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November 14, 2003 Friday Ramazan 18, 1424 KARACHI: Opposition resents meddling by Centre: Pandemonium mars debate KARACHI, Nov 13: The Sindh Assembly debate on the row between sugarcane growers and sugar mill owners remained inconclusive due to a rumpus in the House over the use of unparliamentary... KARACHI: Motorist dies in police shooting KARACHI, Nov 13: A passing motorist died when police opened fire at two armed suspects in Sir Syed Town on Thursday.... KARACHI: 3 kidnappers sentenced to death KARACHI, Nov 13: An anti-terrorism court sentenced three men to death on Thursday for kidnapping a man for ransom.... KARACHI: City to have Disneyland-type site: CM KARACHI, Nov 13: Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Mahar has said that his government is striving to develop Karachi’s coastal areas into a tourist resort to attract tourists.... KARACHI: 13 Indian fishermen arrested KARACHI, Nov 13: Officials of the Maritime Security Agency arrested 13 Indian fishermen on Thursday for violating sea boundaries.... KARACHI: Minister tell PA Draft bill on educational institutions finalized KARACHI, Nov 13: The government has finalized a draft bill to regulate private educational institutions’ operation, curriculum and fee structure and a bill to this effect will be presented in the... KARACHI: Teenager kills himself KARACHI, Nov 13: A teenager committed suicide by hanging himself in North Nazimabad late Wednesday night.... KARACHI: Lack of trade with India bad for Pakistan: Grant KARACHI, Nov 13: The British High Commissioner, Mark Lyall Grant, has said that once the concerns expressed by the Commonwealth are addressed by Pakistan there will be no problem in reviving... KARACHI: Work on PS land stayed KARACHI, Nov 13: The Sindh High Court restrained the City District Government Karachi and the police department from carrying out further construction on the allegedly unlawfully occupied building of the Tipu... KARACHI: US envoy welcomes CBMs: Pakistan-India ties KARACHI, Nov 13: American Ambassador to Pakistan, Nancy J. Powell, has said Washington is committed to building a strong and comprehensive relationship with Islamabad and welcomed the recent exchange of Confidence... KARACHI: Carbon-dating of property papers sought KARACHI, Nov 13: The plaintiff proposed to the Sindh High Court on Thursday ‘radio carbon dating’ of the documents submitted in respect of the former Indian high commission building to ascertain... KARACHI: Extortion condemned KARACHI, Nov 13: Muttahida Majlise Amal’s central leader, Prof Ghafoor Ahmad, has said that in its one-year rule the Jamali government had done nothing in the Senate and the National Assembly... KARACHI: Farmers told to quit sugarcane cultivation KARACHI, Nov 13: Sindh National Front Chairman Sardar Mumtaz Ali Bhutto has called upon sugarcane growers of Sindh not to rely on the government for any relief. Instead, he advised, they... KARACHI: Road repairs in Site Town sought KARACHI, Nov 13: The Chairman, Site Association of Industry, Haroon Farooqi, has said that almost one-fifth of the city’s population, residing on both sides of the Mauripur and Hawkesbay roads and... KARACHI: Extortionist sentenced KARACHI, Nov 13: The additional district and sessions judge, East, Abdul Malick, sentenced an extortionist to suffer rigorous imprisonment for four and half years.... KARACHI: Robbery KARACHI, Nov 13: An advocate was robbed of Rs25,690 and a mobile phone at Pakistan Chowk by three armed men on Thursday.... KARACHI: Ibad’s orders on PG doctors ignored: CPSP chief says ... KARACHI, Nov 13: In Sindh there are fewer than a thousand part-II trainees of FCPS (Fellow of College of Physicians and Surgeons) who are not being paid their stipend. At the... KARACHI: Bad habits cause attacks: experts KARACHI, Nov 13: Every year about 100,000 people from suffer heart attacks in Pakistan. Of this number approximately 33,000 patients die within the first year.... KARACHI: Urdu’s role in national unity highlighted KARACHI, Nov 13: Speakers at a function on Thursday vowed to continue efforts for implementation of Urdu as the official language in country and promotion of Urdu as the sole medium... KARACHI: Boat-ambulance for islands planned KARACHI, Nov 13: Sindh Health Department is planning to launch a well-equipped boat-ambulance to meet emergency health needs of the people living in islands scattered across coastal areas of the city.... KARACHI: City govt to help SMI in getting varsity status: Nazim KARACHI, Nov 13: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has said that the city government would support the Sindh Madressatul Islam (SMI) in getting university status.... KARACHI: Permanent complaint centres urged KARACHI, Nov 13: Sindh