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June 4, 2002 Tuesday Rabi-ul-Awwal 22,1423 KARACHI: Hydrants responsible for water shortage KARACHI, June 3: The hydrants owned by the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board in different localities are mainly responsible for the shortfall in water supply in those areas.... KARACHI: Major power breakdown hits most city areas KARACHI, June 3: A large number of city localities plunged into darkness as a fault occurred in the transmission and distribution system of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation on Monday evening.... KARACHI: Casting machine at PS repaired KARACHI, June 3: The third casting machine of the Pakistan Steel Mills — slab casting machine No 3 — resumed operation on Monday after cables of its electrical and automation control... KARACHI: Teaching at abandoned school to resume soon KARACHI, June 3: Teaching at the abandoned primary school in Jehanabad will start from the next academic session, it was learnt officially.... KARACHI: Reckless driving claims three lives: 17 vehicles hijacked KARACHI, June 3: Reckless driving claimed three lives in the city on Monday.A young man died in a road accident in Ibrahim Haideri. .... KARACHI: City govt moves to help solve water problem KARACHI, June 3: Nazim Naimatullah Khan has begun visiting all the Towns to help solve the city’s water and sewerage problems.... KARACHI: Film censor board without screening equipment KARACHI, June 3: The Karachi office of the Central Board of Film Censor does not have the apparatus to play cinema movies.... KARACHI: Private nursery set up on school premises KARACHI, June 3: Maintaining nurseries along the roads through government resources is a common sight in the city, but less is known about nurturing flowers and ornamental plants (floriculture) within government... KARACHI: Environment Day tomorrow KARACHI, June 3: World Environment Day will be celebrated on June 5, to renew the global commitment for protection and rehabilitation of environment with more dedication and vigour.... KARACHI: Exhibition KARACHI, June 3: The Pakistan Medical Association, in collaboration with the International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War and the Pakistan Doctors for Peace and Development, is organizing a three-day exhibition... KARACHI: Need to promote safe blood donation KARACHI, June 3: The need to develop culture of blood donation is strongly needed in the country where 75 per cent of its entire blood requirement is met through professional donors,... KARACHI: Park in Lyari in dilapidated condition KARACHI, June 3: Due to mismanagement and lethargic attitude of SITE Town administration, the Trans-Lyari Park, Old Golimar, Karachi, has been converted into a desolate place with vanishing plants and grass.... KARACHI: Book mela at Urdu Bazaar KARACHI: A book mela at Urdu Bazaar was launched on Sunday. Among the writers who turned up for the launch and expressed their views on the promotion of books included Shaukat... KARACHI: Brass surahi on display in museum KARACHI, June 3: The National Museum of Pakistan has put a brass-copper surahi (flask) on display as its object of the month, says a press release.... KARACHI: A discussion on modern fiction KARACHI: Jadeed Afsana: Chand Sooraten, a critical study in modern Urdu fiction by poet Saba Ikram, published recently, was placed at a literary sitting to elicit opinion of other writers on... KARACHI: Monitoring system for fishing trawlers KARACHI, June 3: All deep-sea fishing trawlers will have to install a monitoring equipment to be linked with a base station to ensure their exact location in the territorial waters of... KARACHI: World community urged to help resolve Kashmir issue KARACHI, June 3: The need for resolving the Kashmir issue was emphasized during a defence of Pakistan conference organized by the Jamiat Ulema-i- Pakistan here on Monday.... KARACHI: Police detain reporter for questioning in Pearl case KARACHI, June 3: Police took into custody a local journalist of an online news agency on Monday in connection with the investigation of the slain US reporter, Daniel Pearl. He was... KARACHI: 204 cases of cheating reported KARACHI, June 3: As many as 2O4 cases of unfair means were reported during the first phase of Intermediate annual examinations, which concluded on May 30.... KARACHI: BMU results announced KARACHI, June 3: The Baqai Medical University has declared the results of final professional MBBS supplementary examinations 2001.... KARACHI: Hot weather KARACHI, June 3: The Met department has forecast hot and humid weather with gusty winds for Karachi on Tuesday. The maximum temperature is expected to range between 34 and 36 degrees... KARACHI: Imran talks to Moin about harassment of Bengalis KARACHI, June 3: The Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, Imran Khan, has urged the Minister of the Interior, Lt-Gen Moinuddin Haider (retd), to take cognizance of the reported injustice by the... KARACHI: Salaries delayed KARACHI, June 3: About 260 defunct KDA employees could not draw their salary for April as the concerned bank refused to cash their cheques. About 260 Grades 6 to 15 employees... KARACHI: DCET exams schedule KARACHI, June 3: The NED University has announced the schedule of theory examinations of 4th year Chemical, Industrial, Metallurgical Engineering and Architecture first supplementary examinations of 1995-96 batch and first year... KARACHI: MQM slams extension of NFC Award KARACHI, June 3: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement condemned on Monday the government’s decision to extend the National Finance Commission Award for one more year, saying it would deprive smaller provinces of... KARACHI: Three drug pushers convicted KARACHI, June 3: The special anti-narcotics court, headed by Judge Ali Nawaz Pirzada, convicted on Monday three drug pushers in separate cases and sentenced them to different term of rigorous imprisonment.... KARACHI: SSUET results KARACHI, June 3: The Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology notified on Monday the results of 1st semester MS Electronic and Computer Engineering examinations 2001.