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January 5, 2002 Saturday Shawwal 20, 1422 KARACHI: Tension on borders pushes up meat prices KARACHI, Jan 4: The arrival of smuggled livestock from India has come to a complete halt due to closure of the Pakistan-India border, resulting in a flareup in the prices of... KARACHI: Emergency measures discussed KARACHI, Jan 4: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan chaired a meeting on Friday to review security arrangements in the city and to further improve them to cope with any possible emergency in... KARACHI: Reckless driving claims two lives KARACHI, Jan 4: Reckless driving claimed two lives in the city on Friday and Thursday night.... KARACHI: Four cars, four bikes hijacked KARACHI, Jan 4: Eight vehicles — four cars and an equal number of motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Friday, the police said.... KARACHI: Students move SHC for admission KARACHI, Jan 4: The Sindh High Court put on Friday the advocate-general Sindh and others on notice for Jan 8 in a constitutional petition filed by two students aggrieved by the... KARACHI: Flower show begins KARACHI, Jan 4: After a gap of five years, the 31st chrysanthemum flower exhibition was inaugurated by Naimatullah Khan, the city Nazim, at Bagh-i-Jinnah on Thursday afternoon.... KARACHI: Govt plans to upgrade health facilities KARACHI, Jan 4: The provincial health department has decided to make some 76 nonfunctional Basic Health Units (BHU) functional all over Sindh.... KARACHI: NED convocation today KARACHI, Jan 4: In all, 8 gold medals and 20 merit certificates would be awarded to graduates of different disciplines for their distinctive academic performance at the 10th convocation of the... KARACHI: 929 kutchi abadis notified in Sindh KARACHI, Jan 4: Over 1,150 Kachchi Abadies out of 1,293 situated in Sindh, are regularisable while 929 katchi abadis have been notified by the Sindh Katchi Abadis Authority .... KARACHI: Surge in pneumonia cases in Sindh KARACHI, Jan 4: Despite concerted efforts made under a national programme to contain respiratory ailments among children under five, surge in relevant diseases particularly pneumonia is constantly registered in the country... KARACHI: IBA affairs discussed KARACHI, Jan 4: Affairs relating to Institute of Business Administration Karachi were reviewed at a high-level meeting held under the chairmanship of Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro at Governor House here on... KARACHI: Restoration of book stalls demanded KARACHI, Jan 4: The recent removal of encroachments in some parts of Saddar is welcome, but the administration has carried out the drive indiscriminately as it has hurt even those poor... KARACHI: Police using delaying tactics in rape case KARACHI, Jan 4: A nongovernmental organisation that provides relief to rape victims has urged the authorities to take the Aladdin Park rape case inquiry from the area police and get it... KARACHI: Several activists detained KARACHI, Jan 4: Police detained a number of people in the city on Friday as part of the government’s crackdown on the jihadi organizations.... KARACHI: PAF stopped from building boundary wall KARACHI, Jan 4: The Sindh High Court restrained on Friday the PAF from constructing boundary wall on the eight acres of disputed land at the PAF base MAsroor, until the next... KARACHI: Muttahida may not take part in polls KARACHI, Jan 4: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Friday warned that it may reconsider its decision to participate in the forthcoming general elections if the government’s operation against its workers is... KARACHI: Demos held against India KARACHI, Jan 4: Various religious, social and student organisations staged separate demonstrations in front of Karachi Press Club (KPC) here Friday to condemn Indian aggressive designs against Pakistan.... KARACHI: No salary raise for cops in new plan KARACHI, Jan 4: Police reforms in Sindh, scheduled to be implemented from February 1, do not contain any clearly stated amount for running the affairs of a police station, whereas the... KARACHI: High Court issues notice to NAB KARACHI, Jan 4: A division bench of Sindh High Court on Friday put the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) through its deputy prosecutor general on notice for Jan 11 on a criminal... KARACHI: Educational Olympiad KARACHI, Jan 4: The Karachi High school is holding a four-day International Schools Educational Olympiad, featuring different events to test and promote skills and talents of children from various backgrounds from... KARACHI: Court gives mother custody of child KARACHI, Jan 4: The Sindh High Court ordered on Friday the custody of a three-month-old girl to her mother, but directed her to approach the guardian court for the custody of... KARACHI: Sewage overflows in Gulshan KARACHI Jan 4: Numerous areas of Gulshan-I-Iqbal Town are submerged in over-flowing sewage due to lack of coordination between the elected representatives and the staff of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board.... HYDERABAD: District council blasts Indian war hysteria HYDERABAD, Jan 4: The members of Hyderabad District Council (HDC) here on Friday backed President Pervez Musharraf at this crucial juncture and said armed forces of the country were ready to... HYDERABAD: Youths hold peace march HYDERABAD, Jan 4: Youths under the banner of the Pakistan Youth Organization held a peace march on Friday.... HYDERABAD: Children protest against Hesco HYDERABAD, Jan 4: The children of Barrage Colony, Jamshoro, held a token hunger strike against Hesco outside the press club on Friday.... HYDERABAD: Plea to save tomb of Ghulam Shah HYDERABAD, Jan 4: The chairman of Mian Ghulam Shah Historical and Cultural Society Hyderabad, Aslam Abbasi has appealed to the president, the Sindh governor, the secretary of Culture and Tourism,... HYDERABAD: Wasa to collect dues in installments HYDERABAD, Jan 4: The recovery coordinator, Wasa, Hyderabad Development Authority, announced here on Friday that in consultation with the district and tehsil Nazims of Hyderabad, it had been decided to collect... PESHAWAR: Tribesmen oppose local govt system PESHAWAR, Jan 4: Over 50 chieftains of different sub-tribes of the Dawar and Mehsood tribes have urged the government to refrain from introducing police and local bodies systems in their tribal... PESHAWAR: JI chief’s detention extended by 30 days PESHAWAR, Jan 4: The NWFP government has further extended by thirty days the detention of Jamaat-i-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad in Tanda Dam Rest House, Kohat, on Friday.... PESHAWAR: Civilian rule to be restored, says governor PESHAWAR, Jan 4: The NWFP Governor, Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah, has said that dispensation of justice is a critical element in the creation of an exploitation-free society and the Bar can... PESHAWAR: Problems of traders to be resolved, says Nazim PESHAWAR, Jan 4: District Nazim Azam Khan Afridi has said that the district government would take all necessary steps to address the problems and grievances being faced by the traders community.... PESHAWAR: NWFP may miss revenue target PESHAWAR, Jan 4: The NWFP at the close of the first five months of the current financial year recorded a shortfall of over Rs500m in receipts under its tax and non-tax heads, according...

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