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March 16, 2002 Saturday Muharram 1, 1423 KARACHI: Five women, three men arrested for kidnapping: 11 babies recovered KARACHI, March 15: Police recovered 11 kidnapped children, four boys and seven girls, whose ages ranged from two months to three years, from a bungalow in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Friday and arrested... KARACHI: Decision on Omar’s extradition after Musharraf’s return KARACHI, March 15: The question of extraditing the main accused in the Daniel Pearl case, Ahmed Omar Saeed Shaikh, to the United States, and implications of his indictment by the US... KARACHI: 11 cars, 13 bikes hijacked KARACHI, March 15: Twenty-four vehicles — 11 cars and 13 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Friday.... KARACHI: Quaid never favoured military rule: veteran journalist KARACHI, March 15: As a newsman who has been witness to the partition of the subcontinent and the chequered history of Pakistan, veteran journalist M. A. Zuberi recalled on Friday how... KARACHI: City projects to suffer as AG delays payment KARACHI, March 15: The city government is facing financial crisis as an amount of Rs 409 million, released under the head of property and betterment taxes by the Sindh government, is... KARACHI: Nazims asked to ensure peace in Muharram KARACHI, March 15: A high-level meeting held here on Friday with Governor Mohammadmian Soomro in the chair, decided to carry out checking of the vehicles without any discrimination to foil evil... KARACHI: 31 colleges may be disaffiliated: Poor results KARACHI, March 15: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi would disaffiliate the public and private intermediate colleges and higher secondary schools, which would have less than 33 per cent results in... KARACHI: Tributes paid to Hameed Nizami KARACHI, March 15: Speakers paid tribute to the services rendered by Hameed Nizami, founder of Nawa-i-Waqt and leading worker of the Pakistan movement, at a function organized by the Hameed Nizami... KARACHI: More girls die in childhood, than boys KARACHI, March 15: Gender bias, a phenomenon much prevalent in our environs, was the topic of a lively debate at Liaquat National Postgraduate Medical Centre (LNMPC) on Wednesday, where speakers and... KARACHI: KESC not to restore trade union activities KARACHI, March 15: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) has refused to restore trade union activities in the organization, it is reliably learnt.... KARACHI: Special package for fishermen KARACHI, March 15: KESC managing director Brig. Tariq Saddozai on Friday announced a special power utility dues payment package for 1,122 destitute fishermen of Baba Bhit Islands.... KARACHI: Flowers show, book fair end today KARACHI, March 15: The ongoing exhibition of flowers and books at the Arts Council will now continue till Saturday, says a press release.... KARACHI: Guide on Khirthar park launched KARACHI, March 15: From the inception of the country up to the 1970s, the wildlife here was ruthlessly destroyed and certain species of animals and birds were exterminated.... KARACHI: Fair weather KARACHI, March 15: The Met Office has forecast a fair weather with hazy morning on Saturday.... KARACHI: PIA ordered to reinstate sacked employees KARACHI, March 15: A bench of the Supreme Court has directed the PIA to reinstate the employees it had sacked despite a judgment of the Federal Service Tribunal which remained operative.... KARACHI: New date-sheets to be delivered on Monday: SSC examinations KARACHI, March 15: The revised date-sheets for SSC annual examinations now to be held from March 30 would be made available at schools on March 18, it has been learnt officially.... KARACHI: PPP criticizes baton charge on workers KARACHI, March 15: PPP Sindh President Nisar Ahmad Khuhro has said the oppressed people of the province have once again saved the federation by staging protest against the Greater Thal Canal... KARACHI: NGOs concerned over doctors killing KARACHI, March 15: Various non-governmental organisations have expressed concern over the targeted killing of the doctors in the city and have urged the government take effective steps to check it.... KARACHI: SHC orders demolition of building KARACHI, March 15: A division bench of the Sindh High Court on Friday ordered the Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) to demolish a building in Block 5, Kehkashan, Clifton, because it... KARACHI: Three bike hijackers jailed for ten years KARACHI, March 15: An anti-terrorism court sentenced on Friday three bike hijackers to suffer rigorous imprisonment for ten years.... KARACHI: Security measures reviewed for Muharram KARACHI, March 15: Security arrangements in connection with Muharram-ul-Haram have been finalized and made fool-proof so as to thwart any possible act of sabotage.... KARACHI: Six held for sectarian killings KARACHI, March 15: The Karachi police have arrested six workers of religious organizations involved in sectarian killings during 1996-2001, said Asad Jehangir, Additional Inspector General, Karachi.... KARACHI: Assurance given of peace in PS KARACHI, March 15 : The employees of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) have assured the government that they will not cause any hinderance to the production process nor will they resort... KARACHI: Man found dead KARACHI, March 15: A man was found dead with his throat slit near his Orangi Town home on Friday.... HYDERABAD: Hesco stops sending average bills HYDERABAD, March 15: The new Hesco chief, Brig Tariq Arshad, has held out an assurance that no power consumer will be insulted by any Hesco official.... HYDERABAD: Ponam to resist Thal canal plan HYDERABAD, March 15: The National Unity Council Sindh, Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (Ponam), at a meeting held at the Taraqqi Passand House on Thursday, has condemned the aggressive designs of Punjab... HYDERABAD: Notice issued to SHO: Illegal detention HYDERABAD, March 15: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, comprising Justice Shabbir Ahmed and Justice Mushir Alam, issued notices to the SHO, Kario Ganwar police station,... HYDERABAD: Petition against policemen filed HYDERABAD, March 15: The state counsel sought time to file comments of respondent police officials in a constitutional petition, filed by a woman in the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench,... HYDERABAD: PPP workers hold rally, observe hunger strike HYDERABAD, March 15: A large number of Pakistan People’s Party activists including women wing leaders held a protest rally and observed token hunger strike on Friday.... HYDERABAD: Kidnapped child recovered, 4 held HYDERABAD, March 15: A three and half years old boy, Raj Kumar, who was kidnapped on Feb 1 last from Bhitshah, was recovered by the Hyderabad police following an encounter in... HYDERABAD: Term-back policy opposed HYDERABAD, March 15: A large number of students of the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET), Jamshoro, under the aegis of the JSSF on Friday held a protest rally against... PESHAWAR: Sherpao indicted in plot case PESHAWAR, March 15: An accountability court here on Friday indicted former NWFP chief minister Aftab Ahmad Sherpao in the Hayatabad plot case.... PESHAWAR: New PA hall to be constructed PESHAWAR, March 15: The NWFP government has decided to retain the historic provincial assembly building but has approved the construction of a new assembly hall, adjacent to the building, to meet the additional requirements.... PESHAWAR: TB to be eradicated, says governor PESHAWAR, March 15: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that improvement in the health sector is among the top priorities of the government and extraordinary attention is being given to... PESHAWAR: Ban on aerial firing ignored PESHAWAR, March 15: Despite the government ban on firing shots in the air, the deadly practice has become a source of nuisance and grief to the people in urban as well... PESHAWAR: Petroleum dealers hail increase in commission PESHAWAR, March 15: Sarhad Petroleum Cartage and Dealers Association has demanded that the Oil Companies Advisory Committee should bridge the gap between prices of diesel and kerosene oil.... PESHAWAR: Development projects in Khyber Agency launched PESHAWAR, March 15: To facilitate the tribesmen living in inaccessible areas, the Pakistan army have undertaken various development schemes in the field of communication, education, and water supply in the Khyber... PESHAWAR: 129 uplift schemes approved PESHAWAR, March 15: The District Development Committee (DDC) Mansehra on Thursday approved 129 development schemes amounting to Rs54.8 million under Khushal Pakistan Programme....

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