—PPI... KARACHI: War risk surcharge challenged in SHC KARACHI, June 3: A plaint challenging the imposition of war risk surcharge by the Conference Lines shipping companies came up before Justice Zahid Kurban Alavi of the Sindh High Court on... HYDERABAD: Defaulters given 15 days to pay land dues HYDERABAD, June 3: The recovery Mukhtiarkar / officer (operation), circle-I of Hesco, Syed Zaman Shah, has given all the defaulters 15 days to clear their dues.... MIRPURKHAS: Three landlords booked MIRPURKHAS, June 3: The Umerkot police on Monday booked three landlords for water theft.... HYDERABAD: ‘10 per cent of Pakistanis carry hepatitis-B’ HYDERABAD, June 3: There is no data about the number of hepatitis-B carriers in Pakistan but it has been suggested by community based studies that one in every ten persons is... HYDERABAD: Govt urged to convene APC HYDERABAD, June 3: The Tehrik-i-Istaqlal (TI) has urged the government to call an all parties conference to evolve a consensus on Pakistan-India tension, general elections, constitutional amendments and election reforms.... HYDERABAD: SU sets up online information desk HYDERABAD, June 3: The University of Sindh has established an online information desk to respond to inquiries about admissions and examinations through the Internet system.... HYDERABAD: Irrigation men warn of jamming system HYDERABAD, June 3: Certain employees of Irrigation Department, Kotri Barrage, have threatened to jam the irrigation system unless the non-technical secretary irrigation, Sindh, was transferred and the decision to shift the... KHAIRPUR: Growers protest against water shortage KHAIRPUR, June 3: A large number of tail-end growers of Daraza Minor and Abul Wah took out a procession in Qaisar Sahani village near Ranipur on Sunday against acute shortage of... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: 11 wounded NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, June 3: Eleven tribesmen were injured in a clash over the sharing of irrigation water near Chodagee, Moro, the other day.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Two tribesmen hurt in clash over water NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, June 3: Two people were injured in a dispute over water rotation in the Mitha Khan Mari village the other day.... PESHAWAR: NWFP plans Rs14bn spending in 5 years: Khushal Pakistan Programme PESHAWAR, June 3: The NWFP government has drawn up a plan to spend over Rs14 billion on micro-level, district-based development schemes under the umbrella of Khushal Pakistan Programme (KPP) during the... PESHAWAR: JUI flays hike in POL rates PESHAWAR, June 3: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, NWFP chapter, has expressed concern over increase in petrol and diesel prices and imposition of general sales tax on medicines.... PESHAWAR: Water shortage PESHAWAR, June 3: The people of Bora Zhawaki, an area in Peshawar Frontier Region, have been facing acute water shortage and the situation has forced them to migrate to other areas.... PESHAWAR: Sherpao granted bail in Ring Road case PESHAWAR, June 3: The Peshawar High Court on Monday allowed bail to a former chief minister, Aftab Ahmad Sherpao, in the Ring Road land acquisition scam. This was the last case... PESHAWAR: Nazim wants focus on IT education PESHAWAR, June 3: District Peshawar Nazim, Azam Afridi, has called upon the students community to focus on conquering knowledge in the field of information technology so that they could find decent... PESHAWAR: UN families PESHAWAR, June 3: The staff of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees have shifted their families to their native countries.... PESHAWAR: Politicians asked to rise above differences PESHAWAR, June 3: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has urged politicians to rise above their petty differences and personal interests and demonstrate statesmanship for the unity of the nation and... ISLAMABAD: Soil erosion reduces food productivity, says UNDP ISLAMABAD, June 3: Soil erosion has reduced global food productivity by 15 to 30 per cent, UNDP resident representative Onder Yucer said on Monday.... ISLAMABAD: 39 illegal houses razed at G-8/1 Kutcha Abadi ISLAMABAD, June 3: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Monday demolished 39 houses that had been established illegally at Charles/Hansa Kutcha Abadi in Sector G-8/1.... ISLAMABAD: S&TR division spends over 80pc allocation ISLAMABAD, June 3: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Prof Attaur Rahman was informed on Monday that the Scientific and Technological Research Division had so far utilized over 80 per cent... RAWALPINDI: Ujala Literacy Programme fails to deliver RAWALPINDI, June 3: Over 50 per cent of the centres established under the Ujala Literacy Programme have closed down, sources in the district government told Dawn on Monday.... ISLAMABAD: Ill-planned uplift work creates problems: Bari Imam shrine ISLAMABAD, June 3: The ill-planned development works being carried out for the shrine of Bari Imam, over the years, have created problems for the devotees besides changing the landscape of the... ISLAMABAD: RAWA calls for release of detained Afghans ISLAMABAD, June 3: The Revolutionary Afghan Women Association (RAWA) has appealed to President General Pervez Musharraf for the release of Afghan refugees detained in different prisons in Pakistan....

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