public on June 16... KARACHI: Bodies of fishermen recovered KARACHI, June 10: The bodies of two fishermen who went missing on Monday were recovered on Tuesday morning.... KARACHI: City govt hospitals directed to record, notify rabies cases KARACHI, June 10: Rabies — a disease having a fatality rate of 100 per cent — is totally preventable. Yet many Karachiites die every year of the disease.... KARACHI: Hearing for NA-255 bypoll on 16th KARACHI, June 10: The tribunal hearing a petition in respect of the NA-255 poll in October 2002 on Tuesday fixed June 16 as the final date for its hearing.... KARACHI: Six taken into custody for Aladin Park blast KARACHI, June 10: Police on Tuesday took six people into custody for their alleged involvement in an explosion outside the Aladin Park on Monday night.... KARACHI: Electrocuted KARACHI, June 10: A young labourer died of electrocution in West Wharf on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Qatar govt to issue on-line visas KARACHI, June 10: Qatar has decided to issue tourist visas through its newly-created website to promote investment and economic activities.... KARACHI: Plan to educate scavengers in doldrums KARACHI, June 10: Sindh government’s plan to educate children involved in paper picking and garbage collection under informal education scheme of Bait-ul-Mall could not be initiated, despite the initial preparations by... KARACHI: Old Sindh record lying in Punjab’s archives KARACHI, June 10: The Sindh archives department has undertaken a survey pertaining to old record of the province available in India, England, Netherlands, Punjab and elsewhere in the world.... KARACHI: Feminist writings, their detractors discussed KARACHI: An evening at 13th Book mela with the sparks of wit and humour coming from Mushtaq Ahmad Yusfi and Ahmad Faraz, who had probably come to be a part of... KARACHI: 1800 families shifted to Hawkesbay KARACHI, June 10: Federal and provincial governments are taking a keen interest in the development projects in Sindh.... KARACHI: Beach Avenue project Allottees concerned over non-completion KARACHI, June 10: The allottees of the Lyari Development Authority’s project—Beach Avenue—urged the authorities to take note of the inordinate delay in completion of the project which was planned for 2001... KARACHI: MA exams to begin on 28th KARACHI, June 10: The MA (Previous and Final) annual examination-2002 for external candidates will commence on June 28 and 29 respectively at the University of Karachi.... KARACHI: Grant for artists KARACHI, June 10: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad on Tuesday presented a cheque for Rs100,000 to poet and folk singer Sail Azad for his treatment.... KARACHI: Work begins on sewerage line KARACHI, June 10: Sindh minister for local bodies Muhammad Hussain Khan on Tuesday inaugurated work on a sewerage line in Landhi which is being laid with an estimated cost of Rs2.93... KARACHI: PPP men observe fast against govt policies KARACHI, June 10: Activists of Pakistan People’s Party staged a token hunger strike outside the press club here on Tuesday to protest against Legal Framework Order, rising cost of utilities and... KARACHI: Experts seek suspension of Indus river projects KARACHI, June 10: Speakers at a conference on Tuesday demanded that the ongoing work on all the mega projects on the Indus river, including those identified in the Vision 2025 document,... KARACHI: Schools for Sultanabad, Landhi planned KARACHI, June 10: Sindh Education Minister, Irfanullah Khan Marwat has pledged to establish schools, computer and vocational centres for children of labourers in Landhi and Sultanabad.... KARACHI: Okara farmers stage demo against LEAs atrocities KARACHI, June 10: The Okara Muzareen Yakjehti Committee has decided to stage a demonstration at the Karachi Press Club, on Friday afternoon, to protest against the victimization of Okara farmers by... KARACHI: EC urged to ensure free, fair polls KARACHI, June 10: Dr Farooq Sattar, deputy convener of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s coordination committee and a candidate for NA-255 byelections, said on Tuesday that it would be his endeavour to... KARACHI: Bail granted to former chief of BEL KARACHI, June 10: A Sindh High Court division bench granted bail to former Bankers Equity Limited (BEL) chairman Rauf B. Kadri on Tuesday in the sum of Rs 40 million in... KARACHI: SNF slams allocation for Thal canal KARACHI, June 10: Sindh National Front Chairman Sardar Mumtaz Ali Bhutto on Tuesday criticized