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July 15, 2002 Monday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 4, 1423 KARACHI: Man shot dead, fisherman’s body found: Four cars, nine bikes hijacked KARACHI, July 14: Thirteen vehicles — four cars and nine motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Sunday, police sources said.... KARACHI: SHC resolves Justice Sajjad’s pension issue KARACHI, July 14: Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed of the Sindh High Court has not agreed with the contentions of Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, former chief justice of Pakistan, on the question whether... KARACHI: Over Rs3bn spent on KMTP studies KARACHI, July 14: The Sindh government has, so far, spent more than Rs3 billion on studies of the Karachi Mass Transit Plan, but absolutely nothing concrete has come out of this.... KARACHI: Sewerage line work reviewed KARACHI, July 14: Under the directive of the Sindh governor, the District Coordination Officer (DCO), Karachi, Shafiqur Rahman Paracha, reviewed on Sunday the laying of a sewerage pipeline along Hasrat Mohani... KARACHI: Woman passenger dies on PIA flight KARACHI, July 14: PIA’s London-bound flight PK-787 had to make an emergency landing at Tehran airport after a passenger, Afsheen Akram, a British national, suffered a severe heart attack.... KARACHI: Telephone links restored KARACHI, July 14: The Pakistan Telecommunication Ltd (PTCL) on Sunday removed the fault at the Pak Capital Exchange due to which the NWD, the ISD and the local mobile dialling facility... KARACHI: Govt firm against terrorism KARACHI, July 14: Federal minister for information and media development, Nisar Memon, on Sunday said that the firm stand which the present the government had taken on the issue of Kashmir... KARACHI: People want democracy, seminar told KARACHI, July 14: Speakers at a seminar on Sunday said that electoral reforms in the country were needed to provide a level playing field to all contestants in the elections, but... KARACHI: Changes in engineering education system urged KARACHI, July 14: Representatives of eight public and private sector engineering universities and colleges gave detailed presentations about engineering courses and disciplines offered by their institutions, admission criteria and scope of... KARACHI: KU may face more protests KARACHI, July 14: Although the University of Karachi has managed to get stay order from the Sindh High Court against activities of its teachers, officers and employees’ welfare associations, the situation... KARACHI: Water shortage persists in many areas KARACHI, July 14: Acute water shortage continued to persist in several parts of the city for the sixth consecutive day on Sunday.... KARACHI: PS without mobile van, short of staff KARACHI, July 14: Incidents of thefts and robberies in Steel Town are on the rise, and the area police station is short of staff and has no vehicle, which could have... KARACHI: Elementary education system being developed KARACHI, July 14: Sindh chief secretary K. B. Rind has urged the Sindh education department to ensure proper implementation of the Sindh Compulsory Education Ordinance.... KARACHI: Drizzle forecast KARACHI, July 14: The city’s weather would be cloudy on Monday with chances of drizzle, a weather forecast said.... KARACHI: Graduation condition puts parties in a fix KARACHI, July 14: Almost all political parties, particularly the main-stream political parties, PPP and PML(N), today find themselves in a trouble as all their exercise of selecting candidates for the October... KARACHI: Diet without milk makes children rickets-prone KARACHI, July 14: osteomalacia among children known as rickets is more likely to occur if they consume diet which does not include milk or other animal foods, a primary source of... KARACHI: ANP body for poll alliance KARACHI, July 14: The Awami National Party (ANP), Sindh, has formed a committee to hold talks with other political parties and groups for electoral alliance at provincial level for the October... QUETTA: Dr Amiruddin dies in road accident QUETTA, July 14: A former vice chairperson of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Balochistan Chapter, Dr Amiruddin was killed in a road accident here on Sunday.... KARACHI: MQM’s sub-units in US dissolved KARACHI, July 14: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s coordination committee has dissolved all its sub-units in the US to reorganize its US unit and