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September 14, 2003 Sunday Rajab 16, 1424 KARACHI: OIC scientists endorse herbal medicines KARACHI, Sept 13: Scientists from OIC countries have suggested establishment of a network of researchers, government functionaries, industrialists and other stake-holders in the Islamic world for sustainable utilization of medicinal plants... KARACHI: Bus depots’ handover pending for six months: City govt suffering losses KARACHI, Sept 13: The summary on handing over of four bus depots to city government from the Sindh government for utilizing them as inter-city bus terminuses has been pending with the... KARACHI: Plea to call president as witness dismissed KARACHI, Sept 13: Judge Aley Maqbool Rizvi of anti-terrorism court (ATC-I), on Saturday, dismissed miscellaneous application filed by defence counsel praying to call President Musharraf as witness in the conspiracy case... KARACHI: Lyari suffers as water line sinks KARACHI, Sept 13: Various parts of Lyari Town on Saturday went without water owing to sinking of a 33-inch dia pipeline.... KARACHI: Bus kills man KARACHI, Sept 13: A man died and another was injured on Saturday when a Hyderababd-bound bus hit a rickshaw, uprooted an electric pole and rammed into a compound wall of a... KARACHI: Proposed changes to madressah curricula get mixed reaction KARACHI, Sept 13: Sindh-based religious scholars belonging to different schools of thought looked, on Saturday, flexible to some extent on a government proposal of adding science and computer subjects to the... KARACHI: Body found KARACHI, Sept 13: The bullet-riddled body of a man was found in an isolated place in Ibrahim Hyderi.... KARACHI: Effective control of TB discussed KARACHI, Sept 13: Pakistan ranks sixth among the 22 countries in the world which bear 80 per cent of the global tuberculosis burden.... KARACHI: Centre for HIV to be established at CHK KARACHI, Sept 13: Under the Advanced HIV/AIDS Control Programme, a centre will be established at the Civil Hospital Karachi which will specialize in clinical management of HIV/AIDS and training of professionals... KARACHI: Solution to jetty issue urged KARACHI, Sept 13: Residents of Yunusabad in Keamari Town have urged the government to resolve the outstanding issue of a jetty, which was built and used by the area people.... KARACHI: LG officers assured of help in working KARACHI, Sept 13: All obstacles in the way of Local Government Support Officers of district governments in Sindh would be removed and the problems being faced by them would be resolved... KARACHI: Resumption of vehicles’ verification ordered KARACHI, Sept 13: Sindh Excise and Taxation Minister Rauf Siddiqui has ordered immediate resumption of vehicles’ verification at the Motor Registration Wing, Civic Centre.... KARACHI: Steps urged to check rights violations KARACHI, Sept 13: Speakers at a seminar on Saturday stressed the need for improving the human rights situation in the country.... KARACHI: Working suffers as city govt runs short of staff KARACHI, Sept 13: Work on different plans in the newly established departments of city governments is badly suffering owing to the scarcity of staff.... KARACHI: Press asked to work for national unity KARACHI, Sept 13: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has emphasised that stability of democratic institutions lay in national stability, progress and betterment of people.... KARACHI: Lawyers to continue opposing LFO KARACHI, Sept 13: Lawyers will continue their struggle against the Legal Framework Order even if the LFO is incorporated in the Constitution by the parliament, wholly or partially, as a result... KARACHI: Nazim resolves to make city green KARACHI, Sept 13: The city Nazim Naimatullah Khan has said that plantation of date palms on major thoroughfares of the city would improve environment, and more family parks would be constructed... KARACHI: Ibad asks institutions to be innovative KARACHI, Sept 13: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has urged the institutions, especially those related to health and education, on Saturday, to be innovative in dispensation of their respective services,... KARACHI: PML-Q to continue serving public, says Malkani KARACHI, Sept 13: Sindh Minister for Mines and Mineral Development Haji Muhammad Usman Malkani has said that the PML-Q came to power to serve the masses and it will continue its... ISLAMABAD: Donors giving less attention to chronic issues: report ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: Donors and humanitarian agencies have observed a shift towards high profile aid