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October 26, 2002 Saturday Sha’aban 19,1423 KARACHI: MQM-H activist kidnapped, shot dead KARACHI, Oct 25: Unknown persons killed an activist of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement in Pak Colony on Friday.... KARACHI: Muttahida not averse to dialogue with MMA KARACHI, Oct 25: In a surprise development, a top leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Friday hinted that his party was not averse to a dialogue with the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal.... KARACHI: Nadra fails to deliver ID cards in time KARACHI, Oct 25: The slow pace of the delivery of computerized identity cards by the National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) has perturbed people who submitted their forms more than a year... KARACHI: Gas supply to Dhabeji plant restored KARACHI, Oct 25: The Sui Southern Gas Company has stated that it has taken immediate action on the complaint of low-pressure gas supply to the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board filter... KARACHI: Bombs found in Gulshan KARACHI, Oct 25: A police official suffered injuries on Friday when a bomb exploded in Gulshan-i-Iqbal.... KARACHI: SHC rejects notified MPA’s petition KARACHI, Oct 25: Sindh High Court on Friday rejected an MPA-elect’s plea to restrain the Election Commission from proceeding with his rival’s representation to reverse the notification of his election.... KARACHI: Artists demand film industry in Karachi KARACHI, Oct 25: Veteran artists demanded on Friday that a film industry be set up in Karachi, whose performers are no less talented than those of Lahore.... KARACHI: MSc (final) exam results announced KARACHI, Oct 25: The University of Karachi on Friday announced the results of MSC (final) annual examinations 2001 for college students, with a pass percentage of 69.58.... KARACHI: ‘Future World’: winners declared KARACHI, Oct 25: The Unilever Pakistan on Friday announced the result of the national-level contest, School Art Project, in a ceremony held at Mohatta Palace Museum here on Thursday. The theme... KARACHI: PTCL network expansion KARACHI, Oct 25: Switching network expansion and upgradation in digital transit exchange Pak Capital Karachi is scheduled for October 27 from 0230 hrs to 0300 hrs.... KARACHI: Ombudsman helps KBCA men get dues KARACHI, Oct 25: The Provincial Ombudsman (Mohtasib), Justice (r) Haziq-ul-Khairi, distributed cheques among six retired employees of Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) on account of profit/mark-up/interest on their contributory provident fund,... KARACHI: Dry weather KARACHI, Oct 25: The Met department has forecast mainly dry weather with misty morning in the city on Saturday with maximum temperature ranging between 35 and 37 degrees centigrade. Dry weather... KARACHI: Private sector’s role in education lauded KARACHI, Oct 25: The Chief Secretary, Sindh, K.B. Rind, has appreciated private sector’s role in augmenting government’s endeavours in the field of education and in raising literacy rate in the country.... KARACHI: Funds demanded KARACHI, Oct 25: Nazimeen and councillors of Gulshan-i-Hadeed and Ghaggar union councils of Bin Qasim Town have threatened to go on hunger strike against non-availability of funds for their councils.... KARACHI: Transporters review decision for strike KARACHI, Oct 25: The Karachi Transport Ittihad, in a press statement on Friday, said that transport would remain normal on October 28. An emergency meeting of the KTI has been called... KARACHI: Mass awareness stressed to preserve nature KARACHI, Oct 25: Speakers at a function on Friday said that creating awareness among the masses regarding overgrowing pollution was the first and most important step towards stopping the process of... KARACHI: 80 lecturers promoted KARACHI, Oct 25: The Sindh education department has issued directives for promotion of 55 male and 25 female lecturers as assistant professors.... KARACHI: I’m ready to accept any responsibility: Zubeda KARACHI, Oct 25: Former federal education minister Zubeda Jalal, who has formally joined the Pakistan Muslim League (Q), said on Friday it was up to the leadership of the party to... KARACHI: Gen Ahsan rejects governor’s allegations KARACHI, Oct 25: Former provincial health minister Maj-Gen Ahsan Ahmed has categorically denied the allegations of corruption, and maladministration levelled against him by the Sindh Governor, Muhammedmian Soomro.... KARACHI: PPP, MMA leaders hold talks KARACHI, Oct 25: PPP leaders, including Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Aftab Shah and Agha Siraj Durrani, on Friday met MMA Sindh president Asadullah Bhutto, Maulana Abdul Karim Abid, Mumtaz Sehto and... KARACHI: Soomro claims unprecedented harmony KARACHI, Oct 25: Governor Sindh Mohammedmian Soomro said on Friday that the inter-provincial harmony achieved under the resent government unprecedented in the entire history of the country.... KARACHI: PPP leaders brief US diplomat KARACHI, Oct 25: The Pakistan People’s Party leaders have briefed an American diplomat here on the evolving political situation in the country, and emphasised their effort to end the urban-rural polarity... KARACHI: Recounting enters sixth day KARACHI, Oct 25: The recounting of votes in