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November 25, 2001 Sunday Ramazan 9, 1422 KARACHI: Reconstruction of major roads delayed: City govt claim contested KARACHI, Nov 24: Contrary to the claims of the City Government’s works department that they have completed work on city’s major roads, several main thoroughfares are still in a shabby condition.... KARACHI: 11 shops in L’abad market gutted KARACHI, Nov 24: Eleven shops were completely destroyed and 15 others partially damaged when a fire swept through a cloth market in Liaquatabad on early Saturday morning.... KARACHI: Ten more vehicles hijacked KARACHI, Nov 24: Ten vehicles — five cars and an equal number of motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Saturday, a spokesman for the Central Police... KARACHI: SI demoted for sending false case to ATC KARACHI, Nov 24: A sub-inspector of the Karachi police has been reverted to substantive rank and placed under suspension for conducting investigation into a case that did not warrant prosecution and... KARACHI: Govt offers help for desalination plants KARACHI, Nov 24: Governor Muhammedmian Soomro asked the industrialists on Saturday to seriously consider installation of desalination plants and utilizing coal for power generation because of shortage of water and power... KARACHI: Repatriation of fishermen next month KARACHI, Nov 24: The repatriation of 202 Pakistani fishermen and their boats from India has further been delayed till first week of next month.... KARACHI: Qirat contest KARACHI, Nov 24: An All-Karachi Inter-School ‘Husn-i-Qirat’ competition will be organized on Nov 26 at 2pm at Frere Hall.... KARACHI: Heavy fee hike hurts students of IBA KARACHI, Nov 24: While students are perturbed by the ‘heavy increase’ in tuition fee and other charges, the administration at the government-run Institute of Business Administration has resorted to remain tightlipped... KARACHI: Need for midwives stressed KARACHI, Nov 24: Need to train more professional midwives is being increasingly felt in the country where the rate of maternal mortality is one in every 20 minutes.... KARACHI: Exhibition by art students KARACHI, Nov 24: A two-day exhibition of student artists opened at the SG auditorium of Alliance Francaise de Karachi on Saturday morning.... KARACHI: Hill Park affairs being straightened KARACHI, Nov 24: Suspecting some foul-play in the working of some commercial concerns at Hill Park, the city Nazim, Naimatullah Khan, on Saturday sought the record of such units.... KARACHI: SSC exam forms submission from 27th KARACHI, Nov 24: The Board of Secondary Education has announced that examination forms of SSC Part-II (Class X) for the annual examination 2002 of Science and General groups, regular and ex-candidates... KARACHI: US-Pakistan collaboration in research emphasized KARACHI, Nov 24: The vice-chancellor of Karachi University, Prof Zafar Saeed Saify, has called for the need of exchange of delegations between Pakistan and the United States in the realms of... KARACHI: HU results KARACHI, Nov 24: The Hamdard University has announced the results of final professional MBBS, second annual examinations 2000-1. About 46 candidates had appeared in the exams, of whom 33 candidates were... KARACHI: Date extended KARACHI, Nov 24: The Sindh Health Department has announced to extend the date for submission of permanent residence and domicile certificates of parents/guardians on forms P-I up to Nov 25.—PPI... KARACHI: Hotel told to file comments in suit for damages KARACHI, Nov 24: The Sindh High Court has directed the Pearl Continental Hotel to file written comments in a suit filed by its former employee, Sabir Mahmood Bhatti, for the recovery... KARACHI: Govt plans to computerize transport record KARACHI, Nov 24: The District Regional Transport Authority (DRTA) of the Karachi city government would computerise the record of all buses, minibuses and other public vehicles and their routes in Karachi... KARACHI: Special industrial zones being set up KARACHI, Nov. 24: Sindh governor Mohammedmian Soomro has said that the objective of the government’s efforts is to raise the living standard of the common man and in this regard equal... KARACHI: Move to transfer villages slammed KARACHI, Nov 24: The Jamaat-e-Islami on Sunday sounded a note of protest over the government’s decision to transfer 17 villages of Sindh to Punjab and said it would resist against the... KARACHI: Overdue results of DAE next month KARACHI, Nov 24: The overdue results of Diploma of Associate Engineers’ annual examinations 2000 will be declared in the first week of December, said sources in the Sindh Board of Technical... KARACHI: Mosque unsealed on court order KARACHI, Nov 24: Nazir of the High Court of Sindh, Moinuddin Ahmed, unsealed Masjid-i-Quba in Dawood Colony, Bahadurabad, on Friday evening and took over its administration.... KARACHI: IT exhibition at Expo Centre in January KARACHI, Nov 24: A two-day exhibition on ‘IT the Future of Pakistan — Enabling IT Education’ will be held at the Expo Centre of the Export Promotion Bureau beginning on Jan... KARACHI: KU admission interviews KARACHI, Nov 24: The Department of Business Administration, University of Karachi, has issued the list of candidates selected for interview for admission to MBA for the year 2002.... KARACHI: Drug smugglers jailed for five years KARACHI, Nov 24: Ali Nawaz Pirzada, judge of the special court for control of narcotics substance, sentenced on Saturday three drug smugglers to five years’ rigorous imprisonment with a fine of... