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October 22, 2002 Tuesday Sha’aban 15,1423 KARACHI: Residents hold demos against water shortage: No supply to major hospitals today KARACHI, Oct 21: Residents of water-starved localities of former district West blocked on Monday roads and staged sit-in at three places to protest against the persisting water shortage.... KARACHI: Firecrackers make life miserable for people KARACHI, Oct 21: People from across the city complained on Monday night that youngsters in their localities have been exploding firecrackers making their life miserable.... KARACHI: Oil-tanker operators block roads KARACHI, Oct 21: The police resorted to batoncharge and teargas shelling against the participants of a protest demo, organized by the All-Pakistan Oil-Tanker Owners Association at Shireen Jinnah Colony in Keamari... KARACHI: Police shoot suspect to death KARACHI, Oct 21: Police shot an alleged bandit to death in North Karachi on Monday, in what they claimed an encounter.... KARACHI: 25 vehicles hijacked KARACHI, Oct 21: Twenty-five vehicles — eight cars and 17 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Monday, police said.... KARACHI: ‘A tribute to Ali Imam’ opens today KARACHI, Oct 21: The country’s leading artists, Shahnaz Imam and friends of the late Syed Ali Imam, have put together an art exhibition that opens today (Tuesday) at the Indus Gallery.... KARACHI: 5,000 children born with thalassaemia every year KARACHI, Oct 21: At least 5,000 children are born in the country with thalassaemia every year.... KARACHI: Admission process at KU begins on 24th KARACHI, Oct 21: The process of admissions to Master’s classes in the faculties of arts, commerce, science and Islamic studies at the University of Karachi will begin on Oct 24 with... KARACHI: AKU to set up arts faculty KARACHI, Oct 21: The Aga Khan University will set up an arts and science faculty on a 550-acre-land in Karachi.... KARACHI: Inter humanities (part I) exam results announced KARACHI, Oct 21: The Board of Intermediate Education on Monday declared the results of intermediate part-I (class-XI) annual examinations of the humanities (regular) group.... KARACHI: Work on sewerage line starts KARACHI, Oct 21: Work on laying a sewerage line from Nursery Market to Manzoor Colony drain has been initiated at a cost of Rs5.6 million which will be completed in two... KARACHI: Workshop KARACHI, Oct 21: A five-day workshop on scouting will be held at the Amin House from Oct 24. As many as 18 scout secretaries and an equal number of scout organizers... KARACHI: Special kids enjoy musical programme KARACHI, Oct 21: More than 100 special children enjoyed a musical function and fun at a seaside restaurant here on Monday.... KARACHI: Efforts urged to protect wildlife KARACHI, Oct 21: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro has called for undertaking every possible effort for protection of wildlife.... KARACHI: EU clears 18 seafood processing plants KARACHI, Oct 21: The European Union countries have cleared 18 Pakistani processing plants operating at Karachi Fish Harbour (KFH) for import of seafood.... KARACHI: PPP NA candidate alleges rigging KARACHI, Oct 21: PPP leader from Balochistan Mir Baz Khan Khetran, who contested election from NA-263, has demanded repolling in two tehsils, Duki and Bori, where, he claimed, ballot boxes were... KARACHI: Gang-rape: exemplary punishment demanded KARACHI, Oct 21: A non-governmental organization of the US-based Pakistani doctors has urged the authorities to arrest all the perpetrators involved in the Ramaswami gang-rape case and to award them an... KARACHI: Carbombing case trial postponed for 9th time KARACHI, Oct 21: The June 14 US consulate carbombing case, that left 12 people dead and 43 injured, did not proceed on Monday for the ninth consecutive time as no space... KARACHI: PML-N will never accept poll results, say leaders KARACHI, Oct 21: Pakistan Muslim League (N) will never accept the election results and formulate its future strategy with the cooperation of other democratic forces in the country.... KARACHI: Body on varsity law urged KARACHI, Oct 21: The Federation of All-Pakistan University Academic Staff Association on Monday demanded of the government to appoint an independent commission under a Supreme Court judge to study implications