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April 12, 2002 Friday Muharram 28, 1423 KARACHI: Two suspects killed in ‘encounter’: 11 cars, 10 bikes hijacked KARACHI, April 11: The police shot two men to death in Surjani Town on early Thursday morning in what they claimed an encounter with bandits.... KARACHI: Restaurant manager, customer shot dead KARACHI, April 11: Unidentified assailants shot dead a manager of a restaurant and a customer in PECHS on Thursday.... KARACHI: Free textbooks for govt primary students KARACHI, April 11: All the students at government-run primary schools would be provided with textbooks free of charge from the next academic year, said the sources in the provincial education department.... KARACHI: ‘All about Lifestyles’ exhibition opens KARACHI, April 11: A large number of people flocked to the Expo Centre in Gulshan-i-Iqbal where a three-day exhibition titled “All about Lifestyles” got underway on Thursday afternoon.... KARACHI: Electronics shops remain closed for second day KARACHI, April 11: The electronics market at Abdullah Haroon Road, Saddar, remained closed for the second day, on Thursday, to protest against Wednesday’s killing of a trader and the failure of... KARACHI: New minister takes oath KARACHI, April 11: Justice Abdul Qadir Halepoto, on Thursday, was inducted in Sindh Cabinet to hold the portfolio of law.... KARACHI: Acute water shortage persists in many areas KARACHI, April 11: An acute shortage of water has been persisting in several housing societies of the city, forcing residents to buy expensive private tankers.... KARACHI: Appointment letters KARACHI, April 11: About 220 junior school and high school teachers selected and recommended for appointments by the Sindh Public Service Commission were given job documents at a ceremony on Thursday.... KARACHI: Poverty fuelling TB among children KARACHI, April 11: The growing poverty in the country has caused a sharp rise in the number of children falling victim to TB.... KARACHI: Re-survey of protected buildings planned KARACHI, April 11: The Sindh Culture Department has decided to “re-survey” the buildings that were declared protected under the Sindh Cultural Heritage Protection Act many years back and are situated in... KARACHI: Steel Town without electricity and water KARACHI, April 11: The residents of Gulshan-i-Hadid often remain deprived of electricity and water in this hot and sultry weather. A week earlier electricity remained off for four days.... KARACHI: Miniature paintings at Zenaini KARACHI, April 11: An exhibition of miniature paintings by S.A. Noory opens at Zenaini today.... KARACHI: Group show at Alliance KARACHI, April 11: A group exhibition of 22 artists will open at the Alliance Francaise, on Friday.... KARACHI: Overhead bridge demanded KARACHI, April 11: Scores of students studying at Federal Govt Urdu Science College, Karachi, staged a protest demonstration at the college premises for want of an overhead bridge at the University... KARACHI: Four SSP, TJP workers to be tried in prison KARACHI, April 11: The Sindh government has notified jail trial of four workers of the banned Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan and Tehrik-i-Jafferia Pakistan, allegedly involved in cases of sectarian killings in different parts... KARACHI: SHC orders payment of salaries to E&T officials KARACHI, April 11: A division bench of the Sindh High Court has declared the impugned order as unlawful through which Excise and Taxation officers were directed not to draw salary of... KARACHI: Telemetry system soon to monitor water flow KARACHI, April 11: The Telemetry System will replace the manual system at the barrages and off-taking canals along river Indus and other rivers in Indus Basin over which the provinces had... KARACHI: KESC men get certificates for good performance KARACHI, April 11: KESC MD, Brig Tariq Saddozai, has assured that the KESC management will reward employees for extraordinary performance to maintain uninterrupted power supply to the city.... KARACHI: Bail plea of Alliance Motors’ directors rejected KARACHI, April 11: Justice Ghulam Nabi Soomro of the Sindh High Court has dismissed the bail applications of two directors of M/s Alliance Motors (Pvt) Ltd, and issued non-bailable warrants for... KARACHI: Body on kacha areas constituted KARACHI, April 11: The Sindh government has constituted a steering committee for the uplift and management of “KACHO” areas falling within the boundaries of the districts Sukkur, Shikarpur, Ghotki and Jacobabad.... KARACHI: Special teams visit SSC exam centres KARACHI, April 11: Two special teams formed to monitor the ongoing SSC annual examinations 2002 of the Board of Secondary Education Karachi paid