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June 8, 2002 Saturday Rabi-ul-Awwal 26,1423 KARACHI: Unidentified killers shoot man, wife to death: 16 cars, 10 bikes hijacked KARACHI, June 7: Twenty-six vehicles — 16 cars and 10 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Friday, the police said.... KARACHI: Repeated power cuts disrupt life KARACHI, June 7: The Kara-chi Electric Supply Corporation may have stopped loadshedding, but it has failed to stop repeated power cuts from occurring in various parts of the city.... KARACHI: SHC notice to police in detention case KARACHI, June 7: A division bench of the Sindh High Court put on Friday the respondents on notice for June 10 in a plaint challenging detention of four persons, from whose... KARACHI: Man run over by bus KARACHI, June 7: A middle-aged man fell victim to reckless driving in the city on Friday The police said that Manzoor Husain, aged 50, a government servant, was run over by a speeding minibus (PE-3491) .... KARACHI: FCS seeks ban on boat registration KARACHI, June 7: The Fishermen Cooperative Society is expected to approach the federal government for imposition of ban on registration of new fishing boats in Karachi and to review the deep-sea... KARACHI: Crackdown on cable operators KARACHI: Fly-by-night cable operators in the city are once again on the run. Police have initiated an operation ostensibly against those cable operators who run Indian channels and movies on their... KARACHI: Coordination between health depts stressed KARACHI, June 7: A lack of coordination between different public-sector health departments create difficulties for patients.... KARACHI: Anti-polio campaign in high-risk areas KARACHI, June 7: The Expanded Programme of Immunization (EPI) plans to launch the High-Risk Area Campaign against Polio in Karachi, Hyderabad, Jacobabad, Ghotki and three talukas of the Dadu district from... KARACHI: Govt houses allotted on out-of-turn basis KARACHI, June 7: Sindh Ombudsman Justice (retd) Khaziqul Haziqul Khairi has taken a suo motu notice of the reported irregularities in allotment of government residential accommodations in the city since out-of-turn... KARACHI: Post offices refuse to accept PTCL bills KARACHI, June 7: Non-acceptance of telephone bills of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd by the Pakistan Post Office has been causing immense hardships to a large number of subscribers in the... KARACHI: Several constructions demolished KARACHI, June 7: The transition officer for the Karachi Building Control Authority and former DG KDA, Brig Zaheer Qadri, on Thursday directed all the controllers of the KBCA to ensure immediate... KARACHI: Action ordered against park’s encroachment KARACHI, June 7: The provincial local government minister, Dewan Mohammed Yousuf Farooqui, on Friday, directed the local government secretary to examine the encroachment of a public park in New Karachi and... KARACHI: All about film songwriters KARACHI: A collection of articles about Pakistan’s songwriters engaged with the film industry in past and present times was launched on Thursday at the Pakistan Arts Council.... KARACHI: Education must for development KARACHI, June 7: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro has called upon educational institutions to adjust their programmes to the needs of people in all areas.... KARACHI: PA building KARACHI, June 7: The governor of Sindh, Mohammedmian Soomro, visited the Sindh Assembly Building on Friday and inspected the main hall and inquired about an addition of seats in view of... KARACHI: KWSB asked to plug leakages KARACHI, June 7: City Nazim, Naimatullah Khan, has directed the officials of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board to repair the main water pipeline leakages identified by the elected representatives of... KARACHI: Abolition of bed tax in hotels demanded KARACHI, June 7: The Pakistan Hotels Association (PHA) has demanded abolition of bed tax in view of the grim situation that faces the hotel and tourism industry in the country at... KARACHI: JI warns govt against any change in Kashmir policy KARACHI, June 7: The Jamaat-i-Islami chief, Qazi Hussain Ahmad, has urged the government not to accept any pressure to bargain on Pakistan’s principled stand on the issue of Kashmir and warned... KARACHI: Budget to focus on social welfare KARACHI, June 7: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro has directed all the government departments that the budget for the next financial year should focus on increased employment opportunities, low-cost housing schemes and... KARACHI: Three Haqiqi workers acquitted KARACHI, June 7: An additional district and sessions judge, East, Inamur Rahman, acquitted on Friday three workers of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement in a robbery case.... KARACHI: Man held for travelling on forged papers KARACHI, June 7: The FIA Immigration arrested a passenger at the airport on Friday while he was attempting to travel on a forged Saudi visa and