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September 8, 2002 Sunday Jamadi-us-Saani29,1423 KARACHI: Three appeals allowed against papers rejection KARACHI, Sept 7: The election appellate tribunal allowed on Saturday the appeals of three candidates against the rejection of their nomination papers for election to different seats of the National and... KARACHI: Electioneering picks up momentum KARACHI, Sept 7: The election activity in the country is gaining momentum and it is expected that it will pick up further after Sept 15 when the component parties of the... KARACHI: Woman commits suicide KARACHI, Sept 7: A young housewife committed suicide in Gulbahar on Saturday. Police said that Shahida, aged 30, wife of Athar Mian, resident of Gulbahar near Gujjar nullah, often had arguments with her husband .... KARACHI: Several injured as rangers beat up students, teachers: Fracas on the campus KARACHI, Sept 7: Situation worsened on the campus on Saturday as rangers deployed at the University of Karachi resorted to baton-charge against protesting students and teachers.... KARACHI: VC lashes out at hooligans KARACHI, Sept 7: Vice-Chancellor of Karachi University Dr Zafar Saeed Saifi has lashed out at those elements who resorted to hooliganism on the campus on Saturday and said they are those... KARACHI: Malnutrition among poor children KARACHI, Sept 7: Only 38 per cent of the preschool children belonging to low income households of Karachi can afford eating at least one food from each of the basic four... KARACHI: Women literacy centres to also celebrate literacy day KARACHI, Sept 7: Like other educational institutions and organizations, the Sindh Education Foundation has also planned to celebrate the International Literacy Day on Sept 8 at many of its women literacy... KARACHI: Cloudy weather KARACHI, Sept 7: The Meteorological Department has forecast partly cloudy weather for Karachi on Sunday with the temperature to range from 31 to 33 degrees centigrade.— PPI... KARACHI: Pre-engineering exam results announced KARACHI, Sept 7: Two boy students of the Adamjee Govt Science College played second and third fiddle to a girl student of St Joseph’s College for Women who clinched the first... KARACHI: Six positions in science (general) exams go to DHA College KARACHI, Sept 7: The students of the DHA Degree College for Women shared among themselves the first six positions of the Intermediate second year, Science (general) group, results.... KARACHI: Parties condemn rangers action KARACHI, Sept 7: Leaders of various political parties on Saturday condemned the rangers action against peaceful teachers and students at the campus and termed it a manifestation of the dictatorial approach... KARACHI: Talk on women prisoners KARACHI, Sept 7: Dr Habiba will be the main speaker at the annual meeting of Bazm-i-Amna at Sadequain Centre, Nipa, on Sunday at 11am. She will speak on the plight of... KARACHI: EOBI offers two schemes to employers KARACHI, Sept 7: The government has offered self-assessment and amnesty schemes to the employers who get their organizations registered with the Employees Old-age Benefits Institution (EOBI) by Sept 30.... KARACHI: MMA slams govt for crackdown KARACHI, Sept 7: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has accused the government of dragging its feet from the commitment to hold free, fair and transparent elections and said the maltreatment and arrest... KARACHI: Water crisis in many localities KARACHI, Sept 7: Various parts of former districts West and Central continue to be in the grip of water crisis due to short and irregular supply of water from the Hub... KARACHI: Probe urged into campus incident KARACHI, Sept 7: Karachi University Teachers Society has demanded an inquiry into Saturday’s incident on the campus in which several teachers and students were injured.... KARACHI: ML test of the injured KARACHI, Sept 7: Five students and three teachers were taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal examination as they received injuries when rangers resorted to baton-charge on them in Karachi University... KARACHI: Power shutdown KARACHI, Sept 7: The KESC is carrying out a shutdown of 132 kilovolt double-circuit Baldia Tapal Hub transmission line to complete the remaining stringing work of 220 kilovolt double- circuit Baldia... PESHAWAR: MMA denounces leaders’ detention PESHAWAR, Sept 7: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), NWFP chapter, has denounced the detention of its leaders in Lahore by the Punjab police, and called upon the election commission to take notice... PESHAWAR: Workers of NGOs demand security PESHAWAR, Sept 7: The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the NGOs has demanded of the provincial government to take action against culprits involved in lobbing hand-grenade on the office of Global... PESHAWAR: 178 women in run for reserved seats PESHAWAR, Sept 7: Twelve political parties in the NWFP have fielded 178 aspirants to contest for the 30 reserved seats for women in the national and provincial assemblies.... PESHAWAR: PPP observes hunger strike PESHAWAR, Sept 7: Women wing of the Pakistan People’s Party observed a token hunger-strike here on Saturday in protest against the rejection of Benazir Bhutto’s nomination papers.... PESHAWAR: Nazim accused of swindling PESHAWAR, Sept 7: Kohistan District Nazim was accused on Saturday of bypassing the district government rules and of embezzling the development funds.... PESHAWAR: Toy-bomb kills Afghan girl PESHAWAR, Sept 7: A bomb disguised as a toy killed an Afghan refugee girl and seriously injured her two sisters at Akora Khattak, police said on Saturday.... PESHAWAR: Bar demands juvenile law implementation PESHAWAR, Sept 7: The Peshawar district bar association has demanded of the government to take practical measures for the implementation of