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November 3, 2003 Monday Ramazan 7, 1424 KARACHI: Meat sellers ignore deal, continue fleecing people KARACHI, Nov 2: Meat sellers continued to fleece customers on Sunday charging Rs120 per kg for boneless beef and Rs95 per kg for beef with bones, Rs5 to 10 higher than... KARACHI: 10 people wounded in grenade explosion KARACHI, Nov 2: Ten people, including four women and five children, were wounded when a low-intensity grenade went off inside their house in Kashmir Colony, Mehmoodabad, late Saturday night.... KARACHI: 260 house officer posts vacant KARACHI, Nov 2: No less than 260 posts of house officers are lying vacant in five major hospitals of the province, and it is feared that funds allocated for the purpose... KARACHI: CM to pay prisoners’ fine amount KARACHI, Nov 2: Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Mahar on Sunday asked the provincial jail authorities to provide him with details about those languishing in prisons for non-payment of fine money. He... KARACHI: Youths risk lives for prosperous future KARACHI, Nov 2: Young Imran Asif was among the 250 Pakistani men whose hopes of making a fast buck were dashed sooner than they were ready to believe.... KARACHI: Politicians urged to back AIDS prevention KARACHI, Nov 2: The UNAIDS Coordinator for Pakistan, Dr Dayanath Jayasuria, has suggested early need on part of political parties in the country to include a statement in their respective manifesto... KARACHI: Upgradation of KU dept ordered KARACHI, Nov 2: Karachi University Vice-Chancellor Dr Zafar Saeed Saify has ordered upgradation of varsity’s Public Administration department to a fully fledged institute.... KARACHI: Upgradation of KU dept ordered KARACHI, Nov 2: The Karachi University plans to bring out its literary journal as per directives of its Vice-Chancellor Dr Zafar Saeed Saify.... KARACHI: Contaminated water & food exposing people to typhoid KARACHI, Nov 2: Typhoid — an acute, systemic illness caused by infection with “Salmonella typhi” — which appears to have eradicated from a large part of the world continues to haunt... KARACHI: Physicians criticize misinformation about drugs KARACHI, Nov 2: The grossly inaccurate public information spread about certain drugs has perturbed many of the physicians who fear this would pose serious threat to their professional competency and integrity.... KARACHI: ICMAP admissions KARACHI, Nov 2: The process of admissions to spring-2004 session at the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMAP) will commence from Dec 1.... KARACHI: Women to be imparted livestock training KARACHI, Nov 2: A month-long training in livestock production and preparation of dairy products, domestication of chicken, and use of farm yard manure would be imparted to a group of 100... KARACHI: Asthma clinics KARACHI, Nov 2: The Aga Khan University Hospital will start asthma and smoking cessation clinics from Nov 3.... KARACHI: Medical centre KARACHI, Nov 2: The adviser to chief minister on health, Nauman Saigol, inaugurated Naeem Medical Centre in North Karachi on Sunday.... KARACHI: Dry weather forecast KARACHI, Nov 2: The meteorological department has forecast dry weather for Monday.... KARACHI: Opposition terms arrest of Hashmi HR violation KARACHI, Nov 2: Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy and Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal Sindh have condemned the arrest of Makhdoom Javed Hashmi. They said the joint opposition considered his arrest a means... KARACHI: Ibad pays surprise visit to markets KARACHI, Nov 2: Governor, Dr Ishratul Ibad has held out the assurance that the government would not be budge by pressure and blackmailing tactics on the part of profiteers.... KARACHI: 20 residential buildings without water KARACHI, Nov 2: Residents of about 20 apartment buildings, situated on Baghdadi’s Bumbassa Street, have been deprived of water for the last one week.... KARACHI: PPP reacts strongly to FIRs against leaders KARACHI, Nov 2: Karachi division of the Pakistan Peoples Party has reacted strongly to the registration of FIRs against the President of PPP Sindh, Nisar A. Khuhro, MPA Murad Ali Shah,... KARACHI: Temporary power connections KARACHI, Nov 2: The KESC has offered Ramazan package to get temporary connections for religious activities as well as for night cricket matches on subsidised rates.... KARACHI: 2 more jailed, 113 fined for overcharging