HYDERABAD, May 31: The Sindh Building Control Authority on Tuesday declared 70 buildings of Hyderabad city, including 15 under the administrative control of Evacuee Trust Property, dangerous.

The authority has served written notices on the residents to vacate the dangerous buildings and make alternative arrangements before rainy season so that the buildings could be demolished.

The general public has been requested to inform about dangerous buildings on telephone No. 022-9200217.

The authority has warned the people living on and under Pakka Qilla to vacate their houses before the rainy season. NO-TOBACCO DAY:

Civil society members, representatives of NGOs and education department and civil defence here on Tuesday staged a rally from the Gymkhana club to the press club to mark the “World No-Tobacco Day”. NURSES DAY:

Medical Superintendent of Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad/Jamshoro Dr Ghulam Mustafa Abbasi has said that nursing is a noble profession and it has importance in Islam.

Addressing a function organised at the local club in connection with “International Nurses Day” here on Tuesday, he said that those nurses who performed duties properly would be given rewards.—Bureau

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