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November 30, 2001 Friday Ramazan 14, 1422 KARACHI: Public buses violate route permits KARACHI, Nov 29: Route permits for the public transport are being violated, causing losses to the provincial exchequer, Dawn learnt here on Thursday.... KARACHI: Ten vehicles hijacked KARACHI, Nov 29: Ten vehicles — five cars and an equal number of motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Thursday, the police said.... KARACHI: New pay scale to hamper employees growth KARACHI, Nov 29: With the recent measures reducing the prospects of promotion to almost nil, government jobs may not charm even the unemployed youths.... KARACHI: Move to streamline new LB system: 42 laws amended KARACHI, Nov 29: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro promulgated on Thursday the Sindh Laws (Amendment) Ordinance 2001 to amend 42 laws, acts and ordinances in force in the province, bringing them in... KARACHI: Protest in Lyari at water shortage KARACHI, Nov 29: Traffic in some Lyari areas came to a standstill on Thursday as a charged crowd, protesting against water shortage, took to streets.... KARACHI: Reckless driving claims two lives KARACHI, Nov 29: A young man and a four-year-old boy died in road accidents in the city on Thursday.... KARACHI: Body to check route permit violations KARACHI, Nov 29: The district regional transport authority (DRTS) has decided that neither any amendment to the old routes of buses, mini-buses and coaches will be allowed nor new permits will... KARACHI: Vigilance teams formed to inspect health units KARACHI, Nov 29: The health department of Karachi City Government has formed five vigilance committees to supervise and evaluate the functioning of all health facilities in various towns of Karachi.... KARACHI: Prompt aid in heart attack stressed KARACHI: Nov 29: A workshop was held here on Thursday at Sobraj Maternity Hospital for doctors and post graduate students of the hospital.... KARACHI: 150 uplift schemes being implemented KARACHI, Nov 29: More than 150 development schemes costing millions of rupees, mostly relating to road construction, are under implementation in various Towns of the Karachi City Government under the Khushhal... KARACHI: Uniform rate for all ISPs: PTCL KARACHI, Nov 29: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company has decided not to increase the monthly charges for digital cross connect (DXX) network for internet service providers using shared bandwidth, ranging between 192... KARACHI: Driving licences being computerized KARACHI, Nov 29: The Inspector General of Police, Sindh, Syed Kamal Shah, on Thursday directed the officials concerned to issue driving licences under one-window facility and provide spacious and airconditioned waiting... KARACHI: Mobile lab monitoring air pollution KARACHI, Nov 29: A mobile laboratory of the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency meant for monitoring smoke and other kinds air pollution has started operating in Karachi.... KARACHI: IBA increases fees KARACHI, Nov 29: The Institute of Business Administration(IBA) Karachi is “compelled” to announce fee increase due to a number of programmes being undertaken to enhance the academic quality at the institution.... KARACHI: Calligraphy on show KARACHI, Nov 29: An exhibition of specimens of calligraphy by Tahir Aziz is on at Carlton Hotel’s gallery.... KARACHI: Profiteers face action KARACHI, Nov 29: A total fine of Rs11800 has so far been recovered from 185 shopkeepers challaned on charges of profiteering and failure to display the price lists during the month... KARACHI: Court notice to govt in demolition case KARACHI, Nov 29: The Sindh High Court has put the provincial government, KDA, KBCA and KMC on notice for Dec 3 in an applications filed by Dr Anwar Ye Bin Ju,... KARACHI: High court rejects engineers’ petition KARACHI, Nov 29: A division bench of the High Court of Sindh, comprising Justice Zahid Kurban Alavi and Justice Mujeebullah Siddiqui, dismissed on Thursday a constitutional petition filed by seven superintending... KARACHI: Building bylaws being vetted KARACHI, Nov 29: The proposed Karachi building bylaws are being vetted at the law department of the Sindh government and hopefully the draft laws will be submitted to the Sindh governor... KARACHI: AC summons Zardari KARACHI, Nov 29: Azizullah Memon, Judge of an accountability court for Karachi division, summoned on Wednesday Hakim Ali Zardari on Dec 8 for recording his statement in a corruption case pertaining... KARACHI: Muttahida man’s conviction set aside KARACHI, Nov 29: An appellate bench of the Sindh High Court set aside on Thursday the STA conviction of an activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement.... KARACHI: Judgments reserved in 3 references KARACHI, Nov 29: An accountability court deferred on Thursday judgments in three references involving two former chiefs of the National Development Finance Corporation till Dec 12.... KARACHI: People urge repairs of busy roads KARACHI, Nov 29: Residents of Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Block 13, have expressed their concern over the inordinate delay in the construction of the thoroughfares in the area, dug up some six months back... KARACHI: Liver failure KARACHI, Nov 29: The country requires some 2,000 livers and around 6,500 kidneys for transplantation annually, according to a Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation report.... KARACHI: Importance of CNICs stressed KARACHI, Nov 29: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro has desired the that all elected representatives, especially Nazims of Zila, Taluka and Union Councils, should create awareness among the people of the significance... PESHAWAR: Donors to extend aid for health sector PESHAWAR, Nov 29: International aid agencies working under the cover of the UNO and some foreign donor agencies have agreed to extend grant-in-assistance to strengthen the NWFP health sector for meeting... PESHAWAR: PHC