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August 28, 2002 Wednesday Jamadi-us-Saani 18,1423 KARACHI: Power breakdowns enter second day KARACHI, Aug 27: Reeling from Monday’s prolonged power breakdowns triggered by the monsoon rain, most people endured more of the same on Tuesday. For some, there was no break at all... KARACHI: Alleged rapist still at large KARACHI, Aug 27: Police have failed to arrest the alleged rapist in the Ramaswami gangrape case.... KARACHI: Larger bench to hear Benazir’s petition KARACHI, Aug 27: A larger bench, comprising five judges of the Sindh High Court, is being constituted at the request of the government to hear a petition of Benazir Bhutto who... KARACHI: City govt plan helps drain away rainwater KARACHI, Aug 27: The city government, pressing into service all its resources, on Tuesday drained out the water that had accumulated on roads after Monday’s rain.... KARACHI: Electricity crisis claims two lives KARACHI, Aug 27: A man died and his wife and daughter fell unconscious after inhaling exhaust fumes of an electric generator in their house in Defence on late Monday night.... KARACHI: Cop dies in accident KARACHI, Aug 27: A police constable died in a road accident in Gulbahar on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Five cars, 11 bikes hijacked KARACHI, Aug 27: Sixteen vehicles — five cars and 11 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Tuesday, police said.... KARACHI: Non-Muslims not barred from becoming judges: SHC KARACHI, Aug 27: The Sindh High Court has held that there is no constitutional bar to prevent a non-Muslim from becoming a judge of the High Court.... KARACHI: Govt begins payment to expressway victims KARACHI, Aug 27: The Sindh government has started distribution of Rs50,000 and a plot of 80 square-yards to each affectee of the Lyari Expressway project.... KARACHI: Scrutiny of nomination papers begins KARACHI, Aug 27: Scrutiny of nomination papers filed by the candidates in Karachi for 20 NA and 41 PA general seats began here on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Anti-polio drive in September KARACHI, Aug 27: 8.4 million children below five years of age will be administered polio drops during a three-day campaign to be launched in Sindh from September 3.... KARACHI: Water level at Hub Dam goes up KARACHI, Aug 27: The water level in Hub dam’s reservoir increased by one foot on Tuesday, in the wake of rainfall, when water collected in its catchment area on Monday.... KARACHI: Road sense programme KARACHI, Aug. 27: K. B. Rind, Sindh Chief Secretary, will be chief guest at 6th event in series of monthly Karavan Karachi PSO Road Sense functions organized by Heritage Wallay —Friends... KARACHI: High Court dismisses delimitation petitions KARACHI, Aug 27: A division bench of the Sindh High Court has dismissed petitions in limine, through which delimitations of constituencies and other irregularities had been challenged.... KARACHI: SHC issues notices to education official KARACHI, Aug 27: A division bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday issued notices to secretary of education, vice- chancellor of Hamdard University and other respondents, including HU dean,... KARACHI: Edhi to bring back seriously ill man from India KARACHI, Aug 27: The Edhi Foundation is making arrangements for bringing a a seriously ill young man back to Pakistan from India at the request of the young man’s mother.... LARKANA: Larkana Radio Station awaits power supply LARKANA, Aug 27: The delay in power connection hampers the early operation of the medium wave radio station, Larkana.... HYDERABAD: Bureaucracy sabotaging LG system: Dist Council HYDERABAD, Aug 27: The District Council, Hyderabad, on Tuesday has lashed out at the bureaucracy for sabotaging the devolution system in order to protect its vested interests so that people could... HYDERABAD: Water supply to Nazim’s crop stopped HYDERABAD, Aug 27: The water supply to standing crops of District Nazim Dr Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman has been stopped and the power voltage of his Latifabad residence has been decreased.... HYDERABAD: Electricity failure disrupts life HYDERABAD, Aug 27: The intermittent power supply suspension during the last 24 hours not only resulted in an unending nightmare for power consumers but also exposed the fragile generation and transmission... HYDERABAD: Excessive charging of computer fee decried HYDERABAD, Aug 27: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association has expressed surprise that most of Sindh college principals are still charging Rs1,000 computer fee in violation of the Sindh cabinet decision... SUKKUR: 250 Irrigation Dept employees sacked SUKKUR, Aug 27: At least 20 office bearers of the Upper Sindh Irrigation Employees Union, All Pakistan Clerks Association, General Irrigation Employees Union, and Sub-engineers Irrigation Association observed an eight-hour token... DADU: Officials accused of selling water DADU, Aug 27: A group of growers from Dadu Taluka staged a demonstration outside the press club on Tuesday to protest against the water shortage in Piaro minor.... KHAIRPUR: Farmers rally against water shortage KHAIRPUR, Aug 27: The tail-end growers of Rahooja minor took out a procession and staged a sit-in outside the office of the irrigation division, west, here on Tuesday.... MIRPURKHAS: Outlaws escape after encounter MIRPURKHAS, Aug 27: A gang of bandits escaped after a one- hour encounter with police in the jurisdiction of the Khan police station, Mirpurkhas taluka, on Monday night.... LARKANA: Bandit killed LARKANA, Aug 27: The Larkana police claimed having killed a dacoit, Asghar Jhatyal, in an ‘encounter’ on Sunday night in the Katcha area of Larkana.... HYDERABAD: SHC fines police official HYDERABAD, Aug 27: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Monday has imposed a fine of Rs10,000 on an investigation sub-inspector of police of the Kunri... PESHAWAR: High court sets aside EC member’s order: Delimitation of Batagram constituencies PESHAWAR, Aug 27: Accepting three identical writ petitions, a division bench of the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday set aside an Election Commission notification about delimitation of two provincial assembly constituencies... PESHAWAR: Use of drug among women on the rise PESHAWAR, Aug 27: The number of women drug addicts in the NWFP is on the rise as some of them are being used as drug pushers who ultimately become drug addicts... PESHAWAR: 17 outlaws held in Khyber PESHAWAR, Aug 27: The political authorities have finally arrested the ring leaders of the outlaws during the course of its ongoing operation in Tehsil Bara Khyber agency here on Tuesday.... PESHAWAR: Candidates suffer due to late call: Appointment of planning officers PESHAWAR, Aug 27: A number of candidates failed to appear in a written test held on Aug 16 for the selection of planning officers in the planning and monitoring cells in... PESHAWAR: PPP vows to back women candidates PESHAWAR, Aug 27: People’s Party Parliamentarian provincial chief, Khwaja Muhammad Khan Hoti, said that PPP would fully support its women representatives contesting the upcoming election.... PESHAWAR: Police urged to protect rights of people PESHAWAR, Aug 27: Highlighting the importance of sensitisation of police officials about the rights of children and women, speakers at a workshop on Tuesday said police should be made aware about... PESHAWAR: Foolproof steps ordered for anti-polio drive PESHAWAR, Aug 27: The NWFP Minister for Health, Meher Taj Roghani, has asked the health officials to make foolproof arrangements for the next phase of anti-polio campaign in the province, starting...

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