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April 24, 2002 Wednesday Safar 10, 1423 KARACHI: Patients suffer yet another day of strike KARACHI, April 23: For the second consecutive day on Tuesday, the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre remained totally closed for patients, as the doctors continued their protest at the killing of Dr... KARACHI: Joint efforts urged for promotion of literacy: Education for all KARACHI, April 23: Speakers at a seminar here on Tuesday called for creating awareness and taking effective actions by media and civil society at all levels to achieve the goal of... KARACHI: MQM seeks changes in expressway plan, design KARACHI, April 23: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement criticized on Tuesday the construction of Lyari Expressway and expressed opposition to its design and the rehabilitation plan for those to be displaced from... KARACHI: Two young men shot dead KARACHI, April 23: Unidentified assailants shot two men to death and wounded another at a medical store in Orangi Town on Tuesday night.... KARACHI: Five cars, 11 bikes hijacked KARACHI, April 23: Sixteen vehicles — five cars and 11 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Tuesday, police said.... KARACHI: NADRA prepares list of 71.72m voters KARACHI, April 23: The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has given an updated electoral list of 66.70 million voters to the Election Commission and has finalized an additional list of... KARACHI: Donations urged for public health, education KARACHI, April 23: Renowned nuclear scientist, Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, has urged philanthropists to come forward and donate generously for health and education.... KARACHI: Reckless driving goes on unchecked KARACHI, April 23: Reckless driving by public transport drivers and violation of ladies’ compartment rules in buses and minibuses remained on the rise during the first four months of this year,... KARACHI: Employees of MCB on fast unto death KARACHI, April 23: Five employees of the Muslim Commercial Bank, in protest against the sacking of over 220 low-grade workers of the bank, went on a “hunger strike till death”.... KARACHI: HRCP condemns court verdict against woman KARACHI, April 23: NGOs working in the field of human rights have condemned the verdict of stoning to death of a woman by a Kohat court and demanded that proper justice... KARACHI: President to inaugurate K-3 project on 28th KARACHI, April 23: President Pervez Musharraf will lay the foundation-stone of the Greater Karachi Water Supply Scheme (Phase-V, Stage-II) on April 28 near the Karachi University’s reservoir.... KARACHI: Dispatch of ballot papers to districts begins KARACHI, April 23: Dispatch of the ballot papers and other election material to different districts in the province from Pakistan Printing Corporation was started on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Residents protest against power disconnection KARACHI, April 23: Residents of a residential complex staged a demonstration on Tuesday in front of Karachi Press Club to protest the disconnection of power supply by the Karachi Electric Supply... KARACHI: Army’s interference in politics slammed KARACHI, April 23: Speakers at a seminar on Tuesday criticzed interference by armed forces in politics and called for strengthening of the democratic process.... KARACHI: Workers to adopt unified strategy KARACHI, April 23: Some 40 trade unions have formed a Joint Coordination Council of Trade Unions to struggle for the rights of workers.... KARACHI: Payment urged to victims of frauds KARACHI, April 23: Dr Imran Farooq, convener of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, has appealed to President Gen Musharraf for immediate action to expedite payment to poor and affected families of Sindh... KARACHI: PPP appeals to EC to stop referendum KARACHI, April 23: Pakistan People’s Party has appealed to the Election Commission to take suo motu action and stop the government from holding presidential referendum in the larger interest of the... KARACHI: SSC practicals rescheduled KARACHI, April 23: The Board of Secondary Education has rescheduled the SSC annual practical examinations, which were announced for April 20 to May 4, but were later postponed in the wake... KARACHI: Shell Gallery at Mohatta KARACHI, April 23: An art gallery is being added to the Mohatta Palace Museum.... KARACHI: Four more PWs record statements in Pearl case KARACHI, April 23: Four more