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August 2, 2003 Saturday Jumadi-us-Sani 3, 1424 KARACHI: Tension prevails in city govt’s water dept KARACHI, Aug 1: The officers and workers of the water and sanitation department of the City government attended to their duties on Friday despite a tense atmosphere created by a physical... KARACHI: Trains still running behind schedule KARACHI, Aug 1: Trains’ arrival and departure at two major railway stations in the metropolis remained disturbed owing to rains in Karachi and other parts of the province.... KARACHI: More rains forecast KARACHI, Aug 1: The Karachiites on Friday braced for more rains over the next two to three days as the Met Office forecast that more monsoon rains might lash Sindh and... KARACHI: Co-accused resiles in Justice Nizam case KARACHI, Aug 1: One of the co-accused in the Justice Nizam murder case resiled on Friday the confessional statement he had made before a judicial magistrate.... KARACHI: Anti-malaria spray planned KARACHI, Aug 1: An anti-malarial spray will start from Aug 5 in all the towns and will continue till Aug 26.... KARACHI: Schoolgirl commits suicide KARACHI, Aug 1: A young girl committed suicide in Orangi Town on Friday.... KARACHI: 400 more families shifted for LEW work KARACHI, Aug 1: Over 400 families have been shifted from Lasbela-Tin Hatti Bridge portion for continuation of the ongoing work on Lyari Expressway.... KARACHI: City govt fails to check pollution: Leather units play havoc, says report KARACHI, Aug 1: The city government has failed to contain environmental pollution in Karachi, while the increasing rate of pollution may lead to any dreadful situation.... KARACHI: Inter in computer science shortly KARACHI, Aug 1: The Sindh Information Technology Board (SITB) is planning to introduce the Intermediate in Computer Science (ICSc) in all government colleges in the province, in collaboration with the Board... KARACHI: STBB revising school syllabi KARACHI, Aug 1: The Sindh Textbook Board has started the revision of the curricula and books being taught at government- run primary and secondary schools in Sindh.... KARACHI: MBBS exams KARACHI, Aug 1: The University of Karachi has notified for information of all candidates of medical colleges, which are affiliated with the KU, that the final professional MBBS supplementary exams 2003... KARACHI: Early completion of institute ordered KARACHI, Aug 1: Sindh Minister for Planning and Development Shoaib Bukhari has directed the concerned officials for an early completion of remaining works at the... KARACHI: Rains damage city roads KARACHI, Aug 1: The city government has not constituted any survey or inquiry committee, so far, to ascertain the road damages and their causes in the recent rains.... KARACHI: Admissions in Urdu University KARACHI, Aug 1: The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology has announced that admissions to Class-XI will not be allowed in the university under Section-3/A, Chapter-II of FUUAST Ordinance... KARACHI: PTCL fails to rectify 4,300 phone faults KARACHI, Aug 1: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company received 15,095 complaints on Friday out of which it rectified 10,716 complaints.... KARACHI: Karo-kari claims 1,500 lives in 3 years KARACHI, Aug 1: Despite tall claims by women rights NGOs as well as the government, the situation regarding violence against women shows very little or no signs of improvement, as more... KARACHI: SSGC handles rain emergencies KARACHI, Aug 1: The Sui Southern Gas Company has said that the company ensured uninterrupted supply of gas and maintained an average level of 832 million cubic feet of gas per... KARACHI: Notices issued in plea against railway minister KARACHI, Aug 1: A division bench of the Sindh High Court on Friday issued notices in an application seeking an interim order to restrain the Sindh PML(Q) president, Ghous Bux Khan... KARACHI: KESC told to improve supply KARACHI, Aug 1: Maj Gen Mohammad Ashraf Saleem, GOC-4, Army Air Defence Division, on Friday asked the KESC engineers to improve power supply situation in Gulshan-i-Iqbal, block 3, 4 and 4-A.... KARACHI: Indian fishermen visit MSA KARACHI, Aug 1: The visiting Indian fishermen delegation on Friday visited offices of Maritime Security Agency (MSA) and discussed the repatriation of 269 Indian fishermen and 41 boats.... KARACHI: SC allows excise dept to recover fee KARACHI, Aug 1: The Supreme