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January 17, 2002 Thursday Ziqa’ad 2, 1422 KARACHI: PMDC takes action against seven private institutions KARACHI, Jan 16: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has stopped seven private medical and dental colleges of Karachi from making fresh admissions and conducting professional examinations till it renews... KARACHI: AMTs fail to recover supplementary bills KARACHI, Jan 16: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation has failed to realize the revenue targets set against supplementary bills.... KARACHI: 100,000 civil defence volunteers to be enlisted KARACHI, Jan 16: To prepare for any eventuality arising from the tense situation on the borders and prepare the residents of Karachi to meet any man-made or natural disaster, the civil... KARACHI: 11 bikes, seven cars hijacked KARACHI, Jan 16: Eighteen vehicles — seven cars and 11 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Wednesday, the police said.... KARACHI: Woman, daughter-in-law killed KARACHI, Jan 16: Unidentified assailants killed a woman and her daughter- in-law in North Nazimabad on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Water shortage in many areas KARACHI, Jan 16: An acute water shortage continues to persist in several parts of the city, forcing the residents of the affected localities to either buy private tankers or consume sub-soil... KARACHI: Cold weather to persist KARACHI, Jan 16: The Met office on Wednesday forecast that temperature in the city will further drop as dry and cold spell continued to exist on Thursday.... KARACHI: Academics oppose privatization of education KARACHI, Jan 16: The state of educational institutions in the country needs change as their performance has nose-dived since the 70’s.... KARACHI: Traffic police’s drive fails to produce results KARACHI, Jan 16: The ongoing campaign of the traffic police to streamline the chaotic traffic in the city has, so far, failed to produce positive results due to its being confined... KARACHI: Golden jubilee celebrations of KU KARACHI, Jan 16: Two events have been chalked out to mark the day of shifting of the University of Karachi to its present site fifty years ago, said KU sources.... KARACHI: Women face hardship in public transport KARACHI, Jan. 16: Despite instructions from the traffic authorities and a judgement by the provincial ombudsman barring male commuters from travelling in women’s compartments in public transport, the unlawful practice continues... KARACHI: Private sector’s help sought for medicare KARACHI, Jan 16: Sindh health minister Ahsan Ahmad on Wednesday urged all multinational and indigenous pharmaceutical companies working in Pakistan to earmark out of their windfall profit some of the amount... KARACHI: Dispenser exam KARACHI, Jan 16: The Sindh Medical Faculty has announced that dispenser annual examination will be held on Jan 25 while examination for technicians of all categories will be held on Jan... KARACHI: Police criticized for witness’s murder KARACHI, Jan 16: A nongovernmental organisation that provides relief to rape victims has urged the authorities to expedite the investigations in the Aladdin rape case, before any other witness is also... KARACHI: Art show at Zenaini KARACHI, Jan 16: An exhibition of watercolours by Ghalib Baqar and A.Q. Arif will open at Zenaini art gallery from Thursday.... KARACHI: Postage stamp KARACHI, Jan 16: The Pakistan Post Office will issue a commemorative postage stamp on Samandar Khan Samandar on Thursday, says a press release.... KARACHI: Pakistan, India urged to pull back troops KARACHI, Jan 16: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain on Wednesday called for talks between India and Pakistan in view of the “grave situation” on the borders.... KARACHI: SHC stays recovery of sales tax on services KARACHI, Jan 16: A division bench of the Sindh High Court on Wednesday admitted a sales tax appeal of Siemens Pakistan and stayed recovery of sales tax and additional tax on... KARACHI: JI criticizes curbs on religious schools KARACHI, Jan 16: Commenting on the curbs on religious schools and other measures taken by President General Pervez Musharraf to combat terrorism and extremism, the Jamaat-i-Islami Sindh termed these on Wednesday... KARACHI: Restructuring of education, agriculture depts planned KARACHI, Jan 16: Governor Mohammedmian Soomro has expressed dissatisfaction over the pace of work on development schemes and directed the ministers to ensure early completion of schemes.... KARACHI: Benazir’s plea in PIA hirings case put off KARACHI, Jan 16: A division bench of the Sindh High Court deferred hearing of an application filed by former prime minister Benazir Bhutto praying to quash the proceeding of an accountability... KARACHI: Transporters slam hike in POL prices KARACHI, Jan 16: The Karachi Transport Federation has criticized the increase in petroleum prices and said a second-time increase in a few days was uncalled for since oil prices have