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November 22, 2002 Friday Ramazan 16, 1423 KARACHI: Meat prices rise by up to Rs20 per kg in Ramazan KARACHI, Nov 21: The city government’s drive against price-hike during Ramazan has failed to rein-in meat merchants who have been selling beef and mutton at an exorbitantly high price in different... KARACHI: Reckless driving claims three lives: Nine cars, 23 bikes hijacked KARACHI, Nov 21: A jobless young man committed suicide in his house in Keamari on Thursday morning.... KARACHI: Radiation, toxicity didn’t kill fish: experts KARACHI, Nov 21: Experts, working on dead fish which had accumulated at the Clifton beach on Friday night, have ruled out the possibility that mass fish fatality took place due to... KARACHI: MQM stakes claim to Sindh CM slot KARACHI, Nov 21: As the establishment is trying to prop up an anti-People’s Party Parliamentarians constellation in Sindh, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement is insistent on its nominee to head a coalition... KARACHI: Two camel-kids return home KARACHI, Nov 21: Two young camel jockeys, commonly known as camel-kids, arrived here from Abu Dhabi by PIA flight PK 238 early Thursday morning.... KARACHI: Debate on police excesses continues KARACHI, Nov 21: The city council resumed its debate on police excesses on Thursday.... KARACHI: 1.5m TB patients in Pakistan: Tuberculosis day on 24th KARACHI, Nov 21: The theme selected for the World TB Day 2003 falling on March 24 is “People with TB” ; the slogan is “DOTS cured me - it will cure... KARACHI: Small fishermen’s livelihood in danger KARACHI, Nov 21: A major decrease in fish-catch has been reported by small fishermen living in the coastal areas of Sindh because of overfishing in the sea.... KARACHI: Sindh IT board constituted KARACHI, Nov 21: The Sindh government has constituted the Sindh Information Technology Board (SITB) with the governor Sindh as its Chairman.... KARACHI: SITE bachat bazaar concludes tonight KARACHI, Nov 21: Chief organizer of the SITE Eid bachat bazaar, Rauf A. Sattar, has announced that the bazaar is going to end on Friday night.... KARACHI: KU BDS exam schedule KARACHI, Nov 21: The examinations department of Karachi University on Thursday announced the programme of Final Professional BDS Supplementary Examination 2002.... KARACHI: CNS visits alma mater KARACHI, Nov 21: The Happy Home Secondary School has held a reception for its alumnus Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Shahid Karimullah.... KARACHI: Eye camps held at three schools KARACHI, Nov 21: Over 600 students of three schools in Hijrat Colony were screened and provided treatment, medicines etc at a two-day free eye screening camps organized by the Care and... KARACHI: Help against price hike KARACHI, Nov 21: The city government has established “135” help line at the former commissioner’s house to facilitate controlling the price hike.... KARACHI: Number of Pakistani students in US rises KARACHI, Nov 21: There has been a 24 per cent increase in students from Pakistan acquiring education in the United States in the academic year 2001-2 as compared with the previous... KARACHI: Four Lashkar men provided pauper advocate KARACHI, Nov 21: An anti-terrorism court has ordered the appointment of a pauper advocate for the defence of Akram Lahori and three others in five sectarian murder cases.... KARACHI: PTA yet to compile mobile phone directory KARACHI, Nov 21: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has failed to compile a directory of mobile phones despite the lapse of eight months.... KARACHI: SHC allows sealed factories’ petition KARACHI, Nov 21: The Sindh High Court accepted on Thursday eight writ petitions filed by owners of factories operating on the site of the old fruit and vegetable market (Sabzimandi).... KARACHI: KESC urged not to cut KWSB supply KARACHI, Nov 21: The Chief Secretary of Sindh, K. B. Rind, has asked all the secretaries and departmental heads to ensure timely payment of electricity bills of their respective departments.... KARACHI: Several men arrested for power theft KARACHI, Nov 21: The KESC’s army monitoring team raided a bachat bazaar in Sarafa Market, that was being fed through kundas.... KARACHI: GNA, allies try to form Sindh govt KARACHI, Nov 21: Provincial assembly member-elect Rahila Tiwana said on Thursday that the Grand National Alliance and other like-minded parties will form the government in Sindh.... KARACHI: Reproductive health be made part of education KARACHI, Nov 21: Highlighting the importance of reproductive health in Pakistani society, a large number of speakers at a seminar, held here on Thursday, stressed the need for the introduction of... KARACHI: MMA to adopt new strategy KARACHI, Nov 21: In the changed