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January 15, 2002 Tuesday Shawwal 30, 1422 KARACHI: Woman run over by water tanker: 16 bikes taken away KARACHI, Jan 14: A young woman was run over by a water tanker in Defence on Monday.... KARACHI: Govt seeks time frame to eliminate pollution KARACHI, Jan 14: Governor Mohammedmian Soomro has directed the officials to devise a time-frame for elimination of environmental pollution.... KARACHI: Some activists released KARACHI, Jan 14: Police conducted on Monday a scrutiny of people who had been picked up in the past couple of days in the city following a ban on religious extremist... KARACHI: KESC cuts supply to 900 defaulters KARACHI, Jan 14: The KESC’s specially-formed teams, comprising army, rangers and police personnel, on Monday, disconnected 900 power connections on charge of default on payments.... KARACHI:Appellate boards for private schools soon KARACHI, Jan 14: The district coordination officers (DCOs) will head the appellate boards, which will be set up at all the districts of the province, to settle disputes between parents, teachers... KARACHI: PIA flights’landing KARACHI, Jan 14: The PIA’s flights operating out of Islamabad to London and Manchester are required to make technical landing at Lahore or Karachi.... KARACHI: Special people seek equal opportunities KARACHI, Jan 14: Speakers at a function on Monday urged the authorities to provide equal opportunities to the handicapped in every field so that they could play their due role in... KARACHI: Students suffer as SBTE fails to hold exams KARACHI, Jan 14: Lack of interest and reluctance in extending cooperation by the heads of technical educational institutions to the Sindh Board of Technical Education has jeopardized the future of hundreds... KARACHI: Computer exams in colleges in March KARACHI, Jan 14: The first ever examinations under the compulsory computer literacy programme, in all those public sector colleges and higher secondary schools where the system has been introduced, will start... KARACHI: Nazim opens medical camp KARACHI, Jan 14: Our society abounds in such persons who cannot even afford ordinary medical treatment, hence doctors should service the humanity and plan projects which facilitate the poor.... KARACHI: Saarc health foundation KARACHI, Jan 14: Pakistan is the first country among the seven-member countries of Saarc where a Saarc Health Care Foundation has been established.... KARACHI: Diabetes centre at LGH KARACHI, Jan 14: The provincial health minister, Ahsan Ahmed, will inaugurate the Diabetes and Endocrine Centre at the Lyari General Hospital on January 17.... KARACHI: Workshop on arts KARACHI, Jan 14: A five-day workshop on arts, being organized for media persons at the National Performing Arts Group (43-7-K, Block 6, PECHS), begins on Jan 18.... KARACHI: More than 80pc children malnourished KARACHI, Jan 14: Some 80 to 90 per cent of children, admitted to the Paediatrics Department Unit-I of the Civil Hospital, were found to be extremely malnourished and hence in a... KARACHI: MA results announced KARACHI, Jan 14: The University of Karachi on Monday announced the results of MA (previous) external annual examination 2000, with a pass percentage of 37.96.... KARACHI: Parties warming up for elections KARACHI, Jan 14: Since the commencement of their door-to-door campaign for the preparation of new electoral rolls and their verification by the election commission, political parties have initiated an exercise to... KARACHI: Rs840m loans of cooperative dept remain uncleared KARACHI, Jan 14: The Sindh cooperative department has, so far, recovered Rs120 million as against the stuckup loans of Rs960m during the past few years.... KARACHI: SHC rejects plea against appointment of trustees KARACHI, Jan 14: The Sindh High Court has declared a suit ab initio and rejected its plaint through which the plaintiff had sought cancellation of the deed of appointment of the... KARACHI: 104 PSs housed in occupied buildings KARACHI, Jan 14: There are 356 police stations in Sindh —100 in Karachi and 256 in the interior of the province — housed in 233 buildings owned by the police department,... KARACHI: Policeman granted bail in custodial death case KARACHI, Jan 14: The Sindh High granted on Monday bail in the sum of Rs200,000 to sub-inspector Javed Anjum who was allegedly involved in the custodial death of an activist of... KARACHI: Crop processing estates planned KARACHI, Jan 14: The Sindh agriculture department has planned to establish agriculture crop processing estates in all the districts of the province to promote the cultivation of value-added crops.... KARACHI: Training in human behaviour KARACHI, Jan 14: The World Health Organization, in its annual Mental Health Report 2001, has recommended provision for “Human Behaviour Training