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August 21, 2003 Thursday Jumadi-us-Sani 22, 1424 KARACHI: Salvagers ignored hazards: minister: Tasman Spirit mishap KARACHI, Aug 20: Federal Minister for Communications Ahmad Ali has expressed the view that possible environmental hazards which entailed the grounding of the oil tanker Tasman Spirit were ignored initially by... KARACHI: Two fishermen drown near Cape Montz KARACHI, Aug 20: Two fishermen drowned into the sea near Cape Montz on Wednesday. An official of the Emergency Rescue Centre, Hawksbay, told Dawn that nine fishermen in a vessel were busy throwing net in the sea when two of them fell into the rough sea. The fishermen were identified as Malik and Ishaq. KARACHI: Police suspect link among recent killings KARACHI, Aug 20: Police have begun to find any link between the killing of five brothers and two separate incidents of doctors’ killing in the current month.... KARACHI: This obsession with denying the obvious KARACHI, Aug 20: First it was the federal communications minister, then the head of the Karachi Port Trust and now it is the Sindh chief minister who is denying the obvious... KARACHI: DHA closes site for further dumping KARACHI, Aug 20: The ongoing debris-cleaning operation in the slick-hit beach areas suffered a setback on Wednesday when the DHA reportedly refused to allow further dumping of the crude oil-soaked sludge... KARACHI: Schools near beach open today KARACHI, Aug 20: Some 24 government and private schools along the coastal belt of Karachi will reopen on Thursday, August 21.... KARACHI: Local experts’ role in oil dispersion urged KARACHI, Aug 20: Environmental geologists and microbiologists at a seminar on Wednesday urged the government to involve local scientists, especially microbiologists and environmental geologists, in oil-slick operations and use oil-hungry bacteria... KARACHI: NED varsity announces exam schedule KARACHI, Aug 20: The examinations department, NED University of Engineering and Technology, on Wednesday announced that the Masters of Engineering (Nuclear Power) final examinations 2002-2003 for students of KANUPP Institute will... KARACHI: Doctors want rabies declared reportable disease KARACHI, Aug 20: Despite the fact that there is an estimated 150,000 annual cases of dog bites and around 2,000 deaths from rabies each year in Pakistan, yet recording and reporting... KARACHI: Few people visit national museum KARACHI, Aug 20: Less than one per cent of the population of the city visits the National Museum of Pakistan in a year.... KARACHI: Traffic police not allowing repair work, says KWSB KARACHI, Aug 20: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) has accused traffic police of creating hurdles in the replacement the 72-inch dia sewerage line which had broken down during the... KARACHI: Increase in KU army quota slammed KARACHI, Aug 20: Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) has slammed the enhancement of the army quota by the vice-chancellor of Karachi University.... KARACHI: Removal of encroachment planned KARACHI, Aug 20: The city government has planned removal of encroachments from around the Cantonment railway station and asked its Transport and Communication Department to prepare a report on the situation... KARACHI: Medical camp at Hindu Parah KARACHI Aug 20: The population welfare department is holding a medical camp at Hindu Parrah, Shirin Jinnah Colony on Thursday (today).... KARACHI: CM has no power to allot industrial plots: AAG KARACHI, Aug 20: The chief minister has no authority to allot industrial plots developed by the Karachi Development Authority, Additional Advocate-General Qazi Khalid Ali submitted before Justice Zia Perwez of the... KARACHI: Orangi Town Nazim gets bail in murder case KARACHI, Aug 20: The district and sessions judge, West, Muhammad Jawaid Alam, confirmed on Wednesday the pre-arrest bail granted to the Nazim of Orangi Town in a murder case.... KARACHI: Governor takes notice of defiance by officials KARACHI, Aug 20: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has taken a serious notice of the non-implementation of the directives issued from time to time from the Governor’s House, and asked the... KARACHI: JI demands high-level probe into ship mishap KARACHI, Aug 20: Jamaat-i-Islami has demanded setting up of a high-level inquiry commission, headed by a Supreme Court judge, to investigate criminal negligence by the administration that had led to the... KARACHI: Nisar launches initiative to reunite PML-Q KARACHI, Aug 20: Convener of the PML-Q organizing committee for Sindh, Senator Nisar A. Memon, said on Wednesday that