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November 27, 2001 Tuesday Ramazan 11, 1422 KARACHI: Bandits rob railways of one million rupees KARACHI, Nov 26: Bandits got away with Rs1,178,420 from the station master’s room at Karachi Cantt Railway Station on Monday.... KARACHI: Traders continue to fleece people: Vegetable, fruit prices go up KARACHI, Nov 26: Prices of vegetables have gone up by Rs1-Rs2 a kg and those of fruits by Rs2-Rs6 a kg in the first 10 days of Ramazan due to a... KARACHI: Govt accused of increasing inter-city bus fares KARACHI, Nov 26: The provincial transport department has increased the fares of the long route inter-city bus service instead of reducing them, the Supreme Council of All-Pakistan Transporters claimed on Monday.... KARACHI: Spurious bottled water floods market KARACHI, Nov 26: Thousands of people in the city are every day exposed to various types of water-borne diseases by consuming bottled water unfit for drinking.... KARACHI: Increment tests for teachers to continue KARACHI, Nov 26: Amidst protest and demonstration by schoolteachers, the Sindh Education Department is firm to continue the qualifying test for teachers seeking additional increments on the basis of Bachelor or... KARACHI: KESC warns shopkeepers against using extra loads KARACHI, Nov 26: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation has warned the city’s shopping complexes and Eid shopping stalls not to put up extra lights than their approved electrical load as it... KARACHI: Hawkers to be restricted to notified roads KARACHI, Nov 26: The city government has finalized plans to streamline hawkers on notified roads and charge them for the allotted space to control traffic congestion and spread of litter on... KARACHI: City water, sewage lines need replacement: Nazim visits Banaras Chowk KARACHI, Nov 26: The Nazim of Karachi, Naimatullah Khan, on Monday visited Banaras Chowk to review the implementation of directives he had issued four days back about the deteriorated sewerage condition... KARACHI: Selection board meets KARACHI, Nov 26: The Provincial Selection Board-I, which met here under the chairmanship of Governor Muhammedmian Soomro in the Governor’s House, recommended one officer of the 31 proposed by the Education... KARACHI: NED, SSUET issue merit lists KARACHI, Nov 26: The NED University of Engineering and Technology has released some more merit lists of the candidates under different categories for admission to first year engineering classes.... KARACHI: LLB final results announced KARACHI, Nov 26: The University of Karachi on Monday announced the results of LLB final year annual examinations 2001.... KARACHI: Poet’s death condoled KARACHI: Renowned poet Syed Karrar Husain Zahid Fatehpuri who died on Nov 19 after a long illness was buried on Nov 22. He was 86. He leaves behind his wife, four... KARACHI: Telephone interruptions KARACHI, Nov 26: Telephone traffic on numbers starting with prefix 561, 566, 567, 568 and 569 might remain interrupted on the night between Nov 27 and 28, from 2am to 2.30am,... KARACHI: Demo held against water shortage KARACHI, Nov 26: Faced with an acute water shortage, angry crowd in Chakiwara and its adjoining areas came out on the main road of the area Monday morning.... KARACHI: SHC rejects state pleas against ATC acquittals KARACHI, Nov 26: An anti-terrorism appellate bench of the Sindh High Court dismissed on Monday three appeals filed by the state against the acquittal of accused in car hijacking and rape... KARACHI: 33 stolen vehicles recovered KARACHI, Nov 26: The Anti-car Lifting Cell (ACLC) of the police has recovered 33 hijacked/stolen vehicles in Balochistan and the interior of Sindh which had been hijacked/stolen in Karachi.... KARACHI: Plea against ministry of petroleum dismissed KARACHI, Nov 26: The Sindh High Court has dismissed an application of Al Rahim Trading Co (Pvt) Ltd for restraining the officials of the ministry of petroleum and natural resources from... KARACHI: Law on power of attorney may be amended KARACHI, Nov 26: The government of Sindh is considering many options for amending the law on power of attorney as at present the document is being misused/abused to the detriment of... KARACHI: Fishing by Karachi trawlers opposed KARACHI, Nov 26: The district Nazim, Gwadar, has kicked up a row over fishing by Karachi-based trawlers in the Makran coast and has vehemently opposed the decision of the Balochistan Coastal... KARACHI: Ombudsman office for districts planned KARACHI, Nov 26: The Provincial Transition Wing has decided to go ahead with its plan of setting up the office of the district Ombudsman in Sindh.... KARACHI: Hearing put off KARACHI, Nov 26: An accountability court put off on Monday the hearing of a corruption reference against former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and others after recording the statement of a co-accused.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Nov 26: The Meteorological department has forecast fair weather with cold night for Karachi on Tuesday. The minimum temperature in the city is expected to be between 14 and 16... PESHAWAR: New police law to be promulgated in a week PESHAWAR, Nov 26: The much-awaited ordinance to replace the Police Act, 1861, is expected to be promulgated within a week.... QUEETA: Afghans glad to see fall of Taliban QUETTA, Nov 26: Many exiled Afghans in Pakistan will be glad to see the back of the Taliban, saying the militia has blackened the name of Pakhtoons with its hardline interpretation... PESHAWAR: Regular Afghan army must for stability: experts PESHAWAR, Nov 26: All efforts to strengthen government in Afghanistan will prove useless unless Kabul recruits its regular army, former Afghan military officials say.... PESHAWAR: Gemological institute inaugurated PESHAWAR, Nov 26: The NWFP Minister for Industries and Mineral Development, Owais Ahmad Ghani, inaugurated the Gems & Gemological