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October 13, 2002 Sunday Sha'aban 6, 1423 KARACHI: PPP needs Muttahida’s help for stable govt KARACHI, Oct 12: Even before the un-official results of the general elections are fully made public, power brokers have started pulling strings to back up different aspirants to form government in... KARACHI: Doctor among four given death sentence KARACHI, Oct 12: Four persons, including a former deputy superintendent of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, were sentenced on Saturday to death for two times in a kidnapping for ransom case by an... KARACHI: MMA, PPP question election results KARACHI, Oct 12: Election results are not only being questioned by the losers but also by those who have unexpectedly won.... KARACHI: Reckless driving claims four lives KARACHI, Oct 12: Reckless driving claimed four lives in the city on Saturday.... KARACHI: Dr Fatima Shah passes away KARACHI, Oct 12: Noted social worker and educationist Dr Fatima Shah died on Saturday after a long illness. She was 88.... KARACHI: Altaf rejects poll results KARACHI, Oct 12: The chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Altaf Hussain, rejected on Saturday results of the Oct 10 general elections and called them a farce and fraud.... KARACHI: Doctor explains chest pain KARACHI, Oct 12: “Chest pain can be due to a number of causes. However chest pain originating from the heart needs to be taken care of early as it can be... KARACHI: Admit cards for SSC exams KARACHI, Oct 12: The Board of Secondary Education, Karachi, has asked all the secondary schools to collect admit cards of their ex-candidates or failures for SSC supplementary examinations 2002.... KARACHI: KBCA chief given more powers KARACHI, Oct 12: TO improve further the performance of the Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) and enhance the pace of work, more powers have been delegated to the organizations’ chief controller,... KARACHI: Prefect Council of Sindh Madressa KARACHI, Oct 12: Dr Zafar Mehmood Khawar, Principal, Sindh Madressatul Islam, has reconstituted the prefect council of the institution.... KARACHI: Awards ceremony KARACHI, Oct 12: A ceremony was held at a local hotel on Saturday to confer awards on officials of various departments for their efficient performance.... KARACHI: Hot weather persists KARACHI, Oct 12: The meteorological department has forecast hot and dry weather for Karachi and very hot and dry weather for the rest of the region on Sunday.... KARACHI: Exhibition of calligraphy from 19th KARACHI, Oct 12: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro will inaugurate an exhibition of calligraphy and books at Hindu Gymkhana on Oct 19.... KARACHI: Civil judge suspended KARACHI, Oct 12: Chief Justice Sindh High Court has suspended Abdul Haq Mangrio, civil judge and FCM Mirpur Mathelo, with immediate effect on the grounds of misconduct and corruption.—APP... KARACHI: Coastal areas lack facilities KARACHI, Oct 12: Despite being a major source of revenue and entertainment, the coastal areas of Karachi have always been ignored by authorities, which are still without basic facilities including potable... KARACHI: Clearing of phone code a tedious exercise KARACHI, Oct 12: A Pakistan Telecommunication Company consumer has to leapfrog a great many bureaucratic obstacles to get cleared the code of a telephone number which has become “hung” for no... KARACHI: Major reshuffle in Sindh KARACHI, Oct 12: The Sindh government has notified that on the recommendations of the Provincial Selection Board-II, the following grade-18 officials have been promoted to the post of additional secretary to... KARACHI: Poll results below Noorani’s expectations KARACHI, Oct 12: Chief of the Muttahida majlis-i-Amal, Maulana Shah Ahmed Noorani, has said that the MMA would ensure constitutional independence of federal and provincial assemblies.... KARACHI: Javed Jabbar resigns KARACHI, Oct 12: The senior vice president of the Millat Party, Javed Jabbar, has resigned his party post after his defeat in the general election.... KARACHI: Brig Tafazul Siddiqui remembered KARACHI, Oct 12: Speakers at a memorial meeting on Saturday recalled the services of late Brig Tafazul Hussain Siddiqui for the cause of journalism, and said he was a man of... KARACHI: Repair work completed KARACHI, Oct 12: Patchwork on various roads has been completed in Karachi under the Khushhal Pakistan Program (KPP), at a cost of Rs20 million.... KARACHI: Correction Mahmood Qureshi, a candidate of the Muhajir Qaumi Movement, has been elected from NA-255. The name of Mohammad Aslam Mujahid of the MMA appeared, inadvertently, in our Oct 12 issue.... ISLAMABAD: Pharma industry not to raise prices for one year ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: The pharmaceutical industry has given an undertaking to the government that it will not increase prices of medicines for the next 12 months.... ISLAMABAD: Plan to set up national varsity in doldrums ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: The plan to set up a National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences in the Capital is in doldrums due to differences between the Capital Development Authority (CDA)... KARACHI: Soyem KARACHI, Oct 12: Fateha Soyem for the mother of Mohammad Hashim Sheikh, an employee in Dawn’s audit section, will be held on Sunday at Rehmat Mosque, near Bhimpura, between 9am and... RAWALPINDI: Govt rigged polls in a systematic way: Ijaz RAWALPINDI, Oct 12: The president of Pakistan Muslim League (Zia), Ijazul Haq, here on Saturday accused the government