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June 15, 2003 Sunday Rabi-us-Sani 14, 1424 KARACHI: Opposition plans strategy for Sindh budget session KARACHI, June 14: The Sindh Assembly’s budget session, scheduled for 2.30pm on Monday, is likely to witness a replay of the National Assembly, Senate and Punjab Assembly sessions where the opposition... KARACHI: Ministers and MPAs block work of city govt: Nazim KARACHI, June 14: Karachi’s Nazim has said that despite undue interference and pressure from the provincial government — which is hindering the development projects of the city — he will not... KARACHI: Five ‘militants’ picked up KARACHI, June 14: Police picked up five alleged militants of a banned jihadi outfit on Saturday on a tip off provided by a man, who had been injured in a blast... KARACHI: Washing of hands with soap stressed for healthy life KARACHI, June 14: Simple washing of hands with soaps can bring about considerable reduction in the rate of infectious diseases, said some professionals at a symposium held on Saturday.... KARACHI: Robbery suspect shot dead KARACHI, June 14: An alleged robber was shot dead in a shootout with police in Baghdadi on Saturday.... KARACHI: Adequate rainfall expected KARACHI, June 14: Pakistan is expected to have normal rainfall during coming monsoon season, from July to September, as El-Nino phenomenon, which normally suppress monsoon rains, in the country, are likely... KARACHI: Supply of 10mgd extra water begins KARACHI, June 14: The city on Saturday started getting an additional supply of 10 million gallons of water per day from the Indus source, raising the supply from the source to... KARACHI: Nadra sets up complaint centres KARACHI, June 14: National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has established its complaint management centres at Karachi and Lahore to facilitate applicants to obtain information about their computerized national identity cards.... KARACHI: SMC students threaten to go on hunger strike KARACHI, June 14: The aggrieved students of the Sindh Medical College on Saturday once again set a 48-hour deadline, reiterating their demand for restoration of their admissions.... KARACHI: An evening with Jazib Qureshi KARACHI, June 14: The Karachi Gymkhana Library and its literary committee, held an evening with noted writer and poet, Jazib Qureshi, on Friday.... KARACHI: Music and dance at Arts Council KARACHI, June 14: The Special Events Committee, along with the Music Committee of the Arts Council, held a music programme on Friday night, at which vocalists and dancers enthralled the audience... KARACHI: Polythene bags KARACHI, June 14: The Sindh government is considering imposing a ban on use of polythene bags in the province.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, June 14: Warm and humid weather would persist in Karachi with maximum temperature of 34 to 36 degrees centigrade on Sunday, Met office forecast.—PPI... KARACHI: Efforts on to shift inter-cities bus terminuses KARACHI, June 14: The Public Transport and Communication Department is in constant touch with the inter-cities bus associations for the shifting of their bus terminuses from congested areas of the city... KARACHI: IRO-2002 may be amended KARACHI, June 14: Sindh minister for planning and development Shoaib Bokhari on Saturday called for giving good quality training to workers to enable them to meet the future challenges.... KARACHI: Work on Civil hospital project begins KARACHI, June 14: A Rs23.9 million project for upgradation and rehabilitation of water supply lines, sewerage and drainage systems and renovation of washrooms has been initiated at the Civil Hospital Karachi... KARACHI: Petition disposed of KARACHI, June 14: Justice Zawwar Hussain Jaffery of the Sindh High Court on Saturday disposed of a petition by landowners as having borne fruit.... KARACHI: Resolution on Water Accord-’91 forwarded KARACHI, June 14: The provincial minister for population welfare, Imtiaz Ahmad Sheikh, who is also president of the Sindh Democratic Alliance (SDA), has submitted a resolution before the secretary of provincial... KARACHI: Aftab Shaikh lauds role of rangers KARACHI, June 14: Sindh chief minister’s adviser on home affairs Aftab Shaikh on Saturday visited the headquarters of the Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) and was given a detailed briefing about its working.... KARACHI: Port