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February 20, 2002 Wednesday Zilhaj 7, 1422 KARACHI: 11 cars, 16 bikes hijacked: Bandits shoot man to death KARACHI, Feb 19: Bandits shot a man to death and injured his son in Pak Colony on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Milk plant to begin operation in Aug KARACHI, Feb 19: The Karachi Milk Plant (KMP), under its new management, is likely to be operational some time in August this year as all bottlenecks, including occupation of its land... KARACHI: Vehicles in default of MVT given one month KARACHI, Feb 19: The Sindh Excise and Taxation Department has decided to launch a campaign against about 0.3 million vehicles plying in Karachi in default of Motor Vehicle Tax (MVT) for... KARACHI: Hearing of plea against armymen in ATCs put off KARACHI, Feb 19: The Sindh High Court put off on Tuesday the hearing of a constitutional petition challenging the induction of serving army officers into the proposed anti-terrorism courts to March... KARACHI: Report on sharing of revenue KARACHI, Feb 19: The committee constituted for working out a sharing formula between the city district government and towns in Karachi has given its final report for submission to the Sindh... KARACHI: Blue print of desalination plants finalized KARACHI, Feb 19: Blue prints of two foreign-funded water purification/ desalination plants, to be set up to overcome water shortage at Site, have been finalized and construction work is likely to... KARACHI: PTCL’s Eid package KARACHI, Feb 19: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company has announced Eid package for its customers. The customers will be charged only one-fourth of the normal rate on domestic calls for five days.... KARACHI: Zoo to be closed for women KARACHI, Feb 19: The Karachi Zoo will be closed for women from February 23 to 25 because of the presence of an unmanageable crowds during the Eid holidays.... KARACHI: CHK staff not paid salaries for months KARACHI, Feb 19: Fifty-six employees of the Civil Hospital Karachi, recruited last August through a notification signed by the Sindh governor, have not been paid salaries, despite repeated reminders to the... KARACHI: Unsafe blood transfusion causing hepatitis KARACHI, Feb 19: A survey conducted by the National Institute of Child Health (NICH), Karachi, has shown 6% positivity for hepatitis C.... KARACHI: Campaign against smoke-emitting vehicles planned KARACHI, Feb 19: The Sindh government plans to launch a Province-wide campaign on March 23 against smoke-emitting vehicles, especially rickshaws, mini-buses and buses.... KARACHI: World Thinking Day KARACHI, Feb 19: The International Thinking Day will be celebrated on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Date for admissions to colleges extended KARACHI, Feb 19: The University of Karachi has notified that last date for admission to first-year BA/BSc (Pass), BCom and BSc (Home Economics) classes for the year 2002 in all colleges... KARACHI: Short-story collection launched KARACHI: A collection of short stories from Rehman Nishat, Be-chhat Asman (sky without the ceiling), was launched on Monday at the Pakistan Arts Council, with Dr Fahim Azmi in the chair.... KARACHI: Korangi girl wins ghazal contest at PECHS college KARACHI, Feb 19: Shughufta Zarin of Government Girls College Korangi No-4 won the inter-collegiate ‘ghazal’ competition held at the BAMM PECHS Government College for Women on Tuesday in connection with its... KARACHI: Computer lab KARACHI, Feb 19: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro will inaugurate a computer lab at the Government College of Commerce and Economics on March 11.—APP... KARACHI: Five sentenced for drug smuggling KARACHI, Feb 19: Five drug smugglers, including a young South African woman and two Nigerians, were convicted on Tuesday by the special anti-narcotics court, which awarded them different terms of rigorous... KARACHI: Politicians demand more seats for Karachi KARACHI, Feb 19: Various political and religious leaders, at an all-parties conference here on Tuesday, demanded of the government to increase the number of seats in the legislative assemblies for Karachi... KARACHI: SHC for action against ADJ KARACHI, Feb 19: A division bench of the High Court of Sindh, comprising Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed and Justice S. Ali Aslam Jafri, recommended on Tuesday to the Chief Justice of the... KARACHI: Order reserved in land scam case KARACHI, Feb 19: The Accountability court No. 4, headed by Judge Mohammed Jawaid Alam, reserved on Tuesday the judgment in a reference against a land acquisition officer.... KARACHI: Need for anti-imperialist struggle stressed KARACHI, Feb 19: “The world is facing a new wave of savage military aggressions and economic crises after the cold war”, observed a noted leftist intellectual Ali Amjad Advocate.... KARACHI: Ties between Pakistan and China smooth, says