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April 23, 2002 Tuesday Safar 9, 1423 KARACHI: Unannounced Loadshedding makes life miserable KARACHI, April 22: Unannounced loadshedding and prolonged power shutdowns made the lives of the Karachiites miserable as the temperature remained high at 35 degrees Centigrade on Monday.... KARACHI: City govt offers free dialysis at ASH: CT Scan charges reduced KARACHI, April 22: In an unprecedented move, the city government on Monday abolished the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital’s admission fee, reduced CT Scan charges by Rs500, besides making dialysis free.... KARACHI: Reckless driving claims four lives KARACHI, April 22: Reckless driving killed four persons, including a traffic police constable, in the city on Monday.... KARACHI: Referendum takes heavy toll of academic activities KARACHI, April 22: The forthcoming presidential referendum has not only caused a grinding halt to the process of examinations at the government-run institutions, but it is also likely to jeopardize academic... KARACHI: JPMC remains closed in protest KARACHI, April 22: The Jinnah Post-graduate Medical Centre (JPMC) on Monday remained closed in protest against the murder of Dr Hafiz Amir Muavia, a consultant urologist at the hospital.... KARACHI: 10 cars, 13 bikes hijacked KARACHI, April 22: Twenty-three vehicles — 10 cars and 13 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Monday, the police said.... KARACHI: Removal of factories in residential areas urged: Earth Day observed KARACHI, April 22: Mills and factories discharging effluents were posing a serious health hazard to people and be removed from different residential areas of the city immediately.... KARACHI: ASH reopens neuro unit after five years KARACHI, April 22: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan said on Monday despite grant of permission by the Sindh government to levy taxes in health and education sectors, he will not use the... KARACHI: Let civilian govt decide fate of expressway KARACHI, April 22: The Muttahida Council for Affected People has urged the military government to leave the fate of Lyari Expressway Project to the future civilian government which will be formed... KARACHI: Continuity of Hudood laws urged KARACHI, April 22: A seminar held at the Khawateen Islamic Mission International has demanded that Pakistan being an Islamic and ideological state the Hudood Ordinance should not be repealed but further... KARACHI: Concern at increasing crime rate in Lyari KARACHI, April 22: Speakers at a meeting held here on Sunday expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order situation and the increasing crime rate in Lyari.... KARACHI: Mental disorder KARACHI, April 22: Married women are more likely to suffer from mental health problems as they go through stresses of family breakdown, especially in urban areas, household work, marital problems and... KARACHI: Hot spell to continue KARACHI, April 22: Hot and dry spell would persist in the region. However, fair weather is expected in Karachi as the maximum temperature in the city on Tuesday would be between... KARACHI: Comments sought on formation of BoG for DJ College KARACHI, April 22: The Sindh Education Department has sought comments and advice of City Nazim Naimatullah Khan on constitution of a board of governors (BoG), headed by prominent nuclear scientist Dr... KARACHI: Accused in Pearl case indicted KARACHI, April 22: Ahmed Saeed Omar Shaikh, the alleged mastermind of a US journalist’s kidnapping, and three other accused denied on Monday their involvement in the case when an anti-terrorism court... KARACHI: Muttahida blames Wapda for power shortage KARACHI, April 22: The members of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s coordination committee and the party’s former legislators have held the army and Wapda responsible for the failure of the KESC in... KARACHI: NBW issued against City DCO KARACHI, April 22: An accountability court, headed by judge Riaz Ahmed Phulpoto, issued non-bailable warrants against DCO Karachi.... KARACHI: NED holds entrance test on August 3 KARACHI, April 22: The NED University of Engineering and Technology on Monday announced to hold pre-admission tests for Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Bachelor of Computer Science and Information Technology (BCIT) and... KARACHI: Electricity breakdowns create water crisis KARACHI, April 22: Almost the entire city will face an acute water shortage on Tuesday in the wake of a prolonged power breakdown that occurred at Dhabeji’s pumping station at 2.25pm... KARACHI: PPP leaders criticize referendum plan KARACHI, April 22: The Pakistan People’s Party claimed on Monday that anti- Pakistan elements were using Gen Pervez Musharraf’s bid for perpetuating his power through referendum which would weaken the federation.... KARACHI: Sluggish distribution of Zakat irks minister KARACHI, April 22: Sindh Minister for Zakat, Ushr and religious affairs Maulana Wali Razi on Monday deplored the sluggish distribution of Zakat among the needy in Sindh.... KARACHI: Nazims not under pressure: Dewan KARACHI, April 22: Sindh minister for local government Dewan Muhammad Yousuf Farooqui has said that the elected representatives were