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February 8, 2002 Friday Ziqa’ad 24, 1422 KARACHI: Checkposts planned to curb theft of vehicles KARACHI, Feb 7: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro instructed the authorities on Thursday for the deployment of policemen in plain clothes at various places and making the intelligence system more effective for... KARACHI: 21 cars, 17 motorcycles hijacked KARACHI, Feb 7: Thirty-eight vehicles — 21 cars and 17 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Thursday, the police said.... KARACHI: Restructuring of local govt department KARACHI, Feb 7: The Sindh government palns to introduce drastic changes to the provincial local government department, redefining its functions under the devolution of the power program.... KARACHI: Armymen in ATCs opposed KARACHI, Feb 7: The Sindh High Court Bar Association slammed on Thursday the government’s decision to induct serving military officers into the restructured Anti-terrorism Courts, and demanded its withdrawal.... KARACHI: Bio-gas plant planned in city KARACHI, Feb 7: The city government is considering entering into an agreement with an international company for the establishment of a bio-gas plant near the Cattle Colony in the city, sources... KARACHI: KESC cuts off KDA power KARACHI, Feb 7: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation disconnected power connection of the building of the Karachi Development Authority and a portion of the Karachi Building Control Authority at Civic Centre... KARACHI: Resettlement of displaced people planned KARACHI, Feb 7: Chairman National Highway Authority (NHA), Maj-Gen Farrukh Javed, said on Thursday that a comprehensive plan had been formulated for the resettlement of the affectees of the Lyari expressway... KARACHI: Malnourished children at high risk of typhoid KARACHI, Feb 7: Over 200 national and international delegates attending the fifth International Symposium on Typhoid Fever and other Salmonelloses wrapped up their deliberations on Thursday.... KARACHI: Cases of humanbite rising in city KARACHI, Feb 7: Cases of serious injuries caused by human beings biting one another with their teeth during fights have registered a significant rise in the city over the past four... KARACHI: Handicapped children entertained KARACHI, Feb 7: A large number of handicapped children danced at music beat and enjoyed songs at a function organized at a seaside elite restaurant on Thursday.... KARACHI: Temperature dips KARACHI, Feb 7: The day and night temperature has fallen by 2-5 and 2-3°C respectively in Sindh and Balochistan.... KARACHI: Migrations in modern fiction KARACHI: There were two special guests in the company of some noteworthy writers, conspicuous by the absence of poets, except one or two, invited on Wednesday by Mazher Jameel to discuss... KARACHI: Nazim dissuades Steel Mills from sacking workers KARACHI, Feb 7: The management of the Pakistan Steel has agreed not to sack or lay off or force any more workers to opt for voluntary retirement and to pay a... KARACHI: 80 aliens elected Nazims and councilors KARACHI, Feb 7: The National Aliens Registration Authority (NARA) and other agencies have detected more than 80 illegal immigrants who have been elected Nazims, Naib Nazims and councillors in the new... KARACHI: SHC transfers 11 cases from ATC KARACHI, Feb 7: A division bench of the Sindh High Court transferred on Thursday 11 cases, pertaining to land-grabbing and car hijacking, from an anti-terrorism court to civil courts having jurisdiction... KARACHI: 6 foreigners sentenced in drug cases KARACHI, Feb 7: Six Nigerians were convicted separately on Thursday for drug trafficking by the special anti-narcotics court, headed by Judge Ali Nawaz Pirzada, who awarded them different terms of rigorous... KARACHI: Conviction in property references set aside KARACHI, Feb 7: A division bench of the Sindh High Court set aside on Thursday the conviction of Abdul Sattar Dero in property references and allowed the appeal and revisions filed... KARACHI: Students suffer for want of bridge KARACHI, Feb 7: Students and other pedestrians are facing difficulties for want of an overhead bridge in front of the Government Urdu Science College on University Road.... KARACHI: Basant Amn mela KARACHI, Feb 7: A Basant Amn (Peace) Mela is being organised by the Joint Action Committee for Peace at Gallerie Sadequain, (Frere Hall) on Saturday (Feb 