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December 21, 2001 Friday Shawwal 5, 1422 KARACHI: Reckless driving claims five lives KARACHI, Dec 20: Four men and a woman fell victim to reckless driving in the city on Thursday.... KARACHI: City govt monitoring bodies polls from 27th KARACHI, Dec 20: The Karachi City Government will hold elections for its 32 committees, planned to monitor its performance, beginning on Dec 27.... KARACHI: Scrutiny of answer scripts completed: DMC, SMC merit list on 24th, KMDC date extended KARACHI, Dec 20: The final merit list of students seeking admission to the Dow Medical College and the Sindh Medical College will be displayed on Dec 24.... KARACHI: NED displays medical examination waiting lists KARACHI, Dec 20: The NED University of Engineering and Technology has displayed more waiting lists and dates for medical examinations of candidates seeking admission to first year engineering classes.... KARACHI: Transporters propose reduction in fares KARACHI, Dec 20: In view of the recent decrease in the price of diesel the Karachi Transport Ittehad (KTI) representing ten associations of various transporters has proposed reduction in the bus... KARACHI: MQM urges cut in power rates KARACHI, Dec 20: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement members of the dissolved Sindh Assembly have demanded a downward revision of electricity rates and transport fares.... KARACHI: Two million asthma patients in Pakistan KARACHI, Dec 20: Amid growing prevalence of asthma all over the world, where over one million lives are claimed by it every year, people in the developing and underdeveloped countries are... KARACHI: Central Jail ridden with corruption, say inmates KARACHI, Dec 20: The Karachi Central Jail is ridden with corruption, according to information gathered from different sources by Dawn. A concerted effort is being made at different points to extort... KARACHI: Registration date for BCom announced KARACHI, Dec 20: The examinations department of the Karachi University on Thursday announced the date for submission of registration and examinations forms for B.Com external candidates.... KARACHI: Ahsan visits dental institute KARACHI, Dec 20: Sindh Health Minister Ahsan Ahmed on Thursday visited Altamash Institute of Dental Science in Defence Society.... KARACHI: Mansur Rahi at Canvas KARACHI, Dec 20: An exhibition of paintings by Mansur Rahi will open at Canvas Gallery on Friday.... KARACHI: Need stressed for better safety measures at PS KARACHI, Dec 20: The Sindh labour department has proposed that necessary precautionary steps be taken to avoid accidental deaths at the Pakistan Steel, says an inquiry report.... KARACHI: Cold weather KARACHI, Dec 20: The city begun receiving dry and cold winds on Thursday evening with the suspension of humid Arabian sea breezes, weather experts said.... KARACHI: Moin vows to come down hard on sectarian groups KARACHI, Dec 20: Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider has called for chalking out a course of action to meet the challenge posed to the whole world, especially the Islamic world, by terrorism.... KARACHI: High Court sets aside conviction KARACHI, Dec 20: The Sindh High Court set aside on Thursday the conviction of Mohammed Akram, an activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, on his appeal challenging his conviction by a... KARACHI: Poor civic facilities due to lack of master plan KARACHI, Dec 20: The absence of a master plan for Karachi is one of the important reasons for uncontrolled and irregular growth of the city which has resulted in other problems... KARACHI: Policeman remanded in judicial custody KARACHI, Dec 20: The judicial magistrate, Central, Ijaz Mustafa Jokhio, sent on Thursday a police constable, booked for motorcycle lifting, to judicial custody.... KARACHI: Recruitment for 4,000 police posts begins next month KARACHI, Dec 20: The Inspector General of Police, Sindh, Syed Kamal Shah, has said that recruitment against 4,000 vacant posts in the police department will begin in January 2002.... KARACHI: Seminar on Jinnah’s vision KARACHI, Dec 20: The Quaid-e-Azam Celebrations Committee, University of Karachi, is organizing a seminar on “Quaid-e-Azam’s vision of Pakistan” on the eve of the 125th birthday of the founder of Pakistan.... KARACHI: Workshop on medicine KARACHI, Dec 20: The World Health Organization, in collaboration with Hamdard University Karachi and the National Institute of Health Islamabad, is organizing a 3-day national workshop on “Integration of Traditional Medicine... KARACHI: Arguments continue in SSGC employees case KARACHI, Dec 20: Arguments continued before a division bench of the Sindh High Court on Thursday in the various petitions of Sui Southern Gas Company employees who have challenged the credibility... PESHAWAR: PHC grants bail to police official: Fake encounter PESHAWAR, Dec 20: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday allowed pre-arrest bail to a police officer involved in a case in which a person had been killed in a fake encounter.... PESHAWAR: Osama not in Afghanistan: anti-Taliban forces PESHAWAR, Dec 20: A spokesman for anti-Taliban forces in Jalalabad said on Wednesday that Osama bin Laden was not in Afghanistan any more, Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported.... PESHAWAR: ANP condemns govt’s attitude towards