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November 8, 2002 Friday Ramazan 2,1423 KARACHI: Reckless driving claims six lives KARACHI, Nov 7: Reckless driving claimed six lives in the city on Thursday.A man and his young son died in a road accident in Gulshan-i-Iqbal.... KARACHI: Notice to police in two other false cases: Another Harkat man acquitted KARACHI, Nov 7: Another anti-terrorism court has asked the authorities to take action against police officials who implicated an innocent citizen in a false case of spreading sectarian hatred.... KARACHI: Six Muttahida men acquitted in murder case KARACHI, Nov 7: An anti-terrorism court acquitted on Thursday six workers of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement in a double murder case as the prosecution could not prove its case against them.... KARACHI: Industrial waste causes disability to three kids KARACHI, Nov 7: Severe burns, believed to be of sulphuric acid reaction, has spoiled lives of three children who have received the injuries while playing in a pond near their house... KARACHI: People with ATM cards suffer for three days KARACHI, Nov 7: The automated teller machines cards issued by the National, Muslim Commercial and Habib banks did not operate on Tuesday, Wednesday and till afternoon on Thursday, apparently to afford... KARACHI: Four shops destroyed by fire KARACHI, Nov 7: Four shops were gutted in a fire at a shopping centre in Liaquatabad on Thursday evening.... KARACHI: Six cars, 16 bikes hijacked KARACHI, Nov 7: Twenty-two vehicles — six cars and 16 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Thursday, police said.... KARACHI: Profiteering marks first day of Ramazan KARACHI, Nov 7: Retailers charged up to 100 per cent more than the actual rates of fruits on the first day of Ramazan on Thursday in the absence of any checks... KARACHI: Traders announce Ramazan package KARACHI, Nov 7: Traders in Karachi have announced a concessionary package for Ramazan by reducing the prices of food items between 30 and 40 per cent.... KARACHI: Teachers demand new BCom syllabus KARACHI, Nov 7: The Commerce Lecturers and Professors’ Association has expressed concern over the delay in the issuance of certain clarification in regard to the parameters of some commerce subjects taught... KARACHI: PTCL jittery as monopoly slips from its hands KARACHI, Nov 7: The fact that a new telecommunications company has started laying a cable network in the city is giving jitters to the Pakistan Telecommunication Company whose monopoly over basic... KARACHI: SSC exam forms’ submission schedule KARACHI, Nov 7: The Board of Secondary Education, Karachi, has announced the schedule for submission of examination forms of SSC part-1 (class IX) and part-11 (class X) of the general group... KARACHI: Old City gets no water KARACHI, April 7: Residents of different parts of the Old City area went without water for the second consecutive day on Thursday.... KARACHI: BIEK extends enrolment forms submission date KARACHI, Nov 7: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi has extended the date for acceptance of enrolment forms, without late fee, up to November 15.... KARACHI: Shifting of industries from residential areas urged KARACHI, Nov 7: Governor Sindh Muhammedmian Soomro has stressed integrated efforts for development of parks and green belts in Karachi, and directed the authorities concerned to control illegal industrial activities in... KARACHI: Meeting of medical board KARACHI, Nov 7: A meeting of the Medical Board to examine the disability of candidates who have applied for admission to 1st Year MBBS classes at the medical colleges of Sindh... KARACHI: DAE exam forms submission date KARACHI, Nov 7: The Sindh Board of Technical Education has announced that examination forms pertaining to the Diploma of Associate Engineer (third year, morning) and Diploma of Associate Engineer (fourth year,... KARACHI: Transporters major hurdle to safe traffic KARACHI, Nov 7: Transporters are responsible for 60 per cent of fatalities in road accidents in Karachi, speakers opined at a seminar on ‘Traffic Safety and Rehnuma Scheme’ held here on... KARACHI: State seeks court direction on NGO’s bank accounts KARACHI, Nov 7: A bench of the Sindh High Court put off on Thursday the hearing of a criminal miscellaneous application filed by DSP Tasarrud Mehmood of the Central Investigation Department,... KARACHI: Health sector’s uplift top priority: governor KARACHI, Nov 7: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro has said that the government places special emphasis on improving health of the people.... KARACHI: Amendment to LG laws with President’s consent only: Naqvi KARACHI, Nov 7: The chief of National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB), Lt-Gen (r) Syed Tanvir Hussain Naqvi, has said that all the local government laws have been included in schedule-six of the... KARACHI: SBTE courses registration date KARACHI, Nov 7: The Registrar Sindh Board of Technical Education has announced dates for submission of registration forms and fees for various courses in the 2002-03 session.... KARACHI: Pasha’s killing KARACHI, Nov 7: The All Pakistan Trade Unions Organization has condemned the killing of labour leader Pasha Ahmed Gul and demanded the arrest of the killers. In a statement, the APTUO’s... KARACHI: HU MBBS practical exams schedule KARACHI, Nov 7: The Hamdard University has announced the schedule of MBBS First Professional Practical/V iva-Voice Annual Examinations 2002 to be held in the month of December, 2002.... KARACHI: Fair weather KARACHI, Nov 7: The Met office has forecast a fair weather with hazy morning on Friday.—APP... LARKANA: Members asked to propose schemes: Larkana district council LARKANA, Nov 7: The district Nazim has asked the members of the Larkana district council to submit development schemes in a fortnight.... HYDERABAD: Three hostages recovered HYDERABAD, Nov 7: Three hostages, Sahib Ali Shah, Nisar Shaikh, and Abdul Rehman Bhurgari, who had been kidnapped by dacoits last month, were recovered by the police on Wednesday night. However,... HYDERABAD: Underage marriage witnesses summoned HYDERABAD, Nov 7: The district and sessions judge, Hyderabad, Parkash Lal M. Ambwani, on Thursday called for the production of the Maulvi and others who were witness to the alleged Nikkah... HYDERABAD: Downsizing in health office criticized HYDERABAD, Nov 7: The All Pakistan Clerks Association here on Thursday held a demonstration outside the office of the director general, health, against the abolition of 56 posts in the DG... NAWABSHAH: Man dies in accident NAWABSHAH, Nov 7: One person was killed and two others were injured in an accident on the Bandhi Link Road here on Wednesday.... KHAIRPUR: Breach floods crops KHAIRPUR, Nov 7: The embankments of the Mahessar Branch developed a 30-foot breach in Wahid Bux village here on Thursday.... HYDERABAD: Maulvi Mallah remembered HYDERABAD, Nov 7: The Institute of Sindhology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, organized the “Maulvi Haji Ahmad Mallah Memorial Seminar” on Wednesday.... SHIKARPUR: Villager killed SHIKARPUR, Nov 7: A villager, Waris Dino alias Khadim Tanwri, was killed in an encounter between bandits and the villagers in Jindo Tanwri village on Wednesday night.... PESHAWAR: PHC orders return of NGO’s property: Governor’s team cannot raid private premises PESHAWAR, Nov 7: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Thursday declared the raid conducted on the offices of a non-governmental organization by the governor’s inspection team illegal and... PESHAWAR: Foundation-stone of hospital laid PESHAWAR, Nov 7: Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah laid the foundation-stone for a 120-bed Women and Children Hospital at the site of the defunct Roadways House on Thursday. The project is... MINGORA: ID cards issuance delayed MINGORA, Nov 7: The National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) has failed to come up to the people’s expectations about the issuance of new computerized national identity cards within the stipulated period.... PESHAWAR: 10 arrested for selling smuggled petrol PESHAWAR, Nov 7: The city police on Thursday arrested 10 persons for allegedly selling petrol smuggled from Iran and seized thousands of litres.... PESHAWAR: Amir’s arrest flayed PESHAWAR, Nov 7: Pakistan Medical Association and Khyber Medical College students staged a protest demonstration on Thursday against the arrest of Dr Amir Aziz.... PESHAWAR: Free medical camp held PESHAWAR, Nov 7: The Gandhara Welfare Society of the Kabir Medical College on Wednesday arranged a medical camp at Regi village wherein about 2000 patients were examined and were provided free... PESHAWAR: Firing incident: PAF clarification PESHAWAR, Nov 7: Pakistan Air Force clarified on Thursday that shots accidentally got fired from an A-5 aircraft during maintenance check on ground on Wednesday....

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