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December 9, 2003 Tuesday Shawwal 14, 1424 KARACHI: Govt defends police for ‘better’ law and order: Opposition highlights killings KARACHI, Dec 8: As the Sindh Assembly resumed debate on law and order in the province on Monday, the discussion lacked depth and the members from either side failed to highlight... KARACHI: PA adopts bill on schools’ affairs KARACHI, Dec 8: The Sindh Assembly on Monday adopted three bills which included one that seeks amendment to the Sindh Private Educational Institutions (Regulation and Control) Ordinance 2001. The bill is... KARACHI: Rules for teachers’ institutes to be changed KARACHI, Dec 8: Sindh Education department has decided to bring changes in the rules governing the business of private teachers’ training institutions in the province.... KARACHI: Two cops killed in ambush KARACHI, Dec 8: Two policemen were killed in an ambush by unknown armed men near Sindh-Balochistan border in the limits of Manghopir police station, late on Sunday night.... KARACHI:Construction firm told to make Centre as defendant KARACHI, Dec 8: The Sindh High Court asked the National Construction Company on Monday to join the federal government as a defendant in its suit for arbitration over non-payment of its... KARACHI:Hike in atta price dismays governor KARACHI, Dec 8: Governor of Sindh Dr Ishratul Ibad, taking note of the unavailability of wheat flour at notified rates, has directed the provincial and city governments to take immediate measures... KARACHI: Ex-officials of PS, others held by NAB KARACHI, Dec 8: The National Accountability Bureau, Sindh, has arrested accused Capt (retd) Haroon Khan, Akhtar Hussain Askari and Khawaja Qadeer Ahmed on the “charges of misuse of official positions, thereby... KARACHI: Special children entertained KARACHI, Dec 8: More than a hundred handicapped children had fun for a couple of hours at a function organized at an elite city club on Monday.... KARACHI: Steps urged to curb population growth KARACHI, Dec 8: Sindh Population Minister Imtiaz Shaikh, citing population issue a formidable and potential threat to the national development, has underscored the need for an aggressive but pragmatic approach to... KARACHI:CDGK receives record bids for medicine purchase KARACHI, Dec 8: City government has received a record 140 bids for the procurement of medicines for its hospitals and dispensaries.... KARACHI: Humour at Eid Milan party KARACHI, Dec 8: The Eid Milan party at the Sadequain Institute of Art, hosted by the Daira-i-Adab-o-Saqafat, turned into an evening with humorists. Prose writers were found in low key and... KARACHI: MBBS annual exam schedule KARACHI, Dec 8: The Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Karachi, has announced the schedule of MBBS annual, theory examinations, commencing in the January-February, next year.... KARACHI: Honorary adviser KARACHI, Dec 8: A former chairman of the Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, Dr Mohammad Fahimuddin, has been appointed honorary adviser to the governor of Sindh on higher education, say official... KARACH:IA prose writer Praised KARACHI, Dec 8: Essayist Akhtar Hamed Khan was the guest of the evening held in his honour at the Irteqa Adabi Forum on Sunday. Author of his biographical volume “meri nakaam... KARACHI: Small plots, soft terms for low-income group urged KARACHI, Dec 8: Speakers at a meeting demanded that the government should earmark at least 30,000 small plots for the low-income group people of the city annually to bridge the gap... KARACHI: Nazims to seek president’s help KARACHI, Dec 8: Nazims of all the towns in Karachi will meet President Gen Pervez Musharraf who is expected to visit the city next week.... KARACHI: Power breakdown causes water shortfall KARACHI, Dec 8: Pumping of water to the city from Dhabeji pumping house remained suspended for more than two hours on Monday owing to a major electricity breakdown.... KARACHI: Kidnapping case hearing put off KARACHI, Dec 8: An anti-terrorism court put off on Monday the hearing of a kidnapping for ransom case after recording the statement of one of the two accused.... KARACHI: Amir Haider Kazmi gets bail before arrest KARACHI, Dec 8: Syed Saeed Hasan, Additional District and Sessions Judge, South-I and Judge Suppression of Terrorist Activities on Saturday confirmed bail before arrest of Ameer Haider Kazmi, a former federal... KARACHI: Dog-bite cases rising KARACHI, Dec 8: Some experts have expressed concern over the rising incidents of dog-bite cases in the country. They also spoke at length of the demise of patients due to inadequate... KARACHI: Wolpert lauds initiativesfor peace KARACHI, Dec 8: The noted biographer of the Quaid-i-Azam, Professor Stanley Wolpert, has hoped