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February 13, 2002 Wednesday Ziqa’ad 29, 1422 KARACHI: Federal govt owes Rs9bn octroi tax to Sindh KARACHI, Feb 12: Sindh has received from the federal government Rs15 billion on account of Octroi/Zila tax grant against its due share of Rs24 billion during the last three years, indicating... KARACHI: Induction of army into ATCs challenged KARACHI, Feb 12: The proposed induction of serving army officers into the anti-terrorism courts, through recent amendments to the Anti-terrorism Act, was challenged in the Sindh High Court on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Suspects remanded in Pearl case KARACHI, Feb 12: Justice Shabbir Ahmed of the Sindh High Court remanded on Tuesday the three suspects in the kidnapping of the Wall Street Journal’s journalist Daniel Pearl in police custody... KARACHI: 12 cars, 11 bikes hijacked KARACHI, Feb 12: Twenty-three vehicles — 12 cars 11 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Tuesday, police said.... KARACHI: Contempt notice to KESC chief KARACHI, Feb 12: The Sindh High Court has put the KESC managing director and some other officials, along with the Electric Inspector, on notice for Thursday, Feb 14, in a contempt... KARACHI: Matric exams from March 1 KARACHI, Feb 12: The 9th and 10th class annual examinations of the Board of Secondary Education will begin on March 1.... KARACHI: Doctors urged to help govt improve healthcare system KARACHI, Feb 12: The government has initiated some urgent reforms to set things right in the health sector, Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro said.... KARACHI: Moot on child care opens tomorrow KARACHI, Feb 12: The theme ‘Optimizing child care in a resource-constrained environment’, chosen by the Pakistan Paediatric Association as the focal point of discussions during a four-day international biennial paediatric conference... KARACHI: Rules for cop hiring changed KARACHI, Feb 12: The government decided on Tuesday to rationalize the rules for recruitment in police and fixed a minimum height of five feet and five inches for recruitment of male... KARACHI: Women vow to continue struggle for equality KARACHI, Feb 12: Speakers at a meeting on Tuesday urged the authorities to abolish all the laws that were discriminatory towards women on March 8 which is observed as the Women’s... KARACHI: Dutch drug trafficker jailed for four years KARACHI, Feb 12: A Dutch drug trafficker was sentenced on Tuesday to four years in jail by the special anti-narcotics court, headed by Judge Ali Nawaz Pirzada.... KARACHI: JI slams armymen in ATCs KARACHI, Feb 12: The acting chief the Jamaat-i-Islami, Syed Munawwar Hasan, has strongly criticized the government’s decision to induct armymen into the anti-terrorism courts, and described it as “a parallel judicial... KARACHI: Parties busy in manifesto preparations KARACHI, Feb 12: A majority of political and religious parties is busy giving final shape to their manifestos for the forthcoming general elections in the country.... KARACHI: Community police officers to be appointed KARACHI, Feb 12: The Inspector-General of the Sindh Police, Syed Kamal Shah, said here on Tuesday that community police officer would be appointed in each police station to promote community policing... KARACHI: Rs3.57bn additional fund for education KARACHI, Feb 12: Federal Education Minister Zobaida Jalal said on Tuesday that the government has raised funds for education promotion by 350 per cent by providing an additional amount of Rs3.57... KARACHI: Saadia Imam gets bail in fraud case KARACHI, Feb 12: A division bench of Sindh High Court , comprising Justice Ghulam Nabi Soomro and Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany, on Tuesday admitted Saadia Imam, a TV artist, to bail... KARACHI: Bandits caught KARACHI, Feb 12: Three bandits who had entered a shop in Orangi Extension for robbery were overpowered by the area people on Tuesday and handed over to police.... KARACHI: Award ceremony KARACHI, Feb 12: The Raana Liaquat Ali Khan Government College of Home Economics will hold a ceremony on February 14 for award of gold medals and scholarships to meritorious students of... PESHAWAR: Inter-dist roads made provincial highways PESHAWAR, Feb 12: The NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah on Monday directed the Frontier Highway Authority to immediately start construction and repair of the roads that have been declared provincial highways.... PESHAWAR: Trader shot dead PESHAWAR, Feb 12: A medical store owner was killed by two brothers over a money dispute in Jhanda Bazaar on Monday....