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January 25, 2002 Friday Ziqa’ad 10, 1422 KARACHI: Postgraduate study centre at SIUT opens KARACHI, Jan 24: The Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation does not let a person die because he cannot pay. It has a unique philosophy of providing free, state-of-the-art services in... KARACHI: City govt proposes KCR tracks extension KARACHI, Jan 24: The city government has proposed that the existing tracks of Karachi Circular Railways be extended to the thickly-populated areas of the city to facilitate the commuters.... ISLAMABAD: Missing reporter returns ISLAMABAD, Jan 24: A Karachi journalist who works for Time magazine returned home early on Thursday after going missing two days ago, a family member said.... KARACHI: Boy run over by coach KARACHI, Jan 24: A five-year-old boy died in a road accident in Saeedabad on Thursday night.... KARACHI: 13 cars, 16 bikes hijacked KARACHI, Jan 24: Twenty-nine vehicles — 13 cars and 16 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Thursday, the police said.... KARACHI: PTCL plans to introduce online billing KARACHI, Jan 24: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company is in the process of introducing online billing and customer-care centre.... KARACHI: Colleges may ignore attendance rule KARACHI, Jan 24: It is likely that the government would fail to implement its much emphasised rule of 75 per cent mandatory attendance of students at the city colleges this year... KARACHI: Wildlife in Sindh threatened KARACHI, Jan 24: Speakers at a seminar said that unrestrained hunting and destruction of natural habitat caused by pollution and population expansion as major factors contributing to the degeneration of marine... KARACHI: Pakistan’s population growth highest in the region KARACHI, Jan 24: Speakers at a meeting on Thursday said that unless the government and nongovernmental organisations joined hands, the explosive population growth in the country could not be checked effectively.... KARACHI: Mushaira on Figar’s death anniversary KARACHI, Jan 24: Friends and fans of distinguished humorous poet Dilawar Figar will hold a seminar, followed by poetic sitting at 5pm at Sheikh Zaid Islamic Centre, Karachi University, on Saturday... KARACHI: Building demolished KARACHI, Jan 24: A team of the Karachi Building Control Authority on Thursday demolished the second floor of a building, situated on Plot No 17, on Keamari’s Jungle Shah Road.... KARACHI: Principals call for redesigning IT courses KARACHI, Jan 24: A group of principals of colleges in the city have called for designing the courses of information technology.... KARACHI: Cold weather KARACHI, Jan 24: The Met office forecast a fair and partly cloudy weather for Friday with misty morning. On Thursday minimum temperature increased to 18.5 degrees centigrade against 13.5 degrees centigrade... KARACHI: 1,058 illegal buildings may get legal cover: Dewan KARACHI, Jan 24: The revised building and town planning regulations, prepared under the instructions of the Sindh government, have been vetted and cleared by the law department, except a few observations.... KARACHI: Blind teachers to get BPS-15 pay scale KARACHI, Jan 24: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro has instructed the authorities concerned to grant basic pay scales of 9 and 15 to the teachers of Government School for Blind like junior... KARACHI: Appeal in murder case allowed KARACHI, Jan 24: An appeal filed by two convicts in a murder case was allowed on Thursday by an appellate bench of the Sindh High Court.... KARACHI: Changes to poll rules aimed at good governance KARACHI, Jan 24: Federal Minister of Law, Justice and Human Rights & Parliamentary Affairs Barrister Shahida Jamil said here on Thursday the government had changed election rules to ensure effective role... KARACHI: Imran doubts full transfer of power KARACHI, Jan 24: Leader of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf, Imran Khan, said here on Thursday a change after the general election in October this year would be more of a partnership with... KARACHI: NLC not part of Army, maintains High Court KARACHI, Jan 24: A division bench of the Sindh High Court dismissed the appeals filed by the National Logistics Cell against two orders of a former judge Anwar Mansoor Khan, who... KARACHI: Ex-chief of HCB declared proclaimed offender KARACHI, Jan 24: An accountability court (AC) convicted on Thursday a former chairman of the Hyderabad Cantonment Board in absentia and sentenced him to a five-year term for “deliberately avoiding the... KARACHI: JI’s mass contact drive KARACHI, Jan 24: The Jamaat-i-Islami has rejected the government’s policies regarding constitutional changes and political and religious parties and criticized its pro-US tilt.... KARACHI: City govt to ensure traffic rules’ enforcement KARACHI, Jan 24: The City Government of Karachi has decided to bring about an improvement in traffic system and ensure strict enforcement of traffic laws and to carry out this programme... HYDERABAD: Rs987,000 looted from ABL branch HYDERABAD, Jan 24: A gang of five unidentified armed robbers looted Rs987,000 from the Site branch of the Allied Bank Limited in broad daylight on Thursday.... HYDERABAD: STPP opposes more powers to NSC HYDERABAD, Jan 24: The president of Ponam, Sindh, and the chairman, Sindh Taraqqi Passand Party, Dr Qadir Magsi, has severely criticised the government move to authorize the National Security Council (NSC)... HYDERABAD: Dist govt allocates Rs49m for education HYDERABAD, Jan 24: A meeting presided over by Hyderabad District Nazim Dr Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman on Wednesday discussed several issues relating to education, health, and water supply.... <