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July 2, 2003 Wednesday Jumadi-ul-Awwal 1,1424 KARACHI: 0.7m people without water for 45 days: Crisis in Orangi Town KARACHI, July 1: About 700,000 residents of Orangi Town have been facing an acute shortage of water for more than 45 days while those of Clifton’s blocks 4 and 5 have... KARACHI: Four bodies fished out from sea KARACHI, July 1: Four bodies, including that of a woman, were recovered from various spots in the sea on Tuesday.... KARACHI: SHC moved for blood, DNA tests in third country: Extradition case KARACHI, July 1: A Pakistani American facing extradition proceedings moved the Sindh High Court on Tuesday for his blood and DNA tests in a third country also.... KARACHI: Thal canal issue — a threat to integrity KARACHI, July 1: A ‘war for water’ among the country’s federating units is looming large and the preparations for a showdown, perhaps final, seem to be in their final phase.... KARACHI: Panic grips Landhi area as 19 more fall ill KARACHI, July 1: Panic gripped on Tuesday the locality called Mominabad, in Landhi Town, when 19 people fell ill allegedly after using contaminated water. Some people thought that a full-blown epidemic... KARACHI: Four die in accidents KARACHI, July 1: Four persons died in separate accidents in different parts of the city on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Hospitals told to ensure safe disposal of waste KARACHI, July 1: If the quality of water supplied to the people and the blood administered to them could be monitored properly, a lot of health problems could be overcome, said... KARACHI: SMC students meet CM today KARACHI, July 1: The protesting students of Sindh Medical College, who completed 15 days of their hunger strike on Tuesday, are still looking towards government for relief.... KARACHI: Literary and critical writings discussed KARACHI, July 1: Literary theories like modernism, post- modernism, structuralism, and deconstruction, etc., were referred to in the article read out by Shafiq Ahmad Shafiq at the Karachi Literary Circle the... KARACHI: Govt control urged on schools fee structure KARACHI, July 1: The Sindh Ombudsman has highlighted the need for an effective government control over fee structures of private educational institutions.... KARACHI: Illegal Parking causes traffic jam KARACHI, July 1: Traffic jams have become a routine on Mauripur road as the traffic police have failed to streamline the heavy traffic on the main artery.... KARACHI: Women hold demo KARACHI, July 1: Hundreds of women residing in Mehmoodabad staged a protest demo in front the water and sanitation office on Tuesday.... KARACHI: BDS exam results KARACHI, July 1: The Hamdard University has declared the results of second professional Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) annual examination-2002.... KARACHI: Gulf between Sindh, City govts being bridged: Ibad KARACHI, July 1: Sindh Governor Dr. Ishratul Ibad Khan has said that the law and order situation in the province has improved considerably.... KARACHI: Shah Faisal, Gulshan, Bin Qasim towns present budgets KARACHI, July 1: Three more town administrations — Shah Faisal, Gulshan-i-Iqbal and Bin Qasim — have announced their budgets for the fiscal 2003-04.... KARACHI: New residential scheme planned KARACHI, July 1: The Sindh government has mooted a proposal to develop 325 acres of federal land in Karachi, on which the government had constructed about 3,000 quarters just after 1947,... KARACHI: Landhi situation reviewed KARACHI, July 1: The spread of epidemic in Landhi area was reviewed at a meeting between Sindh Chief Minister Sardar Ali Mohammed Mahar and the administration officials, at the CM House,... KARACHI: ‘Law, order in NWFP exemplary’ KARACHI, July 1: Siraj-ul-Haque, senior NWFP minister and leader of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, said on Tuesday that law and order situation in the NWFP was exemplary.... KARACHI: Govt plans to train women councillors KARACHI, July 1: Sindh minister for women development Dr Saeeda Malik has said that the government will provide training to women councillors so they can serve the people of their areas... KARACHI: Newspaper workers protest KARACHI, July 1: Journalists and newspaper workers held a day-long protest camp on Dr Ziauddin Ahmed Road here on Tuesday against “the non-implementation of the Seventh Wage Board Award.”... KARACHI: CDGK budget approved KARACHI, July 1: Karachi City Council in its session lasting for more than 12 hours approved the Rs27,582.38 million surplus budget of the Karachi City Government, nearly overhauling it in 60... HYDERABAD: Protest against irrigation officials continues HYDERABAD, July 1: A large number of growers of Massu sub-division, Hyderabad Taluka, continued their token hunger strike outside the local press club for the second consecutive day on Tuesday in... HYDERABAD: People’s needs ignored in budget, say members HYDERABAD, July 1: The members of the district council on Tuesday said that budget 2003-4 was prepared in utter violation of the rules and regulations and that it was vague, unsustainable... LARKANA: Four more AIDS cases detected in Larkana LARKANA, July 1: The number of AIDS patients in the Larkana district has risen to... HYDERABAD: PML-N stages hunger strike HYDERABAD, July 1: Activists of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz group) women wing, led by the city president, Raeesa Rehman, here on Tuesday observed a token hunger strike outside the press... DADU: Rs2.2 billion Dadu budget approved DADU, July 1: The Dadu District Council, at a meeting held here on Monday, approved its budget of Rs2.206 billion for 2003-2004 with no new tax.... THATTA: Condolence meeting THATTA, July 1: A condolence meeting was held in Mirpur Bathoro on Tuesday to pay tribute to local academician, poet and expert of Sindhi folk music, Syed Akbar, who had died... HYDERABAD: Electrocuted HYDERABAD, July 1: The 12-year-old son of a journalist was electrocuted in his house in Hur Camp here on Monday. Fahad Asad Khoso, son of Faiz Khoso, Hyderabad correspondent of an... SUKKUR: Sacking of workers slammed SUKKUR, July 1: The people of Daharki town held a demonstration in front of the Mari Gas Field, Daharki, on Monday in protest against the termination of some of the workers... PESHAWAR: NWFP demands share in income: Ghazi Barotha hydel project PESHAWAR, July 1: The provincial assembly has demanded that the federal government should determine the NWFP’s share in the Ghazi Barotha hydel project’s income in line with Islamabad’s decision to accept... PESHAWAR: Blood transfusion act not enforced PESHAWAR, July 1: The NWFP authorities have failed to implement the Transfusion of Safe Blood Act 1999, law regulating blood banks, despite having been promulgated three years ago, doctors told this... PESHAWAR: Haripur hospital funds lapse PESHAWAR, July 1: Funds allocated for the newly-built district headquarters hospital in Haripur have lapsed because of the officials’ inefficiency, health department officials said on Tuesday.... PESHAWAR: Ex-official of excise dept convicted of corruption PESHAWAR, July 1: An accountability court on Tuesday convicted a former excise and taxation officer Abdul Hameed Marwat, sentencing him to three years of rigorous imprisonment and imposing a fine amounting... PESHAWAR: Civil award to be conferred on JI activist PESHAWAR, July 1: A civil award will be conferred upon a woman activist of the Jamaat-i-Islami in a special ceremony, which is to take place soon, sources said....

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