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September 29, 2002 Sunday Rajab 21, 1423 KARACHI: Central Park plan on old Sabzimandi hits snags KARACHI, Sept 28: The pace of work on the project of converting the old Sabzimandi into a central park appears to have slowed down, as uptil now only the ground has... KARACHI: Investigators suspicious about survivor’s role: Two Christian victims buried KARACHI, Sept 28: Two of the seven victims, killed in Rimpa Plaza incident, were buried in a local graveyard on Saturday in the presence of a large number of mourners who... KARACHI: SHC sets aside order on property tax KARACHI, Sept 28: A division bench of the Sindh High Court has set aside the operative portion of an order of the provincial secretary excise and taxation with regard to property... KARACHI: Employers cheating the disabled KARACHI: On Aug 18, 2002, the ministry of social welfare and special education asked the cabinet division to ensure employment of the disabled at 2 per cent quota in all ministries.... KARACHI: Suspect shot dead in ‘encounter’ KARACHI, Sept 28: An alleged bandit was shot dead in North Nazimabad on Saturday, in what police claimed an encounter.... KARACHI: Six cars 16 bikes hijacked KARACHI, Sept 28: Twenty-two vehicles — six cars and 16 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Saturday, police sources said.... KARACHI: Cleaning of sewerage line continues KARACHI, Sept 28: Cleaning of a 16,000-foot-long sewerage line from Clifton, Block 4, to Civil Lines is in progress and it is expected to be finished within two months, says a... KARACHI: Jehangir Road to get new sewerage system KARACHI, Sept 28: Work on the long-awaited sewerage system of Jehangir Road in Jamshed Town will begin in a month at an estimated cost of Rs2.7 million.... KARACHI: Dept of environment planned KARACHI, Sept 28: Realizing the need for establishing a separate department for improvement of environment in urban and rural areas, the Sindh government has moved the federal government for its approval,... KARACHI: Body formed to review proposals on large buses KARACHI, Sept 28: A review subcommittee has been formed for detailed and expert consideration of proposals received for operating large-size air-conditioned buses in Karachi by the private sector under the Urban... KARACHI: Exercise stressed to control heart troubles KARACHI, Sept 28: The Global Embrace on Active Aging and the World Heart Day will be celebrated jointly on Sunday.... KARACHI: Book on socio-literary study launched KARACHI: Although Syed Mazhar Jameel’s book, Aashob-i- Sindh aur Urdu Fiction, did not pull a big crowd at its launching at the Nipa auditorium on Friday, but all those who attended... KARACHI: Eye clinic set up in kidney centre KARACHI, Sept 28: The Kidney Centre Postgraduate Training Institute has announced the commencement of an eye clinic in its OPD premises on the ground floor under the professional collaboration of Layton... KARACHI: Neutral body urged for monitoring of activities: Exploratory well in Kirthar KARACHI, Sept 28: While discussing an environmental impact assessment (EIA) report for a proposed exploratory well in the Kirthar National Park area, participants suggested establishment of an independent body to ensure... KARACHI: NA-246: Indicators point to MQM win KARACHI, Sept 28: If past performance and ethnic composition of a constituency are valid yardsticks to go by, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement is likely to romp home in NA-246 in the... KARACHI: Ejaz for formal role of army in politics KARACHI, Sept 28: President of the Pakistan Muslim League (Zia-ul-Haq), Ejaz-ul-Haq, has said that the outcome of the October 10th elections would be a hung parliament.... KARACHI: PPP slams removal of banners KARACHI, Sept 28: The Peoples Party Parliamentarians on Saturday accused the administration of pulling down its election banners, especially those bearing party chairperson Ms Benazir Bhutto’s pictures, from various parts of... KARACHI: MMA vows to rid people of extortion KARACHI, Sept 28: Prof Abdul Ghafoor, Naib Ameer of the Jamat-i-Islami and leader of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, pledged that the MMA would put an end to injustice, poverty and plunder of... KARACHI: Action against health officials KARACHI, Sept 28: Provincial minister for health, Maj-Gen Ehsan Ahmed, has taken action against those officials who showed negligence during the polio campaign.... PESHAWAR: Record allocations for education: Iftikhar PESHAWAR, Sept 28: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah on Saturday claimed that the allocations made for promotion of education in the province by the government were a record in the history... PESHAWAR: Court acquits excise inspector PESHAWAR, Sept 28: An accountability court here on Friday acquitted an excise inspector, Jehandad Khan, accused of accumulating illegal assets.... PESHAWAR: ‘Tourism can boost NWFP economy’ PESHAWAR, Sept 28: Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah laid the foundation-stones of two railway underpasses at the Rahman Baba Chowk on Friday.... PESHAWAR: Teachers seek transfer of senior colleague PESHAWAR, Sept 28: A tug-of-war between the senior teaching staff and a would-be principal of the Federal Government College has hit the academic activity there pretty badly.... PESHAWAR: Officials told to attend dist council sessions PESHAWAR, Sept 28: City District Nazim Azam Afridi on Saturday warned the government officials of disciplinary action if they remain absent from the district council meetings.... PESHAWAR: Abolition of task force demanded PESHAWAR, Sept 28: The Islami Jamiat Talba has asked the government to abolish education task force and form another body to introduce reforms in education sector.... PESHAWAR: ‘Fool-proof arrangements for polls’ PESHAWAR, Sept 28: Chief Election Commissioner Justice