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June 15, 2002 Saturday Rabi-us-Sani 3, 1423 KARACHI: Police cordon off JPMC casualty ward KARACHI, June 14: Police and other-law enforcement agencies cordoned off the casualty ward of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where an emergency was declared after the bomb blast in front of the... KARACHI: Dist Nazims want police under their control KARACHI, June 14: The Sindh government has proposed to the National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) to provide a model police ordinance to the provinces on the pattern of the Local Government Ordinance... KARACHI: KESC consumers get no respite from failures KARACHI, June 14: Power breakdowns continued to plague the lives of KESC consumers on Friday as well.... KARACHI: Phone digitalization completed KARACHI, June 14: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company has converted all analogue phone numbers in the city to digital phone numbers.... KARACHI: Press note on blast KARACHI, June 14: The provincial home department, in a press note, said that ten people, including five women and a constable, were killed and 51 others, including eight policemen, were injured... KARACHI: Consulate may be shifted KARACHI, June 14: The US Consulate General was considering shifting its offices to a safer place nearby in anticipation of a terrorist attack.... KARACHI: Man commits suicide KARACHI, June 14: A young man committed suicide in his home in New Karachi on Friday.... KARACHI: Teachers suffer due to officials’ apathy: Salary disbursement KARACHI, June 14: A good number of teaching and non- teaching staff in government schools fail to get their salaries or allowances on time due to apathy of the education officials... KARACHI: Culture dept asks KBCA to explain: Illegal construction in Duarte Mansion KARACHI, June 14: The Karachi Building Control Authority is not providing accurate information to the Sindh Culture Department regarding illegal construction in Duarte Mansion, it is learnt.... KARACHI: Efficient diagnosis may contain malignancies KARACHI, June 14: High index of malignancy suspicion on part of doctors while dealing with any case of abdominal mass was recommended at a meeting held at the PMA House here... KARACHI: Law urged to curb women trafficking KARACHI, June 14: A comprehensive law be formulated to curb trafficking in women and children, demanded the chief of the Lawyers for Human Rights and Legal Aid (LHRLA), Zia Ahmed Awan,... KARACHI: Textbooks worth Rs172m distributed KARACHI, June 14: The Compulsory Primary Education Ordinance 2001 will be implemented phase-wise in Sindh within a period of five years.... KARACHI: Hot weather KARACHI, June 14: The Met department has forecast a hot and humid weather with gusty winds in Karachi on Saturday. The maximum temperature in the city is expected between 36 and... KARACHI: SBTE exam forms KARACHI, June 14: The Sindh Board of Technical Education has announced that forms and fee pertaining to Diploma of Associate Engineer fourth year (evening) supplementary examination-2001 will be accepted up to... KARACHI: Art festival at Zar’s KARACHI, June 14: An art festival organized by Zar’s Youth Art Circle will open at its office on Saturday.... KARACHI: Political parties condemn bomb attack KARACHI, June 14: The leaders of various religio-political parties of the country said on Friday that there is no place for terrorism in Islam.... KARACHI: Soomro slams terror attack KARACHI, June 14: Sindh Governor, Mohammedmian Soomro, has condemned the bomb attack on the US Consulate on Abdullah Haroon Road and said that the government has taken all possible measures to... KARACHI: PR not to take over Hyatt Regency KARACHI, June 14: The Pakistan Railways is not in a position to take over the abandoned Hyatt Regency project, built on the railway ground, and turn it into a viable proposition... KARACHI: Blast disrupts meeting KARACHI, June 14: Senior provincial and City Government officers were attending a high-level meeting at the New Sindh Secretariat when the suicide blast outside the US Consulate occurred on Friday.... KARACHI: Two implicated men released KARACHI, June 14: Two men who were booked by the New Karachi police, under section 11 of the Anti-terrorism Act, were released on Thursday after the investigation officer (IO) accused the... KARACHI: KPT to privatize more operations KARACHI, June 14: Work on the future projects of Karachi Port Trust (KPT) — re-construction of oil pier (OP-II) and deepening of main channel — will commence this year, Communications