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April 11, 2002 Thursday Muharram 27, 1423 KARACHI: Saddar shops stay shut as bandits kill shopkeeper KARACHI, April 10: Bandits shot dead a shopkeeper at the electronics market in Saddar on Wednesday, which led to closure of the market and protest against police and the city government... KARACHI: 14 cars, 15 bikes hijacked KARACHI, April 10: Twenty-nine vehicles — 14 cars and 15 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Wednesday, the police said. Police sources said that nine cars were hijacked in different Towns, including Gulshan, Jamshed and Saddar Towns. Five others were stolen in Saddar, Gulberg and North Nazimabad Towns..... KARACHI: Rapists again given in police custody KARACHI, April 10: The three alleged rapists of two sisters were again remanded, on Wednesday, in police custody for further interrogation and investigation by a judicial magistrate.... KARACHI: Tension prevails in North Nazimabad KARACHI, April 10: Commercial activities in North Nazimabad and surrounding areas remained suspended on Wednesday, in protest against the killing of a Muttahida activist on Tuesday night.... KARACHI: ‘All about lifestyles’ opens today KARACHI, April 10: A three-day exhibition, titled “All about lifestyles”, will begin at the Expo Centre from Thursday.... KARACHI: Exam forms KARACHI, April 10: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, has announced that the registration forms of Humanities and Commerce groups private HSC annual examinations-2002 would now be accepted from April 13... KARACHI: Metro train for Karachi proposed KARACHI, April 10: A plan is under consideration for a metro train to meet the growing transport problems of the city.... KARACHI: Water crisis persists in several localities KARACHI, April 10: Various housing societies of the city remained without water for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday, leaving no choice for the residents of water- starved localities to buy... KARACHI: Altaf seeks provincial autonomy KARACHI, April 10: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has called for giving authority to the people of Sindh to run the affairs of the province.... KARACHI: Ombudsman opposes hiring of district mohtasibs KARACHI, April 10: Sindh Ombudsman Justice (retd) Haziqul Khairi has opposed appointment of mohtasibs at the district level in the province.... KARACHI: Internet Credit Card service launched KARACHI, April 10: The Sindh government will soon launch its computer literacy campaign in the province.... KARACHI: School refunds money to parents KARACHI, April 10: The management of Convent of Jesus and Mary School, Clifton, Karachi, has decided to refund the funds obtained from parents to purchase a bungalow on a plot adjacent... KARACHI: BE final year results announced KARACHI, April 10: The NED University of Engineering and Technology has announced the results of BE final year (Industrial Engineering) annul and third year (Industrial) supplementary examinations 1995-96 batch.... KARACHI: PPP slams president’s speech KARACHI, April 10: In a joint statement, office bearers of the Pakistan People’s Party have resented the criticizm of their party chief and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto by President Pervez... KARACHI: Seven TJP activists released KARACHI, April 10: An anti-terrorism court acquitted, on Wednesday, the provincial chief of the banned Tehrik-i-Jaffaria Pakistan and six other workers in a sectarian killing case.... KARACHI: Seminar postponed KARACHI, April 10: Chairman of Sindh Governor’s Inspection, Inquiries and Implementation, Brig A.S. Nasir, also the convener of Civil Society Forum on Poverty Alleviation, has announced that the two-day seminar scheduled... KARACHI: Kashmir an impediment to peace in South Asia: View from Bangladesh KARACHI, April 10: Brutal containment of the indigenous armed struggle by the Indian security forces in occupied Kashmir has not succeeded as Kashmir remains the focal point of a conflict that... KARACHI: New Delhi not prepared to let Islamabad off the hook KARACHI, April 10: A leading Indian peace activist has said that “India is not going to let Pakistan off the hook this time as no soft liner is left in India... KARACHI: Indian MP terms defence build-up wasteful expenditure KARACHI, April 10: A visiting member of the upper house of the