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April 19, 2002 Friday Safar 5, 1423 KARACHI: Nadra issues 25,000 CNICs with errors KARACHI, April 18: Over 25,000 people returned their computerized national identity cards to the officials of the Pakistan Post Office which was tasked to distribute CNICs by the National Database Registration... KARACHI: Suspect dies in police custody KARACHI, April 18: A suspected car hijacker died in police custody during interrogation on Thursday.... KARACHI: 11 cars, 10 bikes hijacked KARACHI, April 18: Twenty-one vehicles — 11 cars and 10 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Thursday, the police said.... KARACHI: EU urged to intensify its role in ME, Asia KARACHI, April 18: The European Union has been urged to intensify its role in promoting solutions to the current problem in the Middle East and Asia.... KARACHI: Six tons of hashish seized KARACHI, April 18: The Anti-narcotics Force recovered six tons of hashish from a godown in Korangi on Thursday.... KARACHI: Students pay Rs11.5m for nonexistent DCET labs KARACHI, April 18: Despite over Rs11.5 million in its two recently opened bank accounts for establishment and up-gradation of laboratories, more than 90 percent of the labs at the Dawood College... KARACHI: Needs stressed to regulate working of NGOs KARACHI, April 18: Former Sindh governor Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim has stressed the need for establishing an autonomous body to register, monitor and regulate the civil society organisations in the... KARACHI: Admissions to MBBS in September KARACHI, April 18: Admissions to MBBS and BDS programmes at the government-run medical colleges have been planned for the last week of September, said official sources on Thursday.... KARACHI: Labour courts without presiding officers KARACHI, April 18: Two out of the five labour courts in the city are vacant, and work in the third court is also not progressing as normal as the presiding officer... KARACHI: Students form alliance to oppose privatization KARACHI, April 18: A joint body of students organisations operating in the city has been formed to fight the denationalisation policy of the government and other ‘injustices being committed against students’... KARACHI: Anti-polio drive in city areas reviewed KARACHI, April 18: The provincial minister for health and population welfare, Ehsan Ahmed, on Thursday, visited different localities of the city to see for himself the on-going door-to- door anti-polio drive... KARACHI: Regularization of buildings KARACHI, April 18: The pace of regularization of illegally-constructed buildings in Karachi was reviewed at a meeting held under the chairmanship of the provincial secretary for housing, Aijaz Kazi, at the... KARACHI: IJT members KARACHI, April 18: A reception is being organized for ex-office-bearers of Islami Jamiat Talaba at the PIA Garden on Friday at 8pm.... KARACHI: Hot weather KARACHI, April 18: The meteorological department has forecast hot and dry weather for the whole of Sindh on Friday. The maximum temperature in the city is expected between 35 to 37... KARACHI: ARD to boycott referendum KARACHI, April 18: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (Sindh Chapter) has announced that it would boycott the presidential referendum scheduled for April 30.... KARACHI: Referendum to cost millions in Karachi KARACHI, April 18: Expenses on the polling staff on account of their lunch and dinner alone on the referendum day in Karachi will be about Rs10 million.... KARACHI: Proper criteria urged for scientists allowance KARACHI, April 18: The participants of a panel discussion organized at the Karachi University expressed their gratitude that the present government considering steps to acknowledge the contributions made by the scientists... KARACHI: KESC cuts off supply to 386 flats KARACHI, April 18: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation has cut off supply to a 386-apartment housing complex following a long-standing billing dispute.... KARACHI: Nazims call on governor KARACHI, April 18: The Town Nazims, women and minority councillors and other representatives of the city government, led by Tariq Hassan, Naib city Nazim, called on governor Sindh Muhammedmian Soomro at... KARACHI: Muttahida solidarity moot today KARACHI, April 18: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement will hold its Sindh Solidarity Convention at Nishtar Park on April 19.... KARACHI: Workers remittances increase KARACHI, April 18: Workers’ remittances registered an overall increase of 125.75 per cent during first nine months of current fiscal year (2001-2002) as compared to the same period last year.... KARACHI: Office-bearers KARACHI, April 18: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Ahbab-i-Saidpur at a general body meeting of the association:... KARACHI: Cardiology KARACHI, April 18: The Convention Centre of the Liaquat National Hospital would be the venue on Saturday of the one-day Asia-Pacific Congress of Preventive Cardiology-2002.... HYDERABAD: Anti-referendum drive soon: PPP HYDERABAD, April 18: The executive committee, PPP, Hyderabad, at a meeting held on Thursday has condemned the announcement for holding the referendum and resolved to launch a door-to-door campaign against the... KHAIRPUR: Pro-Musharraf rallies held KHAIRPUR, April 18: The Nazims of three talukas Sobhodero, Faiz Ganj, and Nara have supported the referendum and launched a campaign for it.... HYDERABAD: Demo staged for doctor’s recovery HYDERABAD, April 18: At least a dozen activists of the Sindh Naujawan Taraqqi Passand Tanzeem (SNTPT) staged a token hunger strike outside the Hyderabad Press Club on Thursday to protest... HYDERABAD: Polio cases detected in Hyderabad, Sanghar HYDERABAD, April 18: The UNICEF representative in Sindh, Dr Asif Aslam, has said that in collaboration with the Sindh health department, the WHO and UNICEF were monitoring the anti-polio campaign.... SUKKUR: Judges’ appointment as AROs opposed SUKKUR, April 18: The Sindh High Court Bar Association, Sukkur bench, is of the considered pinion that the appointment of district and session judges as assistant returning officers for the purpose... HYDERABAD: SEA pledges to continue struggle HYDERABAD, April 18: The central action committee of Sindh Employees Alliance, at a meeting held here on Thursday, resolved that unless the five teachers of Sukkur were reinstated unconditionally, and the... SUKKUR: Khairpur Nazim did not attend meeting SUKKUR, April 18: Nafisa Shah, District Nazim of Khairpur, did not attend President Pervez Musharraf’s public meeting in Sukkur on Thursday to show her opposition to his decision of holding referendum.... HYDERABAD: Reinstatement of STB emloyees demanded HYDERABAD, April 18: The convenor of Save Education and Literary Organizations Committee, Sindh, Mansoor Qadir Junejo, in a statement issued here on Thursday, welcomed the government decision to remove the chairman... HYDERABAD: Imran wants end to poverty HYDERABAD, April 18: The chief of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf, Imran Khan, who arrived here on Thursday evening, was given a big reception at the Toll Plaza by Mir Haider Ali Khan... PESHAWAR: Judgment reserved in reference against Sherpao PESHAWAR, April 18: An accountability court here on Thursday reserved its judgment in a reference, pertaining to illegal appointments in education department, against former NWFP chief minister Aftab Sherpao.... PESHAWAR: UNHCR has no funds for repatriation: chief PESHAWAR, April 18: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Ruud Lubbers said here on Thursday that the UN refugee agency is running short of funds to assist the ongoing repatriation... PESHAWAR: Action against gambling ordered PESHAWAR, April 18: The district Nazim-i-Aala, Azam Afridi, has asked the city police to take action against gambling in funfairs.... PESHAWAR: President urged to help recover lost money PESHAWAR, April 18: Victims of Lead Cooperative Society scam have asked the President Pervaiz Musharraf to help them in recovery of their plundered money....

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