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April 2, 2002 Tuesday Muharram 18,1423 KARACHI: Compulsory education campaign begins today KARACHI, April 1: A 100 per cent literacy rate will be achieved in three years in Karachi, City Nazim Naimatullah Khan said at a press conference on Monday.... KARACHI: Onion, tomato prices shoot up by over 100pc KARACHI, April 1: Onion prices have shot up to Rs20 a kg despite the import of about 3,000 tons of onions of Indian origin in the past one month to overcome... KARACHI: BSE to give chemistry, mathematics exams again KARACHI, April 1: The Board of Secondary Education has announced to re-hold Mathematics and Chemistry (class X) examinations, which were held on March 30 when public transport remained off the roads.... KARACHI: SHC orders interim attachment of killer bus KARACHI, April 1: Justice Ataur Rahman of the Sindh High Court ordered on Monday interim and provisional attachment of a minibus that killed both mother and father of four minor children... KARACHI: Edhi Centre robbed KARACHI, April 1: Bandits robbed an Edhi Centre in Nazimabad on Monday. Three armed men barged into the Edhi Centre situated near Gujjar Nullah in Nazimabad in the limits of Gulbahar police, and robbed the volunteers present there of cash and valuables.... KARACHI: Man run over by bus KARACHI, April 1: A man was run over by a bus in the city on Monday. The police said that Abdul Sattar Ansari, aged 40, was knocked down by a speeding Hyderabad-bound bus (P-0095) on Jehangir Road No 1 while walking across the road.... KARACHI: Induction of doctors into anti-TB plan ordered KARACHI, April 1: Sindh Health Minister Maj-Gen (retd) Ehsan Ahmed has directed the authorities concerned to launch a pilot project for inducting general practitioners into the TB control programme.... KARACHI: Autonomous status for PMDC being considered KARACHI, April 1: Federal Health Minister Abdul Malik Kasi has said the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) is not considering cancelling the affiliation of any private medical college in Sindh.... KARACHI: Home economics college offers various subjects KARACHI, April 1: The RLAK Govt College of Home Economics, a professional college, offers Master’s level courses in five specialized areas, said principal of the college, Zubaida Mairaj.... KARACHI: Course for fighting diabetes launched KARACHI, April 1: In order to ensure timely and adequate medical intervention for diabetic patients, a six-week refresher course for general physicians was launched at the Diabetic Clinic, Jinnah Post Graduate... KARACHI: KU exams KARACHI, April 1: Karachi University has announced that BDS first professional annual examinations for dental colleges will commence from April 8.... KARACHI: Parties still undecided about referendum KARACHI, April 1: The government is expected to make the final decision on holding a referendum to seek five years’ extension for Gen Musharraf’s tenure as President, in the next few... KARACHI: Anwar Saeed at Canvas KARACHI, April 1: An exhibition of paintings by Anwar Saeed will open at Canvas Gallery on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Over 2,100 held for reckless driving KARACHI, April 1: The Traffic police, accelerating its campaign against the reckless drivers of public transport, arrested 1,154 drivers only in March for negligent driving under section 279 of the PPC.... KARACHI: Trade unions organize seminar on 14th KARACHI, April 1: Trade union bodies are organizing a seminar on “Trade Union Agenda and Political Parties” at Lahore on April 14.... KARACHI: Hearing of plea against Omar’s jail trial on 4th KARACHI, April 1: An application challenging trial of the accused in the Daniel Pearl kidnapping and murder case inside Karachi Central Prison would come up before the Sindh High Court on... KARACHI: Muttahida leader acquitted in 83rd case KARACHI, April 1: An additional district and sessions judge, East, Syed Kauser Ali Shah Bukhari, acquitted two leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement in two cases, pertaining to arsoning.... KARACHI: Continuance of reforms urged KARACHI, April 1: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro held a meeting with district Nazims from all over the province at the Governor‘s House on Monday and discussed with them views on the... KARACHI: Team trained to immunize children against polio KARACHI, April 1: In connection with the National Immunization Days (NIDs) for Polio Eradication, scheduled for April 16-18 in Sindh, training sessions for master trainers were held in Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur... KARACHI: PMA wants doctors to stay in Pakistan KARACHI, April 1: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has called upon doctors, who are seeking to go abroad for the safety of their lives, not to be overawed by the deteriorating... KARACHI: STPP demo against jail staff KARACHI, April 1: A large number of activists of the Sindh Tarraqi Pasand Party (STPP) staged a protest demonstration in front of the Malir jail on Monday when they were not... KARACHI: Ban on trade unions in KESC to stay KARACHI, April 1: KESC managing director Brig Tariq Saddozai has said trade union activities will not be allowed in the organization till the government validates