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September 4, 2002 Wednesday Jamadi-us-Saani25,1423 KARACHI: President reviews pace of mega projects KARACHI, Sept 3: President Pervez Musharraf said here on Tuesday that a number of mega projects worth billions of rupees for Karachi were being implemented at an exemplary fast pace and... KARACHI: Man shot dead, woman strangled KARACHI, Sept 3: A woman was strangled by unknown persons in her home in Surjani on Tuesday evening.... KARACHI: Eight more admissions to SMC declared fake KARACHI, Sept 3: Principal of the Sindh Medical College (SMC) has declared eight more admissions of the academic session 1999- 2000 to be fake and withheld marks sheets of the students,... KARACHI: KCR revival plan shelved as Islamabad refuses funds KARACHI, Sept 3: The revival plan for the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) was shelved on Tuesday on the pretext of non- availability of funds and the provincial and city governments have... KARACHI: Magno train project okayed in principle KARACHI, Sept 3: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has approved in principle the Karachi Magno-Metro project during a briefing by Prof Dr Wagnon of Germany here on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Karachi yawns for want of electioneering KARACHI, Sept 3: With only 37 days left for electioneering, no political activities can be seen anywhere in the city, except for a few corner meetings here and there by individual... KARACHI: Unethical promotion of drugs resented KARACHI, Sept 3: Aggressive marketing techniques on part of national and multi-national pharmaceutical companies is increasingly noticed creating unnecessary scare among the public regarding different diseases.... KARACHI: Amendment KARACHI, Sept 3: The Sindh governor has promulgated the Stamp (Third Sindh Amendment) Ordinance 2002.... KARACHI: Anti-polio drive begins KARACHI, Sept 3: The three-day national immunization campaign against polio commenced in the metropolis here on Tuesday with teams of vaccinators visiting pre-primary schools and houses to cater children below five... KARACHI: Scavengers’ education planned KARACHI, Sept 3: The Sindh government has planned to educate children involved in paper picking and garbage collection under the Baitul Mall’s non-formal education scheme.... KARACHI: Girls bag five top positions in Inter commerce exams KARACHI, Sept 3: The students of private colleges, including five girls, dominated the merit list of intermediate part-II (class XII) commerce group annual examinations 2002.... KARACHI: Potholes, ditches on roads await repair KARACHI, Sept 3: Potholes that form on roads often by leaking underground water or sewerage lines, or those resulting from water accumulation after rains at poorly levelled spots appear unattended in... KARACHI: Zakat distribution being streamlined KARACHI, Sept 3: The chief secretary of Sindh, K. B. Rind, has said the government has taken notice of complaints against wrong distribution of Zakat and Ushr, and the system is... KARACHI: Decision on sharing ad revenue reached KARACHI, Sept 3: Despite strong reservations by the towns, the formula between them and the city government been worked out regarding outdoor advertizing, which has recently been transferred to the city... KARACHI: Hakim Zardari gets bail KARACHI, Sept 3: Former MNA and Chairman Public Accounts Committee, Hakim Ali Zardari, was granted bail against a solvent surety of Rs20 million in an accountability reference here on Tuesday by... KARACHI: Two men acquitted of kidnapping charge KARACHI, Sept 3: An anti-terrorism court acquitted on Tuesday two people in a kidnapping for ransom case.... KARACHI: Musharraf’s visit causes traffic gridlock KARACHI, Sept 3: President Pervez Musharraf’s movement on Sharea Faisal brought a complete halt to the traffic proceeding towards the Sharea via its various important link roads, causing immense suffering to... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Sept 3: The met department has forecast cloudy weather for Karachi on Wednesday with chances of drizzle along the coast, and temperatures ranging between 29 to 31 degrees centigrade.... KARACHI: Warrants issued for arrest of Nazim KARACHI, Sept 3: A single bench of the Sindh High Court comprising of Justice Shabbir Ahmed on Monday ordered the issuance of non-bailable warrants against Nazim-i-Ala Karachi, Mr Naimatullah Khan. The... KARACHI: Work on Gwadar project in full swing KARACHI, Sept 3: Work on the Gwadar deep-sea port and the Coastal Highway linking the port city with Karachi is in full swing and will be completed ahead of schedule.... KARACHI: Iqbal Zuberi passes away KARACHI, Sept 3: Iqbal Zuberi, a former