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April 26, 2002 Friday Safar 12, 1423 KARACHI: Karachi lawyers boycott courts: Protest against referendum KARACHI, April 25: Police picked up as many as 20 lawyers and later released them as city lawyers boycotted courts on Thursday and held a protest rally against the upcoming presidential... KARACHI: People suffer heat, power cuts KARACHI, April 25: The city sizzled on Thursday as the temperature rose to 41 degrees Centigrade and the transmission and distribution system of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation broke down, once... KARACHI: High Court suspends AC order against city DCO KARACHI, April 25: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Criminal Revision Jurisdiction, suspended on Thursday an impugned order of April 20, 2002, of the accountability court No 2 of... KARACHI: ARD sticks to its rally plan for 29th KARACHI, April 25: Alliance for Restoration of Democracy, contrary to the City Nazim’s advice to advance their public meeting date from April 29 to either the 25th or 26th, has decided... KARACHI: Germany, Holland set up joint visa office KARACHI, April 25: Germany and the Netherlands have set up a joint visa office in Karachi on the premises of the German Consulate at Clifton. The office will begin functioning on... KARACHI: Allottees demand work on Scheme-33 KARACHI, April 25: Federation of Gulzar-i-Hijri Cooperative Housing Societies has urged the government to include the 30 year-old housing scheme, Gulzar-i-Hijri, in the poverty- alleviation programme.... KARACHI: 5,000 English teachers to be recruited next year KARACHI, April 25: The Sindh government plans to recruit about 5,000 English teachers during the next financial year, who would also be imparted training in the subject to provide quality education... KARACHI: Polypropylene bags threaten life KARACHI, April 25: The increasing trend of using Woven Polypropylene (WPP) bags for sacking and packing of cereals, food products, especially wheat, poses a grave threat to environment and life.... KARACHI: Inter exams begin on May 3 KARACHI, April 25: Intermediate class examinations would commence from May 3, with Pre-engineering group papers first, said the BIE Controller of Examinations, Prof Amjad Ali, on Thursday.... KARACHI: Fibroid tumour operation in SMH KARACHI, April 25: The doctors of Sobraj Maternity Hospital successfully operated upon a woman removing, from her abdomen, more than a decade-old fibroid tumour weighing about 10 kgs.... KARACHI: NOC necessary for cultural events KARACHI, April 25: The Sindh government has taken serious view of the violation of social and religious values at certain cultural events such as fashion shows, musical evenings, dramas, cultural shows... KARACHI: President to inaugurate expressway KARACHI, April 25: President General Pervez Musharraf will perform the ground-breaking ceremony of the Lyari Expressway and Karachi Northern Bypass projects on Saturday.... KARACHI: Electrification scheme begins in Khawaja Ajmer Nagri KARACHI, April 25: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro on Thursday inaugurated an electrification scheme for Khawaja Ajmer Nagri in North Karachi.... KARACHI: AG seeks transfer of Pearl case from ATC-2 KARACHI, April 25: A division bench of the Sindh High Court issued on Thursday notices to the accused/respondents in the Daniel Pearl kidnapping and murder case for Friday.... KARACHI: 8 cars, 13 bikes hijacked KARACHI, April 25: Twenty-one vehicles — eight cars and 13 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Thursday, the police said.... KARACHI: Doctors call off strike KARACHI, April 25: Things returned to normal at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre on Thursday after the Doctors’ Association ended their three-day protest strike held in connection with the killing of... KARACHI: 7,500 polling stations in city for referendum KARACHI, April 25: District Coordination Officer Shafiqur Rehman Paracha said on Thursday that the Election Commission was setting up 7,500 polling stations in Karachi and in this connection the people would... KARACHI: Kohat woman’s conviction discussed KARACHI, April 25: A group of civil-society organizations held a meeting with Justice Majida Rizvi, the chairperson of the National Commission on Status of Women, to discuss Zafran Bibi’s case who... KARACHI: Hearing adjourned KARACHI, April 25: The Daniel