Indian Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Madhya Pradesh (Nagpur), Vijay Darda, has asked both India and Pakistan not to squander... KARACHI: Indian hegemonic aspirations worry Nepal KARACHI, April 10: India’s hegemonic aspirations remain a stumbling block in the establishment of a durable peace and stability in South Asia. Smaller neighbours are being coerced into submission by New... KARACHI: Referendum unconstitutional, illegal: MMA KARACHI, April 10: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Sindh, has termed the holding of referendum in support of the presidency of Gen Pervez Musharraf as unconstitutional and illegal, and said that no government functionary... KARACHI: PMA elections result KARACHI, April 10: Dr Haseeb Alam was declared honorary president of the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), Karachi, for the year 2002-2003.... KARACHI: Referendum committees KARACHI, April 10: The government of Sindh has constituted coordination committees at provincial and district levels for smooth conduct of the forthcoming presidential referendum.... KARACHI: Seminar on terrorism KARACHI, April 10: The Joint Action Committee for Peace Karachi will hold a seminar on “Sectarian Terrorism and the future of Democracy” at Karachi Press Club on Friday at 4pm. Those... KARACHI: KCCI chief dies KARACHI, April 10: Maqbool A. Shaikh, President, Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industries, died of a heart attack here on Tuesday night. He was buried in Shafiqpura Graveyard, Hub, on Wednesday.... HYDERABAD: SAU, MUET to focus on ecology HYDERABAD, April 10: The Sindh Agriculture University, Tando Jam, and the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, have decided to jointly introduce water resources subject programme at the post-graduate level... HYDERABAD: Dist officials urged to cooperate with people HYDERABAD, April 10: The Nazim of Hyderabad, Dr. Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman, directed the officials of the district to cooperate with the people so that schemes could be completed in time.... HYDERABAD: ‘Negligent Hesco workers to be sacked’ HYDERABAD, April 10: The chief executive of Hyderabad Electric Supply Company, Brig Mohammad Tariq Arshad, has said that his first priority is to eliminate the high-handedness and discourteous attitude of the... HYDERABAD: Man dies in police custody HYDERABAD, April 10: A 55-year-old, Ghulam Mustafa, man died in police custody under mysterious circumstances at the Gulshan-i-Hali police station on Wednesday.... HYDERABAD: Woman alleges police of harassment HYDERABAD, April 10: A woman, Sharifan, the widow of folk artiste Abdul Ghafoor, threatened to immolate herself along with her son, Sarwar Ghafoor, outside the A-section police station, Latifabad, if the... HYDERABAD: Ex-SRTC workers begin fast unto death HYDERABAD, April 10: The president of the former SRTC employees action committee, Haji Ghulam Mohammad Daper, and Ghulam Nabi Kalhoro started their hunger strike unto death outside the press club while... HYDERABAD: Shifting of JSQM leader demanded HYDERABAD, April 10: The president JSQM Tando Allahyar city, Baghi Habibullah Kalro and Lakhi Mohammad Khaskheli have threatened to resort to self-immolation if the chairman of JSQM Basheer Khan Qureshi was... HYDERABAD: Hunger strike HYDERABAD, April 10: A large number of villagers, including women and children, and activists of different social welfare organizations continued their token hunger strike outside the press club for the third... PESHAWAR: Back-pedalling on policy ruled out: Institution-based practice by doctors PESHAWAR, April 10: NWFP Governor, Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah, on Tuesday made it clear there was no going back on the institution-based practice by government employed doctors and ruled out the possibility... PESHAWAR: APAs asked not to arrest petitioner PESHAWAR, April 10: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday directed the assistant political agents of Bara (khyber Agency) and Kohat’s Frontier Region (FR) not to arrest a... PESHAWAR: Afforestation drive to cost Rs10bn PESHAWAR, April 10: The NWFP Forest Department will shortly launch “Vision 2025” — a forest conservation plan — to preserve and enhance the existing forest resources in the province and the...

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