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November 6, 2002 Wednesday Sha’aban 30,1423 KARACHI: Rangers not to quit as session begins on 15th: Jungle Shah college KARACHI, Nov 5: Academic activities, mainly teaching, for the first year classes at the Rangers occupied Govt Degree Boys College, Jungle Shah, Keamari, would start on Nov 15.... KARACHI: Transporters give strike call for today KARACHI, Nov 5: Transport operators have become divided whether to give a strike call for one or two days. However, they agreed to observe strike on Wednesday in protest against intermittent... KARACHI: Edible oil, ghee to be dearer this Ramazan KARACHI, Nov 5: Consumers will have to pay Rs12-14 per kg more for ghee and cooking oil during this Ramazan as compared to that of previous year as multinational companies (MNCs)... KARACHI: SHC allows Zardari to go abroad KARACHI, Nov 5: The Sindh High Court allowed on Tuesday former MNA Hakim Ali Zardari to proceed abroad for medical treatment.... KARACHI: Two persons killed KARACHI, Nov 5: A housewife was found murdered in her house in Bizerta Lines, Saddar, in the morning.... KARACHI: Water shortage: protesters block Karachi-Hub road KARACHI, Nov 5: Vehicular traffic on Hub River Road, linking Karachi with Balochistan, remained suspended for about three hours on Tuesday as the residents of water-starved localities of Baldia Township staged... KARACHI: TB claims 60,000 lives in Pakistan every year KARACHI, Nov 5: Pakistan is currently listed among the six countries where the problem of tuberculosis is alarmingly high.... KARACHI: Senior poet honoured KARACHI: Shaukat Abidi is a senior poet who grew up under the shadow of the Progressive Writers Movement and has been actively engaged in writing poetry and participating in literary activities,... KARACHI: 2003 to be observed as year of Urdu development KARACHI, Nov 5: The year 2003 will be observed as the “Year of Urdu Development”.... KARACHI: Diabetes awareness programme at AKUH KARACHI, Nov 5: On the occasion of the World Diabetes Day, a diabetes awareness campaign is celebrated each year on Nov 14.... KARACHI: KU gets donation of books KARACHI, Nov 5: A ceremony to receive the collection of 6,900 books and scientific journals donated to the Mehmood Hussain Library of the University of Karachi was organized on the campus... KARACHI: NED list for admission KARACHI, Nov 5: NED University has displayed data record based on intermediate marks of the applicants under all merit categories (except that for Karachi rural and sports) on its website: http://www.neduet.edu.... KARACHI: AMTs asked to check power theft strictly KARACHI, Nov 5: Maj-Gen Muhammad Ashraf Saleem, the GOC-4, Army Air Defence Division, has asked the Army Monitoring Teams and the KESC’s billing and distribution engineers for an increased vigilance against... KARACHI: Latest trends in naval warfare discussed KARACHI, Nov 5: A three-day joint seminar of Pakistani and Turkish navies was inaugurated at the Bahria Auditorium on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Judgment reserved in Harkat case KARACHI, Nov 5: An anti-terrorism court reserved on Tuesday judgment in a case against an alleged worker of the banned Harkatul Mujahideen Al-Aalmi, prosecuted for spreading sectarian hatred.... KARACHI: SBC backs SCBA president KARACHI, Nov 5: After the newly-elected President of the Sindh High Court Bar Association, Muneer A. Malik, supported the stand taken by the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association, Hamid... KARACHI: Construction of Lyari Expressway criticized KARACHI, Nov 5: Speakers at a conference here on Tuesday unanimously demanded that the Lyari Expressway be built according to the original plan and mass-scale demolition of settlements be stopped immediately.... KARACHI: Ords on Press be debated in parliament, says KUJ KARACHI, Nov 5: Expressing concern over the hurriedly-promulgated ordinances about the Press and publications, the Karachi Union of Journalists said on Monday that it was not party to any of the... KARACHI: Residential facilities for govt employees to be increased KARACHI, Nov 5: The Sindh cabinet, which met here on Tuesday under the chairmanship of governor Mohammedmian Soomro, decided to increase residential facilities for the employees of the provincial government.... KARACHI: