4, April 2005 Monday 24 safar 1426 KARACHI: US to increase funding in many education schemes KARACHI, April 3: The United States is keen to contribute towards the promotion of education in Pakistan. This was stated by the US consul-general in Karachi, Douglas C. Rohn, while expressing... KARACHI: Key issues not yet resolved, Mengal tells govt KARACHI, April 3: Sardar Ataullah Khan Mengal, founder of the Balochistan National Party (BNP) and a prominent politician, has said that the March 17 attack by armed forces on the Nawab... KARACHI: MMA demands release of workers, leaders KARACHI, April 3: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has announced that if their leaders and workers were not released forthwith, they would announce their future line of action on Monday. A spokesman of... KARACHI: Spirit of LG system being negated, says nazim KARACHI, April 3: City Nazim Niamatullah Khan has said that the powers for appointing city government officials and judicial magistrate powers for controlling prices of essential commodities has not been devolved... KARACHI: Altaf criticizes exploitation of people by vested interests KARACHI, April 3: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief, Altaf Hussain, on Sunday declared that people of Sindh had been through the game of vested interest groups who had divided and exploited... KARACHI: Ibad calls for liaison board of police, traders KARACHI, April 3: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has issued directive for the setting up of ‘traders-police liaison boards’ at town level. Talking to a delegation of the representatives of small... KARACHI: Supply of turbid water blamed on KWSB’s apathy KARACHI, April 3: A portion of Gulshan-i-Iqbal’s Block 4-A (Journalists’ Society) continues to be supplied contaminated water for more than a month, leaving no choice for the residents of the affected... KARACHI: Sectarian group activists held, says official KARACHI, April 3: Crime Investigation Department announced on Sunday arrest of five activists of a sectarian organization, Baquiatullah, an off-shoot of the banned Tehrik-i-Jaffaria Pakistan, and seized a huge quantity of... KARACHI: Status of Sindh Madressah Board questioned KARACHI, April 3: The federal government has asked the Sindh Madressah Board (SMB), which used to manage and control the Sindh Madressatul Islam (SMI) before it was nationalized, under what authority... KARACHI: Six-day mourning on death of Pope KARACHI, April 3: The All Pakistan Minorities Alliance has announced to observe six-day mourning on the death of Pope John Paul II. APMA leaders and former Sindh Assembly members Michael Javed... KARACHI: Petroman’s fate hangs in balance KARACHI, April 3: Despite prime minister’s approval to the change of control of Petroman, an immediate end to its enduring administrative and financial problems is not in sight, said the employees... KARACHI: PTI to contest on all LB seats KARACHI, April 3: Sindh chief of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI), Mirza Jehangir Rehman has said that his party has started preparations for the coming local bodies’ elections, adding that the process... KARACHI: Clifton underpass to be completed by August KARACHI, April 3: The ongoing construction work of underpass at Schon Circle will be completed within a record time of four and a half months. Federal Ports and Shipping Minister Senator... KARACHI: Youths urged to make use of their acumen KARACHI, April 3: Educationists reminded that mere commemoration and celebration of national days was not enough and urged local youth to focus on achieving the objectives set by their leaders to... KARACHI: Religious, science education stressed KARACHI, April 3: City Nazim Niamatullah Khan said that religious education along with that of science and technology should be imparted to the children to help them become a useful and... KARACHI: Seminar on bioethics opens today KARACHI, April 3: A five-day seminar and course on foundations of moral thought: From the Greeks to Contemporary Bioethics will be inaugurated here on Monday at the Deewan Farooq Medical Complex... KARACHI: Landhi Town employees seek salaries KARACHI, April 3: The Landhi Town Employees’ Action Committee has threatened to launch a protest movement if the employees were not paid their salaries within the next three days. In a... KARACHI: Safdar Barlas passes away KARACHI, April 3: Veteran journalist Safdar Barlas died of prostrate cancer on Sunday evening. He was 78. Mr Barlas, who worked in Dawn on many senior positions for over four decades,... KARACHI: Bandits barge into house, injure two KARACHI, April 3: Armed bandits injured a man and his mother in Saeedabad early on Sunday morning. Police said that four armed suspects barged into a house in Gulshan-i-Ghazi. As inmates,... KARACHI: Impact of pollution on health KARACHI, April 3: A seminar on “Impact of environmental pollution on health, economy and natural resource management” will start from Monday at Karachi University (KU). This was stated by KU’s Microbiology... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, April 3: The Met office has forecast hot and dry weather for Karachi with maximum temperature of 38°C to 40°C on Monday. The highest maximum temperature of 41.5°C was recorded... HYDERABAD: Tax collection from small farmers opposed HYDERABAD, April 3: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture has rejected a notification of the Sindh Board of Revenue requiring tax collection in violation of the Sindh Land Tax and Agriculture Tax... HYDERABAD: Sacking of 15 SSGC workers condemned HYDERABAD, April 3: The Awami Action Committee, Qasimabad, held a demonstration outside the press club here on Sunday to protest against non-recruitment of Sindhi-speaking people in the Jamshoro Joint Venture and... HYDERABAD: Uplift schemes discussed HYDERABAD, April 3: DCO Mohammad Hussain Syed has called for implementing development schemes planned under the president’s financial package for the city to provide immediate relief to people.Speaking at a meeting...

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