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November 9, 2002 Saturday Ramazan 3,1423 KARACHI: Water shortage persists in Lyari KARACHI, Nov 8: For the residents of a Lyari locality, like the other Karachiites, Ramazan had always been a blessed, joyous period. They actually used to look forward to the holy... KARACHI: Fruit sellers ignore govt directive on price list: Monitoring teams formed KARACHI, Nov 8: Retailers in the city on Friday continued to sell fruits on exorbitant rates and the government machinery virtually failed to control profiteering by the vendors.... KARACHI: Severe traffic jams occurring in city KARACHI, Nov 8: Severe traffic jams are being witnessed in the city since first of Ramazan, due to violation of traffic rules, mostly by drivers of commercial vehicles.... KARACHI: Altaf seeks RTC to end deadlock KARACHI, Nov 8: The chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Altaf Hussain, has urged President Pervez Musharraf to convene a round-table conference to end the current deadlock and to evolve consensus... KARACHI: Two men die in road accidents KARACHI, Nov 8: Two young men fell victim to reckless driving in the city on Friday.... KARACHI: PPP manages to assert its position KARACHI, Nov 8: The political situation brewing in the country three weeks after the general elections has proved that the leadership of Pakistan Peoples Party is more agile and articulate in... KARACHI: IDB to give Rs1.6bn for uplift of NICVD KARACHI, Nov 8: The government has signed an agreement with the Islamic Development Bank under which the financial institute will provide Rs1.6 billion over a period of three years to raise... KARACHI: KMDC list for admissions released KARACHI, Nov 8: The Karachi Medical and Dental College (KMDC) on Friday released the final list of 80 candidates selected for admission to first-year MBBS and BDS classes for the academic... KARACHI: Postage stamps on Iqbal KARACHI, Nov 8: The Pakistan Post Office will issue on Saturday commemorative stamps on Allama Iqbal, says a press release.... KARACHI: Victimization of doctors, teachers criticized KARACHI Nov 8: The Federation of All-Pakistan University Academic Staff Association (FAPUASA) on Friday criticized the government for allegedly victimizing a large number of teachers and doctors for resisting the regime’s... KARACHI: KU semester exams begin on 15th KARACHI, Nov 8: The second semester examinations 2002 at the University of Karachi will begin on Nov 15.... KARACHI: NED merit lists KARACHI, Nov 8: NED University has displayed merit lists based on intermediate marks of the applicants under all merit categories except the one for Karachi rural and sports.... KARACHI: Book fairs foster reading habits KARACHI, Nov 8: Book fairs in educational institutions help foster reading habits among students, City Nazim Naimatullah Khan said at the inaugural ceremony of a book fair at the Dow Medical... KARACHI: Gas pressure KARACHI, Nov 8: After receiving complaints of low pressure of gas at the time of Sehri in Model Colony, Shah Faisal, Steel Town and Gulshan-i-Hadeed, the Sui Southern Gas Company has... KARACHI: Thunderstorm forecast KARACHI, Nov 8: The Met department has forecast thunderstorm/rain at one or two places in Karachi, Sukkur and Larkana, while weather will remain cloudy in Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas on Saturday.... KARACHI: Markhor hunting quota doubled KARACHI, Nov 8: The international organization controlling trade, protection and other affairs related to endangered flora and fauna species has doubled Pakistan’s quota for trophy hunting of markhor, it is learnt.... KARACHI: Man acquitted in drug case KARACHI, Nov 8: The special anti-narcotics court, headed by Judge Ali Nawaz Pirzada, acquitted on Friday a man in a drug possession case.... KARACHI: Illegal builders to face criminal cases KARACHI, Nov 8: Governor Sindh, Mohemmadmian Soomro, on Friday directed the authorities concerned to lodge cases under the Criminal Procedure Code against builders involved in unauthorized and illegal constructions and officers... KARACHI: Imtiaz’s election petition dismissed KARACHI, Nov 8: The Sindh High Court dismissed on Friday Sindh Democratic Alliance President Imtiaz Sheikh’s plea and upheld the Election Commission order of Oct 28 declaring Agha Tariq Khan the... KARACHI: Charges framed in US consulate bombing case KARACHI, Nov 8: The judge of an anti-terrorism court, Aley Maqbool Rizvi, framed charges on Friday against all the five accused in the US consulate suicide bombing case.... KARACHI: MVT defaulters KARACHI, Nov 8: The provincial Secretary, Excise and Taxation, Aftab Ahmed Memon, has said that approximately 10 percent of the total vehicles in the province had been defaulting on motor vehicle... KARACHI: Clarification Referring to a report in Dawn’s Friday issue titled ‘People with ATM cards suffer for three days’, the Muslim Commercial Bank has clarified that its “ATM network was operational and was... KARACHI: Judgment on five appeals reserved KARACHI, Nov 8: A division bench of the Sindh High Court reserved on Friday judgment in five appeals filed by four accused/appellants.... KARACHI: 