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October 16, 2003 Thursday Sha'aban 19, 1424 KARACHI: Utilization of MNA fund in more sectors allowed KARACHI, Oct 15: The scope of the utilization of MNAs funds, Rs10 million for each, has been extended to other sectors — education, health, water supply, sanitation and bulldozer-hiring.... KARACHI: Zeeshan Kazmi found shot dead KARACHI, Oct 15: Zeeshan Kazmi, a police inspector who who had become one of the most controversial figures during the ‘operation clean-up’, led by a former interior minister Gen Naseerullah Babar,... KARACHI: There’s a need to revisit ombudsman law, says Khairi KARACHI, Oct 15: The institution of the Ombudsman is not performing optimally as many of its judgments are set aside by the executive every year. There are two main reasons for... KARACHI: Govt’s reply awaited, says Noorani KARACHI, Oct 15: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has so far received no formal reply from the government to its demand that General Musharraf should give a date to relinquish the office... KARACHI: Victims of fraud assured of remedy KARACHI, Oct 15: The postal department on Wednesday assured the victims of a 40-million-rupee fraud in the city courts post office on Wednesday that all their genuine claims would be satisfied.... KARACHI: Postmen’s salaries increased KARACHI, Oct 15: The Pakistan Post Office has increased the salaries of postmen.... KARACHI: Steps to help special people urged KARACHI, Oct 15: Adviser to Chief Minister Sindh on Health, Noman Sehgal, has stressed joint efforts to solve the problems of blind and other special people. He was addressing as chief... KARACHI: Shortage of water in many city areas KARACHI, Oct 15: Various parts of the city on Tuesday remained in the grip of acute water shortage owing to frequent power failures at the Gharo pumping station and the diversion... KARACHI: Dug-up road at Baldia Town irks commuters KARACHI Oct 15: A major portion of the Hub River Road, dug up to repair the main waterline from Sher Shah to Baldia Town, badly needs carpeting, but the department concerned... KARACHI: Newcomers at DMC welcomed KARACHI, Oct 15: Over 250 fresh entrants to the MBBS first year attended the “Day One” introductory class at the Dow Medical College on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Edhi alone taking care of unclaimed bodies KARACHI, Oct 15: Edhi Foundation has buried more than 200,000 unclaimed bodies since 1956. The task was undertaken in view of government institutions’ apathy.... KARACHI: KU senate meeting postponed KARACHI, Oct 15: The senate meeting of Karachi University, scheduled for Oct 21, has been postponed due to the unavailability of the governor.... KARACHI: Town Nazims to set up Bachat bazaars in Ramazan KARACHI, oct 15: The city government has decided that all town Nazims will set up at least two Bachat bazaars in their respective areas during Ramazan.... KARACHI: Teachers continue protest KARACHI, Oct 15: Teachers of Government Adamjee Science College, on Wednesday, deplored lack of interest taken by EDO Higher Education and DOE Colleges of city government for the protection of teachers... KARACHI: ‘Vitamin-A deficiency causes blindness’ KARACHI, Oct 15: Ten to 20 per cent of children under the age of five years in Pakistan are reported to be suffering from vitamin-A deficiency (VAD), said a Unicef report.... KARACHI: Details on financial bungling sought KARACHI, Oct 15: The National Accountability Bureau has asked Karachi University to furnish it with all records of KU’s finance department and details of awarding contract for hiring consultants to construct... KARACHI: Marks-sheets KARACHI, Oct 15: The marks-sheets of candidates of HSC Part- II Humanities Group (Regular) Annual Examination 2003 are ready for issuance.... KARACHI: Lecture by minister KARACHI, Oct 15: Sindh minister for inter-provincial co- ordination Sardar Nadir Akmal Khan Leghari delivered a lecture at the Hamdard School of Law on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Hot weather KARACHI, Oct 15: The meteorological department has forecast hot and dry weather with misty morning in the city for Thursday. —PPI... KARACHI: Means to counter disasters stressed: Seminar on Tasman Spirit KARACHI, Oct 15: The Tasman Spirit disaster should be taken as an eye-opener, calling to pool up available resources and direct all capabilities towards formation of damage prediction and control bodies... KARACHI: Wife kills husband; boy, mother die of burns KARACHI, Oct 15: A young man was killed by his wife and her ex-husband in Liaquatabad early Wednesday morning.... KARACHI: Master-plan EDO reprimanded KARACHI, Oct 15: A division bench of High Court of Sindh, comprising Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed and