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April 17, 2002 Wednesday Safar 3, 142 KARACHI: Regional strategy urged to check trafficking KARACHI, April 16: Speakers at a meeting on Tuesday, pointing out that trafficking in women and children was a trans-national issue, suggested that regional strategies be formulated so that the menace... KARACHI: Suspected bandit shot dead in encounter: 11 cars, 12 bikes hijacked KARACHI, April 16: Police shot dead a suspected bandit in Shershah on Tuesday in what they claimed an encounter with dacoits.... KARACHI: Anti-socials harass students of women’s college KARACHI, April 16: Drug addicts, battered footpaths, scattered garbage and unchecked encroachments along Chand Bibi Road (Queen’s Road), in Saddar, are a constant source of considerable discomfort for the students of... KARACHI: Expressway case Petitioner files rejoinder affidavit KARACHI, April 16: When the petitions challenging demolition of settlements to pave the way for the Lyari Expressway came up before a division bench of the Sindh High Court on Tuesday,... KARACHI: Police register case against FIA men KARACHI, April 16: A case of beating up of KESC officials has been registered against the FIA officials on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Omar’s petition comes up before SHC KARACHI, April 16: When the application of the principal accused in Daniel Pearl murder case, Ahmad Saeed Omar Shaikh, contending that Judge Arshad Noor Khan of the Anti-terrorism Court-III is not... KARACHI: Govt to focus on preventive healthcare measures KARACHI, April 16: The city government will focus on preventive healthcare measures to protect the citizens from different illnesses, rather than totally relying on curative aspect, said acting City Nazim Tariq... KARACHI: 8.4m children to get anti-polio drops KARACHI, April 16: Sindh Health Minister Ahsan Ahmed visited 18 towns of the city to review the ongoing three-day polio eradication campaign, on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Faculty training programme launched KARACHI, April 16: A faculty training programme has been launched under the aegis of the Commecs Educational Trust.... KARACHI: ASCE moot begins today KARACHI, April 16: An international seminar on “Relations between the European Union and the Muslim world in the contemporary geopolitical and economic scenario” will commence at a local hotel from today.... KARACHI: TB prevalent in coastal villages KARACHI, April 16: A survey conducted in the coastal areas of Keamari Town shows that tuberculosis, other diseases of chest, skin and paediatric diseases are prevalent in Keamari Town.... KARACHI: EDO master planning dept appointed KARACHI, April 16: The Sindh government has finally appointed town planner Islamuddin Siddique the EDO of the master planning department of the city government.... KARACHI: BEd, MBBS exams schedule announced KARACHI, April 16: The Examinations Department, Karachi University, has announced that the B.Ed Supplementary Practical Examinations would held on April 22, at Maulana Qadri Govt Girls Secondary School, Federal B. Area,... KARACHI: 100th school KARACHI, April 16: The 100th school of The Citizens Foundation — a Karachi-based charity providing education to underprivileged children in Pakistan — was inaugurated here on Tuesday.... KARACHI: SHC upholds death penalty by ATC: Kidnapping, murder case KARACHI, April 16: The anti-terrorism appellate bench of the Sindh High Court on Tuesday upheld the conviction and sentence of Shaikh Mohammed Amjad who was awarded death sentence by the Anti-Terrorism... KARACHI: PPP slams President for violation of Constitution KARACHI, April 16: The Pakistan Peoples Party on Tuesday deplored the regime’s bid to disfigure the 1973 Constitution to satisfy its dictatorial aspirations.... KARACHI: SSP men indicted in multiple-murder case KARACHI, April 16: An anti-terrorism court formally arraigned on Tuesday two workers of the defunct Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) in a case pertaining to massacre of 10 faithfuls in a mosque.... KARACHI: LNH paramedics stage sit-in KARACHI, April 16: A number of paramedics of the Liaquat National Hospital (LNH) on Tuesday evening staged a sit-in within the premises of the hospital to protest against the alleged highhandedness... KARACHI: Man held for running illegal phone exchange KARACHI, April 16: The police, with the help of the staff of PTCL, raided an apartment in Gulistan-i-Jauhar, arrested a man for allegedly running an illegal mini-telephone