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October 28, 2003 Tuesday Ramazan 1, 1424 KARACHI: Meat prices shoot up to unbearable proportions KARACHI, Oct 27: Consumers experienced an unprecedented hike in prices of meat — Rs200 for mutton and Rs130 for boneless beef — a day before the inception of Ramazan and with... KARACHI: Citizens may not avail Bachat bazaar shopping: Traffic jams cited as hitch KARACHI, Oct 27: Sindh Transport Minister Adil Siddiqui has asked the city government to withdraw the permissions given for installing makeshift bachat bazaars at 197 places in the city during Ramazan... KARACHI: Plan for CHK facilities KARACHI, Oct 27: Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has issued directives for immediate finalization of short and long term plans pertaining to an improvement in medical facilities at the Civil Hospital Karachi.... KARACHI: CS summoned for delaying property issue KARACHI, Oct 27: The Sindh High Court summoned the provincial chief secretary on Monday to appear in person on Nov 3 to explain why no order has been issued in respect... KARACHI: 50 more CNG buses by end of December KARACHI, Oct 27: The City District Government has decided to run 50 new CNG green buses by end of December from Surjani Town to Korangi.... KARACHI: Rs1 million looted in three dacoities KARACHI, Oct 27: Robbers took away more than Rs1 million, besides injuring a man, on Monday, in different areas of the metropolis.... KARACHI: Transport projects of city govt in doldrums KARACHI, Oct 27: All the projects launched by the city government to improve the transport culture have come to a standstill and no headway has been made to remove obstacles hindering... KARACHI: Mulla Jiwan remembered KARACHI, Oct 27: The department of Qur’an and Sunnah, University of Karachi, on Monday launched its first research journal “Ahya’al-’uloom” at a ceremony held at its newly-built conference hall.... KARACHI: KESC office in Akhtar Colony KARACHI, Oct 27: Sindh Education Minister Irfanullah Khan Marwat has said that the KESC will soon establish a sub-division office in his constituency, where the electricity consumers will get one-window facility.... KARACHI: Colleges without internet facility KARACHI, Oct 27: Over 80 per cent intermediate and degree colleges in Karachi are without internet facility.... KARACHI: Teachers slam MUO KARACHI, Oct 27: .at the KU has rejected the proposed tenure track system for teachers and demanded that the Model University Ordinance be also withdrawn immediately.... KARACHI: Teachers slam MUO KARACHI, Oct 27: The teachers body at the KU has rejected the proposed tenure track system for teachers and demanded that the Model University Ordinance be also withdrawn immediately.... KARACHI: Class XI Science results announced KARACHI, Oct 27: The Board of Intermediate Education on Monday declared results of HSC Part-I, Science (pre-engineering and general), annual examinations-2003.... KARACHI: MBBS suppl exam results KARACHI, Oct 27: The University of Karachi on Monday announced the results of MBBS, Third Professional, supplementary examination- 2003, with a pass percentage of 66.12.... KARACHI: Uplift project launched KARACHI, Oct 27: Sindh Minister for planning and development Syed Shoaib Ahmed Bokhari on Monday inaugurated work in Korangi for laying a 48-inch dia sewerage line and construct manholes.... KARACHI: Rs516m to be spent on AIDS prevention: HIV control programme launched KARACHI, Oct 27: The Enhanced HIV/AIDS Control Programme was launched in Sindh by the governor on Monday.... KARACHI: Altaf backs reopening of Khokhrapar route KARACHI, Oct 27: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has put his weight behind the demand for the reopening of Khokhrapar-Monabao rail link between Pakistan and India and said that integrity.... KARACHI: Work continues on setting up 200 technical institutes KARACHI, Oct 27: Sindh education minister Irfanullah Marwat said on Monday that the government was making efforts to improve facilities at technical institutes in the province.... KARACHI: KWSB announces Ramazan plan KARACHI, Oct 27: Karachi Water and Sewerage Board Managing Director Brig Asif Ghazali has ordered special arrangements for disposal of sewage from around mosques and Imambargahs, to facilitate arrangements for Taraveeh... KARACHI: Pro-Kalabagh, Musharraf campaign launched KARACHI, Oct 27: Workers of the Pak Fauj Himayat Tehreek staged rallies outside the offices of different newspapers on Monday to express their support to President General Musharraf and the Kalabagh... KARACHI: Vacancies be filled through SPSC KARACHI, Oct 27: Sindh Chief Secretary Dr