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February 22, 2002 Friday Zilhaj 9, 1422 KARACHI: Towns get Rs18m for Eid arrangements KARACHI, Feb 21: The City Government has released Rs18 million to the Town Municipal Administrations for distribution at Rs1 million for each Town for making special arrangements on the occasion of... KARACHI: Reckless driving claims six lives: 7 cars, 9 bikes hijacked KARACHI, Feb 21: Reckless driving claimed six lives in the city on Thursday.... KARACHI: Drizzle disrupts power supply KARACHI, Feb 21: As soon as the city received a little drizzle on Thursday morning, the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation’s transmission and distribution system in areas near the airport broke down,... KARACHI: Suspect owns up to sending e-mail: Pearl case KARACHI, Feb 21: One of the suspects in the Daniel Pearl kidnapping case confessed on Thursday before a judicial magistrate that prime suspect Shaikh Umer had asked him to send the... KARACHI: Two Edhi Centres robbed KARACHI, Feb 21: Bandits struck at two Edhi Centres in the city on Thursday and got way with cash.... KARACHI: Policemen to be tested for HIV KARACHI, Feb 21: Police officials will be tested for HIV at the police training schools and colleges in the province, Dawn learnt on Thursday.... KARACHI: Migrant workers vulnerable KARACHI, Feb 21: Migrant workers, particularly truck drivers and fishermen, are among the most vulnerable groups to HIV / AIDS, says a study.... KARACHI: Water shortage KARACHI, Feb 21: Residents of Shah Faisal Colony’s No 5 have been without water for the last two days.... KARACHI: Neurological evaluation of infants suggested KARACHI, Feb 21: Informal assessment of the neurodevelopmental status of infants and children was recommended as part of medical checkups.... KARACHI: LLB exams KARACHI, Feb 21: BL first and second year and LLB (Final) supplementary examinations-2001 would start from March 4, 5 and 6 respectively. Candidates can collect their admit cards from March 1... KARACHI: MBBS exams KARACHI, Feb 21: The Second and Third Professionals MBBS Annual Examinations under the aegis of the University of Karachi, would commence on March 4 and 5.... KARACHI: Admit cards for SSC exams ready KARACHI, Feb 21: Admit cards and programme for the regular candidates of class X, science and general groups, for the SSC annual examination 2002, will be ready for collection on February... KARACHI: Plea against domicile status rule comes up before SHC KARACHI, Feb 21: A constitutional petition questioning the validity of Rule 6 (iii) of the Public Service Commission Rules, by which domicile of a candidate cannot be treated as that of... KARACHI: Merger of KDA depts with city govt finalized KARACHI, Feb 21: Though the KDA is to be devolved/ merged with the city government by June, the transaction team has finalized details of its departments for their merger with the... KARACHI: Two Muttahida leaders acquitted in more cases KARACHI, Feb 21: The additional district and sessions judge, Central, Ghulam Qadir Leghari, acquitted two leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement in two more criminal cases.... KARACHI: Registration date for BA overseas exam extended KARACHI, Feb 21: The University of Karachi has extended the last date for submission of registration and examination forms of BA (pass), BCom first and second year courses (external) and MA... KARACHI: Sale of Hyatt Regency being reprocessed KARACHI, Feb 21: The Hyatt Regency Hotel (HRH) project, which failed to take off despite its flotation by the Privatization Commission in April and October last year, is now being reprocessed,... KARACHI: Bodies set up to interview primary teachers KARACHI, Feb 21: The government of Sindh has constituted special selection committees to conduct interviews of the candidates who qualified the written test held on Jan 6 for recruitment as PSTs... KARACHI: 21 Afghans held with forged papers KARACHI, Feb 21: The FIA (Immigration) has intercepted 21 Afghan nationals at the airport, who were going to Saudi Arabia on forged passports and travel documents.... KARACHI: Eid prayer timings KARACHI, Feb 21: The following Eid prayer timings will be observed in various mosques in the city.... HYDERABAD: Regularization of kutcha abadis urged HYDERABAD, Feb 21: The Hyderabad District Council adopted several resolutions on Wednesday, calling for regularization of the kutcha abadis in the district, distribution of lands among landless haris and provision of... HYDERABAD: Bus terminal plan okayed HYDERABAD, Feb 21: The City Taluka Council Hyderabad here on Thursday approved the report of the sub-committee on the mega project of Bus Terminal with some specific conditions.... HYDERABAD: Pakistan urged to ratify protocol HYDERABAD, Feb 21: The secretary general, Amnesty International Pakistan, Iqbal Ahmed Detho, in a communication addressed to President Gen Pervez Musharraf, has expressed the hope that his government would ratify the... HYDERABAD: Sui gas disconnection threat deplored HYDERABAD, Feb 21: The Hyderabad Hotel Sheermal Pakwan Association has asked the Sui Southern Gas Company Limited to stop excesses against the hotel owners and threatened otherwise they would stage a... HYDERABAD: Anniversary of LUMHS celebrated HYDERABAD, Feb 21: The first anniversary of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS) was celebrated at the campus in Jamshoro on Wednesday evening with a lot fanfare.... HYDERABAD: Notices issued on contempt of court plea HYDERABAD, Feb 21: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, here on Thursday issued notices to City Taluka Council Nazim Haji Moinuddin Shaikh, Hyderabad DPO Moazzam Jah Ansari,... HYDERABAD: Sindh MSF president HYDERABAD, Feb 21: The central president, Muslim Students Federation (MSF), Asif Chatha, has appointed Saleem Aftab Sindhu as the provincial president of the federation.... PESHAWAR: ‘Selfish’ doctors’ list to be sent to NAB: Violation of ban on private practice PESHAWAR, Feb 21: The NWFP government has prepared a list of 300 senior doctors to be sent to National Accountability Bureau in case they resigned to protest against the government ban... PESHAWAR: Governor asks police not to harbour criminals PESHAWAR, Feb 21: The NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has advised the police not to compromise on a single criminal and each and every social evil should be dealt with... PESHAWAR: SC allows policemen to file appeal PESHAWAR, Feb 21: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday allowed leave to appeal to four police officials in connection with registration of an FIR against them on orders of the... PESHAWAR: Music lovers enjoy charity concert PESHAWAR, Feb 21: A musical concert by pop singer Jawad Ahmed drew many music lovers and enthusiasts who enjoyed every bit of the event that was held to raise funds for... PESHAWAR: Position holders PESHAWAR, Feb 21: Shumaila, Ehtesham Gul and Shafiullah Khan of the Department of Statistics, University of Peshawar, stood first, second and third, respectively, in the MSc Statistics (previous), annual examination, 2001....

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