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August 30, 2003 Saturday Rajab 1, 1424 KARACHI: Opposition’s bid to start business faces setback: Treasury benches adamant KARACHI, Aug 29: For the first time in four days, proceedings in the requisitioned session of the Sindh Assembly were conducted without a rumpus.... KARACHI: Increasing pollution irks residents KARACHI, Aug 29: Residents along the coastal belt, who are constantly under threat by the continued discharge of crude oil from the broken oil tanker Tasman Spirit, are not happy with... KARACHI: State’s plea to shift Asif dismissed KARACHI, Aug 29: District and Session Judge Karachi Central, Zafar Ahmed Khan Sherwani, on Friday dismissed the state’s application seeking transfer of ex-PPP senator Asif Ali Zardari to Punjab for the... KARACHI: Woman injured KARACHI, Aug 29: A man critically injured his wife in a domestic dispute in Korangi on Friday.... KARACHI: MBBS forms acceptable on Sunday KARACHI, Aug 29: Admission forms for the MBBS first year, session 2003-04, will be accepted on Sunday (Aug 31) also at all the selection centres in the province.... KARACHI: Electrocuted KARACHI, Aug 29: An electrician was electrocuted while working in a house in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Friday.... KARACHI: Peace in education centres discussed KARACHI, Aug 29: A high-level meeting with Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad in the chair, held at the Governor’s House on Friday, reviewed the prevailing situation in the educational institutions of... KARACHI: City govt employees facing problems: Lack of human resource policy KARACHI, Aug 29: Non-existence of human resource policy is causing immense complications in promotion, appointments and other organizational affairs in the city government.... KARACHI: Defective blood screening kits put people at risk KARACHI, Aug 29: Absence of any regulatory authority for adequate assessment and monitoring of blood-screening kits in the city is leading to a surge in faulty and conflicting results.... KARACHI: Fazl spells out aims KARACHI, Aug 29: The secretary general of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, has said that the MMA is striving for the supremacy of the Constitution and to block army’s interference... KARACHI: Schools in costal area ignore govt warnings KARACHI, Aug 29: Despite warnings by different agencies and orders by Sindh education department regarding closure of schools in the coastal areas, in face of health risks posed by oil spill... KARACHI: Alliance Francaise reopens KARACHI, Aug 29: The French cultural centre, Alliance Francaise, reopened on Friday after more than a year’s closure that had been prompted by the killing of 11 French technicians, along with... KARACHI: Quaid-i-Azam Academy has new director KARACHI, Aug 29: Prof M. Yakub Mughal, a scholar and expert on Pakistan Studies, has assumed the charge of Director of the Quaid-i-Azam Academy, Karachi, according to an announcement made on... KARACHI: Law, order normal: Naimat KARACHI, Aug 29: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has said that law and order situation in Karachi is much better as compared to the past and it is for this reason that... KARACHI: A literary sitting on Jaun Elia KARACHI: A literary sitting on the late Jaun Elia was held under the aegis of the Karachi Press Club’s literary committee on Thursday.... KARACHI: Workshop for medical librarians KARACHI, Aug 29: The College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), is to hold the first two-day national workshop for medical librarians at... KARACHI: BCom, BSc, BA exams from Dec 6 KARACHI, Aug 29: The examiations department of the University of Karachi, in consultation with principals of all the affiliated colleges, has decided to hold Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), BSc and BA... KARACHI: Strict law on Karo-kari offence demanded KARACHI, Aug 29: Various representatives of the civil society organizations and the concerned citizens, on Friday, demanded that karo-kari (honour killings) be made non-compoundable offence and “arsh”, “diyat” and “daman” should... KARACHI: Kidnappers remanded to police custody KARACHI, Aug 29: Justice Shabbir Ahmed of the Sindh High Court, who is also the administrative judge of Anti Terrorism Courts (ATCs) for the Karachi division, on Friday remanded three kidnappers... KARACHI: Oil spill termed conspiracy KARACHI, Aug 29: The grounding of Greek oil tanker Tasman Spirit off city coast has been termed a conspiracy to harm the economy of country and that of the fishermen, to... KARACHI: Changes in FCS come under fire KARACHI, Aug 29: The administrative changes introduced by the new authority of the Fishermen Cooperative Society following the departure of Navy personnel have come under fire from various quarters.... KARACHI: ‘Labour for Peace’ conference from 1st KARACHI, Aug 29: The two-day South Asian “Labour For Peace” conference will be held here from Sept 1, to focus on the effects of militarization and globalization, and their impact on... KARACHI: Pre-paid cards for KESC suggested: Reduction in power tariff KARACHI, Aug 29: Speakers at a seminar on “Reduction in power tariff” suggested introduction of meters fed by pre-paid cards and underground electric wires to thwart the use of “kunda” (illegal... KARACHI: PPP protests over Swiss findings KARACHI, Aug 29: Leaders of the Pakistan Peoples Party handed over a memorandum to Swiss Consul General Julius Anderegg, on Friday, to register their protest over Swiss magistrate’s controversial findings against... KARACHI: Govt can’t stop discussion on Thal, says PPP KARACHI, Aug 29: Syed Qaim Ali Shah of the PPP Parliamentarians, on Friday, said that despite evasive tactics, the government can not stop discussion on Greater Thal canal project.... KARACHI: Medical, marine survey planned for spill-hit areas KARACHI, Aug 29: A plan has been chalked out to conduct medical and marine survey in addition to other steps being initiated in the areas affected due to oil spillage from... KARACHI: Govt stand on dam deplored KARACHI, Aug 29: The only member of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement in provincial assembly, Mr Yunus Khan has said that the issue of Kalabagh dam and Greater Thal canal can serve... KARACHI: Dawn staffer grieved KARACHI, Aug 29: Mr Abdul Quddos Shaikh, 78, father of Mr Abdul Latif Shaikh, secretary to the Editor-in-chief, Dawn, died after a prolonged illness here on Friday. He was laid to... HYDERABAD: Govt delaying talks’ outcome: MMA HYDERABAD, Aug 29: Leader of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal Syed Munawwar Hassan has accused the government of adopting delaying tactics, saying that it was trying to derail the talks, adding that the... HYDERABAD: Need for modern labs stressed HYDERABAD, Aug 29: The Department of Medicine, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, in collaboration with the Infectious Diseases Society of Pakistan, organized a one-day symposium on diseases at... NAWABSHAH: Women seek protection NAWABSHAH, Aug 29: Parveen and Shahnaz, sisters of Nasreen Khaskheli, who was killed by her husband a few days back, have demanded of the Sindh IGP to provide them justice... HYDERABAD: Chemist council warns of boycott HYDERABAD, Aug 29: The Wholesale Chemist Council of Pakistan has threatened to boycott medicines of multinational and local companies, if they did not restore 15 per cent discount to wholesale chemists.... HYDERABAD: PCO operators want uniformity in tariff HYDERABAD, Aug 29: Hyderabad Public Call Office Holders Association on Friday urged the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to ensure uniformity in tariffs, saying that difference in call rates for PCOs and customer... SUKKUR: Breach destroys cotton crop SUKKUR, Aug 29: A 30-ft-wide breach developed in the Khoro Minor on Friday as a result of which hundreds of acres of standing cotton crop was flooded and destroyed.... NAWABSHAH: Workers not paid for 3 months NAWABSHAH, Aug 29: Twenty-two employees of the district forest office have not been paid their salaries since last three months.... PESHAWAR: No probe ordered into Hayatabad shootout PESHAWAR, Aug 29: Contrary to public statement, the NWFP government has not ordered any inquiry into the Aug 14 shootout between Al-Qaeda suspects and law enforcement agencies in Hayatabad, Peshawar, investigations... PESHAWAR: Jamaat holds demo against police inefficiency PESHAWAR, Aug 29: The activists of Pasban and Jamaat-i-Islami organized a demonstration here on Friday to protest against the police for their failure in controlling law and order in Daudzai area... PESHAWAR: Six killed in ‘encounter’ PESHAWAR, Aug 29: Six alleged hardened criminals were killed during an ‘encounter’ with police at Dildar Ghari bridge on River Kabul in district Charsadda on Friday, police officials said.... PESHAWAR: Rs158m to be spent on uplift projects PESHAWAR, Aug 29: A number of new development projects will be completed at a cost of Rs158.5 million in district Swat.... PESHAWAR: FHA asked to expedite work on road PESHAWAR, Aug 29: The Frontier Highway Authority has been directed to expedite work on the Mardan-Shergarh-Dargai road.... PESHAWAR: Industrialist indicted PESHAWAR, Aug 29: An accountability court here on Friday indicted an industrialist from Lahore, Seth Nisar, on the charges of tax evasion and loan default.... PESHAWAR: Who seeks Ulema’s help PESHAWAR, Aug 29: The World Health Organization’s representative in Pakistan, Khalif Bile Mohamud, has sought the cooperation of the NWFP government for setting up of ulema’s committees at tehsil level to help in the...

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