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July 21, 2002 Sunday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 10,1423 KARACHI: City Council slams KESC for poor performance KARACHI, July 20: Members of City Council on last day of current session severely criticized the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation for its poor performance, unfriendly attitude towards its customers and continuous... KARACHI: Privatization of colleges to be transparent: Soomro KARACHI, July 20: Sindh governor Mohammadmian Soomro said on Saturday that the privatisation of educational institutions was being carried out in a transparent manner.... KARACHI: Rangers inspector remanded KARACHI, July 20: A court has directed the government to submit challans on July 27 of those activists of the Harkatul Mujahideen Al Almi who were arrested in connection with the... KARACHI: Four cars, 12 bikes hijacked: Boy found hanging KARACHI, July 20: A teenage boy was found hanging in an empty house in Orangi Extension on Saturday.... KARACHI: Number of young runaways on the rise KARACHI, July 20: Tremendous increase in the number of children aged between 10 and 16 running away from home has been noticed by the Edhi Information Bureau (EIB), as during the... KARACHI: KWSB chief being transferred KARACHI, July 20: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) managing-director, Brig Muhammad Bahram Khan, is being transferred to the General Headquarters (GHQ), Rawalpindi, where he will be assigned job in... KARACHI: Sindh govt lifts ban on fishing KARACHI, July 20: The Sindh government has lifted ban on catch of shrimp and fresh water-fish by relaxing the remaining period of the current month.... KARACHI: Endowment fund created KARACHI, July 20: The Sindh government has set aside Rs.01.0 billion as an endowment fund in 2002-03 budget to extend financial assistance to the brilliant students of the province for higher... KARACHI: Special anti-polio drive from 23rd KARACHI, July 20: The expanded programme of immunization (EPI-Sindh) has geared up its efforts to eradicate polio virus through its three-day “High Risk Area Approach” in nine districts of the province... KARACHI: TB referral labs soon KARACHI, July 20: A chain of referral labs for timely diagnosis of patients suffering from multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis will start operating in different parts of the country, including Sindh, by... KARACHI: Rehabilitation of child beggars proposed KARACHI, July 20: A large number of handicapped children had fun for over a couple of hours at a function organised at a local city hotel here on Saturday.... KARACHI: SSC certificates KARACHI, July 20: The certificates of SSC annual and supplementary examinations 2000 are ready for collection by the schools. This was announced by the Board of Secondary Education on Saturday.... KARACHI: NED exams KARACHI, July 20: The NED University has announced that the KANUPP Institute’s second semester (nuclear power engineering) final examinations 2002 will commence from July 29.... KARACHI: Ways discussed to mitigate effects of RBOD on environment KARACHI, July 20: Stakeholders have expressed concerns over the negative environmental, ecological and socio-economic effects of the proposed extension works of the Right Bank Outfall Drain (RBOD) from Sehwan to the... KARACHI: Southern parts of Sindh to get average rains KARACHI, July 20: The southern parts of Sindh are expected to receive average rains during the current monsoon that began in the country early this month, a weather expert said here... KARACHI: Cloudy weather KARACHI, July 20: The Met department has forecast cloudy or partly cloudy weather with chances of drizzle in the city on Sunday. The maximum temperature is expected to remain between 30... KARACHI: No provision of medical help at beaches KARACHI, July 20: Beach-goers from Sandspit to Cape Monze are facing great difficulties as the only medical aid and rescue centre for the beaches is without medicines and fresh water.... KARACHI: Serial Jannat filmed KARACHI, July 20: Drama serial Jannat, revolving around the life of a young fisherwoman faced with various odds, will go on air on the PTV network on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Jamaat to contest October polls KARACHI, July 20: The Jamaat-i-Islami on Saturday announced that it will take part in the October general elections in the country.... KARACHI: Anti-flood steps discussed KARACHI, July 20: Sindh Chief Secretary K. B. Rind asked on Saturday the provincial secretaries and district coordination officers to ensure effective, integrated and preemptive measures to prevent untoward incidents due... KARACHI: SC grants leave to appeal KARACHI, July 20: The Supreme Court registry at Karachi granted on Saturday leave to appeal against a Sindh High Court decision on the ground that the judgment was signed by two... KARACHI: Lahori, two others remanded KARACHI, July 20: Three different courts of Karachi division remanded on Saturday Mohammed Ajmal alias Akram Lahori, Ataullah Bokhari and Mohammed Azam alias Sharif, three alleged terrorists of the Laskhar-i-Jhangvi, in... KARACHI: Woman dies on flight KARACHI, July 20: An aged woman died because of stomach ulcer while travelling on a PIA flight from Birmingham to Karachi on Saturday.... KARACHI: Badruddin grieved KARACHI, July 20: Rahima Khatoon, wife of senior journalist S.G.M. Badruddin, expired on Saturday morning. She was 74.... KARACHI: Ajmal Pahari, 2 others acquitted KARACHI, July 20: An Additional District and Sessions Judge, West, Mohammed Saghir Rana, acquitted on Saturday three activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement in a murder case.... RAWALPINDI: Nazim, Naib’s offices to consume 14pc of dist budget RAWALPINDI, July 20: The expenditure of the offices of district