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October 14, 2002 Monday Sha'aban 7, 1423 KARACHI: Reckless driving claims three lives KARACHI, Oct 13: Two men and a woman fell victim to reckless driving in the city on Sunday.... KARACHI: Police encroach on more properties KARACHI, Oct 13: Instead of vacating the public and private properties where they have built police stations, the police have set up the office of an assistant superintendent of police in... KARACHI: Seven cars, 10 bikes hijacked KARACHI, Oct 13: Seventeen vehicles — seven cars and 10 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Sunday, police said.... KARACHI: Elimination of corruption promised KARACHI, Oct 13: Provincial Police Officer/Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sindh, Syed Kamal Shah has expressed his determination for weeding out corrupt elements from the police department. He said this while... KARACHI: Political parties pay power bills KARACHI, Oct 13: For the first time in its history the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation has recovered dues from the political parties which had put up illuminations using illegal electrical connections... KARACHI: Mist blankets coastal areas KARACHI, Oct 13: A thick sheet of mist blanketed the coastal areas here on Saturday night.... KARACHI: 22,000 infants die of tetanus every year in Pakistan KARACHI, Oct 13: Pakistan is among nine Asian countries which have failed to control neonatal tetanus, a major cause of infant mortality in the country.... KARACHI: Back pain fully curable, say physicians KARACHI, Oct 13: A public health awareness programme on the subject on “Backache and Spinal Injuries” was organized by the Ziauddin Medical University on Sunday.... KARACHI: PTCL giving poor performance KARACHI, Oct 13: The telephone number of a subscriber has been out of order for more than a month despite repeated complaints lodged with the offices of divisional engineer and general... KARACHI: Evacuee property work wound up KARACHI, Oct 13: The Board of Revenue Sindh (BoR) has, with the approval of the governor of Sindh, wound up the residuary work of evacuee property since January 2002.... KARACHI: Half-day strike at university today KARACHI, Oct 13: Karachi University teachers will observe a half day strike to protest against the government’s policies on Monday, the Karachi University Teachers’ Society (KUTS) said.... KARACHI: GCT releases merit list KARACHI, Oct 13: The admission committee of the Government College of Technology, SITE, has informed applicants for admission to the Diploma of Associate Engineers (First Year) 2002-03 course, that the merit... KARACHI: PTV, PBC training academies to be merged KARACHI, Oct 13: Information Minister Nisar A. Memon said on Sunday that the Associated Press of Pakistan, Pakistan Television and Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation will not be privatized.... KARACHI: Narcotics control in Sindh discussed KARACHI, Oct 13: The acting chief of the United Nations Drugs Control Programme (UNDCP) of Pakistan, Dr Thomas Zeindal and Deputy Director General of the Anti Narcotics Force Aftab Nabi called... KARACHI: CMO suspended KARACHI, Oct 13: Sindh Health Minister Ahsan Ahmed has ordered the suspension of Chief Medical Officer, Taluka Hospital Shahdadkot Dr Allah Dino Khaskheli after receiving recommendations from medical boards against him.... KARACHI: Participation in anti-polio drive urged KARACHI, Oct 13: Gulshan Town Nazim Abdul Wahab has appealed to the Nazimeen of union councils and councillors to fully take part in the town’s polio campaign.... KARACHI: Altaf demands fresh polls KARACHI, Oct 13: The chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Altaf Husain, has claimed that the establishment has rigged the elections in a big way.... KARACHI: MMA ready to enter into coalitions KARACHI, Oct 13: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal will strive to be a coalition partner in the federal and provincial governments on the principles of understanding with the parties mandated by people for restoration... QUETTA: BNP decries rigging QUETTA, Oct 13: The Balochistan National Party (Mengal) on Sunday alleged the government to have rigged the Oct 10 election to keep away the nationalist forces from the parliament.... KARACHI: Solution to water shortage problem KARACHI, Oct 13: The secretary-general of the Khadmin-i-Millat Pakistan has called upon Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro to help end water supply rotation in residential areas of the Gulzar-i-Hijri housing scheme.... KARACHI: Noorani urges Musharraf to take notice of rigging KARACHI, Oct 13: Maulana Shah Ahmed Noorani, the President of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, has urged President Pervez Musharraf to take notice of the alleged rigging and irregularities in the elections in... KARACHI: Post-budget workshop KARACHI, Oct 13: The Auditor-General of Pakistan, Mohammed Yunis Khan, will inaugurate a two-day post-budget workshop here on Tuesday.... KARACHI: PPP to challenge election results KARACHI, Oct 13: The Pakistan People’s Party has decided to approach court to