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December 17, 2001 Monday Shawwal 1, 1422 KARACHI: Cut in diesel price fails to benefit commuters KARACHI, Dec 16: The city transport department failed on Sunday to assert its authority to persuade the transporters to cut public transport fares after the oil advisory committee reduced the price... KARACHI: PPO begins delivering remittances KARACHI, Dec 16: The Pakistan Post Office has started delivering home remittances — or the amount of foreign exchange sent home by overseas Pakistanis — through its 59 general post offices... KARACHI: Man dies in mysterious circumstances KARACHI, Dec 16: A young man died in mysterious circumstances in a hotel on Napier Road on Sunday.... KARACHI: Eid being celebrated today KARACHI, Dec 16: Like elsewhere in the country, people in Sindh will also celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with zeal and enthusiasm on Monday.... KARACHI: PMA election on 23rd KARACHI, Dec 16: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), Karachi, is holding biennial election on Dec 23 in accordance with the PMA constitution, says a press release.... KARACHI: Nine cars, four bikes stolen KARACHI, Dec 16: Thirteen vehicles — nine cars and four motorcycles — were stolen in the city on Sunday, the police said.... KARACHI: Advance pay KARACHI, Dec 16: On account of Christmas, the government of Sindh has decided that full pay and allowances/ pension for the month of December should be paid in advance to all... KARACHI: Sewage posing danger to residents of Orangi KARACHI, Dec 16: Filthy water gushing out from various choked gutters and sewerage lines in different parts of Orangi Town have created an extremely unhygienic condition, exposing the residents of the... KARACHI: Jacob Lines to be no-parking zone KARACHI, Dec 16: KDA director-general, Brig Zaheer Quadri, has assured the elected representatives of Jacoblines that the locality will shortly be declared no-parking zone.... KARACHI: Godowns in residential areas a big hazard KARACHI, Dec 16: The warehousing facilities in the residential areas of the old city, including Saddar and Lyari towns, have been creating multifarious problems, a survey shows.... KARACHI: Artificial shortage KARACHI, Dec 16: The Pakistan Crescent Youth Organisation has slammed some pharmaceutical companies for allegedly creating an artificial shortage of 36 life-saving drugs.... KARACHI: Salaries paid KARACHI, Dec 16: All the city government employees have been paid salaries.... KARACHI: Eid prayer timings KARACHI, Dec 16: The Eidul Fitr prayers will be offered at hundreds of Eidgahs, mosques and Imambargahs in the city. The major Eid congregations will be held at Polo Ground, New... KARACHI: PPO changes colour of letter-boxes KARACHI, Dec 16: The Pakistan Post Office has changed the colour of its letter-boxes from yellow to red.... KARACHI: Get-together KARACHI, Dec 16: Eid-ul-Fitr get-together for serving and retired army officers and their families will be held in the Corps Officers Mess, behind Sea Breeze Plaza, Sharah-i-Faisal on Eid Day at... KARACHI: 430 prisoners released KARACHI, Dec 16: Four hundred and thirty prisoners were released in Sindh on Sunday on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr, after they were granted special remissions in their sentences by the President... KARACHI: Vehicles’ recovery record seen as doubtful KARACHI, Dec 16: The recovery data of the hijacked/stolen vehicles is merely a fudging of figures rather than being based on facts.... KARACHI: Arts Council electioneering picks up momentum KARACH, Dec 16: The electoral campaign between the two contesting panels for the offices of the Pakistan Arts Council Karachi for the year 2002 is gaining momentum with each passing day.... KARACHI: Charas seized KARACHI, Dec 16: A police party of CIA (West) seized 25 kilograms of charas from a passenger coach in Sabzi Mandi area and arrested three persons, including the driver and the... KARACHI: Zubaida to open Quaid scouts rally on 21st KARACHI, Dec 16: The Federal Education Minister and Chief Scout Commissioner, Zubaida Jalal, will inaugurate the five- day National Yekjehti Quaid-e-Azam Scouts Rally which commences on Dec 21 under the auspices... KARACHI: SHC sets aside decree passed by banking court KARACHI, Dec 16: The Sindh High Court has set aside the judgement and decree passed in a banking suit against Noor Bano, mother of Abdul Qadir Tawakal, for payment of Rs9,91,99,246.60... PESHAWAR: Eid shopping at its peak in Peshawar PESHAWAR, Dec 16: Like other parts of the country, Eidul Fitr will be celebrated in the Frontier province on Monday with traditional zeal and fervour.... PESHAWAR: Woman implicated in false case still in jail PESHAWAR, Dec 16: Hopes of a Nigerian woman, arrested on charge of drug pushing, that she would celebrate Eid with her daughter, were shattered as her case could not be fixed... PESHAWAR: Senior officers to help AG in govt cases PESHAWAR, Dec 16: Taking exception to the lack of interest by the officers concerned in defending legal cases against the government, high-ups of different departments have issued directives that senior and... PESHAWAR: Nazim, Naib Nazim disqualified PESHAWAR, Dec 16: An election tribunal here on Saturday disqualified a panel of Nazim and Naib Nazim of a Union Council Tehkal, Peshawar, and declared the runners-up panel elected office-bearers of... RAWALPINDI: Cantt Board’s map approval procedure complicated RAWALPINDI, Dec 16: Building a house in the cantonment areas has become an uphill task due to complicated map-approval procedure of the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB), the residents told Dawn.... ISLAMABAD: Timber worth Rs8.4bn imported in 1999-2000 ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: Pakistan imported Rs8.4 billion worth of wood and wood products in 1999-2000 due to the significant increase in deforestation, a study by Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE)... RAWALPINDI: Women make a beeline at henna stalls RAWALPINDI, Dec 16: On the eve of Eid henna stalls were swarmed with young women, either buying the ever-popular henna cones or getting their palms decorated with beautiful designs in henna... ISLAMABAD: Train hits taxi ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: A train with hundreds of passengers on board was miraculously saved after ramming into a taxi parked on the railway track near Tarnol, police said on Sunday.... ISLAMABAD: Benazir greets nation on Eid ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on the occasion of Eidul-Fitr hoped the government would fulfil people’s hopes and aspirations by reverting to the rule of law and constitution... ISLAMABAD: Haj applications date extended ISLAMABAD, Dec 16 : Last date for receipt of applications under Open Haj scheme has been extended upto December 22 for convenience of the intending pilgrims, a spokesman of the ministry... ISLAMABAD: PPP condemns new case against Asif Zardari ISLAMABAD, Dec 16 : The spokesman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has condemned the regime’s action of instituting yet another politically motivated case against Senator Asif Ali Zardari when he had... RAWALPINDI: Reconstruction of Afghanistan: ministries asked to file proposals RAWALPINDI, Dec 16: The government has asked the federal ministries and divisions to submit proposals regarding projects that Pakistan can undertake in Afghanistan as part of the reconstruction work there, sources... ISLAMABAD: Case filed against CIA men ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: The police have registered a case against CIA officials on charges of illegally detaining a person and taking Rs8,000 to release him, the R.A Bazaar police said.... ISLAMABAD: CRCP hails ‘access to justice’ policy ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: Consumer Rights Commission of Pakistan (CRCP) has welcomed the “Access to Justice” policy announced by the government on Saturday.... LAHORE: Musharraf advised to visit India LAHORE, Dec 16: Pakistan People’s Party (Shaheed Bhutto) Punjab president Dr Mubashir Hasan advised President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Sunday to visit India on his way to China and hold talks... LAHORE: Fazlur Rahman sent home for five days LAHORE, Dec 16: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Pakistan amir Maulana Fazlur Rahman detained at the Chashma Rest House under the maintenance of public order was sent home on Sunday for five days in... LAHORE: Zardari gets bail in drug case LAHORE, Dec 16: District and Sessions Judge Rana Zahid Mahmood on Saturday admitted former MNA Asif Ali Zardari to bail in the narcotics smuggling case registered against him by the Lahore... LAHORE: JUI apprehensive of US policy LAHORE, Dec 16: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam amir Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday said the future American policy towards Pakistan could well be imagined in the light of Mr Collin Powell’s condemnation of... LAHORE: Light rain forecast for Eid LAHORE, Dec 16: It will remain cloudy with chances of light rain in the city in the evening on Eidul Fitr falling on Monday, according to the local Met office here... LAHORE: Governor meets secretaries LAHORE, Dec 16: Punjab Governor Lt-Gen Khalid Maqbool (retired) on Sunday met the recently appointed secretaries of various departments and the Planning and Development Board chairman. Officials said the meeting was... LAHORE: Banks urged to provide better service to clients LAHORE, Dec 16: Punjab Law Minister Dr Khalid Ranjha on Sunday urged banks and development finance institutions to provide better service to their clients by using information technology in their offices.... HYDERABAD: Transporters still charging higher fares, say citizens HYDERABAD, Dec 16: The residents of Khuda Ki Basti, Kotri, have appealed to the Sindh governor to direct the local transporters of Hyderabad to abide by the instructions of the government... HYDERABAD: 292 closed schools to be reopened HYDERABAD, Dec 16: A high-level meeting held here on Saturday under the chairmanship of Zila Nazim, Dr Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman discussed educational matters in detail and noted with concern that no less...

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