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July 16, 2002 Tuesday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 5, 1423 KARACHI: Muttahida man shot dead: 6 cars, 11 bikes hijacked KARACHI, July 15: An activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement was shot dead near the party headquarters in Azizabad on Monday afternoon.... KARACHI: Atmosphere vitiated as KU lords it over staff KARACHI, July 15: Teachers, including chairpersons of several departments, are concerned about fact that the administrative issues of the University of Karachi are being blown out of all proportion.... KARACHI: Korangi area being supplied contaminated water KARACHI, July 15: Hundreds of houses in Korangi Town’s Union Council-7, are being supplied contaminated water for the last fortnight and the residents of the affected areas said all their complaints... KARACHI: 6,000 kids born with thalassaemia every year KARACHI, July 15: At least six thousand children are born with thalassaemia major — an inherited defect in the formation of haemoglobin — every year in Pakistan.... KARACHI: Pearl case Police on high alert after judgment KARACHI, July 15: Police were on high alert in the city on Monday to maintain law and order when an anti-terrorism court in Hyderabad awarded death sentence to Omar Shaikh and... KARACHI: Schedule for admission to medical colleges KARACHI, July 15: The Sindh health department has announced a tentative schedule for admission to the first year MBBS/BDS classes in the public sector medical institutions for the year 2002-2003.... KARACHI: Correction KARACHI, July 15: The Sindh government has spent Rs322.5 million on different studies about Karachi Mass Transit Plan, and not Rs3 billion as was erroneously reportedin Dawn’s July 13 issue.... KARACHI: Traffic jams on Saddar roads KARACHI, July 15: A nerve-racking traffic jam is witnessed on North Napier Road, right Denso Hall up to Lea Market during peak hours in the morning and evening.... KARACHI: Police beat up booksellers KARACHI, July 15: Police beat up sellers of second-hand books at Regal Chowk, Saddar, on Sunday. Several booksellers were also picked up, but were later let off after they paid illegal... KARACHI: Inter home economics results KARACHI, July 15: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, on Monday announced the results of HSC Home Economics group (part-II) annual examinations 2002, with a pass percentage of 78.88.... KARACHI: Over 200 English model schools planned KARACHI, July 15: The Sindh government has planned to launch a Rs5.8 billion decentralized elementary education project in the province with assistance of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).... KARACHI: Special children entertained KARACHI, July 15: Over one hundred special children were entertained with music for a couple of hours at a function held at a restaurant here on Monday.... KARACHI: Sindhi Adabi Board reconstituted KARACHI, July 15: The Sindh government has reconstituted the Board of Governors of the Sindhi Adabi Board with the nomination of noted scholar Ghulam Rabbani Agro as its chairman.... KARACHI: Registration for GCE begins KARACHI, July 15: Registration of the general certificate of education (GCE) O&A levels private candidates for the Cambridge October/November examinations have started from July 8.... KARACHI: Paintings show at Arts Council KARACHI, July 15: An exhibition of paintings by Noor Mohammad Qureshi will open in the Manzar Akbar Hall of the Arts Council on Tuesday. The exhibition will continue till July 20.... KARACHI: Sindh cabinet introduces changes to Stamp Act KARACHI, July 15: The Sindh cabinet, which met here on Monday with Governor Mohammedmian Soomro in the chair, decided to introduce various amendments to the Stamp Act of 1899.... KARACHI: TMOs told to remove roadside structures KARACHI, July 15: A meeting held here on Monday, under the chairmanship of DCO Karachi Shafiqur Rehman Paracha, reviewed the arrangements made for cleaning of drains to avoid any difficulty that... KARACHI: Sharea Faisal remains without power KARACHI, July 15: Streetlights along Sharea Faisal remained off as it drizzled on Sunday night.... KARACHI: Delimitation of two constituencies challenged KARACHI, July 15: Three registered voters of National and provincial assembly constituencies NA 258 and PS 127 have challenged in the Sindh High Court the notification pertaining to delimitation, claiming that... KARACHI: Campaign against stray dogs KARACHI, July 15: The Liaquatabad Town’s health department will launch an anti-pye dog campaign on Tuesday-Wednesday night to eliminate the menace of stray dogs.... KARACHI: Nine polio cases reported in Sindh KARACHI, July 15: At least nine cases of polio have been reported in Sindh so far, Project Director of Extended Programme of Immunization (EPI), Sindh Dr. Shamsunissa Ansari said here on... KARACHI: New security force for KU planned KARACHI, July 15: The administration of the University of Karachi is planning to establish a new armed security force to counter threats of