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April 28, 2002 Sunday Safar 14, 1423 KARACHI: Shops shut to mourn MQM men’s killings KARACHI, April 27: Shops, markets and shopping centres in various parts of the city remained closed on Saturday to mourn the death of two leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement.... KARACHI: 45,000 schools’ staff asked to attend President’s rally KARACHI, April 27: About 45,000 teaching and non-teaching staff of government schools and colleges in the city have been asked to ensure their presence in the president’s referendum rally on April... KARACHI: Bandits shoot man to death; 8 cars, 11 bikes taken away KARACHI, April 27: A man was shot dead at his residence in Korangi on Saturday.... KARACHI: President stays execution of death sentence KARACHI, April 27: A condemned prisoner, who was scheduled to be hanged on Monday, got on Saturday a one-month lease of life as the president stayed the execution for four weeks.... KARACHI: Edhi ambulance charges reduced KARACHI, April 27: Edhi has fixed a flat rate of Rs50 for its ambulance service charges for all the areas of Karachi from April 28, replacing its previous rates of Rs100... KARACHI: Security beefed up in city KARACHI, April 27: Strict security measures have been taken, including aerial surveillance by zoom camera-fitted police helicopters.... KARACHI: Traffic arrangements for today KARACHI, April 27: The capital city police office here on Saturday announced elaborate traffic arrangements at the Mazar-i- Quaid-i-Azam for the occasion of the public meeting to be addressed by President... KARACHI: IT a tool to empower women: Anita KARACHI, April 27: Sindh minister for education, Prof Anita Ghulam Ali, said on Saturday that the present government was encouraging more and more women to join the field of information technology.... KARACHI: Concern expressed over maltreatment of Zafaran KARACHI, April 27: The National Commission on the Status of Women has expressed deep concern over the fact that Zafaran Bibi of Kohat, who has been sentenced to death by stoning,... KARACHI: Sindh Local Government Ordinance amended KARACHI, April 27: Governor Muhammedmian Soomro promulgated on Saturday the Sindh Local Government (second amendment) ordinance 2002.... KARACHI: NHA ignores past studies on Lyari Expressway KARACHI, April 27: For most readers the images of a brigade of bulldozers, wheel loaders and armoured personnel carriers threatening unarmed neighbourhoods may be something out of a newsreel from the... KARACHI: SSP man awarded two death sentences KARACHI, April 27: An anti-terrorism court awarded on Saturday two death sentences to a worker of the banned Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan in separate murder cases.... KARACHI: Constitution cannot be held in abeyance: Justice Rabbani KARACHI, April 27: A sitting judge of the Sindh High Court has said that a constitution can be abrogated, but it cannot be held in abeyance.... KARACHI: Police fear keeps people from the dying KARACHI, April 27: People are so scared of police that it prevents them from providing help to victims of terrorism or accidents. This was brought home once again, probably for the... KARACHI: Grand alliance against govt likely KARACHI, April 27: Acting PPP secretary-general Raza Rabbani on Saturday did not rule out the possibility of establishing a broad-based politico-religious alliance against the government.... KARACHI: Project directors KARACHI, April 27: The Sindh government has designated all district coordination officers as project directors.... RAWALPINDI: 131 Leh-affected people get Rs3,000 each RAWALPINDI, April 27: The district government on Saturday distributed Rs393,000 among 131 Leh flood-affected people at New Parian Union Council.... RAWALPINDI: ‘Diagnostic labs in twin cities not accredited’ RAWALPINDI, April 27: None of the diagnostic laboratories in the twin cities, both in the private and public sectors, are accredited due to which the authenticity of their tests cannot be... ISLAMABAD: Non-availability of research journals irks QAU students ISLAMABAD, April 27: The Quaid-i-Azam University’s library has not received the latest research journals for the last one year, although an amount of Rs0.5 million had been paid to a Lahore-based... ISLAMABAD: Computer labs to be set up in schools ISLAMABAD, April 27: The government will launch a Rs7 billion project to set up computer labs in all public sector secondary and higher secondary schools.... ISLAMABAD: 12 prisoners released ISLAMABAD, April 27: District and Sessions Judge Sheikh Ahmed Farooq during a visit to Adiala Jail issued orders for the release of 12 prisoners who were involved in petty offences but... ISLAMABAD: Japanese PM’s special envoy arrives ISLAMABAD, April 27: Mitsuo Horiuchi, President, Japan- Pakistan Parliamentarians Friendship League, and special envoy of Japanese Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, arrived here on Saturday on a week-long visit to attend the... ISLAMABAD: Security beefed up in Capital ISLAMABAD April 27: Security has been beefed up in the federal capital and its adjoining