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July 30, 2002 Tuesday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 19,1423 KARACHI: Turbid water Spreading intestinal diseases KARACHI, July 29: The turbid water that the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board has been supplying to the city for the past two weeks has spawned a variety of intestinal diseases.... KARACHI: Reckless driving claims six lives KARACHI, July 29: At least six persons fell victim to reckless driving in different parts of the city.... KARACHI: Two cars, 11 bikes hijacked KARACHI, July 29: At least 13-vehicles — two cars and eleven motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in different parts of the city on Monday, police said.... KARACHI: Sobhraj Hospital turns 74 KARACHI, July 29: Sobhraj Maternity Hospital (SMH), which is the second oldest hospital and the oldest maternity hospital of Karachi, has turned 74 years old. On the occasion of this anniversary,... KARACHI: KU to verify degrees of contestants KARACHI, July 29: The University of Karachi has set up a three-member committee to scrutinize and verify the degrees of candidates taking part in the October general elections in the country.... KARACHI: SHC refuses to accept Lahori’s challan KARACHI, July 29: Justice Shabbir Ahmed of the Sindh High Court on Monday turned down police’s request on technical grounds for accepting challan of Akram Lahori and others in the murder... KARACHI: Acting CJ takes oath KARACHI, July 29: Justice Roshan Ali Essani, the senior most Judge of the High Court of Sindh, on Monday took an oath as Acting Chief Justice of the High Court.... KARACHI: Girls clinch top positions in Matric science KARACHI, July 29: Girls bagged five out of the six top positions in the consolidated merit list of secondary school certificate (science group) annual examinations 2002.... KARACHI: Problems in Lyari Town multiplying KARACHI, July 29: Socio-economic problems, including water shortage, unemployment and encroachment, have remained unresolved in Lyari Town for a long time, a survey shows.... KARACHI: BIE announces diploma results KARACHI, July 29: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, on Monday announced the results of Diploma in Physical Education annual examinations 2002, with a pass percentage of 78.57.... KARACHI: School-wise results from next year KARACHI, July 29: The Board of Secondary Education, Karachi, will announce school-wise results of the secondary school certificate annual examinations from next year.... KARACHI: Sindh has highest number of polio cases KARACHI, July 29: Despite regular polio eradication campaigns two cases have been reported in Karachi while Sindh has the highest number of polio cases reported, which is mainly due to reluctance... KARACHI: Rs33m grant for KU’s chemistry dept soon KARACHI, July 29: Federal minister for science and technology Dr Atta-ur-Rehman has announced that a development grant of Rs33 million for Karachi University’s Department of Chemistry is under process and the... KARACHI: KU exam results KARACHI, July 29: The University of Karachi on Monday announced the results of DDLS part-II supplementary examinations 2002.... KARACHI: 14 railway coaches arrive from China KARACHI, July 29: The first consignment of 14 new coaches built in China were handed over to Pakistan Railways at Karachi Port Trust on Monday. A second batch of 26 coaches... KARACHI: KWSB’s debt liability swells to Rs30bn KARACHI, July 29: The KWSB’s foreign debt liability has risen to around Rs30 billion, its size swollen by a Rs17bn interest on a lot lesser principal sum of Rs12bn, the outgoing... KARACHI: Food street planned at Boat Basin KARACHI, July 29: Clifton’s Boat Basin, where major restaurants and food points are located, will be modified into a food street. For this task, the Trade Association of Boat Basin will... KARACHI: Three robbers jailed for five years KARACHI, July 29: The additional district and sessions judge, Central, Ghulam Qadir Leghari, sentenced on Monday three robbers to five years in jail.... KARACHI: Naim Arvi’s death condoled KARACHI, July 29: The Progressive Writers Association has condoled the sad demise of noted fiction writer Naim Arvi, a committed trade unionist and journalist.... KARACHI: MoUs on population welfare signed KARACHI, July 29: The Ministry of Population Welfare on Monday signed four Memorandums of Understanding with the KPT, the PIA, Pakistan Steel and APTMA at a ceremony held in the New... KARACHI: Governor gives reasons for effecting transfers KARACHI, July 29: Sindh Governor Muhammadmian Soomro has said the provincial government will abide by the directives issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan concerning the transfers and postings of the... KARACHI: MQM elections KARACHI, July 29: Afaq Ahmed and Amir Khan were elected unopposed on Monday, as chairman and secretary-general