Low Graphics Site

November 6, 2003 Thursday Ramazan 10, 1424 KARACHI: 4 post offices to remain open round the clock KARACHI, Nov 5: The Pakistan Post Office has made four outlets in the city operational round the clock. These post offices will not only handle incoming and outgoing mail but will... KARACHI: City govt adamant on meat price issue: Merchants threaten strike KARACHI, Nov 5: Settling a row between Naib Nazim and DCO over meat prices in the city for the month of Ramazan, City Nazim Naimatullah Khan announced on Wednesday that there... KARACHI: Conjoined babies struggle for life KARACHI, Nov 5: A pair of conjoined pair of girls — born on the eve of Ramazan to Shazia, wife of Ramazan, — is struggling for life at the National Institute... KARACHI: Young blast victim dies KARACHI, Nov 5: A young boy who was wounded by a low-intensity grenade which went off inside a house in Kashmir Colony, Mahmoodbad, on Sunday, died during treatment at the National... KARACHI: Gang-war claims two more lives KARACHI, Nov 5: Two more persons were shot dead Wednesday evening in Liaquatabad in the gang-war, continuing for the last four months, between two rival groups of underworld that has claimed... KARACHI: Five die in accidents KARACHI, Nov 5: Five people died in separate road accidents in the city on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Registration of aliens to safeguard their interests, submits govt KARACHI, Nov 5: Registration of aliens under the Foreigners’ Act is meant to safeguard their interests, a federal government law officer submitted before the Sindh High Court on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Fasting helps check obesity KARACHI, Nov 5: Obesity is a growing problem worldwide. In the world there are more than two million people who are obese, according to the WHO. In Pakistan too there are... KARACHI: Massive leakage exposes obsolete water pipelines KARACHI, Nov 5: Bulk supply of water from Hub source has exposed the obsolete water distribution network in the localities hooked to Hub dam for their water needs as most of... KARACHI: Water shortage in North Karachi, Orangi KARACHI, Nov 5: While an acute water shortage persists in North Karachi, water from leaking pipelines has started overflowing in the locality.... KARACHI: IBA plans upgrade, capacity enhancement KARACHI, Nov 5: The Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, is planning upgrade and capacity enhancement.... KARACHI: Faulty signal lights add to woes of masses KARACHI, Nov 5: Non-functioning signal lights at important and busy thoroughfares at Bohri Bazaar, Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan and Abdullah Haroon roads, and Regal intersections at peak hours is exposing people... KARACHI: Free eye camp inaugurated KARACHI, Nov 5: Sindh Minister for Women Development Dr Saeeda Malik has termed serving the poor, disabled and needy people without any discrimination worship.... KARACHI: Training for students at DMC KARACHI, Nov 5: The Physiology Department, Dow Medical College (DMC), in collaboration with the Anaesthesiology Department, started a training programme in “Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation” (CPR) for some 300 students of MBBS first-year... KARACHI: FCS adopts dispensary KARACHI, Nov 5: The Fishermen’s Cooperative Society has adopted a dispensary at Shams Peer Island from the city government in a simple ceremony held at the office of Keamari Town Nazim... KARACHI: KU institute activated KARACHI, Nov 5: University of Karachi has activated the Institute of Space and Planetary Astrophysics (ISPA).... KARACHI: Vandalism at KU disturbs students KARACHI, Nov 5: Students of the Visual Studies Department, University of Karachi, whose exhibits and equipment, including electronic equipment, were damaged by a group of enraged students on Tuesday, are likely... KARACHI: Industries to be set up in all cities,towns: CM KARACHI, Nov 5: Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Mahar has stated that the government has chalked out a comprehensive policy to lay a network of industries in all the big and small... KARACHI: Trainee doctors demand payment of stipend KARACHI, Nov 5: More than 270 postgraduate trainee doctors of Sindh are waiting for payment of the stipend equivalent to BPS-17 (Rs6,210), which the Sindh government had earlier agreed, in principle,... KARACHI: Factory worker shot dead KARACHI, Nov 5: An employee of a factory was shot dead in Gulzar-i-Hijri on Wednesday night.... KARACHI: Managing board for CHK soon KARACHI, Nov 5: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has directed to constitute a management board for Civil Hospital Karachi.... KARACHI: Accused in sectarian murder case identified KARACHI, Nov 5: An eye-witness in a sectarian murder case against the chief of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi