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December 13, 2003 Saturday shawwal 18,1424 KARACHI: Nadra’s authority to cancel NICs challenged: SHC issues notices KARACHI, Dec 12: The federal government and the National Database and Registration Authority were on Friday issued notices for Dec 19 in a writ petition challenging the scheduled cancellation of old... KARACHI: Overage candidates issued calls for lecturers test KARACHI, Dec 12: The Sindh Education department has issued call letters to a number of applicants, who do not fulfil the age criteria as determined by it for contract-based appointments of... KARACHI: Hyatt Regency, sports complex waiting for rescuers KARACHI, Dec 12: The two abandoned landmark projects in the city — the National Indoor Sports Complex (on M. A. Jinnah Road) and Hyatt Regency Hotel (in front of the PIDC)... KARACHI: Accidents claim three lives KARACHI, Dec 12: Three men died in different traffic accidents on Friday.... KARACHI: Regularization of notified kutchi abadis ordered KARACHI, Dec 12: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan on Friday called for effective steps for regularization of notified Katchi Abadis throughout the province, and provision of required facilities therein in... KARACHI: Profiteers continue to fleece consumers KARACHI, Dec 12: Government functionaries seem oblivious to the miseries caused to the general public by an exorbitant and uncontrolled rise in the prices of essential goods.... KARACHI: CM satisfied with govt’s performance KARACHI, Dec 12: Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Mahar has expressed his satisfaction over the performance of the coalition on the completion of its first year in office.... KARACHI: Tariq Hassan displeased KARACHI, Dec 12: Acting city Nazim Tariq Hassan on Friday said Karachi, a calm and peaceful city where social events and gatherings were held regularly, was being projected in the international... KARACHI: Court asks DAG to help in case against Pemra KARACHI, Dec 12: Justice S. Ahmed Sarwana of the Sindh High Court decided on Friday to hear a deputy attorney-general and an amicus curiae in an appeal moved by a channel... KARACHI: Ibad orders probe into affairs of Sabzimandi KARACHI, Dec 12: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has ordered inquiry into the affairs of New Sabzi Mandi on the Super Highway, responding to the complaints of mismanagement and corruption made... KARACHI: Pakistan-India peace parleys: a resume KARACHI, Dec 12: The Pakistan-India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy is holding what has been billed as a major peace conference between prominent citizens of the two countries. This is... KARACHI: Misuse of Islamic laws condemned KARACHI, Dec 12: Speakers at a seminar condemned misuse of Islamic laws — Hudood, Qisas & Diyat, etc. — resulting in violation of human rights and demanded that the laws be... KARACHI: Malir road devastated KARACHI, Dec 12: The road connecting Saudabad with Shahrah-i-Faisal at Kalaboard in Malir Town has become a striking example of the apathy of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KW&SB) officials.... KARACHI: Peace convention can make a difference KARACHI, Dec 12: The 6th three-day convention of the Pakistan-India Peoples Forum for Peace and Democracy opened on Friday at a local hotel.... KARACHI: Maulana Noorani’s death condoled KARACHI, Dec 12: Sindh Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights, Choudhry Iftikhar Ahmed, Education Minister Irfanullah Marwat and Fisheries and Live Stock Minister Sardar Manzoor Khan Panhwar, expressing deep... KARACHI: Illegal structure razed KARACHI, Dec 12: The Karachi Building Control Authority has finally demolished the illegally constructed top floors of an under-construction building, after the issue was raised by the federal and provincial governments... KARACHI: Winter vacation from 26th KARACHI, Dec 12: Sindh Education and Literacy Department has announced that all public and private education institutions will remain closed for winter vacations from Dec 26 to Jan 3, 2004.... KARACHI: KU delays merit list KARACHI, Dec 12: The admission committee of University of Karachi on Friday announced that the merit list for admissions in BA, BSc and BPharmacy will be issued on Dec 18.... KARACHI: Cold weather KARACHI, Dec 12: The Met department has forecast cold and dry weather for the entire region on Saturday. The weather in Karachi is expected to remain fair with cool night, while... KARACHI: PWA blood bank’s renovation begins KARACHI, Dec 12: The Patient Welfare Association, Dow Medical College and Civil Hospital has initiated expansion and renovation of its