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December 19, 2003 Friday Shawwal 24, 1424 KARACHI: Delayed funds mar education schemes: Seminar told ... KARACHI, Dec 18: Majority of the speakers at a seminar on literacy said on Thursday that inadequate fund allocation and delay in its disbursement were the main hurdles in execution of... KARACHI: Kanupp gets new lease of life amid concerns KARACHI, Dec 18: While environment watchdogs and independent nuclear scientists fear that the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant poses a threat to the city, those running the nuclear plant insist that since... KARACHI: Centre told to pay damages for death in accident KARACHI, Dec 18: The Sindh High Court asked the federal government on Thursday to pay Rs673,600 in damages to the parents of a taxi driver killed by a rashly-driven defence ministry... KARACHI: Film-makers seek greater collaboration KARACHI, Dec 18: Fear of political and economic pressure groups and bureaucratic red-tape stand in the way of free and unhindered collaboration between Indian and Pakistani film-makers.... KARACHI: Ibad says law and order has improved KARACHI, Dec 18: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said that Pakistan is playing an active role in international efforts against terrorism despite limited resources.... KARACHI: Industrial estate along N-bypass planned KARACHI, Dec 18: The Sindh government has decided to set up an industrial estate towards the Super Highway on the Northern Bypass.... KARACHI: Students denounce class-based education systems KARACHI, Dec 18: Students at a discussion, “Dialogue on Youth with Media,” on Thursday stressed the need for uniform curricula at education institutes in the country and demanded elimination of class-based... KARACHI: Arts council poll on 28th KARACHI, Dec 18: Electioneering for Arts Council elections gains momentum as the polls are scheduled to be held on Dec 28.... KARACHI: Nazim lauds voluntary college teachers KARACHI, Dec 18: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan on Thursday, speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the first Govt Degree College in Gadap Town’s Union Council-7, near Yousuf Goth, Surjani Town, constructed... KARACHI: LG body told to finish inquiries a KARACHI, Dec 18: Adviser to the Chief Minister on Local Bodies and Special Development Waseem Akhtar has directed the Local Government Commission to complete all inquiries pending... KARACHI: Medical workshop KARACHI, Dec 18: At least 120 Pakistani doctors based in America will participate and deliver lectures in a three-day workshop being hosted by the Sindh Medical College in collaboration with the... KARACHI: Raghib Moradabadi honoured KARACHI, Dec 18: Octogenarian poet Syed Asghar Hussain, popularly known as Raghib Moradabadi, was the guest at the Pakistan Arts Council on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Tameer-i-Karachi KARACHI, Dec 18: Nazim Naimatullah Khan has constituted a technical evaluation committee for appointment of consultants for different sectors under the Tameer-i-Karachi Programme.... KARACHI: Science exhibition KARACHI, Dec 18: The annual science exhibition and poster contest of the St Joseph’s Government College for Women will be held on Dec 23 and 24.... KARACHI: Alliance Francaise KARACHI, Dec 18: The Alliance Francaise Karachi will resume its official activities from Jan 5, 2004, after a gap of one and a half years.... KARACHI: Hearing of contempt petition adjourned KARACHI, Dec 18: A special division bench of the Sindh High Court adjourned the hearing of a contempt petition against the Karachi Building Control Authority, its “danger” committee and the builders... KARACHI: Accused deny charges in kidnapping case KARACHI, Dec 18: Three accused, including a son of a senior superintendent of police, in a kidnapping for ransom case denied on Thursday the charges when an anti-terrorism court formally indicted... KARACHI: Honours admission list released KARACHI, Dec 18: The University of Karachi on Thursday released the provisional list of about 3,200 candidates for admissions to BA (Honours), BSc (Honours), BCom (Honours) and B Pharmacy classes for... KARACHI: Judgment in case against Mansoor deferred KARACHI, Dec 18: An accountability court deferred on Thursday for the fourth time the pronouncement of judgment in a corruption reference against former navy chief Mansoorul Haq and