chief editor and chief executive of the Mashriq daily, died here on Tuesday after protracted illness. He was 70.... KARACHI: KU forms KARACHI, Sept 3: The date for submission of examination forms for external candidates of BA/BCom/BOL and improvement of division for annual examinations 2002 has been extended up to Sept 9 without... KARACHI: Economic factors blamed for low readership KARACHI, Sept 3: Speakers at a seminar on Tuesday apprehended that irrelevant writings, degrading economic condition of people and dishonest marketing of literary books made readers feel wretched.... LARKANA: Strike against rejection of Benazir’s papers LARKANA, Sept 3: A complete strike was observed in Ratodero and Shahdadkot on Tuesday in protest against the rejection of the nomination papers of the chairperson of the PPP, Ms Benazir... SUKKUR: Anti-polio drive begins SUKKUR, Sept 3: District Naib Nazim Iqbal Dawood inaugurated the three-day national immunization campaign by administering polio drops to children at the Government Piracha Hospital here on Tuesday.... HYDERABAD: People urged to reject opportunists HYDERABAD, Sept 3: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) candidate for NA-219 and PS-49, Hyderabad, Mushtaq Ahmed Khan, has said that on several occasions the nation had voted for the political jugglers and... KHAIRPUR: Nara youth demand jobs in oil firms KHAIRPUR, Sept 3: Scores of youths of Nara taluka here on Tuesday staged a demonstration against the multinational companies ignoring the locals for jobs in gas and oil fields at Nara.... SANGHAR: Peasant killed, two injured by bandits SANGHAR, Sept 3: A man was killed and two were injured by some bandits in the Bago Wadadani police jurisdiction near Shahdadpur on Monday night.... SUKKUR: Tariq Aziz accused of interfering in NA-208 election SUKKUR, Sept 3: The PPP candidate for NA208, Jacobabad-I, Aijaz Hussain Bijarani, has complained that the principal secretary to the president, Tariq Aziz, was interfering into the election campaign for the... HYDERABAD: SU extends date of admission HYDERABAD, Sept 3: The director, admissions, University of Sindh, has notified that the last date for submitting admission forms as well as admission fee for the next higher classes of Bachelors... SANGHAR: Jam Ashiq dies SANGHAR, Sept 3: Jam Ashiq Ali, the son of former Sindh chief minister, Jam Sadiq Ali, died of a heart attack in a Karachi hospital on Monday.... THATTA: Irrigation employees demand salaries THATTA, Sept 3: Hundreds of employees of the irrigation department here on Tuesday dragged accountant Akhtar Lodhi out of his office and manhandled him to protest against the non-payment of their... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Villagers stage rally NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Sept 3: The residents of Gul Mohammad Jaiser village near Moro took out a protest rally on Tuesday against an influential man of the area who was pressurizing them... HYDERABAD: 76 papers for 6 NA seats accepted HYDERABAD, Sept 3: A total of 76 forms have been accepted by the returning officers for six National Assembly seats of Hyderabad district on Monday.... PESHAWAR: Major city intersections will be redesigned PESHAWAR, Sept 3: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has stressed the need for identification, demarcation and restoration of the right of way of the people, especially along all major roads,... PESHAWAR: Changes ordered in 2 PA constituencies PESHAWAR, Sept 3: Accepting three objection petitions, the member, Election Commission of Pakistan, Justice Qazi Ahsanullah Qureshi, issued directives here on Tuesday for making amendments to two provincial assembly constituencies of... PESHAWAR: ANP, PPP start poll campaign PESHAWAR, Sept 3: The joint candidates of Awami National Party (ANP) and People’s Party Parliamentarian (PPP) started their election campaign here on Tuesday.... PESHAWAR: Completion of projects on time assured PESHAWAR, Sept 3: Corps Commander, Lt Gen Ali Mohammad Jan Orakzai, visited sites of various development projects in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and inspected the quality and pace of... PESHAWAR: PPP(S) looking for true workers PESHAWAR, Sept 3: Barrister Iftikhar Ahmad, Central Information Secretary of Pakistan People’s Party (Sherpao), has said that our party’s persistent stand has been upheld by the disqualification of both the president... PESHAWAR: Call to check govt policies PESHAWAR, Sept 3: The senior vice-president of PML(QA), Iftikhar Hussain Gillani, has said masses have tested Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto and now it is time to check the policies of...

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