situation, the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal will adopt a new strategy in the province, a Sindh MMA spokesman said on Thursday.... KARACHI: Pressing problems KARACHI, Nov 21: The chief of Tehrik-i-Istaqlal, Qaisar Ahmed Shaikh, said on Thursday that the government should be given a chance to remove poverty, illiteracy and unemployment.... HYDERABAD: HDA workers threaten to suspend water supply HYDERABAD, Nov 21: The Hyderabad Development Authority Employees’ Union has warned of resorting to extreme action if salary of the HDA employees for October and November was not paid.... HYDERABAD: SHC imposes fine on SHO HYDERABAD, Nov 21: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Thursday imposed a fine of Rs50,000 on the SHO, Dadu police station, Mukhtar Ahmed Sario, for keeping a man in... HYDERABAD: ‘Polio to be eradicated soon’ HYDERABAD, Nov 21: The director-general of health services, Sindh, Qadir Bux Memon, has hoped that polio will be totally eradicated from the province very soon.... HYDERABAD: Registration of case against Nazim flayed HYDERABAD, Nov 21: The members of the District Council, Hyderabad, on Thursday condemned the registration of a murder case against a union council Nazim, Manthar Jatoi, in connection with the killing... HYDERABAD: Legislation against quacks urged HYDERABAD, Nov 21: The executive district officer, health, Dr Ashraf Bhurgari, has called for legislation against quacks and spurious drugs.... HYDERABAD: Three murder accused remanded HYDERABAD, Nov 21: The Pinyari police have obtained four-day remand of three accused in the Shahnaz Jatoi murder case from the court concerned.... HYDERABAD: Raids HYDERABAD, Nov 21: Under the directions of the Government of Sindh, special teams conducted raids throughout Hyderabad district the other day and chargesheeted traders and shopkeepers for overcharging.... HYDERABAD: Last date for LLB admission extended HYDERABAD, Nov 21: The last date for submitting forms for admission to LLB, part-I, in law colleges affiliated with the University of Sindh, has been fixed at March 31.... LARKANA: Probe ordered into bribery charges LARKANA, Nov 21: The secretary health, Sindh, ordered to initiate inquiry into the alleged bribery charges against the police surgeon and his assistance working in the Chandka Medical College Hospital, Larkana.... SUKKUR: Protest SUKKUR, Nov 21: About 50 persons belonging to the Rahim Dino Jogi village staged a demonstration in front of the office of the DIG (Operation) against the police excesses in their... NAWABSHAH: Man killed NAWABSHAH, Nov 21: A young man was killed after being hit by a car on the Bucheri road on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: PHC acquits two women in narcotics case PESHAWAR, Nov 21: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday set aside the sentence awarded by the district and sessions judge of Nowshera to two women in a... PESHAWAR: Rs200m earmarked for canal project PESHAWAR, Nov 21: The NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said the government has allocated Rs200 million for the Blambat Canal project, which would be constructed under the Drought Emergency... PESHAWAR: 9-year-old firing accused gets bail PESHAWAR, Nov 21: A juvenile court here on Wednesday allowed bail to a nine-year-old boy arrested charged with firing at a police party.... PESHAWAR: Skin diseases hit 20pc people in country PESHAWAR, Nov 21: A survey carried out by Pakistan Dermatologists’ Association has indicated that 20 per cent people in the country suffer from skin diseases, Dermatologist Dr Raza Mohammad Khan said... PESHAWAR: FEF clarifies position PESHAWAR, Nov 21: The Frontier Education Foundation has said that it was a Body Corporate financed by the provincial government.... PESHAWAR: PTCL camps set up PESHAWAR, Nov 21: The PTCL Northern Region-I has started setting up special camps in Mingora to provide speedy connections to the subscribers within 48 hours under one-window operation.... PESHAWAR: Govt urged to control traffic jams PESHAWAR, Nov 21: Local Minibus Owners Association’s President Yousaf Shah has expressed his concern over the severe rush and traffic jams and said the government has failed to control the situation.... PESHAWAR: Schools need lab equipment PESHAWAR, Nov 21: Contrary to the government’s oft-repeated claims about the setting up of 21 well-equipped colleges and three universities in the province during the past three years, facts speak otherwise.... PESHAWAR: Achakzai felicitated PESHAWAR, Nov 21: National Awami Party Pakistan (NAPP) has congratulated chief of Pakhtoonkhawa Milli Awami Party, Mehmood Khan Achakzai, on becoming member of National Assembly from Balochistan....

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