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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....