decreased... KARACHI: Emergency landing KARACHI, Jan 16: A PIA flight PK-712 from Karachi to New York via Manchester was allowed to land back at Quaid-i-Azam International Airport here after the pilot received indication of a... KARACHI: Former MCB official gets pre-arrest bail KARACHI, Jan 15: The special court (offences in banks), Sindh, has allowed pre-arrest bail to a former manager of the MCB, Larkana, in a misappropriation case of Rs2 million.... KARACHI: 4 drug traffickers convicted KARACHI, Jan 16: The special anti-narcotics court, headed by Judge Ali Nawaz Pirzada, convicted four drug traffickers — three Nigerians and a local — and sentenced them to different terms of... KARACHI: Fishermen face hardship in obtaining passes KARACHI, Jan 16: The Karachi Fisheries Harbour Authority came under fire on Wednesday due to cumbersome procedure currently being followed by the KFHA for issuance of crew cards which are mandatory... KARACHI: Singapore Airlines KARACHI, Jan 16: Singapore Airlines is to resume its Karachi-Singapore flights from Feb 2, says a press release.... KARACHI: NED workshops KARACHI, Jan 16: The NED University will hold a series of training workshops for practising civil engineers.... KARACHI: Lahore Express KARACHI, Jan 16: Pakistan Railways has allowed two more stoppages to Lahore Express from Jan 15. The train will now have five-minute stoppages at Bahawalpur and Rahimyar Khan.—APP... KARACHI: City Nazim’s assurance KARACHI, Jan 16: The city Nazim, Naimatullah Khan, has promised that he will do his best to ensure that the members of Karachi Press Club get residential plots in Hawkesbay Scheme... HYDERABAD: LHU patients suffer due to shortage of medicines HYDERABAD, Jan 16: The leaders of the Liaquat University Hospital Doctors and Patients’ Welfare Forum have complained that there was an acute shortage of registrars in the hospital and medicines were... HYDERABAD: SHC directs SHO to appear before court HYDERABAD, Jan 16: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Wednesday directed the SHO of Kotri police station to appear in person and produce cable appliances of a cable operator... LARKANA: Palijo blames landlords for water theft LARKANA, Jan 16: The Awami Tehrik, President, Rasool Bakshsh Palijo on Wednesday accused influential landlords of stealing water with the help of irrigation officials.... HYDERABAD: SHC issues notices to Zila Council and officials HYDERABAD, Jan 16: A division bench of the Sindh High Court Hyderabad circuit, comprising Justice Mohammad Roshan Essani and S. Ali Aslam Jafri has issued notices to Zila Council, Mirpurkhas district,... HYDERABAD: Woman, son hurt in blast HYDERABAD, Jan 16: A woman and her son suffered serious injuries after some locally made explosive material went off in a garbage dump near the Palari railway station in Kotri town... HYDERABAD: Promotions HYDERABAD, Jan 16: The regional president of the Sindh professors and subject specialists association, Jameel Ahmed Shaikh, has expressed gratitude to the secretary for education, Sindh, on the promotions of assistant... HYDERABAD: Villagers hold rally against expulsion HYDERABAD, Jan 16: The villagers of goth Tando Mir Noor Mohammad, unit No 4, Latifabad, under the banner of Sindh Taraqqi Passand Party, staged a protest demonstration outside the press club... HYDERABAD: TI supports govt’s measures HYDERABAD, Jan 16: The president, Tehrik-i-Istaqlal, Rehmat Khan Wardag has called upon the political parties to sit with President Pervez Musharraf to bring about constitutional amendments before the general elections to... SUKKUR: Hostages return SUKKUR, Jan 16: Two residents of Ghotki, Imtiaz Ahmed Shah and Hasan Shah, who were kidnapped some 15 days ago from Kashmor, have returned home after paying... HYDERABAD: Two injured by bandits HYDERABAD, Jan 16: Two persons suffered bullet injuries when some unidentified armed bandits attacked them in the jurisdictions of the Husri police stations the other day.... PESHAWAR: Infiltrators must not get refuge: governor PESHAWAR, Jan 16: The NWFP Governor Iftikhar Hussain Shah on Tuesday warned the tribal people not to give refuge or extend any support to the infiltrators from Afghanistan, or no leniency... PESHAWAR: Warrants for three ANF men’s arrest issued PESHAWAR, Jan 16: The special judge, anti-smuggling, Nowshera, on Tuesday issued arrest warrants of three officials of Anti-Narcotics Force taking exception to their continuous non-appearance in a case.... PESHAWAR: Pro-Taliban fighters’ detention challenged PESHAWAR, Jan 16: The detention of 145 pro-Taliban Pakistani fighters in central prison, Peshawar, has been challenged in the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday.... PESHAWAR: Proctorial board set up at Peshawar University PESHAWAR, Jan 16: University of Peshawar Vice-Chancellor Dr Zulfiqar Hussain Gilani said on Wednesday that a mechanism  will be developed to involve students in the reforms process in the university....

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