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June 28, 2002 Friday Rabi-us-Sani 16, 1423 KARACHI: Ex-owners unwilling to retain govt staff: Denationalization of colleges KARACHI, June 27: The private party interested in getting two major nationalized colleges back is unwilling to engage the existing government staff and wants their withdrawal before the institutions are handed... KARACHI: Intermittent power failures continue KARACHI, June 27: Hot and humid weather and power failures have plagued the lives of Karachiites.... KARACHI: Opposition criticizes city govt budget KARACHI, June 27: Heated speeches opposing the proposed budget of the city government for the next fiscal year dominated the city council session here on Thursday.... KARACHI: Three men commit suicide KARACHI, June 27: Three men committed suicide in the city on Thursday.... KARACHI: Four cars, 11 bikes hijacked KARACHI, June 27: Fifteen vehicles — four cars and 11 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Thursday, the police said.... KARACHI: PWA organizes bake sale at DMC KARACHI, June 27: Students of the Dow Medical College flocked to the bake sale organized by the Patients’ Welfare Association on Thursday on the premises of the Civil Hospital Karachi.... KARACHI: SKAA to build flats in FB Area KARACHI, June 27: The Sindh Katchi Abadi Authority is contemplating to get the Essa Goth, located in F.B. Area, Karachi, vacated and construct a multi-storeyed building. The village is spread over... KARACHI: Rs10m set aside to check losses by sea intrusion KARACHI, June 27: The Sindh government has earmarked Rs10 million in the budget for the year 2002-03 for carrying out study on losses by sea intrusion owing to non-discharge of water... KARACHI: Clean-up operation for Lyari Expressway KARACHI, June 27: A clean-up operation was launched at the site of the Lyari Expressway Project on Thursday morning.... KARACHI: Seminar on drug abuse prevention KARACHI, June 27: It is our national duty to work together to combat the menace of drug abuse and addiction in society.... KARACHI: Barriers to facilitate people: official KARACHI, June 27: The provincial education secretary, Nazar Hussain Mahar, has said that iron bars and gates erected in the corridors of the education department office were meant to facilitate the... KARACHI: Training of 525 teachers to begin next month KARACHI, June 27: The Sindh education department is planning to hold second phase of over 525 teachers’ training, titled “professional development of head teachers” in Karachi from 2nd week of July.... KARACHI: Sabzimandi lacks cold storage facility KARACHI, June 27: Due to lack of proper storage facility and non-supply of electricity at new fruit market, located at Superhighway, more than Rs0.7 million worth of fruits and vegetable perish... KARACHI: Merger of KDA, KBCA with city govt challenged KARACHI, June 27: The collective bargaining agent of the defunct Karachi Development Authority has challenged the devolution of the KDA/KBCA in the Sindh High Court as a totally illegal and clandestine... KARACHI: JI demands withdrawal of support to US KARACHI, June 27: Chief of Jamaat-i-Islami, Qazi Hussain Ahmad, has stated that alliance with the US is risky for the defence of Pakistan as our interests and those of the US... KARACHI: NPP seeks resolution of Kashmir issue KARACHI, June 27: Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi Chairman National Peoples Party and the six-party National Alliance has said that Pakistan and India should work out road map for resolving all issues, particularly... KARACHI: PS supplied aluminium without documentation KARACHI, June 27: The Pakistan Steel management has ordered the unloading of over 90 tons of aluminium supplied without any legal documents from trucks into the mills, it is learnt.... KARACHI: 1,000 houses in Orangi deprived of water KARACHI, June 27: About 1,000 houses of Union Council-9, Orangi Town, pay a heavy sum to water tankers to provide them with water as the pipeline severed some nine months back... KARACHI: Nasir Kasganjvi passes away KARACHI, June 27: Renowned poet, academician and social worker, Nasir Kasganjvi, expired the other day due to protracted illness. He was 78.... KARACHI: Rape victims’ statements recorded KARACHI, June 27: Two minor sisters, sexually and physically abused by a man, recorded their statements, under section 144 of CrPC, before the Judicial Magistrate, Malir, Abdul Quddoos Memon, on Thursday.... KARACHI: Bodies of fire victims on way to city KARACHI, June 27: The dead bodies of the members of a Pakistani family that died in an inferno in their apartment in New York on June 23, will be flown to... HYDERABAD: Omar Sheikh surrendered to police, says witness HYDERABAD, June 27: The first defence witness in Daniel Pearl case, District and Sessions Judge, Muzaffargarh, Raoof Sheikh, who is the maternal uncle of the principal accused Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh,... HYDERABAD: Hyderabad dist council okays budget in protest HYDERABAD, June 27: The district Council, Hyderabad, on Thursday approved Rs3,451.188 million budget estimates for 2002-2003 under protest, showing a surplus amount of Rs2.4 million.... HYDERABAD: Drive launched against sub-standard pesticides HYDERABAD, June 27: The agriculture extension, Sindh, launched a campaign against sub-standard and adulterated pesticides to ensure better production from cotton and other Kharif crops.... HYDERABAD: AIG finds three in illegal detention HYDERABAD, June 27: AIG, Hyderabad region police, Abdul Rauf Yusfuzai, on Wednesday night paid a surprise visit to the Kotri SITE police post where he found three men in illegal detention.... HYDERABAD: Teachers demand SAU VC removal HYDERABAD, June 27: The Federation of All Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Associations (FAPUASA) has demanded the removal of the vice chancellor of the Sindh Agriculture University, Tando Jam.... LARKANA: Ghinwa rejects graduation condition LARKANA, June 27: Ghinwa Bhutto, chairperson of the PPP(SB) and Pakistan National Conference, has said that she would vehemently oppose the condition of graduation for candidates in general elections.... PESHAWAR: Gas consumers facing problems in Peshawar PESHAWAR, June 27: A number of gas consumers have complained against the working of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL).... PESHAWAR: Women councillors to boycott training PESHAWAR, June 27: The women councillors of Karak district unions have decided to boycott all training workshops to protest against what they called “poor planning and misbehaviour” of the officials of... PESHAWAR: Govt depts asked to pay power bills by 29th PESHAWAR, June 27: Peshawar Electricity Supply Company (Pesco) has asked the public sector entities to deposit the principal amount out of the total arrears payable by them by 29th to qualify... PESHAWAR: PPP, ANP reject proposed amendments PESHAWAR, June 27: Pakistan People’s Party has rejected the proposed constitutional amendments offered by the government and termed it an assault on the fundamental rights of people and basic structure of... PESHAWAR: ‘Gambling dens’ at Peshawar funfair PESHAWAR, June 27: Seven “gambling dens” have been established in the guise of stalls at a funfair which commenced at Jinnah Park, here from June 23, alleged two Pasban leaders, Jehanzeb... PESHAWAR: 100 illegal Afghans deported PESHAWAR, June 27: Pakistan deported about 100 illegal Afghans via Torkham checkpoint, some 45km west from Peshawar on Thursday, officials said.... PESHAWAR: PPP denies allocation of tickets PESHAWAR, June 27: The provincial chief of Pakistan People’s Party, Khwaja Mohammad Hoti, has denied that party has issued any tickets to the candidates for the upcoming election in any district...

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