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December 2, 2002 Monday Ramazan 26,1423 KARACHI: Progress in fake death certificate case blocked KARACHI, Dec 1: Fake death certificates are being issued by the medicolegal officers (MLOs) at the Jinnah Post-graduate Medical Centre (JPMC), according to well-placed sources who said that such certificates had... KARACHI:PPP inching towards success KARACHI, Dec 1: Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, the parliamentary leader of the PPP Parliamentarians in Sindh Assembly, held talks with Pir Pagara, chief of the PML-F, and Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, chief of... KARACHI: Controversy surrounds boy’s death KARACHI, Dec 1: A 12-year-old boy died in New Karachi on Sunday night. Eyewitness account and police’s version on the circumstances of the boy’s death differed with each other.... KARACHI: Walk held to mark World AIDS Day KARACHI, Dec 1: The AIDS Control Programme, Sindh Chapter, organized a walk here on Sunday in connection with the World AIDS Day being observed to create awareness among people on the... KARACHI: Ten cars, 13 bikes hijacked KARACHI, Dec 1: Twenty-three vehicles — 10 cars and 13 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Sunday, police said.... KARACHI: Reforms in education, health after Eid, says CS KARACHI, Dec 1: The provincial Chief Secretary, K. B. Rind, has said that government will launch a crash programme after Eidul-Fitr to ensure provision of better facilities in health and education... KARACHI: Epilepsy awareness drive in schools soon KARACHI, Dec 1: The school health services department will begin an epilepsy awareness and training programme soon after Eid.... KARACHI: Several projects lying abandoned in Lyari KARACHI, Dec 1: The city government has yet to take a decision on several projects lying abandoned in former district South. The defunct KMC had launched these projects in 1996.... KARACHI: KU computer science admissions KARACHI, Dec 1: The Department of Computer Science, University of Karachi, has said that all those candidates of “K” category who were provisionally admitted to the BS (CS) evening programme and... KARACHI: Regularization of jobs urged KARACHI, Dec 1: Over 200 temporary employees of the Allied Bank of Pakistan have urged the authorities to regularize their services.... KARACHI: Two illegal structures demolished KARACHI, Dec 1: A team of the Karachi Building Control Authority demolished two illegal building structures in Gulberg and Jamshed Towns, but it returned unsuccessful from one place due to resistance... KARACHI: Cold night forecast KARACHI, Dec 1: The Met department has forecast fair weather in Karachi with cool night on Monday. The minimum temperature is expected to remain between 14 and 16 degrees centigrade.... KARACHI: Work on uplift plans in Landhi shortly KARACHI, Dec 1: Work on development schemes, which have been lying abandoned, in Landhi Town will begin soon.... KARACHI: MMA sets 27 terms to join Sindh coalition KARACHI, Dec 1: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has put 27 conditions for joining a coalition government in Sindh.... KARACHI: Muttahida announces amnesty for Haqiqi men KARACHI, Dec 1: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s leader, Altaf Husain, said on Sunday there were reports that the government was trying to eliminate “no-go” areas, but cautioned the party activists to... KARACHI: City police chief comes hard on SHO KARACHI, Dec 1: City police chief on Sunday initiated a departmental action against the SHO of Artillery Maidan police station over a case of ‘murder’ which, in fact, is not a... KARACHI: MQM urged to solve people’s problems KARACHI, Dec 1: Jamaat-i-Islami deputy chief Prof Ghafoor Ahmed has said instead of demanding from the government to eliminate “no-go” areas in the city the Muttahida Qaumi Movement should submit a... KARACHI: Acting governor KARACHI, Dec 1: The Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court, Justice Saiyed Saeed Ashhad, took oath on Sunday as acting governor of Sindh in the absence of Governor Mohammedmian Soomro,... KARACHI: Arms seized KARACHI, Dec 1: Police in a raid on a house in Model Colony on Sunday recovered arms and ammunition. Police raided a closed house in Yaseen Society, Model Colony,... KARACHI: KESC detects power theft KARACHI, Dec 1: A power theft, amounting to Rs200,000 for one month, was detected at a mosque in DHA phase-V, a KESC press release said on Sunday.... KARACHI: Workers reject IRO 2002 KARACHI, Dec 1: A workers’ meeting here on Sunday rejected the Industrial Relations Ordinance 2002, calling it an anti-worker law and demanded of the government to immediately withdraw it.... HYDERABAD: Recharge dams to be built HYDERABAD, Dec 1: Sindh irrigation and power secretary Mohammad Hashim Leghari has said recharge dams will be constructed in Nagarparkar, Thatta, Dadu and Larkana districts to meet shortage of water.... HYDERABAD: Payment of wages before Eid demanded HYDERABAD, Dec 1: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has demanded of the Sindh governor to ensure payment of salary to the government employees before Eid.... HYDERABAD: Arrest of Agani’s killers demanded HYDERABAD, Dec 1: A group of writers and intellectuals observed a token hunger strike outside the press club here on Sunday against the murder of story writer Malik Agani and his... HYDERABAD: SC urged to take notice of non-payment of salary HYDERABAD, Dec 1: The officers of the Sui Southern Gas Company have appealed the chief justice to take suo motu action in the non-payment of their seven-month salary despite the court... HYDERABAD: BCS classes HYDERABAD, Dec 1: The principal of the Government College announced on Thursday that the education department has started classes for the bachelor of computer science (BCS) in the college from the... PESHAWAR: Interests of people to top all: Durrani PESHAWAR, Dec 1: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has assured that the new government would make consultation and mutual understanding the basis for the resolution of basic problems of the... PESHAWAR: Judgment on minority seat reserved PESHAWAR, Dec 1: The member, Election Commission of Pakistan, Justice Qazi A Ahsanullah Qureshi, here on  Saturday reserved his judgment on a vacant reserved seat for the non-Muslims in the NWFP assembly.... BAJAUR: Prices of commodities shoot up BAJAUR, Dec 1: The prices of daily use commodities have increased to about 45 per cent in Bajaur during the holy month of Ramazan.... PESHAWAR: Generals urged to stop interference PESHAWAR, Dec 1: Provincial information secretary of the National Awami Party Pakistan has said that until and unless the military generals stop their interference in the politics of the country, the... HARIPUR: Ghazi industrial zone soon HARIPUR, Dec 1: The deputy parliamentary leader of the NWFP assembly, Faisal Zaman, said that an industrial zone would be set up at Tehsil Ghazi, district Haripur.... LANDI KOTAL: Officials’ phones not yet restored LANDI KOTAL, Dec 1: Officials of the Khyber Agency political administration in Landi Kotal and the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited failed to reach an agreement regarding the restoration of telephone lines...

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