challenge the results of about 30 National and provincial assemblies’ constituencies for alleged rigging and irregularities in the... KARACHI: Soomro to inaugurate art exhibition on 19th KARACHI, Oct 13: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro will inaugurate a 15-day exhibition of Arts and Handicrafts on October 19.... MIRPURKHAS: Arbab foresees coalition govt minus PPP MIRPURKHAS, Oct 13: The MNA-elect from NA-229, Arbab Ghulam Raheem, has expressed hopes that a coalition government of the SDA, MMA, MQM and PML-F will be formed in Sindh.... THATTA: Legislators reject rigging charges THATTA, Oct 13: The PML-Q’s MNAs and the MPAs elected from Thatta have rejected charges of rigging levelled against them by the PPP candidates, saying their rivals should accept the people’s... HYDERABAD: Govt planing to face water shortage HYDERABAD, Oct 13: The secretary for irrigation and power, Sindh, Mohammad Hashim Laghari, has directed officials of the two departments to chalk out a contingency plan for the Rabi season, keeping... DADU: ‘Officials backed MP candidate’ DADU, Oct 13: The PPP candidate from PS-75, Syed Ghulam Shah Jilani, has alleged that the district administration had used the government machinery to support his rival candidate, Dr Manzoor Ahmed... MIRPURKHAS: Rigging in three districts alleged MIRPURKHAS, Oct 13: Yousuf Talpur, the PPP’s MNA-elect from NA-228 (Mirpurkhas-III), has levelled allegations of rigging, harassment and detention of his party candidates and occupation of the polling stations by their... KHAIRPUR: 200 activists booked KHAIRPUR, Oct 13: At least 200 workers of various political parties have been booked by the police for election-related clashes in the district where 30 people including Begum Gulzar Unnar and... THATTA: Cases registered against workers THATTA, Oct 13: The police on Saturday booked nine PPP workers, including a member of the Mirpur Bathoro union council, on charges of clashing with the Shirazi group workers on the... KHAIRPUR: Candidate deplores ‘irregularities’ KHAIRPUR, Oct 13: The People’s Party Parliamentarians defeated candidate from NA-216, Syed Javed Ali Shah, has alleged that the Sindh governor has been involved in electioneering against the PPP candidates throughout... HYDERABAD: Jalal Shah demands re-election on NA-231, PS-71 HYDERABAD, Oct 13: A candidate for NA-231 and PS-71, Dadu, Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah, has alleged the district Nazim, local administration, police and the returning officer of rigging the polls.... HYDERABAD: ‘Principled stand led to ANP’s defeat’ HYDERABAD, Oct 13: The president, Awami National Party (Sindh), Qamoos Gul Khattak, while commenting on the results of the general election, said that his party had sacrificed the assembly seats because... MIRPURKHAS: One killed, 50 injured in accident MIRPURKHAS, Oct 13: One person was killed and 50 were injured after a coaster overturned near Mir Ji Landhi in Mirwah on Sunday.... HYDERABAD: Teachers demand salary HYDERABAD, Oct 13: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA), Hyderabad Region, at a meeting held on Saturday has expressed grave concern over the non-payment of salaries to the teachers of... KHAIRPUR: Two kidnapped KHAIRPUR, Oct 13: Ten armed men kidnapped two banana traders, Manthar Burdi and Mehboob Burdi, near Sanhro Shakh in the jurisdiction of the Faiz Mohammad Bindo police station on Sunday.... PESHAWAR: MMA to announce CM’s name today PESHAWAR, Oct 13: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) will announce the name of the expected chief minister of the future government in the NWFP at its extraordinary meeting on Monday in Peshawar.... PESHAWAR: Apwa gets office possession PESHAWAR, Oct 13: A civil court has handed over the possession of the All Pakistan Women’s Association’s regional office here to the Apwa, national (Karachi), and declared its occupation by the former office-bearers illegal.... PESHAWAR: MMA’s victory pre-planned: Hoti PESHAWAR, Oct 13: President of Pakistan People’s Party, NWFP, Khwaja Mohammad Khan Hoti, on Saturday termed Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s victory in the election rigged and pre-planned, but said the PPP will support even... PESHAWAR: Successful candidates greeted PESHAWAR, Oct 13: The NWFP governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has felicitated the newly-elected members of National and NWFP Assemblies.... KOHAT: Nasim elected from NA-47 KOHAT, Oct 13: The returning officer for NA-47, Tribal Area- XII, declared Dr Nasim Afridi of Darra Adamkhel as successful after counting the postal ballots.... MANSEHRA: EC suspends compilation of two NA, PA results MANSEHRA, Oct 13: Two returning officers, on Saturday,  suspended the processing of the election results of NA-20, Mansehra-I, and PF-55, Mansehra-III, on the directives of the Election Commission.... PESHAWAR: ANP’s central body meeting on 27th PESHAWAR, Oct 13: Awami National Party’s central executive committee would meet here on Oct 27 to discuss the party chief Asfandyar Wali Khan’s resignation and election results....

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