S. Ali Aslam Jafri, on Tuesday issued a strict warning to Syed Zaigham Jaffery, EDO,... KARACHI: Charity body denies it supports Al Qaeda KARACHI, Oct 15: A charity organization on Wednesday denied US accusations that it supported Al Qaeda and militants in Iraq after Washington designated it a terrorist support organization.... KARACHI: PPP slams Sindh govt performance KARACHI, Oct 15: Faced with internal dissensions under regime’s pressure and owing to differences over anti-government protest strategy, the Pakistan People’s Party coordination committee has accused the provincial government of manipulating... KARACHI: Illegal water connections KARACHI, Oct 15: The water and sanitation department of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board has launched a campaign against defaulters of water tax, disconnecting 1978 connections during the last three... KARACHI: Measures to check hoarding KARACHI, Oct 15: Sindh chief minister Sardar Ali Mohammad Mahar on Wednesday directed that steps be taken to check hoarding of commodities.... KARACHI: WB to extend $80m for lining of water courses KARACHI, Oct 15: The World Bank would provide US$80 million in December this year for lining of 4,000 water courses in Sindh.... KARACHI: Inquiry ordered KARACHI, Oct 15: Sindh Revenue Minister Haji Altaf Hussain Unnar has taken notice of a report recently published in a section of the press against the Patwari of Keamari Town.... PESHAWAR: Archaeology dept to be decentralized: Provinces demand funds PESHAWAR, Oct 15: All the four provinces have agreed to take over historical monuments and archaeological sites if the federal government distributes funds on proportionate basis for the staff, preservation and... KARACHI: Appeal in drug case allowed KARACHI, Oct 15: A division bench of Sindh High Court, comprising Justice Wahid Bux Brohi and Justice Rehmat Hussain Jaffery, on Wednesday allowed an appeal by three men against their conviction... PESHAWAR: NAB chairman can pardon accused during trial: PHC PESHAWAR, Oct 15: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday declared that the authority of the National Accountability Bureau’s chairman to grant pardon to an accused during a trial was in accordance with the Constitution.... PESHAWAR: Drug use survey in refugee camps PESHAWAR, Oct 15: UN agencies have decided to carry out a survey in Afghan refugee camps inhabited by Uzbek people in the Nowshera district to determine cases of drug addiction, officials... PESHAWAR: Importance of dental hygiene highlighted PESHAWAR, Oct 15: Lack of awareness about oral and dental hygiene are the two basic reasons for tooth decay amongst children, a study said.... PESHAWAR: PPP-S blasts MMA govt PESHAWAR, Oct 15: Pakistan People’s Party (Sherpao) MPA Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao has criticized the MMA government for ignoring genuine problems of the people, which, he claimed, had created uncertainty among... PESHAWAR: Qazi urges govt to stop army action in Fata PESHAWAR, Oct 15: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said that the government has launched the military operation in the Federally-Administered Tribal Area (Fata) at the behest of the US.... HYDERABAD: 32 villages electrified across province HYDERABAD, Oct 15: The Hyderabad Electric Supply Company has completed work on the electrification of 32 villages in the Sindh province under the Tameer-i-Pakistan Programme during September 2003.... HYDERABAD: SITE official’s assurance to entrepreneurs HYDERABAD, Oct 15: The managing director, SITE, Mohammad Nawab, has said that the government was extending maximum facilities to the entrepreneurs and trying to create a congenial atmosphere for investment with... DADU: Newsman’s killers will be arrested soon: Mahar DADU, Oct 15: Sindh Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Mahar has said the killers of newsman Amir Bakhsh Brohi will be arrested soon.... KHAIRPUR: Three UC Nazims booked KHAIRPUR, Oct 15: Three union council Nazims of the Awam Dost Panel and an identified accused were booked on Tuesday night on charge of the abduction of a councillor.... HYDERABAD: Tribute paid to Ibrahim Munshi HYDERABAD, Oct 15: Tribute was paid to Ibrahim Munshi, a noted poet of Sindh, for his services in the cause of Sindhi language and literature at a condolence meeting held here... HYDERABAD: ‘Struggle to be launched for rights’ HYDERABAD, Oct 15: The Sindh National Party said that the party would launch a resistance struggle for the rights of Sindh and to begin with it would hold a protest demonstration... HYDERABAD: Sindh varsity declares holiday today HYDERABAD, Oct 15: The University of Sindh will remain closed on Oct 16 on account of Urs of Qalandar Lal Shahbaz....

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