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August 2, 2002 Friday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 22,1423 KARACHI: KWSB seeks equitable share in Hub water KARACHI, Aug 1: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board has requested the Sindh government to call a meeting of all stakeholders to chalk out a new distribution formula for the water... KARACHI: Six cars, nine bikes hijacked: Man run over by truck KARACHI, Aug 1: Fifteen vehicles — six cars and nine motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Thursday, police said.... KARACHI: Electricity breakdowns persist in city KARACHI, Aug 1: Unable to generate the amount of electricity required to meet the power demands of its 1.7 million consumers, the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) resorted to loadshedding on... KARACHI: Anti-rabies vaccine not available KARACHI, Aug 1: The non-availability of anti-rabies vaccine in public sector hospitals has been causing hardships to victims of dog-bite who are compelled to purchase the vaccine privately at exorbitant rates.... KARACHI: SHC allows identification parade of Harkat men KARACHI, Aug 1: Justice Shabbir Ahmed of the Sindh High Court, who is also the administrative judge of the anti-terrorism courts for Karachi, allowed police on Thursday to get custody of... KARACHI: Uneasy calm in Malir KARACHI, Aug 1: An uneasy clam prevailed in Malir for the third consecutive day on Thursday as shops and businesses remained partly closed.... KARACHI: Anti-encroachment drive to continue: Lyari Expressway KARACHI, Aug 1: The next phase of removing encroachments from the Love Lane to Lasbella Bridges would begin in the next few days to pave the way for the alignment of... KARACHI: Need for effective adoption laws underlined KARACHI, Aug 1: Speakers at a seminar stressed the need for effective laws to remove the ambiguity surrounding the process of adoption in the country.... KARACHI: 10,000 homeless children in city KARACHI, Aug 1: Speakers at a meeting on Thursday said that there were over 10,000 street-children in the city and majority of them were vulnerable to exploitation, sexual and other kinds.... KARACHI: Saarc workshop on housing KARACHI, Aug 1: The 11th three-day Saarc seminar-workshop, organized under the auspices of the Council for Works and Housing Research (CWHR), federal ministry of science and technology, will be held here... KARACHI: German scholarships KARACHI, Aug 1: The Education Department has announced the DAAD scholarships of the Federal Republic of Germany for the year 2003-04.... KARACHI: Candle in the wind KARACHI, Aug 1: In Pakistan, it is rare that people who have actually accomplished great things in their respective fields are ever acknowledged by the state during their lives. Rukhsana Hameedi... KARACHI: Mugger jailed for seven years KARACHI, Aug 1: The district and sessions judge, East, Ali Sain Dino Matilo, sentenced on Thursday a man to seven years in jail with a fine of Rs5,000 for mugging a... KARACHI: Muttahida announces party election results KARACHI, Aug 1: Chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Altaf Hussain, on Thursday asked the newly elected party office-bearers to keep struggling for the cause of the common people and work... KARACHI: Qaim fears crisis if major parties kept out KARACHI, Aug 1: The Pakistan People’s Party has warned the election commission of the consequences of debarring the mainstream political parties, including the PPP, from participation in the October elections as... KARACHI: City to get 300 Japanese CNG buses KARACHI, Aug 1: Sindh Chief Secretary K.B. Rind has said that 300 new CNG-run buses will arrive from Japan soon and ply in the city. He stated this in a high-level... KARACHI: SDA intra-party poll results KARACHI, Aug 1: Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh has been elected unopposed as the President of the Sindh Democratic Alliance (SDA) during elections of the SDA held at the residence of party leader... KARACHI: KUJ concerned at leas excesses KARACHI, Aug 1: The Karachi Union of Journalists has expressed grave concern over the increasing incidents of excesses and harassment by police and other law-enforcing agencies of journalists, says a press... KARACHI: EPA sets up fund on environment KARACHI, Aug 1: The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency, in collaboration with the IUCN, has established the Sindh Sustainable Development Fund.... KARACHI: KUTS to observe day