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August 9, 2002 Friday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 29,1423 KARACHI: Policeman, two bandits killed in encounters KARACHI, Aug 8: Two men committed suicide in the city on Thursday.... KARACHI: Admission to Ist year classes from 13th KARACHI, Aug 8: Admissions to first year classes of the faculties of science, humanities, commerce and home economics at 126 government colleges and higher secondary schools will start from August 13,... KARACHI: No more power cuts, says KESC KARACHI, Aug 8: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation announced on Thursday that the power utility would not carry out loadshedding because work on KESC-Wapda circuit had been completed, says a press... KARACHI: Italian consulate closes visa section KARACHI, Aug 8: The Italian Consulate at Karachi has closed its visa section for public access indefinitely, for security reasons.... KARACHI: Schools to remain open on Aug 14 KARACHI, Aug 8: On the occasion of Independence Day, all government and private educational institutions will remain open on August 14.... KARACHI: Transporters flout rules in Lea Market : Traffic congestion persists KARACHI, Aug 8: A survey of Lea Market shows that transporters regularly flout all traffic rules and the police have failed to take any notice of it.... KARACHI: KU teachers vow to continue protest KARACHI, Aug 8: The teachers, non-teaching staff and students of the University of Karachi have formed a joint action committee to struggle against the alleged acts of harassment on campus and... KARACHI: Crash recruitment of teachers urged KARACHI, Aug 8: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) has urged the government to appoint college teachers under a crash programme to overcome the teachers shortage in city colleges, which... KARACHI: DOTS TB clinic opens KARACHI, Aug 8: Nazim, Shah Faisal Town, Haji Mushtaq on Wednesday inaugurated a modern TB clinic at the Sindh Government Dispensary, Shah Faisal Colony.... KARACHI: Need for exploitation-free research stressed KARACHI, Aug 8: Infectious diseases are causing 58% of deaths in the poorest 20% of the world’s population and only seven per cent in the richest 20%, researchers and activists observed... KARACHI: Shop at Arts Council being closed KARACHI, Aug 8: The elected administration of the Arts Council has moved to close a book shop-cum-art gallery which has been running on the premises for the past 26 years.... KARACHI: Compulsory attendance KARACHI, Aug 8: The board of intermediate education has taken necessary steps for the implementation of government policy regarding 75 per cent compulsory attendance of regular students of Class XI and... KARACHI: SAARC housing bank proposed KARACHI Aug 8: The three-day SAARC conference on construction of low-cost housing units ended here on Wednesday defining the role of research and development institutions for introducing appropriate technologies for low-cost... KARACHI: Four Lashkar men to be indicted on 19th KARACHI, Aug 8: The anti-terrorism court No 4 has fixed Aug 19 for formal indictment of four workers of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi in four more cases of sectarian murder.... KARACHI: Demo held against water shortage KARACHI, Aug 8: Perturbed over the persisting water shortage, residents of different sectors of North Karachi Township, staged a sit-in on Wednesday in front of the Township’s KWSB office.... KARACHI: ‘Character assassination’ of teachers condemned KARACHI, Aug 8: Students and teachers of the Centre of Excellence in Marine Biology, University of Karachi, have condemned the “character assassination campaign” against some teachers of the centre and demanded... KARACHI: 4 groups boycott city council session KARACHI, Aug 8: The Awam Dost Panel, Al-Khadim group, Gharib Nawaz and Jamhoori panel boycotted the city council session on Thursday and held a separate assembly, while the Al-Khidmat and affiliated... KARACHI: Illegal buildings demolished KARACHI, Aug 8: The Karachi building control authority’s (KBCA) team, on Thursday, demolished the partition walls of 25 shops which were illegally raised on the mezzanine floor of Doctors Plaza on... KARACHI: Rangers deny custody of proclaimed offender KARACHI, Aug 8: The rangers categorically denied on Thursday custody of a proclaimed offender, Faisal