facilities Rent issue to be resolved soon: minister KARACHI, June 14: The Government is working on a plan to evolve a consensus among key stack-holders in Karachi Fish Harbour on the issue of rent for port facilities.... KARACHI: Special children KARACHI, June 14: Sindh chief minister’s adviser on health affairs Noman Saigol has said that maximum possible support would be extended to institutions genuinely involved in the welfare of special children.... KARACHI: New principal at CIAC KARACHI, June 14: Ms Naheed Raza has been appointed as the new principal of the Central Institute of Arts and Crafts (CIAC).... KARACHI: Plea dismissed KARACHI, June 14: The administrative judge of Anti-Terrorism Court, Justice Shabbir Ahmed, dismissed the application of defence counsel in lawyer’s killing case seeking transfer of case to another ATC.... HYDERABAD: Compensation being paid, claims official: RBOD project HYDERABAD, June 14: Proceedings under the Land Acquisition Act have been completed for 8,100 acres of land acquired for the Right Bank Outfall Drain project and form-B will be issued by... PESHAWAR: Peace vital to framing of Afghan constitution PESHAWAR, June 14: Afghanistan needs peace and harmony so that a constitution could be framed and implemented in the war-battered country.... PESHAWAR: Councillors protest at killing of Nazim PESHAWAR, June 14: City district council has taken a strong notice of continuing killings of its union council Nazims at the hands of their rivals in the district.... HYDERABAD: Promotion of Sindhi language discussed HYDERABAD, June 14: The Sindhi Language Authority here on Saturday organized a meeting of writers and intellectuals to discuss ways and means for development and promotion of Sindh language.... PESHAWAR: Lawyer demands MPA to pay fee PESHAWAR, June 14: A lawyer has served a legal notice on an MPA elected on a seat reserved for minorities, asking him to pay his fee for appearing on his behalf... RAWALPINDI: Twin cities getting less water from Khanpur Dam RAWALPINDI, June 14: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) as well as Rawalpindi cantonment and city areas have been securing less water than their allotted share from Khanpur Dam, Wasa officials told... ISLAMABAD: Rs68 million given to Leh flood victims, NA told ISLAMABAD, June 14: Khushhali Bank has disbursed over Rs68 million among 7,677 households affected by the Nullah Leh floods in Rawalpindi in 2001, Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz informed National Assembly on... RAWALPINDI: 43,992 pass Pindi board SSC exams RAWALPINDI, June 14: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Rawalpindi, on Saturday declared the results of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Examination 2003 with the pass percentage standing at 43.51.... ISLAMABAD: Budget devoid of relief to poor: PTI ISLAMABAD, June 14: The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) has termed the federal budget 2003-04 elitist and devoid of any relief to the poor.... ISLAMABAD: Meraj’s death condoled ISLAMABAD, June 14 :The Senate chairman, Muhammadmian Soomro and Deputy chairman, Khalilur Rehman, have expressed their deep sense of grief over the sad demise of veteran politician and former caretaker prime... LAHORE: PML-N threaten street protests LAHORE, June 14: The PML-N, critical of the policies and performance of the government, said on Saturday time had come to take the struggle against the rulers from parliament to the... LAHORE: Opposition’s boycott ‘unjustified’ LAHORE, June 14: Punjab Law Minister Raja Basharat claimed on Saturday that the opposition had boycotted the session without any reason and acting only on the direction of its central leadership... LAHORE: Progress being ‘hampered’ LAHORE, June 14: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Saturday termed the provincial budget for 2003-2004 a revolutionary step and said that by boycotting the session the opposition had shown... LAHORE: Budget termed poor friendly LAHORE, June 14: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi said on Saturday that the provincial government had prepared the budget for 2003-2004 with public welfare in mind.... LAHORE: Meraj Khalid laid to rest LAHORE, June 14: Former caretaker prime minister Malik Meraj Khalid was laid to rest at his native village Dera Chahal on Saturday....

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