and two others identified on Wednesday the three accused in an anti-terrorism court.... KARACHI: Another suit against owners of Tasman KARACHI, Nov 5: Another suit for massive damages against the owners of Tasman Spirit and its auxiliary vessel, Endeavour-II, was on Wednesday instituted by the Defence Housing Authority.... KARACHI: Demo for Asif’s release KARACHI, Nov 5: After a long time local chapter of the Pakistan People’s Party staged a protest demonstration on Wednesday outside the Karachi Press Club for the release of Asif Zardari,... KARACHI: Ibad stresses price control KARACHI, Nov 5: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad, on Wednesday, impressed upon Chief Minister Ali Mohammed Mahar to make proper arrangements for keeping the prices of eatables under control.... KARACHI: MQM denies charges against minister KARACHI, Nov 5: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has vehemently rejected allegations of corruption against Senator Ahmad Ali but sources said he had to resign due to complaints of interference by... KARACHI: Navy officer promoted KARACHI, Nov 5: The government on Wednesday announced the promotion of Rear Admiral Farooq Rashid, Commander Logistics of Pakistan Navy, to the rank of Vice-Admiral with immediate effect.... KARACHI: KUJ poll KARACHI, Nov 5: The annual election for the executive body of the Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) will be held on Dec 13, according to the decision taken by the KUJ’s... HYDERABAD: Workers fear downsizing in PTCL HYDERABAD, Nov 5: Unrest prevailed among the employees of the Pakistan Telecommunications Company (PTCL) following circulation of a form, requiring them to give their particulars regarding their families, education, training... HYDERABAD: MUET offers 394 more admissions HYDERABAD, Nov 5: The Mehran University of Engineering and Technology on Wednesday announced an increase of 394 seats in its different disciplines.... HYDERABAD: Pollution reduces fish stock in Manchhar HYDERABAD, Nov 5: Prof Mukhtiar Ahmed Mahar of the Department of Fresh Water Biology and Fisheries, University of Sindh, has called for diverting saline water of the Main Nara Valley Drain... HYDERABAD: Policemen ordered to file affidavits HYDERABAD, Nov 5: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Wednesday directed four police officials of Khanote and Wada Chachar police stations to file their affidavits that a man, Sher... HYDERABAD: HDA warns against housing scheme HYDERABAD, Nov 5: The Hyderabad Development Authority notified on Tuesday that it had not approved Gulshan-i-Imtiaz housing scheme.... MIRPURKHAS: Traffic police encouraging encroachments MIRPURKHAS, Nov 5: The police have failed to control vehicular traffic and encroachments in the city as result of which people are facing numerous hardships.... HYDERABAD: Councillor resigns HYDERABAD, Nov 5: A member of the Hyderabad District Council, Shahnaz Baqai, has resigned from the membership of the council’s labour committee, saying its constitution was illegal.... SHIKARPUR: Doctors boycott OPDs SHIKARPUR, Nov 5: The doctors and paramedical staff observed black day and boycotted the out-patient services in the Civil Hospital and other government-run health facilities in Shikarpur district on Tuesday.... PESHAWAR: Posters, cards depicting women’s pictures seized PESHAWAR, Nov 5: The activists of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (F) have seized posters and greeting cards depicting women’s pictures, particularly of Indian actresses, from shopkeepers in the walled-city markets during a campaign... PESHAWAR: Move to demolish temple flayed PESHAWAR, Nov 5: The Sarhad Conservation Network on Wednesday denounced the Peshawar cantonment board’s decision to demolish a one-and-a-half-century-old Balmeeki temple and order the Hindu community to vacate the site for the... PESHAWAR: Muslims urged to prepare for future challenges PESHAWAR, Nov 5:The Hizb-ut-Tahrir has urged the Muslim world to prepare itself for future challenges.... PESHAWAR: Recruitments delayed to accommodate senior doctors PESHAWAR, Nov 5: The decision to reinstate the doctors, who had resigned in protest against the institution-based practice (IBP), has delayed the fresh recruitment on various vacant posts in the teaching... PESHAWAR: Scouts organization in Fata ordered PESHAWAR, Nov 5: Governor Iftikhar Hussain Shah has directed the establishment of an organized Scout Association in the educational institutions of the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (Fata).... PESHAWAR: PTCL earns Rs3bn PESHAWAR, Nov 5: The Northern Telecommunication Region-1 (NTR-1) of the Pakistan Telecommunication raised over Rs3bn revenue during the 2002-03 financial year, surpassing the target it had been set for the same...

Contributions Privacy Policy © DAWN Group of Newspapers, 2005