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October 27, 2001 Saturday Shaba'an 9, 1422 KARACHI: Thousands attend anti-US rally KARACHI, Oct 26: The Pakistan-Afghanistan Defence Council (PADC) demanded on Friday the formation of a broad-based national government in Pakistan immediately otherwise there would be a threat of civil war.... KARACHI: KDA on the brink of financial collapse KARACHI, Oct 26: The cash-strapped Karachi Development Authority, with about 6,000 employees on its payroll, is heading towards complete financial bankruptcy.... KARACHI: BA exams from Nov 5 KARACHI, Oct 26: The B.A. (Pass) Regular annual examinations will commence from Nov 5, said an announcement of the University of Karachi.... KARACHI: Pakistan’s first anthrax case KARACHI, Oct 26: Pakistan’s first clinically confirmed anthrax case has occurred in Karachi.... KARACHI: Book fair opens at KPC KARACHI, Oct 26: A three-day book fair was inaugurated by the governor of Sindh, Mohammedmian Soomro, at the Karachi Press Club on Friday.... KARACHI: Viral eye disease hits city KARACHI, Oct 26: Because of the current changing weather conditions in the city, the incidence of viral conjunctivitis is also on the rise. The condition characterised by redness and irritation in... KARACHI: Special arrangements ordered at graveyards: Shab-i-Barat KARACHI, Oct 26: The city government has decided to make special arrangements for sanitation, lighting, parking and provision of other necessary facilities at all the city graveyards on the eve of... KARACHI: Inter-city vehicles a big public nuisance KARACHI, Oct 26: Upcountry-bound and jumbo-sized buses and goods trucks on the city’s busy and main thoroughfares have become a major source of traffic congestion, accidents and noise pollution.... KARACHI: PMDC criticized for delay in affiliation KARACHI, Oct 26: The management of a private medical and dental college has blamed the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council for delay in the grant of affiliation to its medical section... KARACHI: Another anti-polio drive begins next month KARACHI, Oct 26: Sindh health minister, Major General(R) Ahsan Ahmad, on Friday chaired a high-level meeting of the Sindh health department to review arrangements for the next phase of the anti-polio... KARACHI: Fair weather KARACHI, Oct 26: The city’s weather would remain fair on Saturday with hazy/misty morning, the weather forecast said.... KARACHI: Railway tickets being sold on black market KARACHI, Oct 26: The federal minister for communications and railways, Lt-Gen (retd) Javed Ashraf Qazi, has said black marketing of tickets continues at railway stations despite stringent measures by the authorities,... KARACHI: Bandits shoot doctor, patient to death KARACHI, Oct 26: Bandits shot a doctor and a patient to death in the doctor’s clinic in Orangi Extension on Friday evening.... KARACHI: SHC restrains AC from announcing order in loan case KARACHI, Oct 26: The Sindh High Court restrained on Friday the accountability court-I from announcing judgment in three different references pertaining to bank loan default, until Nov 8.... KARACHI: UC Nazim gets bail in forgery case KARACHI, Oct 26: An additional district and sessions judge, West, Farooq Ali Channa, granted on Friday anticipatory bail to a Nazim in a forgery case.... KARACHI: Kuwait’s relief goods KARACHI, Oct 26: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro has said that the feelings of brotherhood of the government and people of Kuwait for the Muslim world has always been highly appreciative.... KARACHI: Dussehra celebrated KARACHI, Oct 26: Members of the Hindu community celebrated their annual religious festival of Dussehra on Friday.... KARACHI: Iqbal week celebrations planned KARACHI, Oct 26: The secretary, Board of Secondary Education Karachi, has asked all the heads of government and private secondary schools to send the names of students from class IX to... KARACHI: Desecration of Mazar condemned KARACHI, Oct 26: The coordination committee of Muttahida Qaumi Movement has demanded of President Pervez Musharraf to take notice of Wednesday’s rowdy incidents and clashes between the police and demonstrators near... KARACHI: Peace walk tomorrow KARACHI, Oct 26: Civil society organizations and peace-loving citizens of the city will stage a Peace Walk on Oct 28.... KARACHI: Commemorative stamp KARACHI, Oct 26: The Pakistan Post Office is issuing a commemorative postage stamp of Rs5 denomination on celebration of the 10 anniversary of Turkmenistan independence.... PESHAWAR: Medical colleges admission policy for Fata slammed PESHAWAR, Oct 26: Students belonging to Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) have criticized the NWFP government’s policy regarding admission of Fata students on reserved seats in medical colleges, because of which... PESHAWAR: Councillors walk out of budget session: Peshawar dist council PESHAWAR, Oct 26: Councillors from rural areas walked out from the Peshawar city district council budget session here on Friday, complaining that the city district government had ignored the rural areas... PESHAWAR: PHC chides police for ignoring CrPC PESHAWAR, Oct 26: The Peshawar High Court on Friday took exception to the non-compliance of the provisions of Criminal Procedure Code by the police while raiding a residence, and allowed bail... PESHAWAR: Convocation held at PAF Academy PESHAWAR, Oct 26: The convocation ceremony of 54th engineering course of PAF College of Aeronautical Engineering was held at PAF Academy, Risalpur, on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: NGO chief’s bail plea rejected PESHAWAR, Oct 26: After rejection of his pre-arrest bail petition by a court in Bannu district, chief of a non-governmental organisation, Professor Ismael was arrested on Thursday on charges of hurting... PESHAWAR: Jamaat