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April 13, 2002 Saturday Muharram 29, 1423 KARACHI: BIEK to use referendum as reason to delay exams KARACHI, April 12: About 150,000 city students preparing for annual intermediate examinations are upset as they understand that the April 30 referendum in the country might result in postponement of their... KARACHI: ‘Swift’ centre fails to deliver CNICs on time KARACHI, April 12: The “swift” centre set up in the city to provide people computerized identity cards within a specified time has failed to fulfil its task aggravating the problems of... KARACHI: Suspect killed in ‘encounter’ KARACHI, April 12: Police shot dead an alleged bandit, in what they claimed an encounter, with bandits at Sea View on late Thursday night.... KARACHI: KESC plan for power shutdown from today KARACHI, April 12: Amid frequent and prolonged power shutdowns, the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation announced on Thursday that it will carry out loadshedding from Friday.... KARACHI: Eight cars, seven bikes hijacked KARACHI, April 12: Fifteen vehicles — eight cars and seven motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Friday, police said.... KARACHI: Electrocuted KARACHI, April 12: A young man died of electrocution in Shershah on Friday.... KARACHI: Sedentary way of life causing health problems KARACHI, April 12: There is a silent epidemic emerging in our midst. Rich foods, easy and sedentary living, fondness for television combined with endless chatting on the net and a sweet... KARACHI: Educational website launched KARACHI, April 12: Governor Sindh Mohammedmian Soomro inaugurated Pakistan’s first online educational portal, ‘Free Hyperlearning Web Portal,’ launched by WISDOM Educational Society here on Friday.... KARACHI: ‘All about Lifestyles’ exhibition ends today KARACHI, April 12: “All about lifestyles”, an exhibition organized by the Dawn Group of Newspapers, entered its second day at the Expo Centre.... KARACHI: Special children entertained KARACHI, April 12: Over a 100 visually-impaired children of the Ida Rieu School and College for Deaf and Blind were entertained at a function held in a five star hotel on... KARACHI: Steps to check copying KARACHI, April 12: The Board of Secondary Education has introduced a system of affixing a stamp on the admit card and answer script of a candidate found using unfair means during... KARACHI: Layout plan for kutchi abadis KARACHI, April 12: The Field Office, Sindh Katchi Abadis Authority, has prepared draft/proposed layout plans for regularization of Shah Rasool Colony-II, Clifton and Chaudhry Rehman Ali Colony, Block 12, F.B. Area,... KARACHI: Cancer seminar KARACHI, April 12: The seminar on “Breast Cancer,” addressed by Prof Tariq Siddiqui and Prof Shaista Masood Khan of the Aga Khan University and held here the other day, was not... KARACHI: People urged to fight sectarian menace: Seminar on terrorism, democracy KARACHI, April 12: Speakers at a meeting on Friday urged the people to forge unity and spread tolerance so that the growing menace of sectarianism could be effectively checked.... KARACHI: Indictment of accused in Pearl case on 22nd KARACHI, April 12: The Anti-terrorism Court No. 3 put off on Friday the hearing of the Daniel Pearl kidnapping case till 22nd, when Ahmed Saeed Omar Shaikh, the alleged mastermind of... KARACHI: Al-Khidmat may remain neutral in referendum KARACHI, April 12: In an unexpected move, Nazims, Naib Nazims and general councillors of the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) backed Al-Khidmat group have decided to sit on the fence during the presidential referendum.... KARACHI: Over Rs22m in traffic fines collected KARACHI, April 12: The Traffic Police have realized over Rs22 million from violators since January last during their special campaign against reckless driving.... KARACHI: FST to take up appeals of sacked PNSC men KARACHI, April 12: The Federal Service Tribunal will take up the appeals of sacked PNSC employees on Aug 6, which involves a legal question whether employees of a company whose rules... KARACHI: Arrangements for President’s public meeting reviewed KARACHI, April 12: A meeting held here on Friday with Sindh minister for local bodies, transport and labour, Dewan Mohammad Yousaf Farooqi, in the chair reviewed the arrangements for public meeting... KARACHI: Joints pain affecting people KARACHI, April 12: Pakistanis are increasingly turning prone to developing arthritis or osteoarthritis and associated chronic pain at a comparatively young age, often on attaining the age of 50.... KARACHI: Recruitment in police KARACHI, April 12: Chairman of the central selection