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April 27, 2002 Saturday Safar 13, 1423 KARACHI: Transfer of depts under devolution plan delayed KARACHI, April 26: In yet another move against the devolution plan, the Sindh government, after retaining administrative control of Sindh Kutchi Abadi, Karachi Building Control Authority and Karachi Water and Sewerage... KARACHI: Doctors hold demos against killings KARACHI, April 26: In an unprecedented show of solidarity on Friday, doctors from all the teaching hospitals in Karachi coordinated peaceful demonstrations outside their respective institutions to register their concern at... KARACHI: Reckless driving claims four lives KARACHI, April 26: Reckless driving claimed four lives in the city on Friday. A 12-year-old girl died in a road accident on University Road. Naz Bibi was knocked down by a speeding minibus of route G-17 near Arif Arcade in Safoora goth on University Road in the police limits of Sachal.... KARACHI: Musharrafvows to abide by SC ruling KARACHI, April 26: President General Pervez Musharraf has reiterated that he would abide by the judgment of the Supreme Court on referendum.... KARACHI: New law gives more powers to police KARACHI, April 26: A draft Police Ordinance 2002, sent to the Sindh government for comment by the federal government, carries various sections which are debatable whether or not these are in... KARACHI: PIA’s new timings for Peshawar KARACHI, April 26: The PIA has changed the timings of its Karachi- Peshawar flight on demand of the people from NWFP.... KARACHI: Reserve pools for referendum formed KARACHI, April 26: Reserve pools of teaching and non-teaching staff have been formed for emergency duty on April 30, the day of referendum, said sources in the city education office.... KARACHI: NED announces exam results KARACHI, April 26: The NED University has announced the results of BE (final) electronic engineering annual examinations of 1995-96 batch, along with various batches of the Dawood College.... KARACHI: Inter (commerce) exams from May 7 KARACHI, April 26: The HSC Commerce (regular) annual examinations will commence on May 7, it was learnt officially.... KARACHI: Uplift work for Essa Goth discussed KARACHI, April 26: Residents of Essa Goth Kutchi Abadi will get 60 sq yds plots under the redevelopment plan of Essa Goth.... KARACHI: Alami Mushaira on May 11 KARACHI, April 26: The 13th Alami Mushaira will be held at the Kashmir Road Sports Complex on May 11. Azhar Abbas Hashmi of the Sakunan-i-Shaher-i-Quaid, the organization which is organizing the Mushaira, told Dawn... KARACHI: Teachers’ body slams notification KARACHI, April 26: The Pakistan College Teachers’ Association, a body of nationalized cadre teachers, has demanded of the government to stop notification pertaining to promotion of college teachers in Grade 20... KARACHI: KU exams for overseas Pakistanis KARACHI, April 26: Karachi University’s overseas examinations bureau has announced that BA/BCom (part I & II) exams for the overseas Pakistani external students will commence from May 10 according to new... KARACHI: Work in Towns suffers from referendum KARACHI, April 26: All major and minor development activities in the city have come to a halt as the manpower and the machinery of the city government and town administrations are... KARACHI: Sehba Pervez KARACHI, April 26: Sehba Pervez Musharraf will visit the Karachi Fish Harbour on Sunday morning and will speak at a meeting of fisherwomen.... KARACHI: ARD shifts meeting venue to Press Club KARACHI, April 26: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) has decided to hold its April 29 meeting at the premises of Karachi Press Club where it will announce its future... KARACHI: Technocrats to be represented at all forums: Soomro KARACHI, April 26: The Sindh Governor, Mohammedmian Soomro, has said that the government would ensure effective representation of engineers and other technocrats at different forums.... KARACHI: Hearing of Pearl case put off KARACHI, April 26: Hearing of the Daniel Pearl kidnapping-cum-murder could not be held for the second consecutive day on Friday as the prosecution side did not appear in the trial court.... KARACHI: Judgment reserved in case against Farooqui KARACHI, April 26: An accountability court reserved on Friday the judgment in a corruption reference against a former chief of Pakistan Steel, Dr Mohammed Usman Farooqui, and five others.... KARACHI: Rift in PTI as several leaders quit KARACHI, April 26: In a major upset for Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf before the presidential referendum, provincial vice-president Dr Amir Ahmed Khan and secretary general Haji Younus Baloch, besides 41 other provincial, city... KARACHI: Release of JSQM, MQM men demanded KARACHI, April 26: The chief of Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Altaf Hussain, has demanded of President Pervez Musharraf to announce release of all arrested leaders and workers of Jiye Sindh Qaumi Mahaz... KARACHI: Young man shot dead KARACHI, April 26: A young man was shot dead in Buffer Zone on Friday.... KARACHI: Civil judges’ pecuniary jurisdiction KARACHI, April 26: The registrar, High Court of Sindh, has notified revised pecuniary jurisdiction of civil judges in Sindh in Original Civil Suits as under:... KARACHI: PTI team calls on Soomro KARACHI, April 26: A delegation of the Pakistan Tehreek-i- Insaf, led by its new president for Sindh, Mir Haider Ali Khan Talpur, called on governor Mohammedmian Soomro and formally informed him... KARACHI: Naimatullah leaves for Iran KARACHI, April 26: City Nazim, Naimatullah Khan, on Friday night, left on a four-day official visit to Iran. He is scheduled to return home on April 30.... HYDERABAD: More efforts urged to boost soil productivity HYDERABAD, April 26: The director general, Agriculture Research and Extension, Sindh, Dr. Qazi Suleman Memon said that today more efforts were required to improve productivity of the soil.... HYDERABAD: Govt checked corruption, theft, says minister HYDERABAD, April 26: Federal Minister for Information and Media Development Nisar Memon has said that had the previous government not been ousted on Oct 12, 1999, the country would have faced... DADU: Two killed in clash DADU, April 26: Two people were killed and six others injured in an armed clash between two groups over the distribution of land in the Bakhshal Lakhair village, Mehar Taluka, on... SUKKUR: ATC acquits five in bomb blast case SUKKUR, April 26: All four accused of the Jeay Sindh Quami Mahaz (JSQM) and one of the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) in the Sukkur bomb blast case were acquitted by the... PESHAWAR: Sherpao acquitted in plots reference PESHAWAR, April 26: An accountability court here on Friday acquitted the former NWFP chief minister, Aftab  Sherpao, in a case of illegal allotment of plots in Hayatabad township.... PESHAWAR: Court tells PTCL to prepare seniority list PESHAWAR, April 26: A division bench of the Peshawar High Court has directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Company to prepare a seniority list of its officials within three months.... PESHAWAR: Municipal workers demand dues PESHAWAR, April 26: The United Municipal Workers Union (CBA), City District Government and Towns, has decided to observe their weekly off as tube-well operators and other staff concerned are not being... PESHAWAR: Sufi refuses to challenge conviction PESHAWAR, April 26: While the chief of the defunct Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM), Maulana Sufi Muhammad, his son and three other activists have declined to challenge their conviction by the Assistant... PESHAWAR: KhUJ cabinet felicitated PESHAWAR, April 26: Former chief minister and PPP (Sherpao Group) President Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao has felicitated the newly-elected cabinet of the Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ), says a press release....

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