01 January 2004 Thursday 08 Ziqa'ad 1424 KARACHI: The year HIV made its presence felt KARACHI, Dec 31: In the year 2003, the most alarming development in the province's healthcare sector was the detection in Larkana of more than 30 cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) ... KARACHI: Electricity problems in Baldia to be solved KARACHI, Dec 31: A delegation led by Member of Provincial Assembly Maulana Umer Sadiq met the managing director of KESC, Brig Tariq Saddozai at the KESC headquarters and discussed electricity problems in Baldia with him, says a press release. ... KARACHI: Obesity can lead to sleep disorders - JPMC symposium told KARACHI, Dec 31: Obesity can lead to sleep disorders, which in turn can result in de-compensation, said Dr Fayyaz Hussain of the Aga Khan University Hospital. ... KARACHI: Relief to private schools urged KARACHI, Dec 31: The All Pakistan School Management Association, Sindh, has urged the provincial government to ensure relief to educational institutions being run by private sector. ... KARACHI: SHC seeks hospital's record in death case KARACHI, Dec 31: The Sindh High Court asked its Nazir on Wednesday to secure from a Clifton hospital the record of a patient who died there during a surgical process. ... FAISALABAD: FDPT new chairman, VC elected FAISALABAD, Dec 31: Shehzad Ali Siddiqui has been elected chairman and Muhammad Muazzam senior vice-chairman of the Faisalabad Dry Port Trust for the year 2004. ... KARACHI: Saif Air to relaunch operation KARACHI, Dec 31: Saif Air International (SAI) has announced Feb 15, 2004 as the tentative date for the launching of its operation. ... KARACHI: Driver of killer trailer arrested KARACHI, Dec 31: Police early on Wednesday arrested driver of the trailer involved in an accident on Tuesday that had claimed 18 lives in Bin Qasim area. ... KARACHI: Kidnapping cases go up in 2003 KARACHI, Dec 31: Thirty-nine people were kidnapped in 33 cases of kidnappings-for-ransom in 2003. In all the case, three victims lost their lives, two are still in captivity while the law-enforcement agencies managed to recover 34 persons safely. ... KARACHI: Security guard shot dead KARACHI, Dec 31: A security guard was shot dead by unknown motorcyclists in PECHS on Wednesday evening. Police said that Umar Haider, 30, was on duty outside a bungalow in Block-6, PECHS ... KARACHI: Revellers throng Clifton beach KARACHI, Dec 31: People from different walks of life thronged Clifton beach to celebrate the new year on Wednesday night. As soon as the clock struck at midnight, heralding new year ... KARACHI: KUJ Dawn unit seeks award implementation KARACHI, Dec 31: A meeting of the Dawn Unit of the Karachi Union of Journalists on Wednesday reiterated its call for the implementation of the Seventh Wage Award. ... LAHORE: Nadra free birth registration from February LAHORE, Dec 31: The National Database and Registration Authority will start free-of-charge birth registration in all the 150 union councils from February under a one-year pilot project. ... LAHORE: Cane growers may not get all money LAHORE, Dec 31: Sugar mills in the Punjab may not be able to make full payments to sugar cane growers from January if the product's prices continued to remain under pressure due to what millers say the "persisting glut." ... PESHAWAR: New Peshawar University VC appointed PESHAWAR, Dec 31: Former corps commander of Peshawar, Lt-Gen Mumtaz Gul, has been appointed vice-chancellor of the University of Peshawar for next two years, said an official notification issued by Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah here on Tuesday. ... PESHAWAR: Patients don't get receipts for service charges PESHAWAR, Dec 31: Health workers have not been issuing receipts for the fee they receive from the patients as users' charges at the public sector hospitals since the government withdrew the share of paramedical staff from the charges, sources said. ... HYDERABAD: SAU to update syllabus after 25 years HYDERABAD, Dec 31: The Academic Council of Sindh Agriculture University at its 53rd meeting on Tuesday decided to discard outdated syllabus and appointed a five-member committee ... HYDERABAD: TMA asked to remove encroachments HYDERABAD, Dec 31: District Nazim Dr Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman has asked the City taluka municipal administration to prepare a strategy in consultation with stakeholders to remove encroachments and cattle pens from city areas. ... HYDERABAD: Bodies formed to check adulteration HYDERABAD, Dec 31: DCO Mohammad Hussain Syed has constituted committees at taluka level throughout the district to check adulteration in food items, drugs and pesticides. ... HYDERABAD: Carrying of arms banned HYDERABAD, Dec 31: DPO A.D.Khwaja here on Wednesday, in exercise of the powers conferred on him vide article 122(1) of the Police Order 2002, prohibited carrying of arms throughout the district for two days. ... ABOTTABAD: EU sponsored project closed down ABBOTTABAD, Dec 31: A European Union project launched for the rehabilitation of natural resources in Galyat was closed down on Wednesday, six months earlier than its schedule ... SUKKUR: Gas pipeline explodes SUKKUR, Dec 31: Supply of gas to Karachi, Sukkur and some parts of the interior of Sindh was interrupted when a gas pipeline exploded near RD-68, Tangwani police station jurisdiction, Sindh-Balochistan border, early Wednesday morning. ... DADU: Power to govt depts cut DADU, Dec 31: Hesco launch a campaign against defaulter government departments and cut power supply of the Mukhtiarkar office, Dadu, TMA, water supply schemes and streetlights in the town on Wednesday. ... THATTA: Robbers kill motorcyclist THATTA, Dec 31: A man was shot dead when he offered resistance to robbers who tried to deprive him of his motorcycle in the Brohi village on Tuesday night. ... LARKANA: Women college project in doldrums LARKANA, Dec 31: The fate of establishing a polytechnic institute for women in Larkana district hangs in balance due to apathy of the government departments concerned. ... OKARA: Man kills brother over land dispute OKARA, Dec 31: A man allegedly shot dead his brother over property dispute on Tuesday night. Amir Ali of Mirak village, some 30 kilometres from here, demanded his share from inherited property from his elder brother Munir Ahmad. ... VEHARI: Three killed VEHARI, Dec 31: Three people were killed and 15 others sustained injuries in an accident on late Tuesday night near Kabirwala on Jhang-Multan Road. ... TOBA TEK SINGH: Millers blamed for jams on highways TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 31: Owners of sugar mills have been blamed for traffic jams on the highways as to the results of their delay in purchasing sugar cane from growers who are forced to park their loaded tractor trollies on main roads. ... GUJRANWALA: Nomination papers examined GUJRANWALA, Dec 31: The District Bar Association's election board on Wednesday finalized scrutiny of nomination papers of aspirants, accepting the papers of Advocate Nawaz Khokhar conditionally for the slot of senior vice-president. ... FAISALABAD: TMA's security step troubles visitors FAISALABAD, Dec 31: On the instructions of the law-enforcement agencies, the tehsil municipal administration closed its both the main gates for security reasons on Wednesday ...

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