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March 17, 2002 Sunday Muharram 2, 1423 KARACHI: Relaxation allowed in attendance: HSC exams KARACHI, March 16: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, has decided to enhance the limits fixed for college principals and the Board chairman to condone attendance shortfall of college students, sources... KARACHI: 1,200 uplift schemes approved for KPP-III KARACHI, March 16: Governor Mohammedmian Soomro has asked the Nazims and elected representatives to play their role in maintaining law and order in their respective districts during Moharram.... KARACHI: Babies kidnappers remanded KARACHI, March 16: The Judicial Magistrate, West, Sadaf Asif, remanded on Saturday seven accused in the children smuggling case in the custody of the Gulshan-i-Iqbal police till March 22.... KARACHI: Councillors want govt facilities to be public friendly KARACHI, March 16: Concrete and meaningful changes were recommenced at a workshop here on Saturday to make public friendly government facilities in health, education and legal sectors.... KARACHI: Five cars, thirteen bikes hijacked KARACHI, March 16: Eighteen vehicles — five cars and 13 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Saturday.... KARACHI: Exam form date extended KARACHI, March 16: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, has extended the last date for submission of examination forms by private candidates of HSC Part I and II annual examinations for... KARACHI: Ulema assure govt of support against terrorism KARACHI, March 16: The chairman, Milli Yakjehti Council (MYC), Sindh, Maulana Asad Thanvi, and other prominent ulema of all sects have appreciated the arrangements made by the government during Muharram,... KARACHI: Action ordered against schools seeking donations KARACHI, March 16: The Sindh Education Department has taken serious notice of the reports that privately-managed educational institutions are exerting pressure on parents for the payment of donations for their development... KARACHI: Seminar stresses sectarian harmony KARACHI, March 16: Speakers at a seminar here on Saturday stressed the need for differentiating between westernization and modernization and underscored the exigency of eradication of sectarian and political conflicts in... KARACHI: Dental camp KARACHI, March 16: The Hamdard University Dental Hospital is organising a one-month free treatment and oral inspection camp at its campus from Sunday.... KARACHI: Fair weather KARACHI, March 16: The Met department has forecast fair weather in the city on Sunday with minimum temperature of 18 to 20 degrees centigrade and a maximum temperature ranging between 32... KARACHI: Seminar calls for proper planning for city KARACHI, March 16: Speakers at a seminar on “role of architects and town-planners in new city government setup” blamed lack of town-planning and its implementation as the root cause of negative... KARACHI: Govt plotting new operation, says MQM KARACHI, March 16: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement once again condemns the killing of doctors in the city and is of the view that the government security agencies are conspiring to launch... KARACHI: Demo held against doctors killing KARACHI, March 16: At a protest demonstration held at Regal Chowk on Saturday against the killing of doctors the Sindh government was criticized for its failure to arrest the killers of... KARACHI: PPP to show its strength on April 4 KARACHI, March 16: The Pakistan People’s Party will show its political strength on April 4, while observing the 23rd death anniversary of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, to send a message to the... KARACHI: Plea against fee on VCR, dish antenna withdrawn KARACHI, March 16: The petition against the imposition of fees on VCR and dish antenna has been withdrawn from the Supreme Court after the federal government rescinded the decision about these... KARACHI: Newsmen to be taken into confidence on press law KARACHI, March 16: The Federal Minister of Information and Media Development, Nisar Memon, has said no law relating to the press will be introduced without taking the journalists into confidence.... KARACHI: TB day to be observed on 24th KARACHI, March 16: World TB Day will be observed on March 24 to commemorate the identification of “mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative organism of tuberculosis, by Robert Koch on March 24, 1882.... KARACHI: Withdrawal of ordinance demanded KARACHI, March 16: The fishermen action committee has demanded immediate termination of the Balochistan Sea Ordinance because, what the committee called, it has become a bone of contention between the fishermen... PESHAWAR: Central, northern dists’ seats in PA to increase PESHAWAR, March 16: In keeping with the government’s decision of making the 1998 census as basis for marking electoral boundaries, the NWFP’s central and northern regions are set to have their... PESHAWAR: ‘Accord for DPs return soon’ PESHAWAR, March 16: Federal State and Frontier Regions Minister Abbas Sarfraz Khan said on Saturday that the government would soon ink an agreement with the Kabul government and the United Nations... PESHAWAR: Students call for change in curricula PESHAWAR, March 16: The United Students Front of the Islamic Centre, University of Peshawar, has urged the government to revise the outdated curricula as students have been denied admission to other... PESHAWAR: Electricity supply to 74 refugee camps cut PESHAWAR, March 16: Peshawar Electricity Supply Company has disconnected supply to 74 Afghan refugee camps aimed at lessening the load in Landi Kotal tehsil of the Khyber Agency.... PESHAWAR: Two bodies in education sector planned PESHAWAR, March 16: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah on Saturday announced that two more independent bodies on the pattern of Frontier Education Foundation would be established to ensure quality education... PESHAWAR: Police action flayed PESHAWAR, March 16: Provincial chief of the Pakistan People’s Party, Khwaja Mohammad Khan Hoti, has condemned the police action against the PPP leaders and