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Nov 24: The meteorological department has forecast fair weather with cold night for Karachi on Sunday with a minimum temperature ranging from 14 to 16 degrees centigrade. Dry weather is... PESHAWAR: Protesting students baton-charged PESHAWAR, Nov 24: University campus police resorted to baton charge and tear-gas shelling for dispersing protest procession of the Institute of Management Sciences students, taken out here on Saturday against the... PESHAWAR: Saif’s arrest in murder case sought: Plea filed in PHC PESHAWAR, Nov 24: A freelance journalist approached the Peshawar High Court on Saturday, praying that former senator Saifur Rehman be taken into custody and instructions be issued to the crimes branch... PESHAWAR: Governor intervenes to resolve IMS issue PESHAWAR, Nov 24: The governor NWFP, Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah, has intervened to resolve the controversy engulfing the Institute of Management Sciences (IMS), which has made the future of a large... PESHAWAR: Diabetes research centre set up PESHAWAR, Nov 24: A diabetes research centre has been established at the Kabir Medical College, a constituent of the Gandhara Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS), said a press release here on... PESHAWAR: Govt asked to give up supporting US PESHAWAR, Nov 24: Nazim-i-Aala Pakistan, Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) Mushtaq Ahmad Khan has condemned the Pakistani government for providing support to the United States of America.... PESHAWAR: Relief goods donated to Edhi Home PESHAWAR, Nov 24: The Pakistan Air Force Women’s Association has handed over the relief goods to Dr Arshad Qureshi, head of the relief mission at Edhi Home in Peshawar, stated a... PESHAWAR: Power meters’ installation in FATA begins PESHAWAR, Nov 24: The Water and Power Development Authority has started installation of electric meters in FATA, says a news dispatch received here on Saturday.... ISLAMABAD: Ministry for setting up centre for cleaner fuel production ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: The petroleum ministry has asked the Economic Affairs Division to establish a centre for cleaner fuel production and other related activities.... ISLAMABAD: CDA asked to slash cost of road project ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: The interior ministry has directed the Capital Development Authority to cut down the total estimated cost of I.J. Principal Road by 30 per cent, a reliable source in... ISLAMABAD: Imran urges govt to release Qazi ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has demanded immediate release of Jamaat-i-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad and other political detainees.... ISLAMABAD: IT official’s plea rejected ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: An acc ountability court on Thursday dismissed the application of a former income tax official of Islamabad region, challenging a supplementary reference against him.... RAWALPINDI: Profiteering to be checked: Kiani RAWALPINDI, Nov 24: The supply of daily-use commodities to the citizens will be ensured at reasonable prices, the District Nazim, Rawalpindi, Raja Tariq Kiani, said.... ISLAMABAD: NAB chairman leaves for Tokyo ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: Chair-man of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lt-Gen Munir Hafez is leaving for Japan on Sunday to attend the ADB-OECD conference on combating corruption in the Asia Pacific region.... SHORAN: Support to Baloch govt in Nimroz urged SHORAN, Nov 24: Former MNA Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind has called for support to the Baloch Government in the Nimroz province of Afghanistan, where Baloch tribesmen are said to have taken... ISLAMABAD: WFP confirms its warehouse was hit in Kandahar ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: A warehouse of the World Food Programme was hit in Kandahar in the US bombardment last week, a WFP spokesperson, Khalid Mansour, confirmed to Dawn here.... ISLAMABAD: Taliban grip over Kandahar loosening ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: The United States and its coalition forces are still in action around Kandahar which is still under the control of Taliban but “it is loosening,” said Ambassador Kenton... QUEETA: Afghan DPs tasting forbidden fruit QUETTA, Nov 24 : The joyless rule of the Taliban in Afghanistan may end up as a mere footnote in the country’s chequered history but for some people it seemed to... ABBOTTABAD: Digital phone exchange established ABBOTTABAD, Nov 24: A new 5,000-line digital exchange has started functioning here and from now on, telephone connection to applicants would be provided within 24 hours.... MARDAN: Councillors to get identity cards MARDAN, Nov 24: Mardan assistant election commissioner (AEC) has asked the Nazims and councillors to collect their identity cards from his office after Dec 4.... LAHORE: Hearing of arguments in Bhatti case begins LAHORE, Nov 24: An accountability court having completed recording of evidence in a reference against former MNA Akbar Ali Bhatti started hearing of arguments here on Saturday.... LAHORE: Interrogation of N-scientist at US embassy condemned LAHORE, Nov 24: The Pak-Afghan Defence Council’s Punjab chapter on Saturday condemned the arrest of Pakistan’s nuclear scientist Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood and his colleagues, and their interrogation at, what it said,... HYDERABAD: PPP rejects deal with government HYDERABAD, Nov 24: Central and provincial leaders of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) at a seminar here on Saturday rejected any underhand deal with the rulers for the release of Asif Ali... HYDERABAD: Teachers boycott classes in protest HYDERABAD, Nov 24: Hundreds of teachers including a large number of women teachers belonging to Government Secondary Teachers Association (GSTA), All Sindh Teachers Association and Jamiat-ul-Mudareseen boycotted classes and took out... HYDERABAD: Lashkar leader vows to continue struggle HYDERABAD, Nov 24: The central Ameer, Lashkar-i-Taiba, Hafiz M. Saeed claimed that after taking over full possession of Afghanistan, the next target of the US would be Pakistan.... HYDERABAD: Govt providing facilities to growers: BoR HYDERABAD, Nov 24: The senior member, Sindh, Manzoor Hussain Bhutto held an open katchery at the Shahbaz Hall on Saturday....

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