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August 20, 2003 Wednesday Jumadi-us-Sani 21, 1424 KARACHI: No further leakage from Tasman Spirit: KPT KARACHI, Aug 19: The Karachi Port Trust, on Tuesday, claimed that no further leakage had been observed from the grounded Tasman Spirit and the lighterage operation was going on smoothly.... KARACHI: Two Lashkar men awarded death, chief gets life term KARACHI, Aug 19: An anti-terrorism court sentenced on Tuesday two workers of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi to death and two others, including the chief of the banned outfit, to life term, on... KARACHI: Two drown as fishing boat capsizes KARACHI, Aug 19: Two fishermen drowned off the Gadani beach on Tuesday, while four others swam to safety on the shore when their fishing vessel capsized.... KARACHI: Cleanliness drive fails to achieve results KARACHI, Aug 19: The city government’s cleanliness and health campaign, which ended on August 13, could not achieve desired results as only 50 to 60 per cent of garbage could be... KARACHI: City to get 20mgd less water as pipeline bursts KARACHI, Aug 19: The city will receive 20MGD less water for the next three days as the 72-inch dia rising main of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board, supplying water from... KARACHI: Digital mapping of power system KARACHI, Aug 19: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) on Tuesday initiated digital mapping of the city’s power supply system through computer programming.... KARACHI: Nazim bans swimming, fishing KARACHI, Aug 19: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan, under Section- 144 of CrPC, has prohibited swimming and fishing within an area of five nautical miles of coast in the wake of oil... KARACHI: Man axed to death KARACHI, Aug 19: A young man was axed to death by unknown persons in Malir late Monday night.... KARACHI: Solar energy project planned KARACHI, Aug 19: Noted nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan will undertake ‘Solar Energy Development and Disaster Relief Programmes’ which will be co-sponsored by the Sir Syed University of Engineering and... KARACHI: Pakistani culture’s promotion stressed KARACHI, Aug 19: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has said that Pakistan has a very rich culture and efforts should be made to promote it.... KARACHI: BIEK’s student programme hampered KARACHI, Aug 19: Board of Intermediate Education’s plan to facilitate intermediate students in appearing for biology and mathematics papers simultaneously, seems to be falling a pray to lack of interest on... KARACHI: Collection of literary pieces KARACHI: Syed Wali Haider, an octogenarian, author of four poetry collections and stories, launched his fifth book at the Arts Council on Monday.... KARACHI: Sports complex plan reviewed KARACHI, Aug 19: Sindh Chief Secretary Dr Mutawakkil Kazi, on Tuesday, presided over a meeting in connection with the construction of Sports Complex at M.A. Jinnah Road.... KARACHI: Teachers’ recruitment to begin soon: Marwat KARACHI, Aug 19: Sindh education department had initiated the process to recruit the teachers across the province, and the applications would be invited soon through the press, Education Minister Irfanullah Marwat... KARACHI: Nationalized colleges KARACHI, Aug 19: St Patrick and St Joseph colleges may be returned to the Catholic Board of Education by the Sindh government, Father Jeo Paul, Principal, St Patrick School, said.... KARACHI: School uniforms distributed KARACHI, Aug 19: The participants of the Summer School Programme at four primary schools at the Lyari Expressway Resettlement Site, Hawkesbay, were distributed school uniforms as a reward for attending the... KARACHI: Janamastami festival KARACHI, Aug 19: The Janamastami festival (birthday of Shree Krishna) will be commemorated by the Hindu community on Wednesday (today) from 8pm to 5am at Soldier Bazar.... KARACHI: Govt denies trader’s detention by agencies KARACHI, Aug 19: No federal government agency arrested or detained businessman Saifullah Paracha, Deputy Attorney-General Syed Zaki Mohammad told a division bench of the Sindh High Court on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Altaf vows to support new party leadership KARACHI, Aug 19: The London-based founding chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Mr Altaf Hussain, on Tuesday declared that he would prop-up a new leadership, committed to 1978 ideological moorings of... KARACHI: Girl kidnapped KARACHI, Aug 19: A three-year-old girl was abducted by unknown persons on the premises of the Quaid’s mausoleum on Sunday.... KARACHI: Another witness examined in Murtaza case KARACHI, Aug 19: District and Sessions Judge, East Karachi, Sain Ali Dino Matilo, on Tuesday adjourned hearing of Mir Murtaza Bhutto murder case against ex-Senator Asif Ali Zardari and others, after... KARACHI: Muzaffar takes oath as acting