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June 19, 2003 Thursday Rabi-us-Sani 18, 1424 KARACHI: Closure of all private hydrants ordered KARACHI, June 18: The city government on Wednesday decided to close down all privately-run hydrants — licensed or unlicensed — with immediate effect.... KARACHI: Rain exposes KESC performance KARACHI, June 18: The little rain that the city received on Wednesday sent the transmission and distribution of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation reeling, with as many as 80 feeders breaking... KARACHI: SMC students’ hunger strike enters third day KARACHI, June 18: While one of their fellows was rushed to hospital, the hunger strike by protesting Sindh Medical College students entered its third day on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Two shot dead KARACHI, June 18: A man was shot dead by unknown persons in Model Colony on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Drive against arms not to succeed unless process changed KARACHI, June 18: A deweaponization campaign cannot bear fruit unless the recovery system is improved and an audit of malkhana (warehouse), where case property is deposited, is carried out properly and... KARACHI: NA byelection Decision on stay plea tomorrow KARACHI, June 18: An election tribunal reserved order on Wednesday on a candidate’s plea for staying the June 23 byelection in NA-255. The tribunal will announce its decision on Thursday.... KARACHI: Landhi medical complex opened KARACHI, June 18: The chief minister of Sindh, while inaugurating the Landhi Medical Complex on Wednesday, approved its sanctioned new expenditure (SNE) which will burden the treasury by millions of rupees... KARACHI: PPO to deliver phone bills too KARACHI, June 18: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company on Wednesday signed an agreement with the Pakistan Post Office for bill collection.... KARACHI: Mysterious death KARACHI, June 18: A house-maid died in controversial circumstances in North Nazimabad on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Duststorm hits city KARACHI, June 18: Duststorm and rain, which lashed the city for a brief interval on Wednesday evening accompanied by peals of thunder, reduced visibility to 100 metres and sent people on... KARACHI: CHK dental dept lacks facilities KARACHI, June 18: The dental department of the local civil hospital is short of instruments required to extract teeth and also to undertake the root canal procedure.... KARACHI: Shahr-i-Adab Kanpur launched KARACHI: Shahr-e-Adab Kanpur, the doctoral thesis of Prof Dr Syed Saeed Ahmad, published in a book form was launched at Arts Council on Tuesday.... KARACHI: PMDC issues new list of recognized institutions KARACHI, June 18: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council has asked the Hamdard College of Medicine and Dentistry to stop admitting students to its MBBS classes.... KARACHI: Potholes in Gulistan roads pose threat to commuters KARACHI, June 18: Main roads in Gulistan-i-Jauhar are in a dilapidated condition and have become dangerous for commuters and vehicles.... KARACHI: Japanese poetry in Urdu KARACHI, June 18: The Japan Cultural Centre of the Japan Consulate General Karachi, in coordination with the Pakistan Japan Cultural Association is organising a recitation programme of Japanese poetry in Urdu... KARACHI: KU admissions KARACHI, June 18: Karachi University has announced that the admission process for evening and morning programmes of the department of Computer Science for session 2004 would start from Oct 7.—PPI... KARACHI: Cardiac centre at Liaquatabad KARACHI, June 18: The cardiac emergency care centre of the Sindh Government Hospital, Liaquatabad, with six beds, has become operational from Sunday.... KARACHI: Pakistan be declared multi-nation state: JSM KARACHI, June 18: The Jeay Sindh Mahaz (JSM) has called for declaring Pakistan a ‘multi-nations state’ wherein sovereign power is vested in people.... KARACHI: State, defence counsels submit arguments: Extradition case KARACHI, June 18: The federal government has to meet the country’s international obligations and is entitled to approach a constitutional court to question any act done or proceedings taken in derogation... KARACHI: Conspiracy case hearing on 21st KARACHI, June 18: An anti-terrorism court put off on Wednesday the hearing of the case pertaining to the alleged plot to kill President Pervez Musharraf, after one of the defence counsel... KARACHI: Haqiqi accuses administration of partisanship KARACHI, June 18: The Mohajir Qaumi Movement’s candidate in the NA-255 byeelection, Syed Abid Jaferi, on Wednesday again accused the administration of being partisan and of denying him the opportunity to... KARACHI: Country’s integrity at stake, warns Mumtaz KARACHI, June 18: Sindh Solidarity Council (SSC) has warned that the present status quo