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October 5, 2002 Saturday Rajab 27, 1423 KARACHI: Police teargas students, teachers: 65 held, released KARACHI, Oct 4: Police on Friday used tear gas on protesting teachers and students of universities and colleges and arrested 65 of them, including women, who were later released after about... KARACHI: Nine cars, 14 bikes hijacked: Woman run over by bus KARACHI, Oct 4: Twenty-three vehicles — nine cars and 14 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Friday, police said.... KARACHI: Influentials try to secure release of kidnappers KARACHI, Oct 4: Police have arrested two members of a gang of kidnappers who are suspected to be involved in many cases of kidnapping for ransom and other crimes.... KARACHI: Rs77m to be spent on KPP projects KARACHI, Oct 4: The District Development Coordination Committee has approved five projects costing Rs 77 million for laying pipelines for provision of water and sewerage at Hawkesbay under the Khushal Pakistan... KARACHI: Robin’s production in court ordered KARACHI, Oct 4: A division bench of the High Court of Sindh ordered on Friday production of Robin Piran Dutta, the only man who escaped unhurt in the shooting attack on... KARACHI: Clarification ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: A spokesperson for the ministry of science and technology has clarified that Lakshmi Building in Karachi where a fire broke out on Oct 2, does not belong to... KARACHI: Sanitary workers’ strike enters ninth day KARACHI, Oct 4: Piles of garbage can be seen in most of the Towns in former districts West and South as thousands of sanitary workers and drivers have been on strike... KARACHI: Building for cardiac hospital selected KARACHI, Oct 4: The city government has selected the old building of its medical and dental college situated in Federal B. Area for the proposed cardiac hospital.... KARACHI: Need to streamline social security KARACHI, Oct 4: Sindh Governor Mohammadmian Soomro has stressed the need for streamlining and coordinating the social security system in the province.... KARACHI: Nazim warns striking workers KARACHI, Oct 4: Taking strong exception to the strike being observed by sanitary workers and drivers, City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has said that the city government will not bow to any... KARACHI: KU declares BS, MSc results KARACHI, Oct 4: The University of Karachi on Friday announced the results of B.S. in Physiotherapy (new course) annual examinations-2002.... KARACHI: Community-oriented education urged KARACHI, Oct 4: Sindh health minister Ahsan Ahmed has underlined the need for adopting community-oriented medical education curriculum saying a majority of countries across the globe have developed their curricula, based... KARACHI: PA building renovation nearly complete KARACHI, Oct 4: The renovation and expansion work of the Sindh Assembly Building here is in full swing and will be completed before the start of the first session of the... KARACHI: Date for supple candidates KARACHI, Oct 4: The Board of Secondary Education, Karachi, has announced the special date for regular/ex and private candidates (science and general groups) of the SSC supplementary examinations-2002, with a late... KARACHI: Routes for new buses planned KARACHI, Oct 4: The Urban Transport Scheme is in its final stages and the transport and communications department of the city government has classified the 18 routes of the scheme, along... KARACHI: Steps urged to solve adolescents problems KARACHI, Oct 4: Speakers at a function on Friday said that though nearly 65 per cent population of the country was below the age of 25 years, no concrete steps were... KARACHI: Muttahida, MMA main contenders for NA-257 KARACHI, Oct 4: The National Assembly seat NA-257 is mainly an urban-rural mix, comprising areas earlier falling in Malir’s main constituency i.e. NA-196 which has been bifurcated into NA-256 and 257.... KARACHI: Generators, plastic goods helped spread fire KARACHI, Oct 4: Fuel filled power generators and plastic goods caused Wednesday’s Lakshmi Building fire to get out of control. The fire was finally extinguished after a ten hour fire-fighting operation.... KARACHI: PIA notifies cockpit crew travel policy KARACHI, Oct 4: The management of PIA has notified the policy and procedure for regulating the General Declaration (GD) travel of cockpit crew, airline sources revealed.... KARACHI: Haqiqis harassing people: Muttahida KARACHI, Oct 4: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Friday alleged that “armed terrorists” were roaming about in what it called the “no-go” areas, and threatening the people of dire consequences if... KARACHI: No single party to form