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July 22, 2002 Monday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 11,1423 KARACHI: Haqiqi activist, 3 others killed : 5 cars, 8 bikes hijacked KARACHI, July 21: Thirteen vehicles — five cars and eight motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Sunday, the police said.... KARACHI: IT varsity building being readied KARACHI, July 21: The four-storey building of Korangi Civic Centre, which has been converted into Sindh’s first public sector IT university, will be ready by first quarter of the next year... KARACHI: Shifting of women bank from Lyari opposed KARACHI, July 21: The First Women Bank’s branch in Lyari is being shifted to some other place in the city, it is reliably learnt.... KARACHI: Soomro to contest poll from Jacobabad KARACHI, July 21: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro would contest the general election from his native area Jacobabad.... KARACHI: PTV to launch separate news channel KARACHI, July 21: Pakistan Television plans to launch a separate news and current affairs channel, PTV World, that will operate independently and telecast newsworthy items, said Federal Minister of Information Nisar... KARACHI: More doctors opt for costlier operations: Rise in Caesarean sections KARACHI, July 21: The reason why gynaecologists are increasingly preferring Caesarean section operations to normal delivery is that they are costlier and more convenient to doctors.... KARACHI: SESSI spends Rs427m on medical facilities KARACHI, July 21: Commissioner of the Sindh Employees’ Social Security Institution (SESSI) has asked doctors of the organization to improve their services so that better health-care facilities are provided to the... KARACHI: Thousands see rare copies of Quran KARACHI, July 21: Thousands of people flocked to the Defence Central Library on Sunday where an exhibition of 900 rare and valuable copies of the Quran entered its second day.... KARACHI: Commitment to eliminate poverty KARACHI, July 21: Sindh Chief Secretary K.B. Rind said on Sunday that the government is committed to ameliorate the lot of the poor through implementation of Khushal Pakistan Programme, poverty alleviation... KARACHI: Appointment of KU dept heads discussed KARACHI, July 21: The syndicate of the University of Karachi, which met here on Saturday with vice-chancellor Dr Zafar Saeed Saify in the chair, discussed the appointment of chairpersons to various... KARACHI: Solution to workers’ problems urged KARACHI, July 21: The National Labour Federation Pakistan here at a protest demonstration urged the government to solve the problems of workers at the earliest.... KARACHI: Govt’s stand on Kashmir unchanged, says Qayyum KARACHI, July 21: Chairman of the National Kashmir Committee and former President of Azad Kashmir, Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan, has said the Kashmir policy of the present government is very clear... KARACHI: Delay in election may lead to anarchy: JI KARACHI, July 21: Jamaat-i-Islami Amir Qazi Hussain Ahmad has warned that any attempt to postpone the elections will lead the country to anarchy and only elections can bring political stability.... KARACHI: Moin asks businessmen to join politics KARACHI, July 21: Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider on Sunday advised the businessmen to form a strong lobby and enter the legislative assemblies if they want to serve the country.... KARACHI: PPP to complete intra-party polls on time KARACHI, July 21: The Sindh Council of the Pakistan People’s Party has rejected the proposed constitutional package of the government.... KARACHI: Registration of fraud case ordered KARACHI, July 21: The Special Court (offences in banks) Sindh at Karachi has directed that a case of fraud be registered against the Nazim of the Banking Court-II and six others... KARACHI: ANP elects office-bearers KARACHI, July 21: The Awami National Party (ANP) has elected the following provincial office-bearers at a convention here:... KARACHI: PTI Karachi office-bearers KARACHI, July 21: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf on Friday held election for office-bearers of its Karachi chapter and town presidents.... KARACHI: Ord on Madaris rejected KARACHI, July 21: The chief of the Wafaqul Madaris-ul-Arabia Pakistan, Maulana Salimullah Khan, announced on Sunday the rejection of the recently- introduced Madaris Registration and Regulation Ordinance, and warned the government... KARACHI: Nazir told to encash bank guarantee KARACHI, July 21: The Sindh High Court, while disposing of a reference by the Nazir of the court pertaining to encashment of bank guarantees after the stipulated time frame, directed that... HYDERABAD: Transfers aimed at rigging election: PPP HYDERABAD, July 21: The president of the Pakistan People’s Party, Sindh, Nisar Khuhro, has alleged the government is preparing to rig the general election in its favour.... HYDERABAD: Growers flay GST, power tariff rise HYDERABAD, July 21: The Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB) has expressed concern over the levy of 18 per cent GST on agricultural produce and increase in diesel prices, power tariff and transport... SUKKUR: Attempt to blow up railway station fails SUKKUR, July 21: An attempt to blow up a private wagon at the Ghotki railway station failed on Sunday when police recovered two unexploded hand grenades from inside the vehicle which... MIRPURKHAS: Farmers demand water share MIRPURKHAS, July 21: The growers continued protest in Kot Ghulam Mohammad, Digri, Samaro and Umerkot on Saturday against water shortage in their area despite increased water supply at the Mithrao and... LARKANAL: Drought relief package curtailed LARKANA, July 21: After curtailing the scope of the Drought Emergency Relief package, from Rs300 million to Rs122.5 million, the Sindh government has given a go ahead to the district government,... SHIKARPUR: AT seeks end to tribal dispute SHIKARPUR, July 21: The Awami Tehrik has criticized the Sindh government and the Shikarpur district administration for failing to settle the Maher-Jatoi tribal dispute.... DADU: Canal breach floods houses, crops DADU, July 21: A 70-feet breach occurred in Nara branch at RD-8 near Tharari Mohabbat town on Sunday morning, inundating the Tharari Mohabbat police station, along with its resident colony, Tharari... PESHAWAR: Rules for juvenile offenders flouted PESHAWAR, July 21: Contrary to the rules notified by the provincial government for dealing with juvenile offenders, female juvenile prisoners have been kept at different prisons in the province.... PESHAWAR: Establishment of park on protected site disapproved PESHAWAR, July 21: The Federal Department of Archaeology is in a dispute with the Peshawar city district government over the establishment of a park in Tehsil Gor Khuttree, a protected site... PESHAWAR: Forestry as subject in schools likely PESHAWAR, July 21: The NWFP government is considering the introduction of forestry and its allied disciplines as an optional subject in school, colleges and universities in order to get the people... NAPP proposes new name for NWFP PESHAWAR, July 21: A National Awami Party Pakistan leader on Sunday demanded that the NWFP should be named Afghania.... PESHAWAR: Three killed PESHAWAR, July 21: Three people were killed in separate incidents here on Sunday.... PESHAWAR: Tehrik-i-Insaf elects office-bearers PESHAWAR, July 21: The NWFP chapter of the Tehrik-i-Insaf has elected its new provincial body here at a party convention, held at the Gor Gathri Hall, on Sunday.... MANSEHRA: PMA cadet dies in accident MANSEHRA, July 21: A young cadet of the Pakistan Military Academy Kakul, Shujah Omar Awan, who had received a fatal head injury in an accident, expired in a military hospital in...

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