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November 7, 2003 Friday Ramazan 11, 1424 KARACHI: Hydrant overflow floods buildings: Two tankers set on fire KARACHI, Nov 6: The KWSB hydrant, situated behind the Civic Centre, created havoc in the nearby vicinity early Thursday morning as water from the hydrant started entering several adjacent apartment buildings.... KARACHI: City govt to set up outlets for mutton: Volunteers to man stalls KARACHI, Nov 6: The city government is lining up volunteers to ensure a smooth and regular supply of meat at the prescribed rates throughout the city as meat merchants have resorted... KARACHI: Conjoined babies die KARACHI, Nov 6: The conjoined pair of girls struggling for life for the last 10 days at an intensive care unit of the National Institute of Child Health, died on Thursday... KARACHI: Rangers kill suspected bandit KARACHI, Nov 6: A suspected bandit was shot dead by Rangers in Shah Faisal Colony on Thursday.... KARACHI: Notices to jail authorities on Usman’s petition KARACHI, Nov 6: A division bench of the Sindh High Court issued notices to the Central Prison authorities in a writ petition moved by former Steel Mills chairman Usman Farooqui against... KARACHI: Sindh PA meets today amid tense atmosphere KARACHI, Nov 6: The Sindh Assembly meets here on Friday amid tension between the treasury and opposition benches particularly over water issue, fall out of the recently concluded local bodies elections... KARACHI: Increase in meat prices not justified KARACHI, Nov 6: Speakers at a seminar on Need for a comprehensive meat policy refuted meat merchants’ claim that was a shortage of animals in the country. They blamed butcher community... KARACHI: Power failures belie KESC claims KARACHI, Nov 6: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation on Thursday said it was maintaining normal power supply to the city, but there were reports of power breakdowns in many localities.... KARACHI: Babul Islam day observed KARACHI, Nov 6: ‘Youme Babul Islam’ was observed in the city on Thursday to commemorate the advent of Islam in the Indian subcontinent with the arrival of Mohammad bin Qasim in... KARACHI: New bus route for Landhi, Surjani KARACHI, Nov 6: An express service of Karachi Green Bus is being started between Landhi and Surjani Town from Nov 11.... KARACHI: KU staff demands KARACHI, Nov 6: The non-teaching employees at the University of Karachi have urged the authorities to grant them leave encashment facility of one month before Eidul Fitr.... KARACHI: Transporters to get land for buses KARACHI, Nov 6: Senior minister Syed Sardar Ahmed said on Thursday that the provincial government would provide 5,000 square yards space for parking buses to those transporter who owns at least... KARACHI: City govt plans survey of intersections KARACHI, Nov 6: The city district government Karachi has decided to conduct a survey of all intersections in the city to assess the traffic volume on these spots and to recommend... KARACHI: Complaint cell KARACHI, Nov 6: Peoples’ complaints keep pouring in at the complaint cell set up at the chief minister’s house here.... KARACHI: Security guard gets life in murder case KARACHI, Nov 6: The additional district and sessions judge, Central, Muhammed Riaz Shaikh, sentenced on Thursday a private security guard to suffer life term for murdering a man.... KARACHI: Marine life still shows effects of oil spill KARACHI, Nov 6: Marine species caught from the oil-affected zone of offshore waters of the Arabian Sea, still show effects of oil spill from Tasman Spirit, the foreign tanker, which ran... KARACHI: Measures to beautify entry point ordered KARACHI, Nov 6: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has directed the departments concerned to expedite the implementation of a plan to beautify Sohrab Goth, the city’s entry point.... KARACHI: Senate chief briefed on law, order KARACHI, Nov 6: Acting President Mohammedmian Soomro was Thursday informed about the ongoing development schemes and law and order situation in the province at a meeting with Governor Dr Ishrat ul... KARACHI: Attempts to divide legal fraternity criticized KARACHI, Nov 6: The Sindh Bar Council, the Sindh High Court Bar Association and the Karachi Bar Association warned the government on Thursday against attempts to divide the legal fraternity.... HYDERABAD: Civil Hospital: issue of medicines purchase lingers HYDERABAD, Nov 6: The health department has asked the management of the Civil Hospital Hyderabad to purchase medicines from the available budget as soon as possible as tenders for the medicines... HYDERABAD: Donors to be urged not to fund disputed projects HYDERABAD, Nov 6: The leaders of the Anti-Greater Thal Canal Action Committee agreed in principle to approach international agencies to request them not to advance any funds to Pakistan for the... HYDERABAD: Cotton ginning rate fixed HYDERABAD, Nov 6: The Sindh government on Wednesday issued a notification fixing ginning charges for cotton crop at Rs220 per three maunds of Phutti.... HYDERABAD: Sacking of Wapda workers slammed HYDERABAD, Nov 6: The Wapda Hydro Electric Labour Union at an urgent meeting has severely criticized the superintendent engineer (circle-II) Ziaul Haque Khan, ex-engineer Imdad Ali Dozar, and ex-engineer (Naushahro Feroze)... HYDERABAD: ‘Sindh had education system before Raj’ HYDERABAD, Nov 6: There was free, indigenous and vibrant educational system in Sindh before the advent of British.... MIRPURKHAS: Hospital lacks doctors MIRPURKHAS, Nov 6: Hundreds of patients are suffering due to the shortage of senior physicians at the Civil Hospital Mirpurkhas.... HYDERABAD:Villagers’ demo HYDERABAD, Nov 6, A large number of villagers of Goth Noor Khan Chang, union council-4, Qasimabad, held a protest demonstration on Thursday outside the Hyderabad Press Club against the raid on... KHAIRPUR: Three held KHAIRPUR, Nov 6: The police have arrested three people — Ali Ahmed, Imdad Ali, and Ali Dino — from the Millan Narejo village on Wednesday on the charge of providing shelter... PESHAWAR: Survey to start in June, says Mahar: Chaman-Kandahar rail link PESHAWAR,  Nov 6: The railways, which has entered an accord with Kabul on a rail link between Chaman and Kandahar, will start a survey for laying the tracks after June next... PESHAWAR: Peshawar declared disabled-friendly PESHAWAR, Nov 6: Peshawar has been declared disabled-friendly city, Nilofar Bakhtiar, adviser to the prime minister on social welfare, health and women development, said.... PESHAWAR: SC upholds death sentence PESHAWAR, Nov 6: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the capital punishment awarded to a petitioner by a trial court for killing a former inspector-general of police. A two-member bench, comprising... PESHAWAR: Shortage of women technicians PESHAWAR, Nov 6: Shortage of women technicians at public hospitals in the province is causing problems for women patients.... PESHAWAR: Plan to install compost plant shelved PESHAWAR, Nov 6: The Rs15 million compost plant project meant to scientifically dispose of solid waste could not be materialized due to lack of interest on the part... PESHAWAR: Action against SHO ordered PESHAWAR, Nov 6: A judicial magistrate on Thursday directed the chief capital city police and the SSP (Investigation) to take action against an SHO (investigation) for extending favours to some accused... PESHAWAR: Eight SPs transferred PESHAWAR, Nov 6: The provincial IG police Riffat Pasha has ordered to transfer and postings of eight superintendents of  police, official sources said on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: Iftikhar lauds efforts for women’s welfare PESHAWAR, Nov 6: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah on Thursday appreciated the federal government’s initiatives for the welfare of women and disabled persons in the province as well as the... PESHAWAR: Price hike criticized PESHAWAR, Nov 6: An MPA of the PPP-S, Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao, has expressed concern over increase in the prices of flour and other essential items....

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