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September 13, 2003 Saturday Rajab 15, 1424 KARACHI: Body set up to expedite anti-spill measures KARACHI, Sept 12: An Action Committee has been formed to monitor the implementation of the decisions taken by the Co-ordination Committee with regard to tackle the situation caused by oil spill... KARACHI: 3,700 schools lying closed for want of teachers: Sindh Assembly told KARACHI, Sept 12: About 3,700 schools in Sindh are not operational owing to a shortage of teaching staff.... KARACHI: Man killed in accident KARACHI, Sept 12: A man died in a road traffic accident in Site on Friday. Police said that Suliman Shaikh, 30, was travelling on his motorcycle (RAN-9227) when he was knocked down by a speeding minibus of route (F-3) near Siemens Chowrangi, Site.... KARACHI: Speaker asks for record of Thal Canal KARACHI, Sept 12: Speaker of the Sindh Assembly Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah on Friday asked the provincial Law Minister, Chaudhary Iftekhar, to provide him with all correspondence between the federal government... KARACHI: Checks on accidental marine pollution proposed KARACHI, Sept 12: A committee constituted by the federal government has called for establishing a system for preparedness and response to accidental marine pollution emergencies, particularly in the wake of any... KARACHI: Tankers supplying unhygienic water KARACHI, Sept 12: Supply of contaminated water through water tankers in the rural areas of Karachi may cause epidemic spread among the people, while water board authorities are doing nothing to... KARACHI: No differences among coalition parties: Mahar KARACHI, Sept 12: Sindh Chief Minister Ali Muhammad Mahar, on Friday, has said that the reports of differences among coalition parties of the provincial government are baseless.... KARACHI: Work begins on rebuilding Nazimabad’s Gole Market KARACHI, Sept 12: The city government has initiated work on reconstruction of Gole Market, Nazimabad, at a cost of Rs 10.750 million.... KARACHI: 9,223 girls placed for admission: Pre-medical group KARACHI, Sept 12: As many as 9,223 female students, including 1894 A graders, have been placed for admission to first year Pre-Medical classes (session 2003-2004) at 47 city government colleges and... KARACHI: Wildlife facilities now open to students KARACHI, Sept 12: The Sindh Wildlife Department on Friday offered its facilities to students to carry out research and other activities.... KARACHI: Test for 751 posts of lecturers on 21st KARACHI, Sept 12: Over 15,541 applicants will take written tests on September 21 for about 751 posts of lecturers—439 for men and 312 for women—lying vacant at the colleges of Sindh.... KARACHI: Technical institutes falling prey to neglect KARACHI, Sept 12: Public-sector technical education institutes in Sindh, particularly in Karachi, are falling prey to authorities’ neglect as due to non-availability of funds, absence of qualified and trained staff and... KARACHI: Power transformers inaugurated KARACHI, Sep 12: Member National Assembly Farooq Sattar has urged the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) to complete 17 ongoing schemes by October, initiated by it under the System Improvement Plan,... KARACHI: Cloudy weather KARACHI, Sept 12: The meteorological department has forecast partly cloudy/ cloudy weather in Karachi on Saturday with maximum temperature ranging between 31 and 33 degrees centigrade. Mainly dry weather is likely... KARACHI: Film launched KARACHI, Sept 12: Philanthropists should come forward to ameliorate standard of health sector that badly needs contribution from private sector.... KARACHI: SHC issues warrants for SHO’s arrest KARACHI, Sept 12: A division bench of the High Court of Sindh (SHC) comprising Justice Wahid Bux Brohi and Justice Rehmat Hussain Jaffery, on Friday, issued bailable warrants of arrest of... KARACHI: HBFC disbursement exceeds Rs1 billion KARACHI, Sept 12: The House Building Finance Corporation has exceeded Rs1 billion mark of disbursement under its “Ghar Asan Scheme” in August 2003.... KARACHI: Ombudsman proposes ‘day of truthfulness’ KARACHI, Sept 12: Justice (Retd) Haziqul Khairi, Provincial Ombudsman Sindh, on Friday said that a day of truthfulness should be observed on the national level and the whole nation should speak... KARACHI: Rehabilitation of addicts urged KARACHI, Sept 12: Sindh minister for excise and taxation Rauf Siddiqui said on Friday that the provincial government would extend full support to medical centres and organisations working for treatment and... KARACHI: CS for effective disposal of waste KARACHI, Sept 12: Sindh Chief Secretary Dr Mutawakkal Kazi has directed the secretaries of industries and environment to jointly prepare an effective strategy for disposal of industrial waste.... KARACHI: Report on Hudood laws sought KARACHI, Sept 12: Sindh Finance Minister and parliamentary party leader of the MQM Sardar Ahmad on Friday asked