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October 1, 2002 Tuesday Rajab 23, 1423 KARACHI: Arrangement for water supply discussed: Hub dam nears dead level KARACHI, Sept 30: Water supply to the city from the Hub dam source will come to a halt by mid-October, as the level of water in the dam’s reservoir has reached... KARACHI: RAW agent arrested at Expo Centre KARACHI, Sept 30: Police arrested here on Sunday an agent of the Indian intelligence agency RAW, who would be handed over to the army authorities for further investigations as he was... KARACHI: Man gets life in murder case KARACHI, Sept 30: An additional district and sessions judge, West, Ms Akhtar A. Chaudhry, sentenced on Monday a murderer to life imprisonment.... KARACHI: Rocca holds talks on security for US consulate KARACHI, Sept 30: US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Christina Rocca held talks here on Monday with Pakistani officials on creating “foolproof security” for the US consulate, the target... KARACHI: 11 cars, 14 bikes hijacked KARACHI, Sept 30: Twenty-five vehicles — 11 cars and 14 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Monday, police said.... KARACHI: Moin speaks at Air War College KARACHI, Sept 30: Interior Minister Lt-Gen Moinuddin Haider (retired) delivered a lecture on “Pakistan’s internal security and its impact on defence policy formulation” at the 16th air war course in Air... KARACHI: Reckless driving claims 2 lives KARACHI, Sept 30: Reckless driving claimed two lives in the city on Monday.... KARACHI: Heart Day observed with emphasis on preventative steps KARACHI, Sept 30: As developed countries are witnessing a decline in heart related diseases, the situation is quite the reverse in underdeveloped ones, including Pakistan, where it is regarded as a... KARACHI: Admission process at KU after 20th KARACHI, Sept 30: The process of admissions to various departments at the University of Karachi will begin in the third week of October, it was learnt officially.... KARACHI: Art show focuses on terrorism, violence KARACHI, Sept 30: Provincial Minister for Health, Maj-Gen Ahsan Ahmed (R) has pointed out that terrorism has existed in the world in one form or another, but the world waited to... KARACHI: Placement list for commerce students KARACHI, Sept 30: The centralized admission committee for colleges on Monday released the merit/placement list of about 13,000 candidates (male) for admission to first-year commerce classes at 41 colleges and higher... KARACHI: Environment awareness contest held KARACHI, Sept 30: The Army Public School (O-level) picked up the wining school trophy at an environmental awareness declamation contest here the other day.... KARACHI: Park across Quaid’s mausoleum planned KARACHI, Sept 30: The Quaid-i-Azam Mazar Management Board, at its meeting here on Monday, chalked out a plan to develop a public park on the land across the mausoleum.... KARACHI: Seminar on mental health KARACHI, Sept 30: The Pakistan Press Foundation and Psychiatry Department of the Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre are jointly organizing a seminar for journalists on “Media and Mental Health” on Thursday,... KARACHI: PAVHNA’s training workshop opens KARACHI, Sept 30: A five-day training workshop on “Better Lifestyles” organized by the Pakistan Voluntary Health and Nutrition Association (PAVHNA) opened here on Monday.... KARACHI: Enrolment forms KARACHI, Sept 30: The Board of Intermediate Education has extended the last date for submission of enrolment forms for HSC annual examination 2003 to Oct 15.... KARACHI: Senior citizens KARACHI, Sept 30: A function to celebrate International Senior Citizens Day is being organized by the Senior Citizens Foundation of Pakistan at Avari Towers on Tuesday at 4 pm.... KARACHI: PPP-PML reach first seat adjustment KARACHI, Sept 30: Pakistan Muslim League (N) has withdrawn its National Assembly candidate from NA-252 in favour of PPP as part of seat adjustment following which the PPP will support the... KARACHI: Muttahida, Haqiqi vying for NA-256 KARACHI, Sept 30: National Assembly seat NA-256, drawn from the areas falling in the former NA-193 and NA-196 in the now defunct district East, is one of the heavily-populated suburban constituencies... KARACHI: Anti-corruption committee disposes of cases KARACHI, Sept 30: Sindh Chief Secretary K.B. Rind presided over a meeting of the Anti-Corruption Committee-I here, as the meeting participants disposed of 18 cases of the local government department viz,... KARACHI: Muttahida wants changes thru ballot KARACHI, Sept 30: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Monday accused the rival Mohajir Qaumi Movement activists of attacking and killing innocent people in the alleged attempt on Muttahida candidates in Orangi... KARACHI: Compensation to victim families demanded KARACHI, Sept 30: The