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November 8, 2001 Thursday Shaba’an 21, 1422 KARACHI: Sindh, city govts differ over plans: Denationalization KARACHI, Nov 7: The city government is unhappy with the ongoing process of denationalization or restoration of educational institutions to private parties in the city, said official sources.... KARACHI: Benazir’s plea seeking adjournment rejected: PIA appointments case KARACHI, Nov 7: An Accountability court dismissed on Wednesday an application of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, seeking suspension of proceedings of a corruption reference against her till her return to... KARACHI: Speeding Tanker crushes boy to death KARACHI, Nov 7: A boy was crushed to death by a speeding tanker in Korangi Industrial Area on Wednesday.... KARACHI: AMTs not being paid: KESC KARACHI, Nov 7: The army monitoring teams working in aid of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation are not being paid commission or compensation for detecting power thefts, recovery of electricity dues... KARACHI: KTF backs strike call KARACHI, Nov 7: The Karachi Transport Federation has decided to support the strike call given by the religious parties for Friday, against the US-led coalition attack on Afghanistan.... KARACHI: Institutions with poor results face action KARACHI, Nov 7: Sindh governor Muhammedmian Soomro has directed the educational boards in Sindh to play their essential role towards promoting the standard of education.... KARACHI: Electricity bills date extended KARACHI, Nov 7: The KESC has extended the last date for payment of electricity bills, due on Nov 9, without late payment surcharge, to Nov 10.... KARACHI: Seven cases of anthrax prove negative KARACHI, Nov 7: Health experts have claimed that anthrax is not a contagious disease as it is mainly found in animals caused by bacillus anthracis, found naturally in environment.... KARACHI: KPP projects in Gulshan KARACHI, Nov 7: Various Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town development schemes being executed under the Khushal Pakistan Programme were visited, on Wednesday, by Brig Ayaz Pir and Brig Haider Abbas of the Army Coordination... KARACHI: Children in jail enjoy food, fun KARACHI, Nov 7: Children lodged at Central Jail enjoyed food and fun on Wednesday, organized as part of the “Food for Special Children” programme.... KARACHI: KU releases list of BS interviewees KARACHI, Nov 7: The Department of Computer Science, University of Karachi, has released the list of candidates who have qualified for interviews for BS(Computer Science) admissions to the university.... KARACHI: Iron supplement a must for women KARACHI, Nov 7: Anaemia has appeared to be one of the most common problems among women in child-bearing age, exposing them and their babies to severe complications during delivery and afterwards.... KARACHI: Malaria on rise in city KARACHI, Nov 7: Despite a lapse of three months since the formation of city government in Karachi, no measures have been taken by the new government to control proliferation of malaria... KARACHI: Education census KARACHI, Nov 7: Secretary education Sindh, Nazar Hussain Mahar, on Wednesday presided over a meeting to review the arrangements for the education census to be launched on Nov 13. The census... KARACHI: Literary evening at Arts Council KARACHI, Nov 7: Mehfil Naqd-o-Nazer, supposed to be the last in the tenure of the sitting Adbi committee, was held on Nov 6 at the Pakistan Arts Council with Shafi Aqeel... KARACHI: Nazims told to plan for economic development KARACHI, Nov 7: Sindh Minister for Local Bodies, Labour and Transport, Dewan Mohammad Yousuf Farooqi, on Wednesday, presided over a meeting of Nazims and District Coordination Officers belonging to the interior... KARACHI: Connoisseurs remember Bijnori’s contribution KARACHI, Nov 7: Speakers at a function observing the 83rd death anniversary of Dr Abdur Rehman Bijnori on Wednesday threw light on the various aspects of his personality and his works,... KARACHI: PADC sticks to decision on strike KARACHI, Nov 7: Despite government’s stern warning to take action against those giving a call for a strike on Friday, the Pak-Afghan Defence Council on Wednesday reiterated its resolve to go... KARACHI: Drive against beggary planned KARACHI, Nov 7: City government will launch a drive against the menace of beggary from the first of Ramazan.... KARACHI: Sindh needs Rs4bn for payment of salaries KARACHI, Nov 7: Underlining the need for improving tax and resource-generating system in Sindh, the Sindh finance minister, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, said on Wednesday that the federal government would also... KARACHI: Propaganda on nuke safety lamented KARACHI, Nov 7: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has warned that if a foreign power under any pretext attacked or tried to “liquidate Pakistan’s nuclear facilities, it would have to face a joint... KARACHI: MQM condemns arrest KARACHI, Nov 7: The coordination committee of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has said that government agencies were taking extra constitutional and illegal action against its workers, which was causing concern among... KARACHI: Committee on development, training meets KARACHI, Nov 7: A meeting of the UNDP-ECP Project Committee on Institutional Development and Training was held here on Wednesday to review the progress made at the 3-day workshop on the... KARACHI: Silver theft case: SHC grants bail KARACHI, Nov 7: Justice Shabbir Ahmed of Sindh High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Syed Muhammad Arif Shah in the sum of Rs0.5 million, allegedly involved in the removal/theft of... KARACHI: Iraqi property taken over fraudulently KARACHI, Nov 7: The Board of Revenue, Sindh, has handed over an enquiry into an allegedly fraudulent occupation of a residential house of Iraqi Embassy in Karachi to the Inspector General... PESHAWAR: Traders urged to observe strike PESHAWAR, Nov 7: Jamiat Tulba-i-Islam, student wing of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, has urged the transporters, shopkeepers and city traders to observe a complete shutdown on Friday and express their solidarity with Afghan people... PESHAWAR: Ownership rights assured to Kutcha Abadi