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September 24, 2002 Tuesday Rajab 16, 1423 KARACHI: Youth found dead, two commit suicide: 22 vehicles taken away KARACHI, Sept 23: A youth died in a mysterious circumstances in Malir while two teenagers committed suicide in the city on Monday.... KARACHI: Need stressed for more child care programmes KARACHI, Sept 23: Speakers at a symposium on Monday stressed the need for initiating more childhood care and development programmes in the country so that subsequent health problems of children could... KARACHI: FIR lodged against policemen KARACHI, Sept 23: Sindh police lodged the first-ever FIR against police personnel under the newly promulgated Police Order-2002. FIR No. 117/2002 was lodged with Police Station Mauripur.... KARACHI: CAP issues list for pre-medical admissions KARACHI, Sept 23: The centralized admission committee for colleges on Monday released the merit/placement list of pre- medical (boys) faculty for the 2002-03 session.... KARACHI: KESC resorts to loadshedding KARACHI, Sept 23: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation started a one-hourly rotational loadshedding on Monday as it faced a power shortage, says a press release.... KARACHI: Candidate alleges harassment of voters KARACHI, Sept 23: Sardar Rahim, a candidate for PS-114 said on Monday that the area police were harassing his voters in Mehmoodabad and Azam Basti.... KARACHI: Scientists’ role in development discussed KARACHI, Sept 23: Participants of a panel discussion on “role of science and technology in sustainable development” expressed the view that scientists should deliver the goods in regard to value addition... KARACHI: Nazim seeks help for development of parks KARACHI, Sept 23: The Nazim of Karachi, Naimatullah Khan, has sought the cooperation of philanthropists in enhancing the recreational facilities with the development of parks on land earmarked for this purpose.... KARACHI: Several areas without water for four days KARACHI, Sept 23: Residents of several parts of the city have been experiencing an acute water shortage for the last four days.... KARACHI: Attendance remains thin at KU KARACHI, Sept 23: Attendance at the University of Karachi on Monday remained thin as students did not turn up in adequate number in view of a call given by teachers’ body... KARACHI: Police vigilance body formed KARACHI, Sept 23: DIG (administration), Capital City Police Karachi has informed Sindh Ombudsman Justice (retired) Haziqul Khairi that a vigilance committee had been formed to ensure that no policeman harassed families/couples... KARACHI: ASH services improving KARACHI, Sept 23: Owing to the special attention and measures taken by City Nazim Naimatullah Khan, a rapid improvement has been recorded in the performance of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital during the... KARACHI: Girls school in DHA upgraded KARACHI, Sept 23: Model Girls School Phase IV has been upgraded to the college level to meet the growing demand of good quality college education.... KARACHI: Restructuring of depts discussed KARACHI, Sept 23: The importance and utility of the environment and information technology departments came under discussion at a meeting held under the chairmanship of Sindh chief secretary, K.B. Rind in... KARACHI: Launching of an ‘uncommon’ poetry collection KARACHI: ‘Nehal-i-dard,’ Mukhtar Karimi’s second collection of verses after ‘Khayal ki dastak’ was launched on Sunday.... KARACHI: 3 Harkat activists appear in court KARACHI, Sept 23: Three members of a militant group that is accused of staging bombing attacks against foreign targets appeared in a court on Monday amid tight security.... KARACHI: NA-250: Have-nots hold trump in MQM-PPP contest KARACHI, Sept 23: After visiting various areas of NA-250, (former NA-191) which include posh localities of Defence and Clifton, as well as middle class localities and katchi abadis, one gets the... KARACHI: Jobs Haqiqi’s top priority KARACHI, Sept 23: The Mohajir Qaumi Movement has said that provincial autonomy is not the biggest problem of the Mohajirs whose top priorities include employment, education and peace.... KARACHI: Ejaz Shafi’s degree