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February 9, 2002 Saturday Ziqa’ad 25, 1422 KARACHI: SHC stays demolition operation: Lyari Expressway KARACHI, Feb 8: The Sindh High Court stayed on Friday demolition of encroachments in some areas, which form path of the 16.5-km long Lyari Expressway, until Feb 13.... KARACHI: KWSB disputes Wapda chief’s claim about dues KARACHI, Feb 8: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board has disputed the claims of Karachi Electric Supply Corporation of its being its one of the biggest public-sector defaulter.... KARACHI: 2 men die in road accident KARACHI, Feb 8: Two young men died in a road accident in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Friday morning.... KARACHI: FIR to be registered at complainant’s residence KARACHI, Feb 8: Police will register FIR of all major crimes such as murder, robbery, carjacking at the doorstep of complainant.... KARACHI: SHC declares increased NUF rates illegal KARACHI, Feb 8: The Sindh High Court has directed the KDA to charge Non-utilization Fee (NUF) on the basis of original occupancy value at rates prescribed in the allotment letter/original contract,... KARACHI: Work permit fee for aliens reduced KARACHI, Feb 8: The federal government has reduced the registration and work permit fee for illegal immigrants, said an announcement here on Thursday.... KARACHI: 11 cars, 17 bikes hijacked KARACHI, Feb 8: Twenty-eight vehicles — 11 cars and 17 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Friday, the police said.... KARACHI: Pollution causing asthma in children KARACHI, Feb 8: Kids who play outdoor sports in cities with high levels of pollution are more than three times as likely to develop asthma.... KARACHI: Sindh Medical College library inaugurated KARACHI, Feb 8: Sindh health minister, Maj-Gen Ahsan Ahmad, on Friday inaugurated the refurbished library of the Sindh Medical College Karachi.... KARACHI: Exercise must for diabetic women KARACHI, Feb 8: Speakers at a weekly health-care programme of the Sobraj Maternity Hospital stressed the need for pre-planning, balanced diet, regular exercise and use of insulin as a best remedy... KARACHI: Gwadar-Pasni road to be completed on priority basis KARACHI, Feb 8: Chairman National Highway Authority (NHA) Maj-Gen Farrukh Javed said here on Friday that Gwadar-Pasni section of the Makran coastal highway will be completed at a cost of Rs3... KARACHI: Local govt officials’ posts redesignated KARACHI, Feb 8: The Sindh government has redesignated the posts of directors and assistant directors of local government as local government support officers, following restructuring of the department under the devolution... KARACHI: Population explosion blamed for stagnation KARACHI, Feb 8: Speakers at a seminar here on Friday called for planned families and said that the explosive growth rate of population was neutralizing whatever little economic progress was being... KARACHI: Police mint money through violations of marriage law KARACHI, Feb 8: The ordinance restraining the serving of meals during marriage ceremonies is being grossly violated in the city.... KARACHI: Property suit against govt dismissed KARACHI, Feb 8: Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany of the Sindh High Court has dismissed an application whereby a private importer had prayed for restraining the government from selling the 2,356 tons... KARACHI: Hearing of account freezing case put off KARACHI, Feb 8: A division bench of the Sindh High Court put off on Friday the hearing of the petition of the Al-Rasheed Trust, which has challenged freezing of its bank... KARACHI: Governor visits forward positions KARACHI, Feb 8: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro on Friday said people of the province are wholeheartedly with the troops guarding frontiers of the motherland.... KARACHI: Loudspeakers use in mosques: a clarification KARACHI, Feb 8: The president’s announcement about the use of loudspeakers in his Jan 12 address to the nation has been misinterpreted by some quarters, a Sindh police spokesman said on... KARACHI: PS clarifies report KARACHI, Feb 8: Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) has clarified that the management had neither sacked nor laid off any employee by force as reported in a section of the press.... KARACHI: LLB exam forms KARACHI, Feb 8: The University of Karachi has announced that candidates of LLB (IInd year,old course), who appeared but failed in the annual examination-2001 can now submit their forms for the... <