Court has allowed the provincial excise and taxation department to recover vend and permit fees on methanol under the Sindh Abkari Act.... KARACHI: Leaders slam brawl at city govt meeting KARACHI, Aug 1: The reported brawl in a high-level meeting of the city government has been deplored by the opinion leaders.... KARACHI: MMA calls for help to CDGK KARACHI, Aug 1: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has urged the president and the prime minister to direct the cantonment boards, the DHA, the KPT, railways and other federal institutions, which control a... KARACHI: Govt fails to deter Rangers from illegal construction KARACHI, Aug 1: Pakistan Rangers continued the ‘illegal construction’ at their temporary headquarters at the Jinnah Courts, a building protected under the Sindh Cultural Heritage Protection Act, despite being directed by... PESHAWAR: Bail granted PESHAWAR, Aug 1: A single bench of the Peshawar High Court on Friday granted bail to an alleged drug peddler.... HYDERABAD: Relief measures termed inadequate HYDERABAD, Aug 1: The Pasban leaders have said that they have visited Kadhan and other rain-affected areas of Badin district and added that the official claims of providing relief to the... KARACHI: Relief camps KARACHI, Aug 1: The All-Pakistan Women Association has set up relief camps at its 11 centres in the metropolis. As many as 25,000 rain victims have been given shelter at these... LARKANA: 3 hospitals to have incinerators LARKANA, Aug 1: Three teaching hospitals affiliated with the medical colleges in the Interior of Sindh will soon have incinerators installed to dump hospital waste.... HYDERABAD: Water release into Akram Wah urged: Water shortage in Hyderabad HYDERABAD, Aug 1: The Hyderabad Development Authority has appealed to the higher irrigation authorities to immediately release water into Akram Wah as 400,000 residents of the city are dependent on the... JACOBABAD: Rain-related losses discussed JACOBABAD, Aug 1: Some 36,994 people were affected, 5,231 houses damaged and crops standing over 90,112 acres of land inundated due to rains and canal breaches in Jacobabad district.... SUKKUR: Two bandits killed in encounter SUKKUR, Aug 1: Two most wanted dacoits of the Bugti tribe were killed in an encounter between dacoits and the Frontier Constabulary, near Sui, Balochistan, on Friday.... SHIKARPUR: Staff asked to clean city SHIKARPUR, Aug 1: The district Nazim, Shikarpur, Mohammad Arif Khan Mahar, directed the municipal administration to redress the sanitation problem and drain out rainwater and clear sewage without any delay.... HYDERABAD: Admission date extended HYDERABAD, Aug 1: The director, Admissions, University of Sindh, on Friday has extended the date for admissions in BHPEd and MHPEd classes for the academic session 2003-2004 upto Aug 13.... MIRPURKHAS: Relief to growers promised MIRPURKHAS, Aug 1: Sindh Agriculture Minister Arif Jatoi said on Thursday that relief would be provided to the affected people after the completion of the ongoing survey to assess loss of... PESHAWAR: Smuggler awarded life term PESHAWAR, Aug 1: The special judge (Control of Narcotics) here on Friday convicted a drug trafficker and sentenced him to life with a fine of Rs200,000.... PESHAWAR: CM for good relations with Centre PESHAWAR, Aug 1: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said that the provincial government wants good working relationship with the Centre.... PESHAWAR: Tree plantation drive begins PESHAWAR, Aug 1: There is a need to protect forests besides making coordinated efforts to make the tree plantation campaign a success, NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani said on Friday.... PESHAWAR: Exhibition of hand-made weapons on 7th PESHAWAR, Aug 1: The federal government has decided to organize an exhibition of, and a day-long seminar on, hand-made weapons of Dara Adamkhel.... PESHAWAR: Local funds unfrozen to pay wages to workers PESHAWAR, Aug 1: The provincial finance department has unfrozen local funds for a month in order to enable the Peshawar city district government to pay salaries to its municipal staff, officials said.... PESHAWAR: Employees threaten self-immolation PESHAWAR, Aug 1: The All Class-IV Government Employees Association has threatened that workers will commit self-immolation at a public meeting on Aug 28 if the government failed to accept their demands...

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