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March 21, 2002 Thursday Muharram 6, 1423 KARACHI: Police, transporters try to cover up incident: Driver of killer bus held KARACHI, March 20: The driver of the bus, which killed two girl students and a motorcyclist and injured nine others at Karimabad on Tuesday, was arrested on Wednesday morning.... KARACHI: Govt plans to revive circular railway: Consultants submit report KARACHI, March 20: The revitalization of the Karachi Circular Railway was discussed at a meeting held on Wednesday at the Governor House with Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro in the chair.... KARACHI: Challan against Omar tomorrow KARACHI, March 20: The final charge-sheet against Ahmed Omar Saeed Shaikh and others in the kidnapping and subsequent murder of the American journalist, Daniel Pearl, will be submitted before the administrative... KARACHI: Town, UC Nazims informed about powers KARACHI, March 20: The legal department of Karachi City District Government has given an official letter to all 18 town Nazims and 178 Union Council (UC) nazims informing them about their... KARACHI: Father of missing child faces frustration KARACHI, March 20: A man whose one of the twins was not handed over to him by a private hospital in 1998 has contacted police in search of his lost child,... KARACHI: 19 vehicles taken away KARACHI, March 20: At least 19 vehicles — eight cars and 11 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in different parts of the city.... KARACHI: Decision on trauma centre opposed KARACHI, March 20: The privatisation of the 300-bed trauma centre, developed at a cost of Rs700 million in 1997 on University Road is likely to have a negative impact on the... KARACHI: Policy on billboards discussed KARACHI, March 20: The Sindh government has decided to enforce a uniform policy for installation of hoarding and advertisement boards by commercial concerns in all towns of the city.... KARACHI: Private tankers do a roaring business KARACHI, March 20: As the city faced a shortfall of about 100 mgd in the wake of short supply of water from the Dhabeji pumping station, private tankers did a roaring... KARACHI: City govt develops website KARACHI, March 20: The city government’s website was launched here on Tuesday by the City Nazim, Naimatullah Khan, at a simple ceremony.... KARACHI: Fair weather forecast KARACHI, March 20: The Meteorological department has forecast mainly dry and fair weather for Karachi with the minimum temperature of 20 to 22 degrees centigrade and the maximum temperature ranging from... KARACHI: Seminar KARACHI, March 20: The Pakistan Press Foundation is organizing a seminar for journalists on “Is it high time Pakistan had a Press Council?” on Thursday, at 4pm in the PPF-Vicky Zeitlin... KARACHI: Expressway a commercial project, says counsel: Final hearing on 22nd KARACHI, March 20: Several petitions filed for seeking relief against demolition of their valuable property from some areas which formed path of the 16.5 km-long Lyari Expressway with further demand for... KARACHI: Apwa College mourns students’ death KARACHI, March 20: At the end of a condolence meeting and Quran Khawani on Wednesday, the enraged students and teachers of Apwa Government Girls’ College announced to stage a demonstration at... KARACHI: Two get life term for murders KARACHI, March 20: Two murderers were sentenced on Wednesday to suffer rigorous imprisonment for life by separate courts.... KARACHI: PPP leader terms corruption cases false KARACHI, March 20: A central leader of the Pakistan People’s Party, Ahmed Mukhtar, has demanded that all cases of corruption instituted by Saif-ur-Rahman against political leaders, including PPP chief and former... KARACHI: Ex-GM of KESC gets bail in NAB reference KARACHI, March 20: A division bench of the Sindh High Court on Wednesday granted bail in the sum of Rs 1 million each to a former general manager and chief engineer... KARACHI: Parties slam killing of doctors KARACHI, March 20: Major political parties, trade unions, non-government organizations and concerned citizens have condemned the growing violence and target killings of doctors, particularly in Karachi and announced their support to... KARACHI: PTI condemns attack on church KARACHI, March 20: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has condemned the recent terrorist attack on a church in Islamabad and said the purpose of the attack was to defame Pakistan as a country... KARACHI: BE results announced KARACHI, March 20: The NED University on Wednesday announced the results of BE final year (Computer System Engineering) annual examination 1997-98.... KARACHI: Journalist dies KARACHI, March 20: Syed Musharraf Raza Jafri, editor of daily Basharat, Hyderabad, died here of heart attack. He was 75.... HYDERABAD: Landlord accused of harbouring criminals HYDERABAD, March 20: The activists of the Awami Tehrik, city chapter, led by Noor Nabi Rahujo, observed a token hunger strike outside the press club against a landlord, Rasheed Chandio, and... HYDERABAD: Investors urged to buy govt properties HYDERABAD, March 20: Syed Nasir Ali Shah Bukhari, Chairman, Sindh Privatization Committee, has called upon investors/entrepreneurs and others to come forward and purchase the government properties reserved for sale in the... HYDERABAD: Judge submits inquest report on UTP’s death HYDERABAD, March 20: The Sixth Extra Joint Civil Judge, Hyderabad, Ali Ahmed Jan on Wednesday submitted his inquest report to the District and Sessions Judge in the death of Mehmood Khoso,... HYDERABAD: Karachi fish toxicated with heavy metals: study HYDERABAD, March 20: A seminar on analytical chemistry was held at the Centre of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, on Tuesday.... HYDERABAD: Death of journalist condoled HYDERABAD, March 20: A condolence meeting of veteran journalist and editor-in-chief of the daily Basharat, Syed Musharaf Raza Jafri, was held at his residence on Wednesday. He had died at the... KARACHI: SSGC clarification KARACHI, March 20: The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has clarified reports published in a section of the press about the SSGC demand for additional gas supply deposit from some commercial... PESHAWAR: Safe storage of Nadra database stressed PESHAWAR, March 20: The NWFP Minister for Information and Education, Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani, has stressed the need for strengthening the storage of Central National Database so that it could be... PESHAWAR: Repatriation of refugees suspended PESHAWAR, March 20: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has suspended the repatriation of Afghans through the Voluntary Repatriation Centre in Takhta Baig, Khyber Agency, owing to security concern in... PESHAWAR: Nazims urged to consult people PESHAWAR, March 20: Peshawar District Nazim Azam Afridi has said that providing facilities to people was the prime duty of the district government, not a favour to anyone, and for this... PESHAWAR: Senior doctors not to quit govt jobs PESHAWAR, March 20: Senior doctors in the government hospitals do not intend to resign as members of the joint action committee are trying to pressurise the provincial government to lift the... PESHAWAR: Ex-police official jailed for five years PESHAWAR, March 20: An accountability court here on Wednesday sentenced a former police inspector Mehmood Hussain to five-year rigorous imprisonment, and fined him Rs13.60 million.... PESHAWAR: Steps taken to ensure peace in Muharram PESHAWAR, March 20: All necessary arrangements have been made to maintain law and order in the Frontier province during the month of Muharram.... PESHAWAR: Medical centre for SOS village children opens PESHAWAR, March 20: NWFP Health Minister Dr Meher Taj Roghani on Wednesday opened SOS Medical Centre, a project of the SOS Children’s villages of Pakistan, at Pajagi Road in Peshawar....

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