protest and violence by teachers, officers, employees associations... KARACHI: Hawkesbay scheme plots KARACHI, July 15: The Housing and Town Planning Department of the Sindh government on Monday issued 591 challans in respect of allottees of Block-3, Hawkesbay Scheme 42, third instalment of the... KARACHI: Drizzle likely KARACHI, July 15: The Met Department has forecast cloudy weather with chances of drizzle in Karachi on Tuesday. The maximum temperature in the city is expected to be between 30 and... KARACHI: KU buses remain off roads KARACHI, July 15: The University of Karachi on Monday did not allow its buses to ply, citing security reasons after commencement of second semester classes.... SANGHAR: Old couple appeals for protection SANGHAR, July 15: An old couple, Rasool Bux Chandio and Hashoo, residents of the Budho Chandio village, near Shahdadpur, have appealed to the higher authorities to provide them as well as... HYDERABAD: ‘War preparedness must for achieving peace’ HYDERABAD, July 15: The federal minister for information and media development, Nisar A. Memon, has said that to achieve peace, preparedness for war is necessary.... HYDERABAD: SHO accused of damaging evidence: Gang-rape case HYDERABAD, June 15: A Pasban leader, Mohammad Hussain Khan, has accused the Husri SHO of damaging incriminating evidence of the gang-rape case of a peasant girl.... BADIN: Water crisis due to unfair sharing, says Leghari BADIN, July 15: The National Alliance chief Farooq Leghari has said that the water crisis in Sindh has been created due to the non-judicious distribution of water.... LARKANA: Six injured in bandits’ firing LARKANA, July 15: Six men, including a policeman, were injured when bandits opened fire on a car, a passenger bus and police near Khairpur Juso on late Sunday night.... HYDERABAD: Conviction of Benazir flayed HYDERABAD, July 15: Scores of the activists of the PPP, cultural wing, staged an one-hour sit-in and burnt tyres on Hyderabad-Badin road here on Monday to protest the court verdict against... KHAIRPUR: Contractors take sand from banks of Rohri canal KHAIRPUR, July 15: The embankments of the Rohri canal have become weak as a result of contractors taking sand from there for construction work.... SUKKUR: Shortage of irrigation water denied SUKKUR, July 15: There was no shortage of water for irrigation purposes and all the off-taking canals of the Sukkur Barrage were flowing in perfect condition.... SUKKUR: Three killed in wagon-truck collision SUKKUR, July 15: Three persons were killed and two others were injured when a Jacobabad-bound passenger wagon collided with a truck on the Indus highway near Abdal Shakh in the jurisdiction... PESHAWAR: PMAP opposes army role in politics PESHAWAR, July 15: The Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party has urged all the major political parties to rally round a one-point agenda of opposing the permanent political role for the armed forces... PESHAWAR: Activists of banned outfit plead not guilty PESHAWAR, July 15: Two activists of a proscribed sectarian organisation, Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, declined to confess their guilt before a court here on Monday and were sent to judicial local-up.... PESHAWAR: Tribal students plan hunger strike PESHAWAR, July 15: The All Tribal Students Federation has decided to observe a hunger strike to protest against the Punjab government which has been delaying granting admission to FATA students to... PESHAWAR: Rare breed of sheep found in Chitral PESHAWAR, July 15: Researchers have located a unique breed of sheep which is capable of producing four lambs in a year and have appealed to the authorities to prevent its extinction.... PESHAWAR: Course in refugees rights PESHAWAR, July 15: The Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology, a private educational institution, is launching a diploma course in International Refugee Rights from August 10 this year.... PESHAWAR: JTA holds protest demo PESHAWAR, July 15: Jamiat Tulaba-i-Arabia here on Monday staged a demonstration to protest over the murder of the activist of the organization a couple of days ago.... PESHAWAR: Workshop begins on revenue mobilization PESHAWAR, July 15: The Fiscal Decentralization Project, a wing of the National Reconstruction Bureau, organized a three-day training workshop “Budget and Revenue Mobilization” for senior government officials here on Monday.... PESHAWAR: Boy injured by customs staff PESHAWAR, July 15: The Anti-Smuggling Squad of Pakistan Customs has deprived a young man of a carton full of spare parts valued Rs14,000 near Peshawar Press Club on Monday.... PESHAWAR: Met office experiencing bad weather PESHAWAR, July 15: The meteorological office, which is supposed to provide latest forecast on weather conditions to media, has become a worthless institution.... PESHAWAR: Pesco open court PESHAWAR, July 15: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) is holding an open court at the office of Mardan district Nazim on Wednesday....

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