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November 24, 2003 Monday Ramazan 28, 1424 KARACHI: SSIC women employees Rs30 million Sanctioned to clear 7-year wages KARACHI, Nov 23: Sindh government has sanctioned a sum of Rs30 million to compensate 96 teachers, mostly women, who have been running from pillar to post over the past seven years... KARACHI: Departments’ tussle hits 10 city colleges KARACHI, Nov 23: A lack of coordination between the heads of education departments of the city and provincial governments is adversely affecting the working of ten newly set up boys and... KARACHI: 109 vehicles taken away in one week KARACHI, Nov 23: A total of 109 vehicles, including 40 cars and 69 motorcycles, have been taken away in different parts of the metropolis during the last one week.... KARACHI: Youth kills sister for misbehaving KARACHI, Nov 23: A young man shot dead his sister in Khokhrapar on late Saturday night.... KARACHI: Corruption in vehicle inspection affairs rampant KARACHI, Nov 23: “The motor vehicle inspector (MVI) has declared my bus unfit for a fitness certificate for one reason or the other. Each time I removed the objections raised by... KARACHI: Nazim bans collection of Chanda KARACHI, Nov 23: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has imposed Section-144 CrPC with immediate effect following the rise in number of complaints against extortion (Bhatta) in the name of Fitra, Zakat and... KARACHI: Sabzimandi to remain closed for two days KARACHI, Nov 23: The fruit market at New Sabzimandi will remain closed for two days on account of Eid-ul-Fitr (i.e on Nov 26 and 27, 2003).... KARACHI: ‘Faster’ meters irk power consumers KARACHI, Nov 23: A large number of Karachi Electric Supply Corporation consumers are certain that the new electricity meters supplied by the power utility run faster than the old ones. The... KARACHI: Ibad visits bazaars, listens to people’s problems KARACHI, Nov 23: Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad visited various shopping areas, including Saddar, Nazimabad, Haideri, North Karachi, Tariq Road, Clifton, Gulshan-i-Iqbal and Defence, to review security arrangements. He also inquired about... KARACHI: Private companies’help sought in health sector KARACHI, Nov 23: Sindh Information Technology Minister Yaqoob Illyas has said that the government has been striving hard for the provision of modern and affordable health facilities to the masses, however,... KARACHI: Sindh to play its due role in national progress: CM KARACHI, Nov 23: Sindh Chief Minister Ali Mohammed Mahar has said that the province will continue to play its role towards the progress and collective prosperity of the country.... KARACHI: Airmen, technicians pass out KARACHI, Nov 23: The passing out parade of aero-technicians and aero-support airmen was held on Saturday at the Pakistan Air Force Base, Korangi Creek.... KARACHI: Security beefed up for Eid KARACHI, Nov 23: The Sindh government has made effective security arrangements to prevent any act of terrorism by the recently banned religious parties during the last days of Ramazan or Eid-ul-Fitr.... KARACHI: Proper water supply during holidays to be ensured KARACHI, Nov 23: The Managing Director of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board, Brig Asif Ghazali, has directed all engineers to make special arrangements for keeping water supply and sewerage systems intact... KARACHI: School, dispensary projects KARACHI, Nov 23: The Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) leader, Haleem Siddiqui, has called upon the opposition parties to join hands with the government in furthering its agenda of promoting literacy, eliminating... KARACHI: BSc exams from Dec 20 KARACHI, Nov 23: The Karachi University has announced that BSc regular examinations-2003 will commence on Dec 20, from 2pm to 5pm.... KARACHI: Holidays notified KARACHI, Nov 23: The chief justice and judges of the Sindh High Court have declared,... KARACHI: MQM chief forms bodies for relief to minorities KARACHI, Nov 23: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain on Sunday constituted committees to help resolve the problems being faced by minorities in the country.... KARACHI: Sales Tax on actual supplies only: SHC KARACHI, Nov 23: Sales Tax could only be levied and collected on the basis of actual taxable supplies made by a “registered person” in terms of Section-3 of the Sales Tax... KARACHI: US bound to face defeat in Iraq: JI KARACHI, Nov 23: The Jamaat-i-Islami Secretary General, Syed Munawwar Hasan, has said that the technology has been defeated by the power of faith and the ongoing resistance in Iraq and Afghanistan... KARACHI: Tribunal