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October 7, 2002 Monday Rajab 29, 1423 KARACHI: MQM man shot dead; woman kills herself KARACHI, Oct 6: The Liaquatabad sector in charge of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement was shot dead early Sunday morning.... KARACHI: 17 women contesting on general seats KARACHI, Oct 6: As many as 17 women in the city have shown courage and determination to contest the Oct 10 elections on general seats.... KARACHI: Two alleged militants buried KARACHI, Oct 6: Police buried the bodies of the two foreigners who were killed in a shootout in Defence Housing Authority on Sept 11, in a graveyard in the city on... KARACHI: Police told to ensure security KARACHI, Oct 6: Inspector General Police Sindh, Syed Kamal Shah has called upon police personnel to make extra efforts to maintaining foolproof security during the forthcoming elections.... KARACHI: Centres for election coverage KARACHI, Oct 6: Federal Minister for Information and Media Development, Nisar A. Memon directed the officials of the information ministry on Sunday to ensure that all information pertaining to the forthcoming... KARACHI: 8 cars, 11 bikes hijacked KARACHI, Oct 6: Nineteen vehicles — eight cars and 11 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Sunday, police said.... KARACHI: Specialists to be posted at Taluka, DHQ hospitals’ KARACHI, Oct 6: Provincial Health and Population Welfare Minister Maj-Gen Ahsan Ahmad (R) has said that doctors promoted to the specialist cadre will be posted in taluka and district headquarter hospitals’.... KARACHI: Dispute over bus issue denied KARACHI, Oct 6: The transport and communications department (TCD) of the city government has denied that there is dispute between the provincial and city governments over the issue of the Green... KARACHI: Rehabilitation of beggars planned KARACHI, Oct 6: The Sindh government is working on a beggars’ rehabilitation plan, which would be finalized soon, said Sindh Chief Secretary K. B. Rind on Sunday while talking to a... KARACHI: KU teachers to boycott classes today KARACHI, Oct 6: The Karachi University Teachers’ Society (KUTS) has announced its decision to boycott classes on Monday to protest the Oct 4 police action against teachers and students of colleges... KARACHI: Saddar Town levies tax on movie tickets KARACHI, Oct 6: The Saddar Town Council has approved a proposal to levy tax on cinema tickets to raise revenue for this cash strapped local government tier.... KARACHI: KU gets Rs1.5m grant KARACHI, Oct 6: The Karachi University has received a grant of Rs1.5 million from the ministry of science and technology for PhD and MPhil programmes of the science faculty.... KARACHI: Mental health week from 27th KARACHI, Oct 6: The World Mental Health Day 2002 campaign this year will focus on the effects of trauma and violence on children and adolescents.... KARACHI: World diabetes day on 27th KARACHI, Oct 6: The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has declared November 14 every year as the World Diabetes Day. However, the World Diabetes Day would be observed on Sunday 27th October,... KARACHI: Sunni Tehrik pledges to fight for Muslim unity KARACHI, Oct 6: Sunni Tehrik leaders have vowed to get their “usurped” rights restored by sending their own representatives to the assemblies and the Senate.... KARACHI: NA-255: Candle and kite in the windstorm KARACHI, Oct 6: The political winds sweeping across the city are blowing harder in the constituency of NA-255. The party with the kite is scrambling to make it fly, whereas the... KARACHI: SDA promises prosperous Sindh KARACHI, Oct 6: The Sindh Democratic Alliance has pledged to strive for the welfare and prosperity of the people of Sindh and work for attaining full provincial autonomy within the spirit... KARACHI: Muttahida blames Haqiqi for killing KARACHI, Oct 6: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Sunday alleged that “Haqiqi terrorists” last night killed Mohammad Ikram who was in charge unit 162, Liaquatabad Sector, while he was on... KARACHI: MMA will promote education KARACHI, Oct 6: A central leader of the Muttahida Majlis-i- Amal and president of the Islami Tehrik, Allama Sajid Naqvi, has said that if voted to power the MMA will quash... KARACHI: NA-242: MQM dominates battleground of the have-nots KARACHI, Oct 6: NA-242 has been created by splitting the former NA-185 into two where the total number of registered voters is 2,21,227. It is mainly inhabited by Urdu-speaking people, mostly... KARACHI: Talks emphasized KARACHI, Oct 6: Over 156 senior faculty members of the University of Karachi, including chairpersons of various departments, on Sunday urged their fellow teachers to remain “neutral and resolve issues confronting... HYDERABAD: Close contest seen between PPP, PML-Q HYDERABAD, Oct 6: An interesting electoral contest is expected between the PPP and the PML-Q candidates in the newly-demarcated Qasimabad seat of NA-221.... HYDERABAD: Sindh teachers to observe strike today HYDERABAD, Oct 6: A spokesman of the Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA), Prof Tariq Mansoor Qureshi, has announced that all the university and college teachers of Sindh would observe total... HYDERABAD: Plot for expo centre HYDERABAD, Oct 6: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro has said the government will provide a 4,000-sq-yd plot for the establishment of an Expo-Centre at Hyderabad.... HYDERABAD: Plea to declare Hyderabad sensitive area HYDERABAD, Oct 6: The Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT) has demanded of the government to declare Hyderabad and Latifabad as sensitive areas and hand over the control of these Talukas to the... HYDERABAD: EU observers meet SNC leaders HYDERABAD, Oct 6: The European Union election observers, Alistair Robert Jordan and Manuel Sanchez De Nogues, on Saturday met with the Sindh National Council (SNC) leaders, Hussain Bukhsh Thebo and Punhal... THATTA: Thatta Nazim accused of embezzelment THATTA, Oct 6: Leaders of public opinion, NGO activists, and renowned academicians have accused the district Nazim, Syed Shafqat Hussain Shah Shirazi, of misappropriating the district funds.... LARKANA: Nadra clerks houses raided LARKANA, Oct 6: The Larkana investigation police raided houses of three clerks of the local Nadra office and recovered more seals, filled and unfilled forms, some NICs, photographs and a pistol.... SUKKUR: Rly police cut colony’s power SUKKUR, Oct 6: Over 150 Railway policemen of Sukkur, Rahimyar Khan and other districts besieged a colony near the Sukkur Railway Station on Sunday and disconnected power connections of over... PESHAWAR: 300 refugee families seek legal assistance: Recovery of Rs50 million PESHAWAR, Oct 6: Some 300 Afghan refugee families have sought legal assistance for the recovery of their stuck up money, involving over Rs50 million claims against Pakistani businessmen and property owners.... PESHAWAR: District govts not able to use fiscal powers PESHAWAR, Oct 6: The newly-established district governments are facing problems in dealing with the matters about finance and planning of uplift works as they are not still well versed with the... PESHAWAR: Women players at political chessboard PESHAWAR, Oct 6: Leadership of almost all the major political parties has allotted tickets for the reserved seats for women either to their own family members or writers and human rights... PESHAWAR: Admission test for MBA, MPA held PESHAWAR, Oct 6: The Institute of Management Studies (IMS), University of Peshawar, conducted entry test for admission to the MPA and MBA programmes on Sunday.... PESHAWAR: Sherpao vows to help end injustice PESHAWAR, Oct 6: Chief of his own faction of the Pakistan People’s Party, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, has said Oct 10 will pave way for the restoration of democracy, and that...

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