of rigging elections in a systematic way so as to get the results... RAWALPINDI: ‘MMA lost due to differences with PML(N)’ RAWALPINDI, Oct 12: The outright failure of the Mutahidda Majlis-i-Amal candidates in Rawalpindi district is due to party’s failure to enter into seat-adjustment with the PML-N candidates.... RAWALPINDI: Man deprived of Rs0.8m; wedding party looted RAWALPINDI, Oct 12: Two young motorcycle riders, on Saturday, snatched a bag, containing Rs800,000, from a person near Citi Bank, Blue Area branch.... ISLAMABAD: Violence kills over 1.6m people yearly: report ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: Violence kills more than 1.6 million people each year, while millions more are left injured as a result of aggression and suffer from physical, sexual, reproductive and mental... CHAKWAL: Vote recounting to be held today CHAKWAL, Oct 12: Recounting of votes polled in NA-60 Chakwal-I, PP-20 and PP-21 constituencies will be held in the court of returning officer Syed Ikhlaq Ahmed on Sunday at 9am.... TAXILA: Sarwar Khan group sweeps polls TAXILA, Oct 12: Ghulam Sarwar Khan group, a dissident from People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP), has swept the polls in the twin cities of Taxila and Wah Cantt.... NEW DELHI: India under pressure for talks with new PM NEW DELHI, Oct 12: “Will Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee hold talks with the new Pakistan prime minister as a way of getting out of the anti-Musharraf bind that much... NOWSHERA: ANP, NAPP hint at merger NOWSHERA, Oct 12: The ANP and the National Awami Party Pakistan (NAPP) of Ajmal Khattak on Saturday agreed to work towards merger of the two Pukhtun nationalist parties.... TORONTO: Edhi network in Canada soon TORONTO, Oct 12: Abdul Sattar Edhi has planned to establish a charitable network here with the initial investment of three million Canadian dollars.... SUKKUR: PPP open to talks with MQM: Shah SUKKUR, Oct 12: A central leader of the People’s Party Parliamentarians, Khursheed Shah, has said that his party will hold talks with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement for forming a government in... HYDERABAD: ‘No rigging on polling day’ HYDERABAD, Oct 12: The president of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI), Sindh, Mir Haider Ali Khan Talpur, on Saturday said there was no planned rigging by the government on the polling day.... SANGHAR: PML-F sweeps polls in Sanghar SANGHAR, Oct 12: The People’s Party Parliamentarians has faced a complete defeat in Sanghar district as it has lost its three National Assembly and six Provincial Assembly seats to the Pakistan... MIRPURKHAS: PPP wins most of Mirpurkhas seats MIRPURKHAS, Oct 12: The People’s Party Parliamentarians won majority of the National Assembly and Provincial Assembly seats in the district.... LARKANA: Candidate accuses rival of rigging LARKANA, Oct 12: The PPP’s candidate from PS-35 (Larkana-I), Ghulam Serwar Siyal on Saturday rejected the results and accused his rival, Altaf Hussain Unnar, of rigging polls.... BADIN: 30 activists booked BADIN, Oct 12: The Pangrio police have registered two separate cases against 30 people including agents of PPP candidates under various sections of the law.... HYDERABAD: SU position holders HYDERABAD, Oct 12: The University of Sindh has announced names of position holders in MSc (pass), Biochemistry, semester examination of 2001.... DADU: 40 hurt in poll-related violence DADU, Oct 12: Some 40 persons were injured in election-related violence in Dadu district.... HYDERABAD: Rejected votes being reviewed HYDERABAD, Oct 12: The re-verification of 1,278 rejected votes of NA-220 has begun on the request of the deputy convener, Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Aftab Ahmad Shaikh.... LAHORE: PML(N) to protest at ‘rigged’ polls LAHORE, Oct 12: The PML-N rejected on Saturday the general elections as massively rigged and launched a protest campaign against them with the determination to continuing it in the foreseeable future.... LAHORE: MMA natural ally of PML(Q): Pervaiz LAHORE, Oct 12: Punjab PML-Q President Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi said here on Saturday his party would not go for a solo flight and would prefer to take other parties along to... LAHORE: — victory to create political instability LAHORE, Oct 12: The Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadith says the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s mandate is bogus as it has been “given” seats to create political instability in the country through a hung... LAHORE: Lahorites speculate about next federal govt LAHORE, Oct 12: Life has started returning slowly to routine in Lahore after the general election with people trying to figure out as to who will form the next federal government.... LAHORE: NAB issued notice on Khokhar’s plea LAHORE, Oct 12: An accountability court on Saturday issued a notice to the NAB for Oct 17 on an application moved by former National Assembly deputy speaker Haji Nawaz Khokhar for... LAHORE: Implementing manifesto ‘top MMA priority’ LAHORE, Oct 12: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal will not tolerate any obstacle to implementation of its election manifesto, alliance chief Maulana Shah Ahmad Noorani said on Saturday.... LAHORE: Hearing of petition against PCO from 23rd LAHORE, Oct 12: The Federal Shariat Court will start hearing of a petition for declaring the Provisional Constitutional Order-I and the Proclamation of Emergency, 1999, as repugnant to the injunctions of...

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