Irshad Hassan Khan has urged the polling staff to ensure that no irregularity happens during the polling process.... PESHAWAR: 5 govt officials held for electioneering PESHAWAR, Sept 28: The political authorities in Bajawar agency have ordered the arrest of three schoolteachers and two dispensers of the health department last Saturday for disregarding their duties and participating... PESHAWAR: Election for safety commission soon PESHAWAR, Sept 28: The district assembly on Saturday was informed by the speaker that the Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court would hold a ballot to elect members of the... ISLAMABAD: PML-N vows to repeal laws introduced by military govt ISLAMABAD, Sept 28: The PML-N candidate for NA-48 and NA-55, Syed Zafar Ali Shah, has pledged to repeal all the laws and ordinances introduced by the military government.... ISLAMABAD: Accused move court against inquiry committee decision ISLAMABAD, Sept 28: The accused in the Allama Iqbal Open University’s (AIOU) library scam have challenged the findings of the inquiry committee, whereby it had confirmed the financial mismanagement by the... ISLAMABAD: Ata urges Saarc to attract investors ISLAMABAD, Sept 28: The science and technology minister, Dr Attaur Rehman, on Saturday asked the SAARC countries to move forward and made this region conducive for foreign investments by offering incentives.... RAWALPINDI: RDA asked to build bridges over Leh Nullah RAWALPINDI, Sept 28: The district Nazim, Raja Tariq Kiani, Saturday directed the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) officials to complete construction of three bridges over Leh Nullah by March 2003.... RAWALPINDI: EC’s handling of pre-poll rigging poor, says Rabbani RAWALPINDI, Sept 28: The Election Commission’s response to the concerns of the People’s Party Parliamentarians regarding pre-poll rigging has been poor, PPP secretary-general Mian Raza Rabbani said here on Saturday.... ATTOCK: Nazimeen stopped from attending hustings ATTOCK, Sept 28: The returning officer, Nasir Sohail, on Saturday stopped the district Nazim, Tehsil Nazim and other UC Nazimeen from attending and addressing the election meetings of any candidate.... RAWALPINDI: MMA vows to root out malpractices RAWALPINDI, Sept 28: The local candidates of the Mutahidda Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) have vowed to put an end to all kinds of corruption and malpractices prevailing in the society if voted to... TAXILA: Three killed as ambulance rams into truck TAXILA, Sept 28: Three persons were killed and one injured when an Edhi ambulance rammed into a truck parked along the roadside near Wah Garden bridge.... HYDERABAD: SHC seeks comments on illegal detention HYDERABAD, Sept 28: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, here on Friday issued notices to the deputy attorney general to seek comments from the Corps Commander... HYDERABAD: Work continues on Sindhi encyclopedia HYDERABAD, Sept 28: The heads of departments of the Sindhi Language Authority, at a meeting, held here on Saturday, have decided to accelerate the pace of work on the encyclopedia, networking... HYDERABAD: Arrangements for polls reviewed HYDERABAD, Sept 28: A meeting of all the Returning Officers (ROs), the DPO, Hyderabad, and the EDO, revenue, was held here, under the chairmanship of the District Returning Officer (DRO), Mr... HYDERABAD: Dismissal of 76 bank officials slammed HYDERABAD, Sept 28: The deputy convener, Mutahedda Qaumi Movement (MQM-A), Mr Aftab Ahmed Shaikh, advocate, in a statement issued here on Saturday, has condemned the dismissal of 76 officials of the... HYDERABAD: Doctors demand rise in salaries HYDERABAD, Sept 28: The house job doctors of the Liaquat Medical University Hospital, Hyderabad and Jamshoro branches, observed a black day on Thursday.... HYDERABAD: Labour policy criticized HYDERABAD, Sept 28: The secretary general, Mutahedda Labour Federation of Pakistan, Qamoos Gul Khattak, has expressed skepticism over the new labour policy, and termed it as a travesty and negation of... HYDERABAD: Development projects discussed HYDERABAD, Sept 28: The GOC Hyderabad, Maj Gen Tariq Saleem Malik, on Saturday reviewed the city’s development schemes at a meeting held at the 18 Div headquarters.... HYDERABAD: MMA denies withdrawal report HYDERABAD, Sept 28: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has denied news reports that its candidate from PS-44, Hyderabad-II, Syed Haq Nawaz Shah, has withdrawn from the contest.... KOHAT: Woman candidate considers MMA her arch-rival KOHAT, Sept 28: A retired teacher, Kishwar Sultana, who did her masters in education in 1968, is the first woman to file her papers for a national assembly seat from a... MARDAN: Rivals using money to attract voters: PPP MARDAN, Sept 28: NWFP PPP president Khwaja Mohammed Khan Hoti has condemned what he calls the rising trend of money culture in the election politics and warned that it will lead... LAHORE: PML-N ‘will contest’ elections LAHORE, Sept 28: The PML-N declared here on Saturday that it would take part in the general elections despite all pre-poll rigging methods used by the regime to provoke the former... LAHORE: Hashmi terms polls bid to divide nation LAHORE, Sept 28: PML-N acting president Javed Hashmi has alleged that the forthcoming general elections were an effort to divide the nation.... LAHORE: Meeting in Capital to discuss devolution LAHORE, Sept 28: All provinces are going to explain the implementation of the devolution plan by them in a meeting to be chaired by President Gen Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad on... LANDI KOTAl: Landi Kotal hospital faces problems LANDI KOTAL, Sept 28: The 102-bed Agency Headquarters Hospital in Landi Kotal is facing numerous problems, such as lack of specialists, equipment, and drinking water....

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