of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM) respectively, for another set of three year terms.... KARACHI: JI slams bureaucracy KARACHI, July 29: The Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) on Monday accused the bureaucracy of creating uncertainty among the masses about the upcoming general elections to be held on October 10 of this year.... KARACHI: Women to join strike KARACHI, July 29: Women members of the Karachi Union of Journalists will observe a token hunger strike from 11 am at the Karachi Press Club on Tuesday, against the delay in... KARACHI: SHC seeks report on pleas against NAB, FIA KARACHI, July 29: A division bench of the Sindh High Court has put the Deputy Prosecutor General of NAB and Advocate General Sindh on notice for Aug 16 to ascertain facts... HYDERABAD: 30 villages, crops flooded by breach in Rohri Canal HYDERABAD, July 29: A 450-foot wide breach in the Rohri Canal submerged 25 to 30 villages with a population of 15,000 and destroyed standing crops on around 4,000 acres of land... HYDERABAD: Muttahida to field Sindhis from its strongholds: Altaf HYDERABAD, July 29: Muttahida Quami Movement chief Altaf Hussain has called for a constituent assembly having equal representation from all the four provinces for re-writing a new constitution to ensure full... HYDERABAD: PML(Q) holds intra-party polls HYDERABAD, July 29: Syed Shahabuddin Shah Hussaini and Tahkur Nazir Qaimkhani have been elected as the president and general secretary of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q), Hyderabad district, respectively.... HYDERABAD: Municipal workers to launch movement HYDERABAD, July 29: The office-bearers of the Workers Unions (CBA) of Hyderabad, Latifabad and Qasimabad talukas have decided to launch a protest movement from July 30 to press for the acceptance... HYDERABAD: Resolution of workers’ problems demanded HYDERABAD, July 29: The office-bearers of the Zeal Pak Cement Factory Employees Union (CBA), Hyderabad, have said that the problems of former employees of the factory are not being resolved due... HYDERABAD: Kidnapping case registered HYDERABAD, July 29: Hero Mal, the father of a final year student of the Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Suresh, who was kidnapped on Saturday morning, has lodged a case with the... HYDERABAD: Two drug traffickers held after encounter HYDERABAD, July 29: The Nooriabad police claimed to have arrested two drug traffickers following a brief encounter as a result of which both were injured on the Super Highway on Sunday.... DADU: Water shortage flayed DADU, July 29: The worst affect of the shortage of irrigation water has been on agriculture in Sindh as Punjab was not giving the complete share of water to Sindh.... LARKANA: PMA condemns attack on professor LARKANA, July 29: The general body of the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) and the Chandka Teachers Association (CTA) here on Monday condemned the attack on Prof Zaffar Pirzado and demanded to... PESHAWAR: Civil judge arrested on murder charge PESHAWAR, July 29: A civil judge cum judicial magistrate was arrested here on Monday after his pre-arrest bail was cancelled by the Peshawar High Court in a murder case.... PESHAWAR: PCDA wants multivitamins exempted from Sales Tax PESHAWAR, July 29: The Pakistan Chemists and Druggists Association has welcomed President Pervez Musharraf’s decision to exempt more drugs from the general sales tax, and requested him to also exempt multivitamins... PESHAWAR: NGOs, Madaris get most of funds locally PESHAWAR, July 29: The country’s non-profit sector — social work organizations, non-governmental organizations and religious education institutions, including a large number of Madaris — are receiving 87 per cent of their... PESHAWAR: Textbook printers assured of help PESHAWAR, July 29: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has assured the printing industry of all possible assistance for its rapid growth.... PESHAWAR: Sherpao demands provincial autonomy PESHAWAR, July 29: Chief of PPP (Sherpao) Aftab Sherpao has called for granting more autonomy to provinces and said it would strengthen the democracy.... PESHAWAR: NGO slams govt on child rights laws PESHAWAR, July 29: Pakistan has failed to honour its commitment to abide by the principals of Convention on the Rights of Child (CRC), adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on... PESHAWAR: Son kills father, brother and injures four others PESHAWAR, July 29: A man killed his father, brother and injured four other members of his family over a petty dispute here on Monday.... PESHAWAR: Malakand varsity plans a 3rd campus PESHAWAR, July 29: The newly-established Malakand University has so far given admission to 200 students in six disciplines while twelve more subjects are to be offered from the next academic session....

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