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October 3, 2003 Friday Sha’aban 6, 1424 KARACHI: PPP decides upon new strategy on water plans KARACHI, Oct 2: Pakistan People’s Party has decided to launch a fresh campaign against the Greater Thal Canal and Kalabagh Dam projects under a changed strategy most probably from Oct 23... KARACHI: Court summons two jail officials KARACHI, Oct 2: The Sindh High Court directed on Thursday two jail officials to appear before the court on Oct 9, and explain why a teenager has not been shifted to... KARACHI: Shujaat rules out dissolution of assemblies KARACHI, Oct 2: Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that the assemblies will not be dissolved but the PML-N will disintegrate. In the next elections, the Pakistan People’s... KARACHI: Lack of paediatric experts causing problems KARACHI, Oct 2: Rapid and massive brain drain of medical professionals — ranging right from budding surgeons and anaesthetists to nurses and technologists — is hampering the efforts to promote paediatric... KARACHI: $75m ADB loan for school schemes KARACHI, Oct 2: Under an agreement between Islamabad and the Asian Development Bank, about three per cent of the existing primary schools in Sindh will be upgraded to elementary level, within... KARACHI: PR introduces new AC coach in Tezgam KARACHI, Oct 2: The Pakistan Railways has introduced lower air-conditioned (special) coach in the Tezgam train running between Rawalpindi and Karachi.... KARACHI: Big reshuffle takes place in W&S department KARACHI, Oct 2: A major reshuffle has been carried out in the city government’s water and sanitation department in order to bring about an improvement in the department’s working.... KARACHI: Road repairs in full swing KARACHI, Oct 2: Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad on Wednesday paid surprise visits to different localities of the city to inspect condition of roads, cleanliness and traffic flow.... KARACHI: Special facilities for senior citizens urged KARACHI, Oct 2: Former chairman of National Press Trust Mr Qutbuddin Aziz has urged the government to implement October 1999 Act to provide facilities to senior citizens.... KARACHI: Nazim gives Rs500,000 to SIUT, pledges more KARACHI, Oct 2: Karachi Nazim Naimatullah Khan has called for guidance of medical experts for achieving progress and provision of facilities in the health sector, and sought such guidance from experts... KARACHI: LLB results announced KARACHI, Oct 2: The Karachi University on Thursday notified the results of the LLB, final year annual examinations, 2003.... KARACHI: Columns’ collection launched KARACHI: Azher Haroon Siddiqui’s book, a collection of his columns published in an Urdu daily, was launched at Karachi Gymkhana. Main bhi munh mein zaban rakhta hoon, is Siddiqui’s third volume,... KARACHI: Reception for I. A. Rehman at KPC today KARACHI, Oct 2: Karachi Press Club is giving a reception to journalist, editor and human rights activist I. A. Rehman on receiving Nuremberg Peace Award 2003 on Friday at 4pm at... KARACHI: Prize distribution KARACHI, Oct 2: The Usman Institute of Technology will organize its annual prize distribution ceremony on Oct 20 to distribute the annual awards among the student, faculty and staff members.... KARACHI: HSC results KARACHI, Oct 2: The Board of Intermediate Education will start notifying results of the HSC annual examinations, Part-I, 2003, in a couple of days.... KARACHI: Students’ demo KARACHI, Oct 2: The students enrolled at the Dawood College for the batch 1995-96, staged a demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club on Thursday. Their grievances was that even after passing... KARACHI: Laws are not properly enforced: ex-minister: HRCP workshop KARACHI, Oct 2: The former federal minister for law and parliamentary affairs, Syed Iqbal Hyder, has said that laws in the country are not properly implemented.... KARACHI: Housewife shot dead by robbers: Three die in road accidents KARACHI, Oct 2: A housewife was shot dead during a robbery in North Karachi on early Thursday morning.... KARACHI: Suspect in human smuggling racket held KARACHI, Oct 2: The FIA’s Passport Circle on Wednesday arrested owner of a travel agency who had issued tickets to 254 Pakistani jobseekers presently imprisoned in Sri Lanka.... KARACHI: SHC summons KBCA officials KARACHI, Oct 2: The Sindh High Court has directed its official assignee on Thursday to attach an unlawfully-constructed structure in Maqboolabad, Karachi Cooperative Housing Societies Union, and summoned the builders and... KARACHI: Salma Haqqee dies in Canada KARACHI, Oct 2: Noted teacher Salma Haqqee, wife of Shanul Haq Haqqee, died on Wednesday in Mississuaga, Canada, following an accidental fracture of the hip-bone. She was 84.... KARACHI: Rs25m for wildlife KARACHI, Oct 2: The Sindh government would be spending Rs25 million on wildlife sanctuaries and places of entertainment in the province.... KARACHI: Fare hike deferred KARACHI, Oct 2: A team of the Nation Transport Ittehad, held a meeting with City Nazim Naimatullah Khan and DCO Mir Hussain Ali here on Thursday. After the meeting, the organization... HYDERABAD: Nazim’s proposal on frozen fund invited HYDERABAD, Oct 2: The adviser to the Sindh chief minister for local government has asked the Hyderabad district Nazim to send a proposal for restoration of the frozen amount of transaction... SHIKARPUR: Drain breach floods five villages, rice crop SHIKARPUR, Oct 2: As many as five villages were submerged and hundreds of acres of standing paddy crop damaged due to breaches in Scarp Wapda water drain near Amrote Sharif and... HYDERABAD: MPs demand end to police atrocities HYDERABAD, Oct 2: A PPP MNA from Dadu district, Nawab Abdul Ghani Talpur, and MPA Ghulam Nabi Shoro have warned the authorities that if inhuman atrocities by the SHOs of Aamri... HYDERABAD: University grants scholarships HYDERABAD, Oct 2: The University of Sindh has awarded five post-doctorate scholarships to its faculty members of various disciplines.... HYDERABAD: Report on closure of dispensary sought HYDERABAD, Oct 2: The executive district officer (EDO), Health, Hyderabad, asked on Thursday that a report be sent to him regarding the closure of a dispensary, maternity home and non-availability of... HYDERABAD: SU convocation HYDERABAD, Oct 2: The University of Sindh announced here on Thursday that the convocation of the university will be held in December 2003.... PESHAWAR: Army seeks plots at low rates in Regi town scheme PESHAWAR, Oct 2: Military authorities have sought residential plots on concessional rates in Regi model town scheme here in lieu of providing land to the provincial government for the construction of... PESHAWAR: Two motorcycle thieves held PESHAWAR, Oct 2: The city police have arrested two members of a gang and seized nine stolen motorcycles from their possession.... PESHAWAR: PHC sets aside death sentence PESHAWAR, Oct 2: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court has accepted a criminal appeal and set aside conviction of a person by a Qazi court in an honour-related murder... ABBOTTABAD: Death awarded in murder case ABBOTTABAD, Oct 2: The special anti-terrorism court has awarded death sentence and fine to an accused in the murder case of a doctor of the Abbottabad Medical Complex here on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: 4 get life term PESHAWAR, Oct 2: The additional district and sessions court on Thursday sentenced four persons to life imprisonment and fined them Rs50,000 each in a robbery case and awarded their fifth companion...

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