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January 22, 2002 Tuesday Ziqa’ad 7, 1422

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KARACHI: City govt suggests changes in design: Expressway clean-up begins
KARACHI, Jan 21: The city government has asked the federal government to make changes in the design of Lyari Expressway to bring uniformity in its width for smooth flow of heavy...
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KARACHI: 12 cars, 16 bikes hijacked
KARACHI, Jan 21: Twenty-eight vehicles — 12 cars and 16 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Monday, the police said....
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KARACHI: Transport fares increased again
KARACHI, Jan. 21: In view of the upward revision of petroleum prices by the Oil Companies Advisory Committee, the Sindh Transport Department has restored the enhanced fares of public transport on...
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KARACHI: Anti-polio drive from today
KARACHI, Jan 21: All preparations have been finalized to vaccinate some 4.5m children against polio during the three-day sub-national immunization campaign commencing in different parts of Sindh from Tuesday....
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KARACHI: Leakage causes water shortage
KARACHI, Jan 21: Different parts of the city went without water on Monday owing to a major leakage in a 24-inch dia pipeline near the Quaid’s mausoleum....
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KARACHI: SSGC rejects plea for compensation KARACHI, Jan 21: The Sui Southern Gas Company and consumers seem to be on a collision course as the gas utility refuses to accept their contention that they had not only...
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KARACHI: Free dialysis facility to be soon restored
KARACHI, Jan 21: Free dialysis facility will soon be restored and appropriately streamlined in the country in coordination with provincial departments, said Mohammad Aslam, director general, ministry of health, at the...
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KARACHI: City zoo gets crocodiles from Haleji sanctuary
KARACHI, Jan 21: Crocodiles from the Haleji sanctuary were recently brought to the Karachi zoo to beef up its dwindling reserve of crocodiles that had in course of several years refused...
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KARACHI: Dr Amir Tejani passes away in USA
KARACHI, Jan 21: Dr Amir Haider Tejani, a renowned paediatric nephrologist affiliated with the Westchester Medical Centre, New York, died recently of a heart attack. He was widely known for founding...
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KARACHI: No shortage of doctors: CHK
KARACHI, Jan 21: The Pakistan Medical Association, Karachi branch, has said that the ever-crowded Civil Hospital is not only trying to help the poor patients of Karachi but also providing solace...
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KARACHI: PMA concerned over pollution
KARACHI, Jan 21: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), Karachi branch, has expressed concern over critical increase in noise pollution in the city....
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KARACHI: Inter IT exams
KARACHI, Jan 21: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, has clarified that theory and practical examinations of Information Technology (Parts-I and II) will be held combined during the HSC annual examinations...
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KARACHI: NGOs urged to help govt contain population growth
KARACHI, Jan 21: The non-governmental organizations have been urged to help the government departments in their efforts to contain and check the rapid growth of population....
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KARACHI: Cold weather
KARACHI, Jan 21: The intensity in the cold weather grew on Monday as the mercury further dropped to 8.5 degrees centigrade....
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KARACHI: Acquittal plea in PIA hiring case rejected
KARACHI, Jan 21: An accountability court dismissed on Monday the acquittal application of a co-accused in a reference against former prime minister Benazir Bhutto....
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KARACHI: SHC sets aside ATC order on action against cops
KARACHI, Jan 21: An anti-terrorism appellate bench of the Sindh High Court set aside on Monday the order of the administrative judge for the anti- terrorism courts through which he had...
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KARACHI: High Court orders release of Chinese
KARACHI, Jan 21: Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany of the Sindh High Court directed on Monday the additional sessions Judge III (South) to order immediate release of a Chinese national, You Jin...
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KARACHI: Status quo ordered in election plea
KARACHI, Jan 21: A division bench of the Sindh High Court ordered on Monday maintenance of status quo while issuing pre-admission notices in a matter challenging the election of Nazim and...
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KARACHI: Local govt commission in the offing
KARACHI, Jan 21: The Sindh Local Government Commission will soon be constituted at provincial level with the minister for local government as its chairman....
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KARACHI: Hotel’s workers release demanded
KARACHI, Jan 21: Trade unions have demanded that all those workers of Pearl Continental Hotel who are being kept in “illegal detention” at a...
