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December 15, 2003 Monday Shawwal 20, 1424 KARACHI: Suspect shot dead by police; three bodies found KARACHI, Dec 14: Four people died in separate incidents in different parts of the city on Sunday.... KARACHI: Concern shown at steps to favour MNCs: Pakistan-India People’s Forum KARACHI, Dec 14: During the three-day meeting of the Pakistan-India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy, (PIPFPD), the sectoral meetings expressed concern over the changes in labour laws detrimental to workers... KARACHI: Customs directors can’t maintain appeals KARACHI, Dec 14: A customs intelligence director cannot maintain an appeal on behalf of his department, a Sindh High Court division bench has declared.... KARACHI: Mail offices to have security cameras KARACHI, Dec 14: Close circuit security cameras will be installed shortly in the International Mail Office of Pakistan Post Office, to check malpractice and pilferage of mails.... KARACHI: Over 3,000 take test for posts of lecturers KARACHI, Dec 14: Thousands of candidates appeared in the written tests, simultaneously held in Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur on Sunday for 752 lecturer posts, which have been lying vacant in Sindh... KARACHI: 104 vehicles taken away in a week KARACHI, Dec 14: Bandits either hijacked or stole 104 vehicles — 30 cars and 74 motorcycles — during the past one week in various parts of the city.... KARACHI: Arts Council granted one-year tax exemption KARACHI, Dec 14: Sindh Excise and Taxation Minister Rauf Siddiqui has exempted the programmes to be held at the Arts Council in 2004, from entertainment duty.... KARACHI: Naib Nazims, councillors demand honorarium KARACHI, Dec 14: A joint meeting of all town Naib Nazims and councillors of Karachi have demanded issuance of notification for fixation of honorarium for them.... KARACHI: Diabetes Day programme KARACHI, Dec 14: Medical Unit-III of the Jinnah Post-graduate Medical Centre (JPMC) is holding a scientific-cum-public awareness programme at Khaliqdina Hall here on December 17 in connection with the World Diabetes... KARACHI: WHO team hails efforts to eradicate TB KARACHI, Dec 14: The provincial health department is putting in considerable efforts towards the control of tuberculosis in Sindh.... KARACHI: DHA to set up trauma centre KARACHI, Dec 14: The Defence Housing Authority is planning to establish a fire station and a trauma centre, and to install modern traffic signals in the area.... KARACHI: Schedule for BSc exams announced KARACHI, Dec 14: The Karachi University on Monday announced examination schedule for candidates registered for BSc part-I and II, besides those appearing for improvement of division.... KARACHI: BBA interviews KARACHI, Dec 14: The interviews for BBA (Honours) will be held on Dec 18 at 10am.... KARACHI: PIA’s role sought in boosting exports KARACHI, Dec 14: Governor, State Bank of Pakistan, Dr Ishrat Hussain on Sunday asked the Pakistan International Airlines to extend its cooperation for boosting country’s exports.... KARACHI: FM, leaders pay tributes to Maulana Noorani KARACHI, Dec 14: Foreign Minister Mian Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri on Sunday paid rich tributes to Maulana Shah Ahmad Noorani for his contribution towards the inclusion of Islamic tenets in the 1973... KARACHI: Imam Al-Aqsa calls for Jihad KARACHI, Dec 14: Imam of Masjid-i-Aqsa (Baitul Maqdas) Shaikh Mohammed Al-Sayyam has renewed the call for a massive crusade for the liberation of Al-Aqsa from the occupation of Jews, saying that... KARACHI: Efforts for IT advancement stressed KARACHI, Dec 14: Sindh Information Technology Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that efforts should be made at the grassroots level for advancement of IT at all levels.... KARACHI: Sajid’s arrest termed anti-Muslim conspiracy KARACHI, Dec 14: Ban on Tehreek-i-Islami and arrest of Shia leader Allama Sajid Ali Naqvi, is aimed at harming Muslim unity in general, and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal in particular, besides creating... KARACHI: Hakim Sadiq laid to rest KARACHI, Dec 14: Former city chief of Jamaat-i-IslamiHakim Sadiq Hussain, 78, who died on Saturday night after protracted illness, was laid to rest in Askari Graveyard, Gulistan-i-Jauhar, on Sunday.... KARACHI: Health hazards KARACHI, Dec 14: The fourth annual symposium of Hamdard College of Medicine and Dentistry concluded here on Sunday with the pledge for concerted efforts to contain environment- related health hazards and... HYDERABAD: Land for liberated Haris demanded HYDERABAD, Dec 