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July 5, 2002 Friday Rabi-us-Sani 23,1423 KARACHI: Easy payment plan for kutchi abadis proposed: Recovery of KESC dues KARACHI, July 4: The City Government has proposed to the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation to reduce down payment amount for its bills from 50 per cent to 10 per cent, and... KARACHI: Meat sellers increase prices KARACHI, July 4: Beef sellers are charging Rs5-10 a kg more as they claim that prices of animals have gone up in the wholesale market because of their shortage.... KARACHI: 10 cars,11 bikes hijacked KARACHI, July 4: Twenty-one vehicles — ten cars and 11 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Thursday, the police said.... KARACHI: New ministers get portfolios KARACHI, July 4: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro on Thursday assigned the portfolios to five new ministers inducted in the Cabinet on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Reckless driving claims four lives KARACHI, July 4: Three men and a woman died in road accidents in the city on Thursday.... KARACHI: Main park at Gutter Baghicha KARACHI, July 4: The City government at a meeting on Thursday decided to turn the Gutter Baghicha into a main park of the city.... KARACHI: Govt urged to wind up task force on higher education KARACHI, July 4: Rejecting the proposed recommendations of the task force on higher education reforms, representatives of students and teachers’ bodies, academicians and leaders of political parties at a seminar on... KARACHI: Selection of doctors for postgraduation KARACHI, July 4: The provincial health minister, Ahsan Ahmed, on Thursday, chaired a meeting to consider the selection of doctors for postgraduation.... KARACHI: Quality life for people to be ensured: Soomro KARACHI, July 4: The present government is pursuing the goal of improving the quality of life of the people and for this it has adopted a multi-pronged approach.... KARACHI: Diarrhoea killed over 100 infants last month KARACHI, July 4: With the advent of summer season in the city, the deaths of infants caused by diarrhoea in paediatric wards of city hospitals has risen sharply. According to estimates,... KARACHI: 300 illegal power connections removed KARACHI, July 4: As many as 300 illegal electricity connections have been removed from the staff town of Karachi University.... KARACHI: NHA accused of creating law, order problem KARACHI, July 4: Representatives of those who have been affected by the Lyari Expressway Project have accused the National Highway Authority of “disrupting law and order situation in Karachi” by carrying... KARACHI: Parents seek role in decisions on education KARACHI, July 4: The Parents Educational Forum, an NGO comprising parents of studying children, on Thursday demanded that the government consider parents’ interests and take them into confidence while implementing decisions... KARACHI: Power failures persist in city KARACHI, July 4: Power failures continued to occur on Thursday as the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation failed to provide uninterrupted power supply to its customers.... KARACHI: Aid for victims of accidents KARACHI, July 4: The provincial health department has issued directives to all medical superintendent of hospitals/medical colleges, EDOs (health) and police surgeons to ensure strict compliance and enforcement of Rule 25-19-A... KARACHI: Ex-DC gets bail in corruption case KARACHI, July 4: Former Deputy Commissioner (East), Syed Ali Anwar Shah, charged with abetting the offence of corruption and corrupt practices under Section 9 (VI) of the NAB ordinance, was granted... KARACHI: Four robberies committed KARACHI, July 4: Four robberies were committed in the city on Thursday, the police said.... KARACHI: PPP slams constitutional amendments KARACHI, July 4: The PPP on Thursday expressed apprehension that following recent large-scale constitutional amendments made by the government, the mode of governance in Pakistan would become presidential and consequently it... KARACHI: Parking fee without facilities must go: Naimat KARACHI, July 4: The City Nazim, Naimatullah Khan, has asked EDO Finance, Shoaib Siddiqui, to consider ways and means how to mitigate complaints of people who are being charged for parking... KARACHI: New water supply route to be explored KARACHI, July 4: The Sindh government has decided to undertake a feasibility study for a new route of water supply to Karachi from Keenjhar lake via Nooriabad.... KARACHI: Class-based education system opposed KARACHI, July 4: Federal Minister for Labour and Overseas Pakistanis, Owais Ghani, has underscored the