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October 18, 2002 Friday Sha'aban 11, 1423 KARACHI: College admission process drags on KARACHI, Oct 17: Despite a passage of over two months, there seems no end to the ongoing process of admission to first-year classes in the city government colleges.... KARACHI: Two more parcel bombs found, six suspects held KARACHI, Oct 17: Police on Thursday picked up six activists of a religious group for their suspected involvement in Wednesday’s parcel bomb explosions.... KARACHI: Man, boy commit suicide KARACHI, Oct 17: A jobless young man and a 14-year-old boy committed suicide in the city on Thursday.... KARACHI: Parcel bombs strike third time since 1993 KARACHI, Oct 17: It is the third time that the city has been struck by parcel bombs since 1993 when they were first used and killed an unsuspecting jail superintendent.... KARACHI: Post office wakes up to bomb threats KARACHI, Oct 17: The Pakistan Post Office has decided that from now on all parcels and letters will be opened at the counters of the booking offices.... KARACHI: Nine cars, 17 bikes hijacked KARACHI, Oct 17: Twenty-six vehicles — nine cars and 17 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Thursday, police said.... KARACHI: End to age limit for class IX urged KARACHI, Oct 17: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has demanded of the Sindh Governor to allow all such students of class IX who are below 14 years of age to sit in... KARACHI: Teachers, students hold protest demo at KU KARACHI, Oct 17: On the call of the Joint Action Committee, teachers and students of the University of Karachi and government colleges of Sindh brought out a protest rally on Thursday... KARACHI: Osteoporosis emerging threat to old people KARACHI, Oct 17: At least 12 per cent of the 70 million women of the country are at risk of developing osteoporosis.... KARACHI: Population welfare projects need funds KARACHI, Oct 17: Shortage of contraceptives for the past six months, the process of devolving the population programme from the federal government to the provinces, late payment of salaries and delayed... KARACHI: IT activities being promoted: Nazim KARACHI, Oct 17: The city government is making all efforts to promote IT activities in Karachi, City Nazim Naimatullah Khan said while inaugurating an exhibition/seminar on industrial automation, organized by the... KARACHI: Traffic arrangements on Shab-i-Barat KARACHI, Oct 17: The Capital City Police, Traffic Branch, has made certain traffic arrangements to facilitate the people visiting graveyards on the eve of Shab-i-Barat, falling on Oct 21.... KARACHI: Doctors to be given loans for clinics in rural areas KARACHI, Oct 17: Provincial minister for health and population welfare, Maj-Gen E Ahsan Ahmad, has said that the government will create a fund of Rs20 million under the Sindh Health Foundation... KARACHI: Mental health week from 27th KARACHI, Oct 17: The Pakistan Association for Mental Health will organize a mental health week from Oct 27 to Nov 3, says a press release.... KARACHI: Books for libraries KARACHI, Oct 17: The Sindh education department has approved Aaik Kahawat Aaik Kahani, a National Book Foundation award-winning publication by Ather Iqbal, as prize book for government schools across the province.... KARACHI: Exhibition KARACHI, Oct 17: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro will inaugurate a Quranic calligraphy display and book fair, organized by the Sindh Culture and Tourism Department at Hindu Gymkhana, on Saturday.—APP... KARACHI: Minimum wages KARACHI, Oct 17: Secretary, Sindh Minimum Wages Board, has said the government has finalized the draft recommendations of minimum wages of the workers employed in iron and steel industry, and sought... KARACHI: SHC seeks detainee’s whereabouts KARACHI, Oct 17: A division bench of the Sindh High Court directed on Thursday deputy attorney-general to find out the whereabouts of an alleged detainee from law-enforcing agencies.... KARACHI: Parties urged to develop consensus to form govt: Post-election scenario KARACHI, Oct 17: The post-election scenario in Pakistan signifies a critical situation like that after the 1970 polls, and if the election results were not accepted by the government and political... KARACHI: Increase in N-power generation stressed KARACHI, Oct 17: The electricity generated at the two nuclear plants