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Karachi-The website of Sindh Assembly has stopped functioning after United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has ended its contract, according to Assembly Secretary Hadi Bux Buriro.

He told The News on Sunday that the two-year project was funded by USAid and its term has now expired.

According to him, the assembly will now run this website from its own budget. The USAid had obtained an “expensive” licence for running this system; a new, cheaper licence has been acquired from PTCL, he said, adding that the process was delayed for some weeks, but the website will be back online by Tuesday (tomorrow).

Buriro said that this year they will arrange funds for running the website under the telephone head, and hoped that from next year special funds will be earmarked for it.

Jeremiah A. Knight, the spokesman for the US Embassy in Islamabad, expressed his inability to provide any information about the possible ending of the project. He said that although USAid is a US government agency, there was a separate staff at the embassy which dealt with its projects.

The Sindh Assembly’s website was part of US government’s $9.3 million Pakistan Legislative Strengthening Project that was launched in four provincial and national assemblies.

It was aimed at strengthening parliamentary institutions and processes of national and provincial legislatures and providing an opportunity to general public to access the legislative process and get involved in government affairs.

Meanwhile, various citizens groups have expressed their concern over sudden stoppage of the website.

A representative of an NGO, Shehri-Citizens for a Better Environment (Shehri-CBE), said that in “participatory democracy,” citizens were required to know as to how their representatives work and monitor their performance.

“This was an ‘interactive website’ that was providing information to the citizens about legislators’ role. This was ‘a window and tool’ of transparency, which the citizens were using to get information about legislation that affects them,” he said.

The Shehri-CBE representative said that they have “difficulty” in getting access to proposed bills pertaining to amenity plots and changes in building control laws because of non-functioning of the website. “Instead of spending money on purchasing bullet proof vehicles for ministers, it would be advisable for the provincial government to spend funds for running the website for the sake of transparency. If the government has no money, it should consult the citizens groups who may arrange funds for it,” he said.

Syed Adil Gilani of Transparency International (TI), Pakistan, suspected some foul play, and said that the National Assembly’s website was functioning and information was being provided daily. He complained that transparency rules were not being followed in Sindh, which prompted the TI to approach Sindh High Court against Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA). The SHC had ordered on September 10 that all relevant information about 500 projects be provided on its web site within seven days but one-and-a-half months have passed and the KBCA was not following the court’s order, he said.

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Karachi university annouced BDS annual exams schedule
Karachi, Nov 7: Karachi university has announced that BDS First Professional Annual Examination-2010 will commence from November 11, 2009 and conclude on November 25. The timings are from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm and the venue is the Centre of Excellence for Women Studies, KU. Meanwhile Registrar KU Muhammad Rais Alvi has asked the fresh university graduates to submit their Convocation Registration forms latest by November 21 in the convocation camp office at Silver Jubilee gate. The Annual Convocation -2009 is expected to be held in December, 2009.

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Task force formed to make Islamabad education city
Islamabad, Nov 7: The National Assembly (NA) was apprised on Friday that the government had constituted special task force and committees to make the federal capital education city.

Replying to a question, Minister of State for Education Ghulam Farid Kathia informed the House that the project of Education City would comprise the up-gradation of primary and the higher educational institutions.

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has completed a 3-day visit to Pakistan saying she underscored America’s desire to build a broad and deep partnership with Pakistan.

Secretary Clinton said that partnership is based on mutual trust and respect that both combats violent extremists and strengthens Pakistan’s democratically elected government and civilian institutions to serve Pakistan’s people.
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Many schools in every province remain closed – not so much because of an extant threat but because of their inability to comply with the security requirements placed on them by police and government agencies. A circular sent out by DCOs to schools which have been categorized as ‘A-1’ security risks details the arrangements that are required for schools to take – and some of them are clearly going to present a significant current and future burden and one which is going to impact on fees. The schools that are affected are primarily in the private sector, and although they are fee-paying many of them barely cover their operating costs and some are required to operate on a strictly non-profit basis, particularly those schools operated by Christian religious orders.

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PESHAWAR: A new plan has been devised for the security schools in Peshawar.

The private and government schools are reopening in Peshawar from November 2 (Monday).

DCO Peshawar Sahibzada Muhammad Anees told Geo News that the schools will reopen from tomorrow.

He said a new security plan has been chalked out for the schools under which private security guards and police will together perform the responsibility of safeguarding the schools.

He said no vehicle will be allowed parking inside or outside the schools’ premises.

PESHAWAR: At least four persons were wounded as miscreants exploded government girls’ high school building with explosives located in Khyber Agency on early Sunday, Geo news reported.

According to FC sources, unknown miscreants blew up a building of government girls’ high school here, causing injuries to four pedestrians passing nearby at the time of incident, meanwhile, the school watchman has also reportedly gone missing.

The injured people have been admitted to hospital for medical attainment where they have been said to be out of danger, sources privy to hospital told Geo news.

Meanwhile, a planted bomb went off outside Agency Councilor home located in Jamrod tehsil, causing partial damages to the boundary wall, but no casualty or injuries were reported during the incident, sources said.

MANSEHRA: The administrators of schools and colleges in Hazara have been asked to hire the services of ex-army personnel for the security of the students.

Sources said the commissioner Hazara has sent letters to district coordination officers of all five districts of Hazara to boost security of public and private educational institutions when they reopen on November 2.

Meanwhile, the DCO Mansehra in a meeting asked the principals and administrators of schools and colleges to be more vigilant in the wake of increasing incidents of terrorism and militancy. The DCO said that though law enforcement agencies had been put on high alert in the district but it was impossible to depute policeman in every school and college.

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Apart from the “classic” universities, which offer a wide variety of disciplines, there are a number of specialist universities as well as a university centre for postgraduate education. Since January 1st, 2004 the former Medical Faculties have been detached from the universities and have become separate universities in Vienna, Graz and Innsbruck. Austria’s six universities of the arts offer programmes in music and drama or in the visual arts and design..

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PESHAWAR: NWFP government has announced that all the educational institutions of the province will be reopened from November 2 (Monday).

The educational institutions have been kept closed in the province for the past two weeks on security concerns.