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January 19, 2002 Saturday Ziqa'ad 4, 1422 KARACHI: Nazim urges levy of city govt taxes for uplift KARACHI, Jan 18: The city government plans to impose port users’ cess of one to two per cent and to charge 50 paisa on each litre of petrol which passes through... KARACHI: PMDC slammed for double standards KARACHI, Jan 18: The Pakistan Medical Association has expressed its deep concern over the conduct of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council with regard to medical education and medical colleges in... KARACHI: Regularization of kutchi abadis reviewed KARACHI, Jan 18: A high-level meeting was held here on Friday under the chairmanship of Manzoor Hussain Bhutto, senior member of the Board of Revenue, Sindh, to review the process of... KARACHI: High Courts summons IBA director KARACHI, Jan 18: In yet another petition challenging the credibility of IBA tests for admission to medical colleges, the director of IBA was told on Friday by the Sindh High Court... KARACHI: Reckless driving claims two lives KARACHI, Jan 18: A man committed suicide by setting himself on fire in public in the limits of Sharea Faisal police on Friday.... KARACHI: Anti-benami laws likely to be promulgated KARACHI, Jan 18: An inter-provincial meeting of the law ministers of Punjab and Sindh was held here on Friday to review the progress of enforcement of anti-Benami laws to discourage those... KARACHI: Task force set up to check rabies KARACHI, Jan 18: Physicians associated with the Infectious Diseases Society of Pakistan, the Pakistan Medical Association and the College of Family Physicians have formed a task force to sensitize masses about... KARACHI: KU’s 50-year academic progress appreciated: New Campus Day KARACHI, Jan 18: The city Nazim, Naimatullah Khan, led a limited but impressive walk, organized at the University of Karachi, on Friday, in connection with the New Campus Day.... KARACHI: Landhi Industrial Area lacks facilities KARACHI, Jan 18: The Landhi Industrial Area (LIA), one of the largest chains of industrial estates in the country, is devoid of basic civic amenities.... KARACHI: Land recovery drive for Lyari Expressway KARACHI, Jan 18: A major operation aimed at retrieving over 255 acres of land, meant for the much-delayed 16.5-kilometre long Lyari Expressway (from Mauripur to Sohrab Goth), will begin from Monday.... KARACHI: Fine arts exponent of people’s aspirations KARACHI, Jan 18: Speakers at a media workshop drew consensus here on Friday that the fine arts are true exponent of a people’s aspirations, aesthetics and collective identity.... KARACHI: Classical dance KARACHI, Jan 18: Classical and folk dance performances by Nighat Chowdhury, Faseehur Rahman and the National Song and Dance Ensemble, organized by the Pakistan National Council of the Arts, will be... KARACHI: Translation of book on economics launched KARACHI, Jan 18: The Anjuman-i-Tarique Urdu Pakistan launched a translation of a book by the governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, Dr Ishrat Hussain, here on Friday.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Jan 18: The meteorological department has forecast fair weather with cold night in Karachi on Saturday. The minimum temperature in the city is expected to be between 8 and 10... KARACHI: Dialogue only way to avert N-war, says Qayyum KARACHI, Jan 18: Resumption of dialogue between India and Pakistan to deescalate the present tension and find a negotiated settlement of the Kashmir issue was termed as the only prudent way... KARACHI: State put on notice in Asif case KARACHI, Jan 18: The State was put on notice for Jan 21 in a acquittal application filed by former senator Asif Ali Zardari in a case of attempted suicide.... KARACHI: Peace activists hold demo KARACHI, Jan 18: A large number of people staged a peaceful demonstration at the Mazar-i-Quaid on Friday evening.... KARACHI: SHC summons FIA men in money dispute KARACHI, Jan 18: Justice Ashraf Leghari of the Sindh High Court has put two FIA officials, along with others, on notice in a constitutional petition pertaining to a dispute over money... KARACHI: Two brothers detained for carjacking by mistake, released KARACHI, Jan 18: Two brothers were picked up by the Anti-car Lifting Cell (ACLC) on Jan 13 on Super Highway and declared car hijackers in haste. However, investigation proved them... KARACHI: Muttahida praises electoral reforms KARACHI, Jan 18: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s coordination committee has hailed the government’s decision to abolish the separate electorates and hold the elections under the joint electoral system.... KARACHI: Yasmeen Ismail: an obituary KARACHI, Jan 18: Perhaps the one and only Children’s Theatre in our country - the Gripps Theatre - has been synonymous with Yasmeen Ismail, the lady who directed those plays for... KARACHI: Revision petition in kidnapping case filed KARACHI, Jan 18: Three police officials, aggrieved by