the federal government for allocating funds, in federal budget, for construction of Thal Canal and other controversial... KARACHI: Haqiqi alleges victimization KARACHI, June 10: Syed Abid Jaferri, a candidate of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement in the NA-255 byelections, has lodged a complaint with the chief election commissioner about impediments allegedly created by... KARACHI: DCO visits bus depot KARACHI, June 10: Karachi DCO Mir Hussain Ali on Tuesday visited the depot and training facility of Karachi’s first multinational bus operator, Swede-Bus Pakistan, and saw various operation and maintenance facilities... KARACHI: Activist acquitted of murder KARACHI, June 10: The judicial magistrate, East, Zahida Perveen, acquitted on Tuesday a worker of the banned Sipah-i-Sahaba in the murder case of Azhar Musa, son of General Musa.... KARACHI: PIA network upgraded KARACHI, June 10: The Pakistan International Airlines has further streamlined and upgraded its Sabre reservation network, to ensure in time cancellation of reservations with fictitious ticket numbers, to make seats available... KARACHI: ADB project KARACHI, June 10: A steering committee has been set up to supervise the work of the Gender Reform Action Programme (GRAP) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in connection with women... HYDERABAD: Delay in release of ADP funds decried HYDERABAD, June 10: The members of the District Council, Hyderabad, on Tuesday strongly reacted to the inordinate delay being caused in the execution of schemes of Hyderabad district under the Annual... HYDERABAD: Finance department refuses to release Rs151m: Nazim HYDERABAD, June 10: The provincial finance department has refused to release allocation of Rs151 million in the Annual Development Programme (ADP) 2002-2003 for the district government Hyderabad, leading to the delay... HYDERABAD: Workers threaten to close down mill HYDERABAD, June 10: The Faran Sugar Mills Labour Union has threatened to close the mill down on Wednesday (today) to pressure its management to restore services of 426 illegally sacked employees.... HYDERABAD: Employees’ continue protest HYDERABAD, June 10: The employees of the Sindhi Adabi Board continued their protest demonstration for the 8th consecutive day outside the Hyderabad Press Club on Tuesday against the SAB for not paying their salaries. HYDERABAD: Each taluka to get Rs3.1m uplift fund HYDERABAD, June 10: The district advisory committee, at its meeting held here on Tuesday at the office of District Nazim Dr Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman, approved development schemes under the Khushhal Pakistan Programme,... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Passengers robbed NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, June 10: Six robbers looted cash and gold ornaments from the passengers of a Punjab-bound bus (LSC-577) on the National Highway bypass near here on Tuesday.... PESHAWAR: NWFP PA approves property tax bill PESHAWAR, June 10: The provincial assembly has passed the North West Frontier Province Urban Immovable Property Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2003, amid an uproar by the opposition here on Tuesday.... PESHAWAR: Permit cancelled on CM’s written order: AG submits comments in liquor case PESHAWAR, June 10: The NWFP government informed the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday that following a judgment of the Supreme Court’s Shariat appellate bench liquor could not be sold or purchased... PESHAWAR: Engineer convicted PESHAWAR, June 10: A former executive engineer of communication and works department, Zaffar Baig Bettani was sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs115 million by... PESHAWAR: ANP criticizes loadshedding PESHAWAR, June 10: The Awami National Party, Khyber Agency, while expressing concern over the unrestricted movement of the militia forces and long spells of unannounced loadshedding and low power voltage in... PESHAWAR: Rs0.9m spent on ministers’ cars during four months PESHAWAR, June 10: The NWFP ministers collectively spent over Rs900,000 on fuel and maintenance of their staff cars during four months starting from Dec 1 last.... PESHAWAR: Pesco to replace old wires PESHAWAR, June 10: Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco), a subsidiary of Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda), will replace old and dangerous electricity supply wires in the provincial capital....

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