13 March 2004 Saturday 21 Muharram 1425 KARACHI: Govt offices to remain closed today KARACHI, March 12: The government offices in the city will remain closed on Saturday, as the Sindh government has declared it a local holiday to facilitate the people in enjoying the one-day cricket match between Pakistan and India. ... KARACHI: Five people die in road accident: Woman stabbed to death KARACHI, March 12: Five people died in a road accident on the Super Highway on early Friday morning, while an elderly woman lost her life in another accident in Malir. ... KARACHI: City suffers 30mgd water shortfall KARACHI, March 12: The city suffered a shortfall of 30 million gallons of water from the Indus source in the wake of a power breakdown occurred at Dhabeji's Phase-II pumping station on Friday. ... KARACHI: Recruitment of 5,000 non-teaching staff soon KARACHI, March 12: Sindh Education Minister Irfanullah Marwat said on Friday that his department will advertise about 5,000 non-teaching vacancies for recruitment in a fortnight. ... KARACHI: Work on Rs3 billion projects under way KARACHI, March 12: The city government has started development work with a cost of Rs3 billion, out of its Rs6 billion share, under the Tameer-i-Karachi Programme (TKP) for which consultants have been appointed. ... KARACHI: Occupancy in major hotels touches 100pc KARACHI, March 12: All the leading hotels of the city began to burst at the seams on Friday as droves of cricket enthusiasts flew in to watch what is widely expected to be a gruelling contest between traditional rivals India and Pakistan. ... KARACHI: KESC vows to ensure uninterrupted supply KARACHI, March 12: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation on Friday made arrangements to ensure that the National Stadium receive uninterrupted power supply. ... KARACHI: Judgment reserved in chanda case KARACHI, March 12: An anti-terrorism court reserved, on Friday, the judgment in a donation case against three workers of the banned Khuddamul Islam. ... KARACHI: HSC suppl exam results announced KARACHI, March 12: The Board of Intermediate Education on Friday announced the results of HSC-II (Class XII) Supplementary Examinations- 2003, taken by the candidates of Science General and Science Pre-Engineering groups. ... KARACHI: Birth control drive to be intensified KARACHI, March 12: The Sindh Population Planning department is recruiting 41 women doctors on a one-year contract. They would be posted at various reproductive health service centres in the province. ... PESHAWAR: Judgment on appointment of judges reserved PESHAWAR, March 12: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court has reserved judgment in two identical writ petitions challenging the appointment of four additional district and sessions judges by the chief justice. ... PESHAWAR: PSC exam: contract doctors may be exempted PESHAWAR, March 12: The NWFP government is likely to exempt about 400 contract doctors from appearing in the Public Service Commission examination, officials said. ... PESHAWAR: 23 town administrations facing financial crisis PESHAWAR, March 12: The 23 town municipal administrations established in 2002 are facing a financial crisis and may prove to be unviable, according to government functionaries. ... PESHAWAR: Plan launched to reclaim Fata land PESHAWAR, March 12: The agriculture authorities have started work to bring maximum land under cultivation in Fata. The NWFP governor has started implementation on a land reclamation scheme ... PESHAWAR: Efforts for technological advancement stressed PESHAWAR, March 12: Balochistan Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani has asked the educated segment of society to make efforts for technological advancement. ... PESHAWAR: Kidnapped armyman released PESHAWAR, March 12: A soldier of Pakistan Army, who had allegedly been kidnapped for ransom, was released in the wee hours of Friday. ... PESHAWAR: Asbestos fibre a health hazard PESHAWAR, March 12: The high level of airborne asbestos fibre content produced by sheet cutting units in or near residential areas was a major cause of environmental pollution besides posing a hazard to the health of the local residents ... HARIPUR: Contractors end 7-month strike HARIPUR, March 12: Local contractors have called off their seven-month-old strike after government departments assured them of a 10 per cent increase in rates. ... GILGIT: Boy injured in clash GILGIT, March 12: A teen-age boy was hit by a stray bullet in the Amphary locality on Friday during a clash between two groups, police sources said. ... HYDERABAD: Revenue officials supervise exams: Teachers continue boycott HYDERABAD, March 12: Despite a fist fight between EDO education and a group of teachers in Jacobabad and arrests of some leaders of the Government Secondary Teachers Association in Shikarpur ... HYDERABAD: Govt, teachers urged to hold negotiations HYDERABAD, March 12: The district council, at its Friday's session, urged the Sindh government and the agitating teachers to hold negotiations on teachers' demands to bring an end to boycott of the SSC examinations. ... HYDERABAD: Karo-kari: woman seeks protection HYDERABAD, March 12: A woman has appealed to the authorities to protect her life and that of her husband as they may be killed on the pretext of Karo-kari. ... SHIKARPUR: Call for adequate supply of wheat SHIKARPUR, March 12: Atta chakki owners on Thursday demanded that the food department should supply wheat to the district as per the fixed quota. ... SUKKUR: Accident leaves 80 injured SUKKUR, March 12: Some 80 people were injured when their vehicles skidded because of spillage of detergent chemical from a tanker on the Golimar road here on Thursday night. ... LARKANA: Exams held in Larkana amid tight security LARKANA, March 12: Amidst tight security, boycott and teachers' arrests, annual SSC examinations began in the Larkana Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education jurisdiction on Friday. ... ABBOTTABAD: Three convicted of robbery ABBOTTABAD, March 12: A special Anti-Terrorism Court Abbottabad has awarded 60 years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs300,000 to three men after convicting them of robbing the Advocate General of NWFP in Nathiagali on August 21, 2003. ...

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