questioned KARACHI, Sept 23: Advocate Islam Hussain, who had challenged the degree of Mian Ejaz Shafi, on Monday appealed to the Sindh High Court to recall its order allowing Mr Shafi to... KARACHI: ST, PML(QA) agree on seat adjustment KARACHI, Sept 23: A meeting of the Sunni Tehreek (ST) and Pakistan Muslim League Quaid-i-Azam Group (PML-QA) have agreed to adjustment over three NA and three PA seats of Malir district.... KARACHI: Seminar on transport education held KARACHI, Sept 23: The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, Pakistan, organized a “Transport Education” seminar at the PIA Training Centre under the chairmanship of Rear Admiral Ahmad Hayat, Vice Chairman,... KARACHI: Women in politics KARACHI, Sept 23: The Women Wing of Jamaat-i-Islami is organising a seminar “Role of Women in National Politics” at Karachi Press Club on Tuesday.... KARACHI: MQM not against Punjab’s poor, says Altaf KARACHI, Sept 23: Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Altaf Hussain has assured the people of Pakistan that his party is not against the poor and middle-class people of Punjab, says a press... KARACHI: EOBI scheme KARACHI, Sept 23: The Employees Old-age Benefits Institution (EOBI) has called upon all the unregistered employers of industrial and commercial sectors having ten or more employees to avail amnesty by registering... HYDERABAD: Policeman killed, hostage recovered HYDERABAD, Sept 23: A police constable was killed while another kidnapped Hindu trader, who suffered bullet injuries, was recovered by the police in an encounter in the jurisdiction of the Umer... HYDERABAD: MMA urges voters to make right choice HYDERABAD, Sept 23: The Naib Amir, Jamaat-i-Islami, and Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) leader, Prof Ghafoor Ahmed, has called upon the people not to treat the October 10 election as just another election... HYDERABAD: SU not to increase admission fee HYDERABAD, Sept 23: A meeting of the deans of the Sindh University on Monday has finalized the admission policy for the bachelors and masters’ degree programme in the university for the... HYDERABAD: PML-Q promises farm inputs at subsidized rates HYDERABAD, Sept 23: A leader of the PML (Q), Azad Bin Haider, has said if his party came into power it will provide agricultural inputs to Haris at subsidized rates and... HYDERABAD: STPP slams siege of Palestinian HQ HYDERABAD, Sept 23: The chairman, Sindh Taraqqi Passand Party, Dr Qadir Magsi, has condemned the on-going siege of the Palestinian headquarters by the Israeli forces and termed it as the worst... HYDERABAD: HRCP seminar flays LFO 2002 HYDERABAD, Sept 22: A one-day seminar on Legal Position of the Legal Framework Order 2002 has demanded the government to present all the constitutional amendments before the next parliament and introduce... PESHAWAR: NAB releases former minister, four others PESHAWAR, Sept 23: A former provincial minister, Hidayatullah Afridi, and four other accused, arrested in the primary education department scandal, were released on Monday after their plea-bargain was accepted by the... PESHAWAR: Internet love ends with bride’s death PESHAWAR: Sept 23: A love story came to a sad end when an old British woman died here on Sunday, apparently of a heart attack, after enjoying five days of married... PESHAWAR: Students seek recognition of medical colleges PESHAWAR, Sept 23: The students of Gomal Medical College and Saidu Medical College have demanded of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council to recognize their institutions.... PESHAWAR: Highwaymen attack Pishtakhara police squad PESHAWAR, Sept 23: A mobile squad of the Pishtakhara police station came under fire at the Ring Road late Saturday night.... PESHAWAR: Japanese envoy visits museum PESHAWAR, Sept 23: Japanese Ambassador, Sadaaki Numata, and his wife visited the Peshawar Museum on Monday.... PESHAWAR: Governor’s House frustrates octogenarian PESHAWAR, Sept 23: A retired military officer from Nizampur, a suburban wasteland in district Nowshera, has exhausted himself in trying to seek an audience with the NWFP governor on problems of...

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