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December 12, 2003 Friday shawwal 17,1424 KARACHI: BCCP plot held by army belongs to Sindh govt: PA informed... KARACHI, Dec 11: The Sindh Assembly was on Thursday informed that the 70-acre land, adjacent to the National Stadium, Karachi, was the property of the provincial government.... KARACHI: PML’s parliamentary party weary of CM KARACHI, Dec 11: The Pakistan Muslim League’s parliamentary party, at its meeting on Thursday, expressed disappointment over the performance of the provincial government, led by Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Mahar. It... KARACHI: Karachi hosts biggest ever peace session today KARACHI,Dec 11: As the over 250 Indian delegates disembark from their overnight journey from Lahore by the Karachi Express on Friday, the city will play host to the biggest session of... KARACHI: Damaged pipeline repaired KARACHI, Dec 11: The 66-inch dia pipeline which got damaged on Wednesday on main University Road, near Old Sabzi Mandi, has been repaired.... KARACHI: Four shot dead KARACHI, Dec 11: Four men, including a Muttahida Qaumi Movement activist, were shot dead in different incidents at various city localities on Thursday, the police said.... KARACHI: Neglect mars work on public parks project KARACHI, Dec 11: The projects of two central recreational parks promised to the citizens of the metropolis by President Gen Pervez Musharraf, while he was campaigning for the referendum in Karachi,... KARACHI: CDGK told to extend help to KBCA KARACHI, Dec 11: The city government is bound to extend all administrative and police assistance to the Karachi Building Control Authority to enable it to discharge its functions, a division bench... KARACHI: Pakistan urged not to recognize Israel KARACHI, Dec 11: The imam of Masjid-i-Aqsa and vice chancellor of Gaza University, Al-Sheikh Mohammad Al-Sayyam, said on Thursday that Israel was not only the enemy of Palestinian Muslims but also... KARACHI: Uplift works in Faisal Town KARACHI, Dec 11: Shah Faisal Town administration will shortly provide a new sewerage system and thereafter stormwater drains of the town will be used exclusively for the drainage of rainwater.... KARACHI: Chundrigar Road to be beautified KARACHI, Dec 11: A high-level meeting at the Governor’s House on Thursday discussed measures for beautification of I.I. Chundrigar Road and other link roads and streets.... KARACHI: Low literacy rate blamed on poverty KARACHI, Dec 11: Speakers at a seminar on Thursday stressed the need for increasing literacy in the country, and demanded of the government to intensify efforts for provision of basic education,... KARACHI: Karafilm festival begins today KARACHI, Dec 11: Over 80 films will be screened at the 3rd Karafilm Festival which opens on Friday with a ceremony which will be attended by a number of Pakistani and... KARACHI: BSc Home Economics results announced KARACHI, Dec 11: The University of Karachi on Thursday announced results of BSc Home Economics (Second year), annual examinations-2003, with a pass percentage of 70.53.... KARACHI: Gulshan college KARACHI, Dec 11: A general body meeting of the Parents-Teachers Association of the Government Degree College of Commerce and Science, Gulshan-i-Iqbal, will be held on Saturday at 9.30am on the college... KARACHI: Road project KARACHI, Dec 11: Sindh Planning and Development Minister Syed Shoaib Ahmed Bukhari on Thursday inaugurated a road reconstruction scheme proposed by MNA, Dr Qadir Khanzada, for Orangi Town constituency, NA-242, under... KARACHI: Paintings show at Kunj KARACHI, Dec 11: An exhibition of paintings by Zahid Ahmed and Fozia Zahid will open on Friday at the Kunj art gallery.... KARACHI: Prosecution seeks death for accused: Kidnapping case KARACHI, Dec 11: An anti-terrorism court reserved on Thursday judgment in a kidnapping for ransom case as the prosecution sought capital punishment for the accused.... KARACHI: Maulana Noorani’s death mourned KARACHI, Dec 11: The death of Allama Maulana Shah Ahmed Noorani sent a wave of shock and grief among people in Karachi, and leaders of public opinion, including Ulema, scholars, and... KARACHI: Kidnappers held KARACHI, Dec 11: A student, who had been kidnapped, after being released led the police and the Citizen Police Liaison Committee to arrest his captor on