dismisses HBFC appeal PESHAWAR, Nov 29: A division bench of the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal of the House Building Finance Corporation filed against an octogenarian for the recovery of interest... PESHAWAR: Kabul museum reopened PESHAWAR, Nov 29: The Kabul museum was reopened for the general public for the first time in five years after the fall of Taliban government in Kabul.... PESHAWAR: Qazi’s plea rejected PESHAWAR, Nov 29: Dismissing the writ petition of Jamaat-i-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad, a two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday declared his detention by the provincial government as... PESHAWAR: Nangarhar’s new setup assures UN of cooperation PESHAWAR, Nov 29: The new administration ruling Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday assured the UN and other international relief agencies of fullest security to enable them to carry out their... PESHAWAR: PPP demands probe into massacre of POWs PESHAWAR, Nov 29: Pakistan People’s Party leader Sikandar Sherpao has condemned Northern Alliance forces for brutally killing pro-Taliban prisoners of war in a fortress near Mazar-i-Sharif.... PESHAWAR: Woman seeks help for jailed son PESHAWAR, Nov 29: An old woman has requested the President and the Chief Justice of Pakistan to help her, as she claimed, her son had been falsely implicated in a criminal... PESHAWAR: Colleges to reopen tomorrow PESHAWAR, Nov 29: All colleges in Lakki Marwat district will reopen on Dec 1.... ISLAMABAD: Afghan crisis has put economy at risk: report ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: The frontline status of Pakistan in war against terrorism in the post-September 11 scenario and global recession has put the country’s economy at great risk, a report released... RAWALPINDI: Tehsil assembly okays 15 contracts amid uproar RAWALPINDI, Nov 29: The Rawalpindi tehsil assembly on Thursday approved 15 contracts amid allegations and counter- allegations of fraud and nepotism by Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) officials in cahoots with some... RAWALPINDI: Rs100m grant released for Pindi flood victims: Nazim: First 100 days of district govt RAWALPINDI, Nov 29: Ministry of Religious Affairs has extended an assistance of Rs100 million to the Rawalpindi district government for compensation of remaining 4,000 victims of the Nullah Leh flooding.... ISLAMABAD: ‘PPP’s founding principles still effective’ ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairperson Benazir Bhutto said in a message received here on Thursday that the party was celebrating the 34th anniversary of its foundation this November... ISLAMABAD: Labour laws to be implemented in newspaper industry: Omar ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: The government will ensure implementation of all labour-related laws in the newspaper industry, the federal labour minister, Omar Asghar Khan, said on Thursday.... ISLAMABAD: Contamination: CDA snaps water supply ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has suspended water supply to sector G-7 after sewage seeped into pipelines, Authority sources said.... LAHORE: US would have attacked even after Osama handover, says Zaeef LAHORE, Nov 29: The US would have attacked Afghanistan even if the Taliban had handed over Osama bin Laden, the prime suspect in the Sept 11 attacks on Washington and New... LAHORE: ARD revives struggle for representative govt LAHORE, Nov 29: The multi-party opposition alliance ARD revived its struggle for a representative rule in the country by launching a new mass contact campaign on Thursday and a call by... LAHORE: Lawyer-liquidator’s car handed over to dealer LAHORE, Nov 29: Police handed over an absconding lawyer-liquidator’s car to a dealer while a bank adjusted his fixed deposit against his credit card dues, Lahore High Court company judge Nasim... LAHORE: Shahbaz wife, daughters ‘made to leave’ LAHORE, Nov 29: The wife and two daughters of former chief minister Shahbaz Sharif returned to Saudi Arabia on Thursday evening after the Punjab government told them that they would be... LAHORE: Devolution adds to workers’ problems LAHORE, Nov 29: The uneven decentralization of the Labour Department under the devolution of power plan has added to the problems of industrial workers in 15 less developed districts of the... HYDERABAD: Schools, colleges closure continues: Teachers protest against increment test HYDERABAD, Nov 29: Schools and colleges remained closed here and in other parts of the interior of Sindh on third consecutive day on Thursday as teachers held a demonstration outside the... HYDERABAD: Role of federal govt criticized: Proposed transfer of Dehs to Punjab HYDERABAD, Nov 29: Sindh Democratic Party chairman Yousuf Leghari has criticized the federal government for maintaining silence over the plan of Punjab to tamper with the territorial boundary of Sindh and... HYDERABAD: Rally against bid to occupy Imambargah HYDERABAD, Nov 29: The activists of Tehrik-i-Jafria Pakistan who were residents of Miskeen Colony, SITE, Kotri, staged a protest demonstration outside the Hyderabad press club here on Thursday against the threat... HYDERABAD: ‘Govt firm on ending bonded labour’ HYDERABAD, Nov 29: The federal secretary for Ministry of Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis, Farhat Hussain said that the federal government was committed to completely eliminating the curse of bonded labour... HYDERABAD: Liberated Haris hold protest demonstration HYDERABAD, Nov 29: As many as 105 liberated Haris including women and children in four groups staged a protest demonstration outside the Hyderabad press club here on Thursday against the tyranny... HYDERABAD: LUMHS announces entry test results HYDERABAD, Nov 29: The registrar of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences notified here on Thursday, that the entry test result for the admission in LUMHS for the year 2001-2002...

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