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September 3, 2003 Wednesday Rajab 5, 1424 KARACHI: Resolution on Thal canal being pursued effectively: Sindh Assembly told KARACHI, Sept 2: Senior Sindh Minister Syed Sardar Ahmed told the Sindh Assembly on Tuesday that the PA resolution against the Greater Thal Canal was being pursued effectively and there was... KARACHI: Killings of Muttahida men condemned KARACHI, Sept 2: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement and the Mohajir Qaumi Movement chiefs, in separate statements issued here on Tuesday, condemned the killings of two Muttahida activists.... KARACHI: Pakistan, India urged to give up arms race: Labour for peace conference KARACHI, Sept 2: ‘The Karachi Declaration’ adopted at the conclusion of the two-day ‘South Asian Labour for Peace Conference’ on Tuesday called upon India and Pakistan to reduce their defence budgets... KARACHI: Nazim revives book bazaar KARACHI, Sept 2: The City Nazim, Naimatullah Khan, ordered on Tuesday the revival of the Frere Hall’s Sunday book bazaar.... KARACHI: 1,000 tons slush taken out of Tasman KARACHI, Sept 2: The remaining 1,000 tons of crude oil mixed with water has been taken out of Tasman Spirit by the lighterage vessel Sea Angle.... KARACHI: Beach to open after two months KARACHI, Sept 2: The beach, devastated due to oil spillage from the ship, will be cleaned and opened for general public after two months.... KARACHI: Temple leased to man seeking to build highrise KARACHI, Sept 2: The federal government has leased out an old temple and the lessee wants to demolish it and raise a multi-storey building to have a windfall, it is learnt.... KARACHI: IUCN moot calls for long-term national plan: Tasman disaster KARACHI, Sept 2: A meeting of environmental experts, on Tuesday, expressed concern over lack of coordination and absence of a national level mechanism to address disasters like the one being faced... KARACHI: Extensive cleaning of coastal areas proposed KARACHI, Sept 2: The committee comprising the experts of World Health Organization and Ministry of Health, assigned to undertake Rapid Health Impact Assessment in oil affected areas, has recommended extensive cleaning... KARACHI: Rs3 billion allocated for education: minister KARACHI, Sept 2: The federal government has allocated a sum of Rs3.1 billion for education sector, during the current fiscal year, for development purposes.... KARACHI: Plight of women servants highlighted KARACHI, Sept 2: The two-day National Consultation on Domestic Workers‘ Rights that began here on Tuesday noted that female elite of the country were among those exploiting women serving as domestic... KARACHI: KU announces Law results KARACHI, Sept 2: The University of Karachi on Tuesday announced the results of Bachelor of Law (BL), First year annual examinations, with a pass percentage of 44.11.... KARACHI: Date extended KARACHI, Sep 2: The Board of Secondary Education, has extended the last date for acceptance of enrolment forms for the SSC Part-I (Class IX) annual examination-2004, till Sept 15.... KARACHI: Ikebana show KARACHI, Sept 2: The Japan Cultural Centre held Ikebana demonstration for the DHA Higher Secondary School, Phase-IV. About 90 students from 9th and 10th classes witnessed the creativity and beauty of... KARACHI: Traffic jams at Quidabad chowk KARACHI, Sept 2: People are facing hardships due to hours- long traffic jams at Quaidabad Chowk daily, owing to the heavy encroachments on both sides of the road.... KARACHI: Miskin’s work as ‘Object of the Month’ KARACHI, Sept 2: A rare and superb miniature painting by Miskin, a brilliant artist in the Mughal Emperor Akber’s atelier, has been selected as Object of the Month (September) at the... KARACHI: Khuhro criticizes govt on Thal canal KARACHI, Sept 2: Leader of the opposition in Sindh Assembly Nisar Khuhro on Tuesday asked the treasury benches not to runaway from sensitive issues, such as the Greater Thal Canal, as... KARACHI: City govt promoting education, says Nazim KARACHI, Sept 2: City Government has established well-equipped computer