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August 12, 2002 Monday Jamadi-us-Saani 2, 1423 KARACHI: Nara plans measures to help with registration: Illegal immigrants KARACHI, Aug 11: The National Aliens’ Registration Authority (Nara) is going to open field offices in western and central parts of the city and in Malir to facilitate the illegal immigrants... KARACHI: Woman raped, killed; 5 cars, 7 bikes hijacked KARACHI, Aug 11: Reckless driving claimed two lives in the city on Sunday.... KARACHI: 30 robberies in PECHS area in one month KARACHI, Aug 11: A record number of over 30 robberies and hold-ups were committed in just one lane of the PECHS Block 2, having only 14 houses, in the last one... KARACHI: Lyari Expressway Residents offered Rs50,000 or new houses KARACHI, Aug 11: A group of Jeddah-based overseas Pakistanis has built eight model houses as specimens for a low-cost housing scheme for people affected by the Lyari Expressway (LE), who can... KARACHI: Lyari residents protest against water shortage KARACHI, Aug 11: The residents of Lyari Town staged a protest demonstration on Sunday in front of the Karachi Press Club, against the chronic water shortage in the area.... KARACHI: Rs20m for breach victims KARACHI, Aug 11: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has okayed Rs20 million as immediate relief for the families displaced owing to Rohri Canal breach at Bhit Shah in Sindh.... KARACHI: Aalmi mushaira attracts big crowd KARACHI, Aug 11: People of Karachi flocked to the KMC Sports Complex in their thousands on Saturday night to attend the 12th Aalmi Mushaira.... KARACHI: CNIC production resumes KARACHI, Aug 11: The National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) has said that the production of computerized National Identity Cards, which had been stopped owing to the non-availability of card material, has... KARACHI: HRCP mission due at varsity KARACHI, Aug 11: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan will send a fact- finding mission to Karachi University to ascertain if the rights of the university employees are being violated.... KARACHI: Juvenile diabetics being stigmatized KARACHI, Aug 11: Despite the fact that the incidence rate of juvenile Diabetes (Diabetes Type 1) is very low among local children, the lack of awareness and misconceptions about the condition... KARACHI: Hepatitis B vaccine KARACHI, Aug 11: Large crowds were witnessed at the camps setup by the Al-Khidmat group in all 18 towns of the city to provide low-cost vaccinations of Hepatitis B to citizens.... KARACHI: Prospects for IT development bright KARACHI, Aug 11: The information technology will help the country in economic development and the nation will be ushered in a period of prosperity and progress.... KARACHI: NGOs assured of govt assistance KARACHI, Aug 11: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro has said the government will extend all possible cooperation to organizations which are working for improvement of environmental and civic conditions besides development of... KARACHI: Imran vows to ensure justice and self-respect KARACHI, Aug 11: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan on Sunday kicked off his election campaign by announcing three main points of his party’s election manifesto — provision of justice, promotion of... KARACHI: Seminar stresses democracy: Bizenjo remembered KARACHI, Aug 11: Speakers at a seminar here on Sunday paid tribute to the late Baloch leader Mir Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo for his services to the cause of democracy and national... KARACHI: Woman held for kidnapping children KARACHI, Aug 11: Police have arrested a woman for allegedly kidnapping children in Sachal police limits.... KARACHI: Minorities protest against attacks on churches KARACHI, Aug 11: The All Pakistan Minorities Alliance (APMA), in protest against the recent attacks on a church and missionary school, has announced that it is organizing special prayer meetings in... KARACHI: PPP alleges pre-poll rigging KARACHI, Aug 11: The Pakistan People’s Party has expressed concern over the mass-scale transfer of government officials from a Larkana district constituency from where former prime minister Benazir Bhutto contests elections.... KARACHI: Hostage returns home KARACHI, Aug 11: A collector exports of the Pakistan Customs, Aftab Anwar Baloch, who had been kidnapped on July 18 in Gizri returned home on Sunday.... KARACHI: Action against inefficient employees ordered KARACHI, Aug 11: Sindh Chief Secretary K.B Rind on Sunday directed the health and education departments to take strict disciplinary action against the officials and staff at government hospitals and schools,... KARACHI: Workshop KARACHI Aug 11: The Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) will hold a workshop on “Environmental Auditing for Environmental Management Systems at Unit Level” on Tuesday, aimed at reducing environmental and... HYDERABAD: Workers’ protest enters 28th day HYDERABAD, Aug 11: A group of the former employees of the Zeal Pak Cement Factory, Hyderabad, continued token hunger strike outside the local press club, on the 28th consecutive day, here... HYDERABAD: SHC issues notices to highway officials HYDERABAD, Aug 11: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Saturday has issued notices to the secretary, Highway (Sindh); the chief engineer, Highways; and the land acquisition officer on a... HYDERABAD: Establishment of college at disputed plot assured HYDERABAD, Aug 11: Hyderabad District Nazim Dr Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman assured elected representatives of union council-12, Hyderabad city, that the establishment of a girls degree college on the old Bakra Mandi plot... HYDERABAD: Hari body chief elected HYDERABAD, Aug 11: Comrade Azhar Jatoi was re-elected the president of the Sindh Hari Committee at the biennial election of the party held here on Sunday.... HYDERABAD: Rigging in PPP polls alleged HYDERABAD, Aug: 11: A group of the activists of the PPP, Hyderabad, staged a protest demonstration and observed a token hunger strike here on Sunday against the alleged rigging in the... HYDERABAD: Rangers slammed for occupying college HYDERABAD, Aug 11: The President, Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Students Federation, Qadir Channa, has criticized the rangers for taking over the possession of Islamia Degree College, Badin.... PESHAWAR: Minor married girl sent to Darul Aman PESHAWAR, Aug 11: A 10-year-old girl, forcibly married to an Afghan by her father, was sent to a Darul Aman by a local court here on Saturday.... PESHAWAR: Facilities for street children stressed PESHAWAR, Aug 11: Terming the street children the most marginalised section of society, the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (Sparc) has urged the state and civil... PESHAWAR: Church services held in tight security PESHAWAR, Aug 11: The Christian community offered Sunday prayers under tight security arrangements in the provincial metropolis following a series of terrorist attacks on their hospital and churches in parts of... PESHAWAR: Attack on hospital flayed PESHAWAR, Aug 11: The President of Pakistan Christian Writers’ Guild, Yousaf Maseeh, has expressed sorrow at the terrorist attack on innocent people at a Christian Hospital in Taxila.... PESHAWAR: 2 carjackers killed in ‘encounter’ with police PESHAWAR, Aug 11: Two alleged carjackers were killed on Saturday night here at the Hayatabad town, in an encounter with the capital city police....

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