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October 5, 2003 Sunday Sha’aban 8, 1424 KARACHI: Mourners turn violent, set vehicles on fire KARACHI, Oct 4: Hundreds of mourners, carrying the coffin of Hashim Raza, one of the victims of the Friday’s shooting incident, turned violent on Saturday and torched many vehicles and a... KARACHI: Stakeholders sign pact on KCR revival KARACHI, Oct 4: The city government and Pakistan Railways have reached an agreement to jointly revive the Karachi Circular Railway, which would be an integral part of the Karachi Rail Based... KARACHI: Experts for alternative medicine system KARACHI, Oct 4: Some plants have dozens of medicinal properties. This is why over the years their use has been increasing steadily all over the world, including the western countries.... KARACHI: Law, order situation reviewed KARACHI, Oct 4: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has asked the Police Investigation Wing (PIW) to take effective steps for weeding out the elements involved in terrorism and to take them... KARACHI: SKAA to be devolved in a week, says Nazim KARACHI, Oct 4: The Nazim of Karachi Naimatullah Khan said here on Saturday the Sindh Kachchi Abadi Authority (SKAA) would be devolved to the city district government in a week.... KARACHI: Tasman Spirit crew get bail KARACHI, Oct 4: The judicial magistrate, West, on Saturday admitted the Tasman Spirit crew to bail against a surety of Rs500,000 each.... KARACHI: Nazims’ alliance office inaugurated KARACHI, Oct 4: Chairman of the National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB), Daniyal Aziz, has expressed the hope that the office of nazims’ alliance would play an active role towards highlighting and solving... KARACHI: Education promotion KARACHI, Oct 4: The government is striving for raising education standards in the country and private sector is also being encouraged in this regard.... KARACHI: Officers’ training discussed KARACHI, Oct 4: Sindh Chief Secretary Dr Mutawakkal Kazi has asked all provincial secretaries and members Board of Revenue, to provide the details of training required by officers and staff of... KARACHI: SSUET holds debate contest KARACHI, Oct 4: The Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) held a student’s debate competition in the varsity auditorium on Saturday.... KARACHI: Handicrafts Mela KARACHI, Oct 4: A women’s handicrafts Mela, organized by the city government, has opened at the Gulshan-i-Iqbal Women Sports Complex. Adorned with handicraft items made by women, 50 stalls are set... KARACHI: Review of Mental Health Ord urged KARACHI, Oct 4: Speakers at a workshop on “Mental Health Ordinance 2001” stressed that the ordinance be reviewed and improved to overcome its lacunas so that it could not be misused... KARACHI: Contractor gets houses razed KARACHI, Oct 4: A contractor got more than a dozen houses close to the Karachi Grammar School playground in Jutland area through his hired labourers without serving any legal notice to... KARACHI: Demo against dam, canal held KARACHI, Oct 4: Speakers at a protest demonstration, on Saturday, criticized the construction of Kalabagh dam and Thal canal and demanded of the government to stop work on these controversial projects... KARACHI: Leaders condemn terrorist attack KARACHI, Oct 4: Chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Altaf Hussain has condemned terrorists’ attack on a van carrying Suparco employees on Friday and expressed his sorrow over the death of... KARACHI: Pagara to be guardian of united party KARACHI, Oct 4: Member of the Central Organizing Heads Committee of the Pakistan Muslim League and provisional minister Imtiaz Shaikh said on Saturday that a strong and active united Muslim League... KARACHI: Hotline for polio cases KARACHI, Oct 4: A toll-free telephone line has been established by the Pakistan Paediatric Association through which the citizens will be able to report cases of polio. The number of the... KARACHI: Govt criticized for mishandling oil spill KARACHI, Oct 4: A number of speakers and participants at a seminar on Tasman Spirit disaster criticized the government and its different agencies for their failure to deal effectively with the... KARACHI: IBS celebrates mental health day KARACHI, Oct 4: Various functions are being organized by the Dr A.Q. Khan Centre of the Institute of Behavioural Sciences to celebrate the International Day of Mental Health.... HYDERABAD: Handing over of PRC to REC opposed HYDERABAD, Oct 