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March 3, 2002 Sunday Zilhaj 18, 1422 KARACHI: Activities suspended at harbour in protest: Fisherman’s death KARACHI, March 2: Tension gripped the Karachi Fish Harbour on Saturday when hundreds of fishermen converged at the harbour to mourn the death of a fisherman who was allegedly shot dead... KARACHI: Man kills son; 9 cars, 11 bikes hijacked KARACHI, March 2: Twenty vehicles — nine cars and 11 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Saturday.... KARACHI: CNICs to be delivered through post offices in urban areas KARACHI, March 2: The National Database Registration Authority has decided to deliver computerized National Identity Cards in the urban areas of Sindh through post offices, instead of their representatives appointed for... KARACHI: Water crisis as two pipelines burst KARACHI, March 2: Various parts of the city went without water on Saturday after two pipelines, one at a service road of Sharea Faisal near Fatima Jinnah Road, and another near... KARACHI: Nazims, Naib Nazims to be paid honorarium KARACHI, March 2: The Nazims of all the tiers of the local government and the Naib Nazim of the city and district governments in Sindh will be paid honorarium, it has... KARACHI: Health dept’s uplift projects reviewed KARACHI, March 2: The ongoing development projects of Sindh health and population welfare departments, which are being carried out with the assistance of international financial aid organizations, were reviewed in detail... KARACHI: Anti-polio campaign launched KARACHI, March 2: A special polio eradication campaign was launched on the 1st of March by the World Health Organisation in collaboration with the health department of the city government Karachi.... KARACHI: Work on expressway may begin on 23rd KARACHI, March 2: The National Highway Authority will launch the construction work of Lyari Expressway immediately after President Gen Pervez Musharraf performs the groundbreaking of the project on March 23.... KARACHI: Traffic master plan for towns soon KARACHI, March 2: The City District Government has decided to prepare a traffic master plan for all the 18 towns for improving the traffic system in Karachi.... KARACHI: NED declares results KARACHI, March 2: NED University has announced the results of Bachelor of Engineering (BE) final year Electronics Engineering annual examinations of 1997-98 batch along with supplementary examinations results of various other... KARACHI: Nature carnival at PAF museum KARACHI, March 2: Students from some 30 leading academic institution of the city will participate in the Nature Carnival 2002, being organised by the WWF Pakistan at the PAF Museum here... KARACHI: BSEK regret KARACHI, March 2: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) has regretted the inconvenience caused to candidates for SSC part-I&II examinations because of late issuance of admit cards, saying that the... KARACHI: Hamza Wahid Lecture KARACHI, March 2: Our report of the Hamza Wahid Memorial Lecture in these columns on Saturday was based almost entirely on a paper presented by Zahida Hina, well-known writer and columnist,... KARACHI: KU workshop KARACHI, March 2: The Department of Biochemistry, University of Karachi, in collaboration with the Pakistan Scientific and Technical Information Centre, is organizing a three-day workshop on “Information Findings in Biological Research”... KARACHI: City govt prepares six-month budget KARACHI, March 2: A Rs540 million budget of the city government’s five departments has been prepared after squeezing expenses from other departments.... KARACHI: Musharraf’s visit to Japan will boost trade ties: envoy KARACHI, March 2: The ambassador of Japan to Pakistan, Sadaaki Numata, has said President Pervez Musharraf’s forthcoming visit to Japan will help further strengthen the friendly ties between the two countries... KARACHI: Compensation to finance cos scam victims demanded KARACHI, March 2: Shahida Farooq, chairperson of the Shahida Welfare Trust, has made appealed to the President of Pakistan and the chairman of the National Accountability Bureau to order immediate distribution... KARACHI: Students’ week KARACHI, March 2: The ‘Students Week’ at Pakistan Shipowners Government College began on Saturday with Qiraat and Naat competitions.... KARACHI: Red Crescent has clean record KARACHI, March 2: The Sindh Red Crescent Society (SRCS) is devoted to the welfare of the people of Sindh and it has a very large number of donors, which include no... KARACHI: Voters list not null and void: PMA KARACHI, March 2: The Pakistan Medical Association has said that it has been directed by a court to prepare the voters’ list following the format of the National Database Registration Authority... KARACHI: Altaf grieved KARACHI, March 2: Mohammed Aslam Abrahani, brother-in-law of the chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Altaf Husain, died here on Friday after a protracted illness. He was 56.... PESHAWAR: Governor’s order not implemented: Conversion to CNG PESHAWAR, March 2: Government departments have failed to comply with the NWFP governor’s order to convert around 500 vehicles into Compress-Natural-Gas-powered, owing to lack of financial resources, Dawn has learnt reliably.... PESHAWAR: Govt-doctors stand-off continues PESHAWAR, March 2: The stand-off between the government and its doctors over the issue of the ban on their private practice in their personal clinics continued on the second consecutive day... PESHAWAR: Uplift work in Swabi to start soon PESHAWAR, March 2: District Nazim Swabi Sher Zaman Sher on Saturday expressed the hope that the federal and provincial governments would work to develop the neglected and backward District