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May 13, 2002 Monday Safar 29, 1423 KARACHI: Boy run over by tanker: Youth commits suicide KARACHI, May 12: A 15-year-old boy was run over by a water tanker near Kalapul on Sunday.... KARACHI: Doctors who did autopsies on blast victims called to capital KARACHI, May 12: The team of medicolegal officers (MLOs) which performed post-mortem on the bodies of the 11 French nationals who had been killed in the suicide car bomb explosion here... KARACHI: Power cuts make life miserable KARACHI, May 12: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation’s transmission and distribution system was racked by hot weather and gusty winds in many parts of the city on Sunday, resulting in prolonged... KARACHI: Korangi Road expansion project launched KARACHI, May 12: A project to expand a portion of Korangi Road was launched by Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro on Sunday morning.... KARACHI: 16 suspects killed in 4 months KARACHI, May 12: Police killed 16 alleged bandits, arrested 398 others and seven policemen were also killed in what police claimed encounters from January to April this year in Karachi.... KARACHI: Site Town schools without amenities KARACHI, May 12: Decentralised working of educational institutions in the public sector and pumping of huge money, including foreign funds, particularly for primary education, have been in vogue for many years,... KARACHI: Anti-TB plan making progress KARACHI, May 12: Sindh Secretary for Health Khalid Latif Chaudhry on Saturday appreciated the efforts being made by the National TB Control Programme to involve the private sector and NGOs of... KARACHI: Book of literary essays launched KARACHI: Adab aur Naqd-i-Adab, a collection of forty literary essays by Dr Ahmer Refaai, was launched at the Arts Council of Pakistan on Saturday. Presided over by Justice (retd) Haziqul Khairi,... KARACHI: Power failures at pumping stations cause water shortage KARACHI, May 12: Power breakdowns kept on occurring at almost half of local pumping stations on Saturday.... KARACHI: Wind velocity KARACHI, May 12: Although the mercury soared by another 2 to 3 degrees Celsius in Sindh and Balochistan, increase in wind velocity lowered the heat effect on Sunday.... KARACHI: Parties slam shifting of artefacts KARACHI, May 12: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement Coordination Committee has condemned the move by the Punjab establishment to close down the archaeology department and museum in Karachi and transfer entire relics,... KARACHI: Role of middle class in uplift of society highlighted KARACHI, May 12: It is a fact that a revolutionist never belongs to the aristocracy but always from the middle class, and changes in any part of the world take place... KARACHI: Artefacts not being moved to Lahore, says minister KARACHI, May 12: Federal Minister for Culture S.K. Tressler has categorically stated that the artefacts and the library of the department of archaeology will not be shifted from Karachi to Lahore.... KARACHI: High Court upholds NDFC employees’ right to benefits KARACHI, May 12: The Sindh High Court has announced reasons for declaring that clerical and non-clerical employees of the defunct National Development Finance Corporation (NDFC) were entitled to benevolent fund grant... KARACHI: Changes to constitution will be announced before poll KARACHI, May 12: Federal Minister of Information Nisar Memon has said general elections will be held in October this year, and all necessary amendments to the constitution, in accordance with the... KARACHI: Country’s future not safe: JI chief KARACHI, May 12: Jamaat-i-Islami chief, Qazi Hussain Ahmad, has said that the future of the country is not safe in the hands of Gen Pervez Musharraf, and now it is the... KARACHI: Police medical camp opened in Liaquatabad KARACHI, May 12: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro on Sunday inaugurated the Sindh Police’s free medical camp in Liaquatabad and praised the medical facilities being provided to the patients.... KARACHI: Paintings show KARACHI, May 12: A group exhibition of paintings will open at the Canvas Gallery on Monday.... HYDERABAD: Council members stage walkout: Police excesses HYDERABAD, May 12: The members of the City Taluka Council staged a walkout from a session of the council here on Saturday to protest against the non-cooperative attitude of Phuleli police... LARKANA: Cotton to be sown on 50,000 acres LARKANA, May 12: Sindh Agriculture Secretary Abdul Rashid Memon said on Saturday that a target of sowing cotton on 50,000 acres had been fixed for Larkana, Shikarpur and Jacobabad districts.... LARKANA: Three outlaws arrested, arms recovered LARKANA, May 12: Police have arrested three notorious criminals for their alleged involvement in the killing of seven people.... SUKKUR: Plot allotment ban lifted SUKKUR, May 12: The Sukkur Taluka Council on Saturday lifted the ban on allotment of plots in kutcha abadis with immediate effect, which would benefit more than 12,000 dwellers.... MIRPURKHAS: Education department employees slam inquiry MIRPURKHAS, May 12: Over 100 employees of the education department, Mirpurkhas, led by Shahid Ali Sodho, the Rabita Secretary of the All Sindh Lower Staff Education Department Association, Mirpurkhas, staged a... HYDERABAD: Six cops sent on forced retirement HYDERABAD, May 12: Hyderabad District Police Officer Moazzam Jah has sent six police officers on forced retirement under the new police ordinance.... HYDERABAD: MQM, JSQM criticize Thal project HYDERABAD, May 12: The Mutahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) and JSQM have resolved to launch a joint movement against the greater Thal canal project, and alleged ‘supremacy’ of Punjab in regulating water... PESHAWAR: Video shops back in business PESHAWAR, May 12: The business of video cassettes has tremendously shot up after the government imposed a ban on the Indian satellite channels, video shop owners told Dawn.... PESHAWAR: Banned group’s men challenge detention PESHAWAR, May 12: Banned militant organization Lashkar-i-Taiba’s 16 activists have challenged before the court of Frontier Crimes Regulations commissioner an order of the Bajaur Agency assistant political agent (APA), whereby they had... PESHAWAR: Cancer patients being fleeced PESHAWAR, May 12: Many patients suffering from cancer are being fleeced by doctors who ask them to buy medicines from expensive medical stores which are either owned or patronized by them.... SWABI: Computer workshop begins at GIK institute SWABI, May 12: Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided  Manufacturing would be revolutionized by the computer integrated product designing and manufacturing in the first decade of the current century.  ... PESHAWAR: British journalist held at Torkham PESHAWAR, May 12: A British journalist of Indian origin, Amardeep Basey, was arrested by security agencies on Friday at Torkham Pakistan-Afghan border.... PESHAWAR: Two die in accident PESHAWAR, May 12: At least two persons were killed and two were injured when a passenger van ran over the commuters standing at a bus stop on Charsadda Road, near Landy Sarak village, on... CHITRAL: Five JUI men arrested CHITRAL, May 12: Police arrested five activists of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (F), including District Amir Maulana Abdul Latif, on Saturday. They have been accused of making rabble-rousing speeches on Friday in a protest rally... PESHAWAR: Three districts declared calamity-hit PESHAWAR, May 12: The NWFP government has declared three districts and some tehsils calamity-hit for one year — from Kharif crop 2000 to Rabi crop 2000-2001.... BANNU: US operation criticized BANNU, May 12: Speakers at a protest demonstration here on Saturday blasted the government for allowing American commandos to operate inside Pakistan in search of suspected fighters of Taliban and al-Qaeda... PESHAWAR: Bomb hoax at school PESHAWAR, May 12: A bomb hoax created panic in the Presentation Convent High School for girls on The Mall on Saturday.... NOWSHERA: Two bridges to be built NOWSHEHRA, May 12: The district government will construct two bridges on river Kabul to link 15 villages to Nowshehra. Speaking to officials on Friday, the District Nazim, Pervez Khattak, said that...

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