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September 30, 2002 Monday Rajab 22, 1423 KARACHI: Cop killed as political workers exchange fire KARACHI, Sept 29: A policeman was killed and several others were injured, most of them political workers, in an exchange of fire between workers of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and the... KARACHI: Four more victims buried amid protest KARACHI, Sept 29: Police baton charged participants of a funeral procession and arrested more than three dozen mourners on Sunday when they turned violent on Sharea Faisal and in Saddar on... KARACHI: Lack of coordination at JPMC adds to sufferings KARACHI, Sept 29: Lack of coordination between the medicolegal department of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre and its various departments causes a great deal of anguish to patients.... KARACHI: KESC fails to check power pilferage by political parties KARACHI, Sept 29: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation has failed to check blatant power pilferage being committed by major political parties for their public meetings.... KARACHI: Rs80m road projects near completion KARACHI, Sept 29: Under the Kushhal Pakistan programme, three road projects, costing Rs80 million, will be completed in the next three months in Orangi and Baldia Towns.... KARACHI: 11 cars, 12 bikes hijacked KARACHI, Sept 29: Twenty-three vehicles — 11 cars and 12 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Sunday, police said.... KARACHI: Filthy water inundates streets KARACHI, Sept 29: Filthy water gushing out from a many gutters has spread on a number of streets of different localities of the city.... KARACHI: Number of workers secured under SESSI to be enhanced KARACHI, Sept 29: Number of secured workers falling under the Sindh Employees Social Security Institutions (SESSI) would be enhanced up to the set target of 245,000 by June 30th, 2003.... KARACHI: Book launched on Hamza Alvi’s findings KARACHI: A seminar at the launching of the book titled The Post- Colonial State and Social Transformation in India and Pakistan was held at the Nipa Auditorium here on Saturday.... KARACHI: Stoppage of water theft ordered KARACHI, Sept 29: Sindh Irrigation Secretary Mohammad Hashim Laghari on Saturday issued directives for immediate stoppage of “water theft” in the province.... KARACHI: Caution urged in use of painkillers KARACHI, Sept 29: Medical practitioners have urged people to be careful while taking common painkillers, as some of them can cause adverse affects. “Drugs, including common painkillers easily available at medical... KARACHI: Official for Urdu varsity KARACHI, Sept 29: Former federal secretary finance and planning, Aftab Ahmad Khan, who is also the president of Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu, has been appointed as project director of the Federal Urdu University... KARACHI: KU exam results KARACHI, Sept 29: The University of Karachi on Sunday announced the results of postgraduate diploma in tuberculosis and chest disease exam 2002.... KARACHI: Afaq urges Mohajirs to vote for identity KARACHI, Sept 29: The Mohajir Qaumi Movement chief Afaq Ahmad has said the October 10 elections will provide an opportunity to the Mohajirs to manifest their identity and determination for survival... KARACHI: Muttahida and MMA in the race for NA-254 KARACHI, Sept 29: With the well-oiled organizational juggernaut of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement rumbling across the length and breadth of the NA-254 constituency and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s train chugging alongside, the... KARACHI: Altaf asks workers to accelerate campaign KARACHI, Sept 29: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief, Altaf Hussain, has urged the office-bearers of the MQM’s elders and women’s wings to visit from door to door to seek votes for... KARACHI: MQM failed to keep promises: Ghafoor KARACHI, Sept 29: Jamaat-i-Islami deputy chief and leader of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) Prof Ghafoor Ahmed on Friday said that despite securing overwhelming victories in the last four general elections and... KARACHI: Nazims accused of using state resources to help favourites KARACHI, Sept 29: Secretary general Sindh Democratic Alliance (SDA), Al-Haj Shamimuddiin, has alleged that district Nazims belonging to the opponent parties are using state resources for the success of their candidates... KARACHI: PIA cabin crew demands changes in duty hours KARACHI, Sept 29: The PIA cabin crew reiterated their resolve that they would do their best to ensure the safety of passengers during a flight, and expose the PIA administration that... KARACHI: Hotel challenges commercial status in SHC KARACHI, Sept 29: The vires of property tax levied by the excise and taxation department, government of Sindh on the Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Karachi as a commercial property has been... HYDERABAD: MMA faces Muttahida in Hyderabad HYDERABAD, Sept 29: With the general elections only 10 days away, the electioneering has picked up momentum in the city.... HYDERABAD: Rs40m allocated for nurseries HYDERABAD, Sept 29:The provincial secretary for Forests, Wildlife, and Environment, Shamsul Haq Memon, has said that the Sindh Government had allocated an amount of Rs40 million to set up a network... HYDERABAD: Mourning for carnage victims continues HYDERABAD, Sept 29: Hundreds of Christians took out a rally from the Saint Xavier Church, Tilik Incline, here on Sunday to mourn the deaths of seven Christians who were killed in... HYDERABAD: 4 children die after taking pesticide HYDERABAD, Sept 29: Four children died after taking pesticides in New Saeedabad, some 40 km off here on Sunday.... HYDERABAD: Licence fee for lawns HYDERABAD, Sept 29: The Nazim, Taluka Council, Latifabad, Abdul Jabbar Khan, has once again appealed to the people who had not paid the licence fees for their lawns outside their bungalows... SUKKUR: Rs70m set aside for education projects SUKKUR, Sept 29: An amount of Rs70 million has been allocated for the year 2002-3, under the Annual Development Programme, for nine new schemes under the Education For All (EFA) programme,... PESHAWAR: Anti-encroachment drive hampers trade PESHAWAR, Sept 29: Seasonal trade activity, which usually picks up ahead of winter, has failed to get off the ground this time as the shoppers keep away from the bazaars owing... PESHAWAR: ‘4,000 teachers being recruited’ PESHAWAR, Sept 29: Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that more than 4,000 teachers, including subject specialists, are being recruited to remove staff shortage in educational institutions throughout the province.... PESHAWAR: Shifting of refugee camps planned PESHAWAR, Sept 29: The government has chalked out a tentative programme to wind up Afghan refugee camps in NWFP and the adjacent tribal areas by March 2004, official sources said.... PESHAWAR: Writ filed against NWFP governor PESHAWAR, Sept 29: A resident of Kohat has charged the governor, in a writ petition at the Peshawar High Court, of influencing the general elections by sanctioning Rs45 million for implementation... PESHAWAR: Loadshedding exemption for hospitals demanded PESHAWAR, Sept 29: The District Health Management Committee, Malakand, in its meeting held on Saturday, criticized the Wapda officials for not informing the management of the Agency Headquarters Hospital, Batkhela, before... PESHAWAR: Educationists meet Iftikhar PESHAWAR, Sept 29: The heads of the all four private-sector universities, which have been awarded charters, called on the NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah here on Sunday.... PESHAWAR: Customs men assault newsmen PESHAWAR, Sept 29: Five journalists were severely beaten up and their equipment taken away by the Customs Mobile Squad near Peshawar Press Club on Sunday.... PESHAWAR: DHQ hospitals to be upgraded PESHAWAR, Sept 29: The NWFP government has allocated Rs252 million for the upgradation of district headquarters hospitals to improve health services at the local level and reduce burden on the tertiary hospitals,...

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