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November 23, 2001 Friday Ramazan 7, 1422 KARACHI: Police shoot carjacker to death, 11 vehicles stolen KARACHI, Nov 22: An alleged carjacker was killed in a shootout with the police on Wednesday night in Bahadurabad.... KARACHI: Affiliations delayed for want of SBTE chief KARACHI, Nov 22: The cases pertaining to affiliation and registration of technical education institutions are piling up at the Sindh Board of Technical Education as the government delays the appointment of... KARACHI: Water crisis in Clifton, other localities KARACHI, Nov 22: People in different parts of the city have been experiencing water shortage since the advent of Ramazan.... KARACHI: Three killed in Baldia violence KARACHI, Nov 22: Two activists of Muttahida Quami Movement were gunned down and several shops were set on fire in Baldia Town by a rival group on Thursday, following the recovery... KARACHI: 18 SHOs penalized KARACHI, Nov 22: The DIG of Karachi has taken serious notice of the performance of about 18 SHOs (station house officers) of the Karachi... KARACHI: Govt decides to reduce bus fares KARACHI, Nov 22: The Sindh government has decided to withdraw the notification of 14th August 2001 increasing and implementing intercity transport fares.... KARACHI: Screening of Afghan refugees for leprosy urged KARACHI, Nov 22: There is a need to thoroughly screen all the Afghan refugees for leprosy as they might be brining in the bacteria with them.... KARACHI: Most doctors of Korangi hospital found absent KARACHI, Nov 22: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro on Thursday paid a surprise visit to the Sindh Government Hospital at Korangi-5 and found a majority of doctors and paramedics absent from duty.... KARACHI: Commuters demand new routes KARACHI, Nov 22: Commuters from Gulshan-e-Iqbal and Gulistan-e-Johar have urged the authorities to expand the operation of metro buses by starting new routes from these two thickly populated destinations to Clifton... KARACHI: Social worker to stage walk to New Delhi KARACHI, Nov 22: Social worker and artist Jimmy Engineer announced on Thursday that he would start his “Peace Walk” from Islamabad to New Delhi on Nov 30.... KARACHI: Five burn victims leave for US KARACHI, Nov 22: Five children suffering from burn injuries are being taken by a US-based charity organisation to the US for treatment on Thursday night.... KARACHI: Concern over houbara hunting KARACHI, Nov 22: The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), expressing concern over the mass-scale poaching of houbara bustard being carried out in certain areas, has urged the government to stop... KARACHI: Fair weather KARACHI, Nov 22: The city’s weather will remain fair on Friday with hazy morning, a weather forecast said.... KARACHI: Atta price reduced by Re 1 per kg: Cabinet offers Ramazan package KARACHI, Nov 22: The Sindh Cabinet here on Thursday decided to reduce the price of atta by rupee one per kg while offering a relief to the people under its “special... KARACHI: KESC refuses to shed light on tariff structure KARACHI, Nov 22: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) keeps its more than 1,700,000 consumers in the dark about its tariff structure, Dawn learnt here on Thursday.... KARACHI: KU Masters admission KARACHI, Nov. 22: The University of Karachi has notified on Thursday that the date for submission of admission fee and required documents for the candidates whose names have appeared in the... KARACHI: AG seeks time to place on record order on arrest KARACHI, Nov 22: Hearing of constitutional petition, challenging the detention of deputy chief of Jamaat-i-Islami, Liaquat Baluch, was adjourned till Friday when the advocate-general, Sindh, sought time to place on record... KARACHI: Ex-official of KWSB jailed for corruption KARACHI, Nov 22: An Accountability court sentenced on Thursday an official of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board to a three-year term for amassing wealth through illegal means.... KARACHI: SHC grants bail in murder case KARACHI, Nov 22: A division bench of Sindh High Court on Thursday granted bail to one Haq Nawaz, allegedly involved in a double murder case.... KARACHI: Malaysian goods for Afghan DPs KARACHI, Nov 22: Relief goods for Afghan refugees, brought to Karachi by Malaysian naval ships KD Mahawangsa and KD Lekir, were handed over on Thursday to representative of the United Nations... KARACHI: Controller of exams seeks relief from office KARACHI, Nov 22: Seeing the manpower available for examination works as inadequate, the sitting controller of examinations, Board of Secondary Education Karachi, wants to be relieved from his assignment.... KARACHI: Shopkeepers told to display price lists KARACHI, Nov 22: A press release of the department of investment promotion city government Karachi issued here on Thursday said appropriate prices of eatables had been determined and their list had... PESHAWAR: PHC accepts pleas for admission on Fata seats PESHAWAR, Nov 22: A division bench of the Peshawar High Court on Thursday accepted 15 identical writ petitions of tribal students pertaining to admissions against seats reserved for tribal areas in... PESHAWAR: Shooras for Afghan provinces demanded PESHAWAR, Nov 22: The Jihadi shoora, commanders and tribal elders from Nangarhar, Laghman, Kunar and Nooristan provinces on Wednesday said it had become imperative to form shooras for the smooth running... PESHAWAR: Govt defends Qazi’s detention PESHAWAR, Nov 22: The provincial government has termed the detention of Jamaat-i-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad legal and in accordance with law, and requested the Peshawar High Court to dismiss his... PESHAWAR: Warrants for arrest of railway officials PESHAWAR, Nov 22: The labour court here on Wednesday issued arrest warrants of three officials of Pakistan Railways, including its general manager, for non-compliance of a court order.... PESHAWAR: Commuters await cut in fares PESHAWAR, Nov 22: Commuters have asked the government to take effective measures for lowering down soaring transport fares in proportion to the recent decrease in the POL prices.... PESHAWAR: Frontier Highways Authority’s setup okayed PESHAWAR, Nov 22: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah on Thursday approved the organizational setup of the newly created Frontier Highways Authority, its future range of activities, functions and responsibilities.... PESHAWAR: 24 officials’ promotion recommended PESHAWAR, Nov 22: The NWFP Selection Board, in its meeting presided over by its chairman, Chief Secretary Naeem Khan, here on Wednesday recommended the promotion of 24 provincial government officers to... PESHAWAR: Affairs of surplus employees discussed PESHAWAR, Nov 22: To analyse and discuss the problems of surplus government servants and their statistical position in district Chitral, a meeting was held here on Wednesday. It was presided over... ISLAMABAD: Asif Zardari says he will not leave country