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October 2, 2002 Wednesday Rajab 24, 1423 KARACHI: Sindh, city govts differ over plans for buses KARACHI, Oct 1: Serious differences have cropped up between the provincial and the city governments over violation of terms of the urban transport scheme (UTS) and import of four large buses... KARACHI: Vested interests hamper investment, says Nazim KARACHI, Oct 1: The Nazim of the City District Government Karachi, Naimatullah Khan, said on Tuesday people want to invest in Karachi but there are forces, both internal and external, which... KARACHI: SHC stays extradition of alleged rapist to USA KARACHI, Oct 1: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, comprising Chief Justice Sayed Saeed Ashhad and Justice Ghulam Rabbani, on Tuesday stayed the extradition of Muhammed Haris Hassan, the... KARACHI: RO seeks EC’s role in degree case KARACHI, Oct 1: The returning officer of NA-239 from where Mian Ijaz Shafi of PML(N) had filed nominations, on Tuesday solicited the Election Commission’s indulgence on the question of genuineness of... KARACHI: Eight cars, fourteen bikes hijacked KARACHI, Oct 1: Twenty-two vehicles — eight cars and 14 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Tuesday, police said.... KARACHI: Elderly urged to unite to obtain due rights KARACHI, Oct 1: Speakers at a function regretted that senior citizens were being neglected in general, and urged the government that seniors should be given their due rights and the benefits... KARACHI: City govt gives bus to KU KARACHI, Oct 1: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan on Tuesday urged teachers and students of the University of Karachi to refrain from indulging in confrontation and acrimony with each other and instead... KARACHI: Shortage of water in many areas KARACHI, Oct 1: Various parts of the former districts West and Central continued to experience acute water shortage on Tuesday due to the reduced quantity of water currently being drawn from... KARACHI: 380 KPP schemes completed KARACHI, Oct 1: All the 380 approved schemes of the Khushhal Pakistan Program, Phase I, were completed in 1999-2000.... KARACHI: EOBI extends date for amnesty KARACHI, Oct 1: The Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis Division has notified that the last date for availing the Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) amnesty scheme has been extended from September... KARACHI: Protests against task force planned KARACHI, Oct 1: A joint action committee, comprising teachers from all over the country, student bodies, doctors and parents’ associations, on Tuesday announced that they will hold countrywide protest rallies and... KARACHI: Committees to select beautiful buildings KARACHI, Oct 1: The KBCA, with the view to encourage builders, architects and engineers to construct beautiful buildings, has set up four committees to select three such buildings situated on M.... KARACHI: Inter results KARACHI, Oct 1: The Board of Intermediate Education will complete the announcement of all results by the first week of this month, controller of examinations, Amjad Ali Syed, said.... KARACHI: Muttahida calls for fair share in NFC award KARACHI, Oct 1: Chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Altaf Hussain has demanded that Sindh’s share in the NFC award, education, health and employment should be compatible with its income.... KARACHI: 14 candidates in the run for NA-240 KARACHI, Oct 1: NA-240 is a newly-demarcated constituency after the bifurcation of former NA-184 with the exclusion of Keamari Town and Gabopat Union Council.... KARACHI: ST, PML-Z mulling over seat adjustment KARACHI, Oct 1: Chief of PML (Z) Ejazul Haq called on Sunni Tehrik Chief Maulana Mohammad Abbas Qadri at the party’s headquarters at Markaz Ahle Sunnat here and discussed the elections... KARACHI: SHC bench sets aside life term KARACHI, Oct 1: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, # comprising Justice Shabbir Ahmed and Justice Muhammad Sadiq Leghari, on Tuesday allowed an appeal setting aside the... KARACHI: Women urged to vote for MMA KARACHI, Oct 1: Secretary General, Jamaat-i-Islami and Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal candidate from NA-245, Syed Munawar Hassan on Tuesday urged women activists of the alliance’s component religious parties to accelerate the pace of... KARACHI: Warrants issued against ex-chief of NDFC KARACHI, Oct 1: The special court for offences in the banks, presided by Judge Syed Ikram Hussain Jafferi, issued non-bailable warrants for the arrest of M. B. Abbasi, a former cheif... KARACHI: 1.06m patients treated KARACHI, Oct 1: Over 1.06 million people were provided with free medical services in ten hospitals of the city government during the previous fiscal year.... HYDERABAD: Registration of case against four cops ordered HYDERABAD, Oct 1: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, here on Tuesday ordered the registration of a criminal case against an inspector and three sub-inspectors of... HYDERABAD: Rally flays anti-Iraq designs of US HYDERABAD, Oct 1: The speakers of a rally held on Tuesday condemned the US designs against Iraq, the excesses against the peasants of state lands in Okara, and violence against women... HYDERABAD: Two get life term HYDERABAD, Oct 1: The judge of the Anti-Terrorism Court, Syed Ali Ashraf Shah, here on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to two accused in a robbery-cum-murder case.... HYDERABAD: ‘People to vote for change’ HYDERABAD, Oct 1: The chairman of Awami Qayadat Party (AQP), Mirza Aslam Baig, has said that the task of the voters in the Oct 10 general election had become easier as... HYDERABAD: Altaf demands Sindh’s control over its resources HYDERABAD, Oct 1: The chief of the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), Altaf Hussain, has demanded that all agricultural lands allotted to retired army generals in Sindh should be taken back and... SANGHAR: PPP faces PML-F in Sanghar SANGHAR, Oct 1: Tough contest is likely between the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League (F) in Sanghar district.... SUKKUR: Tribal rivalry enlivens pre-poll activities SUKKUR, Oct 1: The electioneering in Jacobabad is more lively as lack of political interest is compensated there by efforts of different tribes to maintain their hegemony on their areas through... LARKANA: ‘Soomro interfering in polls process’ LARKANA, Oct 1: Sindh People’s Party Parliamentarians chief Nisar Khuhro has said that they can not expect holding of a fair election from the government, which was acting as a party.... PESHAWAR: Anti-encroachment campaign begins PESHAWAR, Oct 1: The authorities on Tuesday started razing the illegal structures in the Cantonment Board limits.... PESHAWAR: Emergency wards lack facilities PESHAWAR, Oct 1: The patients needing emergency medical treatment are facing immense problem due to absence of doctors and lack of facilities at the city hospitals, doctors told Dawn on Tuesday.... PESHAWAR: Former Apwa NWFP chief refutes charges PESHAWAR, Oct 1: A former president of the All Pakistan Women Association, NWFP, Begum Hashmat Anwer, has claimed that the former MNA, Begum Zari Sarfaraz, has been tarnishing the image of... PESHAWAR: PHC frees 25 bonded labourers PESHAWAR, Oct 1: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday set at liberty 25 bonded labourers, including 12 children, who were being detained illegally by the owners...

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