prosecution witnesses recorded on Tuesday their statements in the Daniel Pearl kidnapping-cum- murder case before the anti-terrorism court No. 2.... HYDERABAD: Local bodies’ employees support president HYDERABAD, April 23: A large number of employees of Hyderabad city, Latifabad, and Qasimabad tehsil councils on Tuesday brought out a rally on trucks, tractors and garbage vans in support of... HYDERABAD: Rally staged for doctor’s recovery HYDERABAD, April 23: Hundreds of doctors and peramedics staged a protest rally here on Tuesday against the inordinate delay in the recovery of Prof Mohammad Hussain Leghari.... HYDERABAD: Awan granted pre-arrest bail HYDERABAD, April 23: The Seventh Additional District Judge, Syed Qurban Ali Shah Lakhyari, on Tuesday granted interim pre-arrest bail for a sum of Rs200,000 to under suspension superintendent, Central Jail, Malik... HYDERABAD: DCO stays construction on college plot HYDERABAD, April 23: The district coordination officer (DCO), Hyderabad, Mir Hussain Ali, asked the director general, HDA, to stay the construction of commercial plots on CS NoF-1352 of the Hyderabad Sindh... HYDERABAD: People asked to vote for Musharraf HYDERABAD, April 23: Sindh Law Minister Abdul Qadir Halepoto has opined holding of referendum by President Gen Pervez Musharraf is constitutional as per Article 48 of the Constitution.... MIRPURKHAS: Referendum against national interests: PPP MIRPURKHAS, April 23: The Pakistan People’s Party has said that the referendum or any other gimmick would not legitimise the rule of President Gen Pervez Musharraf and his stay in the... MIRPURKHAS: Nara canal to be realigned MIRPURKHAS, April 23: The Sindh government has approved a scheme of realignment of remaining portion of the Nara Canal with an estimated cost of Rs1120 million, it was reliably learnt here... LARKANA: 58 villages still in the grip of skin disease LARKANA, April 23: At least 35 villages of Larkana district and 23 villages of Dadu district had been affected by the skin disease, leishmaniasis.... LARKANA: Daily-wage employees demand salary LARKANA, April 23: The daily wage employees of the public health engineering department, division-I, Larkana, staged a demonstration on Tuesday outside the office of the engineer of the department to press... SANGHAR: Transporters accuse police of extortion SANGHAR, April 23: Sanghar police have begun extorting money from transporters on the pretext of impounding their vehicles for the referendum, complain local transporters.... KHAIRPUR: Workers denied salary for 5 years KHAIRPUR, April 23: The activists of the Highways Employees’ Union, Khairpur, and the Muttahida Mazdoor Federation staged a rally here on Tuesday.... BADIN: Trees on 400,000 acres chopped BADIN, April 23: Deforestation is one of the main causes of soil erosion, environmental pollution, and a threat to the lives and property of the inhabitants living on the earth.... SUKKUR: PPP launches anti-referendum movement in upper Sindh SUKKUR, April 23: The Pakistan Peoples Party started its protest movement against the referendum as the president, PPP, Sindh, Nisar Khoro addressed closed-door meetings in Jacobabad and Kandhkot on Tuesday in... PESHAWAR: Referendum a farce, says PHC bar PESHAWAR, April 23: Terming the forthcoming presidential referendum unconstitutional, illegal and a fraud with the nation, the Peshawar High Court Bar Association stated on Tuesday that successive military rulers had trampled... PESHAWAR: Consultants start practice at govt hospitals PESHAWAR, April 23: In the wake of the decision by many consultants to join the Institutional-Based Practice (IBP) at Khyber Teaching Hospital, two wards and five OPDs will soon become operational... PESHAWAR: Judgment on Ehtesab appeal reserved PESHAWAR, April 23: A division bench of the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict in an accountability appeal filed by a former director-general of Peshawar Development Authority, Syed Zahir... PESHAWAR: Musharraf’s meeting: commuters face hardships PESHAWAR, April 23: The arrival of President Gen Pervez Musharraf has caused hours-long gridlock at busy crossings and markets as the police had disturbed the traffic flow by diverting the vehicles... PESHAWAR: Primary education for all demanded PESHAWAR, April 23: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (Sparc) asked the federal and provincial governments on Tuesday to declare primary education compulsory for all children...

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