admits civil servant’s petition KARACHI, Nov 23: The Sindh Service Tribunal accepted a civil servant’s appeal and quashed a major penalty awarded to him by the provincial government in 1994.... KARACHI: Jamali sees no immediate change in Sindh govt KARACHI, Nov 23: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, who has completed one year in the office, claimed that his government had given tough time to the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) during... KARACHI: Transfers, postings of DJs ordered KARACHI, Nov 23: The chief justice and the judges of High Court of Sindh have ordered the following transfers and postings of the District and Sessions Judges in public interest.... KARACHI: Workers’ wages KARACHI, Nov 23: The Sindh Minimum Wages Board has finalized the recommendations to set the minimum wages for construction workers, which has been announced in extraordinary gazette of Sindh government on... KARACHI: 4 drug peddlers held KARACHI, Nov 23: The Pakistan Coast Guards have arrested four persons, including two women, and recovered drugs worth millions of rupees near a check post in Uthal, Balochistan.... HYDERABAD: Sacking of Wapda workers condemned HYDERABAD, Nov 23: Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union president Abdul Latif Nizamani has criticized Wapda officials for terminating services of the employees under the Presidential Ordinance-2000.... DADU: Civic amenities’ collapse sparks protest DADU, Nov 23: Residents of the city held a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Sunday against the collapse of water supply, drainage and sewerage systems.... SHIKARPUR: 10 injured in clash SHIKARPUR, Nov 23: Ten men were seriously injured in a clash between the Jafri and Brohi clansmen near Abdal Shakh on Sunday.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Funds for projects demanded NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 23: The members of the taluka council have demanded that funds should be provided to complete projects abandoned due to financial lapses.... SUKKUR: Three die in accident SUKKUR, Nov 23: Three persons were killed while three others injured in an accident on the National Highway near Daharki on Sunday.... HYDERABAD: Documentaries highlight environmental degradation HYDERABAD, Nov 23: Computer discs containing two video documentaries on Sindh’s environment, produced by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, were presented to Sindh University vice-chancellor by IUCN representative Nasir... MIRPURKHAS: Landlords accused of torturing peasants MIRPURKHAS, Nov 23: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has demanded arrest of culprits involved in the kidnapping and torturing of a peasant and his son in Chhachro taluka.... SUKKUR: Woman forcibly wedded SUKKUR, Nov 23: A woman, who had married of her own will and was later forced to leave her husband, was wedded to an elderly man in the Dara Wahan village... HYDERABAD: Teaching of Sindhi be ensured, says SLA HYDERABAD, Nov 23: Welcoming steps to ensure the teaching of Sindhi in the Jacobabad private schools, the Sindhi Language Authority has appealed to the district governments to ensure the teaching of... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Two killed NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 23: Two members of a family were shot dead and the third was severely injured by attackers in Mukerji village, Moro taluka, on Sunday.... HYDERABAD: Committee on water issue rejected HYDERABAD, Nov 23: Awami Tehrik chief Rasool Bux Palijo has said to create harmony among the provinces, contentious issues should be resolved at people’s level and not through committees .... PESHAWAR: No case registered Role of women’s PS not effective PESHAWAR, Nov 23: The women police station here in the provincial metropolis has so far proved of no significant assistance to the victimized women in the NWFP.... PESHAWAR: ‘Pullout from Iraq in US interest’ PESHAWAR, Nov 23: It is in the interest of the US to pull out of Iraq with grace, otherwise its forces are destined to face more humiliation than it confronted in... PESHAWAR: Fees in new varsities to be reduced PESHAWAR, Nov 23: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah approved 30 per cent decrease in the fee structure of the newly-established universities and directed the authorities concerned to make efforts to... PESHAWAR: Registration of FIR ordered PESHAWAR, Nov 23: District and sessions judge Hayat Ali Shah on Saturday ordered the police to register an FIR against Yekatooth-1 union council nazim for demolishing a graveyard....

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