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December 7, 2001 Friday Ramazan 21, 1422 KARACHI: Protesters block road in Lyari: Water crisis in several areas KARACHI, Dec 6: An angry crowd protesting against water shortage in Daryabad Union Council and some parts of Lyari blocked Mauripur Road on Thursday morning.... KARACHI: PTA can’t reject PTCL plea for tariff hike KARACHI, Dec 6: Contrary to what most people believe, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is powerless to turn down the application for a tariff increase submitted by the Pakistan Telecommunication Company... KARACHI: Man shot dead in ‘encounter’ KARACHI, Dec 6: A young man was shot dead in what the police claimed an encounter with bandits in Teen Hatti on late Wednesday night.... KARACHI: Fares for public transport notified KARACHI, Dec 6: The Sindh labour, transport, industries and commerce department, in view of the reduction in the prices of petroleum products announced by the oil companies advisory committee and to... KARACHI: Mad dog bites 10 children in Baldia KARACHI, Dec 6: About 10 children were bitten by a stray mad dog in Baldia Town on Thursday. The victims were taken to Civil Hospital.... KARACHI: Dawn staffer robbed, injured KARACHI, Dec 6: Bandits injured and robbed a senior staffer of Dawn of cash in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Thursday.... KARACHI: NGO to build cancer unit at Jinnah Hospital KARACHI, Dec 6: To improve the existing facilities for cancer patients at the Jinnah Post-graduate Medical Centre, the Cancer Society has taken the initiative to build a fully-equipped building unit, situated... KARACHI: Eid shopping picks up momentum KARACHI, Dec 6: Glittering lights in and outside the shopping centres, overcrowded roads and side lanes, and heavy rush in cloth, garments, shoes and cosmetics shops is now a common scene... KARACHI: Most city hospitals without ventilators KARACHI, Dec 6: Ventilators, an essential requirement for any intensive care unit, are largely missing from most government as well as private hospitals in the city.... KARACHI: Reopening of KDA pipe factory discussed KARACHI, Dec 6: A special meeting of the governing body of the KDA was held here on Thursday to discuss the reopening of the KDA’s pre-stressed pipe factory.... KARACHI: Registration for MA external KARACHI, Dec 6: The Examination Department of the Karachi University has announced that registration forms of external candidates for M.A and double M.A, and for improving the division, will be accepted... KARACHI: Traffic arrangements for today KARACHI, Dec 6: The Karachi police in coordination with the local administration have made arrangements to ensure smooth flow of traffic on Yaum-i-Ali, Friday, says a press release of the Central... KARACHI: Powers under MPO are often misused: SHC decision KARACHI, Dec 6: The Sindh High Court has held that the MPO 1960-62 is one of the draconian laws that is used as a tool to deprive a citizen of his... KARACHI: Rs9.55bn uplift schemes being implemented KARACHI, Dec 6: The development schemes costing to the tune of Rs9.55 billion are being implemented in Sindh under different heads to improve the existing facilities being offered to the common... KARACHI: KDA stopped from razing structure KARACHI, Dec 6: A division bench of the Sindh High Court admitted on Thursday an appeal against the KDA, and granted stay against demolition of a structure on a piece of... KARACHI: Students hit by vague rule still waiting for govt help KARACHI, Dec 6: The candidates who have been declared “unfit” for admission to the Karachi-based medical colleges on account of a vague admission rule have been running from pillar to post.... KARACHI: City govt notifies parking rates KARACHI, Dec 6: The city government has issued a list of the rates and places where contracts of charged parking has been issued.... KARACHI: Nazims, DCOs get powers of transfers KARACHI, Dec 6: Sindh Governor Muhammedmian Soomro has decentralised the powers of transfers and postings by allowing Nazims, District Coordination Officers (DCOs) and Executive District Officers (EDOs) to carry out transfers... KARACHI: PTI slams Zionist terrorism KARACHI, Dec 6: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has condemned Israel’s bombing on innocent civilians including children in Palestine and termed Israel as the real terrorist power in the Middle East which has... KARACHI: MQM team to meet president tomorrow KARACHI, Dec 6: A three-member delegation of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement will meet President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday, Dec 8.... KARACHI: Edhi Home KARACHI, Dec 6: Abdul Sattar Edhi has established an Edhi Home in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.... KARACHI: SHC to decide yellow cabs sale case within a month KARACHI, Dec 6: The Supreme Court has held that the division bench of the Sindh High Court, which is seized of the appeal of Mehran Motors, will decide the matter within... PESHAWAR: Detention of Qazi & Fazl extended for 30 days PESHAWAR, Dec 6: The NWFP government here on Thursday extended the detention period of Amir Jamaat-i-Islami, Qazi Hussain Ahmad, and chief of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, for 30 days with... PESHAWAR: Reconstruction, peace in Afghanistan urged PESHAWAR, Dec 6: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah said on Wednesday that bringing normalcy to Afghanistan is a gigantic task and the international community should work to ensure durable peace there.... PESHAWAR: Governor stresses financial discipline PESHAWAR, Dec 6: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah on Thursday underlined the need for adhering to financial discipline in all matters.... PESHAWAR: Warrants for officials issued PESHAWAR, Dec 6: A court on Wednesday issued arrest warrants for a former commissioner and deputy commissioner of Peshawar for non-compliance of an order.... PESHAWAR: Need stressed to demine Afghanistan PESHAWAR, Dec 6: It would take ten to twelve years and a financial assistance of up to 500 million US dollars to clear the land mines in Afghanistan.... PESHAWAR: PHC summons 3 SHOs PESHAWAR, Dec 6: A division bench of the Peshawar High Court on Thursday summoned station house officers (SHOs) of three local police station in connection with the illegal detention of a... PESHAWAR: ANP hails Bonn accord PESHAWAR, Dec 6: The provincial president, Awami National Party (ANP), Begum Nasim Wali Khan, has hailed the power-sharing deal among Afghans and termed the agreement a first step towards lasting peace... PESHAWAR: Plea against acquittal admitted PESHAWAR, Dec 6: A two-member bench of the Federal Shariat Court here on Thursday admitted to full hearing a criminal appeal filed against the acquittal of three persons in a gang... RAWALPINDI: RCB unable to pay over Rs154m liabilities RAWALPINDI, Dec 6: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) was facing a financial crisis and unable to pay its liabilities amounting to Rs154.551 million, well-placed so