Ulema PESHAWAR, Dec 20: Central leader of Awami National Party (ANP) Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour condemning the government’s attitude towards Pakhtoon Ulema said that sighting or not sighting of the moon was... PESHAWAR: Rs10m earmarked for women development PESHAWAR, Dec 20: District Nazim Swat Mehboob-ur-Rehman has said that special attention will be given to women’s personality development at the district level.... PESHAWAR: Exhibition of documents, books on Quaid-i-Azam PESHAWAR, Dec 20: The NWFP minister for information, sports, culture, tourism and archives, Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani, will inaugurate an exhibition of books, letters, photographs and documents pertaining to Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad... PESHAWAR: Appeal against conviction admitted PESHAWAR, Dec 20: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Thursday admitted to full hearing an ehtesab criminal appeal filed by a... PESHAWAR: Joint Eid, Christmas party held PESHAWAR, Dec 20: The NWFP minister for auqaf, social welfare and minority affairs Qari Roohullah Madani has said that almost all religions emphasize peace and tolerance.... PESHAWAR: ‘US, UK failed to achieve objectives’ PESHAWAR, Dec 20: National Awami Party Pakistan (NAPP) Information Secretary Shakir Buneri has said that the United States and Great Britain had failed to achieve their prime objectives in Afghanistan of... PESHAWAR: Sherpao’s press conference today PESHAWAR, Dec 20: Former chief minister of NWFP and central leader of Pakistan People’s Party (Sherpao), Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, will address a press conference by telephone from London on Friday... PESHAWAR: NGOs urged to help rehabilitate disabled PESHAWAR, Dec 20: NWFP Minister for Auqaf, Social Welfare and Minority Affairs, Qari Roohullah Madani, has termed the role of social organizations and philanthropists a pre-requisite in government’s efforts for permanent... CHITRAL: Girl students protest BISE decision CHITRAL, Dec 20: The students of Government Girls College, Chitral, have expressed resentment over the decision of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Peshawar, to make female candidates affix their... HARIPUR: Private transport banned HARIPUR Dec 20: The administration has debarred private Suzuki pick-ups operating on T&T colony route from entering the colony.... PESHAWAR: Canal closure PESHAWAR, Dec 20: All the canals, lift irrigation schemes and tubewells in the jurisdiction of central irrigation circle of Peshawar, Mardan, Malakand, Swat, Bannu, upper Swat canal system and Chashma right... ISLAMABAD: Pakistani origin cards project to be restarted ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Nadra is relaunching its project of issuing Pakistani Origin Cards, and has asked all Pakistani missions abroad to send data from their respective countries.... RAWALPINDI: Jamaat leader condemns Israeli attacks on Palestinians RAWALPINDI, Dec 20: The caretaker Amir of Jamaat-i-Islami (Rawalpindi chapter), Syed Aziz Hamid, has condemned Israeli attacks on the Palestinian population.... ISLAMABAD: Bombay Vikings to perform in Capital on December 24 ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Swedish band ‘Bombay Vikings’ will perform in a fund-raiser at the Capital on December 24, says a press release.... RAWALPINDI: DIG asked to consider booking of cops: Arrest of three women RAWALPINDI, Dec 20: The Lahore High Court (LHC), Rawalpindi bench, directed the DIG, Rawalpindi, on Thursday to examine the possibility of case registration against the SHO Cantt police station and other... ISLAMABAD: $43 million environment programme launched ISLAMABAD, Dec 20 : Ministry of Environment and Local Government and Rural Development has launched $43 million National Environment Action Plan Support Programme (NEAP-SP) in collaboration with the United Nations Development... ISLAMABAD: Labour reforms to improve working conditions: Omar ISLAMABAD, Dec 20 : Labour reforms introduced by the government during the past two years would improve the condition of workers, Labour Minister Omar Asghar Khan said on Thursday.... ISLAMABAD: NAB arrests former PTCL officials ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Four former officials of PTCL Balochistan were arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for inflicting loss of millions of rupees on the government.... RAWALPINDI: Myers visits Joint Staff Hqs RAWALPINDI, Dec 20: The Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, USA, Richard B. Myers, called on his Pakistani counterpart, General Mohammad Aziz Khan, on Thursday.... ISLAMABAD: 14 candidates win AusAID scholarships ISLAMABAD, Dec 20 : The Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) has selected 14 Pakistani students for masters-level study in Australia.... LAHORE: Wapda plans to replace Disco chiefs LAHORE, Dec 20: The Water and Power Development Authority has decided to replace heads of all eight distribution companies, serving brigadiers, with career engineers.... LAHORE: Seoul to give $6m each to Pakistan, Afghanistan LAHORE, Dec 20: South Korean Ambassador to Pakistan Yoon Jee-joon has announced a financial assistance of $6 million each for Pakistan and Afghanistan which he said w Contributions Privacy Policy © DAWN Group of Newspapers, 2005