surprise visits to various examination centres in the... KARACHI: PPP seeks SC help to stop referendum KARACHI, April 11: The central coordination committee of Pakistan People’s Party has appealed to the Supreme Court and the Election Commission to stop the government from holding unconstitutional and illegal presidential... KARACHI: Musharraf to address public meetings in Sindh KARACHI, April 11: President General Pervez Musharraf will address six public meetings in Sindh in connection with the forthcoming referendum.... KARACHI: Arts Council to hold concert KARACHI, April 11: The Arts Council of Pakistan will hold a musical concert in remembrance of Noor Jahan and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, on Friday, April 12 at the Z. A.... KARACHI: Phone, fax lines for monitoring room KARACHI, April 11: The provincial minister for local government, labour, transport and industries, Dewan Muhammad Yousuf Farooqui, visited, on Thursday, the Operation Room, set up for Referendum 2002 at the office... KARACHI: Appointed KARACHI, April 11: The Sindh law department has appointed Sardar F.S. Lodhi as non-official member of the board of governors for law colleges in Karachi for three years.... HYDERABAD: Over 250,000 people migrate from coastal areas HYDERABAD, April 11: To mark the world summit on sustainable development, a consultative workshop on Poverty-Environment Nexus was organized at the auditorium of Sindh Language Authority here on Wednesday.... HYDERABAD: Altaf opposes Thal canal project HYDERABAD, April 11: Self-exiled chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Altaf Hussain has asked President Gen Pervez Musharraf that when the people of Sindh did not want the greater Thal canal... HYDERABAD: Rs65m allocated for agricultural research HYDERABAD, April 11: Sindh minister for agriculture, food and forests Hassan Ali Chaniho has said that the Sindh government is giving priority to the agricultural research as it has earmarked a... HYDERABAD: Civic bodies flayed HYDERABAD, April 11: Former Haq Parast members of the Sindh Assembly have flayed the civic bodies for neglecting the health and sanitation sectors.... HYDERABAD: Poets advocated cause of masses: VC HYDERABAD, April 11: The Vice Chancellor, University of Sindh, Mazharul Haq Siddiqui, said that the English poet Shelley was mystic in his beliefs and he advocated the cause of the poor... HYDERABAD: SEA threatens to boycott referendum HYDERABAD: April 11: The supreme council of the Sindh Employees Alliance (SEA) has warned that if the government fails to give good response by April 15 to resolve the problems of... HYDERABAD: GSTA to launch movement HYDERABAD, April 11: The Government Secondary Teachers Association (GSTA) has threatened to launch a protest movement and stage a demonstration outside the press club on April 15, if no action is... HYDERABAD: Villagers, NGOs hold rally against police raids HYDERABAD, April 11: A group of villagers of goth Mouledino Mirbahar and representative of various social welfare organizations staged protest demonstrations outside the DPO office and continued their hunger strike outside... HYDERABAD: ‘Exercize may prevent diseases’ HYDERABAD, April 11: The World Health Day on the theme of Move for Health was commemorated on Thursday at the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, under the aegis... HYDERABAD: Cancellation of appointment orders slammed HYEDARABAD, April 11: The Sindh Science Teachers Association (SSTA) in a meeting has criticized the cancellation orders of external candidates who had been appointed to conduct practical examinations after ten days.... PESHAWAR: Doctors offer dialogue on private practice PESHAWAR, April 11: The NWFP doctors have expressed concern over the attitude of the government towards the issue of banning their private practice outside government-run hospitals and have asked for a... PESHAWAR: ISI’s role in civil dispute challenged PESHAWAR, April 11: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court  on Wednesday sought comments from the federal government and the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) in a writ petition challenging the involvement  of the secret agencies... PESHAWAR: China donates books to Peshawar Varsity PESHAWAR, April 11: A Chinese delegation donated books and paintings to the University of Peshawar on Wednesday, on the occasion of centenary celebrations of the NWFP.... PESHAWAR: Carjackers’ gang busted, 4 arrested PESHAWAR, April 11: The city police have busted a network of car-lifters and arrested four people, including a police official, in the last couple of days from different localities of the...

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