Nazim and Naib Nazim would consume 14 per cent of the non-development budget estimated for the fiscal year 2002-03, sources... RAWALPINDI: Graduates to be recruited as teachers in schools RAWALPINDI, July 20: The educational qualification set for the recruitment of teachers in the primary schools, running under the district government, would be graduation with some professional degree in education, said... RAWALPINDI: AC adjourns PS case RAWALPINDI, July 20: An accountability court on Saturday adjourned the hearing of the Pakistan Steel Mills corruption reference against Asif Zardari.... ISLAMABAD: CDA seeks Rs40m from govt for computerization ISLAMABAD, July 20: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has sought Rs40 million from the government for the computerization of its various departments, an official told Dawn here on Saturday.... ISLAMABAD: Over 3,000 CDA workers to be regularized ISLAMABAD, July 20: The services of over 3,000 employees of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), who have been working on daily wages for the last three years or more, will be... HYDERABAD: Officials accused of promoting foreign books in schools HYDERABAD, July 20: The Sindh Printers Publishers and Booksellers Association (SPPBA) has said that some bureaucrats and corrupt officials, by rendering the Sindh Text Book Board (STBB) totally ineffective, were trying... HYDERABAD: Minister orders expansion of KPP projects HYDERABAD, July 20: Sindh local government minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Raheem has directed the DCO of Hyderabad to expand the phase-III and IV schemes of the Khushhal Pakistan Programme pertaining to... HYDERABAD: SHC issues notices to AAG, 2 SHOs: Torture case HYDERABAD, July 20: Justice Ghulam Rabbani of Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, here on Friday issued notices to the SHOs of Sakhipir and Husri police stations and the Additional Advocate... HYDERABAD: Widow, two others held for killing HYDERABAD, July 20: The police have arrested a woman, her brother and father following the murder of her husband in Saeed Khan Gopang village, Kotri on Friday.... HYDERABAD: Doctor dies in accident HYDERABAD, July 20: A lady doctor, Mahfooz Akhtar, died after being hit by a school van on CMH Road on Friday night.... HYDERABAD: Student seeks Omer Sheikh’s help HYDERABAD, July 20: The Hyderabad Central Jail administration here on Saturday intercepted a letter, addressed to the convict in Daniel Pearl case, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the prison sources told this... HYDERABAD: Boy drowns HYDERABAD, July 20: Body of a boy, Mohammad Nasiruddin, was fished out from a pool near Al-Manzar on Saturday. The deceased, a resident of Ansari Mohallah, Gaushala, had drowned while swimming... HYDERABAD: Agricultural research HYDERABAD, July 20: The Sindh secretary for agriculture, livestock and fisheries, Aftab Ahmad Qureshi, has said research approach should be improved and wastage be prevented while implementing development schemes.... PESHAWAR: Major part of Encroachments along GT Road removed PESHAWAR, July 20: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah was informed on Saturday that almost 80 per cent of the encroachments, including four petrol pumps, along the GT Road section in the city from... PESHAWAR: All Peshawar areas to get gas supply PESHAWAR, July 20: A master plan for the provision of Sui gas to the areas of Peshawar without the utility is almost ready.... PESHAWAR: Japan to hold exhibitions on Gandhara civilization PESHAWAR, July 20: More than 50 sculptures of Gandhara civilization, collected from various museums in Pakistan, will be put on display in different cities of Japan in October this year, according... PESHAWAR: Man shot dead by son-in-law PESHAWAR, July 20: One person was shot dead allegedly by four persons over a family dispute in Matani area on Saturday.... PESHAWAR: Workers demand share in cement unit PESHAWAR, July 20: The workers’ union of a cement company has demanded of the government to ensure that labourers get the promised 10 per cent stake in the privatized company.... PESHAWAR: Academy inaugurated PESHAWAR, July 20: The NWFP minister for irrigation, works and services, Shamsul Mulk, has said that only those nations can even think of progress who are equipped with the latest technology.... NOWSHEHRA: US derailed move to end Afghan crisis: Babar NOWSHEHRA, July 20: A former interior minister, Naseerullah Khan Babar has said that the then PPP government planned to help set up a broad-based government in Kabul on Nov 5, 1996,... LAHORE: Productivity allowance to Dr Ata questioned LAHORE, July 20: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Dr Ataur Rahman has been paid Rs2 million research productivity allowance for the last financial year, say officials of the Pakistan Council... LAHORE: Tractor dealers’ remand extended LAHORE, July 20: An accountability court on Saturday extended remand of two directors and a manager of the Khyber Tractors Limited in a corruption reference till August 3.... LAHORE: ‘Coal should be used for power generation’ LAHORE, July 20: University of Engineering and Technology’s Vice-Chancellor Lt-Gen Muhammad Akram (retired) has said that after water coal is the cheapest mean of generating power.... LAHORE: Development funds for councillors LAHORE, July 20: The city government and its town councils will allocate Rs4.275 billion in their budgets for the current financial year to honour district Nazim Amer Mahmood’s promises to councillors... JHANG: Four LJ men held in Jhang JHANG, July 20: Jhang police have arrested four alleged terrorists of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi outfit on an information provided by their arrested leader, Akram Lahori....

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