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January 20, 2002 Sunday Ziqa’ad 5, 1422 KARACHI: Town Nazims asked to identify uplift plans KARACHI, Jan 19: The Sindh local government department has asked the town Nazims to plan and identify areas of improvement in their towns under the government’s Programme for Economic Revival of... KARACHI: Police break transporters protest rally KARACHI, Jan 19: Police foiled an attempt by transporters to hold a rally on M. A. Jinnah Road on Saturday morning, took 32 drivers and conductors into custody and seized their... KARACHI: Eight cars, 13 bikes hijacked KARACHI, Jan 19: Twenty-one vehicles — eight cars and 13 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Saturday, the police said.... KARACHI: 2 robbers, one pickpocket arrested KARACHI, Jan 19: The TPX police arrested a pickpocket near the ICI police picket on Saturday.... KARACHI: Water shortage in several areas KARACHI, Jan 19: Several parts of the city, including sprawling North Karachi Township, have been facing water crisis for the past one week.... KARACHI: Warrants for arrest of cops issued KARACHI, Jan 19: The district and sessions judge, Central, issued on Saturday non-bailable warrants for the arrest of a sub-inspector of police for his failure to appear in the court.... KARACHI: 270,000 newborns die every year in country KARACHI, Jan 19: Out of over 53 million babies in the country, nearly 270,000 die before they are one month old — the percentage is roughly ten times higher then that... KARACHI: Ruined road poses danger to commuters KARACHI, Jan 19: An important artery passing through Abyssinia Line, adjacent to the Saddar Police Station, has been ruined. The dilapidated condition of the road may cause a major accident as... KARACHI: Marie Stopes providing reproductive health services KARACHI, Jan 19: The share of the Marie Stopes Society (MSS) in providing the total family planning and reproductive health services being extended in the country was around 12 per cent.... KARACHI: Scholarship KARACHI, Jan 19: The students who have passed the SSC annual examination 2001 with science group by securing not less than 80 per cent marks are eligible to apply for the... KARACHI: Advanced course in management KARACHI, Jan 19: The National Institute of Public Administration has reconfigured its flagship advance course in public sector management into specific modules to meet the training needs of the private sector,... KARACHI: SESSI launches website KARACHI, Jan 19: Sindh Labour Minister Dewan Mohammed Yousuf Farooqui said on Saturday that the launch of the website of Sindh Employees Social Security Institution (SESSI) would serve as a step... KARACHI: New centre at SIUT KARACHI, Jan 19: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro will inaugurate the Prof Fazal Elahi Centre for Post-Graduate Studies and the Master Zainul Abedin School of Medical Technology at the Sindh Institute of... KARACHI: Conference KARACHI, Jan 19: Child health experts from around the globe will deliberate on a wide range of ailments afflicting the kids during the 16th International Biennial Conference of the Pakistan Paediatric... KARACHI: Oil and gas reserves to exhaust in 15 years KARACHI, Jan 19: The country will run out of oil and gas reserves in one-and-a-half decades — give or take a few years — and it is high time that concerted... KARACHI: PMDC urged to focus on quackery KARACHI, Jan 19: The Pakistan Association of Private Medical and Dental Institutions has asked the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council to stick to its foremost role of eradication of quackery from... KARACHI: Reforms may hit minorities’ interests KARACHI, Jan 19: The government’s constitutional package is indeed better than most of the amendments made in the past, but in the over-eagerness to remove differences between the minority and the... KARACHI: KIIT holds convocation KARACHI, Jan 19: The first convocation of the Karachi Institute of Information Technology (KIIT) was held here on Saturday.... KARACHI: KWSB sewers serve 20pc of city KARACHI, Jan 19: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board’s sewers serve only 20 per cent of the city and that these being deep and dependent upon pumping could not be maintained... KARACHI: Policemen, families inoculated KARACHI, Jan 19: Sindh Inspector General Police (IGP), Syed Kamal Shah, on Saturday inaugurated the inoculation of police officers, children of police personnel and their families against hepatitis at the Police... KARACHI: Polio evaluation from Jan 26 KARACHI, Jan 19: The three-day sub-national immunization drive against polio, commencing in different parts of the country including the selected regions of Sindh from Jan 22, will be followed by a... KARACHI: Combat readiness KARACHI, Jan 19: Vice-Admiral Fayyazur Rehman, Chief of Staff, Pakistan Navy, has urged the naval personnel to maintain their equipment, weaponry and machinery in the highest operational state and remain vigilant... PESHAWAR: Implementation cost of reforms to be worked out PESHAWAR, Jan 19: The NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah on Friday directed that the expected implementation cost of the proposed reform package in the tribal areas should be worked out.... PESHAWAR: PHC admits plea against notifications: Chemical examination PESHAWAR, Jan 19: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court has admitted to full hearing a writ petition challenging three notifications about establishment of narcotics testing laboratory and appointment of... PESHAWAR: Judgments reserved PESHAWAR, Jan 19: Three separate accountability courts here on Saturday reserved judgments in references filed against three former government officials, including a commissioner and an additional secretary.... PESHAWAR: Accused in power project scam held PESHAWAR, Jan 19: The National Accountability Bureau on Friday arrested Haji Mohammad Taj for his alleged involvement in the Ghazi Barotha hydro-power project scam.... PESHAWAR: Consensus urged PESHAWAR, Jan 19: A leader of the Pakistan People’s Party (Sherpao group), Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao, has called for consensus to bring an end to the crisis in the country.... PESHAWAR: Youths demand leaders’ release PESHAWAR, Jan 19: The Koki Khel Youth Organization and Zawan Pakhtoon have asked the NWFP governor to intervene and order the department concerned to release their leaders arrested by the political... PESHAWAR: Anti-polio plan PESHAWAR, Jan 19: A meeting of polio eradication committee was held with political agent Khyber Agency in the chair, to discuss the plan of action to achieve the target of vaccinating... ISLAMABAD: Pims allocates 150 beds to meet emergency ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) has allocated 150 beds to meet any emergency situation in the wake of border tension between India and Pakistan, it is learnt... ISLAMABAD: CDA seals five commercial units