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December 13, 2001 Thursday Ramazan 27, 1422 KARACHI: 3 kids die as they taste dumped factory waste KARACHI, Dec 12: Three children died when they tasted a chemical powder while playing in a playground in Pak Colony soon after Iftar on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Nazim gives 15-day notice to KWSB: Water crisis in Lyari KARACHI, Dec 12: The city Nazim, Naimatullah Khan, has warned the KWSB to solve Lyari’s long-standing problem of water shortage within 15 days or admit in writing their failure to do... KARACHI: 1,240 juvenile inmates in 12 jails of Sindh KARACHI, Dec 12: Sindh Minister for Law, Justice Abdul Rehman has directed the provincial police chief to ensure that no juvenile offender is placed at police lockup at any point of... KARACHI: Rs100m released for SRTC men KARACHI, Dec 12: The Sindh finance department has released an amount of Rs100 million for payment of retirement dues/golden hand-shake to ex-employees of the Sindh Road Transport Corporation.... KARACHI: Japanese relief goods for refugees KARACHI, Dec 12: Two Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force ships Uraga and Sawagiri arrived here on Wednesday on a three-day goodwill visit. The ships are also carrying relief goods for Afghan refugees,... KARACHI: Four cars, five bikes hijacked KARACHI, Dec 12: Nine vehicles — four cars and five motorcycles — were either stolen or hijacked in the city on Wednesday, the police said.... KARACHI: New master plan dept to be set up KARACHI, Dec 12: The Sindh government has decided to form a new master plan department for Karachi City Government.... KARACHI: KU announces BBA provisional results KARACHI, Dec 12: The department of Business Administration, University of Karachi, has announced the list of candidates selected for admission to BBA (Hons) for the academic year 2002.... KARACHI: Availability of safe blood for transfusion much needed KARACHI, Dec 12: Need for developing culture of blood donation is strongly needed in the country where 75 per cent of its whole blood requirement is met through professional donors, leaving... KARACHI: TB common among small children KARACHI, Dec 12: Overall 17 per cent of the latest TB cases in Pakistan are among under five years of age and this further accounts for 30 per cent in Balochistan... KARACHI: A new literary forum launched KARACHI: The editor Aenda, a quarterly literary magazine, launched on Tuesday his Aenda Literary Forum to discuss with city writers the problems that confront the community of thinkers, intellectuals and readers... KARACHI: Arts Council elections KARACHI, Dec 12: A leading personality of the advertisement field, S. H. Hashmi on Wednesday announced that he would contest for a third time the elections for vice president of the... KARACHI: KBCA sets up body to review NOC policy KARACHI, Dec 12: The oversee committee of Karachi Building Control Authority has set up a four-member committee to review the policy regarding revised NOCs.... KARACHI: SC reserves order in MBBS admission case KARACHI, Dec 12: The Supreme Court reserved on Wednesday judgment in the petition of a student of Chandka Medical College, Larkana, who had challenged the act of denying her the right... KARACHI: Bandits jailed for two years KARACHI, Dec 12: The district and sessions judge, Central, Zafar Ahmed Khan Sheerwani, sentenced on Wednesday three bandits to two years’ rigorous imprisonment.... KARACHI: Eid relief amount given to fisherfolk KARACHI, Dec 12: Self-reliance schemes will be introduced for fishermen enabling them to boost their income and living standard.... KARACHI: 3 offers received for trophy hunting KARACHI, Dec 12: The Sindh Wildlife Management Board has accepted the offers of three applicants for trophy hunting and advised the wildlife department to issue permits to them.... KARACHI: Rally held to mark 27th Ramazan KARACHI, Dec 12: The Awami Himayat Tehreek on the last day of its mass- contact campaign on Wednesday organized a “torch-bearing” rally on the eve of 27th Ramazan-ul-Mubarak to express gratitude... KARACHI: Appointment of civil judges notified KARACHI, Dec 12: The Sindh law department has notified the appointment of civil judges and judicial magistrates on a regular basis.... KARACHI: Disabled MBBS candidates to appear before medical board KARACHI, Dec 12: The Sindh health department has advised those who have applied for admission to M.B.B.S in the public sector medical institutions of the province against the quota for the... KARACHI: Changes to law seen as against women’s interests KARACHI, Dec 12: An NGO providing legal aid to women has urged the government