an order of the administrative judge, Anti-Terrorism Court, for directing the trial court to take action against them under section 27 of the... KARACHI: PML criticizes joint electorate KARACHI, Jan 18: Chairman Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), Raja Zafarul Haq, on Friday strongly condemned the decisions taken by the government of adopting the joint electoral system and imposing condition of... KARACHI: Computer designing KARACHI, Jan 18: The first International Seminar on computer-aided analysis and design began on Friday. It has been organized by the NED University in collaboration with the Asian Centre for Engineering... KARACHI: Dialysis treatment project KARACHI, Jan 18: Maj-Gen (retd) Mohammad Aslam, Director General, Ministry of Health, will inaugurate a Dialysis Treatment Project at the Kidney Centre Post-Graduate Training Institute on Jan 21.... KARACHI: Holidays KARACHI, Jan 18: The Sindh government has authorised Zila Nazims to declare two local holidays in a calendar year in public interest in their respective districts.—PPI... HYDERABAD: Workers’ welfare fund for Hyderabad to be earmarked: Homeless people to get cheap plots HYDERABAD, Jan 18: The Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro has directed the Sindh secretary, industries and labour, Khwaja Ghulam Abbas, to earmark the share for welfare of the workers of Hyderabad and... HYDERABAD: Joint electorate system welcomed HYDERABAD, Jan 18: The leaders of public opinion have hailed the decision of President Pervez Musharraf to restore joint electorate system in the country while addressing a meeting at the Bhurgari... LARKANA: Reduction in wheat prices demanded LARKANA, Jan 18: The flour mill owners and the representatives of growers have urged the government to lower the price of wheat so that wheat stocks could be saved.... HYDERABAD: SHC summons FIA, customs officials HYDERABAD, Jan 18: A division bench of Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench here on Friday has issued notices to Deputy Director, Federal Investigation Agency, Crime Circle, Hyderabad and Assistant Director... HYDERABAD: Policemen punished, promoted HYDERABAD, Jan 18: The DIG police, Hyderabad Range, Abdul Rauf Yousafzai, has awarded punishments/promotions to police personnel of Hyderabad range in a darbar held in his office.... HYDERABAD: BISE extends date for accepting forms HYDERABAD, Jan 18: The BISE, Hyderabad, has announced that the date for receipt of enrolment forms from regular candidates and registration forms from private candidates of higher secondary certificate part-I... HYDERABAD: Completion of buildings in time ordered HYDERABAD, Jan 18: The Sindh government has ordered completion of the under-construction buildings of educational institutions in time.... HYDERABAD: Defence rally HYDERABAD, Jan 18: Pakistan Muslim Rabita Council here on Friday took out “Pakistan Solidarity Rally”, which terminated at Hyderabad Press Club after parading through main city roads.... HYDERABAD: SAU exams HYDERABAD, Jan 18: The controller of examinations, Sindh Agriculture University, Tando Jam, has announced the schedule of second term regular examination for MSc (agriculture/animal husbandry and veterinary science) Hons for the... PESHAWAR: JI protests detention of Qazi, Fazl PESHAWAR, Jan 18: Jamaat-i-Islami staged a sit-in here on Friday to protest against the detention of the leaders of various parties, particularly their Amir Qazi Hussain Ahmed and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief... PESHAWAR: NHA, FHA vie for control of highway PESHAWAR, Jan 18: The National Highway Authority (NHA) and the newly-established Frontier Highway Authority (FHA) are running differences over the control of Nowshehra-Chakdara-Chitral highway, as the former believes that the provincial... PESHAWAR: 1,957 more held in crackdown PESHAWAR, Jan 18: In the ongoing crackdown on extremist elements, the law enforcement agencies have arrested 1,957 workers of the five banned religious organizations and sealed 443 offices throughout the country,... PESHAWAR: Financial discipline urged PESHAWAR, Jan 18: A high-level meeting held here on Friday reviewed the overall fiscal situation and took various decisions to discipline the financial sector in the province.... PESHAWAR: Relief goods distributed PESHAWAR, Jan 18: The Welfare and Development Organization, has distributed relief items among 2,000 fresh refugee families and internally displaced people in the Kunar province.... PESHAWAR: Peshawar boy excels in UN contest PESHAWAR, Jan 18: Salaar Khan, a nine-year-old student in Peshawar, has been ranked third in an international poster making competition, held in New York by the United Nations Fund for Population.... PESHAWAR: Councillors reject budget PESHAWAR, Jan 18: In order to get their due remuneration, councillors of the union council, Sakhakot Bandajat, rejected the union council budget for 2002....

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