9) afternoon.... HYDERABAD: Two LUMHS teams assess outbreak of skin disease HYDERABAD, Feb 7: The Liaqat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS) has dispatched two teams to assess skin disease Cutaneous Leishmaniasis spread in Dadu, Khairpur Nathan Shah, Johi and Mehar... HYDERABAD: SHC tells taluka council to maintain status quo: Cinema demolition HYDERABAD, Feb 7: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, here on Wednesday directed the Taluka City Council and other officials to maintain status quo with regard to the demolition of... HYDERABAD: Sindh govt amends law on calamities HYDERABAD, Feb 7: The Sindh government has amended the West Pakistan National Calamities (Prevention and Relief Rules 1969).... HYDERABAD: Demo held against kidnapping HYDERABAD, Feb 7: The activists of various socials welfare organizations under the banner of Bhandar Rabita Council staged a protest demonstration and hunger strike outside the press club here on Thursday... HYDERABAD: SPLA plans hunger strike HYDERABAD, Feb 7: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) has decided to observe a token hunger strike throughout Sindh on Feb 12 to press for the acceptance of their demands.... HYDERABAD: Judge hears victims of illegal detention HYDERABAD, Feb 7: Session Judge Parkash Lal M.Ambwani on Wednesday recorded the statements of three detainees, who were found in illegal detention on Feb 4, during a raid at the police... HYDERABAD: Arrest of assailants demanded HYDERABAD, Feb 7: The activists of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz staged a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Thursday against the murderous attack on Ali Hassan Umrani, Tando... SUKKUR: Nazim urges quality in development work SUKKUR, Feb 7: Kandhkot Taluka Nazim Mir Imran Khan Bijarani has urged the officials of executive agencies to ensure quality and required standard of work in various development schemes of the... SUKKUR: Two persons killed, one injured SUKKUR, Feb 7: Two persons were killed and one other was injured in two separate road accidents in Qazi Ahmed and Thari Mirwah on Tuesday.... SUKKUR: 10 poachers arrested in January SUKKUR, Feb 7: The Deputy Conservator of Wildlife, Sukkur, has said that during raids at different places in Sukkur and Larkana the officials of Wildlife have arrested 10 poachers, during the... LARKANA: Manzoor Panhwar joins PPP LARKANA, Feb 7: The Pakistan People’s Party would not leave ground open for small conglomerates and groups in the ensuing elections.... NAWABSHAH: Girl killed NAWABSHAH, Feb 7: A man, Mehrab Mari, shot dead his sister, Malika (17), and injured his wife in the Behram Mari village, Sakrand, on Tuesday.... PESHAWAR: 2,000 blank passports stolen in Peshawar PESHAWAR, Feb 7: Two thousand blank Pakistani passports were stolen from the post office at railway station, Peshawar Cantonment, sources in police department disclosed here on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: Computer labs in 25 schools to be completed soon PESHAWAR, Feb 7: Establishment of computer laboratories in over 25 schools of the remote and under-developed areas— Charsadda, Dir, Malakand, Swat, Karak, Kohat and Hangu— will be completed soon.... PESHAWAR: Action demanded against surgeon : Girl’s death due to ‘negligence’ PESHAWAR, Feb 7: The maternal grandfather of an orphan girl has charged an orthopaedic surgeon with killing his granddaughter during an operation due to overdose of anaesthesia, and has asked the... PESHAWAR: PHC seeks comments on Al Qaeda men detention PESHAWAR, Feb 7: A bench of the Peshawar High Court on Thursday directed the federal and the NWFP governments to file written comments within four days in reply to a writ... PESHAWAR: Students asked to uphold right PESHAWAR, Feb 7: Students should learn to act in accordance with what they profess, to follow what they consider the appropriate path, to adopt what they find good, and avoid what... MANSEHRA: 180 bottles of liquor seized MANSEHRA, Feb 7: Mansehra police on Tuesday seized 180 bottles of locally-made liquor and arrested two persons under article 3/4 of the PEHO.... ABBOTTABAD: Registration of births urged ABBOTTABAD, Feb 7: Additional secretary local government and rural development department Ahsan Ali Khan has said that the NWFP government would boost its activities in the field of birth registration with...

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