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July 27, 2003 Sunday Jumadi-ul-Awwal 26, 1424 KARACHI: Rains lash parts of Karachi: More downpour likely KARACHI, July 26: As heavy rains lashed the city throughout Saturday, the Pakistan Meteorological Department forecast more rains, accompanied by a thunderstorm for Sunday.... KARACHI: Rains disrupt civic life, inundate roads KARACHI, July 26: Rains on Saturday disrupted civic life in the city, and a number of major thoroughfares were partially inundated with rainwater, causing inconvenience to motorists and commuters.... KARACHI: Shaukat assures Nazim on mega projects KARACHI, July 26: The federal finance minister, Shaukat Aziz, has assured City Nazim Naimatullah Khan that a high-level meeting will be convened here shortly to discuss the city’s mega projects concerning... KARACHI: Rs1m each for rain-hit districts KARACHI, July 26: Sindh Chief Minister Sardar Ali Mohammad Khan Mahar has directed that a sum of Rs 1 million each be released to the rain-affected districts so that relief could... KARACHI: First renal transplant at LNH KARACHI, July 26: First renal transplant was performed at the Liaquat National Hospital (LNH), in collaboration with the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), giving a new lease of life... KARACHI: Coalition comfortable: minister KARACHI, July 26: The provincial minister for population welfare, Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh, has said that President Musharraf is paying special attention to solve the problems of Sindh.... KARACHI: Man arrested for killing wife KARACHI, July 26: A man killed his wife inside his home in Korangi on Saturday on suspicion of infidelity.... KARACHI: Prof Mumtaz remembered KARACHI: Noted writer and literary critic Prof Mumtaz Hussain was remembered at a meeting jointly organized by the Arts Council and the Irteqa Adabi Forum. Despite rains and an inclement weather,... KARACHI: KESC to rehabilitate network in Lyari KARACHI, July 26: The KESC will soon undertake a rehabilitation plan to improve distribution network in the Lyari Town which has been facing frequent power failures for quite some time, it... KARACHI: Lecture on urology KARACHI, July 26: A visiting consultant Paediatric urologist associated with Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, Dr Imran Mushtaq, will speak on ‘Emerging role of laparoscopy in paediatric urology’... KARACHI: EPA asked to take notice of water contamination KARACHI, July 26: The advisor to provincial environment minister, Faisal Malik, taking notice of the reported water contamination, has directed the officials of Environment Protection Agency to take prompt notice of... KARACHI: E-banking be made secure, says SBP chief KARACHI, July 26: Governor, State Bank of Pakistan, Ishrat Hussain, has underlined the need for making electronic banking transactions more secure and dependable.... KARACHI: MQM slams raise in power tariff KARACHI, June 26: The Muttahidda Qaumi Movement legislators on Saturday deplored the uncalled for increase in electricity tariff for KESC consumers which was five times more than Wapda’s.... KARACHI: VCOAS visits army facilities KARACHI, July 26: The Vice Chief of Army Staff, General Mohammad Yousuf Khan, spent a busy day visiting School of Army Air Defence, Headquarter Corpse Reserves and the Old Racecourse Park... KARACHI: 9 teachers reinstated KARACHI, July 26: The Sindh Services Tribunal reinstated on Saturday nine schoolteachers sacked in May 2001 and remanded their cases to the education authorities for fresh processing under the civil servants... KARACHI: Road safety drive soon KARACHI, July 26: The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) is going to launch a public awareness campaign about road safety measures to prevent road accidents, which claim many human lives daily.... KARACHI:Kashmir issue be resolved thru talks: ANP leader KARACHI, July 26: Awami National Party chief Asfandyar Wali Khan has said that the Durand Line is not a line drawn by a human being but was determined by hilltops.... KARACHI: PS chief murder case hearing put off KARACHI, July 26: An additional district and sessions judge put off on Saturday the hearing of Sajjad Hussain Shah murder case against Asif Ali Zardari.... KARACHI: Basic health facilities to be integrated KARACHI, July 26: Sindh Health Department is aiming at integrating primary health care (PHC) services throughout the province as a matter of policy so that maximum benefit can be derived from... PESHAWAR: Drugs for skin disease yet to be enlisted: WHO’s requests ignored PESHAWAR, July 26: The provincial health department has failed to register anti-leishmaniasis drugs in the medical coordination committee’s list despite repeated requests by the World Health Organization, official sources told Dawn... PESHAWAR: Education body told to continue efforts PESHAWAR, July 26: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has