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April 6, 2002 Saturday Muharram 22, 1423 KARACHI: Trauma institute in city to be set up soon: Orthopaedic moot opens KARACHI, April 5: Governor Sindh Mohammedmian Soomro announced on Friday that the government would soon set up a trauma and orthopaedic institute in the city.... KARACHI: Judge issues warrants for arrest of absconders: Omar Shaikh’s trial begins KARACHI, April 5: The formal proceedings of the Daniel Pearl kidnapping case commenced on Friday inside the Central Prison, Karachi. No reporter or observer was allowed to attend the proceedings by... KARACHI: Muttahida to contest Oct polls KARACHI, April 5: Muttahida Qaumi Movement has announced field candidates for the scheduled October elections from all over the country, provided its coordination committee decides to participate in the elections.... KARACHI: People best judge of govt’s policies: Moin KARACHI, April 5: Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider has said one of the most wanted Al-Qaeda leaders, Abu Zubaydah, had been arrested in a raid conducted by police and other security agencies... KARACHI: Police fail to arrest gang-rapists KARACHI, April 5: Police have failed to arrest the absconding rapists in the Ramaswami gang-rape case thoughthe provincial police chief had ordered on Thursday that the culprit must be arrested by... KARACHI: Minor’s body found in gunny bag KARACHI, April 5: A young boy committed suicide after his mother refused him pocket money in Mohammadi Colony on Friday.... KARACHI: 14 cars, 10 bikes hijacked KARACHI, April 5: At least 24 vehicles — 14 cars and 10 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in different parts of the city on Friday, police said.... KARACHI: Speakers call for end to sectarian killings: JACP protest demo KARACHI, April 5: Speakers at a demonstration, on Friday, condemned sectarian killings, the killings of doctors and demanded that the culprits be caught and awarded exemplary punishment without further delay.... KARACHI: Sabris enthral audience KARACHI, April 5: The Sabri Brothers cast a spell over the audience at the Arts Council on Thursday night by singing one entrancing Qawwali after another from their wide repertoire of... KARACHI: South Asian editors’ conference today KARACHI, April 5: More than 35 South Asian editors and journalists, representing the indigenous print media from across the region, will attend a conference here on April 6-7 under the aegis... KARACHI: Majority of parents fear hike in school fee KARACHI, April 5: A survey on denationalization of educational institutions in the province has revealed that majority of parents of the students did not know details of the government’s policy and... KARACHI: 3,439 held for reckless driving in three months KARACHI, April 5: As many as 3,439 drivers were arrested and jailed by the traffic police for reckless driving in the last three months, during a special campaign launched in the... KARACHI: KU exam forms KARACHI, April 5: The University of Karachi announced on Thursday that registration cards for MA/double MA/improvement of division of the private candidates have been dispatched.... KARACHI: Partly-cloudy weather forecast KARACHI, April 5: The meteorological department has forecast maximum temperature of 33 to 35 degrees centigrade with partly cloudy weather in Karachi on Saturday.... KARACHI: Recognition KARACHI, April 5: The Board of Secondary Education, Karachi, has announced that application for recognition or renewal of government or private secondary schools will be received latest up to May 31.... KARACHI: Judicial moot KARACHI, April 5: The chief justice of the Sindh High Court will inaugurate the 1st session of the Provincial Judicial Conference on April 7 at 10 am in Hotel Sheraton.... KARACHI: Ferry service planned from Port Qasim to Hawkesbay KARACHI, April 5: Ferry service will soon start in the city from Port Qasim to Hawkesbay, and later up to Gwadar Port, said the City Nazim, Naimatullah Khan, at a Karachi... KARACHI: Jehangir challenges removal from service KARACHI, April 5: Squash legend Jehangir Khan, who was removed from the service of PIA recently, has challenged the decision in the Federal Service Tribunal.... KARACHI: Den raided, heroin seized KARACHI, April 5: The Anti-Narcotics Force Sindh recovered 197 kilograms of hashish and arrested four persons including a policeman during a raid in Lyari, on Thursday.... KARACHI: Appointment of official: petition disposed of KARACHI, April 5: A division bench of the Sindh High Court on Friday disposed of a constitutional petition filed by Wali Muhammad Sial and directed the provincial commissioner, Sindh Boy Scouts... KARACHI: Encounter with sectarian activist not fake: IG KARACHI, April 5: Inspector General Police, Syed Kamal Shah, on Friday, categorically denied the impression that Thursday’s police encounter in Gulshan-i-Iqbal that claimed the life of one Lal Din, a wanted... KARACHI: