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June 18, 2002 Tuesday Rabi-us-Sani 6, 1423 KARACHI: People suffer heat and electricity breakdowns KARACHI, June 17: The transmission and distribution system of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation once again started faltering as the people braved rising temperature on Monday... KARACHI: Bandits shoot two cops to death: Two men killed in ‘encounter’ KARACHI, June 17: Police shot dead two alleged bandits in Buffer Zone on Monday in what they claimed an encounter.... KARACHI: Five cars, 11 bikes hijacked KARACHI, June 17: Sixteen vehicles — five cars and 11 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Monday, police said.... KARACHI: Police rule out suicide bombing KARACHI, June 17: Police have ruled out the possibility of suicide bombing in Friday’s bomb explosion near the US consulate-general. However, they are awaiting the expert opinion of FBI agents, who... KARACHI: Steps urged to check population growth KARACHI, June 17: Speakers at a seminar here on Monday said unless the current population growth rate was checked, the country could face a severe crisis as its natural resources and... KARACHI: Holiday train for Lahore introduced KARACHI, June 17: Pakistan Railway is running a ‘Summer holiday train’ between Karachi and Lahore for the convenience of holiday-makers.... KARACHI: Unplanned hoardings mar city landscape KARACHI, June 17: The number of hoardings has registered a sharp rise since the City Government took over from the defunct Karachi Metropolitan Corporation.... KARACHI: Parents asked to cooperate in anti-polio drives KARACHI, June 17: The Expanded Programme for Immunization, Sindh, has finalized all arrangements to vaccinate 4.2 million children under the age of five, belonging to Karachi, Hyderabad, Jacobabad, Ghotki and three... KARACHI: TV to give information about missing children KARACHI, June 17: Federal information minister, Nisar Ahmad Memon, announced on Monday that a new daily public service programme giving information regarding missing children would be started on television in a... KARACHI: Diabetes awareness drive launched KARACHI, June 17: More than seven million people in Pakistan have diabetes and many of them do not know about it, while by the year 2025 the number of people affected... KARACHI: Rain expected KARACHI, June 17: The city’s weather would remain hot and partly-cloudy on Tuesday, with chances of thunderstorm and rain, a weather forecast said here on Monday. The Met office said that... KARACHI: HU awards over 1,000 degrees at convocation KARACHI, June 17: Over 1,000 regular, 13 PhD and MPhil degrees were conferred on graduates of seven disciplines at the 6th convocation of Hamdard University (HU) on Monday.... KARACHI: Politicians confused about election strategy KARACHI, June 17: Prevailing political uncertainty regarding the next general elections has created chaos among the country’s political and religious parties.... KARACHI: Cleaning of choked drain begins KARACHI, June 17: The cleaning of a main drain along Sharea Faisal, which has remained choked due to negligence of the concerned agencies for the last one decade, has been taken... KARACHI: Award winners KARACHI, June 17: Four Hakim Mohammad Said Gold Medals were announced for Afshan Yasmeen, who secured first positions in all four examinations of the MBBS programme.... KARACHI: Saddar Town facing fund shortage KARACHI, June 17: The administration of Saddar Town is facing shortage of funds, which has badly affected its development works.... KARACHI: Govt seeks time to file home secy’s comments KARACHI, June 17: Hearing of the petition filed by Najma Mehmood, wife of Mehmood Fattani one of the four people taken into custody in connection with the discovery of a decomposed... KARACHI: Gilani women booked in another case KARACHI, June 17: The Federal Investigation Agency has booked the wife and mother of a former speaker of the National Assembly, Yousuf Raza Gilani, in another corruption case.... KARACHI: Plan to develop parks, green belts KARACHI, June 17: The City Government has chalked out an ambitious programme to control increasing pollution and carry out a facelift of the metropolis by developing parks and green belts to... KARACHI: Altaf warns govt against wrong policies KARACHI, June 17: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has said that if in order to continue their