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September 18, 2003 Thursday Rajab 20, 1424 KARACHI: Boy kidnapped, killed in Mehmoodabad KARACHI, Sept 17: A teenage boy was kidnapped for ransom and killed subsequently in Mehmoodabad, the police and the Citizen- Police Liaison Committee said on Wednesday.... KARACHI: FIA custody in cyber crime ruled unlawful KARACHI, Sept 17: A division bench of the Sindh High Court on Wednesday declared unlawful FIA custody of two teenaged accused involved in a cyber crime and granted them interim protective... KARACHI: Human smuggling racket unearthed KARACHI, Sept 17: The Federal Investigation Agency has unearthed a human smuggling racket responsible for the imprisonment of as many as 254 Pakistani job-seekers in Sri Lanka two months ago.... KARACHI: Elderly man found dead KARACHI, Sept 17: Unknown persons killed an elderly man in Catholic Colony on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Surgeries at CHK hit by power failure KARACHI, Sept 17: More than two dozen surgical operations had to be cancelled at the Civil Hospital Karachi due to a power breakdown on Wednesday. Several of the patients left the... KARACHI: US policy towards Palestinians comes under fire KARACHI, Sept 17: The continuing US policy of ignoring Israeli state terrorism against Palestinians and intense American unilateralism since 9/11 tragedy and its invasion of Iraq came under scrutiny on the... KARACHI: Policeman dies in encounter KARACHI, Sept 17: A policeman died in an exchange of fire with unidentified armed men in Defence on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Growing cases of malaria witnessed KARACHI, Sept 17: Pakistan, being an endemic zone for malaria, registers a high incidence of associated mortality and morbidity among people of all age groups, particularly children.... KARACHI: CM reviews law, order situation KARACHI, Sept 17: Sindh Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Mahar has directed the law enforcement agencies (LEAs) to improve the law and order situation by utilizing all available resources for elimination of... KARACHI: Roads leading to Kanupp will be repaired: Nazim KARACHI, Sept 17: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has said that a scheme for doulization of 20-km-long road from UC Gabo Phat to Cape Town village at an estimated cost of Rs100... KARACHI: Water theft and sale continues KARACHI, Sept 17: Sale of water fetched illegally from the burst 33-inch dia pipeline in Gulshan-i-Iqbal is in full swing at the cost of the quota meant for the residents of... KARACHI: Admission list KARACHI, Sept 17: The city government’s Centralized Admission Committee on Wednesday issued list of 13,429 male students placed for admission to first-year (Commerce) classes at 42 colleges and two higher secondary... KARACHI: PIA sets up new dept to improve performance KARACHI, Sept 17: PIA Chairman Ahmed Saeed has set up a separate Quality Assurance Department in PIA to improve the airline’s performance and enhance customer satisfaction.... KARACHI: Fair weather KARACHI, Sept 17: The meteorological department has forecast fair weather for Karachi on Thursday.... KARACHI: Paintings show at V.M. Art KARACHI, Sept 17: An exhibition of paintings by Rabia Tahmina Shoaib will open on Thursday at V.M. Art Gallery.... KARACHI: Altaf asks workers to follow party ideology KARACHI, Sept 17: The London-based founding chief of Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Altaf Hussain, has urged the partymen to serve the toiling millions sincerely and not to succumb to greed and selfishness.... KARACHI: Issue of power dues against govt depts taken up KARACHI, Sept 17: The Sindh Irrigation and Power Department and Scarp would present their reports pertaining to electricity requirements and consumption in offices and residential colonies in a few days. The... KARACHI: Expert rules out change in policy: Recognition of Israel KARACHI, Sept 17: There is no change in Pakistan’s policy with regard to recognition of Israel.... KARACHI: Attachment of KDA properties ordered KARACHI, Sept 17: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, comprising Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed and Justice S.Ali Aslam Jafri, on Tuesday ordered attachment of immovable properties of the KDA wing... KARACHI: Ibad gives Rs0.2m cheques to 17 families KARACHI, Sept 17: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad presented cheques of Rs200,000 at Governor House to the heirs of 17 persons, who had gone missing in 1990s.... KARACHI: Woman commits suicide KARACHI, Sept 17: A woman committed suicide in her house in Orangi Extension on Wednesday. Police said that Rukhsana, 16, ended her life by hanging from the ceiling fan in her parents house