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June 26, 2002 Wednesday Rabi-us-Sani 14, 1423 KARACHI: Rs6.29bn allocated for uplift programmes KARACHI, June 25: The city government has allocated a sum of Rs6,293 million for over 45 major development programmes and works, including Rs330 million for inter-city, towns and union councils roads... KARACHI: Education, health gets over Rs1.56bn KARACHI, June 25: The City District Government Karachi has allocated a sum of Rs4693 million for expenditures, pertaining to works and services during the fiscal year 2002-03.... KARACHI: Woman commits suicide KARACHI, June 25: A housewife committed suicide in her home in Orangi Town on early Tuesday morning.... KARACHI: City radio channel planned KARACHI, June 25: The City Nazim, Naimatullah Khan on Tuesday announced that the City Government would establish a City Radio Channel and launched a newspaper during the fiscal 2002-2003.... KARACHI: 7 cars, 15 bikes hijacked KARACHI, June 25: Twenty-two vehicles — seven cars and 15 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Tuesday, police said.... KARACHI: Police force doctors for report without autopsy KARACHI, June 25: The police, on Tuesday, pressurized a team of medicolegal officers to give their opinion without conducting postmortem examination of former federal minister, Omar Asghar Khan.... KARACHI: Women becoming more vulnerable to AIDS, HIV KARACHI, June 25: Women in Pakistan are increasingly noticed to be unconsciously exposed to the Acquired-Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) due to imprudence on part of their affected spouse.... KARACHI: Rape victims’ family getting threats: LHRLA KARACHI, June 25: The Lawyers for Human Rights and Legal Aid (LHRLA) has expressed concern over the recent case of sexual assault in which a man raped and tortured two minor... KARACHI: Registration forms for MA exams KARACHI, June 25: The University of Karachi has announced that private candidates for MA and double MA and those seeking improvement of division can submit their registration forms up to June... KARACHI: Unhygienic conditions in Mohammedi Colony KARACHI, June 25: Residents of Mohammadi Colony, also known as Machchar Colony, in Keamari Town, have been facing the worst kind of stinking conditions for a long time due to the... KARACHI: Report of plague denied KARACHI, June 25: The Sindh health department on Tuesday contradicted certain press reports that some people had died and scores of others had been admitted to hospitals due to an outbreak... KARACHI: Rs69 million allocated for setting up new colleges KARACHI, June 25: The Sindh government, under the Public Sector Development Programme, has set aside Rs69 million for twenty-seven on-going schemes of college education that also include establishment of some new... KARACHI: Auqaf officials suspended KARACHI, June 25: According to a notification issued by the secretary to the Auqaf, Religious and Minorities Affairs, Sindh, the services of the manager of Auqaf South, Wali Muhammad Lakho and... KARACHI: NED tests from Aug 3 KARACHI, June 25: NED University of Engineering and Technology will conduct pre-admission entry tests from August 3 for admissions to undergraduate programmes of B.E, BCIT and B. Arch., for the next... KARACHI: Rs608.513m surplus Sessi budget approved KARACHI, June 25: The governing body of the Sindh Employees Social Security Institution (SESSI) on Tuesday approved the institution’s surplus budget of Rs608.513 million for the year 2002-2003 in a meeting... KARACHI: Nazim demands financial, administrative powers KARACHI, June 25: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has retreated the demand of handing over “port users fees and road users fees” to the city government.... KARACHI: Plea to resolve societies’ scandal KARACHI, June 25: The ministry of law, justice and human rights, in a complaint lodged by Mian Aftab Ahmed pertaining to alleged agricultural cooperatives societies scandal, had requested the deputy secretary... KARACHI: Teen Hatti Bridge damaged in fire KARACHI, June 25: A single track of the Teen Hatti Bridge was closed for vehicular traffic while the other track was kept open for light traffic following a fire which occurred... KARACHI: Probe urged into trader’s death KARACHI, June 25: The Sindh home department has requested the registrar of the Sindh High Court to initiate a judicial inquiry into the custodial death of a trader.... KARACHI: Rs154m for coal, minerals