exchange.... HYDERABAD: Implementation of ’91 water accord demanded HYDERABAD, April 16: The Sindh Abadgar Board (Sab) has rejected the allegations that Sindh is wasting water and said that farmers of Sindh have worked under extreme water stress situation and... LARKANA: Wheat purchase policy hits growers LARKANA, April 16: The small growers are worried over wheat procurement target for Larkana district fixed by the Sindh government as according to it they could not sell their entire wheat... HYDERABAD: Judicial inquiry begins: Custodial death of UTP HYDERABAD, April 16: District and Session Judge Parkash Lal M. Amwani, here on Wednesday, began the judicial inquiry into the custodial death of under-trial prisoner Mehmood Khoso.... HYDERABAD: ‘Concession for taxpayers from next year’ HYDERABAD, April 16: The next year’s income tax law will contain universal self-assessment scheme and the tax collecting agencies will accept the income tax returns without any objections.... MIRPURKHAS: MCB defaulters issued warrants MIRPURKHAS, April 16: Following a lengthy legal proceeding by the Muslim Commercial Bank, arrest warrants of at least a hundred defaulters have been issued from the banking court, Hyderabad No.1.... HYDERABAD: Workers oppose dissolution of Sindh Seed Corporation HYDERABAD, April 16: The Sindh Seed Corporation Employees Union (CBA) has appealed to the authorities to review its decision about the dissolution of the corporation otherwise the growers will be cheated... HYDERABAD: Oil tanker owners threaten to stop supply HYDERABAD, April 16: The executive committee of the All Pakistan Oil Tankers Owners Association decided to stop the supply of oil throughout the country if their eight point charter of demands... HYDERABAD: Demo held for doctor’s recovery HYDERABAD, April 16: On the call of the action committee for the recovery of Professor Mohammad Hussain Leghari, the faculty members and staff of the Liaquat Medical University, members of the... SUKKUR: One more killed in tribal clash SUKKUR, April 16: The Maher tribesman who was kidnapped by the Shabbir Maher group from a village near Pano Aqil on Monday was killed on Tuesday.... HYDERABAD: Boy shot dead HYDERABAD, April 16: A 14-year-old boy, Khizar Saeed Khan, was shot dead by three unidentified armed motorcyclists on late Tuesday night in the jurisdiction of Market police station in Hirabad.... MIRPURKHAS: Two women commit suicide MIRPURKHAS, April 16: Two married women committed suicide in two separate incidents in different parts of Mirpurkhas district on Tuesday.... MITHI: Installation of electric poles demanded MITHI, April 16: The residents of eight villages of Mithi and Chhachhro talukas have urged the Hesco authorities and the district Nazim of Tharparkar to direct the relevant quarters to install... BADIN: Show cause notices BADIN, April 16: An enquiry has been initiated against such police officials whose performance is not satisfactory.... PESHAWAR: Patients’ hardships multiply as doctors continue protest PESHAWAR, April 16: Hard-ships of patients at city hospitals multiplied as doctors continued protests and strikes on Tuesday.... PESHAWAR: PTI to reform education if elected to power PESHAWAR, April 16: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan has pledged that his party will rid the nation of the class-based educational system and will declare an education emergency in the... PESHAWAR: PAT to take part in public meeting PESHAWAR, April 16: The Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) has decided to fully participate in President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s public meeting to be held here on April 23.... PESHAWAR: PRCS distributes food among DPs today PESHAWAR, April 16: The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS), NWFP chapter, in collaboration with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), has dispatched 32 truckloads of food... PESHAWAR: PPP slates Musharraf’s remarks PESHAWAR, April 16: Tak-ing strong notice of President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s “anti-Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)” public meetings, Khawaja Mohammad Khan Hoti, provincial President of the PPP, directed the Nazimeen, supported by... PESHAWAR: Anti-polio drive PESHAWAR, April 16: Polio vaccines and vitamins will be administered to 125,000 children in the Shangla district during the three-day anti-polio campaign kicking off throughout the province on Thursday....

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