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October 24, 2002 Thursday Sha’aban 17,1423 KARACHI: Stormy outbursts over water shortage: City Council session marred KARACHI, Oct 23: Rowdy scenes on Wednesday marred the proceedings of the city council, when around two dozen people belonging to water-starved localities of Orangi Town entered the Shamiana where the... KARACHI: Merit list on self-finance to be notified on Saturday KARACHI, Oct 23: The merit list for admissions on the self- finance basis to MBBS first-year classes at Dow Medical and Sindh medical colleges will be released on Saturday.... KARACHI: Water closure KARACHI, Oct 23: Water supply to various parts of Jamshed, Gulshan-i-Iqbal and Liaquatabad towns will remain suspended on Thursday in the wake of a 24-hour closure being enforced by the KWSB... KARACHI: Man, woman shot dead in Gulbahar KARACHI, Oct 23: A young couple was shot dead by two assailants in Gulbahar on Wednesday evening.... KARACHI: Oil tankers KARACHI, Oct 23: The oil tankers owners and contractors associations on Wednesday called off their strike after a meeting with the Sindh home secretary.... KARACHI: Recounting continues KARACHI, Oct 23: The recounting of votes in two of the three constituencies — NA-255, PS-103 and PS-118 — continued on the third consecutive day on Wednesday without any result.... KARACHI: City govt seeks legal powers to check prices KARACHI, Oct 23: The city government is facing problems to evolve a mechanism to check prices during Ramazan for want of magisterial powers to its officials.... KARACHI: SHC annoyed at manhandling of lawyers KARACHI, Oct 23: A division bench of the Sindh High Court on Wednesday expressed its displeasure over the manner in which lawyers were manhandled by intelligence officials while they rearrested Robin... KARACHI: Eye diseases among children on the rise KARACHI, Oct 23: Around 22.62 per cent of the 18,783 students from different schools in the city, aged between 6 to 15 years, were found to be suffering from one or... KARACHI: Implementation of women welfare plan demanded KARACHI, Oct 23: Speakers at a meeting of the provincial NGOs’ Council on ‘Beijing Plus-10’, Sindh, on Wednesday underlined the need for making vigorous efforts to implement the National Plan of... KARACHI: Ehsan defends present system KARACHI, Oct 23: The Sindh Minister for Health and Population Welfare, Maj Gen E. Ahsan Ahmad, has said that time will tell how far the present government has been successful in... KARACHI: SBTE courses KARACHI, Oct 23: The Sindh Board of Technical Education has approved three Diploma of Associate Engineers programmes being offered at the Pakistan Polytechnic Centre and College of Technology, Nazimabad.... KARACHI: Anti-polio drops KARACHI, Oct 23: Ninety-six thousand children have been given polio vaccination whereas as an estimated 1.5 million children in Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town are yet to be given drops.... KARACHI: Orangi to have 50-bed hospital KARACHI, Oct 23: In order to provide health facilities to a maximum number of residents of Karachi, the city government has approved Rs4.75 million for development of health facilities in various... KARACHI: National consensus govt in centre unlikely: JI leader KARACHI, Oct 23: The proposal for the formation of a national consensus government in the centre is not feasible as there are very few common points among the five major groups... KARACHI: Muttahida accuses EC of partisanship KARACHI, Oct 23: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Wednesday accused the Election Commission of playing a partisan role and demanded re-polling in the constituencies where irregularities have been reported.... KARACHI: Water crisis hits parts of Lyari Town KARACHI, Oct 23: Unrest is brewing again in Lyari Town because of an acute water shortage there as residents of the affected areas have warned of agitation if remedial steps are... KARACHI: KESC plans cut in system losses KARACHI, Oct 23: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) has chalked out a plan to reduce its transmission and distribution losses on a quarterly basis to improve financial position of the... KARACHI: 100 PCs donated KARACHI, Oct 23: More than 100 Intel Pentium PCs have been donated by Unilever Pakistan (formerly Lever Brothers Pakistan) to a wide range of deserving causes, says a press release.... KARACHI: 20 vehicles hijacked KARACHI, Oct 23: A young man was killed by unknown persons who later dumped his body in Korangi late Wednesday night.... KARACHI: PMA slams doctor’s arrest KARACHI, Oct 23: The Pakistan Medical Association strongly condemns the arrest of Prof Amir Aziz, orthopaedic surgeon, on the charges of treating Afghan patients, says a press release.... KARACHI: Charged parking KARACHI Oct 23: The DCO of City District Government, Karachi, Shafiqur Rehman Paracha has constituted a committee to review the working of charged parking system in the city.... KARACHI: Sindh health minister resigns, joins PPP KARACHI, Oct 23: The Pakistan Peoples Party’s Sindh president, Nisar Khuhro, has said that his party is willing to cooperate with those political forces who are eager to bring in stability,... KARACHI: Legislation on plantation discussed KARACHI, Oct 23: A number of issues related to plantation and environment were discussed at a meeting held in the Governor’s House on Wednesday.... HYDERABAD: Privatization of Thatta cement factory opposed HYDERABAD, Oct 23: The All Pakistan Trade Unions Organization (APTUO) has condemned the privatization of the Thatta Cement Factory and said it will add to unemployment.... HYDERABAD: Pre-arrest bail granted to Nazim, two others HYDERABAD, Oct 23: Sixth Additional District and Sessions Judge Qazi Allah Bukhsh on Wednesday has granted pre-arrest bail for a sum of Rs50,000 each to the Nazim union council, Bhitshah, Syed... HYDERABAD: House job doctors observe ‘black day’ HYDERABAD, Oct 23: The house job doctors of Liaquat University Hospital observed ‘black day’ here on Tuesday to protest against non-payment of fair wages.... HYDERABAD: Breach victims want justice HYDERABAD, Oct 23: A group of people affected by the Rohri Canal breach staged a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Wednesday against the inequitable distribution of relief cheques.... KHAIRPUR: 21 polio cases detected in Sindh KHAIRPUR, Oct 23: The director general, health, Sindh, has said 21 polio cases have been reported in different parts of the province.... DADU: Teachers hold demonstration DADU, Oct 23: A large number of teachers of various primary schools of Dadu taluka staged a demonstration outside press club here on Wednesday.... MIRPURKHAS: Two ASIs suspended MIRPURKHAS, Oct 23: The district police officer, Mirpurkhas, Dr Mohammad Amin Yousufzai, has suspended two ASIs on Wednesday.... NAWABSHAH: Warehouse gutted NAWABSHAH, Oct 23: The godown of the Bata Shoe Company caught fire due to a short circuit on the Sabzi Mandi Road on Wednesday.... SANGHAR: ‘No room for corrupt people’ SANGHAR, Oct 23: Taking bribe or harming anyone on pretext of low salary is no excuse and people entertaining such ideas should leave the department, the Additional Inspector General of Police... PESHAWAR: Anti-corruption law applicable to Pata: PHC dismisses petition PESHAWAR, Oct 23: Dismis-sing a writ petition, a two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday ruled that the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, is applicable to the Provin-cially Administered Tribal Areas (Pata).... PESHAWAR: Transporters threaten to go on strike PESHAWAR, Oct 23: A group of city transporters have threatened to go on strike from Thursday, if the traffic police ongoing drive against the unauthorised vehicles is not stopped forthwith.... PESHAWAR: Dist govts to be strengthened: Nazim PESHAWAR, Oct 23: Bat-khela Tehsil Nazim Jamal Khan has said the devolution plan had improved the quality of life of the people living in the remote areas of Malakand and hoped that the elected provincial government would... PESHAWAR: Professor asked to mortgage property: Higher studies in UK PESHAWAR, Oct 23: An assistant professor of Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) acquiring higher studies in UK has been placed in awkward situation as the university’s administration has stopped his scholarship,... PESHAWAR: Accord on repatriation of DPs soon PESHAWAR, Oct 23: Pakis-tan, Afghanistan and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees have agreed on a joint framework for the voluntary repatriation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan after a nine-month... PESHAWAR: Inquiry into woman’s death demanded PESHAWAR, Oct 23: The relatives of a woman, who died in the operation theatre at the Khyber Teaching Hospital due to negligence of the surgeon, have appealed to the NWFP governor... PESHAWAR: Sherpao, Fazl discuss situation PESHAWAR, Oct 23: The chief of his won faction of the PPP, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, and the secretary-general of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, held a meeting to discuss the...

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