69 held for power theft KARACHI, Nov 8: Since the beginning of Ramazan, power theft in the city has increased manifold and the army monitoring and KESC teams arrested 69 power thieves during the last 48... KARACHI: Fisheries lags behind for want of modernization KARACHI, Nov 8: Chairman Fisheries Committee and Member Karachi City Council, Abdur Razzaq Siddique, has attributed the declining export revenues in the fisheries sector to lack of modern processing systems and... LARKANA: School project in doldrums LARKANA, Nov 8: The plan to establish 210 community-supported schools in Larkana district had been delayed due to failure of officials concerned to provide a list of villages, sources said.... HYDERABAD: SU to receive admission forms today HYDERABAD, Nov 8: The offices of the Sindh University’s directorate of admissions would remain open on Saturday, Nov 9, and on Sunday, Nov 10, to receive the admission forms for admissions... HYDERABAD: Retrenchment of mill workers condemned HYDERABAD, Nov 8: The president of the Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement, Dr Qadir Magsi, has condemned the retrenchment of Sindhi employees from the Pak-Saudi Fertilizer Factory.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Salary to sanitary workers demanded NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 8: The Bhiria taluka council, which met on Friday after four months, demanded, through a resolution, early payment of four-month salary to sanitary workers of Tharushah.... HYDERABAD: Sugar mills crushing season from 15th HYDERABAD, Nov 8: The Sindh government on Friday, in pursuance of the provisions contained in Section B of the Sugar Factories Control Act, specified Nov 15 for the purpose of the... SUKKUR: Three men kidnapped near Tangwani SUKKUR, Nov 8: Three people were kidnapped by a gang of dacoits near Tangwani, Jacobabad district, on Thursday night.... HYDERABAD: Court rejects Arbab’s plea HYDERABAD, Nov 8: The district and sessions judge, Hyderabad, Parkash Lal M. Ambwani here on Friday rejected an application filed by the counsel of the MNA-elect, Arbab Ghulam Rahim, in a... SUKKUR: Power from Ghazi Barotha to be expensive SUKKUR, Nov 8: The Ghazi Barotha hydel project is set to produce about 1,450 megawatts of electricity, and it is estimated to cost around 60 paisa per unit.... HYDERABAD: TC workers to be paid wages in a week HYDERABAD, Nov 8: The Taluka council employees would be paid their past two months’ salaries within a week.... SUKKUR: Flour price re-fixed SUKKUR, Nov 8: The local government has re-fixed wheat flour price in the district with immediate effect.... HYDERABAD: Pearl case convicts HYDERABAD, Nov 8: Four convicts in the Daniel Pearl kidnapping and murder case offered Taraveeh prayers collectively as the Hyderabad prison administration provided them an under trial prisoner, who is a... KHAIRPUR: Six injured in clash KHAIRPUR, Nov 8: At least six people were injured in a clash between the Mallah and Jagirani tribes in the Mohabbat village, Nara Taluka, on Friday.... HYDERABAD: Buyers complain of exorbitant fruit prices HYDERABAD, Nov 8: Customers in the fruit market complained of exorbitant prices charged by fruit sellers on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: Truckowners’ strike enters second day PESHAWAR, Nov 8: Truckers continued their strike for the second consecutive day on Friday to protest against an increase in petroleum prices and taxes imposed by the local governments.... PESHAWAR: Statements on Nazim’s killing to be recorded on Sunday PESHAWAR, Nov 8: An inquiry officer tasked to conduct a judicial probe into the killing of a union Nazim has fixed Nov 11 for recording statements of eyewitnesses and relatives of... PESHAWAR: Early convening of assemblies urged PESHAWAR, Nov 8: President of People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) NWFP, Khawaja Muhammad Khan Hoti has demanded early convening of assemblies to end the deadlock.... PESHAWAR: Stress on education for career PESHAWAR, Nov 8: The NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has stressed the importance of career-oriented education saying that the introduction of new subjects and the internationally-recognized patterns should also be... PESHAWAR: Pesco chief takes over PESHAWAR, Nov 8: Brig Tahir Saeed Malik on Friday took the charge of  Peshawar Electricity Supply Corporation’s chief executive, relieving Brig  Khalid Khan, who has completed his four-year tenure.... PESHAWAR: Fata LB elections after Ramazan PESHAWAR, Nov 8: The NWFP government said on Friday that local bodies elections in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas would be held soon after Ramazan.... MINGORA: PTCL system MINGORA, Nov 8: The Z.T.E system of telecommunications has failed to run the Internet smoothly, causing trouble for users. The users complained of noise and frequent disconnections. Initially, they attributed it... PESHAWAR: Boy’s sentence commuted PESHAWAR, Nov 8: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court here has commuted the sentence awarded to a juvenile offender for drug pushing....

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