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October 25, 2003 Saturday Sha’aban 28, 1424 KARACHI: Man burns himself, 4 children to death: Joblessness takes toll KARACHI, Oct 24: A jobless man resorted to immolate his four children before committing suicide the same way early on Friday apparently in a fit of frustration over his failure to... KARACHI: Rs300m allocated for technical education KARACHI, Oct 24: Federal Education Minister Zobaida Jalal has said that the government has allocated Rs300 million for establishment of new technical educational institutes at district level in all provinces.... KARACHI: Milk and meat prices revised for Ramazan KARACHI, Oct 24: The city government has fixed fresh milk price at Rs22 per litre for Ramazan as compared to the prevailing price of Rs23.... KARACHI: Consensus on GTC, Kalabagh urged KARACHI, Oct 24: Pakistan Muslim League-N chairman Raja Zafarul Haq has said that the Thal Canal and Kalabagh Dam are contentious issues and be built with consensus.... KARACHI: Diwali today KARACHI, Oct 24: The Hindu community in the city, like everywhere else around the globe, will celebrate their annual festival of lights, Diwali today.... KARACHI: Freezing of accounts Court asks SBP to produce documents KARACHI, Oct 24: The Sindh High Court asked the State Bank of Pakistan on Friday to produce the foreign ministry’s notification for freezing of Al-Rashid Trust’s accounts under the UN rules.... KARACHI: Tasman case Attachment of vessel ordered KARACHI, Oct 24: The Sindh High Court ordered on Friday attachment of the oil vessel brought by the Tasman Spirit owners to retrieve the grounded tanker’s consignment in a 102,599- million-rupee... KARACHI: Step-by-step approach urged for Kashmir solution KARACHI, Oct 24: Leader of the five-member Russian media delegation has supported the step-by-step approach to resolve outstanding Kashmir issue between India and Pakistan.... KARACHI: Doctors told to avoid excessive medicines KARACHI, Oct 24: The budget for medicines allocated every year by the government is sufficient to meet almost all the medication needs of an institution like the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.... KARACHI: Copyright laws be made more effective: experts KARACHI, Oct 24: Legal experts have urged the government to strengthen intellectual property rights laws and called for effective legislation against counterfeiting, piracy and copyright violation.... KARACHI: Hunting season begins next month KARACHI, Oct 24: The annual hunting season commences on November 2 and would continue till February 29 next year, according to the Sindh Wildlife Department.... KARACHI: Book on postmodernism launched KARACHI: “Ma baad jadeediat,” a book on the literary theory of Postmodernism written by critic and story writer Rauf Niazi was launched on Thursday at Mumtaz Mirza Auditorium.... KARACHI: PTV awards for artists KARACHI, Oct 24: The 12th regional PTV awards ceremony for Sindh for the year 2002 was held here on Thursday.... KARACHI: Endowment fund set up for girl students KARACHI, Oct 24: Sindh Education Minister Irfanullah Marwat on Friday informed that the provincial government has established an endowment fund with Rs 1 billion for provision of scholarships to needy and... KARACHI: Hospitals’ budget KARACHI, Oct 24: The city government has cut the budget of its hospitals down by 40 per cent to purchase drugs. PTV chairman and federal information secretary Anwar Mehmood distributed awards among the following artists... KARACHI: IRO be made consistent with ILO guidelines Two-day convention concludes KARACHI, Oct 24: A national convention of workers, through a unanimously-adopted resolution, demanded that the anti-worker Industrial Relations Ordinance (IRO), 2002, be reviewed and be made in line with various international... KARACHI: UN urged to counter US unilateralism KARACHI, Oct 24: Terming the United Nations a symbol of peace, justice and human rights, speakers at a seminar urged the body to take remedial measures to turn the tide of... KARACHI: Suspect in artwork theft case disputes FIR content KARACHI, Oct 24: The five suspects arrested in a paintings theft case were remanded to the police custody till October 28, by judicial magistrate South, Rahmat Ullah Moro, on Friday.... KARACHI: Govt officials abducting councillors: PPP leaders KARACHI, Oct 24: Pakistan People’s Party said on Friday that ruling party was manipulating elections to the vacant seats of Nazims and deputy nazims in some districts of Sindh through kidnapping... KARACHI: Harassment case hearing adjourned KARACHI, Oct 24: Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany