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May 23, 2002 Thursday Rabi-ul-Awwal 10,1423 KARACHI: 52 persons arrested for attack on procession: Activist shot dead KARACHI, May 22: A unit incharge of a proscribed organization was shot dead by unknown assailants in F.B. Area on Wednesday morning.... KARACHI: SHC issues notice to secretary, BIE chief: Non-issuance of admit cards KARACHI, May 22: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday put the secretary of education and the chairman of the Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, on notice for not issuing admit cards... KARACHI: Heavy vehicles’ entry restricted KARACHI, May 22: Karachi Nazim Naimatullah Khan has said that for preventing accidents and reducing the pressure of traffic on the roads, it is necessary that timings be determined for the... KARACHI: 11 cars, 12 motorcycles hijacked KARACHI, May 22: At least 23 vehicles — eleven cars and twelve motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen from different parts of the city on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Heatwave spurs various diseases KARACHI, May 22: The ongoing heatwave has led to an increase in the incidence of a large number of diseases in the city.... KARACHI: KU to have Rs200m grain quality lab KARACHI, May 22: The ministry of agriculture has approved a sum of Rs200 million for the establishment of a grain quality laboratory at the University of Karachi, vice-chancellor Dr Zafar Saeed... KARACHI: Man dies in road accident KARACHI, May 22: At least one person died and three others were injured in a road traffic accident at Liaquat Flyover on Wednesday morning.... KARACHI: Anomalies in list of drugs exempted from GST KARACHI, May 22: The government has failed to remove anomalies from the list of those 256 drugs which have been exempted from general sales tax.... KARACHI: Checking of traffic violations urged KARACHI, May 22: There is need for tougher action against violators of traffic rules to effectively check the menace of road accidents.... KARACHI: Schools violate govt directive on fee KARACHI, May 22: Though the new academic session has started on April 1, a number of government schools are not yet clear about fees structure and have reportedly charged an excessive... KARACHI: NED puts off DCET exams KARACHI, May 22: The NED University has announced to postpone various examinations of Dawood College of Engineering and Technology scheduled to be held on May 25 on account of Eid Milladun... KARACHI: LLM results announced KARACHI, May 22: The University of Karachi on Wednesday announced the results of LLM (final) annual examinations 2000-200KARACHI, May 22: The Pakistan Endocrine Society was recently launched by the endocrinologists ..... KARACHI: Policy needed to save mangrove forests KARACHI, May 22: Lack of an effective and consistent government policy has jeopardized the growth of mangroves alongside the coastal belt of Sindh and Balochistan, due to which the country is... KARACHI: CHK computerized info centre opens KARACHI, May 22: Sindh health minister, Maj-Gen Ahsan Ahmed, on Wednesday inaugurated the attendants’ waiting areas and the computerized information centre at the Civil Hospital Karachi.... KARACHI: Entrance tests KARACHI, May 22: The entrance tests for post-graduate courses at Dow Medical College and Civil Hospital will be held on May 27.... KARACHI: SBTE to launch computer courses KARACHI, May 22: The Sindh Board of Technical Education (SBTE) will launch a package of computer certificate courses as “summer computer training programme”.... KARACHI: Efforts urged to check maternal mortality KARACHI, May 22: A symposium on “Contemporary Issues on Reproductive Health”, held on Wednesday, urged concerted efforts to address the fast growing incidence of cervix cancer, urine incontinence and high maternal... KARACHI: Drug trafficker sentenced to life KARACHI, May 22: The special anti-narcotics court (ANC), headed by Judge Ali Nawaz Pirzada, convicted on Wednesday a local drug trafficker and sentenced him to life in jail and pay a... KARACHI: Rs36m benevolent fund for ex-workers KARACHI, May 22: A meeting of the district benevolent fund board for non-gazetted employees held here on Wednesday which was presided over by board chairman and DCO Karachi Shafiqur Rehman Paracha.... KARACHI: Transporters seek compensation KARACHI, May 22: National Transport Ittehad has demanded compensation within a week’s time to the survivors of the rickshaw driver who was killed and the owners whose vehicles were burnt by... KARACHI: Ulema condemn stoning of procession KARACHI, May 22: A meeting of Ulema and Mashaikh, belonging to various schools of thought and chaired by the provincial home secretary, Brig Mukhtar Ahmed, here on Wednesday, unanimously strongly