has formed a six-member ad hoc body, headed... KARACHI: Demo against fee hike KARACHI, July 14: Students belonging to the Islami Jamiat Talaba on Sunday staged a protest demonstration in front of Karachi Press club against increase in fees of medical education and reduction... KARACHI: JI criticizes education policy KARACHI, July 14: The educational policy of the government not only fails to enhance literacy rate but will also lead to close the doors of education on the poor.... KARACHI: Medical service KARACHI, July 14: The Dewan Group of Industries has launched Mobile Medical Services for people residing in the surroundings of Dewan City in Taluka Sujawal in Thatta District.—APP... KARACHI: Road in Lyari lying in ruins KARACHI, July 14: The residents of Baghdadi area in Lyari Town have expressed great concern over the deteriorating conditions of the Shah Latif Bhittai Road and urged the agencies concerned to... HYDERABAD: Councillors form election alliance HYDERABAD, July 14: The elected representatives of Hyderabad City Taluka have formed ‘Hyderabad Alliance’ (HA) which will put up candidates in the ensuing general elections scheduled for Oct 10.... HYDERABAD: Overcharging by tax officials resented HYDERABAD, July 14: The Cattle Merchants Welfare Association (CMWA), Sindh, on Sunday threatened to resort to strike if the officials of local councils and contractors were not stopped from charging excess... HYDERABAD: NSC to perpetuate mly rule: parties HYDERABAD, July 14: The central committee member, Communist Party of Pakistan (CPP), Imdad Qazi has said that the appointment of the National Security Council was in fact a ploy to enforce... HYDERABAD: Bangle industry affairs discussed HYDERABAD, July 14: The Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority (Smeda), in collaboration with the Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI), here the other day held a seminar on glass... HYDERABAD: Demo against conviction of Benazir HYDERABAD, July 14: A group of students of the Hyderabad Technical College, belonging to the People’s Students Federation (SPSF), staged a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Sunday against... HYDERABAD: Rape victim was sold for Rs20,000 HYDERABAD, July 14: Two persons, Mohammad Rafique Pathan and Noor Mohammad Jamali, approached the Cantonment police here on Sunday and claimed to be father and husband of a disabled girl, Ms... HYDERABAD: Date of M.Phil admissions HYDERABAD, July 14: The University of Sindh has announced here on Saturday that the last date for submission of admission forms in various disciplines of M.Phil programme 2002-03 has been extended... PESHAWAR: ATC at Swat yet to start functioning PESHAWAR, July 14: The anti-terrorism court at Swat (Malakand) could not start functioning despite passage of four months, as the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997, has not been extended to the Provincially... PESHAWAR: ANP, PPP, JUI(F) reject amendments PESHAWAR, July 14: The major political parties have outrightly rejected the proposed constitutional amendments.... PESHAWAR: Package termed attack on democracy PESHAWAR, July 14: The Pakistan Awami Party (PAP) has termed the draft constitutional package an assault on the democracy and supremacy of parliament, and a mockery of the Constitution.... PESHAWAR: Repatriation of 1m DPs planned PESHAWAR, July 14: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the federal government are holding consultations to chalk out an effective plan for the repatriation of Afghan refugees.... PESHAWAR: Interim setup before elections demanded PESHAWAR, July 14: The Pakistan People’s Party and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam have rejected the proposed constitutional amendment package, graduation condition and Madaris Ordinance and termed them a western conspiracy against the religious... PESHAWAR: Appeal to withdraw eviction order PESHAWAR, July 14: The President of Mazdoor Kissan Party, Fatehyab Ali Khan, has requested the President of Pakistan and NWFP Governor the of order of withdrawal of an order of his... NOWSHERA: Body of young man found NOWSHERA, July 14: The body of a young man in a gunny bag was recovered from the Kabul canal near Dag Besood on Saturday.... GILGIT: Training GILGIT, July 14: Aga Khan Planning and Building Service (AKPBS) in collaboration with Allama Iqbal Open University is organizing a training course in electric wiring....

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