diplomat KARACHI, Feb 19: Chinese Consul General in Karachi Lin Shang Lin has said close relations between Pakistan and China are beyond petty interests and are based on principles.... KARACHI: Court stops police from harassing trader KARACHI, Feb 19: Justice Mohammed Ashraf Leghari of the Sindh High Court has restrained the police from causing harassment and intimidation to M/s Dollar Inn Money Changers or to their employees... HYDERABAD: Taluka Nazims asked to submit uplift schemes HYDERABAD, Feb 19: Hyderabad District Nazim Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman here on Tuesday presided over a meeting of the district coordination committee where some taluka Nazims presented several schemes pertaining to roads, water... KHAIRPUR: Police baton-charge protesting growers KHAIRPUR, Feb 19: Several growers of Mirwah and Faiz Ganj talukas were baton-charged by the police on Tuesday when they were protesting against shortage of water at Jalalani regulator.... HYDERABAD: Call to publish Deplai’s works HYDERABAD, Feb 19: Speakers at the 21st death anniversary of prominent writer and journalist Mohammad Usman Deplai have called upon Sindhi Adabi Board (SAB), Sindhi Language Authority (SLA) and other institutions... MIRPURKHAS: Building plans’ approval delayed: Industrial units MIRPURKHAS, Feb 19: Some investors who had decided to set up units in the industrial estate of the Sindh Small Industries Corporation, Mirpurkhas, had not been given approval of the building... HYDERABAD: New police system divides resources, says DPO HYDERABAD, Feb 19: The District Police Officer (DPO), Hyderabad, Moazam Jah Ansari, informed the Hyderabad district council here on Tuesday that under the new police system, resources of police had further... HYDERABAD: Facilities for foreign students HYDERABAD, Feb 19: The Vice Chancellor University of Sindh, Mazharul Haq Siddiqui, has said that foreign students are the ambassadors of the university in their countries as well as at the... LARKANA: 3 villagers killed in accident LARKANA, Feb 19: Three villagers were killed on Larkana-Ratodero road on Tuesday when a Peshawar bound bus (K 4040) hit a donkey cart at Wassand Shakh.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: DSP’s son opens fire in market area NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Feb 19: The drunk son of DSP Daur opened fire in the market area and at the gate of a police kiosk in Halani on Monday.... SUKKUR: Water rotation SUKKUR, Feb 19: The executive engineer, irrigation, east division, Khairpur, has announced group-wise water rotation programme of several channels in the division due to shortage of irrigation water in River Indus.... SUKKUR: 2 brothers kidnapped, taken to Balochistan SUKKUR, Feb 19: Two brothers were kidnapped from village Piaro Khan Golato near Kandhkot and taken to Balochistan on Tuesday.... KHAIRPUR: Skin disease detected in Faiz Ganj KHAIRPUR, Feb 19: On the report of the outbreak of a skin disease leishmaniasis in taluka Faiz Ganj of district Khairpur, the acting district Nazim, Khairpur, Sher Mohammad Phulpoto, visited different... THATTA: ACE seizes record to probe fraud THATTA, Feb 19: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE), Thatta, in coordination with DSP Headquarters Raunaq Ali has seized the record of the local district police office in order to probe into the... LARKANA: Seminars LARKANA, Feb 19: The Larkano District Historical Society (LDHS) will hold seminars in Kambar, Ratodero and Dokri to mark the 100 years of Larkana district.... SUKKUR: School buildings SUKKUR, Feb 19: Sukkur district government will spend Rs1.9 million on the construction of four school buildings in the district.... PESHAWAR: Military rulers responsible for crises: PKMAP chief PESHAWAR, Feb 19: Pakhtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai has held the Punjabi civil-cum-military bureaucracy and their henchmen, impersonating as politicians, responsible for the political instability, economic mess, abject... PESHAWAR: Expansion plan for assembly building shelved PESHAWAR, Feb 19: In the wake of a report ruling out expansion in the seating arrangements in the present NWFP Assembly building to accommodate the extra number of members, the government... PESHAWAR: Business of fake artifacts on the rise PESHAWAR, Feb 19: The antique dealers are fleecing foreigners by selling fake artifacts and relics in various parts of the province.... PESHAWAR: Rs4m smuggled goods seized PESHAWAR, Feb 19: The provincial customs department seized foreign goods worth over Rs4 million during an anti-smuggling operation in various districts on Tuesday.... PESHAWAR: No drinking water on Eid, says union PESHAWAR, Feb 19: The United Municipal Workers Union has asked the people to make arrangements for drinking water and removal of offals of animals on Eidul Azha as the sanitation staff...

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