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December 22, 2003 Monday Shawwal 27, 1424 KARACHI: Vacation be counted out for limitation: SHC rules ... KARACHI, Dec 21: The period during which court remains closed on account of vacation has to be excluded from computation for the purpose of limitation, a Sindh High Court division bench... KARACHI: Ibad inspects uplift schemes KARACHI, Dec 21: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad paid visit to various parts of the city on Saturday night and reviewed progress of the ongoing development schemes, besides, having self-appraisal of... KARACHI: Deadlock to be over soon: Rashid KARACHI, Dec 21: Federal Information Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmad has said that the deadlock between government and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, existed on the clause pertaining to the issue of judges in... KARACHI: KU Senate meets today KARACHI, Dec 21: After a lapse of 34 months, the Karachi University Senate will meet on Monday.... KARACHI: Chief of Zikri body shot dead KARACHI, Dec 21: President of the Zikri Anjuman was shot dead by unknown persons in Lyari on Sunday night.... KARACHI: Imran Khan booked for holding rally KARACHI, Dec 21: Chairman Tehreek-i-Insaf Imran Khan, along with other office-bearers, was booked by police for organizing a rally without permission on Saturday.... KARACHI: Man dies in accident KARACHI, Dec 21: An elderly man died in a road accident in F.B. Industrial Area on Sunday.... KARACHI: Alumni of DMC, SMC seek to invest in country KARACHI, Dec 21: Currently at least 55 graduates of the Dow Medical College and 80 graduates of the Sindh Medical College are visiting Pakistan to hold various fund-raising events and to... KARACHI: City govt to build more roads, says Nazim KARACHI, Dec 21: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has said the city government is not only committed to help improve the condition of the dilapidated roads, but, it will also lay a... KARACHI: People’s help sought in health care KARACHI, Dec 21: Senate Chairman Mohammedmian Soomro on Sunday urged philanthropists and community-based organizations to share the responsibilities of the government in providing basic health facilities to the citizens.... KARACHI: Need stressed to disseminate Alavi’s work KARACHI, Dec 21: There was consensus at a reference on Sunday that Prof Hamza Alavi’s work should be collected and disseminated so that more and more people could learn about and... KARACHI: Adhocism in KU affairs criticized KARACHI, Dec 21: The Karachi University Teachers’ Society has expressed concern over the prevailing adhocism in the campus affairs and demanded of Governor Ishratul Ibad, who is also the university chancellor,... KARACHI: Changes in Gwadar plan criticized KARACHI, Dec 21: The Baloch Rabita-Ittefaq Tehrik (Brit) has urged the federal government to take Baloch leaders into confidence regarding future development plans for Gwadar.... KARACHI: Colony without basic facilities KARACHI, Dec 21: Availability of basic facilities is still a most urgent problem in Keamari Town’s Mohammadi Colony, a most backward area which has been a victim of neglect for years.... KARACHI: Minister stresses women’s rights KARACHI, Dec 21: Sindh Minister for Excise and Taxation, Rauf Siddiqui, has emphasised the need to solve the growing problems of women.... KARACHI: Population rise affecting uplift KARACHI, Dec 21: The explosion of population can ruin all efforts for reforms and development in Pakistan.... KARACHI: Body set up to boost oil palm plantation KARACHI, Dec 21: Sindh Planning and Development Minister Syed Shoaib Ahmed Bukhari has constituted a six-member committee to work for boosting oil palm plantation in the coastal zone of the province.... KARACHI: LNH golden jubilee programme KARACHI, Dec 21: The administration of Liaquat National Hospital will organize its fifth symposium on “Evolving Patient Care: 50 Years and Beyond” from Jan 21 to 25.... KARACHI: Centre’s treatment of Sindh criticized KARACHI, Dec 21: Speakers at a seminar on Sunday said Sindh was being given a step-motherly treatment by the federal government and demanded that the province be given its rights so... KARACHI: Altaf stresses protection for minorities KARACHI, Dec 21: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s chief Altaf Hussain has said that MQM recognises all religious, ethnic and cultural entities and their rights, and has invited them to unite under... KARACHI: BD JI for stable relations with Pakistan KARACHI, Dec 21: The former chief of Jamaat-i-Islami Bangladesh, Prof Ghulam Azam, has said that Islamic banking system has been working so successfully in Bangladesh that other banks are compelled to... HYDERABAD: Availability of water for dams questioned HYDERABAD, Dec 21: Speakers at a workshop, representing a broad spectrum of civil society, have rejected the construction of any dam on the River Indus.... HYDERABAD: Former SC judge rejects LFO HYDERABAD, Dec 21: Former Supreme Court judge Justice (retd) Nasir Aslam Zahid has said no individual has the authority to bring about amendments to the Constitution and there is no room... THATTA: Health project launched THATTA, Dec 21: The project launched by an NGO under which local health care providers (LHCPs) are rendering their services in rural areas is bearing fruit.... LARKANA: Surge in honour killings deplored LARKANA, Dec 21: General secretary, Amnesty International, Pakistan, Iqbal Detho on Sunday held the government responsible for ever-increasing murders committed on the pretext of Karo-kari.... BADIN: Flood victims assured of support BADIN, Dec 21: The Pakistan Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Club has said that flood victims of the district are facing extreme poverty and different diseases and... DADU: Investigation against DCO ordered: Nazim DADU, Dec 21: An investigation will be held against the DCO for violating section 52 of the Sindh Local Government Ordinance 2001 and releasing Dadu taluka’s development funds to public health... HYDERABAD: Child’s death sparks protest HYDERABAD, Dec 21: Residents took to the streets, pelted vehicles with stones and lit bonfires after a two-year-old boy fell into an open drain in Latifabad-12 on Sunday evening.... HYDERABAD: Sindh should allocate water for areas below Kotri: Irsa HYDERABAD, Dec 21: The Indus River System Authority chairman and the Punjab representative in Irsa have said that construction of dams is inevitable and other provinces are not responsible for releasing... HYDERABAD: Manhandling of woman councillor condemned HYDERABAD, Dec 21: The Councillors Coordination Committee and members of the union council-2, City taluka, have condemned the manhandling of woman councillor Maqsooda Iqbal by UC-2 Nazim Rasheed Qureshi.... SHIKARPUR: Dist govt contests Hesco claim SHIKARPUR, Dec 21: A meeting to resolve the dispute over electricity bills outstanding against the district government was held here on Saturday.... NAWABSHAH: Two killed in accident NAWABSHAH, Dec 21: Two motorcyclists were killed when they were hit by a speedy bus near Sakrand bypass late on Saturday night....

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