Institute here on Monday— the first of its kind to be set... PESHAWAR: NWFP to open its website PESHAWAR, Nov 26: The NWFP government, in collaboration with (United Nations Development Programme) UNDP and Swiss Development Corporation (SDC), intends to open its own website shortly.... MANSEHRA: Bodies of two missing forest guards found MANSEHRA, Nov 26: The bodies of two forest guards, who went missing a week ago, were found by their family members in the Dunga forest, some 50km from here, on Sunday.... PESHAWAR: Farm loans distributed PESHAWAR, Nov 26: The Muslim Commercial Bank (MCB), Chitral, distributed Rs0.725 million agriculture loan to 29 farmers during the current month, manager of the bank Tasbeeh Ullah told Dawn on Monday.... MANSEHRA: Tea board to be set up soon, says Nazim MANSEHRA, Nov 26: The federal government will soon set up a tea board to promote the production of tea in the country.... ISLAMABAD: 41 posts in civil defence directorate abolished ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: The directorate general of civil defence has abolished its 41 posts from BPS 1 to 19 saving a sum of Rs 2.6 million per annum.... ISLAMABAD: PTCL scam: court extends remand of three accused ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: An accountability court on Monday extended for another ten days the judicial remand of three accused involved in a massive corruption through local purchases involving Rs158 million in... ISLAMABAD: Unicef chief coming to assess DPs relief needs ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: The executive director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), Carol Bellamy, will begin a five-day visit to Pakistan and Afghanistan from Friday in an effort to asses... ISLAMABAD: PML criticizes president’s policies ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ahsan Iqbal has said the policies of President Gen Pervez Musharraf have shattered the country’s self-respect.... RAWALPINDI: Tehsil assembly session prorogued amid uproar RAWALPINDI, Nov 26: Demands for provision of legal powers to the elected representatives and non-availability of offices for them dominated the proceedings of the Rawalpindi Tehsil Assembly’s fourth session on Monday.... ISLAMABAD: 18 CDA officials indicted ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Monday charge-sheeted its 18 officials for allegedly committing irregularities while working with Machine Pool Organization (MPO), a directorate of the CDA, that... ISLAMABAD: ‘Rs2bn to be spent on setting up of schools’ ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: The government will spend Rs2 billion on setting up primary and middle schools throughout the country. This is in addition to Rs700 million already allocated for the uplift... ISLAMABAD: Iesco recovers Rs21.5bn from defaulters ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: The Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) has recovered Rs21.5 billion from major defaulters of power tariff in Rawalpindi-Islamabad region.... RAWALPINDI: Water supply to remain suspended tomorrow RAWALPINDI, Nov 26: Water supply from Rawal Dam Filtration Plant will remain suspended for 16 hours on Wednesday, Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) announced here on Monday.... LAHORE: Moin backs Bush threat of bombing any country LAHORE, Nov 26: Interior Minister Moin Haider said on Monday the US was behind Osama and it could bombard any area wherever the Saudi dissident went.... LAHORE: Punjab to free 4,527 prisoners from jails LAHORE, Nov 26: The Punjab government intends to release on bail 4,527 prisoners from 34 jails across the province involved in petty offences, including juveniles, under-trial prisoners and women prisoners with... LAHORE: Decision in Akbar Bhatti case on 29th LAHORE, Nov 26: An accountability court having concluded its proceedings in a reference against former MNA Akbar Ali Bhatti reserved its final order for Nov 29.... LAHORE: Friday to be observed as ‘black day’ LAHORE, Nov 26: The Pak-Afghan Defence Council has decided to observe Friday (Nov 30) as a black day as a mark of protest against the massacre of the Afghan people.... LAHORE: Appointment of judges: order on plea reserved LAHORE, Nov 26: The Lahore High Court reserved its order on Monday on a writ petition seeking early appointment of senior-most high court judges to the Supreme Court in accordance with... LAHORE: Collection of direct taxes goes up: CBR LAHORE, Nov 26: The collection of direct taxes in the country has gone up by 3.8 per cent during the first four months (July-Oct) of the current fiscal year over the... HYDERABAD: Operation launched in Hyderabad jail, 50 UTPs shifted HYDERABAD, Nov 26: In order to check the growing lawlessness and unrest in the central prison of Hyderabad, the jail authorities with the help of law enforcement agencies personnel launched a... HYDERABAD: Teachers boycott classes, lock up schools HYDERABAD, Nov 26: The teachers of Hyderabad and other adjoining towns boycotted classes and locked up the schools here on Monday in protest against the test for increment of B.Ed and... HYDERABAD: MUET students hold protest demo HYDERABAD, Nov 26: Over three dozen students of Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro staged a protest demonstration outside the Hyderabad press club here on Monday and announced boycott of... HYDERABAD: 1st phase of JSQM protest ends HYDERABAD, Nov 26: A large number of Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz activists staged a protest demonstration outside the press club and continued their hunger strike on the 7th consecutive day here... HYDERABAD: Police asked to produce bus route permits HYDERABAD, Nov 26: Mr Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, on Monday asked the traffic police officials to produce the route permits of those buses which...

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