oppressive policies the fuedals and the army did not give rights to the... KARACHI: Five women held for smuggling heroin KARACHI, June 17: The Customs authorities arrested five foreign women at the Quaid-i-Azam International Airport and recovered 200 capsules, containing 2,085 grams of heroin from their possession.... KARACHI: Regularization demanded KARACHI, June 17: The National Bank Employees Front (CBA) has demanded that all temporary workers be regularized so that they could work with more dedication and commitment to the organization.... HYDERABAD: Heated debate causes 30-minute break: Pearl case proceeding HYDERABAD, June 17: A heated debate between the prosecution and the defence in the Daniel Pearl case, prompted the Anti-terrorism Court judge, Syed Ali Ashraf Shah, to suspend the proceedings for... HYDERABAD: Notice issued to home secretary in detention case HYDERABAD, June 17: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, here the other day issued notices to the home secretary, district police officer, superintendent of the central jail, SHO of the... HYDERABAD: SAU teachers resent letter HYDERABAD, June 17: The syndicate members of the Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, have taken exception to a circular letter issued by the campus director in which he has stated that all... DADU: Pumping station closure decried DADU, June 17: A large number of small growers from various villages of Sehwan Sharif Taluka took out a protest demonstration against the closing of the Danister pumping station on Monday.... HYDERABAD: LUMHS announces MBBS-II results HYDERABAD, June 17: The controller of examinations, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, on Monday announced the result of MBBS (part-II) annual examination of 2002 of the LUMHS, Jamshoro, Chandka... SUKKUR: People brave power breakdown in Sukkur SUKKUR, June 17: Hundreds of residents and shopkeepers of the Sarafa Bazaar, Sukkur, are suffering great difficulties due to a power breakdown which started on Sunday night.... MITHI: Electrification work pending for 18 years MITHI, June 17: The elected representatives of union councils, Jorou and Posarko, Mithi Tehsil, have urged the Hesco to complete the work on the electrification of villages pending for the last... PESHAWAR: Druggists seek removal of GST from medicines PESHAWAR, June 17: Expressing concern over the sky-rocketing prices of medicines, the Pakistan Chemists and Druggists Association, Peshawar chapter, has slammed the government for presenting what it called an “anti-people” budget... ISLAMABAD: Musharraf lauds NAB’s performance ISLAMABAD, June 15: The chairman National Accountability Bureau, Lt-Gen Munir Hafiez, on Saturday presented first annual report-2001 of NAB to President Gen Pervez Musharraf.... PESHAWAR: Directorates to be merged PESHAWAR, June 17: The NWFP government has decided to re-merge the directorates of primary and secondary education in the province from the next financial year, it is learnt officially.... PESHAWAR: Selection of delegates questioned PESHAWAR, June 17: Many students of Peshawar University have criticized the way students have been selected to attend a conference to be held in Germany in August.... PESHAWAR: Subscribers beat up cable operators PESHAWAR, June 17: The consumers of a cable service of Behari Colony on Warsak Road beat up its staff when they tried to disconnect the service for not paying their bills... PESHAWAR: Withdrawal of bank’s liquidation demanded PESHAWAR, June 17: The Frontier Cooperative Bank Officers Association (FCBOA) and NWFP Cooperative Bank Employees Union (NCBEU) on Sunday warned that they will begin a long march and stage sit-in before the presidency... PESHAWAR: Councillors slam denial of uplift funds PESHAWAR, June 17: The Nowshera Councillors Alliance has asked the provincial government to help the opposition councillors of 47 union councils who are being denied development funds.... PESHAWAR: Exam held PESHAWAR, June 17: National Institute of Business Management held the annual comprehensive examination, business policy case study and its oral defence on Monday.... PESHAWAR: Remittance of loans sought PESHAWAR, June 17: Members of the district council Malakand have demanded of the government to remit the agriculture loans payable by the local farmers and declare the district it a calamity-hit...

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