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October 25, 2001 Thursday Shaba'an 7, 1422 KARACHI: Protesters, cops injured in clashes KARACHI, Oct 24: Several activists of jihadi organizations and policemen were injured, a checkpost of the traffic police was ransacked and a policeman stripped of his uniform in clashes at Numaish... KARACHI: Accused gets bail in 12 SSP workers’ murder case KARACHI, Oct 24: A division bench of the Sindh High Court comprising Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Muhammed Ashraf Leghari, on Wednesday, granted bail to applicant Saleem Abbas Jafri in the... KARACHI: Three men killed KARACHI, Oct 24: A young man was found strangled in a garbage container in Kalakot on Wednesday.... KARACHI: US envoy praises efforts to maintain law, order KARACHI, Oct 24: The US Ambassador in Pakistan, Wendy Chamberlain, has appreciated the Sindh government’s efforts for maintaining law and order and making good security arrangements in the province and hoped... KARACHI: No anthrax case reported in Sindh KARACHI, Oct 24: The Sindh health department has said no case of anthrax has been reported from any part of the province.... KARACHI: MBBS results announced KARACHI, Oct 24: The University of Karachi, on Wednesday, announced the results of first professional MBBS (Parts A, B) supplementary examinations 2001, first professional MBBS (Old Course) supplementary examination 2001, and... KARACHI: Rs25m given for completion of Arts Council auditorium KARACHI, Oct 24: Sindh Chief Secretary Mohammad Javed Ashraf Hussain on Wednesday presented a cheque for Rs25 million for the completion of the auditorium of Arts Council.... KARACHI: Prisoners live in miserable conditions in Central Jail KARACHI, Oct 24: ‘‘Night time is torture,” says a prisoner interviewed near the judicial lock-up. Prisoners have to lie sideways, tightly wedged. This work is accomplished by the Muqaddams, who use... KARACHI: Screening of blood for Hepatitis C begins soon KARACHI, Oct 24: The government-run blood centres all over the province will soon start screening donor blood for Hepatitis C virus, in addition to the existing free facilities for Hepatitis C... KARACHI: Typhoid on the rise among children KARACHI, Oct 24: Local children, between one and ten years of age, are reported to be increasingly inflicted with Typhoid and are generally recommended to be administered with typhoid vaccines, which... KARACHI: UGC not authorized to grant affiliation KARACHI, Oct 24: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has no authority to grant affiliation or permission to any educational institution for running degree programmes as the main function of the UGC... KARACHI: Hot, dry weather KARACHI, Oct 24: The Met office has forecast hot and dry weather with hazy morning for the city on Thursday.... KARACHI: Private sector urged to help govt fight TB KARACHI, Oct 24: The National TB Control Programme, in collaboration with its provincial counterparts, has chalked out an extensive training-cum-drugs compliance and monitoring strategy to reduce the incidence of TB by... KARACHI: North Karachi hospital plan needs funds KARACHI, Oct 24: Sindh Minister of Health Maj-Gen Ehsan Ahmed (retd) visited on Wednesday the under-construction 200-bed Children Hospital in North Karachi, and asked for its early completion.... KARACHI: Closure of hydrants off Nishtar Road ordered KARACHI, Oct 24: The City Nazim, Naimatullah Khan, has ordered immediate closure of all hydrants operating off Nishtar Road.... KARACHI: SHC allows daughters to live with their mother KARACHI, Oct 24: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, on Wednesday, allowed a constitutional petition of a widow and ordered that her four young daughters languishing in Darul Aman,... KARACHI: SMC students hold Q&A session KARACHI, Oct 24: Students at Sindh Medical College enjoyed a question-answer session — Roo ba roo 2001 — on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Corrupt chief of cantt board gets 8-year RI KARACHI, Oct 24: An Accountability court sentenced on Wednesday the former cheif executive officer of the Hyderabad Cantonment Board to an eight-year term and a fine of Rs20 million for amassing... KARACHI: New political party launched KARACHI, Oct 24: A new political group — Sindh Democratic Alliance (SDA) — was formally launched here on Wednesday with the objective to address the pressing issues of the province and... KARACHI: KESC begins replacing 12,000 faulty metres KARACHI, Oct 24: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation has launched a crash programme to clear a backlog of 12,000 faulty meters within two months.... KARACHI: KDA officials still not paid Sept salary KARACHI, Oct 24: Officers of the Karachi Development Authority are still deprived of their September salary.... KARACHI: DCPA spells out march plan KARACHI, Oct 24: The Defence Council for Pakistan and Afghanistan announced here on Wednesday that there will be no general strike on Friday and only peaceful rallies will be taken out... KARACHI: Bail granted in RECP case KARACHI, Oct 24: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, on Wednesday, grated bail to applicant Brig Aslam Hayat Qureshi against a surety of Rs10 million on the ground of... KARACHI: Conviction set aside KARACHI, Oct 24: An appellate bench of the Sindh High Court, on Wednesday, set aside the sentence of Muhammad Ali alias Saleem, challenging his conviction awarded by an Anti-Narcotic Court in... PESHAWAR: Political settlement of Afghan crisis urged PESHAWAR, Oct 24: A two-day peace and national unity conference, organized by Pir Syed Ahmed Gilani of the National Islamic Front of Afghanistan (NIFA), began here on Wednesday and underlined the... PESHAWAR: Anti-Taliban Pashtun commander enters Afghanistan PESHAWAR, Oct 24: A key commander went into Afghanistan with a force of men to try to open the first Pashtun front  against Taliban as an Afghan Shura met here on Wednesday... PESHAWAR: Petitions filed against barring women from voting PESHAWAR, Oct 24: A division bench of the Peshawar High Court   on Wednesday directed its writ branch to club together all writ petitions through which disenfranchisement of women in different... PESHAWAR: Zahir’s emissaries to hold more talks PESHAWAR, Oct 24: More meetings between Islamabad and former Afghan king Zahir Shah’s emissaries are expected in the near future, according to sources close to both the sides.... PESHAWAR: No progress in aid workers’ trial PESHAWAR, Oct 24: The trial of eight western aid workers, facing charges of proselytising Afghan Muslims, has not been making any headway as the Chief Justice of Afghan Supreme Court, Maulvi... PESHAWAR: Revenue school in Karak from Feb 1 PESHAWAR, Oct 24: The first ever ‘Revenue School’ of the province would start functioning from Feb 1 at Karak.... PESHAWAR: ANP asks govt to open border for DPs PESHAWAR, Oct 24: Awami National Party has demanded opening of the border to help reduce miseries of the Afghan families starnded at the border, seeking refugee in Pakistan.... PESHAWAR: Shifting of Wapda office demanded PESHAWAR, Oct 24: Former state minister Mohammad Younis Elahi on Wednesday urged the quarters concerned to shift the Wapda House from Lahore to Peshawar for expeditious development of hydel power potential of... PESHAWAR: ‘Educational institutions not to be privatized’ PESHAWAR, Oct 24: An NWFP government spokesman said that the government had no intention to privatize any public educational institution, and that all rumours in this respect were baseless, and concocted.... PESHAWAR: Army help to dist govt system assured PESHAWAR, Oct 24: Peshawar Corps Commander Lt-Gen Ali Mohammad Jan has said that Pakistan Army will extend full support for the success of the new system of district governments.... RAWALPINDI: Adiyala jail doctors accused of negligence RAWALPINDI, Oct 24: Sick prisoners of Adiyala Jail are grossly mistreated by doctors and paramedics at the jail hospital, inmates have complained in letters to Dawn.... ISLAMABAD: Extension in $0.7m project to combat child labour: Labour ministry, ILO sign MoU ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: International Labour Organization (ILO) and ministry of labour have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) worth $700,000 to implement International Programme for Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) for... ISLAMABAD: Contingency plan sent to embassies: Anthrax scare ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: Coordination Committee of Anthrax Crisis Centres (CCACCs) has provided standard operating procedure (SOP) to all the embassies in Islamabad and Foreign Office on how to respond if a... ISLAMABAD: PTI to hold nation-wide peace rallies ISLAMABAD Oct 24: Chief of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) Imran Khan has announced that his party will organize peace rallies in all major cities of the country to condemn the US bombing... ISLAMABAD: The rise of an Arabic channel ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: Ahmad Zaidan, the Islamabad-based correspondent of Al-Jazeera television, is much-sought after by media persons these days. Just as the exclusive video footage from Afghanistan by this Arabic channel... ISLAMABAD: Mental health authority established ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: The government has established the Federal Mental Health Authority, comprising 14 members from all over the country, in pursuance of Mental Health Ordinance 2001, sources told Dawn on... LAHORE: PU finds 31 institutes without affiliation LAHORE, Oct 24: The Punjab University has identified 31 private educational institutions in its territorial jurisdiction which are not affiliated to it and under rules their working amounts to defrauding students... LAHORE: Health dept barred from deducting salary LAHORE, Oct 24: The Punjab ombudsman has taken serious notice of mal-administration on the part of health department for stopping the salary of a complainant and pressurizing her to deposit the... LAHORE: Charges in Bucha Garden case amended LAHORE, Oct 24: An accountability court amended on Wednesday the charges in the Bucha Garden case and fixed Nov 1 for recording of prosecution evidence.... LAHORE: Safdar hears heads of autonomous hospitals LAHORE, Oct 24: Punjab Governor Muhammad Safdar on Wednesday said the rules for the autonomous health institutions had been finalized, distinctively demarcating the powers of the chief executives of the institutions... LAHORE: Many Afghans leave for war LAHORE, Oct 24: A large number of Afghans living in Lahore for the past several years have left for Afghanistan to join the Taliban in their war against the United States.... HYDERABAD: Funds to be given to all talukas, says Nazim HYDERABAD, Oct 24: The Nazims of talukas and union councils should try their utmost to resolve the problems of the people of their respective areas.... HYDERABAD: Afghans’ influx into Sindh be stopped, urges JSQM HYDERABAD, Oct 24: The acting chairman of Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM), Shafi Karnani, has demanded that the influx of Afghan nationals into Sindh should be stopped forthwith and those Afghans... HYDERABAD: 238 EWD workers’ future uncertain HYDERABAD, Oct 24: The fate of around 238 employees of the Education Works Department hangs in the balance as they have been transferred from their parent department — the Directorate of... HYDERABAD: Chargesheet submitted HYDERABAD, Oct 24: The Cantonment police on Wednesday submitted the chargesheet against the two suspended police officials of the Nasarpur police station before the Anti-Terrorism Court.... HYDERABAD: Hesco official summoned by court HYDERABAD, Oct 24: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Wednesday directed the superintendent engineer, Hesco, to be present in the court on Oct 30 in...

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