protector clearance.... KARACHI: BNP denies report of leaving ARD KARACHI, June 7: Mir Hasil Bizenjo, a central leader of the Balochistan National Party (BNP Awami) and vice-president of Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy has denied that his party had... KARACHI: Religio-political alliance urged KARACHI, June 7: Chief of the Jafferia Alliance, Allama Abbas Kumali, on Friday urged all religious parties to shun differences and resolve disputes.... KARACHI: Tribunal KARACHI, June 7: The Appellate Tribunal of Local Councils, Sindh, will hear appeals pertaining to Hyderabad District on June 8 at 9am at the District and Sessions Court, Hyderabad.... HYDERABAD: Parties oppose any dam on Indus HYDERABAD, June 7: A joint meeting of the Sindh Democratic Party, Servants of Sindh Society and Sindhu Agriculture Forum, held here on Thursday, rejected the proposal to place the Thar canal... HYDERABAD: SU to get I.I. Qazi Society’s assets HYDERABAD, June 7: The Allama I.I. Qazi Memorial Committee at a meeting held on Friday deliberated over the handing over of assets of the Allama I.I. Qazi Memorial Society to the... HYDERABAD: Allottees protest against builder HYDERABAD, June 7: A large number of allottees of survey No73, Deh Gujjo, Ahsanabad, Union Council 16 Paretabad, staged a protest demonstration outside the Hyderabad Press Club on Friday against the... KHARO CHHAN: Revival of coastal projects urged KHARO CHHAN (Thatta), June 7: The residents of Kharo Chhan and Keti Bunder have demanded the revival of the scrapped coastal mega projects, including a 5,000 mega watt power project and... HYDERABAD: Teachers demand problems’ solution HYDERABAD, June 7: The Government Secondary Teachers Association, Hyderabad district, has urged the government to meet the long-standing demands of the secondary teachers including female teachers relating to selection grade.... DADU: Two robbers arrested DADU, June 7: Two robbers were arrested by the Dadu City police when they were trying to snatch a motorcycle from a villager on Dadu-Noor Wah road on Thursday night.... DADU: Disease rampant among prisoners DADU, June 7: A large number of under-trial prisoners at the overcrowded district jail here is suffering from different disease, including contract disease, posing a threat to the health of other... PESHAWAR: Committee on drug prices demanded PESHAWAR, June 7: The Peshawar chapter of Pakistan Chemists and Druggists Association (PCDA) has demanded of the government to constitute a committee to probe into the high prices of drugs in... PESHAWAR: Representation of tribes assured PESHAWAR, June 7: The NWFP governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said, representation to various tribesmen would be ensured at every tier of the local government system proposed for the tribal... PESHAWAR: Protest against Kashmir policy PESHAWAR, June 7: A day of protest was observed on Friday in major towns and cities in the province by the Islami Jamiat-i-Talba (IJT), NWFP against the government’s Kashmir policy.... PESHAWAR: PHC stays recovery of excise duty PESHAWAR, June 7: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court here on Friday stayed the recovery of excise duty imposed on marble by the district revenue officer (DRO) in Buner... PESHAWAR: BBC launches Pashto.com PESHAWAR, June 7: The BBC World Service has launched an internet site in Pushto for Pushto speakers from Afghanistan, Pakistan and the diaspora.... ISLAMABAD: ‘Technology can help spread basic education’ ISLAMABAD, June 7: If properly and intelligently harnessed, technology can prove instrumental in making basic educational facilities available to vast number of children, who are growing up without exercising their fundamental... RAWALPINDI: Man, his daughter die in road accident RAWALPINDI, June 7: A man and his daughter were killed and four others injured when a passenger coach collided with a motorcycle in Tarnol on Friday, police and hospital authorities said.... ISLAMABAD: Students hold demonstration against 80pc attendance rule ISLAMABAD, June 7: The students of Quaid-i-Azam University, majority of them from history department held a protest demonstration against the strict enforcement of a rarely implemented 80 per cent attendance rule,... ISLAMABAD: Church leaders for world moot of religions to ease tension ISLAMABAD, June 7: Bishop John Samuel and representatives of all churches in Pakistan on Friday called for convening a world assembly of religious notables to bring durable peace to the South... RAWALPINDI: LHC orders registration of case against SI RAWALPINDI, June 7: The Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi Bench, on Friday directed the Islamabad police chief to register a case against a policeman, who had allegedly mishandled a murder case and... ISLAMABAD: British visa on urgent grounds only ISLAMABAD, June 7: The visa section of the British High Commission announced on Friday that it has resumed issuing certain types of visa....

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