DAWN - Local; March 6, 2002

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March 6, 2002	Wednesday	Zilhaj 21, 1422

KARACHI: Class IX, X exams now from March 29 KARACHI, March 5: After causing a lot of inconvenience to candidates appearing in their SSC (Class IX and X) annual examinations-2002, the Board of Secondary Education on Tuesday postponed the exams...		KARACHI: City Council forms body to resolve budget issue KARACHI, March 5: The City Council on the second day of its session on Tuesday formed a 10-member committee to sort out the differences that had cropped up among its members...

KARACHI: Experts say...Police have no substantive evidence in Daniel case KARACHI, March 5: Police have, so far, not made any substantive progress in their efforts to arrest the killers of American journalist Daniel Pearl....		KARACHI: Afghan couple among 3 killed KARACHI, March 5: An Afghan couple was killed by unknown assailants in their house in Afghan Camp No 2, Surjani Town, early on Tuesday....

KARACHI: Plea against Omar’s extradition disposed of KARACHI, March 5: The constitutional petition, filed by wife of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, prime suspect in the Daniel Pearl case, seeking a restraining order against his extradition, was on Tuesday...		KARACHI: Six cars, five bikes hijacked KARACHI, March 5: At least eleven vehicles — six cars and five motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in different parts of the city on Tuesday, police said....

KARACHI: Different programmes planned for Women’s Day KARACHI, March 5: A number of seminars, literary evenings, musical shows and other programmes to mark the International Women’s Day will be held at various places in the city on Friday...		KARACHI: New format urged for immunization cards KARACHI, March 5: Local doctors have recommended the need to reformat the existing immunization cards, issued to newborns and to children up to five years of age, under the Expanded Programme...

KARACHI: Anti-polio drive starts KARACHI, March 5: Provincial secretary of health Khalid Latif Chaudhry on Tuesday visited Jamshed and Saddar towns on the first day of the ongoing three-day polio eradication campaign....		KARACHI: Road sense programme KARACHI, March 5: Sindh Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh will be the chief guest at the second Karavan Karachi Road Sense Programme here on Wednesday....

KARACHI: Men’s role in family planning highlighted KARACHI, March 5: Provincial secretary of population welfare Ashfaq Ahmad Memon has underscored the need for creating awareness among males about reproductive health to ensure effective implementation of family planning programmes....		KARACHI: HU puts off exams KARACHI, March 5: The examinations department of the Hamdard University has announced that second and third professional MBBS annual examinations scheduled to be held from March 11 and 19, have been...

KARACHI: Ulema appeal for peace during Muharram KARACHI, March 5: In order to maintain law and order and to review security arrangements during Muharram-ul-Haram, a meeting was held here Tuesday under the chairmanship of Nazim Karachi, Naimatullah Khan....		KARACHI: CAA plea allowed in DFS case KARACHI, March 5: Justice A. S. Sarwana has allowed the Civil Aviation Authority’s application for discharge of status quo order against the Aer Rianta International and the recalled an earlier status...

KARACHI: 30 more Indian fishermen arrested KARACHI, March 5: The Maritime Security Agency (MSA) has arrested more than 30 Indian fishermen for illegal fishing in Pakistani sea waters, it is learnt. The MSA has also impounded five...		KARACHI: Committee on setting up computer labs KARACHI, March 5: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has constituted a four-member enquiry committee to investigate establishment of Computer Science Labs in colleges....

KARACHI: Statements recorded in evasion case KARACHI, March 5: The accountability court No. 2, headed by Judge Riaz Ahmed Phulpoto, adjourned hearing in a corruption reference against a former excise and taxation officer after recording the statements...		KARACHI: Killing of Muslims condemned KARACHI, March 5: A meeting of Ulema belonging to all schools of thought and sects held under the aegis of Karachi City District Government on Monday expressed its profound grief, sorrow...

KARACHI: Teaching of history stressed KARACHI, March 5: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has said students are a trust of the nation and it is the responsibility of the teachers to prepare them mentally, equip them with...		KARACHI: New syllabuses of statistics KARACHI, March 5: A new curriculum for the discipline of Statistics at BSc and MSc levels has been developed for the entire country....

KARACHI: Collection of MVT at manual counters stopped KARACHI, March 5: The provincial Excise and Taxation Department has stopped the collection of Motor Vehicle Tax at all its non-computerized counters set up in the National Bank branches in Karachi....		KARACHI: Commitment to women empowerment reiterated KARACHI, March 5: The Chairman of National Reconstruction Bureau, Lt-Gen (retd) Tanveer Hussain Naqvi, has reiterated the government’s commitment to ensure women empowerment in its real sense through their meaningful representation...

SHIKARPUR: Dacoit hideouts destroyed SHIKARPUR, March 5: The police operation against dacoits in the kutcha area of Shikarpur District continued for the sixth consecutive day on Tuesday....		HYDERABAD: Genocide of Muslims in India condemned HYDERABAD, March 5: Different organizations, including Hindu Panchayats, have expressed outrage at the inhuman atrocities unleashed against the Muslims by the Hindu extremists in India....

HYDERABAD: SHC tells trial court to re-write judgment HYDERABAD, March 5: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, here on Tuesday remanded back to the trial court an appeal against the conviction of life imprisonment to an accused of...		HYDERABAD: 10 outlaws held HYDERABAD, March 5: The Hyderabad region police arrested ten outlaws on Sunday from different areas and recovered weapons, heroin and money from their possession....

HYDERABAD: Restoration of old gas tariff demanded HYDERABAD, March 5: The senior vice president of Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mohammad Akram Arian, has expressed grave concern over the introduction of the MMBTU formula of gas tariff...		HYDERABAD: Nazims asked to help in anti-polio drive HYDERABAD, March 5: Hyderabad Zila Nazim Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman has said that responsibility for the eradication of polio from the district rested on the shoulders of the Nazims of the union councils...

HYDERABAD: 10 get bail in murder case HYDERABAD, March 5: The second additional district judge, Hyderabad, on Tuesday granted bail to ten accused in the murder case of Naib Nazim M. Hashim of Pyaro Lund union council for...		HYDERABAD: Promotion of artistic taste urged HYDERABAD, March 5: The vice chancellor, University of Sindh, Mazharul Haq Siddiqui has urged the parents and teachers to promote artistic taste in their wards as without arts one cannot develop...

PESHAWAR: Regi Lalma project to be inaugurated tomorrow PESHAWAR, March 5: The ground-breaking ceremony of the Regi Lalma township scheme is scheduled to be performed on Thursday. ...		PESHAWAR: Incomplete Karak dist hospital in a mess PESHAWAR, March 5: Patients continue to suffer due to shortage of doctors, paramedics and essential quipment at the district headquarters hospital, Karak, which remains incomplete since work on the hospital began...

PESHAWAR: PPP, ANP activists join PTI PESHAWAR, March 5: The NWFP President of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI), Nawabzada Mohsin Ali Khan, has said the party believes in providing equal opportunities of health, education and employment to the...		PESHAWAR: Hearing in Sherpao case adjourned PESHAWAR, March 5: A prosecution witness here on Monday deposed before an accountability court that none of the eight untrained teachers appointed in education department during the tenure of former NWFP...

PESHAWAR: Tribal elders oppose reforms PESHAWAR, March 5: A number of Maliks (tribal elders) have termed the proposed reforms in tribal areas as interference in their customs and traditions and have rejected the reforms proposed to...		PESHAWAR: Varsity roads in poor state PESHAWAR, March 5: With all the finances in their hands, the university authorities have not only failed in the maintenance of infrastructure but have also failed to protect sensitive and confidential...