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June 27, 2002 Thursday Rabi-us-Sani 15, 1423 KARACHI: Karachi to get new buses, old ones to go: New transport scheme okayed KARACHI, June 26: The Sindh Cabinet has approved an urban transport scheme for induction of new large buses in Karachi with a view to gradually reducing buses, coaches and old model... KARACHI: City govt to rationalize taxes, says Nazim KARACHI, June 26: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has said the Rs20.546 billion budget presented by the city government for the next fiscal year is the largest budget ever presented in the... KARACHI: City govt looking for investors to run KCR KARACHI, June 26: The city government is striving hard to give the metropolis a modern transport system which will be available within three years of the finalization of an agreement.... KARACHI: Closure of roads causing traffic jams KARACHI, June 26: The closure of a portion of Abdullah Haroon Road in front of US Consulate since the car bomb explosion on June 14 has caused traffic jams in the... KARACHI: SC remands back Zuhair case to trial court KARACHI, June 26: The Supreme Court of Pakistan’s bench at Karachi remanded back Zuhair Akram Nadeem murder case to trial court for recording statement of accused under section 342 CrPC which... KARACHI: Young girl dies mysteriously KARACHI, June 26: A young girl died in mysterious circumstances in Mochko late on Tuesday night.... KARACHI: Eight cars, 16 bikes hijacked KARACHI, June 26: At least 24 vehicles — eight cars and 16 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in different parts of the city on Wednesday.... KARACHI: SHC declines merger plan of drug companies KARACHI, June 26: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday did not approve the merger plan of the two American multi-national pharmaceutical companies in Pakistan — Pfizer Laboratories Ltd. and Parke Davis... KARACHI: Widespread role to treat drug addicts urged: Anti-narcotics day observed KARACHI, June 26: A number of programmes and events marked the International Anti-narcotics Day that was also observed throughout the city on Wednesday.... KARACHI: IT chair in NED to start by September KARACHI, June 26: The IT Chair at the NED University of Engineering and Technology is expected to start functioning by September or October this year.... KARACHI: Relapse rate in addicts alarms experts KARACHI, June 26: Pakistan, observing World Narcotics Day on Wednesday with an estimated number of 4.5 million addicts, is exposed to the serious problem of relapse on part of those undergoing... KARACHI: PWA generates funds for poor patients : Fund-raising bake sale today KARACHI, June 26: The Patients’ Welfare Association, a non- political, non-governmental organization being run by the students of the Dow Medical College on the premises of the Civil Hospital Karachi, has... KARACHI: Education dept erects iron gates in sectt KARACHI, June 26: It seems that the higher authorities of the provincial education department feel so unsecured that even sitting in their offices at the first floor of well-guarded Tughlaq House... KARACHI: SPLA slams delay in promotions KARACHI, June 26: President Sindh Professors & Lecturers Association (SPLA), Prof Sirajuddin Qazi, and secretary general, Prof Liaquat Aziz Solangi, have criticized Sindh education department Sindh for keeping in the clod... KARACHI: KU relaunches Urdu journal Jareeda KARACHI, June 26: Karachi University, on Wednesday, after a gap of 17 years, relaunched its quarterly Urdu journal Jareeda, mainly meant for publication of Urdu terminologies related to different fields of... KARACHI: Pakistan, India urged to remove tension KARACHI, June 26: Speakers at a peace conference urged both India and Pakistan to de-escalate tension along the borders so that war clouds, at present hovering over the horizon menacingly, could... KARACHI: Probe demanded into Omar Asghar’s death KARACHI, June 26: Representatives of a cross-section of people have expressed their shock and grief over the sudden death of former federal minister and chief of Qaumi Jamhoori Party Omar Asghar... KARACHI: Sindh Govt to build new office complex KARACHI, June 26: A high-level meeting held here on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Governor Mohammadmian Soomro, decided to construct new buildings for provincial government offices housed in old barracks in... KARACHI: Police deny illegal detention KARACHI, June 26: Police, on Wednesday, denied illegal detention of Ata-ur-Rahman Bokhari alias Naeem Bokhari, when a constitutional petition challenging the arrest of a high-profile activist of the proscribed sectarian organization,... KARACHI: Fattanis’ detention under MPO: SHC told KARACHI, June 26: After initial denial of custody of Fattanis, in connection with recovery of a decomposed body from a farmland off the Super Highway, the government on Wednesday conceded that... KARACHI: Peaceful solution to Dera Bugti issue sought KARACHI, June 26: The central coordination committee of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has called for a meaningful dialogue between the government and the tribesman of Dera Bugti over the alleged dispute... KARACHI: SKAA approves low-cost housing scheme in Sindh KARACHI, June 26: The governing body of the Sindh Kutchi Abadis Authority (SKAA), which met here on Wednesday under the chairmanship of the provincial minister for local government, housing and town... KARACHI: IJT to launch campaign against task force KARACHI, June 26: The Islami Jamiat Talaba Karachi has announced that will run a campaign against the task force for the improvement of higher education since, according to it, recommendations of... KARACHI: Donation for KPC KARACHI, June 26: President Karachi Press Club (KPC), Sabihuddin Ghausi, called on governor Sindh, Mohammedmian Soomro, at the new Sindh secretariat on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Halt to KESC drive demanded KARACHI, June 26: The city council of the city district government Karachi unanimously adopted a resolution demanding discontinuation of the recovery drive by the Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation (KESC) in the... HYDERABAD: ‘Recommendations of pay commission ignored in budget’ HYDERABAD, June 26: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA), at a meeting held here on Tuesday, deplored that the federal finance minister, while announcing the budget, ignored the recommendations of... HYDERABAD: New police ordinance criticized HYDERABAD, June 26: Speakers at a seminar on Wednesday criticised the new police ordinance, under which police officials have been given sweeping powers, saying that no positive change could take place... HYDERABAD: SU schedule of MPhil admissions HYDERABAD, June 26: The university of Sindh on Monday announced the schedule of admissions in MPhil degree programme in different subjects for the academic session of 2002-2003.... HYDERABAD: Nazim accused of harassment HYDERABAD, June 26: A shopkeeper of Nago Line, Kotri, Ghulam Mustafa, has accused the Nazim of UC Khuda Ki Basti, Manthar Khaskheli, of harassment in connection with the possession of two... HYDERABAD: Regularization of services demanded HYDERABAD, June 26: The daily wage employees of the Sehwan Development Authority under the banner of daily wages staff action committee staged a token hunger strike outside the Hyderabad Press Club... THATTA: Mysterious disease hits Indus Delta THATTA, June 26: The ecological deterioration for a couple of years has pushed the deltaic population of Thatta, Badin and Hyderabad districts, residing within 80 to 90 orbital kilometres, into a... LARKANA: No progress in forest land protection initiative LARKANA, June 26: No progress has been made so far to protect forest land from the land-grabbers despite a June 15 decision taken by the executive district officer of Revenue Department.... PESHAWAR: Tribunals can hear poll disputes: PHC PESHAWAR, June 26: The Peshawar High Court, dismissing two identical writ petitions, ruled on Wednesday that the election tribunals formed by the chief election commissioner were competent to hear election disputes... PESHAWAR: Warning centre PESHAWAR, June 26: The Disaster/Flood Warning Centre at NWFP Board of Revenue Civil Secretariat will operate from July 1, under the supervision of member board of revenue, who is also the... PESHAWAR: PCB raises commercial water rate by 1,000pc PESHAWAR, June 26: The Peshawar Cantonment Board (PCB) has raised its commercial water charge by 1,000 per cent, adding to the miseries of already price hike-stricken consumers.... PESHAWAR: Hashish, heroin destroyed PESHAWAR, June 26: In order to observe international day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking, the collectorate of customs set ablaze 2,898kgs of hashish, 60kgs of heroin and 12,413 ticks of... PESHAWAR: Majlis-i-Amal extends set-up to Frontier PESHAWAR, June 26: The Mutahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), an alliance of religious parties, extended its setup to the NWFP and elected Qazi Abdul Latif its provincial chief here on Wednesday.... PESHAWAR: Power failures hit Peshawar PESHAWAR, June 26: Frequent power breakdowns in all parts of the city and elsewhere in the province have become a big problem for the people....

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