KARACHI, June 25: The Sindh government has earmarked Rs154 million in the 2002-03 budget for carrying out feasibility studies and other schemes for the development of coal fields and other minerals... KARACHI: Food support programme KARACHI, June 25: The Baitul Mal, Sindh, has received Rs24,12,70,000 as fourth instalment of the food support programme launched by the federal government to help the poor-of-the-poorest to meet their basic... KARACHI: Omar’s death condoled KARACHI, June 25: Sindh governor Mohammedmian Soomro has expressed deep sorrow and grief over the sad demise of Omer Asghar Khan.... KARACHI: Stamps office closed on 29th KARACHI, June 25: The Deputy Chief Inspector Stamps, Board of Revenue, Sindh, has notified that the Stamp Office, City Courts, shall remain closed on June 29 for annual stock verification and... HYDERABAD: Success of irrigation system under farmers’ bodies sure: seminar HYDERABAD, June 25: The provincial coordination cell of the National Drainage Programme, Sindh, in collaboration with the Sindh Irrigation and Drainage Authority (Sida), United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), and... HYDERABAD: SHC frees 76 bonded haris HYDERABAD, June 25: Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, here on Tuesday set at liberty 76 bonded peasants who were produced before the court by the Badin police.... HYDERABAD: Women to get business loans HYDERABAD, June 25: A three-day multi-purpose workshop for women, organized by the directorate of social welfare and women development, concluded here on Monday.... HYDERABAD: Sindh varsity admission schedule HYDERABAD, June 25: The director admissions, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, announced here on Tuesday that the last date to submit forms for admission in M.Sc (previous) Criminology under the economical self-finance... HYDERABAD: Anti-carjacking cell established HYDERABAD, June 25: An anti-car lifting cell has been established at the Hatri police station on the outskirts of Hyderabad to recover snatched vehicles.... HYDERABAD: Protection against landlords sought HYDERABAD, June 25: A resident of Seeta Road, Khameeso Chandio, has appealed to the Sindh High Court, governor, police and human rights organizations for protection as some waderas were threatening him... HYDERABAD: Cable operators strike continues HYDERABAD, June 25: Cable operators of the twin cities of Hyderabad and Latifabad continued their strike for the second consecutive day on Tuesday to protest police excesses against cable operators as... HYDERABAD: PML-Q workers asked to contact people HYDERABAD, June 25: PML (Q) leader Liaquat Ali Khan Jatoi has said that the days of drawing room politics are over and added that the leaders will now have to... HYDERABAD: ‘Power meters not to be installed on poles’ HYDERABAD, June 25: The Chief Engineer of Hesco, Abdul Rasheed Khan, has announced that all the meters will be installed outside the premises of the consumers in future and not on... HYDERABAD: Taluka council demands action against Hesco HYDERABAD, June 25: The Taluka City Council (TCC) here on Tuesday adopted a resolution unanimously calling on President Musharraf and chairman of Wapda to take action against the Hesco officials who... PESHAWAR: PHC urged to depute magistrate for hearing PESHAWAR, June 25: A non-governmental organisation has filed an application before the Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court, requesting him to depute a judicial magistrate for hearing cases of about... PESHAWAR: Fence at Torkham checkpoint broken PESHAWAR, June 25: Child smugglers have broken the recently erected iron fence at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border at Torkham checkpoint to force their way for carrying the smuggled items.... PESHAWAR: UN agencies plan to shut operations in Afghanistan PESHAWAR, June 25: The United Nations relief agencies are planning to close down some components of the Afghan refugees’ resettlement programme inside Afghanistan due to increasing financial problems, officials said.... PESHAWAR: Railway court convicts 3-year-old boy PESHAWAR, June 25: A three-year boy was convicted by the court of Railway magistrate here and was fined Rs3,000.... PESHAWAR: SDF grieved over Omar Asghar’s death PESHAWAR, June 25: The staff of Sungi Development Foundation has expressed deep sorrow over the death of former federal minister Omar Asghar Khan on Tuesday....

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