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July 23, 2002 Tuesday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 12,1423 KARACHI: SPSC warns of negative fallout of IT education KARACHI: July 22: The Sindh Public Service Commission has stressed the need for revising and rationalizing the rules of domiciles and permanent residence certificate to check abuse and misuse of the... KARACHI: 60 feeders trip following drizzles KARACHI, July 22: The few drops of drizzle that the city received in the early hours of Monday sent as many as 60 feeders of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation reeling.... KARACHI: Customs collector kidnapped KARACHI, July 22:Twenty one vehicles — five cars and 16 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Monday, the police said.... KARACHI: Mobilink numbers inaccessible KARACHI, July 22: Hundreds of thousands of Mobilink subscribers have been facing extreme difficulty for the past two weeks in making and receiving phone calls.... KARACHI: Police shoot 4 suspected bandits to death KARACHI, July 22: The police shot dead four suspected bandits, who appeared to be Afghan nationals, on Monday afternoon in Al-Noor Society, Federal B-Area.... KARACHI: Body on KCR submits report KARACHI, July 22: The technical committee on revival of Karachi Circular Railway has submitted its report to the Additional Chief Secretary, Dawn learnt on Monday.... KARACHI: Absence of law to ban smoke-emitting vehicles adding to pollution KARACHI, July 22: Instructions by the higher authorities to the officials concerned for controlling environmental pollution caused by smoke-emitting and noise-producing vehicles seem to have gone unheeded.... KARACHI: Training of UC Nazimeen, women councillors from 30th KARACHI, July 22: The city government has chalked out a detailed practical training programme for UC Nazimeen, women councillors and union council secretaries.... KARACHI: 30pc infants are born with low weight KARACHI, July 22: Almost 25 to 30 per cent of all newborn infants are born with low weight i.e weighing under 2.5 kg at the time of birth.... KARACHI: Trainees told to help reduce population growth rate KARACHI, July 22: Speakers at a function on Monday said that whatever little progress the country made in the economic field was neutralized by the high rate of population growth and... KARACHI: Recitation of Japanese poetry in Urdu KARACHI, July 22: To mark the golden jubilee of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Pakistan and Japan, the Japan Cultural Centre held a recitation of Japanese modern poetry, ‘Chieko’s Sky... KARACHI: Inter Home Economics results KARACHI, July 22: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, on Monday announced the results of HSC (Part I) Home Economics annual examinations 2002, which were concluded in June.... KARACHI: Intermediate exams KARACHI, July 22: The additional annual examinations 2002 for about 40 students of science group will commence on July 27 at the board office premises.... KARACHI: Parties in a fix over accounts auditing KARACHI, July 22: The government’s new condition making it mandatory for all political parties to submit their audit reports before the October general elections has left a majority of them in... KARACHI: Howlers by SPSC candidates! KARACHI, July 22: What type of general knowledge and Islamic education is being imparted to our students in our schools and colleges can be well assessed from the howlers in the... KARACHI: Encashment of scheme cheque challenged KARACHI, July 22: A division bench of the Sindh High Court ordered on Monday the issuance of notices to the HBL as well as to two other respondents in an appeal... KARACHI: Two ATCs to try Lahori in seven cases KARACHI, July 22: Justice Shabbir Ahmed of the Sindh High Court, who is also the administrative judge of the anti-terrorism courts at Karachi, entrusted on Monday trial of seven cases of... KARACHI: Snapped electric wire kills boy KARACHI, July 22: A teenage boy died when he came in contact with a snapped wire in North Karachi on Monday.... KARACHI: Newspapermen begin token hunger strike KARACHI, July 22: Workers of the newspaper industry began a nine-day token hunger strike on Monday evening at Karachi Press Club against, what they termed, the negative attitude of the newspaper... KARACHI: SDA presents proposals to President KARACHI, July 22: Sindh Democratic Alliance (SDA) president Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh on Monday said his party presented its reservations over the proposed draft of constitutional amendments in its meeting with President... KARACHI: KU official laid to rest KARACHI, July 22: The campus adviser of the University of Karachi, Aqil Ahmed Zuberi, who died on the night of July 21, was buried at the campus graveyard on Monday.... KARACHI: NED entrance tests on Aug 3 KARACHI, July 22: Over 5,500 students are expected to appear in