Swabi.... PESHAWAR: Parts of city to remain without power PESHAWAR, March 2: The electricity supply to several localities of the provincial metropolis will remain cut off due to necessary repairs to be undertaken on Sunday.... PESHAWAR: Change in law to help parties PESHAWAR, March 2: The introduction of proportional representation for filling women and technocrats’ reserved seats in the national and provincial assemblies has blocked the way of independent candidates to contest these... PESHAWAR: Sherpao granted bail PESHAWAR, March 2: A local court on Saturday granted bail to former chief minister Aftab Sherpao in a case pertaining to his illegal exit from the country in 2000.... PESHAWAR: 19 development schemes launched PESHAWAR, March 2: Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) has launched 19 development projects in Chitral district with an estimated cost of Rs6.6 million.... PESHAWAR: Auqaf dept sets up two schools PESHAWAR, March 2: The Auqaf department has established two English medium schools, one each at Abbottabad and Charsadda.... PESHAWAR: Training course PESHAWAR, March 2: NWFP Minister for Information and Education, Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani, will inaugurate a three-week training course “Radio for Peace” for radio producers at the Peshawar University on Monday.... RAWALPINDI: ADB, Punjab govt at odds over Wasa status RAWALPINDI, March 2: Differences have developed between the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Punjab government over the future of Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) which is to be put under... RAWALPINDI: Doctors being vaccinated against Hepatitis B RAWALPINDI, March 2: The health department on Saturday started vaccinating house officers in city’s public hospitals against Hepatitis B.... RAWALPINDI: Man dies in road accident RAWALPINDI, March 2: An old man died in a hit-and-run near the Faizabad bus-terminal on Saturday.... ISLAMABAD: PPP, PTI criticize hike in gas prices ISLAMABAD, March 2: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has criticized the government decision to increase gas tariff for various slabs of domestic consumers.... ISLAMABAD: Govt urged to induct women into EC ISLAMABAD, March 2: Representatives of women’s wings of seven major political parties and members of the civil society organizations have called upon the government to immediately lift ban on political activities... ISLAMABAD: Women convention on 7th ISLAMABAD, March 2: The ministry of women development will hold a national convention of women at the Convention Centre here on the International Women’s Day on March 7.... GILGIT: Two held for contempt of court GILGIT, March 2: Two activists of nationalist parties of the Northern Areas were arrested on Tuesday for not appearing before a court in a sedition case.... ABBOTABAD: Mountains development policy to be framed ABBOTTABAD, March 2: A comprehensive policy focusing on the development of mountains is to be made from the economic perspective.... MINGORA: Ban welcomed MINGORA, March 2: The doctors of Saidu Sharif group of hospitals have welcomed the government’s decision to ban the doctors private practice and pledged to follow the new policy.... HYDERABAD: PPP wants Thal project deferred HYDERABAD, March 2: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Naveed Qamaruzzaman Shah has termed the construction of greater Thal canal a total negation of the seven-point agenda propounded by President Gen... HYDERABAD: Candidates for posts of constables hold rally HYDERABAD, March 2: A large number of candidates for the posts of police constables in the Hyderabad district police staged a protest demonstration near Shahbaz building and outside the press club... HYDERABAD: SU to establish Rashidi chair HYDERABAD, March 2: The University of Sindh will establish the Pir Hisamuddin Rashidi Chair to promote research on history and culture.... HYDERABAD: Demo against builder mafia held HYDERABAD, March 2: A large number of residents of Noorani Basti, Mehboob town, Paretabad, including women, staged a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Saturday against the builder mafia.... HYDERABAD: Anti-polio drive begins on 5th HYDERABAD, March 2: Zila Nazim Dr Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman has called for coordinated efforts of various departments to ensure that every child in the district under five be administered polio drops.... THATTA: Power breakdown THATTA, March 2: About one lakh population in and around coastal taluka Jati has been facing heavy losses due to unscheduled and long power breakdown in the area for a last... MIRPURKHAS: Mirpurkhas faces water shortage MIRPURKHAS, March 2: The residents of over one dozen localities of Mirpurkhas have been deprived of water for last five days.... LARKANA: Fast train service to be started LARKANA, March 2: A fast train between Jacobabad and Karachi would be introduced soon, as the talks between the management of Sukkur and Quetta Railways had almost been finalized.... LAHORE: Pagara to resign as PML-F chief today LAHORE, March 2: Pir Pagara is going to resign as president of the PML (Functional) at a meeting of the party’s general council here on Sunday.... LAHORE: PPP launches mass contact drive LAHORE, March 2: Punjab organization of the Pakistan People’s Party launched its mass contact campaign on Saturday with the pledge that the party would strike no deal with any military dictator.... LAHORE: Businessman allowed to go abroad LAHORE, March 2: A three-member bench of the Supreme Court has allowed a local entrepreneur to go abroad once only for three months on an appeal seeking exclusion of his name...

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