warns against anti-Taliban ploys PESHAWAR, Oct 26: Jamaat-i-Islami on Friday asked the supporters of former Afghan King Zahir Shah to stop conspiracies against the Taliban and said that no anti-Taliban elements would be allowed to... PESHAWAR: Youths donate blood for Taliban troops PESHAWAR, Oct 26: Mohammed Abdullah may not have the blood of a militant flowing through his veins, but he hopes one day his blood will flow through someone who is fighting... PESHAWAR: PMAP demands end to US airstrikes PESHAWAR, Oct 26: Pukhtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party demanded of US President George W. Bush to halt air strikes on Afghanistan and work out a political solution of the conflict.... PESHAWAR: Importance of education underscored PESHAWAR, Oct 26: Peshawar University Vice-Chancellor Dr Zulfiqar Hussain Gillani said on Friday that true education always inculcates patience, tolerance, unity  and respect for humanity in the  students.... ISLAMABAD: PML-N to launch drive against govt next month ISLAMABAD, Oct 26: The Pakistan Muslim League, Nawaz Group (PML-N) workers will come out on the streets after November 1 on the call of Afghanistan Defence Council (ADC) to oust the... RAWALPINDI: 80pc juvenile prisoners await trial RAWALPINDI, Oct 26 : There are about 1,002 juvenile prisoners in Punjab, with 80 per cent of them being under-trial in the two jails especially for children in Bahawalpur and Faisalabad,... ISLAMABAD: Over 4pc suffer from poor vision ISLAMABAD, Oct 26: About four per cent of the population suffers from the problem of low vision, revealed a survey conducted by Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital.... ISLAMABAD: Pakistan troops be deployed in Gulf, says Sultan ISLAMABAD, Oct 26: The Pakistani troops should be posted in the Gulf states and the US soldiers deployed there be withdrawn, former Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Barrister Sultan Mahmood said while... ISLAMABAD: Benazir condemns Israeli action ISLAMABAD, Oct 26: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has condemned the Israeli forces incursion into a Palestinian village in a hunt for the suspected killers of tourism minister Rehavan Zeevi.... ISLAMABAD: Hypocrisy of the powerful and the honourable ISLAMABAD, Oct 26: Unicef representative Carol Lang called for equal opportunities for education among women and children to enable them to grow in an environment which fosters their self esteem and... ISLAMABAD: Hospice begins fund-raising drive ISLAMABAD, Oct 26: The head of administration, St Joseph’s Hospice, Westridge, Sister Ela, and honorary president of sponsers committee Mrs Natalie Pribikova have launched a fund- collection drive for the hospice... LAHORE: Complete unanimity on Afghan situation LAHORE, Oct 26: Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer has said there was “complete unanimity between Turkey and Pakistan on the current situation in Afghanistan.”... LAHORE: Omar ready to discuss wage award with owners LAHORE, Oct 26: Federal Labour, Manpower and Local Government Minister Omar Asghar Khan said on Friday that the government was keen on upholding the cause of journalists and was ready to... LAHORE: Mall traders clash with police LAHORE, Oct 26: Traders and police clashed on The Mall after the Lahore SSP ordered the arrest of the Hizbul Tahrir spokesman during an anti-US demonstration near Masjid-i-Shuhada on Friday.... LAHORE: Lahore district council session marred by uproar LAHORE, Oct 26: A meeting of the Lahore city district council was adjourned for Saturday following an uproar by opposition members.... LAHORE: Eight special trains for Raiwind moot LAHORE, Oct 26: The Pakistan Railways will run eight special trains from various stations in Sindh and one from Quetta to facilitate participants in the three-day Raiwind Tableeghi congregation being held... HYDERABAD: ANP terms Afghan war a power struggle HYDERABAD, Oct 26: The chief of Awami National Party (ANP) Mr Asfandyar Wali Khan has declared in unequivocal terms that the on-going conflict in Afghanistan was not a war between Kufr... HYDERABAD: Communist Party fears division of Afghanistan HYDERABAD, Oct 26: The Communist Party of Pakistan (CPP) has termed American air strikes against Afghanistan as a barbaric action and said that on different pretexts America had committed terrorism against... HYDERABAD: Only dialogue can end terrorism, says Ghinwa HYDERABAD, Oct 26: The chairperson of Pakistan People’s Party (SB) Ms Ghinwa Bhutto has said that a broad-based government could not be installed in Afghanistan at gunpoint and added that democracy... HYDERABAD: ‘Terrorism: crime against humanity’ HYDERABAD, Oct 26: The 9th annual party congress of the Sindh Taraqqi Passand Party (STPP) commenced at the Taraqqi Passand House on Friday under the chairmanship of the chief organizer, Dr.... KHAIRPUR: Bodies to monitor dist govt works KHAIRPUR, Oct 26: The convener of Khairpur district council Sher Mohammad Phulpoto presided over a session of the council at district council hall here on Friday.... HYDERABAD: Polls under 1973 Constitution demanded HYDERABAD, Oct 26: The provincial president of the Awami National Party Qamoos Gul Khattak, who presided over the provincial executive committee meeting here on Friday, presented several resolutions which were unanimously... HYDERABAD: Anti-US demo staged HYDERABAD, Oct 26: At least half a dozen organizations and political groups held protest demonstrations and hunger strikes on the press club road to press for the acceptance of their demands.... HYDERABAD: Qalandar’s Urs HYDERABAD, Oct 26: The 749th annual Urs of Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalander will be observed from Nov 5 to 7 under the management of the Auqaf Department Sindh in a befitting...

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