need for abolition of the existing class-based education system in the country with due emphasis on... KARACHI: Drizzle likely KARACHI, July 4: The Met office has forecast for Friday a cloudy or partly cloudy day with chances of drizzle. The temperature will remain in the range of 34 to 36... KARACHI: Reappointment of officials irks ADB KARACHI, July 4: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has once again expressed its reservations on reports of placement of officials in Sindh Middle School Project (MSP) who were earlier expelled from... KARACHI: Transfer stopped KARACHI, July 4: The National Industrial Relations Commission (NIRC) has ordered the Pakistan Steel not to transfer its employee and a labour leader, Mirza Tariq Javed, till July 16.... KARACHI: SHC gives police 15 days to submit report on missing girl KARACHI, July 4: The Sindh High Court directed on Thursday the SHO Malir Cantt police station to record statements of all concerned, including eyewitnesses and relatives of an alleged detainee, a... HYDERABAD: Rallies held to condemn Meerwala tragedy HYDERABAD, July 4: Three different demonstrations were held here on Thursday to condemn the Meerwala incident in which a young woman was gang-raped according to the decision of a jirga.... HYDERABAD: Landlord, friends gang-rape hari girl HYDERABAD, July 4: A young girl, belonging to the Kolhi community, was subjected to criminal assault here on Wednesday in jurisdiction of the Husri police station.... HYDERABAD: Teachers’ research centre to be set up HYDERABAD, July 4: In order to build up the capacity of the existing primary and higher secondary schools, an amount of Rs42.24 million will be spent under the education reforms sector... HYDERABAD: Prosecution charges rejected by defence: Daniel Pearl case HYDERABAD, July 4: The defence, in Daniel Pearl’s kidnapping and murder trial, on Thursday dismissed the entire prosecution case against his client, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the principal accused.... HYDERABAD: Power cut deepens water crisis HYDERABAD, July 4: The managing director, Wasa, has announced that power breakdown on July 3 at Fort Hill water supply pumping station from 5:30pm to 7:30pm has caused severe water shortage... NAWABSHAH: Citizens slam construction of shopping centre at park NAWABSHAH, July 4: Members of the Shehri Ittehad, Sakrand, along with the citizens took out a protest rally against the construction of a shopping centre at Latif Park on Thursday.... SUKKUR: School schemes SUKKUR, July 4: An amount of Rs24.5 million will be spent on three on-going schemes of school buildings in Sukkur District during the Annual Development Programme 2002-2003.... LARKANA: Sacking of govt employees decried LARKANA, July 4: A big protest rally was held under the flag of All Government Employees Trade Unions Alliance here on Wednesday against the government’s plan to send low-grade employees to... PESHAWAR: PPP leader blasts NRB package PESHAWAR, July 4: The Pakistan People’s Party has demanded of the government to withdraw the condition of graduation and allow the seasoned politicians to take part in the upcoming elections.... PESHAWAR: Doctors flouting IBP rules face action PESHAWAR, July 4: Taking exception to the complaints that many doctors have been carrying out their private practice along with the institution-based practice (IBP), NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has... PESHAWAR: Plan to foil sabotage finalized PESHAWAR, July 4: The city police have finalised a plan to ward off any untoward incident of terrorism in the provincial metropolis, sources in the police department told Dawn here on... PESHAWAR: Inspectors to scrutinize cases PESHAWAR, July 4: The Inspector-General of Police, NWFP, has empowered the prosecution inspectors and prosecution sub-inspectors to scrutinize the case challans before submitting them to the concerned court.... PESHAWAR: Drug peddler gets life sentence PESHAWAR, July 4: Taking suo motu notice in a narcotics case, the Peshawar High Court on Thursday sentenced a drug pusher, earlier acquitted by a trial court, to life imprisonment.... PESHAWAR: Six new colleges for NWFP soon PESHAWAR, July 4: After sensing that hundreds of students could not be able to get admission in colleges, the government has decided to set up new colleges in partnership with private... PESHAWAR: PML(QA) opposes proposed amendments PESHAWAR, July 4: Provincial President of Pakistan Muslim League, (QA) Salim Saifullah Khan, has said that constitutional amendments in the past, by both military and civilian rulers, were done only for...

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