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May 17, 2002 Friday Rabi-ul-Awwal 4, 1423 KARACHI: SHC stays shifting of library, artefacts KARACHI, May 16: The Sindh High Court stayed on Thursday operation of a controversial order pertaining to shifting of the Central Archaeological Library and Antiquities from Karachi to Lahore and put... KARACHI: City Council members trade charges KARACHI, May 16: The city council on Thursday witnessed its first physical brawl since its commencement in August-2001 when the members belonging to the Al-Khadim and Al-Khidmat groups traded accusations on... KARACHI: Police shoot at, injure two motorcyclists KARACHI, May 16: Two men travelling on a motorcycle were injured when the police opened fire on them in North Karachi on Thursday morning, after they allegedly tried to speed away... KARACHI: Power failures persist KARACHI, May 16: Many areas in the city remained without electricity on Thursday despite the decrease in temperature to 34 degrees Celsius.... KARACHI: MALC now focusing on tuberculosis KARACHI, May 16: Speakers at a meeting on Thursday said that after controlling leprosy in the country, the Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre has focused on controlling tuberculosis and blindness in the... KARACHI: Curriculum approved for degree course in electronics KARACHI, May 16: The National Curriculum Revision Committee on Electronics has approved the curriculum for a four-year professional degree programme proposed to be introduced at universities.... KARACHI: KWSB workers to hold protest demo KARACHI, May 16: The workers of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board have said that if the show-cause notices issued to over 250 of their co-workers were not withdrawn within three days,... KARACHI: Film festival at Indus Valley KARACHI, May 16: The Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture is holding a documentary film festival from May 21 to May 24, every day from 5pm to 8pm, says a... KARACHI: Vit-A deficiency in children on rise KARACHI, May 16: Immunization programmes are currently registered to reach about 80 percent of the world’s infants each year, with millions of kids with inadequate vitamin A stores denied of its... KARACHI: JPMC lacks funds to repair faulty laser machine KARACHI, May 16: The inability of the Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre administration to arrange funds required to replace an essential component of the laser machine installed at its ENT department... KARACHI: Private sector urged to play role in IT promotion KARACHI, May 16: The need for greater participation of the private sector to promote of information technology was stressed at a seminar here on Thursday.... KARACHI: Water shortage persists in Lyari KARACHI, May 16: Residents of some parts of Lyari have been facing an acute water shortage for the past two months.... KARACHI: Literary moot on Kaifi Azmi KARACHI: At a time when war threats are coming from the Eastern borders, writers have announced the holding of a literary sitting on Friday at the PMA House to remember noted... KARACHI: ‘World peace song’ KARACHI, May 16: A “World peace song” will be launched at an ‘‘All media conference” on Saturday in a local hotel.... KARACHI: Speedy completion of KPP plans urged KARACHI, May 16: The federal minister for environment, local government and rural development, Shahida Jamil, on Thursday underlined the need for speedy and effective execution of development schemes under the Khushhal... KARACHI: Judgment in mosque killings case today KARACHI, May 16: The anti-terrorism court No 2, headed by Judge Abdul Ghafoor Memon, deferred on Thursday the judgment in a case pertaining to the killing of 10 faithfuls in a... KARACHI: Auctioneers move court against FCS KARACHI, May 16: Several auctioneers or “mole holders” have challenged the Fishermen Cooperative Society’s (FCS) alleged pressure on them to enter into “unilateral” agreement for carrying out their business.... KARACHI: African diplomats visit PIIA KARACHI, May 16: African countries are making progress in various sectors in the 21st century following the implementation of home-grown agendas and programmes.... KARACHI: Muttahida criticizes EC decision KARACHI, May 16: The coordination committee of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has criticised the hearing of objections on delimitation of national and provincial constituencies by one judge only.... KARACHI: SSC practicals KARACHI, May 16: The Board of Secondary Education, Karachi, has announced that practical examinations of SSC part-I and part-II annual examination-2002 scheduled for May 25 will now be held on June... KARACHI: KESC promises regular supply KARACHI, May 16: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation has finalized arrangements to ensure uninterrupted power supply during Rabi-ul-Awwal.... KARACHI: PPP gears up for Oct polls KARACHI, May 16: Pakistan People’s Party has invited applications from prospective candidates of the National and provincial assemblies for the scheduled Oct 2002 elections.... KARACHI: Biodiversity Day film festival KARACHI, May 16: To mark the occasion of the World Biodiversity Day 2002, the Goethe-Institut and IUCN Sindh Program Office have jointly organized a three-day film festival, says a press release.... DADU: Registration of nine pesticide companies cancelled DADU, May 16: The registration of nine pesticide companies has been cancelled and cases have been registered against them on the charges of selling spurious pesticide.... HYDERABAD: Defence disputes video’s validity: Daniel Pearl case HYDERABAD, May 16: The defence lawyers of four accused in Daniel Pearl kidnapping-cum-murder case here on Thursday disputed veracity and validity of the video cassette and e-mails’ attachments, brought on court... BADIN: Strike against water shortage BADIN, May 16: A complete strike was observed in Shaheed Fazil Rahu town on Thursday against the shortage of drinking water.... HYDERABAD: Farmers to run irrigation system HYDERABAD, May 16: Farmers will be authorized to operate the irrigation system collectively through their organizations and in due course of time the irrigation system of minors and watercourses will be... MITHI: Mithi water project inaugurated MITHI, May 16: Maj Gen Tariq Saleem, GOC, 18-Division, Pakistan Army, inaugurated the 46-km Mithi-Naokot water supply project by pushing a button at the zero point pumping station near Naokot on... KARACHI: SNF plans movement for Sindh rights KARACHI, May 16: Sardar Mumtaz Ali Bhutto, Chairman of the Sindh National Front, has said that the Sindh Solidarity Conference, held on May 5 in Karachi, proved that the people of... SUKKUR: Water rotation programme announced SUKKUR May 16: The executive engineer of Rohri Division Moro has announced group-wise rotation programme for various irrigation channels owing to the acute shortfall of water in the river Indus and... NAWABSHAH: Heatwave NAWABSHAH, May 16: A resident of Mohajir colony, Abdul Aziz, 40, died of heatstroke here on Wednesday. The city temperature rose to 47 degree Celsius on Thursday.—Correspondent... PESHAWAR: Another plan afoot to increase forest area PESHAWAR, May 16: In the presence of a number of projects and working papers drawn to conserve and enhance forest cover in the NWFP, the provincial forest department is working out... PESHAWAR: Traffic diversions causing hardships PESHAWAR, May 16: Diversions of mini-buses from main roads to service roads in various parts of the city have been causing inconvenience to the commuters in reaching their destinations on time.... PESHAWAR: 4 indicted in AIG murder case PESHAWAR, May 16: An anti-terrorism court here on Wednesday indicted four activists of the defunct religious group, Sipah-i- Sahaba-i-Pakistan (SSP) on charges of killing Farooq Haider, an Additional Inspector General of... PESHAWAR: Traffic week begins on 27th PESHAWAR, May 16: Cantt station headquarters has planned here a traffic week from May 27 to create awareness among locals for abiding by traffic rules.... PESHAWAR: NWFP AG visits Zafran in Kohat prison PESHAWAR, May 16: The Additional Advocate-General of NWFP, Mussarat Hillali, who is also a human rights activist, on Thursday visited Zafran in the district prison, Kohat, and assured her that no...

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