of the High Court of Sindh on Friday observed that it does not behove a chief minister to restrain the liberty of a person... KARACHI: Many local leaders quit PTI KARACHI, Oct 24: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf suffered another major setback on Friday with more than a dozen office-bearers of its Karachi chapter announcing a parting of the ways with the party.... KARACHI: Wapda chief appreciates KESC drive KARACHI, Oct 24: The Wapda chairman, Zulfiqar Ali Khan, has appreciated the performance of Karachi Electric Supply Corporation in providing maximum facilities to its consumers and recovering the outstanding dues.... HYDERABAD: Govt meddling in LG by-polls flayed HYDERABAD, Oct 24: Pakistan People’s Party MNA Nawab Abdul Ghani Talpur has criticized the interference of government functionaries in the local bodies by-elections, specially for the post of district Naib Nazim,... HYDERABAD: War resolves no issue: Nirmala HYDERABAD, Oct 24: Noted peace activist from India and a member of the Indian Parliamentarians’ delegation, Nirmala Deshpande, has expressed confidence that all the contentious issues between Pakistan and India could... THATTA: Sindh police being denied enhanced allowances THATTA, Oct 24: Head constables and constables in the Sindh police department complained of having been denied enhanced allowances announced in the annual budget of 1999.... LARKANA: Nadra resolve NIC issue: Dist Council LARKANA, Oct 24: The members of the district council, Larkana, deliberating on the motion regarding complications villagers face in obtaining computerized National Identity Cards, stressed holding a detailed meeting with Nadra... MIRPUR MATHELO: Farm sector needs to be improved: Musharraf MIRPUR MATHELO, Oct 24: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday said the goal of poverty alleviation could be achieved by focusing on the agriculture sector.... HYDERABAD: Wheat output be increased, says dist Nazim HYDERABAD, Oct 24: The district Nazim, Dr Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman, has said that sufficient quantity of water is available in the country but the need of the hour is its just distribution.... MIRPURKHAS: ‘Cos dealing in fake fertilizers be booked’ MIRPURKHAS, Oct 24: The president, Fertilizers and Pesticides Dealers Association, Mirpurkhas division, Inamuddin Pirzada, and its general secretary, Jafar Shah, have expressed concern over the registration of cases against the dealers... KHAIRPUR: Withdrawal of cases demanded KHAIRPUR, Oct 24: Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz chairman Bashir Ahmed Qureshi has condemned the attitude of Shah Abdul Latif University administration towards students.... HYDERABAD: Countrywide protest against water projects planned HYDERABAD, Oct 24: Speakers at a public meeting held at the Haider Chowk here on Thursday night decided to widen the scope of the Anti-Greater Thal Canal and Anti-Kalabagh Dam Action... PESHAWAR: Opposition in a fix over amendment proposal: Hudood Ordinance PESHAWAR, Oct 24: PPP chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim said on Friday that his group would work out its strategy whether or not to support the amendment bill on Hudood Ordinance.... PESHAWAR: Slow work on hospital project annoys CM PESHAWAR, Oct 24: Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has expressed resentment over the slow pace of work and use of substandard material in the construction of 300-bed Mufti Mehmood Memorial Hospital... PESHAWAR: Councillors form opposition group PESHAWAR, Oct 24: An opposition group has been formed by 28 members of the city district council, who elected Arbab Tariq as their leader on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: School staff transferred: Abuse of students PESHAWAR, Oct 24: The staff of City Government Higher Secondary School No 3, where a group of employees were involved in abuse of students, has been transferred.... PESHAWAR: PHC grants bail to adultery accused PESHAWAR, Oct 24: The Peshawar High Court on Friday granted bail to a woman accused of adultery as she was in advance stage of her pregnancy.... PESHAWAR: Trader kidnapped PESHAWAR, Oct 24: A local trader and grandson of a former senator was kidnapped from the Ring Road allegedly by his rivals who had a monetary dispute with him, police told... PESHAWAR: Free education demanded PESHAWAR, Oct 24: Jamiat Talaba-i-Islam (JTI) has demanded free education from primary to university level in the country and Urdu to be declared medium of instruction in public-sector education institutions....

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