not to consolidate the issues relating to divorce, dowry, maintenance and custody of children, etc. in one... KARACHI: SC admits appeal against acquittal KARACHI, Dec 12: The supreme Court allowed on Wednesday leave to appeal against the acquittal of the two accused in a murder case in which wife of the deceased was one... KARACHI: Bail granted KARACHI, Dec 12: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, comprising Justice Mohammed Roshan Essani and Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany, granted bail on Wednesday to Khushi Mohammed Bhutto, a former... KARACHI: DCET extends admission forms’ date KARACHI, Dec 12: Principal Dawood College of Engineering and Technology Karachi has notified that the last date for submission of admission forms under the regular and self-finance schemes for the combined... KARACHI: City weather KARACHI, Dec 12: The city’s weather will be fair with hazy morning on Thursday, a weather forecast said.... PESHAWAR: Distribution of electricity to be streamlined in Chitral dist PESHAWAR, Dec 12: The Water and Power Development Authority and the NWFP government reached an agreement to streamline the power distribution system in Chitral district, here on Wednesday.... PESHAWAR: Women’s role in development efforts stressed PESHAWAR, Dec 12: Speakers at a one-day seminar on devolution of power for Nazimeen and councillors, stressed the need for motivation of the female community in their bid to remove social,... PESHAWAR: Ulema urged to follow decisions of Ruet body PESHAWAR, Dec 12: Sheikhul Hadees Maulana Hassan Jan, Mohtamim Jamia Mosque and former MNA, has said that like other parts of the country, the Ulema of the NWFP in general and... PESHAWAR: Nazim’s call to start work on uplift schemes PESHAWAR, Dec 12: The district Nazim, Swat, Dr Mehboobur Rehman, on Wednesday directed the concerned authorities to start work on developmental schemes of Rs2 million in every union council in the... PESHAWAR: Pesco chief slams Nazim’s action PESHAWAR, Dec 12: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company chief executive, Brig Khalid Khan, has expressed concern over the alleged high-handedness of Chitral’s Nazim-i-Aala, Shehzada Muhiuddin.... PESHAWAR: Minister to lead Eid prayers PESHAWAR, Dec 12: Eidul Fitr prayers in Eidgah Mosque, Charsadda Road, Peshawar, will be led by Maulana Qari Roohullah Madani, Minister for Auqaf, Religious Affairs and Social Welfare, NWFP.... PESHAWAR: Ex-employee of PAF, wife killed PESHAWAR, Dec 12: A former employee of the Pakistan Air Force and his wife were killed and their minor daughter wounded near Badbare on the outskirts of the city the other... RAWALPINDI: KPP fund for Pindi district doubled, says governor RAWALPINDI, Dec 12: The Punjab government has doubled the allocation of funds for Rawalpindi District under the Khushhal Pakistan Programme (KPP) from Rs170 million to Rs340 million.... RAWALPINDI: 6,700 teachers likely to spend Eid without salaries RAWALPINDI, Dec 12: About 6,700 low-paid teachers of the non-formal schools affiliated with the federal education ministry have not been paid their salaries for the last five months, Dawn has learnt.... ISLAMABAD: Changes being brought in political culture: Abbas ISLAMABAD Dec 12: Changes are being brought in the political culture and elected representatives have to adjust themselves according to the new situation, Federal Kashmir Affairs Minister Abbas Sarfaraz Khan said.... ISLAMABAD: Iqbal and Goethe published ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has been making efforts to familiarize new generation about the teachings and philosophy of Dr Allama Mohammad Iqbal for the past several years.... ISLAMABAD: PFI being restructured: minister ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: Federal Minister for Environment Omar Asghar Khan said the government was taking concrete steps to increase forest area in the country.... ISLAMABAD: 50 Afghan women get blankets ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: A non-governmental organization (NGO), the Hoap Foundation, on Wednesday distributed blankets among 50 Afghan widows in Rawalpindi.... LAHORE: President asks provinces to make Nazims ‘all powerful’ LAHORE, Dec 12: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has asked the provincial governments to make the district Nazims all powerful, and ensure that all those who matter must remain available to them... LAHORE: Not all parties prepared for immediate polls LAHORE, Dec 12: Although most of the political parties are demanding “immediate elections” for the restoration of a democratic governance, not all of them are in a position to go to...