Programme” at school levels, inculcating among students the tendencies to... KARACHI: Two drug peddlers imprisoned KARACHI, Jan 14: An additional district and sessions judge, South, Aslam Shaikh, convicted on Monday two drug peddlers and sentenced them to different prison terms.... HYDERABAD: Landlords urged to keep accounts of Haris’ share HYDERABAD, Jan 14: The central committee, Sindhi Hari Tahrik, at a meeting held here the other day discussed the problems faced by the peasants of the province and resolved to find... HYDERABAD: Change in political strategy urged HYDERABAD, Jan 14: The programme manager, South Asia Partnership, Irfan Mufti, has said that the IMF and the World Bank have spread their tentacles throughout the world through multinational companies and... HYDERABAD: Merger of govt depts opposed HYDERABAD, Jan 14: The central chairman, All Pakistan Technical Draughtsmen Federation, Syed Matloob Ahmed Chishti, in a letter addressed to the president, has opposed the merger of the Sindh public heath... HYDERABAD: LUMHS merit list HYDERABAD, Jan 14: The registrar, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, announced here on Monday that the provisional merit list of the candidates for admission in BDS, session 2001-2002, would... MIRPURKHAS: Detention of Asif criticized MIRPURKHAS, Jan 14: A PPP leader, Nawab Mohammad Yousuf Talpur, has said continuous detention of former senator Asif Ali Zardari and release of several PML leaders have proved that double standards... HYDERABAD: Peasants want land allotment HYDERABAD, Jan 14: The haris of goth Mohammad Ali Khoso and Ramzan Khoso, Deh Naeen Baran, Tappo Tando Hafiz Shah, Thatta district have expressed grave concern over the allotment of their... BADIN: Salaries of 1,100 teachers delayed BADIN, Jan 14: At least 1,100 mosque school teachers of taluka Badin are finding it hard to meet their families’ daily expenses following non-payment of their salaries for Dec last.... HYDERABAD: Gang of dacoits busted HYDERABAD, Jan 14: In the ongoing operation against the criminals, the Hyderabad district police claimed to have arrested four members of inter-provincial gang of dacoits who were wanted by Hyderabad and... HYDERABAD: Workshop HYDERABAD, Jan 14: A workshop on the role of speaking and listening skills in language was conducted in the Bahria Foundation College, here on Monday.... NAWABSHAH: Rally against WTO policies NAWABSHAH, Jan 14: A large number of growers from several parts of Nawabshah district took out a rally against the policies of World Trade Organization here on Sunday.... HYDERABAD: Anti-TB drive to be completed in Sindh by 2003 HYDERABAD, Jan 14: Dr Ghulam Nabi Khokhar, director, Tuberculosis Control, Sindh, has said that DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment Short Course for TB) has been introduced 30 per cent in Hyderabad, Tharparkar,... PESHAWAR: NWFP has no record of mosques, Madaris PESHAWAR, Jan 14: The provincial Auqaf Department, which is supposed to deal with religious affairs, having no record of the unregistered seminaries and mosques in the province.... PESHAWAR: JI demands independent election commission PESHAWAR, Jan 14: The provincial shura of Jamaat-i-Islami has urged the government to restore fundamental rights of people and set up an independent election commission to hold general elections under article... PESHAWAR: PHC takes up plea against detention today PESHAWAR, Jan 14: While the suspected members of Al-Qaeda have been shifted from Kohat Prison, a division bench of the Peshawar High Court will take up for hearing on Tuesday (Jan... PESHAWAR: PADC plans conference PESHAWAR, Jan 14: The Pakistan Afghan Defence Council will organize a ‘defence conference’ in Shahi Bagh on Jan 27, says a statement on Monday.... PESHAWAR: People asked to submit property survey forms PESHAWAR, Jan 14: The NWFP minister for revenue excise and taxation, Aminullah Khan Gandapur, has said that under the new system of taxes, property survey forms had been distributed among the... PESHAWAR: HRCP urges govt to enforce ban on militant groups PESHAWAR, Jan 14: Asking the government to enforce the ban on militant organisations, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has hoped that Islamabad’s present drive would open the way to reducing... PESHAWAR: New structure for health system recommended PESHAWAR, Jan 14: A unified command structure, supported by six divisions, in the NWFP’s health sector has been recommended with a view to improving the health delivery system.... PESHAWAR: Nutrition scheme in schools soon PESHAWAR, Jan 14: The government will launch a school nutrition programme in poverty-hit localities soon and girls schools would be selected in eight districts and Frontier regions for the purpose....

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