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February 26, 2002 Tuesday Zilhaj 13, 1422 KARACHI: Court extends remand of suspects in Pearl case KARACHI, Feb 25: The prime suspect in the Daniel Pearl case, Ahmed Omar Saeed Shaikh, and two others told the Administrative Judge of the anti- terrorism courts on Monday that police... KARACHI: PTCL to get share in illegal telephony KARACHI, Feb 25: Unable to stop people from making long-distance overseas phone calls bypassing its international gateway exchange, the Pakistan Telecommunication Company has decided to act on the commercial dictum: if... KARACHI: Reckless driving claims seven lives KARACHI, Feb 25: Two persons committed suicide and reckless driving claimed seven lives in the three days of Eid in the city.... KARACHI: Media denied entry KARACHI, Feb 25: Police and intelligence agencies took over control of the Sindh High Court premises and prevented journalists and mediamen, local and foreign, first from entering the court building and... KARACHI: 16 cars, 23 bikes hijacked in three days KARACHI, Feb 25: Thirty-nine vehicles were either hijacked or stolen in the past three days in the city.... KARACHI: New measures irk IBA teachers, workers KARACHI, Feb 25: Measures and decisions taken purportedly for academic and administrative improvement at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) are causing concern among a number of regular employees of the... KARACHI: Sanitary conditions remain satisfactory KARACHI, Feb 25: The overall sanitary conditions in almost all the 18 towns of the city during Eid-ul-Azha holidays was observed to be quite satisfactory by a team of journalists owing... KARACHI: Nature carnival at PAF museum on March 3 KARACHI, Feb 25: WWF-Pakistan plans to hold Nature Carnival 2002 at the PAF Museum on March 3, with over 30 leading academic institutions of Karachi participating in the day-long event.... KARACHI: Eid festivity continues KARACHI, Feb 25: Festivity was thick in the air in the city on Monday, the third day of Eidul Azha, though officially it was declared to be a working day across... KARACHI: SSC exam forms KARACHI, Feb 25: The Board of Secondary Education has allowed submission of examination forms of SSC Part II (class X) annual examination 2002 for Science and General groups (regular and private)... KARACHI: Fair weather forecast KARACHI, Feb 25: The Meteorological department has forecast fair weather with misty morning in Karachi on Tuesday. The minimum temperature in the city is expected to be between 16 and 18... KARACHI: Poor lighting arrangement at Liaquat flyover KARACHI, Feb 25: Though Liaquatabad and Gulberg Towns have taken a number of steps to facilitate motorists on Sharea Pakistan, the City Government is yet to ensure proper lighting at Liaquat... KARACHI: Flower show KARACHI, Feb 25: The Horticulture Society of Pakistan will hold the 51st Pakistan Flower Show on March 1 at Bagh-i-Jinnah.... KARACHI: Post-Haj flights KARACHI, Feb 25: The post-Haj operation to bring back Pakistani Hujjaj from Saudi Arabia will begin on Tuesday with the arrival of the first PIA flight in Lahore.—PPI... KARACHI: KFHA-FCS dispute over land resolved KARACHI, Feb 25: The decade-old land management dispute between Karachi Fisheries Harbour Authority and Fishermen Cooperative has been resolved, it is learnt here.... KARACHI: Hub Canal polluted by offal washing KARACHI, Feb 25: Some unscrupulous elements allegedly polluted water passing through the 14 mile-long open Karachi water supply canal, commonly known as Hub Canal.... KARACHI: Suit for damages filed against hospital KARACHI, Feb 25: The Sindh High Court has put the respondent hospital and a doctor on notice to file their written statement on or before March 7 in a suit for... KARACHI: Transfers, postings ordered KARACHI, Feb 25: The Government of Sindh has ordered the following transfers and postings of officers.... KARACHI: Bandit killed KARACHI, Feb 25: A shopkeeper shot a bandit to death and wounded another on late Friday night near Sobhraj Hospital in Burnes Road.... KARACHI: Nasrullah Khan passes away KARACHI, Feb 25: Nasrullah Khan, well-known journalist and playwright, died on Feb 23 in the US where he had been residing for the past several years. He was 83.... KARACHI: Man shot dead KARACHI, Feb 25: A man shot his next-door neighbour to death in Liaquatabad on Saturday.... KARACHI: Water shortage KARACHI, Feb 25: Several localities of the city remained without water during first two days of Eidul Azha, forcing the residents to buy private tankers at exorbitant rates.... HYDERABAD: Non-implementation of land reforms breeding violence: HRCP report on double murder HYDERABAD, Feb 25: A fact finding team of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), which investigated the murders of Seth Gobind Ram and the teenage son of his hari, has... HYDERABAD: Withdrawal of hike in gas tariff demanded HYDERABAD, Feb 25: The Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI) has demanded of the government to rescind its decision of increase in gas tariff.... HYDERABAD: Need stressed for increasing jujube production HYDERABAD, Feb 25: Sindh Minister for Agriculture, Forests and Food Hassan Ali Chaniho has stressed the need for increasing production of jujube as these were very popular in foreign countries, especially... HYDERABAD: Man arrested for strangling boy HYDERABAD, Feb 25: The Sakhipir police have arrested a man on the charges of strangling a young boy after subjecting him to sodomy.... HYDERABAD: Eidul Azha celebrated with religious fervour HYDERABAD, Feb 25: The [People of Hyderabad celebrated Eid-ul-Azha here on Saturday with traditional enthusiasm, zeal and religious sanctity and fervour like other parts of the country.... HYDERABAD: Ex-SRTC employees stage demo HYDERABAD, Feb 25: The former employees of the Sindh Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) held a demonstration on Sunday in front of the press club to protest against the delay in the... HYDERABAD: Four robbers arrested HYDERABAD, Feb 25: The police have arrested four men for allegedly being involved in cases of motorcycle snatching.... PESHAWAR: Education foundation made independent: Five colleges to be set up in NWFP PESHAWAR, Feb 25: A meeting on Monday approved the restructuring of Frontier Education Foundation, enabling it to work as a corporate and independent body.... PESHAWAR: Prime time PBC programmes attract listeners PESHAWAR, Feb 25: The newly-launched prime time transmissions by the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation have been receiving enthusiastic response from the people, specially those living in the urban areas of the province....