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November 20, 2003 Thursday Ramazan 24, 1424 KARACHI: Sindh govt seeks transfer of DCET KARACHI, Nov 19: The Sindh government has sought willingness from the federal government in regard to transfer of Dawood College of Engineering and Technology (DCET) to it, said sources in the... KARACHI: SHC reserves judgment in Indian HC building case KARACHI, Nov 19: The Sindh High Court reserved on Wednesday its judgment in the former Indian high commission building case. The proceedings were initiated by Syed Ali Baqar Naqvi claiming that... KARACHI: Killer bus set on fire KARACHI, Nov 19: Following the death of a young man in a traffic accident, enraged people set fire to a minibus in New Karachi on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Edhi receives reports of 1,276 missing children KARACHI, Nov 19: Around 1,276 children have been reported missing with the Edhi Foundation till October 30 this year in sharp contrast to the official figures of 65 child lifting cases... KARACHI: Defiant meat merchants to face legal action KARACHI, Nov 19: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan, taking notice of the complaints about overcharging by meat sellers, has directed Enterprise and Investment Promotion (E&IP) department to take legal action against those... KARACHI: City govt to simplify procedure for water connection KARACHI, Nov 19: The City District Government Karachi has decided to simplify procedure for granting water connections to industrial units, and the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board has been asked to... KARACHI: Pearl case hearing adjourned KARACHI, Nov 19: The appeals moved by the convicts and the state for acquittals and enhancement of sentences in the US journalist Danial Pearle murder case were again adjourned on Wednesday... KARACHI: House jobbers seek payment of stipend KARACHI, Nov 19: The 270-odd postgraduate doctors working for Civil Hospital Karachi, Liaquat Medical University of Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Chandka Medical College, Larkana, and People’s Medical College, Nawabshah, have formed a... KARACHI: VC urged to reopen Honours admission KARACHI, Nov 19: Students aspiring for admissions to Honours programme at the University of Karachi have appealed to the vice-chancellor to reopen the dates for submission of admission forms through the... KARACHI: Rs36.5m for KU’s internet networking KARACHI, Nov 19: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) will provide Rs36.5 million to Karachi University within the next four months for its networking based on fibre optics, which will be used... KARACHI: Aftab displeased over police harassment KARACHI, Nov 19: Sindh chief minister’s adviser for home, Aftab Shaikh, has showed displeasure over summoning of elderly and bearded people to police stations for their alleged affiliations with religious organizations.... KARACHI: Eligibility for admissions on donors seats KARACHI, Nov 19: Candidates with a percentage of 34.77 will be eligible for admission to B.S. (CS/SE) at the Department of Computer Science, University of Karachi, against the donors’ seats.... KARACHI: SSUET Eid package KARACHI, Nov 19: The Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology on Wednesday announced Eid Package for its employees besides holidays from Nov 21 to Nov 28. The package includes payment... KARACHI: MQM seeks end to Jihad fund drive KARACHI, Nov 19: The MNAs belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement have appealed to the president and prime minister to restrain Jamaat-i-Islami from continuing its fund-raising campaign in the name of... KARACHI: Khar fielded to sabotage MMA movement: Hafiz KARACHI, Nov 19: A central leader of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Hafiz Hussain Ahmad, has accused the government of fielding Ghulam Mustafa Khar with the assigned task of sabotaging the opposition’s upcoming... KARACHI: Lawyer found dead in car KARACHI, Nov 19: Mir Hamid Nawaz Marwat, a city lawyer, and the son of a former Sindh minister, Mir Nawaz Khan Marwat, was found dead in his car on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Rashid hints at militants handover to US KARACHI, Nov 19: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has hinted that some of the high-profile militants, arrested during the Wana operation in Wazeeristan area might have been... KARACHI: AAG asked to consider UTPs transfer KARACHI, Nov 19: A division bench of the High Court of Sindh, comprising Justices Zahid Kurban Alavi and Zia Pervez, on Wednesday asked the additional advocate general, Sindh, to look into... KARACHI: KBCA seeks help for ejecting illegal occupants KARACHI, Nov 19: The Karachi Building Control Authority sought on Wednesday a direction to the city government to provide it the necessary assistance for the ejectment of illegal occupants of an... KARACHI: Ibad seeks details on sufferings of prisoners KARACHI, Nov 19: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has