a delegation of women activists to appraise him of the shortcomings of the... KARACHI: Strengthening of PML-Q vowed KARACHI, Sept 12: The convener of PML-Q Organizing Committee for Sindh, Senator Nisar Ahmed Memon, has said that the Pakistan Muslim League is inevitable for national solidarity and cohesion and it... KARACHI: Orders in conspiracy case reserved KARACHI, Sept 12: An anti-terrorism court, on Friday, reserved its order on an application of the defence for summoning President Musharraf and four others as witnesses in the conspiracy case pertaining... HYDERABAD: Nazim allowed to re-allocate funds HYDERABAD, Sept 12: The district council session on Friday accorded approval to the district Nazim’s proposal to re-appropriate funds in lieu of lapsed funds of the Annual Development Programme 2002-2003, following... HYDERABAD: More protests against Thal canal planned HYDERABAD, Sept 12: The leaders of the Anti-Greater Thal Canal Action Committee have announced that in the next phase of their protest they would hold protest demonstrations in Thatta district on... KHAIRPUR: Three youths shot dead KHAIRPUR, Sept 12: Three youths of the Lashari clan were killed near Baharo Lashari village on Thursday night when they were going to village in a rickshaw.... LARKANA: Torture victim hospitalized LARKANA, Sept 12: A villager, Qasim Deenari, was admitted to the Chandka Medical College Teaching Hospital on Friday with the complaints of bleeding while urinating and passing stool after being tortured... LARKANA: PPL urged to employ locals LARKANA, Sept 12: District Nazim Khursheed Ahmad Junejo has urged the management of Pakistan Petroleum Limited to approach his office in case of any obstacle in finding talented youths for high... HYDERABAD: PM due today HYDERABAD, Sept 12: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali is scheduled to arrive here on Saturday (today).... HYDERABAD: Rs665.3m uplift funds lapsed, dist council told HYDERABAD, Sept 12: An amount of Rs665.30 million of different heads of the district government had lapsed in the outgoing year 2002-2003, the district council was officially informed by the district... SANGHAR: Two killed in landmine explosion SANGHAR, Sept 12: Two men, Achar and Reshmo, were killed when one of them accidentally stepped on a landmine near the Nohio village, Deh Ranak Dahar, 200kms from here, on Thursday.... THATTA: Election THATTA, Sept 12: Former PPP MNA Babu Ghulam Hussain Memon will contest the Oct 10 election for the post of Thatta district Naib Nazim, vacated by Mohammed Usman Malkani after his... LANDIKOTAL: Timber imports from Afghanistan increase LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Sept 12: The import of timber has intensified because of the ruthless felling of trees in Afghanistan during the past few months.... PESHAWAR: Self-finance scheme’s reassessment urged PESHAWAR, Sept 12: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah on Friday asked the government universities to reassess whether they were ready to continue with the self-finance scheme.... PESHAWAR: Woman kidnapped PESHAWAR, Sept 12: A Karachi-based transporter from the NWFP, Mohammad Alam, whose daughter married an Ismaili boy, has kidnapped a female relative of his son-in-law, police officials said.... PESHAWAR: ‘Health facilities to be standardized’ PESHAWAR, Sept 12: The NWFP government is to begin an exercise in order to standardize health care facilities in the province as per requirements of the World Trade Organization (WTO). ... DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Education officials observe strike DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Sept 12: All the offices of education department and schools remained closed here on Friday in protest against the manhandling of the EDO Education at the hands of... PESHAWAR: Registration of FIR against Nazim flayed PESHAWAR, Sept 12: Pakistan People’s Party (Sherpao) leader Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao MPA on Friday slammed the NWFP government for registration of a case against Dera Ismail Khan District Nazim Latifullah... PESHAWAR: Bail granted in drug pushing case PESHAWAR, Sept 12: The Peshawar High Court on Friday granted bail to a woman accused of drug pushing.... MINGORA: Oath-taking postponed MINGORA, Sept 12: The oath-taking ceremony of the Swat district Nazim and Naib Nazim, previously scheduled to be held on Saturday, has been postponed.... PESHAWAR: MMA accused of deceiving people PESHAWAR, Sept 12: Pukhtoon nationalist leader and senior lawyer Abdul Latif Afridi has accused the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal of deceiving people in the name of Islam.... PESHAWAR: Envoy calls on Wali PESHAWAR, Sept 12: The Peshawar-based consul general of Afghanistan Haji Abdul Khaliq Farahi paid a courtesy call at Wali Bagh, the residence of senior Pukhtun nationalist leader Wali Khan on Friday....

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