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December 22, 2001 Saturday Shawwal 6, 1422 KARACHI: Row between gas firm, industrialists intensifies: Heating value KARACHI, Dec 21: The row between the industrialists and the Sui Southern Gas Company intensifies as both sides put forward conflicting claims about the heating value of the gas supplied by... KARACHI: Public transport fares reduced KARACHI, Dec 21: A meeting of representatives of transporters with the EDO transport of the City Government Karachi on Friday decided that fares on urban routes of the city would now... KARACHI: Five-day scouts rally inaugurated KARACHI, Dec 21: Federal Education Minister and Chief Scout Commissioner Zobaida Jalal on Friday exhorted the scouts to follow the ideals set by Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah.... KARACHI: Shortest day of the year today KARACHI, Dec 21: Pakistan, as well as all countries located on the Northern hemisphere of the globe, will experience the shortest day of the year on Saturday.... KARACHI: Rs1.9bn to be released for police reforms: Moin KARACHI, Dec 21: Interior minister Moinuddin Haider has said that police reforms are being introduced to make police force more efficient, professional and people-friendly.... KARACHI: Cold wave to persist KARACHI, Dec 21: The Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecast dry and cold weather on Saturday for Karachi and all other divisions of the province.... KARACHI: Police get remand of IBA test scam suspects KARACHI, Dec 21: One of the suspects, formally arrested in the IBA entrance test scam, confessed to having received a heavy bribe to manipulate the results.... KARACHI: Kalri drain blockage a threat to people KARACHI, Dec 21: The famous Kalri Nullah which discharges raw sewage into the sea has been blocked owing to sludge.... KARACHI: Children form majority of asthma patients KARACHI, Dec 21: The National Asthma Day will be observed in the country on Saturday with a large majority of the 1.5 million to 2 million patients being children.... KARACHI: Water shortage in Lyari, Garden areas KARACHI, Dec 21: Acute water shortage continues to persist in different parts of the city owing to leakages in pipelines.... KARACHI: Country in need of better healthcare policy KARACHI, Dec 21: The need for an efficient healthcare policy in the country is all the most urgent the present conditions with one doctor catering to 1,578 people, followed by 35,557... KARACHI: Patients given Eid presents KARACHI, Dec 21: Provincial minister for religious and minorities’ affairs, Auqaf, Zakat and Ushr, Maulana Mohammed Wali Raazi, has said that health is gifted by Allah and carelessness in maintaining health... KARACHI: Pregnant women under psychological pressure KARACHI, Dec 21: 44 per cent of pregnant women in the country are denied quality food.... KARACHI: Mushaira KARACHI, Dec 21: An all-Pakistan mushaira is being organized on Saturday night by the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMAP) here at its head office.... KARACHI: Literary sitting in Goethe Institute KARACHI: A literary sitting in Goethe Institut on Thursday, with Dr Muhammad Ali Siddiqui in the chair, proved to be a marathon session as two prose and poetry pieces were critically... KARACHI: Ceremony put off KARACHI, Dec 21: The principal of the Karachi College for Women, Chandbibi Road, has informed that the opening ceremony of the computer laboratory at the college, scheduled to be held on... KARACHI: Tapu Javeri at Chawkandi KARACHI, Dec 21: An exhibition of paintings by Tapu Javeri will open at Chawkandi Art on Saturday at 5.30pm.... KARACHI: Landscapes KARACHI, Dec 21: An exhibition of paintings by Dr M. Khalid Paracha will be held at Regent Plaza on Saturday.... KARACHI: PTA meeting KARACHI, Dec 21: A meeting of the Parents-Teachers Association of Govt College for Boys Nazimabad will be held at 11am on Saturday.... KARACHI: 2 persons die in accident KARACHI, Dec 21: Two coach passengers died and 10 others were injured when a passenger coach collided head on with a truck on National Highway near Gharo on Friday.... KARACHI: Contempt notice to three KESC officers KARACHI, Dec 21: The Sindh High Court issued on Friday contempt of court notices to three officers of the KESC for Dec 24.... KARACHI: Lawyers oppose move to amend constitution KARACHI, Dec 21: The lawyers community has opposed the move to introduce the presidential form of government in the country, and to make certain amendments to the constitution which will debar... KARACHI: Centre urged to allow provinces to collect octroi KARACHI, Dec 21: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s coordination committee has urged the centre to give right of octroi tax collection to provinces to save the future of local bodies employees.... KARACHI: Court notice to SBP governor KARACHI, Dec 21: A division bench of the Sindh High Court has ordered issuance of notices to the governor of the State Bank and the chairman of the Privatization Commission on... KARACHI: PADC rejects proposed ordinance KARACHI, Dec 21: Pakistan and Afghanistan Defence Council (PADC) on Friday unanimously rejected the proposed ordinance against religious parties and religious schools.... KARACHI: Health dept’s admission schedule today KARACHI, Dec 21: The Sindh health department will issue a new schedule of admission to government-run medical colleges on Saturday.... KARACHI: Moot on child rights on 26th KARACHI, Dec 21: A two-day national conference on child rights, being organized