of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) is cost-wise comparable to current average cost of power generation in the country and... KARACHI: SHC orders KPT to pay compensation in accident case KARACHI, Oct 17: A division bench of the Sindh High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by the Karachi Port Trust against the judgment and decree of a single bench passed... KARACHI: Minorities body alleges rigging KARACHI, Oct 17: The All Pakistan Minorities Alliance (APMA) has accused the authorities of “getting favoured candidates of religious parties elected through “pre-poll and post-poll rigging which has spread the feeling... KARACHI: MMA accepts challenge of re-polling in Karachi KARACHI, Oct 17: Criticizing the Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Altaf Hussain for demanding fresh elections in the country under the supervision of the UN, the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Thursday asserted it... KARACHI: Hearing in consulate bombing case put off KARACHI, Oct 17: The hearing of the US Consulate car bombing case was put off on Thursday for the eighth consecutive time without any significant proceedings as the advocate general of... KARACHI: Approval of labour laws by NA urged KARACHI, Oct 17: The Industrial Relations Advisers Association Karachi has urged the authorities to get the proposed labour laws passed through the parliament.... KARACHI: Clarification KARACHI, Oct 17: The Shaheen Courier Service has clarified that they did not deliver the parcels containing explosives which exploded in three different government offices on Wednesday.... HYDERABAD: Re-polling in Tharparkar district demanded HYDERABAD, Oct 17: Ghulam Mohammad Laat, a local anti-Arbab leader, has called for re-polling in the Tharparkar district under the army supervision.... HYDERABAD: Transporters’ clash leaves six injured HYDERABAD, Oct 17: Six persons were injured in a clash between two groups of transporters in Tando Jam on Wednesday.... HYDERABAD: Teachers demand removal of EDO HYDERABAD, Oct 17: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) has criticized the uncalled for attitude of the EDO, education, Zamir Hussain Kazi, towards the college teachers and demanded his immediate... HYDERABAD: Move to sell off Thatta Cement opposed HYDERABAD, Oct 17: The Progressive Employees Union, Thatta Cement Company, has criticized the government for disposing of the company at a throw-away price.... HYDERABAD: Teachers’ protest HYDERABAD, Oct 17: The protest by the university teachers throughout Pakistan would continue on every Monday and Thursday till the government withdrew the proposed model university act.... HYDERABAD: 2 policemen terminated on corruption charges HYDERABAD, Oct 17: The services of two inspector were terminated on charges of corruption on Wednesday.... HYDERABAD: Modalities to shift colleges discussed HYDERABAD, Oct 17: The modalities to shift three local degree colleges to newly-constructed buildings were discussed here on Thursday at a meeting, presided over by DCO Mir Hussain Ali.... PESHAWAR: JI to give women military training PESHAWAR, Oct 17: The women wing of the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) has vowed to provide women basic military training and to make the controversial Hudood Ordinance consonant with the teachings of the Holy Quran.... PESHAWAR: SC summons two education officials PESHAWAR, Oct 17: The Supreme Court here on Thursday took exception to the continuous non-compliance of a court’s order, and summoned the secretary and director of the provincial education department to... PESHAWAR: High Court seeks clarification: Action against NGO PESHAWAR, Oct 17: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court summoned on Thursday an official of the Governor Inspection Team, Inamullah Qureshi, asking him to clarify his position about sealing... PESHAWAR: Gas supply disrupted PESHAWAR, Oct 17: The City Municipal and Development Department (CMDD) and the National Logistic Cell (NLC) workers damaged the main distribution line of Sui gas on Thursday during the road expansion... PESHAWAR: Pleas against vehicles’ seizure dismissed PESHAWAR, Oct 17: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court rejected here on Wednesday 31 identical petitions challenging confiscation by the customs department of vehicles imported under the Transfer of...

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