sought particulars of prisoners languishing in jails without trial, so that measures can be taken for their relief.... KARACHI: Inquiry into prisoner’s death demanded KARACHI, Nov 19: Deputy Speaker Sindh Assembly Ms Raheela Tiwana has demanded inquiry into the apparent suicide of a woman, Bilqis, in the lockup of women police station in Karachi.... KARACHI: Convicted woman gets bail KARACHI, Nov 19: A division bench of the Sindh High Court on Wednesday suspended the sentence of an accountability case convict and ordered her release on bail in the sum of... KARACHI: SHC approves merger of telecom firms KARACHI, Nov 19: The Sindh High Court sanctioned on Wednesday the merger of two telecommunication companies in the private sector without a court-supervised meeting of their shareholders.... KARACHI: Contaminated water supply irks Lyari residents KARACHI, Nov 19: Thousands of families residing in several buildings of Lyari’s D. D. Chaudhry Road and Baghdadi are being supplied contaminated water.... KARACHI: School holiday KARACHI, Nov 19: Sindh Education and Literacy Department (SELD) has declared November 21 as holiday on the occasion of Jumat-ul-Wida for all schools, colleges and private/public Institutes functioning under the administrative... KARACHI: Encroachments removed from Clifton shrine KARACHI, Nov 19: The building adjacent to Dargah Abudllah Shah Ghazi was demolished and encroachments in the premises of the Dargah were removed on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Naat contest KARACHI, Nov 19: A ‘Naat’ competition will be organized by the Fatima Jinnah Dental College (FJDC) on November 20.... KARACHI: 62 complaints about PTCL KARACHI, Nov 19: As many as 62 complaints about PTCL and 27 about KESC were received at the complaint centre established at the chief minister’s secretariat during last 24 hours.... KARACHI: Inquiry KARACHI, Nov 19: The Sindh government has appointed Mr Iqbal Ahmed Khawaja, senior civil judge, South Karachi, as registrar for the tribunal conducting judicial inquiry into the death of Umer Asghar... HYDERABAD: No scope for corporate farming in country, says VC HYDERABAD, Nov 19: The vice chancellor, Sindh Agriculture University, Tando Jam, Bashir Ahmed Chandio, while terming corporate farming a good concept, expressed doubts about its success in Pakistan.... HYDERABAD: Clerks demand Eid allowance HYDERABAD, Nov 19: The All Pakistan Clerks Association, held a demonstration outside the press club here on Wednesday to press for payment of Eid allowance equal to a month’s... HYDERABAD: NFC award on population basis opposed HYDERABAD, Nov 19: The speakers at a workshop have demanded that the National Finance Commission Award should be announced on the basis of revenue generation, poverty and backwardness instead of population.... BADIN: Cane growers hold demo BADIN, Nov 19: Sugarcane growers took out a procession in Shaheed Fazil Rahu on Tuesday on the call of the Sindh Small Growers Association.... DADU: Municipal staff stops water supply DADU, Nov 19: The sanitation staff of the Taluka Municipal Administration, Dadu, boycotted their work, stopped water supply to all localities and held a demonstration here on Wednesday to protest against... SUKKUR: Power shutdown SUKKUR, Nov 19: Executive engineer, Hesco Rohri, has announced that power supply from the Central Jail feeder will remain suspended on Nov 20 from 9am to 1:30pm due to some construction... HYDERABAD: Taluka Nazim takes oath HYDERABAD, Nov 19: The newly-elected Nazim of the Hyderabad taluka (rural), Ghulam Ali Gopang, belonging to the Awam Dost Panel, was administered the oath of his office here on Wednesday.... PESHAWAR: PHC concerned over faulty probe in narcotics cases PESHAWAR, Nov 19: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday commuted the sentence of ten years imprisonment awarded to a drug pusher to five years imprisonment.... Site for new airport selected PESHAWAR, Nov 19: The Civil Aviation Authority has selected site for the construction of a new international airport on the outskirts of the provincial capital.... PESHAWAR: Rs96.7m health project to be launched PESHAWAR, Nov 19: The NWFP Health Department is launching a nutrition project to overcome diseases caused by malnutrition, health official said here on Tuesday.... PESHAWAR: Life term of drug pushers upheld PESHAWAR, Nov 19: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal of two drug pushers and upheld the life sentence awarded to them by a trial... PESHAWAR: Hashish seized PESHAWAR, Nov 19: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on Wednesday seized 1,000kg of hashish from a vehicle during a roadblock on Grant Trunk Road near Jehangera town, said a press release.... PESHAWAR: Arrested PESHAWAR, Nov 19: The city police have arrested 81 alleged proclaimed offenders and 243 others and recovered arms and narcotics during Ramazan, said a press release on Wednesday.—Correspondent...

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