them.... KARACHI: Govt giving top priority to education KARACHI, April 1: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro has asked students to pay full attention to acquisition of knowledge and avoid unfair means for getting degrees.... KARACHI: Hot weather KARACHI, April 1: The Met department has forecast hot and dry weather for the city on Tuesday as the temperature is expected to rise further ranging between 37 and 39 degrees... HYDERABAD: Amnesty International urges govt to ratify Rome Statute of ICC HYDERABAD, April 1: The Amnesty International Pakistan, which is a member of global coalition on international criminal court, has urged the government to ensure that Pakistan was among the first 60... SUKKUR: Withdrawal of cases against Benazir demanded SUKKUR, April 1: A resolution, demanding withdrawal of cases against Benazir Bhutto, her return to Pakistan and not to arrest her on her return, was passed with majority of votes after... HYDERABAD: Shifting of jailed JSQM leaders resented HYDERABAD, April 1: The Jeay Sindh Students Federation, Sindh University chapter, observed black day at the campus and held a protest demonstration outside the Hyderabad press club here on Monday against... SHIKARPUR: District Council asks govt to levy tax under D-category SHIKARPUR, April 1: The district council, Shikarpur, has recommended to the government of Sindh to levy property tax on commercial as well as residential property under D-category in the entire district... HYDERABAD: PPP slams EC on map of delimitations HYDERABAD, April 1: The Pakistan Peoples Party, Hyderabad chapter, has taken strong exception to the failure of the Election Commission, Hyderabad, to supply the map of new delimitations despite repeated requests.... HYDERABAD: Proposal to shift school opposed HYDERABAD, April 1: A large number of girls students of Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Farm Colony, Tando Jam, staged a protest demonstration and a sit-in in the school premises on... LARKANA: Salaries not paid to Nazim, DCO staff LARKANA, April 1: The district accounts officer, Larkana, stopped salaries from being handed out to at least 200 employees of the district coordination officer’s secretariat and the office of the District... LARKANA: Protesting teachers’ salaries to be deducted LARKANA, April 1: The Sindh education secretary has asked the officials of education department and district governments to deduct the salaries of the protesting teachers and take a disciplinary action against... MITHI: Poor be provided opportunity for education MITHI, April 1: Prof Abdul Majid Hur, Executive District Officer (Education), Tharparkar, said making primary education compulsory will improve the literacy ratio besides providing opportunity to the off-spring of the poor... SUKKUR: Bandits kill two people SUKKUR, April 1: Two persons of the same family were gunned down and two others were injured by five armed bandits in Chanesar Mirani village, near Murid Shakh, Ghotki district on... BADIN: Differences between Nazim, DCO discussed BADIN, April 1: The district Naib Nazim, Mirza Sohail Akbar, convened a meeting of the district council on Monday to discuss matters regarding the differences between the district Nazim, Kamal Khan... KARACHI: Dialysis machine KARACHI, April 1: The Amna Feroze Foundation donated a dialysis machine to an NGO, Monitors, for benefiting poor patients of Kunri, Umerkot and Thar, says a press release issued on Monday.... SUKKUR: Obituary SUKKUR, April 1: Siddiqua Khatoon, the mother of Shamim Shamsi, correspondent of Dawn in Sukkur, passed away here on Monday after a brief illness. She was 90.... PESHAWAR: NWFP seeks investment in hydel power generation PESHAWAR, April 1: The NWFP government has decided in principle to establish the Malakand-III Hydel Power Project with its own resources and utilize the project for the industrial development of the... PESHAWAR: PHC summons Charsadda Nazim PESHAWAR, April 1: The Peshawar High Court on Monday, summoned Charsadda District Nazim for issuing detention orders of 11 persons, under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, to settle his family... MINGORA: Poppy crop in Wari to be destroyed MINGORA, April 1: Heavy contingents of police and paramilitary forces have been deployed in and around the Wari tehsil of Dir Upper to avert any untoward incident in the wake of... PESHAWAR: PSO privatization opposed PESHAWAR, April 1: The Sarhad Petroleum Cartage and Dealers Association, NWFP, has opposed the privatisation of Pakistan State Oil and stated its sale would cause massive unemployment in the country.... PESHAWAR: Prosecutors for ATCs appointed PESHAWAR, April 1: The NWFP government has appointed seven special prosecutors for the newly-established Anti-Terrorism Courts (ATCs) in the province.... KOHAT: Three traders released after paying ransom KOHAT, April 1: Three out of 21 missing businessmen have been released after they paid ransom to the gang leader of proclaimed offenders operating in Kohat, two victims told Dawn here... MARDAN: Education system reviewed MARDAN, April 1: A World Bank team met the officials concerned, and discussed educational system, and the position and opinion of the elected people in this connection....

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