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January 28, 2002 Monday Ziqa’ad 13, 1422 KARACHI: Foreign venture fails to deliver: Scania bus project KARACHI, Jan 27: The Swede-Bus Pakistan has failed to import 32 large-sized buses for the Scania bus project that was to be launched in the city this month.... KARACHI: KESC allowed to set up special courts: Recovery of dues KARACHI, Jan 27: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation has been allowed to set up special courts to deal with the cases of defaulters.... KARACHI: Youth stabbed to death KARACHI, Jan 27: A young man was stabbed to death in his house by unknown assailants in Lines Area, in the limits of Brigade police station, on Sunday.... KARACHI: Efforts on to rebuild institutions, Shaukat KARACHI, Jan 27: Federal finance minister Shaukat Aziz has said Pakistan has managed to revive the confidence of the international financial institutions and now the immediate priorities of the country are... KARACHI: 8 cars, 8 bikes taken away KARACHI, Jan 27: At least 16 vehicles—eight cars and eight motorcycles— were either hijacked or stolen from different parts of the city on Sunday, police said.... KARACHI: Alarming increase in sexual assault cases: JPMC record of year 2001 KARACHI, Jan 27: An alarming increase was recorded in the sexual assault cases reported to the Jinnah Post-graduate Medical Centre (JPMC) during the last year as compared to the cases in... KARACHI: Possibility of changes in design ruled out: Lyari expressway KARACHI, Jan 27: The concerned government agencies have been engaged for the past few days in an intensive consultations to chalk out a joint strategy to meet the impediments likely to... KARACHI: People being overcharged at Sunday bazaars KARACHI, Jan 27: The stall holders in most of the Sunday bazaars, particularly at University Road, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, overcharge their customers on one or the other pretext owing to negligence of the... KARACHI: 617 drivers arrested KARACHI, Jan 27: Traffic police have arrested 617 drivers of public transport in the city during its campaign against reckless and negligent driving.... KARACHI: Role, future of books discussed KARACHI: “Books carry knowledge, promote literature and are the major vehicle in our times to transfer literary pieces not only from person to person but from generation to generation”, said Prof... KARACHI: Group show at Tariq Jay KARACHI, Jan 27: A group exhibition of paintings by young artists from Lahore, Ali Azmat, Mughees Riaz and Jamal-i-Mustafa, will open at Tariq Jay Gallery on Monday.... KARACHI: Fair weather KARACHI, Jan 27: The Met office has forecast fair weather with cold night in the city on Monday. The minimum temperature is expected to range between 11 and 13 degree centigrade.... KARACHI: Memons urged to adopt schools, colleges KARACHI, Jan 27: Denationalisation of educational institutes will benefit masses in the long run and improve the quality of education being provided in public schools and colleges.... KARACHI: Families of police martyrs to get salaries KARACHI, Jan 27: The families of police martyrs will continue to get full salaries of the martyrs till their attainment of 60 years of age in addition to payment of compensation... KARACHI: SSC, HSC exams to commence on March 1 KARACHI, Jan 27: The annual examinations under various educational boards would be held as per schedule, finalised by the provincial steering committee on education, it was clarified officially.... KARACHI: PTI to take part in election KARACHI, Jan 27: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) will participate in the forthcoming general polls, scheduled in October, for which an election cell has been formed to deal with the selection of candidates.... KARACHI: Teachers concerned KARACHI, Jan 27: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association has stated that lecturers’ seniority list, issued in December to the colleges in Karachi, is full of errors.... KARACHI: Muttahida condemns worker’s killing KARACHI, Jan 27: The Coordination Committee of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Sunday condemned the killing of one of its workers along with his uncle, and urged the government and the... KARACHI: Karrar Hussain family grieved KARACHI, Jan 27: Sartaj Bano, the widow of Prof Karrar Hussain, died here on Sunday. She was 86.... KARACHI: Zebra crossings to be painted KARACHI, Jan 27: Zebra crossings will be painted in various parts of the city for providing a facility to pedestrians to cross the roads....