Minister... KARACHI: KESC carries out repairs KARACHI, June 14: Engineers, senior army officers, maintenance and complaint staff and motorized tower ladder vehicles of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation were one of the first to reach the blast... KARACHI: Navy prepared to meet threats KARACHI, June 14: The chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Abdul Aziz Mirza, has said the Pakistan navy is closely monitoring the change in the regional maritime scenario, is fully alert... KARACHI: Hotel industry struggling to survive KARACHI, June 14: While the hotel industry business in Pakistan was seriously affected in the aftermath of the Sept 11 tragedy, the two recent car bomb explosions near five-star hotels is... HYDERABAD: Hesco cuts supply to Edhi centre HYDERABAD, June 14: The Edhi Centre’s ambulance service has been disrupted as the power supply to its central office was disconnected by Hesco on Friday.... HYDERABAD: Hundreds protest detection power bills HYDERABAD, June 14: Hundreds of residents, including women and children, of Gulshah Bukhari, Abbasi Colony, Pinjra Pole and other localities staged a demonstration outside the office of the XEN and revenue... HYDERABAD: PQA asked to hire local people HYDERABAD, June 14: The chairman of the Sindh Taraqqi Passand Party, Dr Qadir Magsi, who is also the Sindh president of Ponam, has severely criticized the alleged discrimination by the Port... HYDERABAD: Robbery bid foiled HYDERABAD, June 14: City police foiled a robbery when it was in progress at a house in Khokhar Mohallah here on Friday. One of the two robbers was arrested.... HYDERABAD: GSTA deplores denial of facilities HYDERABAD, June 14: The Government Secondary Teachers Association Sindh, Hyderabad district, at a meeting held here on Thursday has taken strong exception to the denial of all facilities to the secondary... PESHAWAR: Women face problems at workplaces PESHAWAR, June 14: The womenfolk engaged in service and business sectors do not feel at ease in a male-dominated environment. Most of women who deal with people at offices face frightening... PESHAWAR: Multinational firms to get a free hand: Drug price deregulation PESHAWAR, June 14: The federal government is scheduled to announce the deregulation of medicine prices on June 24, drug makers told Dawn on Friday.... PESHAWAR: Encroachments reappear in city PESHAWAR, June 14: Encroachments on footpaths by shopkeepers have made life miserable for residents of old city areas and for the vehicular traffic which crawls through it.... PESHAWAR: Tribesmen want to move to LoC PESHAWAR, June 14: Bajaur and Mohmand tribesmen have sought government permission to allow them to move to the Line of Control to thwart the possible Indian aggression.... PESHAWAR: Students asked to follow Islamic teachings PESHAWAR, June 14: Speakers at a seminar titled “Road to success” have urged the students to follow the basic teachings and principles of the Holy Quran and Sunnah to become useful... RAWALPINDI: Govt hospital violating protocol in referral cases RAWALPINDI, June 14: One of Islamabad’s leading public hospital’s paediatric ward refers patients to other hospitals in the twin cities, in violation of the referral protocol, sources said on Thursday.... ISLAMABAD: Medicines costlier in Pakistan than Bangladesh ISLAMABAD, June 14: The prices of widely used medicines in Pakistan are higher than Bangladesh, says a study.... ISLAMABAD: Unchecked urbanization giving rise to Kutcha Abadis ISLAMABAD, June 14: Millions of people were migrating from the countryside to major cities in search of jobs, putting pressure on urban infrastructure and giving rise to Kutcha Abadis, Economic survey... ISLAMABAD: ‘Ecologically sensitive areas susceptible to deterioration’ ISLAMABAD June 14: A training workshop on Environmental Assessments in Ecologically Sensitive Areas was inaugurated in Bhurban on Friday to familiarize the participants with the concept of ecologically sensitive areas and... ISLAMABAD: Ata appointed WHO committee chief ISLAMABAD, June 14: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Prof Ataur Rehman has been appointed as chairman of the World Health Organization’s Eastern Mediterranean Committee on Health Research.... ISLAMABAD: Over 5,000 take test for 100 posts in Iesco ISLAMABAD, June 14: Over 5,000 unemployed youth, in this sweltering heat with mercury touching 40 degree centigrade on Friday, took a test conducted by the Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco), for...

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