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February 4, 2002 Monday Ziqa’ad 20, 1422 KARACHI: Three men killed, one commits suicide: Eight cars, 17 bikes hijacked KARACHI, Feb 3: Twenty-five vehicles —eight cars and 17 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Sunday, the police said.... KARACHI: KESC unable to meet power needs KARACHI, Feb 3: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation is finding it difficult to meet the power requirements of those commercial areas which were originally planned as residential areas.... KARACHI: Limits of police stations redrawn KARACHI, Feb 3: Inspector general police, Syed Kamal Shah, said on Sunday that the demarcation of jurisdiction of police stations had been completed.... KARACHI: Captors urged to release Daniel KARACHI, Feb 3: Sindh Governor Mohammadmian Soomro on Sunday appealed to the captors of Daniel Pearl to set free the Wall Street Journal journalist, keeping in view the rich traditions of... KARACHI: Highway blockade: Transporters end RCD KARACHI, Feb 3: Transporters on Sunday lifted the blockade of RCD Highway after 73 hours, allowing normal flow of traffic to and from Karachi and Balochistan in response to assurances by... KARACHI: Carnival for children of SOS village organized KARACHI, Feb 3: A large number of people, accompanied by their children, visited an annual fund-raising carnival organized by Friends of the SOS Children’s Village here on Sunday.... KARACHI: Research as career to be promoted: Ata KARACHI, Feb 3: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Dr Ata-ur- Rahman on Sunday suggested establishment of carrier structures for medical researchers in the country to lure qualified people in the... KARACHI: Record recovery of stamp duty KARACHI, Feb 3: The recovery of stamp duty in Sindh crossed the Rs1 billion mark in January 2002, thus setting a new record on this count.... KARACHI: Collection of short stories launched KARACHI: Rastay mujhe bulatay hain (the pathways call me), a collection of 19 short stories from Azra Abbas, was launched on Saturday at Karachi Press Club. With noted fiction critic Mahmood... KARACHI: Concern over declining number of male students KARACHI, Feb 3: Sindh health secretary Khalid Latif Chaudhry has expressed concern over the declining number of male medical students in the province.... KARACHI: Advice to pilgrims KARACHI, Feb 3: The directorate of Hajj has advised the pilgrims to report much in advance of the scheduled date and time of their flights.... KARACHI: Seminar calls for end to foreign influence KARACHI, Feb 3: Speakers at a seminar here on Sunday called for introducing basic changes in the state system by ending foreign influence in the economic and political spheres of the... KARACHI: Pakistan adopts ISO standards KARACHI, Feb 3: The government has decided to adopt ISO standards as Pakistan standards in a phased manner. Initially the list of standards will be split into mandatory and voluntary standards.... KARACHI: MQM slams amendment: Anti-terrorism Act KARACHI, Feb 3: The MQM coordination committee has termed the recent amendment in the Anti-Terrorism Act contrary to all canons of law, justice and democratic principles.... KARACHI: Foreign firm seeks subsidy on transport KARACHI, Feb 3: The government of Sindh will provide all possible facilities to the operators introducing large-size buses in Karachi.... KARACHI: Baton charge on lawyers slammed KARACHI, Feb 3: The Secretary-General of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, Mairaj Mohammed Khan, has condemned the baton charge on a lawyers’ procession in Lahore.... KARACHI: Advice to voters KARACHI, Feb 3: The chief election commissioner has, on the demand of political parties, extended the last date for submission of forms for the enrolment to the registration officers/ assistant election... HYDERABAD: Lawyers condemn inclusion of army officials in ATCs HYDERABAD, Feb 3: Senior lawyers of the city have expressed serious reservations over the inclusion of army officials in the Anti-Terrorism Courts (ATCs) by way of an amendment in the Anti-Terrorism... HYDERABAD: JSM supports crackdown on extremists HYDERABAD, Feb 3: The chairman of the Jeay Sindh Mahaz (J) Abdul Khaliq Junejo, has said that Sindh has been converted into a colony of Punjab, which has taken over the... HYDERABAD: Children oppose plan to privatize schools HYDERABAD, Feb 3: The children belonging to the Sujag Baar Tehrik (SBT) staged a token hunger strike outside the press club here on Sunday to protest against the proposed privatization of... HYDERABAD: Nazim asks EDO to propose schemes HYDERABAD, Feb 3: Hyderabad District Nazim Dr Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman has asked the EDO, community development, to suggest schemes worth Rs10 million for promotion of sports and holding of sports and cultural... HYDERABAD: By-election Schedule issued HYDERABAD, Feb 3: The deputy election commissioner, Hyderabad division, has issued the by-elections programme for Naib Nazim of union council-5, Bhaledino Kaka, taluka Hala, and for Nazims of UC-4, Lawari Sharif,... HYDERABAD: SU Seerat moot concludes HYDERABAD, Feb 3: The concluding session of the two-day national Seerat conference, organized by the faculty of Islamic Studies, University of Sindh, was held on Saturday.... HYDERABAD: Man held with drugs HYDERABAD, Feb 3: Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) officials arrested an alleged drug dealer and recovered 20kg heroin from his possession here on Saturday.... HYDERABAD: SHC allows Sindh govt appeal HYDERABAD, Feb 3: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, has allowed an appeal of the Sindh government, challenging the order of the senior civil judge, Badin, Sagheer Ahmed Sheikh, after... PESHAWAR: NOC requirement by Madaris opposed PESHAWAR, Feb 3: The Afghan students of Deeni Madaris have vowed to continue their Islamic education despite Pakistan government’s strict policy against the foreign students.... PESHAWAR: Rs657 per capita spent on health PESHAWAR, Feb 3: The ratio of the public expenditure to private expenditure on health care in the NWFP is 1 to 1.33, a study carried out by the Oxford Policy Management revealed.... PESHAWAR: Need for provincial autonomy stressed PESHAWAR, Feb 3: Central leader of Pakistan People’s Party (Sherpao), Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao on Sunday underscored the need for effective strategy to combat the rapidly growing socio-economic problems. He said... PESHAWAR: Sikhs want girls school PESHAWAR, Feb 3: The Sikhs living in Peshawar and other parts of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas are facing difficulties in educating their children as the religious minority does not have... PESHAWAR: Mujaddedi in Kabul PESHAWAR, Feb 3: Former Afghan president Pir Sibghatullah Mujaddedi went back to Kabul along with his family after remaining in exile for more than two decades....

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