Adviser for Home, Aftab Shaikh, has emphasised the need for permanent complaint centres manned by officials with magisterial powers at the city’s busy and important business centres,... KARACHI: Separate BCom exams of new, old courses KARACHI, Nov 13: The University of Karachi on Thursday notified for the information of all BCom (Regular/External) candidates of 2003 that this year BCom annual examination-2003 for the new and old... KARACHI: KBCA men demoted KARACHI, Nov 13: Chief Controller Building Control Authority, Brig A.S. Nasir, has taken action against a number of KBCA officers and ordered their demotion.... KARACHI: Date extended KARACHI, Nov 13: The Centre of Excellence For Women‘s Studies, University of Karachi, on Thursday announced that last date for submission of admission forms for MA has been extended up to... KARACHI: Urdu varsity registration date KARACHI, Nov 13: The private candidates for BA, BCom and MA can submit their registration forms with a late fee of Rs600 from Nov 14 to 21.... HYDERABAD: Ambiguity over DPSC powers deplored HYDERABAD, Nov 13: The District Public Safety Commission chief Masood Pervez has stressed the need for determining the sphere of the authority of the DPSC to entertain public complaints against the... HYDERABAD: Wapda accused of dividing workers HYDERABAD, Nov 13: The president, Wapda Hydro Electric Labour Union, Abdul Latif Nizamani, has said that the officials of Wapda had adopted a policy of divide and rule and the authority... BADIN: Relief offered to rain victims BADIN, Nov 13: The Islami Relief, a UK-based NGO, has opened its office here for providing relief and rehabilitation to the rain and flood victims of the district.... HYDERABAD: SHC seeks end to dispute HYDERABAD, Nov 13: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Wednesday on a contempt of court application directed the Regional Transport Authority secretary to call a meeting of the transport... HYDERABAD: Water shortage hits cane crop: FOs HYDERABAD, Nov 13: A delegation of chairmen of five farmers’ organizations of the Nara Canal Area Water Board that called on the Sida managing director at his office here on Wednesday... HYDERABAD: University official criticized HYDERABAD, Nov 13: The Sindh Agriculture University Teachers Association has sought the intervention of the governor in a university matter, expressing concern over the misuse of powers by the controller of... HYDERABAD: Prisoner injured HYDERABAD, Nov 13: The Cantonment police arrested a man and recovered a revolver from his possession after he shot at and injured an under-trial prisoner in the sessions court premises here... HYDERABAD: B-Pharmacy admissions begin HYDERABAD, Nov 13: The director admissions, University of Sindh, on Thursday announced that admissions to the Institute of Pharmacy for degree and post graduate diploma courses (evening shift) under self-finance scheme... SANGHAR: Two shot dead over Karo-kari SANGHAR, Nov 13: A young boy and a girl were shot dead on the pretext of Karo-kari near the Lundo railway crossing about 70km off here on Thursday.... HYDERABAD: Militant body’s record seized HYDERABAD, Nov 13: The personnel of an intelligence agency searched the office of a banned militant organization at Tilak Incline on Tuesday night and seized literature and other record.... PESHAWAR: Slow execution of ADP may land govt in trouble PESHAWAR, Nov 13: The NWFP government is likely to experience a difficult time at the end of the current financial year at the hands of its major donor agencies as its... GILGIT: Seven die in two road accidents GILGIT, Nov 13: At least five persons, including a woman and a girl, were killed on Wednesday due to a road accident near Pingul village of Ghizer District, 150km from here,... PESHAWAR: HRCP leader’s plea adjourned PESHAWAR, Nov 13: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Thursday adjourned hearing of a writ petition filed by the Secretary-General of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Ms... PESHAWAR: Eight DPs elected to Loya Jirga PESHAWAR, Nov 13: The Afghan constitution drafting commission completed electoral exercise in the North-West Frontier Province and Punjab on Thursday and elected eight representatives of refugees for the upcoming Loya Jirga... PESHAWAR: Govt to address printers’ problems PESHAWAR, Nov 13: NWFP Assembly Speaker Bakht Jehan Khan has said that the problems of the Printers and Publishers Council will be addressed and the government will protect its rights.... GILGIT: Two labourers die as water tank collapses GILGIT, Nov 13: Two labourers died when a water tank collapsed and its water swept them out to Astore River near Harcho village, some 100 kilometres off Gilgit, police sources said....

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