Mutawakkal Kazi has directed the concerned authorities to benefit maximum from the services of Sindh Public Service Commission.... KARACHI: Nisar rejects PPP’s allegations KARACHI, Oct 27: Senator Nisar A. Memon, convener of the PML organising committee in Sindh, has rejected the allegations levelled by the leadership of PPP Sindh regarding interference by the PML... KARACHI: SHCBA polls on Dec 6 KARACHI, Oct 27: The Sindh High Court Bar Association announced its annual election schedule on Monday.... KARACHI: Protesters block road in Lyari for water KARACHI, Oct 27: Residents of water-starved localities of Lyari Town on Monday staged a sit-in on the town’s busy Faqir Mohammad Durra Khan Road to voice their anger over persisting water... KARACHI: Sindh Madressah KARACHI, Oct 27: Sindh Public Service Commission chairman Hassan Bhutto has said that students should follow values of truth and honesty and prove their capability through their character, devotion and good... KARACHI: Complaint cell KARACHI, Oct 27: The complaint cell established at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat has received a number of complaints against water shortage, non-supply of electricity, excess charges for meat and vegetables, low... HYDERABAD: Millers to go on strike from today: Rotten wheat supply HYDERABAD, Oct 27: The Atta Chakki Owners Association announced here on Monday that the mill owners of Hyderabad district would shut down their mills for an indefinite period from Tuesday.... HYDERABAD: Woman fears being killed over Karo-kari HYDERABAD, Oct 27: A newly-married woman on Monday moved the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, to seek protection as she said she and her husband might be killed on the... HYDERABAD: RPO not satisfied with police inquiry: Couple’s murder case HYDERABAD, Oct 27: The Regional Police Officer, Hyderabad region, Mushtaq Shah, has expressed his dissatisfaction over the police investigation into the murder case of Shazia Khaskheli and Mohammad Hassan Solangi, it... HYDERABAD: Show cause notice issued to Nazim HYDERABAD, Oct 27: The convener, Hyderabad district council, Nawab Rashid Ali Khan, has issued a show cause notice to the Nazim, union council-9, Tanvir Siddiqui, asking him to explain why a... HYDERABAD: ‘People’s Problems being resolved’ HYDERABAD, Oct 27: Sindh Zakat, Ushr, Auqaf and Religious Affairs Minister Dr Irfan Gul Magsi has said the government is making efforts to resolve problems of the people at their doorstep.... PESHAWAR: NWFP govt demands Muneeb’s removal: Sighting of Ramazan moon PESHAWAR, Oct 27: The MMA government on Monday demanded that Ruet-i-Hilal Committee chairman Prof Mufti Muneebur Rehman be removed immediately.... PESHAWAR: Major MMA parties try to woo minor groups PESHAWAR, Oct 27: Members of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal are trying to woo back the alliance’s disgruntled minor parties, indicating an expansion in the provincial cabinet in the near future to protect... PESHAWAR: ‘Notice result of a misunderstanding’ PESHAWAR, Oct 27: Leader of the People’s Party Parliamentarians in the NWFP assembly, Abdul Akbar Khan, on Monday dismissed the issuance of a show-cause notice, saying it had been served because... PESHAWAR: Suspect in murder case acquitted PESHAWAR, Oct 27: An anti-terrorism court here on Monday acquitted a person accused of killing a policeman and injuring another one.... PESHAWAR: Water supply scheme for Fata approved PESHAWAR, Oct 27: The Shalman water supply scheme, being launched to meet the requirement of the people of Landi Kotal from river Kabul, would cost Rs318 million in three phases, NWFP Governor... PESHAWAR: Use of dam’s royalty for Fata uplift urged PESHAWAR, Oct 27: Senator Hameedullah Khan of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas has asked President Gen Pervez Musharraf to spend the royalty of the Warsak Dam for the betterment of the... PESHAWAR: 10 acquitted PESHAWAR, Oct 27: The Peshawar High Court on Monday acquitted 10 persons who were sentenced to different prison terms by a qazi court in a triple murder case in Upper Dir.... PESHAWAR: Order for Zohr prayer goes unheeded PESHAWAR, Oct 27: NWFP Chief Minister Mohammad Akram Khan Durrani has expressed deep concern over the lack of punctuality in the saying of Zohr prayers by the government employees and has... NOWSHERA: Qazi threatens to launch protest movement NOWSHERA, Oct 27: Chief of the Jamaat-i-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmad has threatened to launch a countrywide movement against the government soon after Ramazan....

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