the entrance tests of the NED University of Engineering & Technology as, so far, 5,264 candidates have submitted their admissions... KARACHI: AHT chief re-elected KARACHI, July 22: Awami Himayat Tehreek has re-elected Maulvi Syed Iqbal Haider as its chairman for next two years.... KARACHI: Test confirms genuineness of bulletproof jackets KARACHI, July 22: The test made on bulletproof jackets imported from South Africa by Sana International was found to be successful and met the standard.... KARACHI: Religious activist remanded KARACHI, July 22: The judicial magistrate, West, Mumtaz Ali Solangi, remanded on Monday a worker of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi in police custody till Wednesday for interrogation.... HYDERABAD: Municipal workers demand salary HYDERABAD, July 22: A large number of municipal employees of the three Talukas of Hyderabad city, Qasimabad, and Latifabad staged a sit-in outside the local press club and blocked the road... HYDERABAD: Law to eliminate Karo-kari urged HYDERABAD, July 22: The Women Councillors Conference, held here on Sunday under the aegis of the Citizens Action Committee for Women Rights, Hyderabad, has called upon the government to legislate a... HYDERABAD: Privatization of power firms opposed HYDERABAD, July 22: The Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Labour Union has expressed concern over the proposed privatisation of the two profitable Wapda companies, Jamshoro Powerhouse and Faisalabad Electric Supply Company, under... HYDERABAD: Anti-polio campaign begins today HYDERABAD, July 22: The Sindh Health Organization in cooperation with the health department on Monday staged a walk from the Lady Dufferin Hospital to the Hyderabad Press Club to create awareness... HYDERABAD: Demo held against Pinyari police HYDERABAD, July 22: A group of residents of Shah Latif Colony and Lalu Lashari Goth, led by Haji Mubarak Chandio and Rahib Khan Magsi, staged a protest demonstration outside the press... HYDERABAD: JSQM men observe hunger strike HYDERABAD, July 22: A large number of Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) activists staged a token hunger strike outside the press club here on Sunday to protest against the continued imprisonment... HYDERABAD: Minister apprised of city problems HYDERABAD, July 22: A representative delegation of Anju-man Tajiran-i-Sindh, Hyderabad zone, called on the provincial minister for local government, Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim, the other day and submitted a detailed memorandum... HYDERABAD: Vast Site area comes under water HYDERABAD, July 22: A large portion of the Sindh Industrial Trading Estate (Site), Hyderabad, has been flooded due to the overflow of Phuleli Canal and many industrial units and residential pockets... PESHAWAR: PAC cannot penalize govt servants: PHC PESHAWAR, July 22: Accepting 29 identical writ petitions, a two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Monday ruled that the Public Accounts Committee had no powers to penalise a public... PESHAWAR: Two arrested for murder in Tohidabad PESHAWAR, July 22: Two persons were arrested by city police, who were running away after murdering a person in Tohidabad here on Monday.... PESHAWAR: Newsmen observe hunger strike PESHAWAR, July 22: The Khyber Union of Journalists and All Pakistan Newspapers Employees Confederation (APNEC), NWFP, jointly observed a token hunger strike on Shershah Soori Road in front of the Peshawar... PESHAWAR: Training workshop PESHAWAR, July 22: A three-day training workshop on Environmental Assessment for the district planning officers of the NWFP will commence at Provincial Academy for Rural Development (PARD), Peshawar, on Tuesday.... PESHAWAR: 25 expats give $2.5m for human development PESHAWAR, July 22: The National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) is focusing on those plans which are to be implemented through communities.... PESHAWAR: ANP wants draft changes withdrawn PESHAWAR, July 22: The Awami National Party (ANP) has demanded of the government to withdraw the draft constitutional amendments as all the major political parties have rejected them.... PESHAWAR: Weapons, narcotics seized PESHAWAR, July 22: The city police have seized a large quantity of weapons and narcotics from a bicycle-rider on Murad Shah Baba Road, inside Kohati Gate, here on Monday.... PESHAWAR: Direct polls on women’s seats proposed PESHAWAR, July 22: Participants of a consultative meeting here on Monday recommended to the government to fill the seats reserved for women through direct elections in the forthcoming elections.... DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Man dies of electrocution DERA ISMAIL KHAN, July 22: A man was electrocuted and killed and two others survived electric shocks, while working on a machine at an ice factory in Muryali here on Monday....

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