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KARACHI: Hearing of Asif’s plea put off
KARACHI, Jan 21: Hearing of criminal miscellaneous applications for acquittal of former senator Asif Ali Zardari in two cases of attempted suicide during police custody, was on Monday adjourned to Jan...
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KARACHI: Notice to Town Nazim
KARACHI, Jan 21: The Provincial Ombudsman, Justice Haziqul Khairi, has issued a showcause notice to the Town Nazim of New Karachi, asking him to appear before him on Feb 2....
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KARACHI: PSO willing to pass benefit on to public
KARACHI, Jan 21: The Pakistan State Oil has expressed its willingness to pass relief on to consumers provided the government allows it to do so....
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KARACHI: Mumtaz backs govt decisions
KARACHI, Jan 21: Former Sindh chief minister and chairman Sindh National Front Mumtaz Ali Bhutto has supported the decision of the government to fix educational qualifications for the candidates of National...
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KARACHI: Naimat to help solve problems of fishermen
KARACHI, Jan 21: The Karachi City Government will work for the welfare of the...
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HYDERABAD: Role of army in politics rejected
HYDERABAD, Jan 21: The central leaders of different political parties have rejected a permanent political role for the army in the Constitution....
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HYDERABAD: Farmers should set up strong bodies: adviser
HYDERABAD, Jan 21: The Adviser to the President on food and agriculture, Shafi Niaz, has urged the farmers’ community to form strong organizations for highlighting their problems and issues and safeguarding...
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HYDERABAD: Liaquat denies deal with govt
HYDERABAD, Jan 21: The Pakistan Muslim League (QA) leader, Liaquat Ali Khan Jatoi, has said that he has not entered into any deal with the government. and expressed the hope that...
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HYDERABAD: Anti-polio drive begins today
HYDERABAD, Jan 21: The arrangements for the “sub-national immunization day”, have been finalized, under which 6,66,668 children below the age of five years will be administered anti-Polio drops in the Hyderabad...
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MITHI: Opposition slams convener’s role: Tharparkar district council
MITHI, Jan 21: The members of opposition benches, District Council Tharparkar have expressed serious concern and resentment at the partisan role of the treasury benches for not bringing the motions of...
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HYDERABAD: Workshop held
HYDERABAD, Jan 21: The chairman, Sindhi Language Authority (SLA), Professor Dr Mohammad Qasim Bughio, has said that training is necessary for the development of society....
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HYDERABAD: MUET results announced
HYDERABAD, Jan 21: The controller of examinations, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET), Jamshoro, has announced the result of Bachelor of Engineering second term final year (97 batch) Mechanical Engineering...
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HYDERABAD: Education
HYDERABAD, Jan 21: The Zila Nazim, Hyderabad, Dr Makhdoom Rafiquz Zaman, has said that efforts will be made to upgrade the Government College of Technology, Hyderabad, into a university of technology....
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HYDERABAD: Teachers protest against sacking HYDERABAD, Jan 21: The female primary teachers staged a protest demonstration outside the office of the Zila Nazim against the termination of their services, here on Monday....
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HYDERABAD: Self-finance scheme: SU reduces fees
HYDERABAD, Jan 21: The Sindh University authorities on Saturday decided to reduce the rates of admissions fee for all degree, post-graduate programmes under the self-finance scheme, and economical self-finance basis in...
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PESHAWAR: Sherpao sent to judicial lock-up
PESHAWAR, Jan 21: Former NWFP chief minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao was sent to judicial lock-up on Monday by an accountability court here after expiry of his physical custody with the...
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PESHAWAR: Police action condemned
PESHAWAR, Jan 21: The PPP (Sherpao) provincial council has decided to launch a province-wide campaign for achieving rights of the people and for the resolution of the problems the country is...
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PESHAWAR: Two Afghan girls die of burns
PESHAWAR, Jan 21: Two young girls died of burns after a fire broke out in a newly-established Afghan refugee camp at Sada, Lower Kurram Agency, on Sunday night. The fire...
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PESHAWAR: Frontier regions merger backed
PESHAWAR, Jan 21: Leader of the National Awami Party Pakistan (NAPP), Engineer Irfan has demanded of the government to raise the status of the FATA to a province....
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PESHAWAR: Wapda cuts off power supply to Afghan areas
PESHAWAR, Jan 21: Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has disconnected electricity supply to areas inside Afghanistan bordering with Pakistan, according to official sources....
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