Pearl kidnapping-cum-murder case could not proceed on Thursday as the defence counsel sought adjournment from the court due to the city lawyers’ boycott of courts over... KARACHI: PPP terms referendum drive illegal KARACHI, April 25: The Pakistan People’s Party has claimed that during the hearing one of the most important constitutional petitions in the country the continuance of the government’s campaign for the... KARACHI: Referendum an act of treason, says JI chief KARACHI, April 25: “Gen Pervez Musharraf is committing an act of treason by holding referendum which is in violation of the constitution and the decision of the Supreme Court. Besides, contesting... KARACHI: Youth run over by truck KARACHI, April 25: A 17-year-old boy died in a road accident in Mauripur on Thursday.... KARACHI: Absconding suspect in rape case held KARACHI, April 25: Police claimed to have arrested the fourth absconding suspect in the Ramaswami gang-rape case on Thursday.... HYDERABAD: Voters’ lists to be in 3 languages: Nisar HYDERABAD, April 25: Federal Minister for Information and Media Development Nisar Memon dispelled the impression created by the vested interests that the presidential referendum would ultimately take the place of the... HYDERABAD: Sindh govt, China for exploration of Thar coal HYDERABAD, April 25: The minister for finance and planning, Sindh, Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, has disclosed that a Memorandum of Understanding would be signed between China and the Government of Sindh... HYDERABAD: Rs257m released for ex-SRTC workers HYDERABAD, April 25: The finance department, government of Sindh, on Thursday released Rs257 million for payment of outstanding dues to ex-employees of SRTC.... HYDERABAD: Doctors hold rally to support referendum HYDERABAD, April 25: The members of the paramedical staff and the doctors staged a rally outside the press club here in support of the presidential referendum.... HYDERABAD: 21,109 polling stations to be set up HYDERABAD, April 25: The Election Commission has proposed setting up of 87,074 polling stations and 163,641 booths in all the provinces, the federal capital, political agencies and Frontier Regions for the... ISLAMABAD: Wheat procurement centres set up ISLAMABAD, April 25: The government has launched a wheat procurement programme to purchase four million tons of the commodity.... THATTA: Water shortage THATTA, April 25: Hundreds of villagers, workers of political parties, and NGOs staged a protest demonstration against the water crisis on Wednesday.... PESHAWAR: Doctors not being paid promised share PESHAWAR, April 25: Several senior consultants, especially the surgeons, doing institution-based practice at government-owned hospitals, aren’t happy over the share they receive from the patients they entertain, many surgeons at the... PESHAWAR: Employees await service confirmation at SLIC PESHAWAR, April 25: The State Life Insurance Corporation has postponed half a dozen times a test to be given to its employees to regularize their services since it was first scheduled... PESHAWAR: Survey stresses use of processed milk PESHAWAR, April 25: Milk is a very good nutritional source but, if not used properly, serves as a vehicle for many pathogenic organisms that cause various diseases to human beings, says... PESHAWAR: Woman drove first train in Khyber Agency PESHAWAR, April 25: The Khyber Railway is the last great railway construction undertaken in the Frontier during the British Raj, and the first train was driven by a lady Mrs Victor... PESHAWAR: University to adopt new system soon PESHAWAR, April 25: The vice-chancellor of the University of Peshawar Dr Zulfiqar Hussain Gilani has said that a committee has been evaluating the pros and cons of all the three education... PESHAWAR: Training workshop PESHAWAR, April 25: A training workshop for the university employees to be detailed for referendum duties was held here on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: JI workshop today PESHAWAR, April 25: The district women’s wing of Jamaat-i-Islami will organize a training workshop for councillors from all four Peshawar City Committees on Friday.... GHAZI: Ghazi Barotha victims brief WB officials GHAZI, April 25: A “public hearing” was held by a standing committee of various NGOs, to discuss the problems of the people affected by Ghazi Barotha Project here on Tuesday....

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