on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Ex-HCB officer pays Rs8.6m for his release KARACHI, Sept 17: An accountability court ordered the release of a former chief executive officer of the Hyderabad Cantonment Board after he returned Rs8.6 million.... KARACHI: Recounting of votes ordered KARACHI, Sept 17: An election tribunal headed by Justice Muhammad Moosa K. Leghari of Sindh High Court, on Wednesday, ordered recounting of votes in constituency PS-45, Hyderabad.... KARACHI: Garbage KARACHI, Sept 17: The Gulbahao a non-profit organization working for upgradation of environment — has introduced donation boxes where instead of money dry garbage could be deposited as donations.... KARACHI: Schemes for MPAs KARACHI, Sept 17: The city government has begun work on the MPAs schemes for 2003-04 at an estimated cost of Rs95 million and has invited tenders from interested parties.... DADU: Rs2m fund lapses due to mismanagement DADU, Sept 17: A sum of Rs2 million lapsed due to mismanagement of the district administration, Dadu, as it was not used for laying drainage pipelines in the town because the... HYDERABAD: Protest over dam project continues HYDERABAD, Sept 17: The SPSF-SB activists held a demonstration outside the press club here on Wednesday to protest against the Kalabagh dam, greater Thal canal and delay in the proceeding of... DADU: SU returns exam forms to colleges DADU, Sept 17: The University of Sindh has returned the examination forms of BA, BSc, BCom and MA submitted from government girls and boys’ degree colleges of Dadu to the college... MIRPURKHAS: Foreign team briefed on malaria cases MIRPURKHAS, Sept 17: A team of foreign doctors arrived here on Wednesday to examine the situation arising out due to growing cases of malaria in Mirpurkhas.... SANGHAR: Irrigation Act held responsible for crisis SANGHAR, Sept 17: Members of the District Council, Sanghar, on Wednesday pointed out manifold problems currently being faced by growers on account of the Irrigation Act 1879.... HYDERABAD: EU may counter US, workshop told HYDERABAD, Sept 17: The representative of Hanns Seidel Foundation, Islamabad, Dr Andreas Rieck, has said in the months preceding the invasion of Iraq, deep political cleavages between the US and some... HYDERABAD: PML-Q leaders criticized HYDERABAD, Sept 17: A large number of disgruntled Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid) workers under the aegis of the PML-Q Workers’ Action Committee observed a token hunger strike outside the local press... MIRPURKHAS: Injured MIRPURKHAS, Sept 17: A man, Mohammad Zaman Khaskheli, was injured in an armed attack near Mir Sher Mohammad Talpur on Wednesday.... PESHAWAR: Talks with govt will succeed, says Fazl PESHAWAR, Sept 17: Chief of his own faction of Jamiat Ulema-i- Islam Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that talks between the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and the government on the Legal Framework Order... PESHAWAR: Inquiry against teachers begins: Sexual abuse of children PESHAWAR, Sept 17: Two separate inquiry committees have begun probe into the allegations of sexual abuse of students at a local higher secondary school by some teachers which has been going... MANSEHRA: MPA concerned over law, order MANSEHRA, Sept 17: MPA Shahzada Mohammad Gustasap Khan, a spokesman for the independent group in the NWFP Assembly, has said that the provincial government has failed to maintain the law and... PESHAWAR: NWFP optimistic about getting WB loan PESHAWAR, Sept 17: The NWFP government is optimistic about getting the second tranche of $90 million from the World Bank under the structural adjustment credit (SAC) programme to support the provincial... PESHAWAR: Govt accepts demands of lower-grade employees PESHAWAR, Sept 17: The provincial government has accepted four main demands of the All Class-IV Government Employees (Education Department) Association.... HARIPUR: 4 of a family killed near Haripur HARIPUR, Sept 17: Four members of a family were killed when their car collided with a passenger bus near village Darra Khanpur, some 13 kilometres here on Tuesday evening.... ABBOTTABAD: Cardiac unit begins functioning ABBOTTABAD, Sept 17: A cardiac surgery unit with 21 beds began functioning here on Wednesday at Ayub Medical Complex Hospital.... PESHAWAR: Students hold demo against teachers PESHAWAR, Sept 17: Students of the Government College of Technology have demanded of the government to hold inquiry against what they called the corrupt teachers of their college and officials of... MINGORA: Swat Nazim, Naib Nazim take oath MINGORA, Sept 17: The newly-elected District Nazim and Deputy Nazim of Swat, Asfandyar Amirzeb and Saleemur Rehman, took oath of their offices here on Wednesday....

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