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November 29, 2002 Friday Ramazan 23, 1423 KARACHI: LEAs take over offices vacated by Muttahida: Haqiqi activists arrested KARACHI, Nov 28: Law enforcement personal have taken over the unit offices vacated early Wednesday morning by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement in Landhi, Malir and Shah Faisal Colony.... KARACHI: Gurumandir intersection work to end by January KARACHI, Nov 28: The Gurumandir intersection improvement project, which was slated to finish by the twelfth of next month, has been delayed. The project, which was kicked off on Sept 3,... KARACHI: Police shoot suspected car hijacker to death KARACHI, Nov 28: A suspected car hijacker was shot dead in an encounter in Mehmoodabad early Thursday morning, in what police claimed an encounter.... KARACHI: Drug traffickers convicted KARACHI, Nov 28: The special anti-narcotics court, headed by Judge Ali Nawaz Pirzada, convicted on Thursday four Nigerian drug traffickers, arrested separately, and awarded them different prison terms.... KARACHI: Six cars, 22 bikes taken away KARACHI, Nov 28: Twenty-eight vehicles — six cars and 22 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Thursday, police said.... KARACHI: PPP MPAs-elect register protest KARACHI, Nov 28: Sixtyfive MPAs-elect of the Peoples Party Parliamentarians on Thursday registered their protest over the postponement of the inaugural session of Sindh assembly and demanded the governor to convene... KARACHI: 3,000 unregistered schools functioning in Sindh KARACHI, Nov 28: of the 5000 privately-managed educational institutions—primary, secondary and higher secondary schools— in Sindh, only 2000 are registered and the rest are operating in violation of the registration rules... KARACHI: Tankers supply turbid water amid shortage KARACHI, Nov 28: Business of private tankers, selling sub-soil unhygienic water to the helpless citizens of water-starved areas in the city, has constantly been flourishing as the consumers are experiencing three... KARACHI: Anti-Israel protest demo held KARACHI, Nov 28: Youngsters here at a protest demonstration, held under the aegis of the Imamia Students Organization, on Thursday condemned Israeli occupation of Bait-ul-Muqaddas.... KARACHI: Dialysis facility at Korangi hospital soon KARACHI, Nov 28: The provincial health secretary has issued directives for the early completion of the under-construction dialysis unit at the Sindh Government Hospital, Korangi, so as to enable people to... KARACHI: Beautification of roads through greenery begins KARACHI, Nov 28: The implementation of the city’s roads beautification programme through greenery by the city government, in cooperation with all the 18 towns, has begun.... KARACHI: PSO sets up scholarship fund for IBA students KARACHI, Nov 28: The Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has donated Rs2 million to establish the “PSO Scholarship” for disadvantaged students of the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), a press release said... KARACHI: Hashmi panel for Arts Council polls named KARACHI, Nov 28: The S.H. Hashmi panel has announced the names of its candidates for the Dec 22 election of the Arts Council.... KARACHI: Aid for the disabled KARACHI, Nov 28: Rs90,910 in both cash and kind were distributed among 28 disabled persons in the city by the provincial council for rehabilitation of disabled persons, Social Welfare Department, Sindh.... KARACHI: Nazim orders payment of salaries before Eid KARACHI, Nov 28: Karachi Nazim Naimatullah Khan has directed that employees of the city government and towns should be paid salaries before Eid.... KARACHI: O & A level exams registration KARACHI, Nov 28: The registration for the Cambridge General Certificate of Education ‘O’ and ‘A’ Level Examinations to be held next year will commence from January 7.... KARACHI: SHC bailiff fails to recover detainee KARACHI, Nov 28: A Sindh High Court bailiff was unable till Thursday evening to find or recover a detainee from the place where he was confined according to his father, the... KARACHI: Zakat cheques worth Rs16.8m distributed KARACHI, Nov 28: Governor Sindh Mohammedmian Soomro disbursed Zakat cheques worth Rs16.8 million among 662 people in a ceremony held for the purpose at the former deputy commissioner west office here... KARACHI: Sacking of teachers, doctors criticized KARACHI, Nov 28: The Karachi University Teachers Society (KUTS) and the Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) held a joint demonstration at the Karachi Press Club on Thursday against the termination... KARACHI: MMA slams Musharraf for holding two posts KARACHI, Nov 28: Liaquat Baloch, the central coordination secretary of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, who