jointly by the UNICEF and the Lawyers for Human Rights and Legal Aid (LHRLA), opens at a local hotel... KARACHI: PIA airlifts relief goods KARACHI, Dec 21: PIA chartered two aircraft of the Turkmenistan Airlines on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr and airlifted from Karachi about 100 tons relief goods, including 2000 tents, for Afghanistan.... KARACHI: Remanded KARACHI, Dec 21: Justice Shabbir Ahmed of the High Court of Sindh, who is also the administrative judge of the anti-terrorism courts for Karachi division, remanded on Friday an accused, Noor... KARACHI: Solution to Muslims’ problems stressed KARACHI, Dec 21: The disputes confronting the Muslim Ummah, such as the Jammu and Kashmir issue, must be resolved for regional and international peace, said Senior Adviser to President on Foreign... ISLAMABAD: New houses to be exempted from taxes ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: The housing ministry will exempt all new construction of houses on plots measuring upto 150 sq yards and flats/apartments measuring 1,000 sq feet from all types of taxes... RAWALPINDI: Court directs SSP to take action against Banni police RAWALPINDI, Dec 21: Additional Sessions Judge Mohammad Sarwar Sidhu on Friday directed the SSP Rawalpindi and Anti- Corruption director to register a case against the SHO Banni police station and other... RAWALPINDI: Zardari set to be released after five years in jail: No court intimated of fresh warrant RAWALPINDI, Dec 21: Asif Ali Zardari, the spouse of PPP chairperson Ms Benazir Bhutto, has not been served arrest warrant so far in a new case and now he is set... ISLAMABAD: Fund collection banned in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: The district administration Islamabad has taken strict measures to discourage fund raising and collection of donation in the Capital.... ISLAMABAD: Water rationing in Capital likely ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) will introduce water rationing if there are no rains by the end of this month, so that the existing reserves of water may... ISLAMABAD: FDE to spend Rs57m on schools’ upgradation ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) is spending Rs57.33 million on upgradation of its secondary and primary schools in the Capital territory.... RAWALPINDI: JI condemns anti-Ulema statements of Moin RAWALPINDI, Dec 21: Jamaat-i-Islami has taken exception to the anti-ulema utterances of the Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider and warned him against making such remarks just to appease the US.... ISLAMABAD: CDA official suspended for disobeying AMT order ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: A senior official of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has been suspended for not obeying the orders of the army monitoring team (AMT), a source from the Authority... RAWALPINDI: India should give proof of Pakistan’s hand in attack RAWALPINDI, Dec 21: India should provide evidence to substantiate its allegation that a Pakistan-based organization was behind the December 13 attacks on the Indian parliament, the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) president,... ISLAMABAD: PNCA concert for Afghan children ISLAMABAD, Dec 21 : A number of foreign missions have assured their support for the concert being organized by Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) to raise funds for the... ISLAMABAD: Aiwan-i-Quaid in F-9 Park ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will lay foundation stone of Aiwan-i-Quaid at the Capital‘s Fatima Jinnah Park in the last week of January.... ISLAMABAD: The real test of Afghan interim govt begins now: experts ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: It is too soon to suggest that Afghanistan’s interim set up, which will take charge today, will come up to the world’s expectation as a strong and stable... LAHORE: Newly-wed woman commits suicide LAHORE, Dec 21: A newly-wed woman allegedly committed suicide over a domestic issue in Liaquatabad on Friday.... LAHORE: Bail to accused in Emirates Bank case LAHORE, Dec 21: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Friday granted bail to the main accused in a fraud case of Rs280 million in the Emirates Bank, Lahore,... LAHORE: Afghan peace prospects bright: Assef LAHORE, Dec 21: The Bonn agreement provides a chance for peace in Afghanistan, says former foreign minister Sardar Assef Ahmad Ali... LAHORE: LHC orders production of detained woman LAHORE, Dec 21: The Lahore High Court on Friday ordered the production of Naseem Kausar, mother of the detained former liquidator SA Askari.... LAHORE: Depts told to evolve internal monitoring LAHORE, Dec 21: All provincial departments have been told by Governor Khalid Maqbool to put in place an internal monitoring mechanism to review their functioning.... LAHORE: 4,109 doctors to be hired LAHORE, Dec 21: The Punjab government will recruit 4,109 doctors by the end of February next year, to work at the basic health units, dispensaries and rural health centres.... LAHORE: Germany to give export insurance facility LAHORE, Dec 21: Germany will extend DM100 million export insurance facility without any limit to the Pakistani businessmen in order to boost trade between the two countries.... LAHORE: ‘Procedure for payment of GP fund simplified’ LAHORE, Dec 21: The Punjab Accountant-General’s office has simplified the procedure for the payment of GP fund, pension and salaries to employees....

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