govt: experts KARACHI, Oct 4: Speakers at a meeting of the Hamdard Shura (Karachi Chapter) were of the view that no single political party would be able to form the government alone and... KARACHI: PTI, PAT strike seat adjustment KARACHI, Oct. 4: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf and Pakistan Awami Tehrik on Friday announced election adjustments at Karachi level at a few national and Sindh assembly seats.... KARACHI: KESC says it is not to blame for fires KARACHI, Oct 4: A spokesman of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation has rebutted comments made by business associations’ putting the blame on the KESC for the recent fire in Lakhshmi Building... KARACHI: SSUET admissions KARACHI, Oct 4: The last date for submission of forms for admission to academic session 2003 for computer engineering, electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, civil engineering and computer science degree courses at... KARACHI: MMA vows to eliminate injustices KARACHI, Oct 4: Syed Munawwar Hasan, a candidate of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal from NA-245 Karachi, has said that the MMA would enforce justice and eliminate oppression of all forms.... KARACHI: Polling arrangements KARACHI, Oct 4: Arrangements have been completed for transportation of ballot boxes and polling material to 540 polling stations in district South.... THATTA: PPP poll prospects improve in Thatta THATTA, Oct 4: Diverse factors have combined to improve the prospects for the candidates of the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP), observers said here on Friday.... HYDERABAD: Soomro gives Rs10m to canal breach victims HYDERABAD, Oct 4: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro on Friday said that the government is providing maximum relief to the victims of the Rohri Canal breach for the first time.... HYDERABAD: Doctors threaten election boycott HYDERABAD, Oct 4: The house job doctors of the Liaquat Medical University Hospital, Jamshoro and Hyderabad, have threatened to boycott the general elections if their salary was not increased.... HYDERABAD: SU position holders HYDERABAD, Oct 4: The controller of semester examinations, University of Sindh, has announced the names of position holders in MA (final), Fine Arts, semester examination, 1998.... HYDERABAD: Merit list for MBBS admissions HYDERABAD, Oct 4: The provisional merit list for the admissions to the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences and the People’s Medical College, will be displayed on Oct 5,... HYDERABAD: New powers to army flayed HYDERABAD, Oct 4: The deputy convenor of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s co-ordination committee, Aftab Ahmed Sheikh, on Friday criticised the move to grant magisterial powers to army officers on election day.... SUKKUR: Bandits kill boy SUKKUR, Oct 4: A boy was killed and his father was injured when they offered resistance to bandits in Abdul Rehman Punjabi village of Ghotki district, on Friday.... LARKANA: Protest against police ‘apathy’ LARKANA, Oct 4: Seven women and children from Jawabpur village in Shikarpur observed hunger strike in Jinnahbagh on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: CED, ST on phone bills challenged PESHAWAR, Oct 4: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Friday admitted for full hearing a writ petition challenging the levy of General Sales Tax, withholding tax and Central... PESHAWAR: Demo staged against draft university law PESHAWAR, Oct 4: Students of the Peshawar University staged a protest demonstration under the aegis of the Muttahida Tulaba Mahaz and the Peshawar University Teachers Association  (PUTA), and observed boycott of... PESHAWAR: Banker’s arrest orders set aside PESHAWAR, Oct 4: The Peshawar High Court has suspended arrest warrants issued by the Federal Ombudsman against the president and regional chief of Habib Bank Limited.... PESHAWAR: Students body advocates co-education system PESHAWAR, Oct 4: The Pakhtun Students Federation (PkSF) has said that it is imperative to introduce co-education in all government institutions to facilitate the female students to receive higher education, as... PESHAWAR: MMA undecided on joining next govt PESHAWAR, Oct 4: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal senior vice-president Qazi Hussain Ahmad has claimed that the MMA has yet to take decision to join the next government.... PESHAWAR: Jamaat criticized PESHAWAR, Oct 4: An Awami National Party (ANP) candidate has flayed the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) leaders for asking the Pakhtoons to vote for their party, and alleged that the JI always acted...

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