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March 20, 2002 Wednesday Muharram 5, 1423 KARACHI: Bus kills two girl students, young man KARACHI, March 19: Two girl students and a motorcyclist died and nine others were injured when they were hit by a recklessly-driven bus of route 5-C at a bus stop near... KARACHI: 100mgd water shortfall today KARACHI, March 19: A serious water crisis hit the city on Tuesday as pumping of water from the Dhabeji Phase-II pumping station came to an abrupt halt early Tuesday morning.... KARACHI: Seven cars, 11 bikes hijacked KARACHI, March 19: Eighteen vehicles — seven cars and 11 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Tuesday, police said.... KARACHI: Balochistan, Sindh discuss fishing issues KARACHI, March 19: The officials of the Sindh and Balochistan governments discussed a number of contentious issues over fishing and decided to form a committee to probe the incident of firing... KARACHI: Govt decides to privatize two colleges KARACHI, March 19: The Sindh Education Department has decided in principle to hand over two colleges to the St Patrick’s Catholic Board under its denationalization policy.... KARACHI: Bandits shoot two men to death KARACHI, March 19: Bandits shot two men to death in the city on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Neuro-surgery ward of ASH becomes operational KARACHI, March 19: The neuro-surgery ward of the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital became operational on Tuesday, after remaining in-operational for several months.... KARACHI: Jahangir Road drain poses threat to pedestrians KARACHI, March 14: Uncovered and clogged drains along Jahangir Road, one of the busiest roads of the city, pose serious heath hazards to pedestrians, especially children, besides making the road filthy.... KARACHI: 5,445 died in traffic accidents last year KARACHI, March 19: As many as 5,445 persons lost their lives in in 2001 in 10,481 accidents which occurred mainly owing to negligence of drivers and their ignorance about traffic rules.... KARACHI: Graduates of Bahria Institute get degrees KARACHI, March 19: In all, 120 graduates were conferred degrees of MBA and MCS in person, while nine of them were awarded gold and silver medals at the 3rd convocation of... KARACHI: New silencer for rickshaws KARACHI, March 19: The newly-designed silencer for auto-rickshaws, costing between Rs400 and 450, is being introduced in the city on the directive of Sindh Ombudsman Justice (retd) Haziqul Khairi.... KARACHI: Revised schedule for SSC Science group exams KARACHI, March 19: The Board of Secondary Education, Karachi, has announced the rescheduled programme for the Secondary School Certificate (Part-II/Class-X) annual examinations 2002 (Science group).... KARACHI: City weather KARACHI, March 19: The Meteorological department has forecast dry weather for Sindh, including Karachi, where it would be partly cloudy on Wednesday. The minimum temperature in the city is expected to... KARACHI: Ord on regularization of buildings promulgated KARACHI, March 19: Governor Mohammedmian Soomro promulgated on Tuesday the Sindh Regulation and Control (Use of plots and construction of buildings) Ordinance 2002, providing for regularization of buildings constructed in violation... KARACHI: Governor resents slow pace of work: Development projects KARACHI, March 19: Sindh Governor Muhammedmian Soomro has taken serious note of the slow pace of planning and execution of projects pertaining to development and people’s welfare.... KARACHI: Zardari’s quashment plea dismissed KARACHI, March 19: The Sindh High Court dismissed on Tuesday a criminal revision application filed by Hakim Ali Zardari in which he sought quashing of NAB proceedings against him in a... KARACHI: Withdrawal of Thal project demanded KARACHI, March 19: Seeing that the controversial Greater Thal Canal will further deprive Sindh of irrigation water, the coordination committee of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has urged the government to stop... KARACHI: Repatriation of Afghans from Sindh begins soon KARACHI, March 19: The implementation of a plan to repatriate Afghan refugees from Sindh, especially from Karachi, will begin in the last week of March.... KARACHI: Altaf demands provincial autonomy KARACHI, March 19: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain on Tuesday demanded equal rights for all the citizens and added that the people of small provinces be allowed to govern their... KARACHI: Six held for trying to fly to US KARACHI, March 19: Six people, who were travelling on forged documents and were going to the United States, were caught at Quaid-i-Azam International Airport on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Short-circuit causes fire KARACHI, March 19: Household items were completely destroyed in a fire in an apartment at Karson Complex in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Tuesday.... KARACHI: India blamed for attack KARACHI, March 19: The chairman of the National Peoples Party, Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, has condemned the terrorist attack on a church in Islamabad, in which five people were killed and about... PESHAWAR: PHC asks govt to file comments: Petition against ban on private practice PESHAWAR, March 19: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday sought comments from the NWFP government in reply to a writ petition challenging the ban on the private... PESHAWAR: Rs15bn to be spent to electrify villages PESHAWAR, March 19: The provincial government would spend Rs15 billion from the Khushhal Pakistan Programme (KPP) funds on village electrification, Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) Chairman Lt-Gen (retired) Zulfiqar Ali... PESHAWAR: Fake items flood markets PESHAWAR, March 19: Sale and marketing of substandard items of daily-use under the guise of foreign products or known brands of local manufacturers is causing loss of millions of rupees to... PESHAWAR: Governor for effective police system PESHAWAR, March 19: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has stressed the need for making the police system effective and responsive to people’s expectations by improving the inspection process of police... PESHAWAR: Workshop on basic education for DPs begins PESHAWAR, March 19: A planning workshop on developing a sustainable strategy for basic education for Afghan refugees in the NWFP began here on Tuesday.... PESHAWAR: Hamlet staged at college PESHAWAR, March 19: The drama society of Edwards College staged Shakespear’s play Hamlet at the main hall of the Arts block here on Tuesday....

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