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July 8, 2002 Monday Rabi-us-Sani 26,1423 KARACHI: Reckless driving claims six lives KARACHI, July 7: Reckless driving claimed six lives in the city on Sunday.A photographer of an Urdu daily was run over by an unidentified vehicle near the Star ... KARACHI: Power failures observe no holiday KARACHI, July 7: Power failures continued unabated on Sunday as the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation grappled with power breakdowns.... KARACHI: KWSB exposing people to hazards KARACHI, July 7: The Karachi Water & Sewerage Board (KWSB) is bent upon to fail the city government by blocking the sewerage lines of defaulters, causing stinking water to gush out... KARACHI: Four cars, six bikes taken away KARACHI, July 7: Sixteen vehicles — four cars and 12 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Sunday, the police sources said.... KARACHI: Five men shot dead KARACHI, July 7: Five persons were shot dead in the city on Sunday.Two young men were shod dead in a petty dispute in Mehmoodabad..... KARACHI: Rain emergency centre set up KARACHI, July 7: The city govt has set up a rain emergency centre at the Civic Centre near Hasan Square to meet any untoward incident in wake of the current monsoon... KARACHI: Transporters repeat strike threat KARACHI, July 7: Karachi Transport Ittehad has reiterated its threat to observe a comprehensive strike on July 13, against repressive measures of the traffic police and their high-handed approach to subdue... KARACHI: Provincial finance commission being set up KARACHI, July 7: Chief Secretary Kaly Bux Rind has asked the local government department to complete the Khushal Pakistan Programme (KPP) Phase-III by September 2002.... KARACHI: Repairs may take three months: Teen Hatti bridge KARACHI, July 7: Resumption of heavy traffic flow within the city and upcountry from Teen Hatti bridge might take up to three months, due to severe damage caused by a fire... KARACHI: Link road in a shambles KARACHI, July 7: A linking road of Lyari Town is in shambles as no repair work has been carried out on it for the last several years because of negligence of... KARACHI: Cloudy weather KARACHI, July 7: The meteorological office has forecast a cloudy or partly cloudy day with chances of drizzle on Monday. The temperature will remain in the range of 33 to 35... KARACHI: Delay slammed KARACHI, July 7: Members of the City Council and Nazimeen and Naib Nazimeen of different Towns and Union Councils belonging to the Al-Khadim group, have criticized the City Government for not... KARACHI: Parties criticize two-term restriction KARACHI, July 7: The Pakistan People’s Party has claimed that Benazir’s decision to return home has so badly upset the government that every now and then orders and ordinances are being... KARACHI: ARD chief rejects new presidential order KARACHI, July 7: Veteran politician and the chief of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD), Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, has criticized the government for its refusal to grant permission to the... KARACHI: Ministers told to keep in touch with people KARACHI, July 7: Sindh Governor, Mohammedmian Soomro, has exhorted the ministers and others responsible in the government to ensure their direct contact with the people in a continuous process.... KARACHI: Steps to deal with monsoon finalized KARACHI, July 7: All the 18 Town committees have finalized emergency measures to prevent disasters during the monsoon season and have expedited cleanliness work on leftover stormwater drains.... KARACHI: SDA to struggle for women’s rights KARACHI, July 7: The Sindh Democratic Alliance has condemned the discriminatory and feudal laws against women and vowed to strive for equal opportunities for them in every walk of life.... KARACHI: Terrorism described as sign of society’s sickness: National psychiatry symposium KARACHI, July 7: Eminent psychiatrists from across the country on Sunday claimed that the issue of terrorism, besetting Pakistan and other countries, was reflective of the collective abnormality of the society.... KARACHI: Pay-phone company’s application allowed KARACHI, July 7: The Sindh High Court has allowed an application of a pay-phone company which had sought injunction against disconnection of lines of its pay-phones till the adjustment of rebate... KARACHI: BBA entry test result tomorrow KARACHI, July 7: The result of the entry test for admission to the four-year BBA courses at the Institute of Business Administration will be notified by Tuesday. This was stated by... HYDERABAD: Polluted water being supplied to Kotri residents HYDERABAD, July 7: Thousands of residents of Kotri, kutcha abadis and industrial areas are getting polluted water which is not fit for human consumption.... HYDERABAD: ARD shifts venue of workers’ convention HYDERABAD, July 7: A meeting of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD), held here on Sunday lashed out at the authorities for trying to sabotage the workers’ convention which... HYDERABAD: Additional 1.5bn tax unbearable: farmers HYDERABAD, July 7: The working committee of the Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB), at a meeting held here on Saturday, deplored the levy of Rs1.5 billion agriculture income tax in the provincial... MITHI: Plea to stop hunting of rare birds, animals MITHI, July 7: The notables and social circles of Nagarparkar have appealed to the governor, the chief secretary, and the secretary, Wildlife, Sindh, to take notice of the unabated poaching and... HYDERABAD: Employment for local people in oil companies demanded HYDERABAD, July 7: The leaders of the Struggle Committee Badin — Mir Muhammad Solangi of Sindh National Party, Roshan Ali Soomro of Citizens Action Committee and Ali Raza Sodho of Jeay... SANGHAR: Murder, robbery stir violence SANGHAR, July 7: Violence broke out here on Saturday following murder of a petrol pump guard by robbers, who were arrested by a joint team of footprint-trackers and police later.... KARACHI: Law college HYDERABAD, July 7: The principal of the Government Sindh Law College, Hyderabad, Prof Ahmad Ali Shaikh, has announced for the information of the students of LLB, part-I, session 2001-2002, that their... HYDERABAD: ‘Teachers’ promotion soon’ HYDERABAD, July 7: Sindh education minister Khan Mohammad Dahiri has said that the pending cases of promotions of teachers will be disposed of without further delay.... MIRPURKHAS: Couple commit suicide MIRPURKHAS, July 7: A newly-married couple committed suicide in Kolhi Daro, Umerkot town on Saturday night.... PESHAWAR: Juvenile languishing in death cell PESHAWAR, July 7: A juvenile offender from Peshawar has been languishing in a death cell at Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi, as his death sentence has not been converted into life imprisonment as... PESHAWAR: Karak to face water famine: survey PESHAWAR, July 7: Surveys conducted by various government and private organizations forecast acute shortage of drinking water in the Karak district in the years to come, sources in the Works and... PESHAWAR: PML(QA) man, 3 others jailed PESHAWAR, July 7: An office-bearer of Pakistan Muslim League (QA), Arbab Ghulam Haider, and three of his accomplices were convicted by a local court for killing a person and were sentenced... PESHAWAR: Afghan leader’s murder condemned PESHAWAR, July 7: Descri-bing the assassination of Afghanistan’s vice-president Haji Abdul Qadir as “systematic killing”, President Pakistan International Human Rights Organization (PIHRO), Habib Malik Orakzai, has observed that no leader of... PESHAWAR: Call to give women due status in society PESHAWAR, July 7: The provincial president of the Pakistan Muslim League(QA), Salim Saifullah Khan, has said that the inhuman incidents like molestation of the innocent woman in Multan under Panchayat decision...

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