laboratories, worth Rs1.8 million, in 18 secondary schools in the city.... KARACHI: Newsman shot dead in Eidgah KARACHI, Sept 2: A journalist working for a local Urdu daily was shot dead in Eidgah area on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Judge orders TV channel to relay apology KARACHI, Sept 2: An anti-terrorism court ordered on Tuesday the officials of a London-based TV channel to telecast the unconditional and unqualified apology they tendered in the court in a contempt... KARACHI: Periodicals’ importance Highlighted KARACHI, Sep 2: The managing director, Orient Advertising (Pvt) Ltd, S. H. Hashmi, has said that periodical publications are effective and important media which have not been given due importance by... KARACHI: Schools for LEW-hit KARACHI, Sept 2: City government has decided to open no-profit schools in the areas where affected people of ongoing Lyrai Express Way project are being settled and allowed the interested organizations... KARACHI: Zahra Daudi passes away KARACHI, Sept 2: Zahra Daudi, a well-known professor and author, passed away in Canada on Tuesday after a prolonged illness. She was 81. Her four sons were at her bedside when... KARACHI: SNF opposes dam project KARACHI, Sept 2: Chief of the Sindh National Front (SNF) Sardar Mumtaz Ali Bhutto on Tuesday said the government had no money to build the Kalabagh dam nor were the international... HYDERABAD: Rs13.5m deficit budget okayed : Latifabad Taluka Council HYDERABAD, Sept 2: Latifabad Taluka Nazim Abdul Jabbar Khan here on Tuesday presented a deficit budget of Rs13.49 million for the fiscal year 2003-2004 before the council that was unanimously approved... HYDERABAD: Admission test venue changed HYDERABAD, Sept 2: The Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences has changed admission test venue from the Petaro Cadet College to the Hyderabad Public School keeping in view the expected... HYDERABAD: Generals to benefit from Kalabagh, Thal: JSQM HYDERABAD, Sept 2: The Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz will hold a protest demonstration here on Sept 21 against construction of the greater Thal canal and the Kalabagh dam.... HYDERABAD: Students flay recovery of computer fee HYDERABAD, Sept 2: Students of the Government Degree College took out a procession in Tando Mohammad Khan on Tuesday to protest against recovery of computer fee.... HYDERABAD: 7 acquitted in carnage case HYDERABAD, Sept 2: The sixth additional district and sessions judge on Monday acquitted seven out of the remaining eight accused in the Hyderabad carnage case (Sept 30, 1998) after the court... HYDERABAD: Govt urged to form sugarcane board HYDERABAD, Sept 2: A joint meeting of various growers’ bodies of Sindh, including the Sindh Chamber of Agriculture, Sindh Abadgar Board and Sugarcane Growers Association, was held at the Kachhelo House,... PESHAWAR: ATC verdict in murder case stayed PESHAWAR, Sept 2: The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the pronouncement of the verdict by an anti- terrorism court in Abbotabad in the murder case of a doctor of Ayub Medical... PESHAWAR: One gets death for murder PESHAWAR, Sept 2: An anti-terrorism court here on Tuesday sentenced a man to death after he was proved guilty of killing an army man.... PESHAWAR: Frontier PA disapproves finance ord PESHAWAR, Sept 2: The treasury benches in the provincial assembly unanimously adopted an opposition’s resolution disapproving a finance bill here on Tuesday.... PESHAWAR: Efforts to maintain law urged PESHAWAR, Sept 2: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain has stressed the need for making collective efforts by all concerned to maintain law and order and redress people’s grievances on priority basis.... PESHAWAR: Pakistan to train 825 Afghan policemen PESHAWAR, Sept 2: Pakistan will train 825 officers of Afghan police, while the fate of a women force would be decided later.... NOWSHERA: Walk held NOWSHERA, Sept 2: The health department, WHO and Unicef organized an anti-polio walk at Pabbi on Monday....

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