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October 30, 2003 Thursday Ramazan 3, 1424 KARACHI: Drug price Anomalies put patients at great risk KARACHI, Oct 29: Machinations in the informal sector and profiteering on the part of pharmaceutical companies have helped spawn several distortions in the medicines market.... KARACHI: Govt decides to collect private schools data KARACHI, Oct 29: The education department of the city government has decided to collect data pertaining to appointment of teaching and other non-teaching staff in private schools.... KARACHI: City govt allowed sale of HC property: counsel KARACHI, Oct 29: The city district government allowed the sale of the former Indian High Commission premises at Clifton in May, a builder and developer asserted in his counter-affidavit before the... KARACHI: Mahar gives details of CMs’ moot KARACHI, Oct 29: Sindh Chief Minister Ali Mohammed Mahar, on Wednesday, presided over a meeting at the CM House to give details of the issues discussed at the inter-provincial chief ministers’... KARACHI: Speeding Pajero kills 3 women KARACHI, Oct 29: Three women died in a traffic accident at Sea View on Wednesday night.... KARACHI: Water holiday system questioned KARACHI, Oct 29: The inordinate delay in abolishing the weekly water-holiday system even after the restoration of normal supply from Hub source has resulted in acute water shortage in different localities... KARACHI: Transportation of animals prohibited KARACHI, Oct 29: Acting City Nazim Tariq Hassan invoking Section 144 has prohibited transportation of goats, cows and buffaloes from local cattle markets to outside the city limits.... KARACHI: 11 policemen arrested KARACHI, Oct 29: Town police officer, Lyari, Ali Mohsin, in a raid conducted late Tuesday night arrested eleven policemen involved in gambling in the Baghdadi area.... KARACHI: City experiencing 35pc water loss KARACHI, Oct 29: There is a need for long-term planning to resolve water shortage problem of Karachi, which has six per cent annual population growth rate.... KARACHI: BIE to issue revised certificates: Grace marks KARACHI, Oct 29: The Sindh governor, who is controlling authority of the educational boards in the province, has restored the rules regarding award of two per cent grace marks to the... KARACHI: Ministries, civic bodies owe Rs3bn to KWSB KARACHI, Oct 29: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board is facing financial crisis as different federal, provincial ministries and civic bodies have yet to pay their dues amounting to Rs3,175.33 million.... KARACHI: Measles vaccination stressed KARACHI, Oct 29: Paediatricians have underscored the need for compulsory vaccination of all children below 15 months against measles.... KARACHI: Govt taking action against profiteers: CM KARACHI, Oct 29: Sindh Chief Minister Ali Mohammed Mahar on Wednesday paid a surprise visit to the complaint cell established at the CM House to respond to public complaints regarding price-hike... KARACHI: Teachers asked to highlight importance of Ramazan KARACHI, Oct 29: The education department has called upon the teachers to make it a duty to explain and expound during assembly and in class-rooms the teachings of the Holy Quran,... KARACHI: HSC humanities exam results KARACHI, Oct 29: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, on Wednesday announced results of HSC Humanities (Private) Part-I annual examination 2003.... KARACHI: Adviser orders suspension of policemen KARACHI, Oct 29: Adviser to chief minister on home affairs Aftab Shaikh has ordered immediate suspension and departmental action against SI Manzoor, ASI Faisal Jat, constable Moin of PS Model Colony... KARACHI: LL.B result KARACHI, Oct 29: Agha Faqir Mohammad of S M Law College has secured first position in the LLB final examination-2003.... KARACHI: Builder defies rules, exceeds limits in shop extension KARACHI, Oct 29: Unauthorized and illegal construction continues unabated in block 2 of PECHS, particularly along the main Tariq Road, while the concerned authorities seem least interested in fulfilling their responsibilities... KARACHI: Bail in double murder case rejected KARACHI, Oct 29: Additional district and sessions judge, East, Kauser Sultana, sentenced a man to suffer seven-year term for critically injuring a man