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October 6, 2001 Saturday Rajab 18, 1422 KARACHI: Angioplasty deaths spark off controversy KARACHI, Oct 5: The mortality rate associated with angioplasty has gone up amid fears that some medical practitioners, as well as health care facilities, are trying to conceal the increased mortality... KARACHI: Unbending admission rules upset students KARACHI, Oct 5: Students seeking admission to the medical colleges of Sindh scramble to obtain sundry documents — to be submitted either original or attested — as the provincial health department... KARACHI: Violence erupts in city KARACHI, Oct 5: Violence erupted in the city on Friday in the aftermath of Thursday’s attack at an Imambargah in Mehmoodabad in which six people were shot dead by unidentified assailants.... KARACHI: BSE adding to ordeal KARACHI, Oct 5: As admission process to medical colleges of Sindh got under way on Oct 1, the provincial health department set Oct 15 as the late date for submission of... KARACHI: PMA to launch Hepatitis-B screening KARACHI, Oct 5: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA Centre) is launching a Hepatitis-B Screening Campaign at six major cities of the country from Oct 8 to 14.... KARACHI: Political parties condemn killings KARACHI, Oct 5: The Karachi Coordination Committee of Pakistan People’s Party has expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in Sindh and condemned the incident of firing at Imam... KARACHI: Rangers arrest injured in JPMC KARACHI, Oct 5: Rangers stormed the emergency ward of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre on Friday night and arrested more than 12 injured patients and their attendants.... KARACHI: City govt wants early completion of projects KARACHI, Oct 5: The City Nazim visited different undergoing development schemes throughout Karachi and urged their early completion on Friday.... KARACHI: Women told to seek greater role in politics KARACHI, Oct 5: Speakers at a meeting said on Thursday that unless women took an active part in politics and decision-making, their conditions could not improve.... KARACHI: Impure water causing diseases KARACHI, Oct 5: As the temperature rises in the city, surge is equally registered in the incidence of diarrhoeal diseases among local children during last few days.... KARACHI: Dist govts told to clear dues KARACHI, Oct 5: The Sindh government has ordered all the district governments and town committees to clear all liabilities, including dues of contractors pending with the defunct DMCs.... KARACHI: Case against ex-minister SHC orders quashment of AC proceedings KARACHI, Oct 5: The Sindh High Court ordered on Friday quashment of proceedings in an accountability court against a former Sindh minister of food, Maqbool Ahmed Shaikh, in a NAB reference.... KARACHI: Reckless driving claims three more lives KARACHI, Oct 5: Three persons fell victim to reckless driving in the city on Friday.... KARACHI: DSP gets pre-arrest bail in custodial death case KARACHI, Oct 5: The district and sessions judge, South, Agha Rafique Ahmed Khan, granted, on Friday, anticipatory bail to a deputy superintendent of police allegedly involved in the killing of a... KARACHI: Pilots’ body files affidavit in plea against DAG KARACHI, Oct 5: President of the Pakistan Airlines Pilots Association has filed a counter affidavit in the petition filed by Airleague against the application filed by the Deputy Attorney General seeking... KARACHI: LNH body allowed restraining order KARACHI, Oct 5: The Sindh High Court, on Friday, allowed the Liaquat National Hospital Association’s application seeking restraining order against the defendants from acting on the interim report of July 7,... KARACHI: SHC sets aside conviction KARACHI, Oct 5: An appellate bench of Sindh High Court on Friday set aside conviction of ex-chief engineer of the KWSB, Misbahuddin Fareed, convicted by an Accountability Court on charges of... KARACHI: Govt plea against Nusrat, others dismissed KARACHI, Oct 5: The government’s appeal for recovery of Rs8.946 million against six family members of former Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was dismissed by a division bench of the Sindh... PESHAWAR: Transparency in aid distribution urged PESHAWAR, Oct 5: Terming the proposed sites for setting up new refugees camps in tribal areas unsuitable for human habitation, a one-day consultation here on Friday asked the government to re-consider... PESHAWAR: Field work for new DPs camp at Shalman begins PESHAWAR, Oct 5: A new refugee camp at Malkana village in the Shalman area of Khyber Agency would be set in place in the next few days as the United Nations... PESHAWAR: Food autarky govt’s aim, says minister PESHAWAR, Oct 5: NWFP Minister for Food and Agriculture Abeedullah Jan has said that the present government is striving to attain food autarky in the shortest possible time and, for this,... PESHAWAR: UNHCR expects to get more tents PESHAWAR, Oct 5: United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) expects to receive 73,000 tents by the end of November for providing shelter to 400,000 displaced Afghans anticipated to seek refuge... PESHAWAR: Crisis management cell inaugurated PESHAWAR, Oct 5: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah formally inaugurated a crisis management cell, which has been established in the provincial Home and Tribal Affairs Department.... PESHAWAR: Jirga to solve Afghan issue proposed PESHAWAR, Oct 5: A Jirga of religious scholars, eminent Pakhtoons and tribal leaders from NWFP, Balochisan and FATA should be constituted to solve Afghan problem.... PESHAWAR: Three DCOs made OSDs PESHAWAR, Oct 5: As a result of the first reshuffle of District Coordination Officers in the NWFP following the introduction of district government system on Aug 14 last, three DCOs were... PESHAWAR: Afghans hold anti-US rally PESHAWAR, Oct 5: Afghan nationals staged a protest demonstration at Torkham, the Pak-Afghan border and burnt the effigy of President Bush on