that “real engagement towards peace” will start between Pakistan and India by the end of the next... KARACHI: 388kg charas seized KARACHI, Dec 8: The Sindh Excise and Taxation Department on Monday foiled an attempt to smuggle out charas and seized about 388kg high quality charas in Baldia Town.... KARACHI: BSEK students’ week begins KARACHI, Dec 8: The student’s week, organized by the Board of Secondary Education, in connection with the Madar-i-Millat year, began on Monday at BSEK’s conference hall.... KARACHI: PWA’s general meeting on 11th KARACHI, Dec 8: The 24th annual general meeting of the Patients’ Welfare Association will be held on Dec 11 at the Dow Medical College.... KARACHI: Rangers to keep occupying hospital, PA informed KARACHI, Dec 8: The Sindh Assembly was on Monday informed that paramilitary Rangers were occupying a portion of the SESSI hospital in Hyderabad and would not be leaving unless the local... HYDERABAD: Scientists urged to promote research HYDERABAD, Dec 8: Pakistan Council of Scientific Industrial Research chairman Dr Anwarul Haq has urged scientists to make efforts to promote research in different fields and develop a linkage among universities,... MIRPURKHAS: Flour shortage persists in Mirpurkhas MIRPURKHAS, Dec 8: The flour crisis persists in the district as the district food department has failed to provide Chakki and mill owners with the wheat quota for the month, forcing... DADU: Villagers asked to vacate land in Kutcha area DADU, Dec 8: A rift has started between the district police, the forest department and private persons over possession of 3,000 acres in the Katcho area.... KHAIRPUR: Nazim flays raising of private force KHAIRPUR, Dec 8: District Nazim Nafisa Shah has said the establishment of the Odho private force will affect law and order situation in the district.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE :Officials accused of selling water NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Dec 8: The growers of tail-end of watercourse-9R, Khahi Qasim Minor, held a demonstration at the watercourse on Monday against water shortage.... BADIN: 17 hurt in accident BADIN, Dec 8: Seventeen persons, including five women and five children, were injured when a speedy truck overturned after its rear tyres burst on Sunday night.... HYDERABAD: Renovation of Nazim’s secretariat costs Rs1.7m HYDERABAD, Dec 8: An expenditure of Rs1,756,109 was incurred for renovation of the district Nazim secretariat on President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s visit in August this year.... JACOBABAD: Blast damages gas pipeline JACOBABAD, Dec 8: A pipeline supplying gas from Sui to Karachi blasted and caught fire near the Fazal Khan Hajano village, Tangwani, Kandhkot taluka, here on Monday at 2am.... HYDERABAD: Services of A. A. Brohi eulogized HYDERABAD, Dec 8: Tribute was paid to the late Ali Ahmed Brohi for his services in the cause of Sindh and the Sindhi language at a condolence meeting held on Sunday... JACOBABAD: Obituary JACOBABAD: The chieftain of Jakhrani clan, Sardar Baqa Mohammad Khan Jakhrani, died on Monday due to heart attack. He was 70.... PESHAWAR: Drives fail to eradicate polio: CM PESHAWAR, Dec 8: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani said on Monday that despite periodic campaigns and huge funds allocation for polio eradication, cases of the disease had been reported in different districts.... PESHAWAR:Prisoners escape from lock-up PESHAWAR, Dec 8: Two prisoners escaped from the district courts’ judicial lock-up here on Monday, police officials said.... PESHAWAR: Concern over change of hospital record PESHAWAR, Dec 8: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has expressed concern over the changes made in the audited record of the Khyber Teaching Hospital and termed it illegal.... PESHAWAR:Uplift funds sought PESHAWAR, Dec 8: An MPA of the Pakistan Peoples Party (Sherpao), Ms Ghazala Habib, has challenged the non-allocation of development funds to her constituency in the Peshawar High Court.... PESHAWAR: Bail plea in smuggling case dismissed PESHAWAR, Dec 8: The customs appellate bench of the Peshawar High Court on Monday dismissed bail petition of a person accused of smuggling falcons to the Middle East.... PESHAWAR:ANP leader shot dead PESHAWAR, Dec 8: A leader of the Awami National Party and a lawyer, Syed Marghoob Ali Shah, was shot dead by three unidentified armed men in Charsadda on Monday, a police... PESHAWAR: Opposition criticizes NWFP govt PESHAWAR, Dec 8: NWFP opposition leader Shahzada Gistasip Khan has said that the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal government does not need any opponents to climb it down as the bad governance is taking...

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