14: Agriculture loans outstanding against small growers should be waived and state land be distributed among peasants who, after being released from landlords’ private jails, are not being offered... NAWABSHAH: Fixed price for cane sought NAWABSHAH, Dec 14: Growers of Nawabshah district have urged the authorities to direct the sugar mills to purchase sugarcane at the fixed price of Rs41 per 40kg and issue purchase orders... SUKKUR: President asks firms to undertake uplift work SUKKUR, Dec 14: President Gen Pervaiz Musharraf has directed the oil, gas and power companies and industries based in Ghotki district to cooperate with the district government for development of the... HYDERABAD: Sunflower seed supply urged HYDERABAD, Dec 14: The Sindh Abadgar Board has requested the federal food and agriculture minister for immediate supply of 200,000 kilograms of sunflower seed for the current season.... LARKANA: Two tortured cousins hospitalized LARKANA, Dec 14: Two men with signs of torture on their bodies have been admitted to the Chandka Medical College Hospital following orders of the Sindh High Court, Larkana circuit bench.... HYDERABAD: Anti-Thal canal rally in Karachi planned HYDERABAD, Dec 14: The Anti-Greater Thal Canal Action Committee has decided to invite the Awami National Party and the National Party to join the committee.... KHAIRPUR: Demo held against power cut KHAIRPUR, Dec 14: Residents of Bheelar held a demonstration in Ranipur on Sunday against the Hesco officials for disconnecting the power supply to their village.... HYDERABAD: Stones hurled at supporters of Musharraf By Our Correspondent HYDERABAD, Dec 14: Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party activists here on Sunday hurled stones, tomatoes and eggs on the participants of a motor rally taken out by the Pervez Musharraf Himayat Tehrik... THATTA: College student electrocuted THATTA, Dec 14: A college student, Aslam, 22, son of Hussain Leghari, was electrocuted in Chuch Jehan Khan village near Chuhar Jamali on Saturday.... HYDERABAD: Cardiology moot ends HYDERABAD, Dec 14: Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences vice-chancellor Prof Dr Jan Mohammad Memon has announced that angiography and cardiac surgery facilities would be provided at the university hospital,... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Policeman hurt by villagers NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Dec 14: A sub-inspector was injured during a police raid at village Khushi Mohammad Punjabi, Moro taluka on Sunday.... PESHAWAR: USAID relaunches operations: Project inaugurated in Nowshera PESHAWAR, Dec 14: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) formally relaunched its activities with a $2 million Support Innovation in Districts Programme on Sunday at Azakhel Payan in Nowshera... PESHAWAR: UN warns its staff against threats PESHAWAR, Dec 14: The United Nations has asked its personnel working in the provincial metropolis and elsewhere in the NWFP exercise caution in view of the security problems, official sources told... PESHAWAR: Students want exam schedule changed PESHAWAR, Dec 14: Students of Institute of Business Management and Science, Agriculture University, have announced that they will challenge the administration’s decision to hold examinations on Dec 20. They say that... PESHAWAR: Initiation of work on Kalabagh dam urged PESHAWAR, Dec 14: The chief of the Tehrik-i-Istiqlal has asked President Gen Pervez Musharraf to immediately initiate construction of Kalabagh dam to save the country from economic crises.... PESHAWAR: Education policies discussed PESHAWAR, Dec 14: The education commission, recently-formed by the NWFP government under Shariah Act 2003, held its first meeting here on Saturday, says a handout.... PESHAWAR: Homage paid to Fatima Jinnah PESHAWAR, Dec 14: A Mushaira (poetry recital) was held here on Sunday to pay homage to Fatima Jinnah.... PESHAWAR: Finance society victims await relief PESHAWAR, Dec 14: Victims of the Lead Cooperative Society scam have been running from pillar to post for over a decade for the recovery of their money swindled by high-ups of... HARIPUR: Man killed in road accident HARIPUR, Dec 14: A man was killed and his brother received serious injuries when their motorcycle crashed into a tractor trolley on Hattar Road here on Sunday.... SWABI: WB earmarks $40m for 61 tehsils SWABI, Dec 14: The World Bank has sanctioned $40 million for development projects in 61 tehsil municipal administrations (TMAs) of the NWFP, Swabi tehsil Nazim Masood Jabbar told Dawn here on...

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