workers, protesting against the Thal canal project in... PESHAWAR: Man killed by cousins PESHAWAR, March 16: One person was killed by his three cousins over dispute on wall construction in village Mayora near here on Friday noon.... PESHAWAR: Transporters hold demo PESHAWAR, March 16: Protest demonstrations were held by different transport and drivers associations at four points in the provincial capital on Saturday against the killing of two persons by the officials... PESHAWAR: Accountant sentenced PESHAWAR, March 16: The special judge anti-corruption (central), NWFP, Shahjee Rehman Khan on Saturday convicted a former accountant, Waliullah, of Federal Government Public School, Nowshera, on charges of corruption and sentenced... ISLAMABAD: Small farmers be given credit, says Junejo ISLAMABAD, March 16: The food and agriculture minister, Khair Mohammad Junejo, has stressed the need for disbursing the agricultural credit to the small farmers and increase in the allocation of credit... ISLAMABAD: Two customs men sacked: Illegal export of falcons ISLAMABAD, March 16: Two officials of the Customs, Sales Tax and Central Excise have been dismissed by the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) for facilitating illegal export of falcons.... ISLAMABAD: Registration of vehicles yields Rs20m ISLAMABAD, March 16: The registration of some 25,000 vehicles that were being driven on open transfer letters, contributed Rs20m to the public exchequer in the past few months, according to official... ISLAMABAD: Ustad Mehfooz: a dreamer of dreams and music-maker ISLAMABAD, March 16: Shakespeare likened music to the food of love as he said in his famous lines: If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of... RAWALPINDI: JI for joint struggle to restore democracy RAWALPINDI, March 16: The Jamaat-i-Islami secretary-general, Syed Munawar Hassan, has called upon all the political parties to shun their differences and launch a joint struggle for the restoration of democracy.... ISLAMABAD: Benazir flays arrest of PPP workers ISLAMABAD, March 16: The chairperson, Pakistan People’s Party and former premier Benazir Bhutto has condemned the Karachi administration’s high-handedness against the protesting PPP workers.... ISLAMABAD: Workshop ISLAMABAD, March 16: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics is organizing a six-day regional workshop on “Poverty, Analysis and Monitoring” in collaboration with the World Bank Institute.... MUZAFFARABAD: AJKPP vows to resist govt’s ‘vindictive acts’ MUZAFFARABAD, March 16: The AJK People’s Party has decided to put up strong resistance to the Muslim Conference government for its alleged vindictive acts against the opposition.... HUB: Police asked to cooperate with Nazims HUB, March 16: The union council Nazims of the Lasbela district have expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of police, holding them responsible for all the criminal activities occurring in the town.... MANSEHRA: Two shot dead MANSEHRA, March 16: Two persons were shot dead and a woman was seriously wounded due to an enmity here Friday night near Danna Tamnala in the jurisdiction of Phulra police station... QUETTA: Moots on radiology planned QUETTA, March 16: The president, Radiological Society of Pakistan, Professor Dr Mustafa Kamal, has vowed to make all possible efforts for improving the quality of radiology in the country, with a... MUZAFFARABAD: Psychiatric society sets up AJK chapter MUZAFFARABAD, March 16: The Pakistan Psychiatric Society (PPS) has set up its AJK chapter to promote professional and educational activities in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, an office-bearer of the society told... HYDERABAD: Consensus must for canal project: NAPP HYDERABAD, March 16: The chief of the National Awami Party Pakistan (NAPP), Ajmal Khatak, has stressed the need for consensus on important national issues and said without consensus no development could... HYDERABAD: Government ignoring LBs’ opposition to canal: PPP HYDERABAD, March 16: The president of Pakistan People’s Party, Sindh, Nisar Khuhro, has deplored that although several district and taluka councils had rejected the Thal canal project, the government was going... HYDERABAD: JSQM to launch protest drive: Arrest of party leaders HYDERABAD, March 16: The Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz has given a 24-hour ultimatum to the authorities that if the three party leaders, who were arrested by the Karachi police in a... HYDERABAD: Demo held against jail staff for killing UTP HYDERABAD, March 16: About two dozen people staged a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Saturday against the alleged killing of an under trial prisoner allegedly by the authorities... HYDERABAD: Rs350m to be spent on workers’ health HYDERABAD, March 16: The commissioner of Social Security Sindh, Ameer Ali Burq, has said that about Rs350 millions are being spent to provide medical cover to the workers in Sindh this... HYDERABAD: HDA men demand payment of salary HYDERABAD, March 16: A large number of HDA employees staged a protest sit-in at the Society Chowk and a demonstration outside the press club on Saturday against... LAHORE: Account-keeping federal subject, asserts AGP LAHORE, March 16: The Auditor-General of Pakistan (AGP) on Saturday lent support to the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) Ordinance, 2001, asserting that (the function of) account-keeping was (a) federal (subject)... LAHORE: Dispensaries still without medicines LAHORE, March 16: Medicines have not been purchased for 91 dispensaries and two hospitals of the City District Government so far because of procedural snags.... LAHORE: Irsa member’s statement condemned LAHORE, March 16: The Punjab Water Council on Saturday took exception to the statement of Mr Ansar Rajput, Federal Member, Indus River System Authority, in which he has berated Punjab’s decision... LAHORE: Central marking system in BA, BSc exams LAHORE, March 16: The Punjab University has decided to introduce the central marking system in the BA, BSc examination....

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