blood bank, presently providing more than 200 points of screened and... KARACHI: Mehshar Badayuni remembered KARACHI, Dec 12: Speakers at a memorial meeting about Mehshar Badayuni on Sunday at the Arts Council underlined the need for tracing the anthology of poems that he had compiled in... KARACHI: Foundation-stone for girls college laid KARACHI, Dec 12: Sindh Education Minister Irfanullah Khan Marwat on Friday laid foundation stone of a girls college in Azam Basti, Mehmoodabad, which will be completed at an estimated cost of... KARACHI: 4,000 plots allotted to LEW affectees KARACHI, Dec 12: Allotment of approximately 4,000 plots at the Hawkesbay resettlement site for those affected by the Lyari Expressway project has been completed.... KARACHI: DMC exams KARACHI, Dec 12: Pre-Prof Preparatory examinations for first and second year students of the Dow Medical College would commence from Dec 16 at the college premises.... KARACHI: BIEK extends date KARACHI, Dec 12: The Board of Intermediate Education has extended the date for acceptance of examination forms of all groups... HYDERABAD: Fazl slams Musharraf’s bid to fail LFO talks HYDERABAD, Dec 12: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has criticized President Gen Pervez Musharraf for pressuring the government on the issue of the Legal Framework Order.... SANGHAR: Death of prisoner sparks riots SANGHAR, Dec 12: Riots broke out in the district jail, Sanghar, after the death of an under trial prisoner allegedly due to torture by the jail officials here on Friday.... KHAIRPUR: Power supply to nine villages cut KHAIRPUR, Dec 12: A team of Hesco Setharja sub-division on Friday disconnected the power supply to nine villages for non-payment of dues.... DADU: Check on Gorakh uplift plan sought DADU, Dec 12: The Zila Nazim Dadu, Malik Asad Sikandar has said that he was not consulted while initiating development schemes at Gorakh Hill station and as a result he had... HYDERABAD: Progress of development schemes reviewed HYDERABAD, Dec 12: Progress of 302 schemes of the annual development programme was discussed at the monthly review meeting held at the district Nazim Secretariat here on Thursday.... LARKANA: SHC sets three detainees free LARKANA, Dec 12: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Larkana circuit, released three villagers, who were illegally detained by Nasirabad police on Friday . The bench comprised Justice Sarmad... HYDERABAD: Moot on cardiology held HYDERABAD, Dec 12: An eminent physician of the country, Dr Chaudhry Ali Mohammad, has said that with increasing intrusions of high technology in medicine, the contact of patients with doctors is... SUKKUR: Newsman’s murder: accused held SUKKUR, Dec 12: Eighteen people, including the main accused in Ameer Bux Brohi murder case, were arrested by the Shikarpur police on Friday.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Jatoi’s wife laid to rest NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Dec 12: The wife of former caretaker prime minister Ghulam Mustafa Khan Jatoi breathed her last in the Mideast Hospital, Karachi, on Thursday evening.... PESHAWAR: Anti-poppy efforts suffer setback PESHAWAR, Dec 12: Islamabad’s foreign-funded initiative to eliminate poppy cultivation in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) has suffered a major setback after the Khyber Agency’s political administration failed to distribute... PESHAWAR: Land for burns ward not yet handed over PESHAWAR, Dec 12: The delay in handing over of the land allocated for setting up a burns unit promised by the provincial government has caused inconvenience to patients as there is... PESHAWAR: Call to reactivate scout movement PESHAWAR, Dec 12: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has stressed the need for widening the scope of scout movement with special focus on its re-activation and revitalization to enable it... PESHAWAR: Demo held against Hudood Ordinance PESHAWAR, Dec 12: The Joint Action Committee (JAC), a conglomerate of non-governmental organizations working for the betterment the womenfolk, held a demonstration against the Hudood Ordinance outside the NWFP Assembly here... KOHAT: Police ordered to arrest killers of trader KOHAT, Dec 12: Governor Iftikhar Hussain Shah has asked the police to immediately arrest the killers of the president of the Mushtarika Markets Association, who was killed in the cantonment area,... MINGORA: Traders strike tomorrow MINGORA, Dec 12: The Swat Traders Federation will observe a one-day strike on Sunday against what they called the deteriorating law and order situation in the district. STF chief Abdur Rahim...

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