three constituencies even on the fifth consecutive day on Friday remained inconclusive.... KARACHI: All efforts to provide water: KWSB KARACHI, Oct 25: Managing-director Karachi Water and Sewerage Board Brig Javed Ashraf (retired) has said that all resources will be utilized to provide the basic need of water to the people.... KARACHI: Losers demand re-election KARACHI, Oct 25: A number of candidates who contested and lost the Oct 10 elections have alleged that pre-poll rigging and after-election manipulation led to their defeat.... KARACHI: Telemedicine workshop KARACHI, Oct 25: The Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation is organizing a symposium on Tele-Medicine at Dewan Farooq Medical Complex here on Saturday.... KARACHI: 20 vehicles hijacked KARACHI, Oct 25: At least 20 vehicles — seven cars and 13 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen at different places in the city on Friday.... KARACHI: SDA alleges rigging KARACHI, Oct 25: President Sindh Democratic Alliance Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh has said that his party could form coalition government with the Muttahida and other groups in Sindh.... KARACHI: SSIC workers’ removal stayed KARACHI, Oct 25: The Chief Secretary, Sindh, K.B. Rind, on Friday put on hold the right-sizing of 73 employees of the Sindh Small Industries Corporation (SSIC).... DADU: LB workers to be paid salaries soon, says Soomro: Lal Shahbaz Urs inaugurated DADU, Oct 25: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro said on Friday that all outstanding liabilities against taluka municipal committees and union councils would be cleared soon.... THATTA: Politicians, landlords served notices THATTA, Oct 25: Notices have been served to several politicians and landlords of Thatta district by the irrigation officials for recovering the water charges of their fish ponds.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Sanitary workers’ strike NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Oct 25: The local sanitary workers observed a token hunger strike opposite the press club here on Friday.... MIRPURKHAS: Rs9.2m given to the poor MIRPURKHAS, Oct 25: About Rs9.217 million were distributed as subsistence (Guzara) allowance, with a schedule of Rs500 each, among the Zakat mustahqeen, every month, through 712 local Zakat committees of Mirpurkhas... NAWABSHAH: RHC without nurse, lady doctor NAWABSHAH, Oct 25: There is no lady doctor and trained nurse at the rural health unit (RHC) in Bandhi town as a result of which two women have lost their lives... THATTA: MPA-elect urges women to overcome outdated customs THATTA, Oct 25: Sassui Palijo, elected from the PPP platform in Thatta on PS-85, has said that the rural women of Sindh are not born to become the victims of a... SUKKUR: Two bandits held in Sukkur SUKKUR, Oct 25: Two dacoits, Nawaz Marfani and Aziz Eidan, were arrested in Sukkur on Friday.... KHAIRPUR: 10 houses gutted KHAIRPUR, Oct 25: Some ten houses were reduced to ashes when fire broke out in the Haji Allah Bux Shaikh village, near Babarloi, on Friday.... HYDERABAD: Demo held against Arbabs HYDERABAD, Oct 25: The activists of the Mazloom Thar Ittehad staged a protest demonstration outside the press club on Friday to protest against the inhuman excesses of the Arbabs of Tharparkar... PESHAWAR: 18 polio cases detected in NWFP PESHAWAR, Oct 25: As many as 18 confirmed cases of polio have been reported in different districts of the NWFP so far this year, with Dera Ismail Khan taking the lead... PESHAWAR: JUI asks MPAs-elect to stay at Madaris PESHAWAR, Oct 25: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, which is going to install a Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal-backed government in the NWFP, has advised its provincial assembly members-elect to stay at the JUI-run seminaries rather than at... PESHAWAR: Drugs sale to be regulated PESHAWAR, Oct 25: Provincial health minister Dr Mehr Taj Roghani has said that a provincial drug regulatory authority would soon be established in NWFP which would not only streamline the drug... PESHAWAR: Implementation of police reforms reviewed PESHAWAR, Oct 25: The NWFP government has decided to take initiatives to implement the police reforms in consonance with the needs of the province.... PESHAWAR: MPA-elect joins PML-Q PESHAWAR, Oct 25: An independent MPA-elect, Haji Qalandar Khan Lodhi, who won from PF-46, Abbottabad, joined Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam) on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: Police to patrol areas near tribal belt PESHAWAR, Oct 25: The city police have decided to patrol the areas near the tribal belt alongside the Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel to challenge the increasing cases of kidnapping and carjacking.... PESHAWAR: Students object to merit list PESHAWAR, Oct 25: The Islami Jamiat Tulaba has blamed the administration of Peshawar University for favouritism in preparing the merit list of several departments.... PESHAWAR: Contempt-of-court charges dropped PESHAWAR, Oct 25: A full bench of Supreme Court here on Friday dropped contempt-of-court charges against the provincial secretary education, Amjid Shahid Afridi, after his unconditional apology....

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