members of the Executive Board of Idara Amn-o-Insaf have demanded compensation to the families of the victims of the shooting attack in its office on Sept 25.... KARACHI: MKP promises to ensure rights to people KARACHI, Sept 30: The Mazdoor Kissan Party on Monday unveiled its manifesto which envisages revolutionary measures, including granting democratic and civil rights to the masses and to ensure complete elimination of... KARACHI: Beg sees no stable political govt KARACHI, Sept 30: The chairman of the Awami Qayadat Party, Mirza Aslam Beg, has said that the forth-coming elections are portraying a unique picture visible for the first time in the... KARACHI: ST to improve education system KARACHI, Sept 30: Chief of Sunni Tehreek Maulana Muhammad Abbas Qadri said here on Monday that his party will strive to improve educational system after winning in the election.... KARACHI: Arts Council’s problems highlighted KARACHI, Sept 30: Speakers at an Arts Council seminar on Monday put forward a number of suggestions that could restore the Arts Council’s past glory.... HYDERABAD: Support prices only for cotton, wheat: Junejo HYDERABAD, Sept 30: The federal minister for food and agriculture, Khair Mohammad Junejo, has said that the federal government had granted approval to carry out a study about the release of... HYDERABAD: ‘Governor violates election code’ HYDERABAD, Sept 30: The PPP candidate for PS-85, Thatta district, Ms Sassui Palejo, has accused Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro, provincial minister Ejaz Ali Shah Shirazi, and Thatta District Nazim Shafqat Hussain... HYDERABAD: CEC urged to ban entry of minister in Nawabshah HYDERABAD, Sept 30: The president of the PPP, Sakrand, Nawabshah district, Allah Bux Lakho, and another local leader of the party, Rais Ghulam Mustafa Unnar, have appealed to the Chief Election... LARKANA: Rs145m grants for Larkana, Shikarpur LARKANA, SEPT 30: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro has announced a grant of Rs60 million for Dokri, Warah, Larkana, and Ratodero, and Rs5 million as special grant for Badah in the first... SUKKUR: PPP faces challenge in stronghold SUKKUR, Sept 30: With the advent of the Oct polls, the election campaigns of different candidates are gathering steam for the two National Assembly and four Sindh Assembly seats of Sukkur... SUKKUR: Three killed in clash SUKKUR, Sept 30: Three people, two of whom were brothers, were killed and 10 others injured in an clash between two groups of Jatoi tribesmen near Saeedabad, 20kms from Sukkur, on... NAWABSHAH: Man kidnapped NAWABSHAH, Sept 30: One person was kidnapped by four men from a farm on Nawabshah- Qazi Ahmed link road, on Monday.... NAWABSHAH: Angry growers open regulator NAWABSHAH, Sept 30: More than 100 growers of the Chun Bundhni minor, 72nd regulator, continued their sit-in protest against the shortage of irrigation water and rotation programme on the Jam Saheb-Nawabshah... MIRPURKHAS: Straight fight likely in Mirpurkhas MIRPURKHAS, Sept 30: The electioneering has been intensified for the three National Assembly and seven provincial assembly seats in Mirpurkhas district.... PESHAWAR: NWFP cabinet okays draft contract policy PESHAWAR, Sept 30: The NWFP cabinet at its meeting here on Monday approved the Draft Contract Policy 2002.  ... PESHAWAR: Pleas against ROs’ verdicts rejected PESHAWAR, Sept 30: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Monday dismissed four identical writ petitions, seeking acceptance of nomination papers of four persons in the Kohistan district.... PESHAWAR: Need for dental wards stressed PESHAWAR, Sept 30: Lack of emergency service at the sole Khyber College of Dentistry has been causing hardships to patients needing emergency treatment, dental surgeons told Dawn on Monday.... PESHAWAR: Newsmen to hold demo against customs staff PESHAWAR, Sept 30: The Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) and All Pakistan Newspapers Employees Confederation (Apnec) will stage a demonstration here on Tuesday outside the Customs House to denounce the manhandling... PESHAWAR: UN installs machine to check DPs’ re-entry PESHAWAR, Sept 30: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has installed image-record, Iris Recognition Machine (IRM) at its Takhta Baig repatriation centre, Khyber Agency to prevent the re-entry of... PESHAWAR: Student bodies form alliance PESHAWAR, Sept 30: Six student organizations have formed the Joint Students Movement in a bid to stop the government from promulgating the University Ordinance.... BAJAUR: MMA hopeful of victory BAJAUR, Sept 30: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal provincial general secretary Maulana Gul Naseeb has said that the religious parties’ alliance would form governments in the NWFP and Balochistan provinces....

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