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September 7, 2003 Sunday Rajab 9, 1424 KARACHI: Water crisis gives boost to sale by tankers KARACHI, Sept 6: Various parts of the city’s former districts South and West either went dry or received scant supply on Saturday, giving a boost to the sale of water tankers.... KARACHI: Beach cleaning drive fails to kick off KARACHI, Sept 6: The much-needed beach cleaning operation on a massive level has failed to take a start as yet for various reasons, mainly the prevailing situation where the process of... KARACHI: Five acquitted of kidnapping and killing KARACHI, Sept 6: Justice Shabbir Ahmed of the Sindh High Court, who is also administrative judge of Anti-Terrorism Courts (ATCs) for Karachi, on Saturday acquitted five persons arrested in the kidnapping... KARACHI: Medical entry test venue changed KARACHI, Sept 6: About 9,000 students have applied for admissions to MBBS and BDS classes at five medical colleges and a university in the province, sources in the provincial Health department... KARACHI: People resent road closure for security KARACHI, Sept 6: The overdoing of security measures around the Sindh Assembly building, even when it is not in session, is causing a lot of inconvenience to general public and commuters.... KARACHI: Rangers go ahead with unlawful construction KARACHI, Sept 6: The illegal construction by Rangers at their temporary headquarters — the Jinnah Courts — continues unabated as the government departments responsible to keep a check on such activities... KARACHI: Poverty cited as major cause of health problems KARACHI, Sept 6: Federal Health Secretary Ijaz Rahim said medical libraries in the country could play an effective role in improving quality of medical education, saying dissemination of medical knowledge could... KARACHI: Cultural festival begins today KARACHI, Sept 6: A four-day cultural festival, comprising story-telling, music and a conference being organized by a non- governmental organization, Actionaid, begins at a local hotel on Sunday evening.... KARACHI: Sand theft to be checked KARACHI, Sept 6: Deputy parliamentary leader of Pakistan Muslim League (Q), Sindh, Haji Mohammad Usman Malkani, has said that PML-Q would resolve the problems of the people.... KARACHI: Major roads need repairs KARACHI, Sept 6: The town administrations under the City District Government Karachi have not yet repaired the main roads which developed deep potholes following the rains in July.... KARACHI: High Court upholds decree on compensation KARACHI, Sept 6: A division bench of the Sindh High Court upheld on Saturday compensation decreed by a single judge for dependents of a Karachi Water and Sewerage Board employee, who... KARACHI: Defence Day celebrated with simplicity KARACHI, Sept 6: Pakistan’s Defence Day was celebrated with simplicity and austerity, keeping in view the plight of flood-hit people in Sindh caused by heavy rains.... KARACHI: Six-year-old girl raped in Saudabad KARACHI, Sept 6: Body of a man, riddled with bullet holes, was found at Sakhi Hasan graveyard on Saturday.... KARACHI: 702 katchi abadis regularized KARACHI, Sept 6: As many as 929 katchi abadis in Sindh have been notified so far, out of which 702 have been regularized, while the remaining localities are in the process... KARACHI: Rail-based mass transit under consideration KARACHI, Sept 6: The city government has expedited its work on the implementation of the rail-based mass transit system and taken various measures over the last few days to ensure a... KARACHI: Garbage dumped at Gutter Baghicha KARACHI, Sept 6: Work on construction of a model park at Gutter Baghicha park has failed to take off.... KARACHI: KPT team visits 200 houses KARACHI, Sept 6: The Karachi Port Trust doctors surveyed 50 houses in the vicinity of Seaview on Friday, bringing the total number of surveyed houses to 200, visited during the last... PESHAWAR: Accused gets bail in murder case PESHAWAR, Sept 6: Additional District and Sessions Judge Shehbar Khan on Saturday granted bail to suspect Faisal Ali Baloch arrested in a triple murder case of Gulbahar Colony.... HYDERABAD: SAB demands exemption from payment of farm loans: Calamity-hit areas HYDERABAD, Sept 6: The Sindh Abadgar Board has demanded that growers of Badin and Thatta districts and other areas which have been declared calamity-hit should be exempted from paying loans.... PESHAWAR: Proposed Hisba law in line with Constitution: Shariat council calls for early enforcement PESHAWAR, Sept 6: The NWFP Nifaz-i-Shariat Council has observed that the proposed Hisba Bill is not repugnant to the 1973 Constitution as the province has the right to establish an ombudsman’s... PESHAWAR: Homage paid to Kargil hero PESHAWAR, Sept 6: A special ceremony was held to pay homage to Captain Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed (Nishan-i-Haider), a hero of Kargil, in Swabi on Saturday.... HYDERABAD: Muttahida seeks end to feudalism HYDERABAD, Sept 6: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief, Altaf Hussain, has said that his party wants to get rid of feudalism, capitalism and imperialism.... HYDERABAD: Coordination for success of EPI urged HYDERABAD, Sept 6: World Health Organisation representative Domecina has said that the lack of communication between people and organisations is main reason for the failure of Extended Programme of Immunisation implementation.... HYDERABAD: Prisoners shifted to Hyderabad HYDERABAD, Sept 6: Twenty-five prisoners convicted for different crimes were shifted to the Hyderabad central prison from the Karachi central prison on Saturday.... ISLAMABAD: Law needed to curb child labour: speakers ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: The country needs special legislation to curb ever-increasing domestic child labour.... RAWALPINDI: Release of Rs50m ordered for village electrification RAWALPINDI, Sept 6: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has ordered the release of Rs50 million for electrification of backward areas of the district, an official of the district government said... ISLAMABAD: Rs30m information technology project okayed ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved a Rs30 million project to enhance the e-learning facilities at NWFP Agricultural University, Peshawar.... ISLAMABAD: ‘Govt firm on empowering women’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: The government is keen to introduce reforms for the economic empowerment of women, advisor to prime minister on women development Nilofar Bakhtiar said on Saturday.... ISLAMABAD: President, PM to attend fund-raising show ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali will attend a live fund-raising show to be held at the Convention Centre on Sunday, September 14.... LAHORE: Action against co-op bank defaulters ordered LAHORE, Sept 6: Punjab Chief Secretary Hafeez Akhtar Randhawa on Saturday ordered action against those defaulting on Punjab Provincial Cooperative Bank loans.... LAHORE: Lawyers meet CJ to defuse tension LAHORE, Sept 6: The Bar-bench controversy, arising out of the incident on Friday when four lawyers beat up a Lahore High Court employee, was resolved on Saturday following a meeting of... LAHORE: Town planners protest over appointment LAHORE, Sept 6: The Pakistan Council of Townplanners and Architects has protested against the appointment of a non-professional as the chairman of the Anomaly Committee on Karachi Building and Townplanning Regulations... LAHORE: Grievance redressed LAHORE, Sept 6: On the orders of the Punjab ombudsman, the education and P&D departments and Dera Ghazi Khan district account officer redressed the grievances of complainants.... LAHORE: Three accused held LAHORE, Sept 6: The CIA staff claimed on Saturday to have arrested three men involved in the murder of an estate agent along with the weapon of offence and Rs245,000.... LAHORE: Investors interested in new bus-stand LAHORE, Sept 6: Seven investors have shown interest in the development of a modern general bus-stand at Adventpura on Multan Road at an estimated cost of Rs400 million on a build-operate-transfer... LAHORE: Vegetable farms developed LAHORE, Sept 6: The Punjab University has developed vegetable farms to provide guidance and information to farmers....

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