4: The Sindh Abadgar Board has protested against the handing over of the Pakistan Rice Board to the Rice Export Association, saying this is great injustice to rice growers... HYDERABAD: Nazims boycott elections: Dist council committees HYDERABAD, Oct 4: The majority of Nazims from Hyderabad City and Latifabad Taluka boycotted the elections for the post of chairmen of district council committees of different departments on Thursday for... HYDERABAD: Atrocities against peasants condemned HYDERABAD, Oct 4: Activists of the Pakistan Human Rights Foundation marched from GOR Colony to the press club here on Saturday to protest against increasing incidents of terrorism, excesses against peasants... MIRPURKHAS: Mills play havoc with patients MIRPURKHAS, Oct 4: The existence of cotton ginning factories in the city has polluted the atmosphere and particularly added to the misery of asthma patients.... ISLAMABAD: USAID to spend $60m on education uplift schemes ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: A sum of $60 million will be spent till 2006 on professional development of education managers, capacity building of teachers and upgradation of educational infrastructure at district level... ISLAMABAD: Dietary habits, tobacco use termed harmful ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: About 60 per cent of all heart attacks are preceded by episodes of unstable angina.... ISLAMABAD: MoU signed course on refugee law: Better understanding aimed at ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: The Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), in collaboration with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), will offer a distance learning course on refugee law.... ISLAMABAD: Chinese reporters to interview govt officials ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: A three-member team of journalists from China is currently visiting Pakistan, says a press release.... RAWALPINDI: RCB officials accuse MLCs chief of interference RAWALPINDI, Oct 4: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) has accused the director-general Military Lands and Cantonments (MLCs) of centralising financial and administrative powers of the RCB and imposing unnecessary restrictions on... ISLAMABAD: Two foreigners arrested ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: The special investigation cell of the Anti- Narcotics Force (ANF) in collaboration with the regional directorate of the Anti-Narcotics Force, Rawalpindi, arrested two foreigners at Islamabad International Airport... RAWALPINDI: UC, TMA staff merger sought RAWALPINDI, Oct 4: Employees posted at the union councils have called for merging their cadre with the Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) staff.... RAWALPINDI: Police accused of delaying DPSC formation RAWALPINDI, Oct 4: The setting up of District Public Safety Commission (DPSC) was delayed because of hurdles created by the police department.... ISLAMABAD: Bomb hoax creates panic at varsity ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: A hoax bomb call created panic among the students and teachers... ISLAMABAD: Judicial academy report presented ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: Director-General of the Federal Judicial Academy presented the annual report of the academy to Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr Justice Sh Riaz Ahmed here on Saturday.... RAWALPINDI: Robbery RAWALPINDI, Oct 4: Robbers looted Rs1.5 million from the owner of a Ghee mill in Ganjmandi in broad daylight and escaped, police said.... LAHORE: MMA denies shift in stance on LFO LAHORE, Oct 4: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) denies that it has been changing its stance on the LFO as was claimed by Gen Pervez Musharraf a couple of days ago.... LAHORE: Faisalabad varsity’s DVM degree upgraded LAHORE, Oct 4: Governor Khalid Maqbool has approved conversion of Faisalabad Agriculture University’s four-year Doctor of Veterinary Medicine course into a composite five-year one.... LAHORE: Railway crossings termed hazardous LAHORE, Oct 4: Crossings at the lower ends of slopes of the Garhi Shahu Railway Bridge and Dharampura Canal Level Crossing expose motorists to the risk of accidents.... LAHORE: Workers’ demo LAHORE, Oct 4: Hundreds of Wapda workers took out on Saturday a procession to protest against the manhandling of two colleagues outside the court of a civil judge here on Friday....

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