on a domestic issue.... KARACHI: Coordination among civic bodies urged KARACHI, Oct 29: Sindh Chief Secretary Dr Mutawakkal Kazi has stressed the need for close co-ordination among the city government, KESC and the National Highway Authority and all other organizations concerned... KARACHI: Deeper understanding of gender issue urged KARACHI, Oct 29: Women lawmakers in parliament are toeing the party line while initiating legislation for the safeguard of women’s rights.... KARACHI: Law, order deteriorates in L’abad: Town Nazim KARACHI, Oct 29: Liaquatabad Town Nazim Dr Pervaiz Mehmood has expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in his town and asked the adviser to chief minister on home... KARACHI: Man shot dead; three die in accidents KARACHI, Oct 29: Three persons died in separate traffic accidents in different parts of the city on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Nisar calls for strengthening local govt KARACHI, Oct 29: The PML-Q Convener of Organizing Committee, Nisar Memon, has called upon people to cooperate and strengthen the local government system.... KARACHI: Trade union leader dies KARACHI, Oct 29: Trade union activist Javed Shakoor, who was the first to be publicly flogged in the city during Gen Zia’s rule, died on Wednesday. He was 62.... KARACHI: Foreigner held with heroin KARACHI, Oct 29: The customs drug enforcement cell arrested a foreigner with three kilograms of contraband drugs at the city airport.... KARACHI: US investors KARACHI, Oct 29: Sindh Governor Dr. Ishratul Ibad has said that improving law and order situation, infrastructure and continuity in policies is boosting investment in the province.... KARACHI: New SCR chief KARACHI, Oct 29: Consequent upon his resignation as chairman of the Society for Citizen’s Rights (SCR), Air Marshal (retd) Asghar Khan, has nominated Ikram Sehgal as chairman in his place, says... HYDERABAD: CHH still without medicines HYDERABAD, Oct 29: The Civil Hospital of Hyderabad has yet not been supplied with medicines by the import and inspection depot, this correspondent learnt on Wednesday.... HYDERABAD: Hesco says no loadshedding during Ramazan HYDERABAD, Oct 29: Hesco chief executive Tariq Arshad here on Tuesday issued instructions to company officers of the interior of Sindh not to resort to load-shedding during Ramazan.... HYDERABAD: Notices issued to DPO, other police officials HYDERABAD, Oct 29: The district and sessions judge, Hyderabad, Hussain Bux Khoso, on Wednesday has issued notices to the DPO, Hyderabad; Taluka police officer, Latifabad, and other police officials after a... NAWABSHAH: Demo against eviction held NAWABSHAH, Oct 29: Several dozen men, women and children staged a demonstration outside the press club here on Wednesday against their eviction, what they alleged, by the land mafia.... LARKANA: Inquiry into loan scam completed LARKANA, Oct 29: The anti-corruption establishment has completed an inquiry into the advance house purchase loans scam and submitted its report to the Sindh chief secretary.... HYDERABAD: STPSF to observe black day HYDERABAD, Oct 29: The president, Sindh Taraqqi Passand Students Federation, Qadir Channa, has announced that a black day would be observed in all the universities, colleges and schools throughout Sindh against... WASHINGTON: Mossad behind 9/11 attacks: Durrani WASHINGTON, Oct 29: Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service, organized the terrorist attacks of Sept 11, 2001, in order “to start a war between Muslims and Christians,” says NWFP Chief Minister Akram... PESHAWAR: Students demand Separate building PESHAWAR, Oct 29: Students of commerce department, who are housed at the Government Polytechnic Institute for Women, have demanded of the government to provide them a separate building as it has... PESHAWAR: Death sentence upheld PESHAWAR, Oct 29: A full bench of the Supreme Court upheld on Wednesday capital punishment awarded to a petitioner by a trial court in Nowshera for killing another person.... PESHAWAR: Saudi Airlines begins operations PESHAWAR, Oct 29: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah welcomed here on Monday evening the launching of direct flights of the Saudi Airlines from Peshawar to Jeddah and Riyadh, and said...

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