dwellers PESHAWAR, Nov 7: Federal Minister for Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis Omar Asghar Khan has said that the dwellers of kutcha abadis would be granted ownership rights soon.... PESHAWAR: Ex-Naib Tehsildar convicted PESHAWAR, Nov 7: An accountability court here on Wednesday convicted a former Naib Tehsildar of revenue department, NWFP, Mosam Khan and sentenced him to five years rigorous imprisonment along with fine... PESHAWAR: Workers not to observe strike, govt assured PESHAWAR, Nov 7: A 60-member delegation of labour community comprising representatives of their federations, unions and associations have assured the provincial government that they would keep themselves aloof from the wheel-jam... PESHAWAR: Pushto Academy made language authority PESHAWAR, Nov 7: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah on Tuesday declared the Pushto Academy, University of Peshawar, as a language authority and announced Rs1 million for the language laboratory of... PESHAWAR: PU opens on 12th PESHAWAR, Nov 7: The University of Peshawar will reopen on Nov 12, a handout issued here on Wednesday said.... RAWALPINDI: 33pc increase in gas supply from next year RAWALPINDI, Nov 7: Gas supply in the country would increase by 33 per cent from next year when an additional 1 billion cubic feet of natural gas would enter the main... ISLAMABAD: KANUPP design life extended for 20 years ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: Special Advisor to the President on strategic studies Dr Ishfaq Ahmad on Wednesday said that the design life of the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP) was extended for... ISLAMABAD: Romania wants strong ties with Pakistan: envoy ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: Ambassador of Romania Emil Ghituloscu has expressed the hope that relations between Pakistan and his country will remain strong and responsive to the economic and social realities in... ISLAMABAD: CPC slams ban on Afghan envoy’s press briefing ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: The Citizen’s Peace Committee (CPC), Islamabad-Rawalpindi chapter, affiliated with the Alliance for Peace and Justice, criticized the government’s action of banning press briefings by the Taliban ambassador to... ISLAMABAD: Salik to stay in cage during Ramazan ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: The convenor of World Minorities Alliance, J. Salik, will lock himself in an iron cage from the first of Ramazan “to express solidarity with the Muslim brethren”.... ISLAMABAD: Six killed in separate road accidents ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: At least six persons, including three members of a family, were killed in three separate road accidents in Islamabad on Wednesday, police said.... ISLAMABAD: PPP rejects govt contention on Benazir’s return ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: Acting secretary-general of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Mian Raza Rabbani has rejected the contention of Maj-Gen Rashed Qureshi that Benazir Bhutto’s return to the country depended on the... ISLAMABAD: Anti-drugs declamation contest ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: Anti-narcotics speech competition between students of FG Secondary School No6, I-10/4 was held Wednesday to create awareness against the deadly effects of narcotics.... LAHORE: Passco can’t sell wheat to private sector LAHORE, Nov 7: The Pakistan Agriculture Services and Supply Corporation can not sell ‘even a grain’ of wheat to the private sector in the Punjab.... LAHORE: Centre hinders transfer of monuments LAHORE, Nov 7: Stiff opposition by the federal government is likely to delay if not stall the proposed transfer of historical monuments and sites to the provinces which was originally desired... LAHORE: NAB arrests two for Rs19.6m default: Cooperative loans LAHORE, Nov 7: An accountability court remanded two directors of Land Mark Construction Company in National Accountability Bureau’s custody on Wednesday for three days for allegedly misappropriating Rs19.61 million borrowed from... LAHORE: Nazims flay massacre in Afghanistan LAHORE, Nov 7: District Nazims of Lahore, Sialkot, Sargodha, Jhang, Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan have unanimously condemned the killing of innocent civilians in incessant US attacks on Afghanistan.... LAHORE: Baloch wants SC to take notice of curbs: Right to dissent LAHORE, Nov 7: Jamaat-i-Islami naib amir Liaquat Baloch appealed to the Supreme Court on Wednesday to take a suo motu notice of the moves to prevent the people from exercising their... LAHORE: Ummah Facing hard time: Nasrullah LAHORE, Nov 7: ARD president Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan said on Wednesday by extending overwhelming support to Afghanistan, the people of Pakistan had voted against the government.... HYDERABAD: SHC restrains amc from interfering in civil matters HYDERABAD, Nov 7: A division bench of the Sindh High Court Hyderabad circuit, comprising Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed and Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany here on Wednesday restrained the Army Monitoring Cell (AMC),... HYDERABAD: SSGC asked to pay compensation HYDERABAD, Nov 7: The people of Dadu, Shikarpur, and Larkana whose lands have been acquired by the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) for laying gas pipelines have appealed to the president... HYDERABAD: Scholars urged to highlight services of great people HYDERABAD, Nov 7: The vice chancellor of Sindh University has called upon the scholars to highlight the life, works, achievement and the services of the great people, who had devoted their... HYDERABAD: MUET announces Interview schedule HYDERABAD, Nov 7: The registrar, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, has notified for the information of all concerned that the interviews of the eligible candidates for admissions to first-year... HYDERABAD: Action against Zeal-Pak union office-bearers urged HYDERABAD, Nov 7: The coordinator of Fundamental Rights Commission, Abdul Jabbar Rehmani, has called upon the authorities to order the arrest of the office-bearers of Zeal Pak Cement Factory Employees Union...

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