SHC orders fresh audit KARACHI, April 5: Justice Zahid Kurban Alavi of the Sindh High Court has restrained the NAB from taking any coercive action against the plaintiff without sanction and due process of law... KARACHI: PTI slams extradition KARACHI, April 5: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has expressed concern over the reported deportation without due process of law of two Pakistanis, Amer and Hameed, and 20 foreigners, including Abu Zubayda.... KARACHI: Cops promoted KARACHI, April 5: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro has announced the grant of promotion to the CID party members who took part in the alleged police encounter in which Lal Din alias... HYDERABAD: Professors demand withdrawal of privatization policy HYDERABAD, April 5: The Principals Coordination Committee of Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas divisions and senior professors held a meeting at the Government Sachal Sarmast College, Hyderabad, here on Thursday and condemned the... HYDERABAD: SHC warns police on illegal detention HYDERABAD, April 5: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, warned an investigating officer of Hala police station not to keep people in wrongful detention in future.... HYDERABAD: Micro financing in Thar proposed HYDERABAD, April 5: A research scholar Gobind M. Herani has suggested that land reforms and micro financing system should be introduced and activities of NGOs should be encouraged in Tharparkar.... HYDERABAD: ADB to provide Rs11bn for road construction HYDERABAD, April 5: The additional chief secretary, Planning and Development, Shahzado Shaikh exhorted officials to follow procedure but at the same time expedite the process of completion of schemes whether new... THATTA: Strike against Hesco officials observed THATTA, April 5: A complete strike was observed in Daro town by residents in protest against the load shedding and issuance of inflated bills.... HYDERABAD: Shifting of jailed JSQM chief challenged HYDERABAD, April 5: Two separate applications were filed in the court of Suppression of Terrorist Activities and Anti Terrorism Court, challenging the shifting of Chairman Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz Bashir Qureshi... HYDERABAD: Reinstatement of women teachers demanded HYDERABAD, April 5: Under the banner of the teachers action committee, over one dozen sacked women school teachers staged a token hunger strike outside the office of the Zila Nazim on... KHAIRPUR: Karo-kari claims two more lives KHAIRPUR, April 5: A man and a woman were killed on the pretext of Karo-kari in village Mohammed Ibrahim Channa on Thursday night.... HYDERABAD: Harassment alleged HYDERABAD, April 5: The president of PPP, taluka Mehar, district Dadu, Sardar Aijaz Hussain Brohi, has urged former Sindh chief minister Liaquat Jatoi to control his brothers and not to convert... HYDERABAD: Repair of road urged HYDERABAD, April 5: A leader of the Sindh Azadari Cell, Nizamul Haider, has warned that if the Qadamgah Moula Ali Road was not repaired before the Chehlum of the martyrs of... HYDERABAD: SAU exams from 24th HYDERABAD, April 5: The controller of examinations, Sindh Agriculture University (SAU), Tando Jam, has announced that the examinations of first year to fourth year and first term supplementary examinations of MSc... MIRPURKHAS: Taxi driver shot dead MIRPURKHAS, April 5: Three gunmen shot a taxi driver dead and drove away his taxi on Thursday night.... PESHAWAR: Nazimeen can’t detain anyone under MPO: AG PESHAWAR, April 5: The NWFP advocate-general on Thursday deposed before a bench of the Peshawar High Court that district Nazimeen had no authority to detain a person under the Maintenance of... PESHAWAR: Solution to DPs’ problem urged PESHAWAR, April 5: The effective role of the European Community (EC) in the reconstruction of war-ravaged Afghanistan will indirectly benefit Pakistan especially the province of NWFP, which is looking after... PESHAWAR: JUI chief rejects referendum plan PESHAWAR, April 5: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, has rejected the coming presidential referendum, saying President Pervez Musharraf is legitimizing his rule through un-constitutional acts.... PESHAWAR: Power restored temporarily PESHAWAR, April 5: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) on Thursday restored power supply to various areas of the Frontier Region of Bannu till April 10 on the condition that the... PESHAWAR: Police launch website PESHAWAR, April 5: The NWFP police has launched a website of Peshawar Capital City Police (PCCP) here on Friday, stating that the site will help general public in judging the performance... PESHAWAR: Cop arrested after bail plea rejected PESHAWAR, April 5: A sub-inspector of traffic police, accused of injuring a citizen, was arrested on Friday after his pre-arrest bail application was turned down by a local court....

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