of action KARACHI, Aug 1: The Karachi University Teachers’ Society (KUTS) has decided to observe a day of action on August 6, when members will wear black arm-bands to protest against the harassment... KARACHI: Objectors for independent evaluators in pharma firms’ merger case KARACHI, Aug 1: In the light of the judgment given by Justice Shabbir Ahmed in the case of amalgamation of Pfizer Laboratories Ltd (PLL) and Parke Davis & Company Ltd (PDCL),... KARACHI: SPLA protest KARACHI, Aug 1: Teachers of over two hundred government colleges of Sindh, on the appeal of the Sindh Professors Lecturers Association (SPLA), observed a black day on Thursday against the baton... HYDERABAD: Four dehs declared calamity-hit area: Rohri Canal breach HYDERABAD, Aug 1: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro on Thursday declared four dehs of Bhit Shah - Lakhisar, Wasan, Litiryon and Bareri - calamity-hit area as a huge breach in the Rohri... HYDERABAD: Nazim sees Irrigation Dept apathy behind losses HYDERABAD, Aug 1: Hyderabad District Nazim Dr Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman has told the Sindh governor due to lethargy of the irrigation officials, huge losses were caused by the breach in the Rohri... HYDERABAD: Kidney patients increasing HYDERABAD, Aug 1: The Kidney Foundation in collaboration with the Isra University, Hyderabad, the other day organized a programme at the university for the staff, doctors, and technicians looking after haemodialysis... HYDERABAD: ‘Torture victim’ shifted to hospital HYDERABAD, Aug 1: A man, Imam Ali Dahiri, who was allegedly subjected to torture by the Hatri police, was shifted to the Liaquat Medical Hospital Jamshoro branch on late Wednesday night.... HYDERABAD: PTAC pleads case of retrenched teachers HYDERABAD, Aug 1: The chairman, Parents-Teachers Action Committee (PTAC), Matloob Ahmed Chishti, the other day met with the provincial secretary, Education, Nazar Hussain Mahar, at his Karachi office and pleaded the... HYDERABAD: College to be established HYDERABAD, Aug 1: The Sindh minister for education and pro-chancellor, University of Sindh, Khan Mohammad Dahri, has said the government is paying full attention to the education sector and added that... HYDERABAD: Police station raided HYDERABAD, Aug 1: A civil judge, Asif Soomro, raided the Phuleli police station on Thursday under the orders of the district and sessions judge, Hyderabad, Prakash Lal M. Ambvani, who is... HYDERABAD: Students stage protest march HYDERABAD, Aug 1: A large number of students of the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, staged a protest march in the university premises on Wednesday to protest against the... HYDERABAD: Shortage of water decried HYDERABAD, Aug 1: Awami Tehrik (AT) chief Rasool Bux Palijo on Thursday said the “engineered” shortage of water had destroyed the agriculture sector of Sindh.... HYDERABAD: Minister’s remarks resented HYDERABAD, Aug 1: A large number of women from Nawabshah, under the banner of the Aurat Foundation and Women Welfare Association, staged a protest demonstration outside the press club here on... PESHAWAR: DPs asked to vacate Kacha Garhi camp PESHAWAR, Aug 1: The Commissionerate for Afghan Refugees (CAR), NWFP, has asked some 100,000 inmates of Kacha Garhi refugee camp to vacate the site to pave the way for initiating construction... PESHAWAR: Ex-minister awarded seven years’ RI PESHAWAR, Aug 1: A former provincial minister, Habibur Rehman Tanoli, was found guilty of corruption by a local accountability court on Thursday and sentenced to seven years rigorous imprisonment with a... PESHAWAR: Book on plight of children published PESHAWAR, Aug 1: The Aurat Foundation has published a book which portrays the plight of children in Pakistan.... PESHAWAR: Armed forces role in NSC opposed PESHAWAR, Aug 1: Institutionalization of armed forces in the form of NSC as political force will lead to a disaster,” said Abid Hassan Minto, Central President of the National Workers Party... PESHAWAR: PPP to form polls alliance in NWFP PESHAWAR, Aug 1: The Pakistan People’s Party has decided to form a grand election alliance with the like-minded forces in the NWFP to defeat the “King’s parties”.... PESHAWAR: Punjab Text Book Board criticized PESHAWAR, Aug 1: The NWFP Text Book Board Printers Association, Peshawar, has demanded of the provincial government to direct the Text Book Board authorities to register only local printers....

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