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August 7, 2002 Wednesday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 27,1423 KARACHI: Man shot dead; 4 cars, 11 bikes hijacked KARACHI, Aug 6: An activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement was shot dead on Rashid Minhas Road on Tuesday night.... KARACHI: KESC blames Wapda for loadshedding KARACHI, Aug 6: Due to apparent insensitivity on the part of Wapda to the KESC’s urgent need for shifting its connectivity from the national grid, the Karachiites are suffering because of... KARACHI: Woman sent to jail for camel-kids smuggling KARACHI, Aug 6: Judicial Magistrate Abdul Quddoos Memon sent on Tuesday Allah Rakhi, wife of Pala, to jail on a charge of smuggling two children to Dubai for camel-race.... KARACHI: City Council criticizes education dept KARACHI, Aug 6: The City Council on Tuesday discussed a report of the primary school education committee, which deplores the Education Department for its unprofessional approach and failure to provide quality... KARACHI: Condemned prisoner hanged KARACHI, Aug 6: The murderer of Prof Zahid Ali Magsi was hanged on early Wednesday morning in Central Prison, Karachi, minutes after he failed to seek pardon from the victim’s family.... KARACHI: Upgradation of Banaras Chowk begins under KPP KARACHI, Aug 6: The work on Rs 40 million upgradation of Banaras Chowk under Phase-III of Khushhal Pakistan Programme started with a formal foundation-stone laying ceremony performed by Nazim Karachi, Naimatullah... KARACHI: Reckless driving claims two lives KARACHI, Aug 6: Two young men fell victim to reckless driving in the city.... KARACHI: Pre-medical results on 12th KARACHI, Aug 6: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi will notify the results of Intermediate pre-medical (part-II) annual examinations on August 12, controller of examinations Amjad Ali Syed said on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Teachers, students reject task force report KARACHI, Aug 6: Teaching, non-teaching staff and students at the University of Karachi on Tuesday brought out a rally to denounce the proposed reforms on higher education and against the ongoing... KARACHI: Need for exclusive breast-feeding stressed KARACHI, Aug 6: Speakers at a seminar on “Healthy mothers and healthy babies” at Aga Khan University auditorium here on Tuesday reiterated the need for exclusive breast-feeding for first six months... KARACHI: Insanitary conditions irk residents of Lyari KARACHI, Aug 6: Residents of some parts of Lyari Town have expressed concern over insanitary conditions caused by choked gutter lines.... KARACHI: UK varsity agrees to help KU in research projects KARACHI, Aug 6: The University of Karachi has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Glasgow, UK, to expand interaction in research and education between the two institutions.... KARACHI: Quran Academy planned KARACHI, Aug 6: A Quran and Sunnat academy is being established at Al-Markazul Islami (Islamic Centre) in Federal B. Area, while decision to set up a model mosque will be taken... KARACHI: 75 per cent attendance KARACHI, Aug 6: The higher secondary certificate examination will be open to a student who is certified by the head of the institution to have voluntarily performed the work of class... KARACHI: Nominations invited for Unesco post KARACHI, Aug 6: UNESCO has invited nominations for the post of programme specialist (P-3), Dakar follow-up unit, education sector, at its headquarters in Paris.... KARACHI: Literary sitting at Adabiyat KARACHI, Aug 6: At a literary sitting held by the Idara-i-Adbiyat Pakistan on Monday, known Sindhi language writer Mumtaz Mohal presented a brief history of Sindhi literature. It was nice to... KARACHI: Saarc states urged to share research: Construction material KARACHI, Aug 6: Speakers at a workshop on Tuesday stressed that research and development being done in the field of low-cost construction material in different areas be shared among regional countries... KARACHI: Court notice to DAG in detention case KARACHI, Aug 6: After police denied custody of a brother of a declared absconder, Naveedul Hassan, who carries head money of two million rupees for complicity in the US consulate bomb... KARACHI: Brig T.H. Siddiqi: an obituary KARACHI, Aug 6: With the passing away in Karachi on Tuesday morning of Brigadier (retired) Tafazzul Husain Siddiqi, a former director of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Pakistan has lost a... KARACHI: All