areas, following the recent bomb explosions at an Imambargah in Bhakkar which claimed one dozen lives.... PESHAWAR: Referendum to spawn instability: Mushahid PESHAWAR, April 27: Terming the scheduled presidential referendum a political blunder committed by President Pervez Musharraf, a former federal minister and leader of Pakistan Muslim League (N), Mushahid Hussein Syed, said... PESHAWAR: Cabinet orders security steps PESHAWAR, April 27: The NWFP cabinet on Friday reviewed the arrangements for the referendum and decided to take all possible steps to ensure a peaceful and congenial atmosphere during the polling.... PESHAWAR: Rs190m forest royalty demanded PESHAWAR, April 27: The Dir Kohistan Watch Cell, a youth welfare society for the protection of forest, has demanded of the government to recover Rs190 million forest royalty of Kohistani... PESHAWAR: Release of 30 Pakistanis welcomed PESHAWAR, April 27: Former NWFP chief minister, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao on Saturday hailed the release of 30 Pakistani prisoners from Afghan jails.... PESHAWAR: Vehicles Smuggled from Fata PESHAWAR, April 27: Taking advantage of President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s public meeting here on April 23, the tribal elders and transporters  have shifted their non-custom-paid vehicles from Bajaur to the settled areas.... HYDERABAD: Work on Nara Canal to begin in June HYDERABAD, April 27: Sindh Minister for agriculture, food and fisheries, Hassan Ali Chaniho, has said that President Gen Pervez Musharraf has sanctioned Rs1.6 billion for the remodelling and relining of the... HYDERABAD: Delay in promotion of professors flayed HYDERABAD, April 27: A joint meeting of the central, regional and district office-bearers of the Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) held here on Saturday has demanded that the promotion orders... HYDERABAD: Bazaars closed against killings HYDERABAD, April 27: The main bazaars in the city and Latifabad were closed here on Saturday as a mark of protest over the killing of two Muttahida Qaumi Movement leaders, former... HYDERABAD: Release of PLP activists demanded HYDERABAD, April 27: The chairman of the Pakistan Labour Party, (PLP) Sindh, Dost Mohammad Channa, has condemned the arrest of the central secretary general of his party, Farooq Tariq, and 19... HYDERABAD: MBBS exams HYDERABAD, April 27: Practical examinations of MBBS part-I and part-II have been postponed owing to the referendum, and now they will be held as per new schedule announced.... THATTA: Five held in kidnapping case THATTA, April 27: A heavy police contingent from Hyderabad in four mobiles raided Luqman Palari Farm on Jhampir Road and arrested five suspects on Friday for their alleged involvement in the... LAHORE: Dist govts get special funds as ‘referendum expenses’ LAHORE, April 27: The federal government has disbursed special funds among district governments as “referendum expenses” though provincial finance department officials are “unaware” of the move.... LAHORE: Contractors asked to stop work for want of fund: Referendum promise LAHORE, April 27: Execution of hundreds of development schemes started in the less developed areas of the provincial metropolis for boosting the referendum campaign of President Gen Pervez Musharraf are in... LAHORE: Bar leaders seek lawyers’ release LAHORE, April 27: Bar leaders urged the government on Saturday to release all lawyers arrested on Thursday in connection with the lawyers’ protest against the presidential referendum.... LAHORE: Govt plea to shift JM chief to Sihala rejected LAHORE, April 27: A Lahore High Court review board rejected on Saturday a government plea to shift the Jaish-i-Mohammad chief from his Bahawalpur residence to the Sihala rest house.... LAHORE: HRCP chief condemns arrest of lawyers LAHORE, April 27: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on Saaturday condemned the arrests of lawyers in Quetta and described it as a grave attack on citizens’ basic rights and a... LAHORE: ‘Opposition does not represent people’ LAHORE, April 27: Federal Law Minister Dr Khalid Ranjha said here on Saturday that power would be transferred before October this year as a result of the general elections.... LAHORE: Workers to back Musharraf, claims minister LAHORE, April 27: The labour community would fully support President Gen Pervez Musharraf in his presidential referendum because of the government’s pro-labour policies, Punjab Labour Minister Muhammad Tariq hoped on Saturday.... LAHORE: PMA condemns show cause notice to Ajmal Niazi LAHORE, April 27: The Pakistan Medical Association, Lahore, strongly condemned the provincial government on Saturday for serving a show-cause notice on Dr Ajmal Niazi.... LAHORE: Radio Mela tomorrow LAHORE, April 27: Radio Pakistan, Lahore, is holding a mela on Continuity of Development Projects: an Important Step Towards Prosperity of the Country at its Sabzazar on Sunday.... LAHORE: Labour Party men get bail LAHORE, April 27: Fourteen activists of the Labour Party Pakistan were granted bail on Saturday....

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