is also a deputy chief of the Jamaat-i-Islami, claimed here on Thursday Gen Pervez Musharraf has no... KARACHI: Chinese firm intends to set up bus assembly plant KARACHI, Nov 28: The city government will extend all support to Chinese firm First Automobile Workshop which intends to set up an assembly plant for diesel and CNG buses in Karachi,... KARACHI: PML-Q, PPP men join PML-F KARACHI, Nov 28: The Vice President of Pakistan Muslim League-Q, Sindh, Zafar Iqbal Bilal, and a local leader of Pakistan People’s Party, Javed Shah Jilani, have announced their joining of the... KARACHI: Plan prepared to save milch cattle KARACHI, Nov 28: About 30,000 calves are slaughtered every month in the city’s Cattle Colony, and the provincial livestock department has prepared a plan to stop this indiscriminate slaughter of animals.... KARACHI: Dawn staffer grieved KARACHI, Nov 28: Abdul Samad Khan Ghori, brother of Dawn staff reporter Habib Khan Ghori, died of heart failure here on Thursday. He was 64.... KARACHI: Arrest of labour leader’s killers urged KARACHI, Nov 28: The National Labour Federation at a demonstration here on Thursday condemned the killing of trade union leader Pasha Gul and demanded the arrest of his killers.... KARACHI: Inter-army public schools contests end KARACHI, Nov 28: The finals of the Inter Army Public Schools debates competitions were held at the Army Public School Karachi, an ISPR press release said on Thursday.... ISLAMABAD: Postponing of Sindh PA session condemned ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: The PPP has condemned the indefinite postponement of the inaugural session of the Sindh Assembly, saying the action lacks in morality and legality.... HYDERABAD: SU to confer PhD degree on 10 scholars HYDERABAD, Nov 28: The University of Sindh has approved the award of 10 Ph.D and three M.Phil degrees to scholars in various disciplines.... HYDERABAD: Bail to absconding jailer granted HYDERABAD, Nov 28: Justice Sarmad Jalal Usmani of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, on Thursday granted protective bail for 10 days to Aurangzeb, a jailer of Central Jail, Hyderabad, in... HYDERABAD: Allowances demanded HYDERABAD, Nov 28: The Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union held a protest meeting at the gate of the Thermal Power Station, Jamsh-oro, on Thursday to press for the acceptance... HYDERABAD: HDA workers seek salary before Eid HYDERABAD, Nov 28: The employees of the Hyderabad Development Authority will not perform their overtime duties during the Eid holidays if they are not paid their October and November salary before... HYDERABAD: SSGC officers hold demonstration HYDERABAD, Nov 28: At least 24 officers of the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC), under the banner of the officers action committee, held a demonstration outside the Hyderabad Press Club on... HYDERABAD: Aid for govt employees approved HYDERABAD, Nov 28: The district Benevolent Fund Board, at a meeting here on Thursday, sanctioned 273 cases of government officials for financial aid out of the Benevolent Fund.... LARKANA: Municipal body in financial crisis LARKANA, Nov 28: The Larkana Municipal Corporation faced serious financial problems so much so that it had not paid three-month salary to its staff, said Larkana taluka Nazim Nazir Ahmed Shaikh.... SUKKUR: Water rotation SUKKUR, Nov 28: The executive engineer, Rohri division, Moro, has announced the group-wise rotation programme in the division in the wake of the shortfall of water in the River Indus and... PESHAWAR: Over Rs433m SAP fund embezzled PESHAWAR, Nov 28: The Audit General office has detected Rs433.35 million embezzlement by the provincial education department officials in the Social Action Programme (SAP) funds.... PESHAWAR: Five Pakistanis abducted PESHAWAR, Nov 28: Five Pakistanis of Tablighi group  have been kidnapped from the Sarobi district of Afghanistan, official sources said.... PESHAWAR: Western fears to be allayed: Durrani PESHAWAR, Nov 28: In an attempt to allay West’s reservations regarding Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s elevation to the central political stage after the October polls, MMA’s candidate for chief ministership, Akram Khan Durrani,... PESHAWAR: Work on Shergarh highway begins PESHAWAR, Nov 28: Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has disclosed that Rs 420 million are being spent under the Frontier Highway Authority on dualization of Mardan-Dargai section of Nowshera-Chakdara-Chitral highway.... PESHAWAR: Prisoner escapes from LRH PESHAWAR, Nov 28: A prisoner escaped from the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) where he was admitted for medical treatment, here on Wednesday night....

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