board, Sindh Police, Moham-mad Yamin Khan, has announced schedule for recruitment of constables in Karachi police.... KARACHI: Chemists for GST exemption KARACHI, April 12: The Pakistan Chemists and Druggists Association, on Friday, demanded of the government to exempt all sorts of medicines from General Sales Tax.... HYDERABAD: ‘Public money being squandered on referendum drive’ HYDERABAD, April 12: M. Amin Lakho and other PPP leaders have condemned the character assassination of the chairperson of the party, Benazir Bhutto, by President Pervez Musharraf saying that she did... HYDERABAD: Workers demand end to dismissals HYDERABAD, April 12: A large number of workers under the banner of the All Pakistan Trade Unions’ Organization (APTUO) observed a token hunger strike outside the press club here on Friday... HYDERABAD: Councillors vow to back Musharraf HYDERABAD, April 12: The women councillors of union, taluka and district council Hyderabad here on Thursday vowed to work for making the public meeting of President Gen Pervez Musharraf and the... HYDERABAD: ‘Efforts on for resuming flights from Hyderabad’ HYDERABAD, April 12: The Naib Nazim, Hyderabad District, and Convener District Council Nawab Rashid Ali Khan on Friday said that a package of Rs3 billion had been recommended by the district... HYDERABAD: Dacoits kill three villagers HYDERABAD, April 12: Three dacoits killed three villagers in the Kora Daidano village, Tando Allahyar Taluka, in the wee hours of Friday, said Chambar police on Friday.... HYDERABAD: Committee formed by citizens HYDERABAD, April 12: An Independent Citizen Alliance Referendum Committee has been formed which will work for the success of the presidential referendum scheduled to be held on April 30.... HYDERABAD: Police obtain remand of three JSQM activists HYDERABAD, April 12: The City police obtained a three-day remand for three activists of the Jeay Sindh Quami Mahaz in a case of car snatching from the court of the City... HYDERABAD: SPSC results HYDERABAD, April 12: The Sindh Public Service Commission has announced the results of the interviews conducted by it for the posts of assistant sub-inspector of police (men and women) in Mirpurkhas... PESHAWAR: Smuggling through passenger buses continues PESHAWAR, April 12: Foreign goods worth more than Rs1.5 million are smuggled to other parts of the country daily in connivance with the customs officials and other law enforcement agencies.... PESHAWAR: PHC admits pleas against drug court: Conviction of manufacturer suspended PESHAWAR, April 12: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Friday admitted to full hearing seven criminal appeals, challenging the composition of the NWFP Drug Court.... PESHAWAR: FIA arrests official for corruption PESHAWAR, April 12: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), crime wing, on Thursday arrested an assistant director of Federally Administered Tribal Areas Development Corporation on the charges of embezzling Rs11.8 million.... PESHAWAR: Petrol pumps mushroom PESHAWAR, April 12: Petrol pumps and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations have cropped up over the width and breadth of the provincial metropolis, with the powerful oil business conveniently disregarding all... PESHAWAR: Former CM denies illegal recruitment PESHAWAR, April 12: Former NWFP chief minister Aftab Ahmed Sherpao deposed before an accountability court on Thursday that he had not committed any illegality in the appointments of untrained teachers in... PESHAWAR: Judgment on PAC’s powers reserved PESHAWAR, April 12: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Thursday reserved its judgments on seven writ petitions challenging the powers of the NWFP Public Accounts Committee (PAC)....... PESHAWAR: Petition of ex-customs inspector dismissed PESHAWAR, April 12: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Thursday dismissed a writ petition of a former customs inspector Farooq Afridi against his conviction in an antiques’ smuggling... PESHAWAR: ‘Musharraf campaign to cost exchequer’ PESHAWAR, April 12: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has said that the referendum drive of Gen Pervez Musharraf will cost the public exchequer over Rs25 million.... PESHAWAR: 121 POs held PESHAWAR, April 12: The city police have arrested 121 proclaimed offenders (POs) and seized 1,873kg drugs and a huge quantity of weapons in the first quarter of the year.... PESHAWAR: Newsmen’s union polls PESHAWAR, April 12: The election committee of the Khyber Union of Journalist (KUJ) has fixed April 13 as the last date to withdraw candidature against any positions....

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