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December 12, 2001 Wednesday Ramazan 26, 1422 KARACHI: KESC in deeper Fiscal morass KARACHI, Dec 11: More than two years after taking over the affairs of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation into its hands, the army has not only failed to effect an economic... KARACHI: Profiteers continue to defy control on prices KARACHI, Dec 11: The Bureau of Supply and Prices (BSP) claimed on Tuesday that the prices of essential items so far in Ramazan showed a downward trend or remained unchanged at... KARACHI: Two car hijackers get 17 years’ RI KARACHI, Dec 11: An anti-terrorism court sentenced on Tuesday two car hijackers to 17 years’ rigorous imprisonment each on two counts.... KARACHI: Mandatory first aid in all hospitals KARACHI, Dec 11: The Sindh government has made it mandatory upon doctors of government and private health outlets to ensure provision of first aid immediately to the people who suffer injuries... KARACHI: Reckless driving claims two lives KARACHI, Dec 11: A 14-year-old boy and a young man fell victim to reckless driving in the city on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Conversion of PECHS plots KARACHI, Dec 11: As many as 1,096, out of 5,583 residential plots in PECHS, are currently being used for commercial purposes.... KARACHI: 11 cars, 12 bikes taken away in two days KARACHI, Dec 11: Twenty-three vehicles — 11 cars and 12 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city in the past 48 hours, police said.... KARACHI: Govt accepts Nazim’s plea for supremacy of merit KARACHI, Dec 11: The selection board for admission to the government-run medical colleges in Karachi has decided to give admission to some 20 students who had made what the health department... KARACHI: Educational institutions’ privatization criticized KARACHI, Dec 11: Speakers at a seminar on Tuesday criticized the government decision of denationalizing educational institutions of Sindh, terming the move discriminatory towards the province.... KARACHI: KU awarded Jean Monnet Chair in political science KARACHI, Dec 11: The European Commission’s directorate general for education and culture, Brussels, has awarded the prestigious Jean Monnet Chair in Political Science to the Karachi University.... KARACHI: Complete privatization of education in one year KARACHI, Dec 11: Sindh education minister Prof Anita Ghulam Ali has said that the decision of the provincial cabinet to denationalize some educational institutions in the province is aimed at checking... KARACHI: Drive against pye-dogs urged KARACHI, Dec 11: Sindh health minister Ahsan Ahmad, taking a serious notice of increasing incidents of dog-bites in the city, has asked the City Nazim and other Nazims to fulfil their... KARACHI: Need for revival of KCR stressed KARACHI, Dec 11: City Naib Nazim, Mohammad Tariq Hassan, said on Tuesday that the revival of the circular railways was essential to overcome the city’s gigantic transport problem.... KARACHI: Proceedings in power theft case stayed KARACHI, Dec 11: Justice Ghulam Rabbani of the Sindh High Court stayed proceedings before the trial court in an alleged electricity theft case.... KARACHI: Election for 32 committees of city govt from 27th KARACHI, Dec 11: The elections of 32 committees of the Karachi City Government will be held on Dec 27, 29 and 31 and Jan 2, 3, 2002 in the City Council... KARACHI: SUPARCO seminar on natural hazards monitoring KARACHI, Dec 11: Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) is organising five-day international seminar on “natural hazards monitoring” from Jan 7 in Karachi.... KARACHI: Bail rejected in fraud case KARACHI, Dec 11: The Sindh High Court rejected on Tuesday the bail application of an accused who had misappropriated Rs1.3 million and prize bonds worth six million rupees from a bank,... KARACHI: Security measures for Eid discussed KARACHI, Dec 11: IGP Sindh Syed Kamal Shah has urged the police officials to be more vigilant on Eid-ul-Fitr to avert any possible terrorist activity.... KARACHI: High-ups’ visit to Altaf Town revives hopes KARACHI, Dec 11: The hopes of residents of Altaf Town were revived on Tuesday when the commander of the PAF base Korangi Creek and the director- general of the Karachi Development... KARACHI: Ground-breaking of cancer hospital performed KARACHI, Dec 11: The French Consul-General in Karachi performed the ground- breaking of the 50-bed cancer hospital, Al-Mehrab Tibbi Imdad (AMTI), in Korangi on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Textile engg exams KARACHI, Dec 11: The NED university of Engineering and Technology Karachi has announced that practical examinations of Engineering Drawing of first year (Textile Engineering) Annual Examinations 2000-2001 have been rescheduled.... KARACHI: Hearing in PIA union ban case put off to 20th KARACHI, Dec 11: The Federation in its affidavit-in-rejoinder to the counter-affidavit filed by the Pakistan Airline Pilot’s Association in a suit and CMA has denied Palpa’s contentions and termed them baseless,... KARACHI: Case against Ghous KARACHI, Dec 11: Two more prosecution witnesses were examined here on Tuesday by Dr Qamaruddin Bohra, judge of an accountability court, in a reference against former minister of defence Syed Ghous... PESHAWAR: NWFP faces Massive budgetary deficit PESHAWAR, Dec 11: The NWFP government is faced with massive budgetary deficit due mainly to non-payment of net hydel profit share for the first five months of the current financial year... PESHAWAR: 25pc quota for women in govt depts demanded PESHAWAR, Dec 11: Participants in a workshop on Tuesday, urged upon the government to take positive steps for ending harassment to women at work places.... PESHAWAR: Move to run 2nd shift in schools from next year PESHAWAR, Dec 11: The provincial government has decided to run a second shift (evening) from April next year, with the help of private sector, in government schools all over the province.... PESHAWAR: Kutcha abadi union leaders arrested PESHAWAR, Dec 11: Leaders of kutcha abadis union were arrested and sent to jail for agitating against the demolition of their houses by Pakistan Railways on Monday.... PESHAWAR: Timely recovery of revenues ordered PESHAWAR, Dec 11: The NWFP minister for revenue, excise and taxation, Aminullah Khan Gandapur, has directed the district revenue officers to ensure the recovery of revenues and achieve the set targets... PESHAWAR: 16,000 teachers’ posts lying vacant in NWFP PESHAWAR, Dec 11: As many as 10,000 posts of school teachers and 600 of lecturers are vacant in the NWFP.... DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Official jailed for taking bribe DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Dec 11: The Anti-Corruption Establishment on Tuesday arrested the assistant district accounts officer, Dera Ismail Khan, red-handedly while taking bribe from a government employee for passing his arrear... DERA ISMAIL KHAN: TV owners’ complaint DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Dec 11: The citizens have complained that they are being cheated by some unscrupulous men posing as members of PTV licensing teams.... MINGORA: Release of Qazi, others demanded MINGORA, Dec 11: The Loya Jirga of the Malakand division (LJM) has condemned the government for detaining heads of religo-political parties and demanded that the leaders be released immediately.... CHARSADDA: Councillors form alliance to press govt for powers CHARSADDA, Dec 11: Charsadda union councils’ representatives took out a procession here on Monday to protest against what they called the government failure to announce a “package of incentives” for them.... ISLAMABAD: FAO to give $0.236m for protecting shisham trees ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will provide $0.236 million for a regional project to arrest the rapid spread of a disease in shisham trees in the region,... ISLAMABAD: Influence of foreign countries to be contained: Madaris ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: The government will introduce an action plan to control the influence of foreign countries, including some Western powers, on Pakistani Madaris.... ISLAMABAD: Law on equal pay for men, women soon, says Omar ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: The government will make law for equal remuneration for men and women in line with ILO Convention, which was ratified by the Pakistan Government in August this year....