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May 10, 2002 Friday Safar 26, 1423 KARACHI: Police grope in dark as criminals untraced: Karachi blast KARACHI, May 9: Police on Thursday groped in the dark, trying to figure out what kind of explosives had been used in Wednesday’s suicide bombing which left 14 dead and 18... KARACHI: Power failures persist in city KARACHI, May 9: Power failures continued to plague lives of Karachiites on Thursday as temperature stood at 35 degrees centigrade.... KARACHI: Security for foreigners beefed up: Soomro KARACHI, May 9: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro on Thursday said that security measures for foreigners, diplomats and those associated with multi-national companies had been further improved.... KARACHI: KESC men told to expedite fault removal process KARACHI, May 9: The managing director of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation, Brig Tariq Saddozai, on Thursday directed the engineers and chief engineers of the electricity distribution department to enhance vigilance,... KARACHI: Clue found to car’s ownership KARACHI, May 9: The Karachi police are learnt to have found important clue to the car which was used in blowing up a bus of the Pakistan Navy on Wednesday. Eleven... KARACHI: Aalmi mushaira postponed KARACHI, May 9: The 13th Aalmi Mushaira has been postponed in view of the city situation following a bomb blast, which killed 14 people on Wednesday, says a press release.... KARACHI: Women councillors told to be assertive: Workshop on political participation KARACHI, May 9: Speakers at a workshop on Thursday said that women were equally intelligent and efficient and if equal opportunities were provided to them they could play their due role... KARACHI: Malir housing scheme to be redesigned KARACHI, May 9: The government has decided to carve out 22,000 plots on the 2200 acres available land and allot them through ballots among 32,000 applicants of New Malir Housing Society... KARACHI: Oldest Lyari hospital lacks lab facility KARACHI, May 9: Lack of laboratory test facility in Karachi South’s oldest hospital — Lyari Maternity Home — is causing multiple problems for patients.... KARACHI: Teachers observe black day KARACHI, May 9: Teachers in the city colleges observed a black day to protest against the killing of Prof Zafar Mehdi, principal of Jamia Millia College, and other two staffer.... KARACHI: HSC exams start late at various centres KARACHI, May 9: Some candidates appearing in the HSC annual examinations have complained that the examination commenced late at a couple of centres in the second shift on Thursday.... KARACHI: Zafaran’s shifting from death cell urged KARACHI, May 9: Various NGOs working for human and women rights, on Thursday, demanded that Zafaran Bibi, who has been sentenced to be stoned to death, be shifted from the death... KARACHI: Better ties depend on return to democracy: EU seminar told... KARACHI, May 9: Improvement in Pakistan’s relations with the European Union are dependent on the transparent and enduring restoration of democratic dispensation in the country. The consensus emerged during a seminar... KARACHI: Accountability reference quashed KARACHI, May 9: The Sindh High Court allowed on Thursday the appeals of Pir Maqsood Husain Sarhandi, former director of the Sindh food department, Ghulam Sarwar Qureshi, former deputy director of... KARACHI: Bandit sentenced to death KARACHI, May 9: An anti-terrorism court sentenced on Thursday a bandit to death for killing a man and his minor son.... KARACHI: French minister visits injured KARACHI, May 9: French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie, who arrived here on Thursday morning at the head of a 30-member delegation, later visited the Aga Khan Hospital and inquired after the... KARACHI: 11 cars, 9 bikes hijacked KARACHI, May 9: Twenty vehicles — 11 cars and nine motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Thursday, the police said.... KARACHI: Govt to curtail discretionary powers of MV officials KARACHI, May 9: The Sindh government is considering withdrawing discretionary powers of the officials of motor vehicle wing of the excise and taxation department concerning imposition of penalty on the vehicles... KARACHI: Technical education KARACHI, May 9: Education minister for Sindh, Prof Anita Ghulam Ali, has said that the department for dispensation of technical education has approached the federal government to seek financial assistance of... KARACHI: Govt urged to review Thal canal project KARACHI, May 9: Dr Imran Farooq, the convener of Muttahida Qaumi Movement coordination committee, has condemned the government decision to construct “greater Thal canal” and termed it an injustice to Sindh.... KARACHI: 14 foreigners convicted of drug smuggling KARACHI, May 9: The special anti-narcotics court, headed by Judge Ali Nawaz Pirzada, convicted on Thursday 14 Nigerian drug traffickers in separate cases and sentenced them to different prison terms.... KARACHI: SSUET results KARACHI, May 9: Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology has announced the result of 2nd semester Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS) examination 2001 batch of the Aligarh Institute of Technology,... HYDERABAD: Thal canal termed unconstitutional HYDERABAD, May 9: The Sindh Water Committee (SWC) has expressed concern over the role of federal and Punjab governments, as well as of Wapda’s, on whose behest the Irsa has accorded... HYDERABAD: SEA demands reinstatement of employees HYDERABAD, May 9: The supreme council of the Sindh Employees Alliance (SEA) has condemned the large-scale sacking of the government employees by the Balochistan government and termed it a violation of... HYDERABAD: Shah Bandar killings: fresh probe demanded HYDERABAD, May 9: The Sindh People’s Students Federation (SB), University of Sindh, and the Sindh Peoples Youth (SB) staged separate demonstrations outside the press club here on Thursday in connection with... LARKANA: Governor’s resignation demanded LARKANA, May 9: The district president of the Sindh National Front, Liaqat Abro, has demanded the resignation of the Sindh Governor and his cabinet members for failing to control law and... THATTA: Thatta water supply schemes in doldrums THATTA, May 9: More than half of the water supply schemes initiated under the Annual Development Programme, Thatta Beautification Plan, Khushhal Pakistan Programme and Rural Development Programme in District Thatta, particularly... PESHAWAR: High court seeks IGP’s comments: Registration of fake cases PESHAWAR, May 9: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday sought comments from the inspector-general of police and senior superintendent of police, Peshawar, in a writ petition filed against two station house... PESHAWAR: Ex-senator’s case disposed of PESHAWAR, May 9: A division bench of the Peshawar High Court on Thursday disposed of a writ petition of former senator and leader of PPP, Barrister Masood Kausar, after the government... PESHAWAR: Fight against terrorism to continue: governor PESHAWAR, May 9: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has condemned the bomb blast in Karachi and expressed deep sense of grief and sorrow over the loss of precious lives in... PESHAWAR: NWFP gets Rs408m to counter drought PESHAWAR, May 9: The federal government has released around Rs408m to the NWFP for the development works to be carried out under the donor-assisted drought emergency relief assistance (DERA) programme, according... PESHAWAR: ‘Decentralization being carried out’ PESHAWAR, May 9: The government is following the policy of decentralization of powers to revamp the existing system of governance in all sectors of life, particularly the education sector, to provide...

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