Thursday.... NOWSHERA: Rs135,000 looted NOWSHERA, Oct 5: Armed men broke into a depot of a multinational beverage company and snatched cash and other items after manhandling its staff, police in Azakhel said here on Thursday.... KOHAT: Committees formed to supervise uplift work KOHAT, Oct 5: The Zila Council in its session held on Thursday evening constituted 15 committees and a 13-member advisory counsel which will supervise development work and ensure quick solution to... ISLAMABAD: Centre awaits input from provinces: Anti-smoking law ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: The centre is still awaiting more inputs from the provinces on anti-smoking law, before it is finalized and made ready for promulgation, an official source told Dawn.... ISLAMABAD: Special security steps taken for Blair’s visit ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Islamabad police has taken special security measures to maintain law and order and to avoid any terrorist activity in the Capital on the arrival of British Prime Minister... ISLAMABAD: Body found in Sihala ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Police have found body of a man from a railway quarter in Sihala on Friday, the police said.... ISLAMABAD: A woman’s tale of Afghanistan: Launching of two books today ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: “The endless caravan of tears crossed the border into Pakistan. Their faces were haunted, their pain intense. The wounded, the dying and the living dead, reaching for the... ISLAMABAD: CJP underscores need of judicial training ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: The Supreme Court Chief Justice, Irshad Hasan Khan, said judicial training was the most essential component of administration of justice.... ISLAMABAD: Wendy, Kasi discuss DPs health issues ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: The US ambassador, Wendy Chamberlin, on Friday paid a courtesy call on the federal health minister, Dr Abdul Malik Kasi, to discuss health issues in the backdrop of... ISLAMABAD: Researchers, farmer link must to meet food needs ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Effective collaboration between researchers and farmers is essential to meet food requirements of over 130 million people in the country, the chairman, Pakistan Agriculture Research Council, Dr Umar... ISLAMABAD: WHO to provide health care to Afghans ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: As part of the overall refugees crisis management initiative, the World Health Organization (WHO), has strengthened its sub-offices in NWFP and Balochistan with the objective of providing healthcare... RAWALPINDI: Religious groups start recruiting fighters: Jihad against US RAWALPINDI, Oct 5: The religious groups have started enlisting Mujahideen to fight alongside Taliban troops in case Afghanistan is attacked by the forces of a US-led international coalition against terrorism.... RAWALPINDI: Vocational Institute facing shortage of staff RAWALPINDI, Oct 5: A vocational institute, training women in various crafts, is facing shortage of teachers and administrative staff for the last three years.... RAWALPINDI: PAEC girls’ school made a college RAWALPINDI, Oct 5: The Pinstech Model School in Nilore has been upgraded and renamed as the PAEC Model Girls College.... LAHORE: Provinces willing to take over monuments LAHORE, Oct 5: All the provinces have reportedly expressed their willingness to take over historical monuments and cultural sites in their areas of jurisdiction for what officials said better conservation and... LAHORE: NAB officers trial sought for ‘murder’: Death in custody LAHORE, Oct 5: Bar representatives called on Friday for trial of two National Accountability Bureau officers, Colonels Javed Zahoor and Mahmood, for ‘murder’ of Mian Arshad Butt, a Pakistan People’s Party... LAHORE: FSC to hear appeal in 100-murder case LAHORE, Oct 5: The Federal Shariat Court admitted on Friday a belated appeal by ‘child killer’ Javed Iqbal and his two accomplices and issued notice to the prosecution.... LAHORE: Fake visa stickers, stamps recovered LAHORE, Oct 5: The Federal Investigation Agency has arrested six members of a gang dealing in fake visas and recovered 85 passports, 35 stamps of various embassies and 78 visa stickers.... LAHORE: PML committee to raise funds for Afghan refugees LAHORE, Oct 5: The Punjab organization of the Pakistan Muslim League on Friday formed a committee to raise funds for extending humanitarian assistance to the Afghan refugees.... LAHORE: SCBA to take up move for rotating leadership LAHORE, Oct 5: The Supreme Court Bar Association general body is due to meet on Saturday to discuss a resolution moved by SCBA president Abudl Halim Pirzada that the Association should... HYDERABAD: Pleas against jurisdiction of ATC dismissed HYDERABAD, Oct 5: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, on Friday dismissed separate constitutional petitions through a common judgment, challenging the jurisdiction of the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC)... HYDERABAD: Defaulters’ connections to be severed: Wasa HYDERABAD, Oct 5: The recovery coordinator of Wasa, Hyderabad Development Authority (HDA), has announced the authority had decided to disconnect water supply to the defaulters.... HYDERABAD: Tributes paid to Mirza Qaleech Baig HYDERABAD, Oct 5: Speakers paid rich tribute to Shamsul Ulema Mirza Qaleech Baig for his services to the Sindhi language and literature at a function organized by the Qaleech Sangat Sindh... HYDERABAD: Hesco asks govt depts to clear dues in 10 days HYDERABAD, Oct 5: The Hyderabad Electric Supply Company has asked its defaulting Sindh government departments to clear their outstanding dues within 10 days failing which power supply to them will be... HYDERABAD: Rape accused arrested HYDERABAD, Oct 5: Hyderabad crime branch officials were reported to have picked up an accused of rape outside the anti-terrorism court on Wednesday....

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