not under any pressure and were free to act according to their... KARACHI: Two men electrocuted KARACHI, April 22: Two young labourers were electrocuted in Korangi Industrial Area on late Sunday night.... KARACHI: Lawyers’ demo against Thal canal KARACHI, April 22: The Sindh Lawyers Committee staged here on Monday a protest demonstration against the Thal canal project and demanded just provision of water for Sindh.... KARACHI: Imran urges leaders to offer sacrifices KARACHI, April 22: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan said on Monday that their all-out struggle is aimed at changing the prevailing cruel system and for this cause they are ready to... KARACHI: NAPP to attend April 28 rally KARACHI, April 22: The National Awami Party Pakistan, Sindh, decided on Monday to fully participate in Gen Pervez Musharraf’s referendum rally in the city on April 28 and said his continuance... KARACHI: Govt believes in freedom of press: minister KARACHI, April 22: The Federal Minister of Information & Media Development, Nisar A. Memon, has appealed to students of Karachi University to cast their votes for President Gen Pervez Musharraf in... HYDERABAD: STPP to launch movement for Sindh’s rights HYDERABAD, April 22: The Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party (STPP) has threatened to launch a civil disobedience movement in May to press for provincial autonomy and due share of irrigation water for... HYDERABAD: Workers demand minimum wages HYDERABAD, April 22: The Sindh committee of the Pakistan Workers’ Confederation, at a meeting held here on Monday, demanded implementation of minimum wages of Rs2,500 per month, payment of salaries to... HYDERABAD: SU observes Car-free Day HYDERABAD, April 22: The “International Car-Free Day”, organized by the Centre of Environmental Sciences, University of Sindh, was observed at the Allama I. I. Kazi Campus, Jamshoro, on Monday.... HYDERABAD: 11 MQM men acquitted HYDERABAD, April 22: The seventh additional district judge, Syed Qurban Ali Shah Lakhiyari, on Monday acquitted 11 Muttahida Quami Movement leaders and activists including the former Sindh governor and two former... HYDERABAD: Jewellers protest killing of colleague HYDERABAD, April 22: The jewellers observed a strike here on Monday to protest against the murder of a jeweller, Mohammad Saleem Memon, by some bandits.... HYDERABAD: Employees resent policies of SAB management HYDERABAD, April 22: Over three dozen employees of the Sindhi Adabi Board (SAB) staged a demonstration under the banner of Press Employees Union outside the press club here on Monday to... HYDERABAD: Widow appeals for protection HYDERABAD, April 22: A widow, Ms Rasheeda, has appealed to the authorities to protect her, her son and her peasants against the excesses of a police sub-inspector, Pir Manzoor.... HYDERABAD: JI holds demo HYDERABAD, April 22: A large number of the activists of the Jamaat-i-Islami, women wing, staged a silent protest demonstration outside the press club here on Monday.... THATTA: PPP plans campaign against referendum THATTA, April 22: The PPP, Thatta district, has formulated a strategy to counter the referendum campaign and motivate the masses to boycott it by not casting their votes on April 30.... DADU: Councillors’ protest rally DADU, April 22: About twenty councillors staged here on Sunday a protest rally on rickshaws from the office of the Nazim union council-4, Dadu, to the DCO office where they staged... PESHAWAR: Charges for same tests vary at govt hospitals PESHAWAR, April 22: Patients are being charged differently for similar investigations conducted at the three teaching hospitals of the city, doctors and technicians told Dawn on Monday.... PESHAWAR: Benazir eligible to contest polls: ex-speaker PESHAWAR, April 22: Criticizing President Gen Pervez Musharraf for barring Benazir Bhutto from contesting the general elections, former speaker of the NWFP assembly and leader of PPP, Abdul Akber Khan, said... PESHAWAR: Stage set for Musharraf’s public meeting PESHAWAR, April 22: The Nazimeen of the districts of Peshawar, Mardan, Nowshera, Swabi and Kohat have been assigned the task to make the President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s public meeting in connection... PESHAWAR: Doctors, govt stand-off continues PESHAWAR, April 22: Patients of the Mental Hospital, Peshawar, continue to suffer due to doctors’ and medicine-sellers’ grievances against the provincial government for banning the private practice of government-employed doctors.... PESHAWAR: Refurbished rake of Awami Express inaugurated PESHAWAR, April 22: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah inaugurated the refurbished rake of Awami Express at a simple but impressive ceremony at Peshawar Cantt Railway Station on Monday.... PESHAWAR: 4,000 LB seats for women lying vacant PESHAWAR, April 22: About 4,000 local council seats, reserved for women, have been lying vacant across the country since the local government elections held last year.... PESHAWAR: Sherpao group flayed for using PPP flag PESHAWAR, April 22: The provincial spokesman of Pakistan People Party (PPP) has condemned the misuse of their party flag by the leaders of a splinter group....

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