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KARACHI:While the world's scientists mull how to send a man to Mars, Karachi Unversit campus adidas grigie y students don't even ha nb usa ve the tools to take a close look at the red planet.The future of planetary astrophysics has always remained relatively obscure as a discipline in universities across Pakistan. And after dashing the hopes of aspiring astronauts by shutting down Karachi University s Institute of Space and Planetary Astrophysics (ISPA), the university administration has dumped the observatory s unique astronomical telescope in construction waste.Lack of research facilities and equipment continues to be a big concern among students and teachers at the university as it is, and when scientific apparatus end up in trash-and-rubble dumps, it raises serious questions on the capability and respons dunk low womens ibility of the university s administration.The German-made telescope 鈥?which was once housed inside an earthquake-resistance pillar at ISPA 鈥?had been rendered useless due to lack of care and proper maintenance. Mbjn Shutting down hope

ISLAMABAD:The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has stopped a special court trying former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf for high treason from announcing its verdict on November 29 (today).A three-judge IHC ben nike force 1 ch 鈥?headed by Chief Justice Athar Minallah 鈥?passed the order on Wednesday after hearing a petition filed by the interior ministry (prosecution in the treason case against Musharraf).The bench set aside the November 19 order of the special court and instructed it to hear all sides and decide the case in accordance with the law .The three-judge special court 鈥?headed by Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth 鈥?on November 19 rejected the interior ministry s request for more time to notify a prosecution team to wrap up the trial initiated against jordan4 Gen (retd) Musharraf in 2013 for subverting the Constitution by promulgating the state of emergency jordan4 in the country on November 3, 2007.The special court had also rejected a request from Musharraf s attorney who sought adjournment while an