KARACHI, Nov 2: Two fruit sellers found indulged in overcharging were sent to jail whereas 113 others were fined on the same charge on Sunday, according to city government sources.... KARACHI: Body found KARACHI, Nov 2: The body of an elderly man was found floating on sea near Ghas Bandar in Keamari.... HYDERABAD: Dist govt fails to check price hike HYDERABAD, Nov 2: The district government’s price control committee has failed to implement its notification fixing prices of different commodities as prices continued to rise during the first week of Ramazan.... LARKANA: Development works left incomplete in Larkana LARKANA, Nov 2: All the development works initiated under the Khushhal Pakistan Programme phase-IV were left half-finished in Larkana district as funds to the tune of Rs53.32 million had lapsed.... SUKKUR: Consensus on water issue must, says Nisar SUKKUR, Nov 2: Senator Nisar A. Memon has stressed the need for a consensus on national issues, including that of water reservoirs, and said the parliamentary committee on water will achieve... HYDERABAD: Appointments at SAU opposed HYDERABAD, Nov 2: Six teacher members of the Sindh Agriculture University syndicate have opposed the contractual appointments at the deficit-ridden institution.... HYDERABAD: Transfer of headmaster criticized HYDERABAD, Nov 2: The Government Secondary Teachers Association has condemned the transfer of the Government High School Society headmaster without any reason.... DADU: Transfers stir row DADU, Nov 2: Differences between District Nazim Malik Asad Sikandar and DCO Aijaz Mangi have cropped up over the transfer of five Tapedars by the latter.... KHAIRPUR: Two die, 14 hurt in accident KHAIRPUR, Nov 2: Two persons were killed and 14 injured when a passenger wagon overturned at the National Highway near Gadeji on Sunday.... SUKKUR: Crackdown on bandits begins SUKKUR, Nov 2: During an anti-bandit operation launched on Saturday, the police claimed to have set ablaze at least 20 hideouts of dacoits.... PESHAWAR: Agriculture varsity closed after clash PESHAWAR, Nov 2: The NWFP Agriculture University has been closed for an indefinite period after a clash between the activists of two student organisations in which one of the activists sustained... PESHAWAR: Schools project to be wound up in NWFP PESHAWAR, Nov 2: An ambitious 10-year project to be funded by the Asian Development Bank for establishing middle schools is being closed in NWFP by December without attaining desired goals, officials... PESHAWAR: Health, education top priority: CM PESHAWAR, Nov 2: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Durrani has said the provincial government is giving top priority to education and health sectors, with a view to laying a sound foundation for... PESHAWAR: Robbers gang busted, six held PESHAWAR, Nov 2: The city police have arrested six members of an inter-provincial gang of robbers and seized a large quantity of stolen goods from their possession, said a senior police... PESHAWAR: Pesco to facilitate online payment PESHAWAR, Nov 2: A meeting of the Board of Directors of the Peshawar Electricity Supply Company (Pesco) discussed new measures for providing better facilities to the consumers, including ‘online payment’ through... SWABI: MMA to begin campaign after Eid SWABI, Nov 2: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) leadership has decided to launch a protest movement after Eidul Fitr in major districts of the province to denounce the Islamabad’s interference into the... GILGIT: Brown bear population increases GILGIT, Nov 2: The population of brown bear, which is one of the rare species in the world, has marked an increase over the past one decade in the Deosai plateau,... PESHAWAR: Junior officer appointment as director criticized PESHAWAR, Nov 2: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal Senator Prof Mohammad Ibrahim has criticized the shake-up in the information department.... WANA: Boy held under FCR released WANA (South Waziristan), Nov 2: The political agent of South Waziristan on Sunday released a 10-year-old boy arrested under Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR) and suspended two officials.... SWABI: Declamation contest at GIK institute SWABI, Nov 2: A three-day All Pakistan bilingual declamation contest, 2003, will be held at the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology from Nov 6....

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