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August 14, 2002 Wednesday Jamadi-us-Saani 4, 1423 KARACHI: City to face severe water shortage today KARACHI, Aug 13: The 72-inch mainline supplying water to the city burst near Dhabeji on the eve of Independence Day on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Computer fee in colleges reduced by 50 per cent KARACHI, Aug 13: The Sindh cabinet, which met here on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Governor Mohammadmian Soomro, approved a proposal to reduce the annual fee of Rs 1,000 for computer... KARACHI: Reckless driving claims two lives: Four cars, eight bikes hijacked KARACHI, Aug 13: Reckless driving claimed two lives in the city on Tuesday.... KARACHI: SHC to hear Omar’s appeal in Karachi KARACHI, Aug 13: The appeal of Ahmad Omar Saeed Shaikh against the death sentence awarded to him in the Daniel Pearl kidnapping/murder case by an anti-terrorism court was admitted on Tuesday... KARACHI: Power breakdowns persist KARACHI, Aug 13: Under-frequency in the national grid on Tuesday put many KESC grid stations out of action for some time, forcing the utility to resort to loadshedding.... KARACHI: Rangers shoot two suspects to death KARACHI, Aug 13: Rangers shot dead two unarmed men near Karsaz on Sharea Faisal on Tuesday morning.... KARACHI: Mohatta Palace open today KARACHI, Aug 13: Mohatta Palace Museum will remain open on Wednesday, August 14, from 11am to 7pm. Entrance for visitors will be free.... KARACHI: New rules for building plan approved KARACHI, Aug 13: The chief controller of buildings, Karachi Building Control Authority, A.S. Nasir, has issued new directives to all the circles with reference to approval of building plans.... KARACHI: EU mission at SHCBA KARACHI, Aug 13: The Sindh High Court Bar Association (SHCBA) conveyed on Tuesday to a visiting member of the European Union’s Electoral Observation Mission that it did not expect free and... KARACHI: Plea put off to enable petitioners to work out compensation terms: Lyari Expressway KARACHI, Aug 13: A division bench of the Sindh High Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of petitions challenging removal of settlements from the Lyari river bed for building the expressway... KARACHI: Pledge of rights not honoured: seminar KARACHI, Aug 13: Speakers belonging to various parties and organizations at a seminar on aims and reasons for the division of the Subcontinent highlighted the significance of Independence Movement and the... KARACHI: Nasir Aslam new chief of IBS KARACHI, Aug 13: The sixth meeting of the governing body of the Institute of Behavioural Sciences was held on Aug 10 at its campus, says a press release.... KARACHI: Talk on peace KARACHI, Aug 13: Renowned Indian peace activist, former member of the Indian parliament and the president of the Association of Peoples of Asia, Ms Nirmala Deshpande, will address peace and human... KARACHI: Farooq Sattar granted pre-arrest bail KARACHI, Aug 13: The district and sessions judge, South, Agha Rafique Ahmed Khan, granted pre-arrest bail to Dr Muhammed Farooq Sattar, a leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and former mayor... HYDERABAD: Benazir and Shahbaz to face law, says minister HYDERABAD, Aug 13: Federal Minister for Law Khalid Ranjha has categorically stated that Ms Benazir Bhutto and Shahbaz Sharif would be arrested as soon as they arrived in the country and... HYDERABAD: Sindh govt urged to follow Punjab: Privatization of schools, colleges HYDERABAD, Aug: 13: The central general secretary, Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA), Prof Liaquat Aziz, has hailed the decision of the Punjab governor to withdraw the notification in respect of... HYDERABAD: One-window operation for Kharif loan continues HYDERABAD, Aug: 13: The Sindh Agriculture Extension Project has announced that the grant of production loans to farmers through one-window operation is continuing and advised the growers to avail this opportunity... HYDERABAD: Minorities plan protest demos HYDERABAD, Aug: 13: The chairman, Pakistan Minority Inqalabi Tehrik, and the provincial president, All Pakistan Minority Alliance, Saleem Khursheed Khokhar, has announced that the minorities would stage protest demonstrations outside the... HYDERABAD: STPP to launch drive against retrenchment HYDERABAD, Aug: 13: The Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party will launch a campaingn for reinstatement of the retrenched local workers of the Star Cotton Factory, Mehrabpur.... PESHAWAR: Regulatory authority planned to end quackery PESHAWAR, Aug 13: The NWFP government is considering forming a regulatory authority to put brakes on the mushrooming growth of quackery and regularize the medical practice, an official of the health... PESHAWAR: Officials asked to ensure quality of work PESHAWAR, Aug 13: The NWFP governor has said that about 20 mega-projects are in progress aimed at uplifting and beautifying the city, and directed the executing agencies to ensure quality of... PESHAWAR: Efforts to bar Benazir from polls opposed PESHAWAR, Aug 13: Pakistan People’s Party central executive committee member Abdul Akbar Khan has said that the steps taken by the Election Commission to debar former prime minister Benazir Bhutto from... PESHAWAR: Muslim world doesn’t exist: scholar PESHAWAR, Aug 13: An American scholar has claimed that the Muslim world doesn’t exist as the modern European world expresses its existence through the collective socio-political and economic might and a... PESHAWAR: PML(QA), PPP(S) plan seat adjustments PESHAWAR, Aug 13: The Pakistan People’s Party (Sherpao) and Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam) have reached an agreement that both parties would contest elections under their respective election symbols, but there would... PESHAWAR: New number-plates: fine exemption date extended PESHAWAR, Aug 13: NWFP Revenue, Excise and Taxation Minister Aminullah Khan... TIMERGARA: Dir government plans small power stations TIMERGARA, Aug 13: The construction of small hydel power stations in lower Dir would enable the district to generate revenue between Rs400 million and Rs500 million.... TIMERGARA: Hydel units to help earn revenue TIMERGARA, Aug 13: The Nazim of Lower Dir district, Dr Mohammad Yaqub Khan, said on Monday that the construction of small hydel power stations in lower Dir would enable the district... PESHAWAR: Workshop on earthquakes next week PESHAWAR, Aug 13: A four-day workshop on earthquakes and landslides will be held at the summer campus of the Peshawar University, Baragali, Abbottabad district, from Aug 19 to 22....

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