the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance, 2000.... ISLAMABAD: GRE test to enhance quality of teachers: Ata ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The government is contemplating to introduce an international standard test —- Graduate Record Examination (GRE) —- for schoolteachers so that they could enhance their qualification.... RAWALPINDI: Remand of six alleged terrorists extended RAWALPINDI, Sept 7: The judge of anti-terrorist court No. 1, Manzoor Ahmad Mirza, has extended the physical remand of six alleged terrorists to another five days. It is alleged that the... RAWALPINDI: Wheat distributed RAWALPINDI, Sept 7: The Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) on Saturday distributed about 250 sacks of wheat among the people affected by drought.... ISLAMABAD: AIOU scam: action against 3 officials recommended ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The enquiry committee set up to investigate Allama Iqbal Open University’s library scam has... RAWALPINDI: Literacy walk held in Rawalpindi RAWALPINDI, Sept 7: The Rawalpindi district government has set the target of achieving 100 per cent literacy within next couple of years.... ISLAMABAD: SC to reopen tomorrow ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The Supreme Court will reopen on Monday after three months summer vacations. Six benches will start working from Monday.... ISLAMABAD: Govt urged to ensure access to drugs ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: Different consumer right organizations have asked the govern-ment to ensure access to essential drugs in the policy... ABBOTTABAD: Jamaat accuses govt of backing ‘king’s party’ ABBOTTABAD, Sept 7: Prof Mohammad Ibrahim, provincial Amir of Jamaat-i-Islami, has accused the government of supporting what he called the king’s party and harassing their opponents.... CHITRAL: Rejection changes situation in NA-32 CHITRAL, Sept 7: The rejection of the nomination papers of Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali, a nominee of Muttahida Majlis-i- Amal (MMA), for NA-32, Chitral, by the returning officer has improved chances... MANSEHRA: Taxi driver’s murder mystery solved MANSEHRA, Sept 7: The Mansehra police claim to have resolved the mystery surrounding the murder of a taxi driver slaughtered by unidentified men on July 9.... DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Uplift plans completed in D. I. Khan, says Nazim DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Sept 7: District Nazim, Latifullah Alizai, has said a record number of uplift schemes have been completed in the district during the last one year and a number... ABBOTTABAD: US diplomat meets QJP President ABBOTTABAD, Sept 7: Poli-tical councillor of American Embassy Chat Blakeman visited Abbottabad on Thursday and met Ali Asghar Khan, brother of former federal minister Omer Asghar Khan, and the president of... MANSEHRA: Hospital staff accused of negligence MANSEHRA, Sept 7: The relatives of a patient who expired due to the alleged negligence of the staff of the DHQ Teaching Hospital here on Saturday, blocked the road in front... HYDERABAD: National Alliance not a king’s party, says Khattak HYDERABAD, Sept 7: National Awami Party (NAP) president Ajmal Khattak has dismissed the reports that the National Alliance (NA) is a “king’s party”.... HYDERABAD: PML (N) men kick off election campaign HYDERABAD, Sept 7: Six candidates of Pakistan Muslim League (N) here on Saturday launched their election campaign by holding a joint rally outside the Hyderabad Press Club.... HYDERABAD: PPP candidate demands police official transfer HYDERABAD, Sept 7: A member of the central committee of the PPP and a provincial assembly candidate from PS-77 (Dadu), Haji Zafar Ali Khan Leghari, has warned that if the the... HYDERABAD: AT to back pro-Sindh candidates HYDERABAD, Sept 7: The Awami Tehrik (AT) has announced to boycott the ensuing general election but offered a support to those candidates who pledged to fight against the construction of the... BADIN: Postponement of election feared BADIN, Sept 7: The district president of the People’s Party Parliamentarians, Dr Sikandar Ali Mandhro, said here on Thursday that the people were the best judges regarding their representation in parliament... HYDERABAD: IT exhibition inaugurated HYDERABAD, Sept 7: Air Commodore Shabbir Ahmed of Pakistan Air Force, here on Friday, inaugurated the “Regional Science Exhibition Show on Information Technology”, at the State Life building, to mark the... LAHORE: MMA flays US, UK attack on Iraq LAHORE, Sept 7: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has condemned the joint attack of the United States and Britain on Iraq, terming it uncalled for and illegal lacking even a formal UN approval.... LAHORE: Weighbridges along highways LAHORE, Sept 7: The National Highway Authority has decided to install weighbridges along the highways in the Punjab to check overloading in transport vehicles.... LAHORE: Iftikhar sworn in as LHC CJ LAHORE, Sept 7: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool administered oath to new Lahore High Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry here at the Governor’s House on Saturday morning. The oath ceremony was... LAHORE: Literacy Day today LAHORE, Sept 7: The World Literacy Day is being observed on Sunday (today).... LAHORE: Torture of KU teachers flayed LAHORE, Sept 7: Three organizations of teachers have strongly condemned the Rangers and police action against teachers and students of the Karachi University.... PESHAWAR: US envoy calls on Mahtab PESHAWAR, Sept 7: An American diplomat called on former NWFP chief minister Sardar Mahtab Ahmad Khan at his residence on Thursday and discussed with him the “prevailing political situation” in the country, a...

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