urged the management of the Frontier Education Foundation to continue its struggle for achieving the target of providing quality education to... PESHAWAR: Preservation of protected old buildings unsatisfactory PESHAWAR, July 26: Archaeologists have expressed dissatisfaction over the ongoing preservation and restoration work on the protected site of Gor Khuttree in the city.... PESHAWAR: UN suspends work in NWFP PESHAWAR, July 26: The United Nations has suspended field operations in the NWFP bordering Afghanistan after an attack on a UN vehicle earlier this week, a UN spokesman said on Saturday.... PESHAWAR: Earthquake PESHAWAR, July 26: The Pakistan Meteorological Department registered an earthquake of severe intensity, a press release said here on Saturday. The magnitude of the earthquake on Richter scale was 6.2 which... PESHAWAR: Clerks stage demo against uncertainty in departments PESHAWAR, July 26: The All Pakistan Clerks Association, Works and Services Department, NWFP, staged a protest demonstration here on Saturday against continuous postings and transfers in the department concerned.... ISLAMABAD: Policy shift may damage primary education: speakers ISLAMABAD, July 26: Speakers at a workshop here on Friday expressed the fear that the recent policy shift in favour of higher education may result in devastating effects on primary education... RAWALPINDI: 53pc women councillors lack education: Sehba RAWALPINDI, July 26: About 53 per cent of the women councillors elected to the local governments lack basic education, the first lady, Sehba Musharraf, said on Saturday.... RAWALPINDI: Rules violation: two councillors sacked from govt service RAWALPINDI, July 26: Two women councillors who were also serving as lady health workers (LHWs) were fired from jobs for simultaneously keeping elected office and working for the government, a source... ISLAMABAD: Workshop on dowry makes proposals for new law ISLAMABAD, July 26: A two-day national workshop to discuss draft law on prohibiting excessive expenditure on marriage ceremony and dowry concluded here on Saturday.... ATTOCK: First GBHP unit to be commissioned on Aug 14 ATTOCK, July 26: The first 290 megawatt unit of Ghazi Barotha Hydropower Project (GBHP) is undergoing reliability power generation tests for four to six hours daily prior to its coming into... ISLAMABAD: ‘India, Pakistan need to focus on healthcare’ ISLAMABAD, July 26: India and Pakistan should allocate more funds for providing better health facilities to their peoples.... RAWALPINDI: Only Pindi cantt has purification plants RAWALPINDI, July 26: Rawalpindi cantonment is the only cantonment in the country that has water purification plants.... RAWALPINDI: TNFJ leader for restoring peace RAWALPINDI, July 26: Syed Abu Jaffar Naqvi, president of Tehrik Nafaz Fiqh-i-Jafariya (TNFJ), Provincial Council Punjab, has stressed the need for restoration of peace to neutralize the conspiracies of the enemies... ISLAMABAD: Ban on firecrackers ISLAMABAD, July 26: The district magistrate, Tariq Mehmood Khan, has imposed ban on stock, sale, purchase and use of fire crackers in the limits of the capital.... LAHORE: Bar to go on half-day strike tomorrow: Sialkot incident LAHORE, July 26: The provincial Bar condemned the killing of three judges on Sialkot jail premises while demanding a full-fledged probe into the incident, and gave a half-day strike call for... LAHORE: Rain a mixed blessing LAHORE, July 26: An hour-long spell of intense rain brought relief to the people of provincial metropolis who had been braving humid weather earlier on Saturday. It also turned city’s streets... LAHORE: Nearly 6MAF flows downstream Kotri in 37 days LAHORE, July 26: Some 5.917MAF of water had flowed to the Arabian Sea downstream Kotri during the last 37 days, Wapda announced here on Saturday.... LAHORE: German envoy says no ban on aid to Pakistan LAHORE, July 26: German Ambassador Dr Christoph Brummer sought on Saturday to dispel the impression that his country had imposed any sanction or ban on aid or defence cooperation with Pakistan.... LAHORE: ‘Instability gives trade advantage to India’ LAHORE, July 26: Political instability in Pakistan has given an advantage to India as far as trade with Germany is concerned.... LAHORE: HRCP concerned at Sialkot incident LAHORE, July 26: Describing the Sialkot jail killings as a symptom of the administration’s near-complete decay, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called for urgent steps to revamp the... LAHORE: Library committee LAHORE, July 26: Punjab Assembly Speaker Muhammad Afzal Sahi on Saturday constituted a 10-member Assembly’s library committee headed by Deputy Speaker Sardar Shaukat Husain Mazari.... GUJRAT: Dispensary without medicines GUJRAT, July 26: Hundreds of PTCL employees are facing hardships due to acute shortage of medicines at corporation’s dispensary in Gujrat....

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