he would commence consultation with provincial leadership of the party this weekend... KARACHI: Doctors may call strike KARACHI, Aug 20: Doctors would be forced to call a strike if the authorities failed to take worthwhile action against the killers of the two doctors, who were gunned down recently... KARACHI: Dr Shoaib laid to rest KARACHI, Aug 20: Dr Shoaib Shafiq, who was shot dead by unknown persons late Tuesday night, was laid to rest at Mohammad Shah graveyard, North Karachi on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Debris-lifting campaign on coastline KARACHI, Aug 20: A fully-fledged debris clean-up operation on modern lines is being launched on Thursday across the slick-hit beach area, according to the provincial Home Secretary and Chairman of the... KARACHI: PPP slams media campaign KARACHI, Aug 20: The Pakistan Peoples Party has condemned the media campaign against chairperson of the party, Ms Benazir Bhutto and her spouse Mr Asif Ali Zardari as part of the... KARACHI: CS calls for uplift programmes at district level KARACHI, Aug 20: Sindh Chief Secretary Dr Mutawakkal Kazi has called for preparation and implementation of development programmes at district level to alleviate poverty from the province and provide maximum employment... SANGHAR: Time allocated for admission test not sufficient: teachers SANGHAR, Aug 20: The time allotted for entrance tests for admissions to medical colleges in the public sector is not adequate and many students would be unable to complete it as... SUKKUR: PM for consensus on Kalabagh dam SUKKUR, Aug 20: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali has said that the construction of the Kalabagh Dam is very necessary and in the interest of the country but before starting the... HYDERABAD: Girls excel in HSC exams HYDERABAD, Aug 20: The results of the Higher Secondary Certificate-II, science group, examinations of 2003 were announced by the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Hyderabad, on Wednesday.... DADU: Power supply to 70 villages cut DADU, Aug 20: Two special Hesco teams raided various places and disconnected the power supply of defaulters in 70 villages of six sub-divisions.... MITHI: Media workshop held MITHI, Aug 20: The Inter Press Communication organized a one-day media workshop in collaboration with the British Council’s international development department here on Tuesday.... LARKANA: No-trust move against ADP Nazim passed LARKANA, Aug 20: A no-confidence motion was passed against People’s Party Parliamentarians-backed Awam Dost Panel’s Larkana Taluka Nazim Nazir Ahmad Shaikh at the taluka council session here on Wednesday.... BADIN: UC Nazims reject Badin relief committee BADIN, Aug 20: Thirteen Union Council Nazims, eight Naib Nazims and about 50 councillors observed token hunger strike in front of the Aiwan-e-Sahafat here on Wednesday against the District Relief Committee.... DADU: Officials accused of selling water DADU, Aug 20: A large number of growers of Johi Taluka held a protest demonstration in Dadu town on Wednesday to protest against the irrigation officials for the artificial shortage... SUKKUR: Landmines defused SUKKUR, Aug 20: The Rangers on Wednesday defused four landmines they found in RD-109 area near Sui Pull on the Sindh- Balochistan border.... PESHAWAR: MMA trying to sabotage talks, says Rashid PESHAWAR, Aug 20: Federal Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has accused the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal of changing goalposts after reaching an agreement over three most contentious issues of the Legal Framework Order.... PESHAWAR: Contract employees denied salary raise PESHAWAR, Aug 20: Thousands of federal and  provincial government employees recruited on contract basis have been denied the 15 per cent raise announced in the federal and provincial budgets for 2003-2004,... PESHAWAR: Casualty dept of LRH under pressure of patients PESHAWAR, Aug 20: The Casualty Department of the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) is swarmed with patients who are not critically ill, creating extra workload on health workers, doctors told Dawn on Wednesday.... PESHAWAR: Judgment reserved PESHAWAR, Aug 20: An accountability court on Wednesday reserved a judgment in a reference pertaining to misappropriation of contracts of the Primary Education Department (PED).... SWABI: Naib Nazim removed thru no-trust move SWABI, Aug 20: The Naib Nazim of Garmunara Union Council, who was the nominee of Awami National Party for the slot of Swabi tehsil Naib Nazim, was unseated through a no-confidence...

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