efforts in politically strategic conflicts while chronic emergencies are receiving little attention.... RAWALPINDI: Govt plans to phase out 2-stroke engine vehicles RAWALPINDI, Sept 13: Punjab government plans to phase out the two-stroke engine vehicles aimed to reduce pollution, said provincial environment secretary environment Kamran Lashari on Saturday.... RAWALPINDI: Housing project for employees finalized RAWALPINDI, Sept 13: Punjab government here on Saturday finalized a project of providing houses to its employees which will be formally launched soon.... ISLAMABAD: National Highway Foundation to be set up ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: A meeting of the executive board of the National Highway Authority (NHA) on Saturday accorded approval for establishment of the National Highway Foundation.... ISLAMABAD: Pollen count high in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: The pollen count of paper mulberry and grass is high in the capital these days posing threat to allergy patients.... ISLAMABAD: Upgradation of 121 federal schools okayed ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: The government has finally approved upgradation of 121 secondary and elementary federal government institutions of the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) with a cost of Rs237 million to bring... RAWALPINDI: Turkish envoy meets defence minister RAWALPINDI, Sept 13: Turkish ambassador H. Kemal Gur on Saturday called on the defence minister, Rao Sikandar Iqbal, and discussed details regarding the official visit of Turkish defence minister, Vecdi Conul,... ISLAMABAD: Dr Faizullah made member of anti-dumping dispute panel ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: The director-general of World Trade Organization (WTO) has nominated chairman, National Tariff Commission, Dr Faizullah Khilji, as member of the three-member panel on an anti-dumping dispute between the... ISLAMABAD: Lankan minister terms Nadra system most modern ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: Sri Lankan Interior Minister Johan Amaratunga has said Nadra‘s technological advancement is most modern in the region and will definitely help Pakistan in its e-government projects.... ISLAMABAD: Free textbooks ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: Punjab government will provide free textbooks in schools from the next year to raise literacy rate in the province, provincial Education Minister Mian Imran Masood said on Saturday.... LAHORE: Zakat council changes distribution policy LAHORE, Sept 13: The Punjab Provincial Zakat Council has decided to discontinue equal distribution of guzara allowance, educational stipends, religious institution stipends, health care, social welfare rehabilitation and marriage allowance funds... LAHORE: PML-N urges MMA not to accept LFO LAHORE, Sept 13: PML-N acting president Makhdoom Javed Hashmi urged the MMA on Saturday not to accept the LFO as a part of the Constitution.... LAHORE: PLF wants president’s ‘selection’ suspended LAHORE, Sept 13: The Pakistan Lawyers Forum on Saturday asked the Lahore High Court to suspend the operation of last year’s presidential referendum till the disposal of its petition against the... LAHORE: Farmers’ demo against WTO LAHORE, Sept 13: The Kissan Board of Pakistan on Saturday staged a demonstration against the World Trade Organization outside the Press Club, describing it as death sentence for the local farmers... LAHORE: PU exam regulations LAHORE, Sept 13: The Punjab University’s deans of faculties and principals of its constituent colleges reviewed at a meeting on Saturday the regulations for assessment and evaluation in the annual and... LAHORE: Inter-varsity debate LAHORE, Sept 13: The Inter-varsity debating championships began at the LUMS on Saturday.... LAHORE: Special education department LAHORE, Sept 13: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has approved the establishment of an independent department of Special Education to give more attention to the education and training of special children.... LAHORE: Development Forum begins on 16th LAHORE, Sept 13: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi will inaugurate the two-day Punjab Development Forum being held here on Sept 16 and 17 to initiate dialogue with a wide range of partners... LAHORE: JKLF LAHORE, Sept 13: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman Amanullah Khan has decried the attempts to reduce the All-Parties Hurriyat Conference into the extension of a single member organization to make...

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