governor KARACHI, Aug 19: Sindh Assembly Speaker Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah on Tuesday took the oath as the Acting Governor of the province in the absence of Governor Ishratul Ibad who has... KARACHI: Maritime expert arrives KARACHI, Aug 19: In view of the widespread environmental damage caused by the Tasman Spirit, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has decided to double the number of its representatives in Pakistan.... KARACHI: Oil spill from Tasman Spirit continues, say scientists KARACHI, Aug 19: Scientists having visited sea water surrounding the Tasman Spirit stated that oil spill continued on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Edhi continues beach cleaning KARACHI, Aug 19: Volunteers of the Edhi Foundation continued removing sea species, including fish, turtles and snakes, lying dead at the 4km-long coast because of spilled crude oil from the grounded... KARACHI: Troops to Iraq opposed KARACHI, Aug 19: The women wing of Jamaat Islami on Tuesday demanded of the government to abandon its plan to send Pakistani troops to Iraq.... KARACHI: KU extends date KARACHI, Aug 19: The examinations department, University of Karachi, has announced to extend the date for submission of exam forms for MSc (Home Economics) Part-I and II, annual examinations 2003.—PPI... KARACHI: Drizzle forecast KARACHI, Aug 19: The Met office forecast cloudy weather with chances of drizzle and light rain in all parts of the city on Wednesday.... KARACHI: DHA college convocation KARACHI, Aug 19: The second convocation of the Defence Housing Authority Degree College will be held in the third week of October.... HYDERABAD: Taluka, union councils may get funds directly HYDERABAD, Aug 19: The Sindh finance department is considering direct transfer of funds to union and taluka councils to avoid inconvenience, a well informed source in the department told this correspondent... BADIN: Survey teams assess damages in Badin BADIN, Aug 19: At least 50 survey teams have been formed to assess the damages caused by the torrential rains in the coastal district of Badin so that the affected people... LARKANA: Move against Nazim rejected LARKANA, Aug 19: The Larkana District Council in its urgent meeting on Monday unanimously rejected the motion of recall moved by the district Nazim against the Taluka Nazim, Larkana.... HYDERABAD: Musharraf urged not to revive issue: Kalabagh dam HYDERABAD, Aug 19: The Sindh Abadgar Board on Tuesday stated as Sindh had already opposed the Kalabagh dam after which President Gen Pervez Musharraf had rightly shelved the project, the issue... HYDERABAD: Nazims, councilors asked to unite HYDERABAD, Aug 19: The Hyderabad District Councillors’ Alliance has expressed concern over the on-going confrontation among the Nazims, Naib Nazims and councillors of several union councils saying that it is not... HYDERABAD: SU admissions HYDERABAD, Aug 19: The University of Sindh has announced the schedule for admissions to MPhil programme in the departments of Arabic, Sindhi, Urdu, Commerce, Islamic History, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Computer Sciences,... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Councillor protests NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Aug 19: A woman councillor of the Old Gachero union council, Ghulam Fatima Bughio, observed a token hunger strike on Sunday outside the Moro press club to protest against... HYDERABAD: 49 pleas for compensation recommended HYDERABAD, Aug 19: The city Mukhtiarkar has recommended 49 applications out of 2,300 received from people whose properties were completely or partially damaged in rains.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Swiss verdict slammed NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Aug 19: The People’s Party Parliamentarian workers staged a sit-in outside the press club here on Sunday against the Swiss magistrate’s decision against Benazir Bhutto and Asif Zardari.... PESHAWAR: MMA wants small parties in cabinet PESHAWAR, Aug 19: The general council of Muttahida Majlis-i- Amal has asked the NWFP government to give representation to small components of the six-party alliance in the provincial cabinet.... PESHAWAR: NWFP gets Rs337m for immunization PESHAWAR, Aug 19: The federal government has allocated Rs337 million under the Global Alliance for Vaccination and Immunization programme for the NWFP as grant-in-aid to strengthen its expanded programme on immunization... PESHAWAR: Juvenile offender acquitted PESHAWAR, Aug 19: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday acquitted a juvenile offender in a murder case and set aside his conviction by a Qazi court in Swat.... PESHAWAR: HRA to keep check on health facilities PESHAWAR, Aug 19: The Health Regulatory Authority (HRA) has pledged to check irregularities in the health sector....

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