and... KARACHI: City Council approves bylaws on meetings KARACHI, Oct 21: The city council on Monday approved “bylaws for conduct of meetings-2002”, and a resolution that the next session of the House will be held in the lawns of... KARACHI: Salaries act amended KARACHI, Oct 21: The Governor of Sindh has promulgated the Sindh Speaker’s and Deputy Speaker’s (salaries, allowances and privileges) (Amendment) Ordinance-2002 which has come into force at once.... KARACHI: Telecom-IT portal launched KARACHI, Oct 21: The Telecom and IT Division has launched Pakistan’s first ever information and service web portal. The portal — pakistan.gov — will facilitate provision of services to customers, strengthen... KARACHI: Criminals KARACHI, Oct 21: There has lately been an increase in the incidents of robbery and hijacking of cars and motorcycles in and around Hart Davis Road, next to Ghulam Qasim Road,... KARACHI: Transport problem in Gulistan KARACHI, Oct 21: The monopoly of a particular group of transporters operating on various routes of Gulistan-i-Jauhar has made life miserable for people.... KARACHI: Asif’s plea challenging Ehtesab Act put off to 28th KARACHI, Oct 21: The petition of ex-senator Asif Ali Zardari challenging the vires of the Ehtesab Act, 1997, read with Sections 33 and 35 of the NAB Ordinance, 1999, came up... HYDERABAD: Canals of KB feeder to be desilted: official HYDERABAD, Oct 21: The secretary, Irrigation and Power (Sindh), Mohammad Hashim Leghari, has directed the engineers of the irrigation department to immediately start the desilting of link canals taking off from... DADU: Demo against SHO held in Dadu DADU, Oct 21: A large number of residents of the Jhallo village staged a protest demonstration against the SHO, Jhallo police station, Dost Mohammad Soomro, carrying the body of a man,... HYDERABAD: House-job doctors resume protest HYDERABAD, Oct 21: The house-job doctors of the Liaquat University Hospital, Hyderabad and Jamshoro, staged a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Monday.... HYDERABAD: Killing of journalist condemned HYDERABAD, Oct 21: The Hyderabad Union of Journalists (HUJ) and the Hyderabad Press Club (HPC) have condemned the murder of a correspondent of Kawish, Shahid Soomro, in Kandhkot.... HYDERABAD: Public holiday today HYDERABAD, Oct 21: The district Nazim, Hyderabad, Dr Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman, has declared Oct 22 (today) as a public holiday on the auspicious occasion of Shab-e-Baraat throughout the district.... HYDERABAD: Nov 9 fixed last date of SU admissions HYDERABAD, Oct 21: The director admissions, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, on Monday notified the last date to submit forms for admissions to bachelors and masters degree programmes for academic session of... HYDERABAD: Mubarak stresses need for rewriting history HYDERABAD, Oct 21: Noted historian and editor of Lahore-based quarterly journal Tarikh Dr Mubarak Ali has stressed the need for re-writing the history of Sindh to highlight and project those people... PESHAWAR: Govt urged to transfer power without delay: PML-N terms defeat target killing PESHAWAR, Oct 21: The PML-N parliamentary party nominated the MPA-elect, Anwar Kamal, its parliamentary leader in the NWFP assembly at its meeting on Monday.... PESHAWAR: People asked to get their pets vaccinated PESHAWAR, Oct 21: Inadequate care of pets have been causing serious health problems to the people, as the keepers of the pets neither vaccinate nor administer anti-worm drugs to them, said... PESHAWAR: Warrants issued for education secretary PESHAWAR, Oct 21: A two-member bench of the Supreme Court on Monday issued arrest warrants for Education Secretary Amjad Shahid Afridi after he declined to appear before the court.... PESHAWAR: Ban on re-checking frustrates students PESHAWAR, Oct 21: Ban on re-checking of the failed papers of the students by the Board of Technical Education has become an albatross around the necks of the students who want... PESHAWAR: Work on projects must be expedited: governor PESHWAR, Oct 21: The NWFP Governor Lt-Gen (retd) Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has asked the agencies executing the mega development projects to work vigorously and complete the projects without delay....

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