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August 7, 2003 Thursday Jumadi-us-Sani 8, 1424 KARACHI: Children with holes in heart undergo surgery KARACHI, Aug 6: Four-year-old Hamid and three-year-old Shamshad were given a new lease of life on Wednesday when holes in the sputum between the two chambers of their respective hearts were... KARACHI: Two MQM activists shot dead KARACHI, Aug 6: Two activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement were gunned down in separate incidents here on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Grace marks for SSC failures KARACHI, Aug 6: The governor has allowed two per cent grace marks to those candidates, who appeared in SSC annual and supplementary exams during 1999-2002 period and exhausted all their chances... KARACHI: Withdrawal of petition in betel-nut case disallowed KARACHI, Aug 6: The Sindh High Court disallowed on Wednesday withdrawal of writ petitions by betel-nut importers against detention of their allegedly contaminated consignments by the customs department and directed the... KARACHI Remaining 74 Indian fishermen to be freed KARACHI, Aug 6: The government has agreed to release all the 343 detained Indian fishermen and their seized boats, it is learnt here.... KARACHI: Landmark projects suffer due to bureaucratic wrangling KARACHI, Aug 6: Karachi, which is the economic engine of Pakistan, some of its landmark projects suffer due to apathy of bureaucratic wrangling or owing to complicated judicial system which failed... KARACHI: City Nazim seeks funds to improve infrastructure KARACHI, Aug 6: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan said on Wednesday that improvement in infrastructure was vital to attract investment and that was why the city government was trying to create investment-friendly... KARACHI: CM opens plantation campaign KARACHI, Aug 6: Sindh Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Mahar has said that trees, on the one hand, contribute to better environment and, on the other, add to the beauty of our... KARACHI: Book in free verse launched KARACHI: A book, Azab-i-hamsaigi by Feza Azmi was launched at the Pakistan Arts Council on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Rain forecast KARACHI, Aug 6: Overcast weather condition in the city with chances of rain in the next 24 hours has been forecast.... KARACHI: PCS officers complain of anomalies in promotion KARACHI, Aug 6: Ex-PCS officers have complained of irregularities in their promotion quota and claimed the last provincial selection board-11 deprived them of promotion from BS-17 to BS-18 by allocating 26... KARACHI: Speakers warn against nuclear holocaust KARACHI, Aug 6: It will be a grave mistake on the government’s part if it decides to send its troops to Iraq for peacekeeping missions.... KARACHI Staff of private schools confused: Extended summer vacations KARACHI, Aug 6: The management and staff of privately-run schools in the city are confused about their functions during the summer vacations, which have been extended upto Aug 17 by the... KARACHI SBTE schedule for DAE exam KARACHI, Aug 6: The Sindh Board of Technical Education has announced the schedule for collection of examination forms and fees for Diploma of Associate Engineer (DAE) for third year regular and... KARACHI HSC Home Economics, DPE results KARACHI, Aug 6: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, on Wednesday declared the results of annual examinations of HSC (Part-I) Home Economics group and Diploma in Physical Education (DPE).... KARACHI District bodies asked to ensure proper relief KARACHI, Aug 6: Sindh Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Mahar said on Wednesday the recent rains had caused huge losses in the province and it was the responsibility of the district committees,... KARACHI: SHC orders fresh election for officiating Nazim KARACHI, Aug 6: A division bench of the Sindh High Court comprising justices Shabbir Ahmed and Gulzar Ahmed allowed a constitutional petition against secretary of Local Government, Town Nazim of North... KARACHI: Traffic jams witnessed on second day at Nazimabad KARACHI, Aug 6: Traffic jams at Nazimabad roundabout and Lasbella intersection were witnessed on the second consecutive day owing to the closure of