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August 29, 2003 Friday Jumadi-us-Sani 30, 1424 KARACHI: Non-serious approach wasting PA session KARACHI, Aug 28: No substantive business could be taken up in the Sindh Assembly on the third day of the current session on Thursday which was wasted due to non-serious approach... KARACHI: Oil may be spreading in other directions KARACHI, Aug 28: The rear portion of the Tasman Spirit is under constant threat by the weather and the sea and the salvagers are anxious to pump out the remaining crude... KARACHI: Kidnappers nabbed in operation KARACHI, Aug 28: A joint team of police ‘Anti-Violent Crime Cell’ and Citizen Police Liaison Committee arrested two kidnappers and recovered a hostage from a hideout in Site area, late on... KARACHI: Ministers deny having Musharraf’s assignment KARACHI, Aug 28: Three provincial ministers on Thursday have denied having been asked by President Musharraf to launch a campaign for soliciting public support for Kalabagh dam and Greater Thal Canal... KARACHI: Two killed in road accidents KARACHI, Aug 28: Two persons died in separate road traffic accidents on the Super Highway late on Wednesday night, while a young girl lost her life in a road accident... KARACHI: Middle-aged man killed KARACHI, Aug 28: A middle-aged man was killed by unknown persons in Malir early on Thursday morning.... KARACHI: Balloting held for Malir housing scheme KARACHI, Aug 28: The government is responsible for providing cheap and quality residential facilities to the people and there is a need to initiate work on low-cost housing schemes to accommodate... KARACHI: Dehydration cases KARACHI, Aug 28: The cases of severe dehydration referred to the Civil Hospital Karachi quadrupled during June and July. The trend continues, according to a press release of the hospital’s paediatrics... KARACHI: GCT asked to get NED affiliation KARACHI, Aug 28: Sindh Education Department has directed the administration of Government College of Technology (GCT), to get re-affiliated with the NED University of Engineering and Technology to restart Bachelor of... KARACHI: Illegal Buildings demolished KARACHI, Aug 28: The Lyari Town Administration, in its ongoing campaign against encroachments, on Thursday demolished hundreds of shops, hotels and godowns which were illegally constructed on a stormwater drain at... KARACHI: DMC notification KARACHI, Aug 28: The Dow Medical College on Thursday notified the students, who had applied for admissions into the medical colleges of Karachi (Dow and Sindh Medical Colleges) and have submitted... KARACHI: Expressway reviewed KARACHI, Aug 28: Unauthorized structures, including 12 mosques, has been evacuated to expedite work on the right-hand detour of the Lyari Expressway.... KARACHI: Workshop on ecology concludes KARACHI, Aug 28: The National Environmental Action Plan Support Programme on Thursday completed its two-day-long orientation-cum-training workshop for government and non- government organizations in Sindh here at a local hotel.... KARACHI: Councillors role in anti-polio drive stressed KARACHI, Aug 28: Nazim, Karachi City District Government, Naimatullah Khan on Thursday called upon councillors, particularly women representatives, to participate in the ongoing efforts to eradicate polio.... KARACHI: KU staff’s delaying tactics irk document-seeking students KARACHI, Aug 28: Despite clear and repeated directives by Karachi University Vice-Chancellor Dr Zafar Saeed Saify asking varsity officials to facilitate students, the staff posted at the Semester Examinations Cell (SEC)... KARACHI: CHK nurses protest to press for demands KARACHI, Aug 28: A token strike was observed by around 600 nurses working for the Civil Hospital Karachi on Thursday morning to pressurize the authorities for acceptance of their demands.... KARACHI: Lady teachers to get concessions: Fresh appointments KARACHI, Aug 28: Following lifting of ban on recruitment, advertisements for the recruitment of contract lecturers have been published in newspapers.... KARACHI: Poll pleas of PPP, Muttahida, MMA candidates dismissed KARACHI, Aug 28: Election petitions of various candidates, including those of the People’s Party Parliamentarians, Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and National Alliance, were rejected by the Election Tribunal, Sindh, on... KARACHI: Three drug Controllers sentenced for corruption KARACHI, Aug 28: An Accountability Court convicted on Thursday three drug controllers of the Federal Drugs Control Administration in seven corruption cases and sentenced them to a four-year term in each... KARACHI: Qaim urges Speaker not to guillotine session KARACHI, Aug 28: MPA Syed Qaim Ali Shah of PPP on Thursday accused the government of sabotaging agenda of the requisitioned session of the Sindh Assembly by resorting to delaying tactics... KARACHI: Ex-banker gets bail in five cases KARACHI, Aug 28: Former Bankers Equity chairman Rauf B. Kadri was on Thursday granted bail in all five cases in which his appeals against conviction and sentences are pending before the... KARACHI: Govt accused of violating court orders KARACHI, Aug 28: The only member of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement in the Sindh Assembly, Yunus Khan, said that the Sindh government and police were violating court orders on the release... KARACHI: ARD urged to lead people KARACHI, Aug 28: The Forum for Democracy on Thursday urged democratic forces, specially supporters of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy, to lead the people in their struggle for democracy.... KARACHI: Man acquitted in arms case KARACHI, Aug 28: The district and sessions judge, South, Agha Rafique Ahmed Khan, acquitted on Thursday a man charged with possessing illegal weapons.... KARACHI: Dissolution of parliament may lead to chaos: Noorani KARACHI, Aug 28: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) feels that Pakistan is facing ‘a Constitutional crisis’ and warns that if the parliament is dissolved, there will be chaos in the country which... HYDERABAD: Anti-Thal body to continue protest HYDERABAD, Aug 28: Leaders of the Anti-Greater Thal Canal Action Committee have reaffirmed their resolve not to allow construction of the Thal canal and the Kalabagh dam.... HYDERABAD: GSTA to resist sale of school building HYDERABAD, Aug 28: The president, Government Secon-dary Teachers Association, Hyd-erabad district, Safar Memon, and general secretary, Zamir Khan, have condemned the proposal to dispose of the Gover-nment Muslim High School building... HYDERABAD: Rs10bn uplift plan for Hyderabad submitted HYDERABAD, Aug 28: The district government has presented an uplift plan of Rs10 billion for Hyderabad district before President Gen Pervez Musharraf during his visit to the city on Tuesday.... HYDERABAD: ‘American policy imperialistic’ HYDERABAD, Aug 28: Dr Aziz Al-Kazaz, Prof of the Oriental Institute of Hamburg, Germany, has said, “Old American values for democracy and human rights have disappeared in the post-cold war era.... HYDERABAD: Man booked for having explosives HYDERABAD, Aug 28: The GOR police have finally lodged a case against Gul Mohammad Daedano alias doctor for possessing chemical powders and explosives. The case was lodged under section 286 of... HYDERABAD: New housing scheme to be launched HYDERABAD, Aug 28: The district government is going to launch a new residential scheme in and around Hyderabad city to meet the residential problem and provide civic amenities in the shortest... PESHAWAR: SC bars NWFP from acting against Nazim PESHAWAR, Aug 28: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday directed the NWFP government not to take any adverse action against district Kohistan’s Nazim Maulana Obaidullah till the final disposal of... PESHAWAR: 25,000 troops in Fata, media told: Illegal entry being checked PESHAWAR, Aug 28: The deployment of Pakistan troops in the country’s tribal areas is meant to “prevent any illegal movement on the Pakistan-Afghan border.”... PESHAWAR: Govt urged to improve HR situation in tribal areas PESHAWAR, Aug 28: The participants in a two-day seminar have asked the government to make necessary amendments in the Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR) to improve human rights situation in tribal areas.... PESHAWAR: Ulema’s role in anti-AIDS drive stressed PESHAWAR, Aug 28: Speakers at a seminar on Wednesday urged religious scholars and social workers to play an active role in making  people aware of the hazards of AIDS so that it could... PESHAWAR: ‘LB system affects provincial autonomy’ PESHAWAR, Aug 28: Speakers at a seminar on Thursday expressed the fear that the local government system — introduced by the military regime preceding the installation of the elected government —...

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