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December 6, 2001 Thursday Ramazan 20, 1422 KARACHI: PTCL seeks increase in tariff structure: Call charges, line rent to go up KARACHI, Dec 5: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) has filed a petition with the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) for an increase in line rent and local call charges, Dawn learnt here... KARACHI: Fruit exporter shot dead: 11 vehicles taken away KARACHI, Dec 5: Unknown assailants shot dead a leading fruit exporter on Rashid Minhas Road on Wednesday morning.... KARACHI: Pakistani fishermen return home KARACHI, Dec 5: All the 202 Pakistani fishermen who were released by Indian authorities on Monday arrived here safely on Wednesday morning.... KARACHI: Afghans held with rocket KARACHI, Dec 5: The Karachi police on Wednesday recovered a Russian-made rocket from three Afghan nationals in the Gulistan-i-Johar area.... KARACHI: Vague admission rule lands students in trouble KARACHI, Dec 5: At least 20 candidates, who did well in their entrance test for admission to the two government-run medical colleges in the city, are likely to be deprived of... KARACHI: 4 injured in Gulshan firecracker explosion KARACHI, Dec 5: Four people were injured, one of them seriously, when a powerful firecracker exploded near an American fast food restuarant in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Wednesday evening.... KARACHI: Garbage heaps expose people to diseases KARACHI, Dec. 5: Inadequate arrangements for safe disposal of solid waste have enhanced the number of garbage dumps in almost all parts of the city.... KARACHI: Mismanagement hits admission process at KU KARACHI, Dec 5: Mismanagement is affecting the process of admissions to honours and masters classes at University of Karachi, causing inconvenience to candidates.... KARACHI: SSC exam forms available at banks KARACHI, Dec 5: The examination forms of SSC-part I (Class IX) for the annual examination-2002 of science and general group (regular) have been made available at 14 authorised branches of NBP... KARACHI: IT courses in colleges criticized KARACHI, Dec 5: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers’ Association has expressed concern over the execution of Information Technology programmes at intermediate level in city colleges and demanded of the governor and... KARACHI: Admissions continue at NED KARACHI, Dec 5: Admission process at the NED University of Engineering and Technology Karachi is going on in a smooth and orderly manner and as per schedule.... KARACHI: CPSP, Saudi health body sign accord KARACHI, Dec. 5: The College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan will conduct FCPS-I examination in Saudi Arabia twice a year from July next, CPSP sources said.... KARACHI: City Govt depts to be linked with computers KARACHI, Dec 5: Despite having limited manpower and resources, the Information Technology Department of City Government has finalized plans to link up 18 towns and all 14 departments of the City... KARACHI: Multi-offence convicts to get remission benefit KARACHI, Dec 5: A division bench of the Sindh High Court on Wednesday held that whenever a prisoner is convicted for more than one offence, the benefit of Section 382B of... KARACHI: Rangers sepoy gets death sentence KARACHI, Dec 5: An Anti-terrorism Court on Wednesday awarded double capital punishment to a lance naik of the Bhitai Rangers for murdering his newly married friend and gang raping his wife.... KARACHI: Transfers, postings ordered KARACHI, Dec 5: Anzar Hussain Zaidi, an officer of Ex-PCS (BS-20), awaiting posting has been posted as Secretary (P&I), Planning and Development Department.... KARACHI: Urban transport policy to be ratified shortly KARACHI, Dec 5: The Sindh government has prepared an urban transport policy which is being discussed at various forums and is expected to be ratified shortly.... KARACHI: Case against MQM leaders transferred KARACHI, Dec 5: A contempt of court case against leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement was on Wednesday transferred by the administrative judge of the anti-terrorism courts, Karachi, from ATC-IV to... KARACHI: Army urged to return to barracks KARACHI, Dec 5: The Jamaat-i-Islami’s Deputy chief Prof Ghafoor Ahmad has asked the armed forces to ensure the holding of free, fair and transparent elections, transfer power to the elected representatives... KARACHI: Turbine provided to improve water supply KARACHI, Dec 5: On the directive of Nazim Karachi, Naimatullah Khan, the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board supplied a turbine in Union Council-7 of Jamshed Town within 12 hours to help... KARACHI: Bachat bazaar closed KARACHI, Dec 5: The Bachat Bazar functioning at Jehangir Park has been closed down following a show-cause notice issued by the Provincial Ombudsman Sindh, Justice (Retd) Haziqul Khairi to Saddar Town... KARACHI: Workers consensus on labour policy demanded KARACHI, Dec 5: Speakers at a meeting on Wednesday demanded that the draft of the proposed labour policy be widely published in the press to get input from all the relevant... KARACHI: Procession route KARACHI, Dec 5: Nazim Karachi Naimatullah Khan on Wednesday called for immediate removal of stalls from around Nishtar Park.... PESHAWAR: IMS students get option to continue studies PESHAWAR, Dec 5: The NWFP government has decided to give the option to the students of Institute of Management Sciences to continue their studies at the autonomous institution or to transfer... PESHAWAR: Judgment reserved on plea against CEC order PESHAWAR, Dec 5: A division bench of the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday reserved its judgment on a writ petition challenging an order of the Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan.... PESHAWAR: Afghan transit trade at standstill PESHAWAR, Dec 5: Goods valued at just over Rs150m were transported to Afghanistan via the NWFP under the Afghan Transit Trade during the first 12 days of November, official sources told... PESHAWAR: UNHCR not to resume work in Fata PESHAWAR, Dec 5: Talks between the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the provincial government remained inconclusive here on Wednesday as the world body refused to resume its operations... PESHAWAR: Customs revenue up by 12.4pc PESHAWAR, Dec 5: Revenue collection of Peshawar Collectorate grew by 12.45 per cent during July to November this fiscal.... PESHAWAR: EU offers help in rebuilding Afghanistan PESHAWAR, Dec 5: The commissioner of the European Union, Paul Nielson, who arrived here from Kabul on Wednesday, said the European Union was ready to assist the new government in Afghanistan... ISLAMABAD: CDA, Iesco meeting cancelled: Construction of grid station on green belt ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: A meeting between the officials of Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) scheduled to be held on Thursday has been cancelled, the CDA sources... ISLAMABAD: Political dialogue must for