Nawab Siddique Ali Khan Road in Gulbahar on... KARACHI: Relief goods arrive from Japan KARACHI, Aug 6: Consul General of Japan Kanji Hanagata handed over relief goods donated by the government of Japan for rain and flood affected people of Sindh to the provincial Minister... KARACHI: Additional IG appointed KARACHI, Aug 6: Syed Nayyar Hasnain Hyder has assumed the charge of additional inspector-general (investigation), Sindh.... KARACHI: Govt influenced Swiss court officer: PPP KARACHI, Aug 6: The Pakistan Peoples Party on Wednesday alleged that the Swiss investigating officer who awarded six-month suspended sentence to the former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif... KARACHI: Govt criticized KARACHI, Aug 6: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has criticized the government for its failure to provide timely relief to people who have been affected by torrential rains in Sindh.... HYDERABAD: Water shortage persists in Hyderabad HYDERABAD, Aug 6: The water shortage issue in the city again dominated the proceedings of the district council on Wednesday as city areas did not get supply of water despite assurance... HYDERABAD: Five get life term in kidnapping case HYDERABAD, Aug 6: Judge Syed Ali Ashraf Shah of the Anti- Terrorism Court (ATC) awarded life imprisonment to five accused in a kidnapping for ransom case on Tuesday.... HYDERABAD: Dist Council rejects relief committee: Inclusion of LG representatives sought HYDERABAD, Aug 6: The district council on Wednesday rejected formation of the Hyderabad District Relief Committee (HDRC) by the Sindh government on the ground that the relief committee must consist of... HYDERABAD: 25,000 Badin flood victims rescued HYDERABAD, Aug 6: Army personnel have so far rescued 25,000 marooned people from different inundated villages of the Badin district and shifted them to relief camps.... HYDERABAD: Indifferent attitude of govt flayed HYDERABAD, Aug 6: A large number of people of Qasimabad, under the banner of the Sindh Tarqqi Pasand Party, observed a hunger strike and staged a sit-in on the Naseem Nagar... HYDERABAD: Civic alliance formed HYDERABAD, Aug 6: Various political parties and social welfare organizations of Qasimabad, at a meeting held here on Tuesday, formed an alliance for development of the taluka.... MIRPURKHAS: Plea to declare Mirpurkhas calamity-hit area MIRPURKHAS, Aug 6: Nazims of the district’s seven talukas have demanded that the government should declare Mirpurkhas as a calamity-affected area in the wake of the damage caused by rains.... HYDERABAD: Encroachments being removed HYDERABAD, Aug 6: A campaign has been launched in atifabad to remove encroachments which are crating hurdles in disposal of rain and sewage water.... HYDERABAD: Relief for rain, flood-hit people urged HYDERABAD, Aug 6: The Jeay Sindh Mahaz-Z central committee has lashed out at Sindh and federal governments for providing no relief to rain and flood affected people of Badin, Thatta, Tharparkar... PESHAWAR: Hospitals’ staff face serious health risk: Unhygienic conditions main cause PESHAWAR, Aug 6: At least 50 health professionals in the city hospitals have been diagnosed positive for hepatitis B and C in the last six months because of unhygienic conditions and... PESHAWAR: NLF protests against sacking of workers PESHAWAR, Aug 6: The National Labour Federation (NLF), a labour wing of the Jamaat-i-Islami, organized a protest demonstration against the sacking of workers from different industrial units outside the Peshawar press... PESHAWAR: Private sector’s role highlighted PESHAWAR, Aug 6: NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah Khan has said that efforts are under way to evolve an effective strategy to involve private sector to provide a better health delivery... PESHAWAR: JUI slams Centre for delay in talks PESHAWAR, Aug 6: Provincial executive council of Jamiat Ulema- i-Islam (JUI) has accused the federal government of using delaying tactics to sabotage negotiations on controversial Legal Framework Order (LFO).... PESHAWAR Police fail to arrest killers PESHAWAR, Aug 6: The city police have failed to find any clue to the triple murder case despite arresting six persons in the last 14 days....

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