Bhatti.... KARACHI: Lankan CG hails idea of engineers federation KARACHI, Aug 8: The counsel-general of Sri Lanka in Karachi, P.D Fernando, on Thursday praised the idea of establishing a federation of engineering institutions of SAARC countries, comprising leading engineers from... KARACHI: Govt warned against rigging KARACHI, Aug 8: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has warned the government that rigging at the October polls would be the precursor to civil war.... KARACHI: PTCL fault management KARACHI, Aug 8: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company has introduced a state-of-the-art fault management system throughout the country.... KARACHI: Contract for gas field project challenged KARACHI, Aug 8: A petition in which the government has been accused of mala fide and irregularities in awarding contract for the Mazarani Gas Field project to a firm which has... HYDERABAD: Dist council demands judicial inquiry : Rohri Canal breach HYDERABAD, Aug 8: The District Council on Thursday has demanded a judicial inquiry through a high court judge into the Rohri Canal breach, and that stern action be taken against those... HYDERABAD: Kidnapped girl returns after seven months HYDERABAD, Aug 8: The Qasimabad police on Wednesday, recovered a girl, Noor Bano, who was kidnapped on Jan 17, from Jeeyando Bhanopoto village near Nabisar, Mirpurkhas district.... HYDERABAD: Unjust allocation of funds flayed HYDERABAD, Aug 8: The Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party has criticized the federal government decision to allocate 71 per cent of Sindh districts development funds only for Karachi and 29 per cent... HYDERABAD: Three accused in kidnapping case arrested HYDERABAD, Aug 8: The Bulri Shah Karim police have arrested three accused, nominated in the kidnapping case of a teenaged boy.... HYDERABAD: Students protest against fees rise HYDERABAD, Aug 8: A large number of the Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Students’ Federation activists staged a hunger strike outside the local press club on Thursday against the inordinate increase in the... HYDERABAD: Cop identifies double-murder accused HYDERABAD, Aug 8: A police inspector here on Wednesday identified a leader of the Sindh Tarraqi Pasand Party (STPP), Ghulam Mohammad alias Chanda, in the double murder case of DSP Allah... PESHAWAR: Arrangements made for fair polls: PEC PESHAWAR, Aug 8: Provincial Election Commissioner (PEC) Mohammad Altaf Khan has said that elaborate and foolproof arrangements have been made for fair and transparent general election in October.... PESHAWAR: PHC rejects bail petition in woman’s death case PESHAWAR, Aug 8: A single bench of the Peshawar High Court on Thursday turned down bail petition of a person accused of killing his wife.... PESHAWAR: BBC World Service to launch new series PESHAWAR, Aug 8: The BBC World Service will launch a new three-part series to examine the impact of Asian people on life in the 21st century, said a press release issued... PESHAWAR: Independence Day events chalked out PESHAWAR, Aug 8: The NWFP government has decided to celebrate the Independent Day with fervour and simplicity.... PESHAWAR: ANP seeks aid for NWFP, Balochistan PESHAWAR, Aug 8: The Awami National Party (ANP) has urged the world community not to forget the sacrifices the people of the NWFP and Balochistan made during the 22-year-long Afghan conflict.... PESHAWAR: Officials transferred PESHAWAR, Aug 8: The NWFP government has ordered postings and transfers of officers of PCS (Secretariat group) with immediate effect.... PESHAWAR: Peshawar gets 4 NA, 11 PA seats PESHAWAR, Aug 8: The number of National Assembly seats in the provincial capital has increased to four under the Conduct of General Election Order, 2002, for the forthcoming general elections to... PESHAWAR: Upgraded eye unit to be opened in Swat on 14th PESHAWAR, Aug 8: NWFP Minister for Health Dr Mehr Taj Roghani will inaugurate the newly-upgraded eye unit of the Saidu Group of Teaching Hospitals, Swat, on Aug 14.... PESHAWAR: NAB wants absconders’ properties attached: Ring Road case PESHAWAR, Aug 8: The National Accountability Bureau has filed separate applications before the respective accountability courts for the attachment of properties of former NWFP minister Habibullah Kundi, a land acquisition collector...

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