condemned... KARACHI: KESC attends to power complaints KARACHI, May 22: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation said on Wednesday that it had strengthened its surveillance on the complaints repair staff to ensure quick mending of the breakdowns.... KARACHI: Security for Eid Milad-un-Nabi demanded KARACHI, May 22: Jamaat Ahl-i-Sunnat has appealed to the City Government and civil and law-enforcement authorities to ensure peace during Eid Milad-un-Nabi processions and public meetings.... KARACHI: Security preparations Reviewed KARACHI, May 22: The provincial minister for local bodies, housing and town planning, Dewan Yousuf Farooqui, here on Wednesday presided over a high-level meeting to review preparations against any eventuality that... KARACHI: Endocrine Society launched KARACHI, May 22: The Pakistan Endocrine Society was recently launched by the endocrinologists (hormone specialists) of the country to raise awareness about hormone disorders, says a press release.... KARACHI: PTCL issues 144 demand notes on the spot KARACHI, May 22: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company issued demand notices on the spot to the applicants for new telephone connections during its first open Kutchery held in Clifton Exchange, Hatim Alvi... KARACHI: Sindh govt promotes 35 professors KARACHI, May 22: The Sindh government on the recommendation of the provincial selection board No 1 and with the approval of competent authority, has promoted the following professors (BS-19), collegiate branch... HYDERABAD: Prosecution drops main witness: Daniel Pearl case HYDERABAD, May 22: The prosecution side on Wednesday dropped an important witness, Arshad Noor Khan, former presiding judge of the Daniel Pearl kidnapping-cum-murder case, at the eleventh hour on the ground... HYDERABAD: Hesco urged to restore power to street lights HYDERABAD, May 22: Hyderabad City Taluka Naib Nazim Abdul Qadeer Naghar has expressed concern over the disconnection of power supply to streetlight installations by the Hesco.... HYDERABAD: SDA to strive for Sindh autonomy HYDERABAD, May 22: The leaders of the Sindh Democratic Alliance (SDA), Hyderabad, have claimed that the alliance will soon emerge as the biggest political group in Sindh.... HYDERABAD: Matli DSP suspended, inquiry ordered HYDERABAD, May 22: Hyderabad Region Additional Inspector General of Police Abdur Rauf Yousufzai has suspended Matli DSP Haji Noor Ali Mari on the charges of inefficiency and negligence in duty and... LARKANA: Highwaymen LARKANA, May 22: Armed highwaymen blocked the Wagan-Kambar road and killed a truck driver on Tuesday.... HYDERABAD: Danger of kidney infection highlighted HYDERABAD, May 22: The Irsa University Hospital organized a seminar on the “Danger of Kidney Infection” here on Tuesday.... LARKANA: Electricity to telegraph office cut LARKANA, May 22: The District Telegraph Office (DTO), Larkana, remained cut from the rest of the country as its power connection has been snapped by Wapda due to outstanding dues on... HYDERABAD: Conviction of Benazir slated HYDERABAD, May 22: The leaders of the Pakistan People’s Party have condemned the award of three years imprisonment to party chairperson Benazir Bhutto.... LARKANA: Short circuit LARKANA, May 22: The main office of the director of the Rice Research Institute, Dokri, was burnt when fire broke out due to a short circuit on Wednesday.... MIRPURKHAS: 4 booked for assault on woman MIRPURKHAS, May 22: A married women was criminally assaulted by four armed men in village Guddo Khan Khoso, taluka Samaro, on Wednesday morning.... SUKKUR: Boy shot dead SUKKUR, May 22: Three unidentified armed men shot dead a 12-year-old boy near Shikarpur Phatak here on Wednesday.... PESHAWAR: Consumers bewail power failures PESHAWAR, May 22: The residents of Choti Lal Kurti, the Peshawar Cantonment’s slums that mostly comprises one-room quarters, have been facing frequent power failures and low-voltage supply for three months.... PESHAWAR: Constitutional cover for local govts sought PESHAWAR, May 22: Lakki Marwat District Nazim Humayun Saifullah Khan has demanded of the government to provide the local bodies system a constitutional protection so that it could not be reversed... PESHAWAR: ATC sentences man to death for murder PESHAWAR, May 22: Pronouncing the first ever conviction under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997, in the NWFP, the newly established anti-terrorism court here on Wednesday sentenced a man, Waqarul Mulk, to death... PESHAWAR: ANP recalls role in national policies PESHAWAR, May 22: The information secretary of the Awami National Party, Haji Mohammad Adeel, has said that the ANP has always played a vital role in formulating national policies....

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