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August 14, 2003 Thursday Jumadi-us-Sani 15, 1424 KARACHI: Muttahida, MQM-H activists shot dead KARACHI, Aug 13: An activist of Muttahida Qaumi Movement was shot dead on Wednesday morning in Railway Colony.... KARACHI: Asif acquitted in murder case KARACHI, Aug 13: Asif Ali Zardari was acquitted on Wednesday in the Sajjad Hussain murder case by the additional district and sessions judge, South.... KARACHI: PPP requisitions PA session KARACHI, Aug 13: The Peoples Party Parliamentarians on Wednesday requisitioned a Provincial Assembly session to discuss its five-point agenda, including the Greater Thar Canal project.... KARACHI: Altaf threatens to give up leadership KARACHI, Aug 13: London-based chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Mr Altaf Hussain, in a surprise development has lashed out at the “vested interests” within his party and threatened to leave... KARACHI: Clifton beach sealed for public KARACHI, Aug 13: Fourteen-kilometre long Clifton beach was sealed for public after the leakage of 50,000 tonnes crude oil into the sea from the aground Greece flagged ship, stranded in Keamari... KARACHI: Minister decries grace marks policy KARACHI, Aug 13: Sindh Education Minister Irfanullah Khan Marwat has opposed the education boards’ decision to allow grace marks to the failed students.... KARACHI: Honoraria KARACHI, Aug 13: Sindh Chief Minister has, in principle, given approval to payment of honoraria to the Nazims of union councils, who are also members of the city council.—APP... KARACHI: AKU to get $4.5m to establish exam board: Accord with USAID KARACHI, Aug 13: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will give $4.5 million to Aga Khan University to establish an alternative examination board for secondary and higher secondary education.... KARACHI: Cleanliness drive achieved good results: Nazim KARACHI, Aug 13: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has asked the departments and organizations benefiting from the city’s civic facilities, to extend practical cooperation for strengthening the city’s infrastructure.... KARACHI: Why did Tasman Spirit run aground KARACHI, Aug 13: As the putrid smell of crude oil engulfs the part of Clifton beach where the Tasman Spirit stands aground, it is becoming clear that the vessel might break... KARACHI: No deal with govt: Asif KARACHI, Aug 13: Mr Asif Ali Zardari said on Wednesday that his acquittal in the Sajjad Hussain murder case had vindicated his claim that the establishment had wrongfully implicated him in... KARACHI: Notices issued in amenity plot case KARACHI, Aug 13: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday asked its Nazir to inspect a commercial building alleged to have been built on an amenity plot and issued notices to the... KARACHI: Rare photos of Quaid, others on display KARACHI, Aug 13: A rare photograph of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah, Liaquat Ali Khan and other leaders of the Pakistan movement has been selected as the object of... KARACHI: Accidents claim two lives KARACHI, Aug 13: Two persons died in separate road traffic accidents in different parts of the city on Wednesday. A young motorcyclist died while racing with another motorcyclist in North Nazimabad. KARACHI: Two injured in KU clash KARACHI, Aug 13: Two students sustained slight injuries in a clash between rival groups at the University of Karachi on Wednesday.... KARACHI: KU notification KARACHI, Aug 13: The University of Karachi has notified that the external students can submit forms and fee for BA, BCom, BOL, BSc exams and improvement of division from Aug 18... THATTA: Water-borne diseases spread in Thatta THATTA, Aug 13: Gastroenteritis has claimed the lives of eight people in a week, figures gathered by this correspondent from different hospitals of the district said.... HYDERABAD: Government warned of public reaction: Thal canal, Kalabagh dam projects HYDERABAD, Aug 13: Leaders of the Anti-Greater Thal Canal Action Committee have said President Gen Pervez Musharraf will have to face reaction from the people if he visits Sindh to mobilize... HYDERABAD: No-trust move debated HYDERABAD, Aug 13: The Taluka City Council (TCC) here on Wednesday appointed a 10-member committee to prepare a report on the no-confidence motion passed against a union council Naib Nazim and... KARACHI: Governor asks LEAs to vacate Pucca Qila KARACHI, Aug 13: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has asked law-enforcement agencies to vacate Pucca Qila in Hyderabad and report about the necessary action initiated in this regard by Aug 15,... HYDERABAD: Sacked workers slam SSGC HYDERABAD, Aug 13: Sacked employees of the Sui Southern Gas Company held a demonstration outside the press club here on Wednesday, demanding their reinstatement.... HYDERABAD: 8 districts get Rs87m for relief activities HYDERABAD, Aug 13: An amount of Rs217 million — Rs67 million from the Sindh government, Rs100 million from the federal government and Rs50 million from the Punjab government — has been... HYDERABAD: SDO ordered to appear in court HYDERABAD, Aug 13: Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, here on Wednesday directed Badin Hesco SDO concerned to appear in the court in response to a constitutional petition regarding a dispute... HYDERABAD: MBA classes HYDERABAD, Aug 13: The director, IBA, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, on Monday announced that the classes of 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th semester MBA (evening programme) had started from Aug 11.... PESHAWAR: Enmity claims six lives in Charsadda PESHAWAR, Aug 13: An old rivalry claimed six lives in Daulatpura village of Charsadda district on Wednesday morning, official sources told Dawn .... PESHAWAR: Woman judge named on Rwanda tribunal PESHAWAR, Aug 13: Justice Khalida Rachid of the Peshawar High Court was given a formal farewell on the eve of her departure for Tanzania to sit as a judge on the... PESHAWAR: Objective study of US policies urged PESHAWAR, August 13: A noted scholar of Palestinian origin has lamented that the Muslim world does not take the US government policies seriously despite the fact Washington has become its unwanted... PESHAWAR: Iodine deficiency causes serious problems PESHAWAR, Aug 13: Iodine deficiency disorder causes pregnancy-related problems for women, says a Unicef report.... PESHAWAR: Durrani vows to implement Shariat law PESHAWAR, Aug 13: NWFP chief minister Akram Khan Durrani has said that the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal government will continue its struggle for attaining the aims and objectives of Pakistan.... PESHAWAR: Tribal people promised better education PESHAWAR, Aug 13: Corps Commander Lt-Gen Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai has said the government is trying its level best to provide the tribesmen with better education facilities, a press release issued... PESHAWAR: NWFP speaker sworn in as acting governor PESHAWAR, Aug 13: Speaker of the NWFP assembly Bakht Jahan Khan was sworn in as acting governor of the province at an impressive ceremony held at Governor’s House here on Wednesday.... ISLAMABAD: UN to give Rs12m for flood victims ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: The UN World Food Programme on Monday announced US dollars 200,000 of food aid to support 0.25 million people in Sindh devastated by recent rains and floods....

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