PMLs to be united by 17th, says Ejaz KARACHI, Aug 6: Dissident leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-QA), Ejazul Haq, claimed on Tuesday that all the factions of the PML would get united under one banner by August... KARACHI: Seminar calls for steps to check population growth KARACHI, Aug 6: Speakers at a function said that whatever economic progress the country had made was being neutralized by unchecked population growth.... KARACHI: Noorani calls for economic reforms KARACHI, Aug 6: Mutahidda Majlis Amal chief Maulana Shah Ahmad Noorani has said that durable democracy and peace could not be possible under the shadow of poverty.... KARACHI: PMKP elects office-bearers KARACHI, Aug 6: Fatehyab Ali Khan has been elected as president of the Pakistan Mazdoor Kissan Party (PMKP).... KARACHI: A. H. Nagi passes away KARACHI, Aug 6: Abdul Hameed Nagi, 92, the only Muslim who pioneered in hydroelectric engineering and brother of renowned artist Ahmed Saeed Nagi, died here on Monday. He was buried on... KARACHI: SHC orders release of JSQM chief KARACHI, Aug 6: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, comprising Justice Zahid Kurban Alvi and Justice Ghulam Rabbani, ordered on Tuesday the release of the chairman of the Jeay... KARACHI: Workshop KARACHI, Aug 6: The South Asia Partnership Pakistan (SAP- OK) and Inter Press Communication (IPC) will hold a media orientation workshop with journalists and a seminar on “Democracy and Human Rights”... HYDERABAD: Treatment plant in Kotri proposed : Toxic industrial waste HYDERABAD, Aug 6: The director general, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Sindh, Shafique Khoso, on Tuesday has underscored the need for the immediate establishment of a treatment plant in the mills area... HYDERABAD: HSC-II results announced HYDERABAD, Aug 6: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Hyderabad, on Monday announced the result of HSC-II, annual examination, 2002, of humanities group.... HYDERABAD: Municipal workers demand salary HYDERABAD, Aug 6: The workers of Latifabad taluka council, under the banner of workers union (CBA), demonstrated at the taluka council office against non-payment of their salaries for June and July.... KHAIRPUR: Inquiry into Mirwah breach ordered KHAIRPUR, Aug 6: The secretary, Irrigation, Sindh, Mir Mohammed Parhiar, on Monday has ordered an inquiry regarding the breach in the Mirwah Canal.... MIRPURKHAS: One dies in accident MIRPURKHAS, Aug 6: One person was killed and six others of a family were seriously injured when a taxi rammed into a parked tractor-trolley near Maroof Petroleum Station on Umerkot-Mirpurkhas Road... SUKKUR: Sukkur dist council criticizes fee raise SUKKUR, Aug 6: The District council, Sukkur, which met on Tuesday for the second consecutive day, called upon the government that the boards of secondary and intermediate education in Sindh be... LARKANA: ASI jailed for10 days LARKANA, Aug 6: The Sindh High Court, Larkana circuit bench, on Tuesday sent ASI Fida Hussain Langah of the investigation wing, Civil Lines police, to jail for ten days.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Man kills wife NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Aug 6: A woman, Sajida, was killed by her husband, Sharif, in Lahno Khan Poro village near Moro on Tuesday.... PESHAWAR: 70pc women victim of domestic violence, seminar told PESHAWAR, Aug 6: Speakers at a seminar have claimed that  more than 70 per cent women are facing different kinds of  domestic violence.... PESHAWAR: HRCP condemns attack on Murree school PESHAWAR, Aug 6: The Chairman of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Afrasiab Khattak, has expressed concern over targeting of Christian school in Murree by gunmen and has said the incident also... PESHAWAR: Six arrested for killing Spaniard PESHAWAR, Aug 6: The police have arrested six suspects in connection with the murder of a Spanish researcher and his servant in the Chitral district, sources said.... GILGIT: Five die in Northern Areas GILGIT, Aug 6: At least five persons were killed in different incidents in Northern Areas, police sources said.... CHITRAL: Jordi buried CHITRAL, Aug 6: The slain Spanish national, Jordi Magra-ner, was buried here at Bumbu-rate valley according to the Kalash tradition.... HANGU: Women’s role in economy HANGU, Aug 6: A one-day seminar on “Women’s role in the economic activities” was organized by the Citizens Action Forum, here on Tuesday....

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