would only lead to further devastation of Sindh and may result in disintegration of the country.... KARACHI: Check on increasing billboards demanded KARACHI, June 18: Expressing concern over the rapid erection of billboards on buildings and roadsides, the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture has called for a check on the development.... KARACHI: Centre asked to review Thal canal project KARACHI, June 18: The City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a resolution against the Greater Thal Canal, urging the federal government to review the project due to strong reservations expressed by... KARACHI: Sattar slams MMA’s attitude to women KARACHI, June 18: Deputy convener of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s coordination committee and its candidate in NA-255 byelection on Wednesday lashed out at the alleged double standards of the religious parties,... KARACHI: Wireless phone to make cable unnecessary, says minister KARACHI, June 18: The federal minister for information technology and telecommunications, Awais Ahmed Leghari, said on Wednesday that Pakistan had been inducted into what in technical parlance was known as a... KARACHI: Rs100 fine on wrong parking KARACHI, June 18: The DIG Traffic Police, Mohammed Yameen Malik, has issued directives to traffic police, on Wednesday, prohibiting them to remove motorcycles from no-parking areas.... HYDERABAD: Hyderabad ADP funds released HYDERABAD, June 18: The Sindh government has released funds for uplift schemes of the district under the Annual Development Programme.... HYDERABAD: Direct funding for Taluka, union councils proposed HYDERABAD, June 18: The Nazim, Latifabad Taluka, Abdul Jabbar Khan, has proposed to the National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) to allocate funds directly to the union and Taluka councils in order to... HYDERABAD: Books published HYFDERABAD, June 18: The Sindhi Language Authority has announced here on Wednesday that it has published two important books — “A Manual of Sindhi” and “Jatki Boli” (Language of Jats)... SHIKARPUR: Protest against Thal canal SHIKARPUR, June 18: Activists of the Sindh People’s Students Federation observed a token hunger strike at the Lakhi Gate Tower here on Wednesday, demanding that the greater Thal canal project should... HYDERABAD: Cheats asked to appear before SU body on 23rd HYDERABAD, June 18: The controller of examinations, University of Sindh, on Wednesday directed all the candidates of BA (pass) Part-II annual examinations of 2002 who were caught cheating at various examination... HYDERABAD: Police not to harass petitioner, SHC told HYDERABAD, June 18: The Jamshoro police assured the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, that it would not harass a petitioner (a businessman), and action, if required, would be taken in... MIRPURKHAS: Medical camp Mirpurkhas, June 18: A four-day free medical camp at the Mirpurkhas Civil Hospital, held under the aegis of the Pakistan Medical Association, concluded on Tuesday.—Correspondent... PESHAWAR: Adulteration goes unchecked PESHAWAR, June 18: Adulteration, an act which should invite punitive action, mostly goes unchecked and unpunished. Municipal officers, tasked to check the menace, are known to look the other way.... PESHAWAR: Bail plea admitted PESHAWAR, June 18: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday admitted to hearing a writ petition of former senator of PML(N), Jawed Iqbal Abbasi. The petitioner was seeking release on bail.... PESHAWAR: High court upholds death sentence PESHAWAR, June 18: A division bench of the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal and upheld capital punishment awarded to a person by a Qazi court for stabbing a man to death.... PESHAWAR: Liver cancer on the rise: doctor PESHAWAR, June 18: Liver cancer has been causing more deaths in the NWFP owing to the prevalence of Hepatitis B and C, said a local doctor.... PESHAWAR: Hospital faces shortage of staff PESHAWAR, June 18: Insufficient staff and equipments was adversely affecting the functioning of the Police and Services Hospital, members of hospital staff told Dawn on Wednesday.... PESHAWAR: Demo held against kidnapping PESHAWAR, June 18: The residents of Shabqadar Fort staged a protest demonstration against what they said government’s failure to recover the two persons kidnapped for ransom by unknown armed men some... PESHAWAR: Five bandits arrested PESHAWAR, June 18: The police arrested five robbers and recovered booty from their possession in Chamkani area on Wednesday.... PESHAWAR: LB workers call for CM’s help PESHAWAR, June 18: The Local Government Employees Federation has urged NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani to save tubewell operators from the unlawful duty hours set by the Town Council-1 Peshawar....

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