Thursday.... KARACHI: PA session adjourned till Dec 17 KARACHI, Dec 11: The debate on law and order situation in the Sindh Assembly remained inconclusive as the session had to be adjourned due to the demise of Maulana Shah Ahmed... KARACHI: KPT to get $10m from Tasman management KARACHI, Dec 11: The Karachi Port Trust (KPT) has asked the management of Tasman Spirit, the oil tanker which ran aground in July off Karachi coast, to pay US$10 million against... KARACHI: Strike call withdrawn KARACHI, Dec 11: The Karachi Transporters Ittehad (KTI) on Thursday announced withdrawal its strike call for December 13 after getting assurance from the IG Police of resolution of their problems.... KARACHI: Two die in accidents KARACHI, Dec 11: A man and a woman died in separate road accidents in different localities.... KARACHI: Obituary KARACHI, Dec 11: Nasima Khatoon, 68, wife of a former general manager or Morning News, Dhaka, Syed Zafar Ahmed Hashmi, died here on Thursday morning after a protracted illness. Mrs Hashmi... HYDERABAD: World Bank, ADB blamed for faulty LBOD design HYDERABAD, Dec 11: The Save Coast Action Committee Badin — a conglomerate of various NGOs and traders associations — have demanded that the Left Bank Outfall Drain should be redesigned as... HYDERABAD: Rs6bn will be spent on water system, sewerage HYDERABAD, Dec 11: The District Coordination Officer has said Rs6 billion will be spent on the improvement of water supply and sewerage systems under the Hyderabad Development Package.... HYDERABAD: Prisoners’ ward in hospital sought HYDERABAD, Dec 11: Sindh inspector general of prisons, Brig Nisar Mahar, has appealed to the district Nazim, Dr Makhdoom Rafik Zaman, to make efforts for securing a separate ward for the... HYDERABAD: Quality in works urged HYDERABAD, Dec 11: DCO Mohammad Hussain Syed has directed the officers of communication and works department not to compromise on the quality of work in the on-going development schemes.... HYDERABAD: PM to be chief guest at moot HYDERABAD, Dec 11: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali will be the chief guest at the inaugural session of a three-day conference of the Association of Pakistani Physicians of North America,... DADU: One dies in accident DADU, Dec 11: One passenger was killed and 10 others were injured when a Dadu-bound jeep collided head-on with a pickup on the Dadu-Johi Road near here on Tuesday night.... SUKKUR: Woman killed SUKKUR, Dec 11: A woman, Anwar Khatoon, 25, was killed by armed men in the jurisdiction of Karim Bux village police station Jacobabad district on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: Honour killings be declared penal offence: speakers PESHAWAR, Dec 11: The participants at a three-day workshop urged the government to declare honour-related murder as intentional killing and enact provincial laws in conformity with existing laws in the country.... PESHAWAR: Trainee doctors allege rigging in examinations PESHAWAR, Dec 11: Many trainee medical officers, who appeared in the tests to complete their requirements for Part-II Postgraduate examination at the city hospitals, have accused the authorities of manipulating the... PESHAWAR: Former minister’s sentence reduced PESHAWAR, Dec 11: An accountability appellate bench of the Peshawar High Court on Thursday commuted the sentence awarded to a former provincial health minister, Haleem Khattak, by an accountability court.... PESHAWAR: Investors interested in Fata coal mines PESHAWAR, Dec 11: A joint venture of investors from the UK, the Pak Energy Resources, has expressed interest in the coal mines of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata).... PESHAWAR: KhUJ given Rs5m PESHAWAR, Dec 11: NWFP Minister for Information and Public Relations and Chairman of Revenue Reforms Commission Asif Iqbal Daudzai presented a cheque for Rs5 million to the President of Khyber Union... PESHAWAR: Book fair opens at KMC PESHAWAR, Dec 11: Islami Jamiat Tulaba has arranged a three-day book fair at the Khyber Medical College here on Thursday to provide books at discounted rates.... PESHAWAR: Free eye camp PESHAWAR, Dec 11: Medical Corps of the Pakistan Army has organized a week-long free eye camp at Ghiljo in the Orakzai Agency in order to provide modern health care facilities to...

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