Eight cars, 14 bikes hijacked KARACHI, Nov 5: Twenty-two vehicles — eight cars and 14 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Tuesday, police said.... KARACHI: Imtiaz’s poll plea KARACHI, Nov 5: Advocate-General Raja Qureshi was asked on Tuesday to make detailed submissions on Wednesday on Sindh Democratic Alliance President Imtiaz Ahmad Sheikh’s petition questioning the Election Commission’s rescision of... KARACHI: Change of ideas must for progress: seminar KARACHI, Nov 5: Our problems can not be solved merely through changes in the role of men and women in society and the government, but only after change of perceptions about... KARACHI: Scholarship KARACHI, Nov 5: The Board of Secondary Education has said that applications forms for the award of poverty-cum-merit scholarship 2003 for the deserving students of class X will be accepted till... HYDERABAD: Package to save bangle industry demanded HYDERABAD, Nov 5: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has expressed concern over the crisis facing the bangle industry of the city and said that thousands of bangle workers have lost jobs due... LARKANA: Dist Council resents release of culprits: Theft of 40 Moenjodaro seals LARKANA, Nov 5: The members of the district council (DC), Larkana, on Tuesday expressed grave concern over exonerating the culprits, who were involved in stealing 40 seals from the museum of... SUKKUR: Two killed in tribal clash SUKKUR, Nov 5: Two persons were killed and another was injured in a clash between Kori and Ramejo tribes over a matrimonial dispute in Bagarji here on Tuesday.... HYDERABAD: MPs urged to reject NSC, amendments HYDERABAD, Nov 5: The 10th annual session of the National Congress of the Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party (STPP), which continued for the second day on Monday, condemned the hegemony of Punjab... KHAIRPUR: Bachat bazaars to be organized during Ramazan KHAIRPUR, Nov 5: A meeting of the district price control committee was held here on Tuesday It was presided over by the executive district officer (finance)..... HYDERABAD: Women councilors flay discrimination HYDERABAD, Nov 5: The women councillors elected from various union, Taluka, and district councils complained of non-allocation of funds and being ignored by the Nazims.... DADU: 40 houses, shops demolished: Anti-encroachment drive DADU, Nov 5: In an anti-encroachment drive the railway authorities demolished about 40 houses and shops in the Railway Colony here on Tuesday.... SHIKARPUR: Dist govt to set up flour stalls SHIKARPUR, Nov 5: A meeting of the district price control committee was held here... HYDERABAD: Pearl case convicts seek permission for collective prayers HYDERABAD, Nov 5: All four convicts in the Daniel Pearl kidnapping and murder case have appealed to the government to allow them to offer prayers five times a day, including Taraveeh,... PESHAWAR: Afghans being brought for medical aid PESHAWAR, Nov 5: Lack of medical facilities in Afghanistan is haunting the poor people, as majority of them transport their near and dear ones for treatment to the hospitals in NWFP,... PESHAWAR: SCBA’s stand on retirement age backed PESHAWAR, Nov 5: Endorsing the Supreme Court Bar Association’s stand on the enhancement of the retirement age of judges of the superior court, the NWFP Bar Council has asked the government... PESHAWAR: Convening of PA sought PESHAWAR, Nov 5: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s candidate for the chief Minister’s post, Mohammad Akram Khan Durrani, has urged the government to convene the NWFP assembly immediately after the inaugural session of... PESHAWAR: Students hold protest demo PESHAWAR, Nov 5: The student community on Tuesday observed black day protesting the proposed University Model Act at the University of Peshawar.... PESHAWAR: PTV engineer robbed PESHAWAR, Nov 5: Some unidentified burglars deprived an engineer, who works for PTV Peshawar Centre, of cash, vehicle and other valuables from the residence at gunpoint late on Monday night.... PESHAWAR: Gems & minerals show concludes PESHAWAR, Nov 5: The 9th Gems and Minerals show, organized by the Export Promotion Bureau in collaboration with the All Pakistan Exporters Association at a local hotel ended here on Tuesday, with the...

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