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August 27, 2002 Tuesday Jamadi-us-Saani 17,1423 KARACHI: Fragile civic system collapses: City receives rain KARACHI, Aug 26: All tall claims of the city government and other civic agencies were exposed on Monday as the first spell of monsoon dislocated the city’s civic infrastructure and caused... KARACHI: Rain exposes KESC inefficiency KARACHI, Aug 26: The fragile and ill-maintained transmission and distribution system of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation collapsed as soon as the city received a few millimetres of rain on Monday.... KARACHI: 27.5mm rain recorded KARACHI, Aug 26: The city received an average rainfall of 27.5 millimetres on Monday.... KARACHI: Six injured as bus falls into drain KARACHI, Aug 26: Half a dozen passengers were injured when the minibus they were travelling on fell into a stormwater drain after a culvert collapsed in Orangi Town in the rains... KARACHI: Nomination papers filing ends KARACHI, Aug 26: Brisk activity was witnessed on Monday as curtains were drawn on the extended time for filing nomination papers for the 41 provincial and 20 national assembly seats from... KARACHI: No provisional admissions to colleges this year KARACHI, Aug 26: Though hundreds of students who failed to clear the prerequisite examinations have submitted applications forms for admission to first year classes in colleges, the Central Admission Committee is... KARACHI: Special kids should not be neglected KARACHI, Aug 26: Over 100 handicapped children enjoyed music and other fun activities for a couple of hours at a function held at an elite city restaurant on Monday.... KARACHI: Efforts urged to check population growth KARACHI, Aug 26: Pakistan is ranked the 6th most populous country and the situation has assumed an alarming proportion and warrants our immediate concerted efforts to maintain sway over the population... KARACHI: Date extension may delay academic session KARACHI, Aug 26: A number of educationists have expressed apprehension that the extension in the last date for submission of forms for admission to first year classes in the city will... KARACHI: Living with filth in Lyari KARACHI, Aug 26: The lives of hundreds of people in a Lyari locality are in constant danger because of unhygienic conditions and the failure of the authorities to perform their duties.... KARACHI: SSUET admissions KARACHI, Aug 26: The Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology has finalized the admission schedule for 2003.... KARACHI: Small girl falls victim to psychopaths brutality KARACHI, Aug 26: Seven-year-old Rahima Bibi, who was kidnapped in Bilawal Shah Noorani goth on Aug 4, was found brutally murdered on Saturday night. The body, chopped into at least seven... KARACHI: Youth commits suicide; suspect shot dead KARACHI, Aug 26: A jobless young man committed suicide in Rizvia Society on Monday.... KARACHI: LFO aims to perpetuate dictatorship, says PPP KARACHI, Aug 26: The People’s Party Parliamentarians on Monday said the Legal Framework Order 2002 is an attempt to give protection to dictatorship through a democratic facade.... KARACHI: MoU signed for $1.2bn magnetic train KARACHI, Aug 26: The city government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a Swiss-German firm — Inter Glob — for an electromagnetic levitation train in Karachi.... KARACHI: Muttahida, PTI slam Okara incident KARACHI, Aug 26: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Monday crticized the indiscriminate firing by law enforcement agencies that killed five poor tenants in Okara, Punjab.... KARACHI: AHT boycotts elections KARACHI, Aug 26: The Awami Himayat Tehrik has said that it will not participate in the October elections due to its reservations on the nomination form in which Quaid-i-Azam has been... KARACHI: Benazir’s media trial plea disposed of KARACHI, Aug 26: The petition filed by PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto on Oct 16, 1997, against her media trial came up for rehearing on Monday before a special division bench, comprising... BADIN: Rain breaks heat spell in Sindh BADIN, Aug 26: Different parts of Sindh including Badin recieved rain on Monday.... SHIKARPUR: PPP resents new locations of polling stations SHIKARPUR, Aug 26: The PPP-nominated candidate for the National Assembly seat of Shikarpur, Aftab Shaban Mirani, has expressed dissatisfaction over arrangements for the ensuing general election.... HYDERABAD: More candidates file papers HYDERABAD, Aug 26: Several more candidates filed their nomination papers for various seats on the last date of filing of nomination papers here on Monday.... HYDERABAD: IJT to launch ‘save varsities movement’ HYDERABAD, Aug 26: The Islami Jamiat-i-Tulba (IJT), Sindh, has rejected the recommendations of the federal education task force and announced to launch “save universities movement”.... HYDERABAD: Arrested HYDERABAD, Aug 26: A heavy contingent of the Hyderabad district police on Sunday raided the central office of the Sindh National Party (Bhambro group) and arrested vice-chairman of the party, Agha... HYDERABAD: Sell off of mill to be resisted HYDERABAD, Aug 26: Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party (STPP) chairman Dr Qadir Magsi has said his party and people of Shahdadkot will resist the privatization of the Shahdadkot Textile Mills.... LARKANA: CMC teachers boycott classes LARKANA, Aug 26: The boycott of classes by the Chandka Medical College teachers, which entered eighth day on Monday, has paralyzed academic activities at the campus here.... DADU: Protest against oil companies DADU, Aug 26: A large number of people of Johi town and different parts of kutcha area and activists of political parties and NGOs staged a demonstration in Johi on Monday... PESHAWAR: Bone disease spreading among children: experts PESHAWAR, Aug 26: Rickets is on the rise in the province mainly because of a lack of proper food and sunlight for children, paediatricians told Dawn.... PESHAWAR: ‘PPP-specific’ amendments flayed PESHAWAR, Aug 26: Pakistan People’s Party vice-president and a former director-general of Intelligence Bureau, Masood Sharif Khan Khattak, has termed the constitutional amendments as PPP- specific as they would be used... PESHAWAR: 25 criminals arrested PESHAWAR, Aug 26: As a part of anti-criminals operation in Tehsil Bara Khyber agency, the authorities on Monday arrested 25 criminals wanted in cases of murder and kidnappings for ransom and... PESHAWAR: Govt urged to rename housing scheme PESHAWAR, Aug 26: Stake-holders in the under-construction Regi Model Town have asked the government to change its name because the village of Regi has become notorious for crimes....

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