another ex- navy... KARACHI: SHC reserves order on Nazim’s plea KARACHI, Dec 18: A division bench of the Sindh High Court reserved on Thursday its order on a writ petition moved by the Orangi Town Nazim against his removal by the... KARACHI: Fire destroys 50 huts in Gulshan KARACHI, Dec 18: As many as 50 huts gutted when fire broke out in a locality near an amusement park in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Thursday. No one, however, was injured in the... KARACHI: Samjhota talks KARACHI, Dec 18: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has strongly criticized exclusion of the subject of reopening Khokhrapar-Monabao route from the agenda of talks with India on the restoration of Samjhota Express.... KARACHI: IBM to hold convocation KARACHI, Dec 18: The sixth convocation of the Institute of Business Management will be held on Dec 20 at 9.30am at its Korangi Creek campus.... KARACHI: Cold weather KARACHI, Dec 18: The Met department has forecast fair weather with cool night for Karachi on Friday, with minimum temperature ranging between seven and nine degrees centigrade. Very cold and dry... HYDERABAD: Experts term LBOD project a failure: Drain invites disasters in Badin HYDERABAD, Dec 18: Isra University vice-chancellor Dr Asadullah Qazi has said that the Left Bank Outfall Drainage project has failed to release drainage water into sea due to its ill- design.... MITHI: Illegal allotment of land alleged MITHI, Dec 18: Some growers of Tharparkar district have appealed to the government to take notice of non-implementation of land grant policy and illegal allotment of state land by the revenue... SUKKUR: Two killed over Karo-kari SUKKUR, Dec 18: A man and a woman were killed on the pretext of Karo-kari in Pehlwan Pitafi village near Mirpur Mathelo on Wednesday.... HYDERABAD: MMA holds demo HYDERABAD, Dec 18: To mark the launching of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s country-wide movement on the LFO issue, MMA activists held a demonstration outside the press club here on Thursday.... HYDERABAD: ‘Kidnapper’ SHO flees after arrest HYDERABAD, Dec 18: The Qasimabad SHO, who was arrested after being booked here on Wednesday for demanding ransom for the release of a detainee, escaped from the police station on Wednesday... HYDERABAD: Cane growers advised HYDERABAD, Dec 18: If any grower has not received Rs43 per 40kg for sugarcane supplied to Al-Abbas, Army Welfare, Laar, Shah Murad and Deewan sugar mills for crushing season 2002-2003, he... PESHAWAR: PA seeks drug import from India, China: Ban on animal fighting demanded PESHAWAR, Dec 18: The NWFP Assembly on Thursday sought lifting of ban on the import of medicines from China, India and Iran.... PESHAWAR: ‘Education system needs changes’ PESHAWAR, Dec 18: The education system requires radical changes to restore the people’s confidence on public sector schools, says Chairman of the NWFP education commission Mufti Ghulamur Rehman.... PESHAWAR: Children victims of terror: speakers PESHAWAR, Dec 18: Speakers at a seminar held on Thursday said that children were the worst victims of terrorism and asked the government to frame policies in line with the national interest.... PESHAWAR: Public safety commission asks for funds PESHAWAR, Dec 18: Provincial coordination committee of the public safety commission has alleged that the provincial as well as the district governments were creating obstacles in the smooth functioning of the... PESHAWAR: Doctors hold demonstration PESHAWAR, Dec 18: The NWFP Contract Doctors Association held a protest demonstration opposite the provincial assembly’s building on Thursday, asking the government to regularise their jobs.... PESHAWAR: Kohat problems discussed PESHAWAR, Dec 18: A 10-member delegation from the Kohat district called on the NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah here on Thursday and apprised him about their problems.... PESHAWAR: Slow pace of uplift works irks official PESHAWAR, Dec 18: The departments of the district governments and the provincial government have been directed to speed up implementation on development works to ensure maximum utilization of funds.... PESHAWAR: Inquiry into custodial death begins PESHAWAR, Dec 18: A judicial magistrate on Thursday started inquiry into the death of an accused in police custody and ordered the postmortem of the deceased....

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