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December 3, 2002 Tuesday Ramazan 27,1423 KARACHI: APC seeks Sindh PA session before Eid KARACHI, Dec 2: The All Parties Conference organized by the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal here on Monday criticized the postponement of the inaugural session of the new Sindh Assembly and demanded that schedule... KARACHI: Schedule for inter, matric exams announced KARACHI, Dec 2: The steering committee of the Sindh education department, which finalized the schedule for matric and intermediate annual examinations on Monday, remained indecisive on the modalities of class XI... KARACHI: Subscribers find it hard to have phones reconnected KARACHI, Dec 2: A large number of Pakistan Telecommunication Company subscribers face troubles getting their phone numbers reconnected even after payment of bills.... KARACHI: Man dies in accident; 20 vehicles hijacked KARACHI, Dec 2: Twenty vehicles — four cars and 16 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Monday, police said.... KARACHI: Bombs found in mosque KARACHI, Dec 2: A major disaster was averted on Monday in Orangi Town when bombs planted in a mosque were discovered before they could explode.... KARACHI: SHC judge reprimands police KARACHI, Dec 2: Justice Shabbir Ahmed of the Sindh High Court, who is also the administrative judge of the anti-terrorism courts for Karachi division, reprimanded on Monday officials of New Karachi... KARACHI: Expressway land record sought KARACHI, Dec 2: The Sindh High Court asked the advocate-general on Monday to produce the entire record pertaining to the land being acquired for the Lyari Expressway, on Dec 23.... KARACHI: Eid holidays KARACHI, Dec 2: The Sindh government has announced three days’ holidays on the occasion of Eid all over the province.... KARACHI: Hawkes Bay scheme cleared of encroachments: Compensation paid to expressway affected KARACHI, Dec 2: The Special Anti-encroachment Squad of the Revenue Department of City District Government on Monday removed all the encroachments from the lands allocated for Journalists’ Housing Scheme in Hawkes... KARACHI: Elimination of beggary stressed KARACHI, Dec 2: The City Nazim, Naimatullah Khan, presided over a meeting here on Monday to review the City Government‘s ongoing anti-beggary campaign and appreciated the steps taken to curb the... KARACHI: Siamese twins admitted to NICH KARACHI, Dec 2: Another case of Siamese twins has been registered at the National Institute of Child Health (NICH).... KARACHI: IT dept to be made fully functional KARACHI, Dec 2: Sindh Chief Secretary K.B. Rind has stressed the need for making IT department fully-functional in view of its great significance, so that vast opportunities of jobs could be... KARACHI: Sacchal Sarmast remembered KARACHI, Dec 2: The Pakistan Academy of Letters organized a special lecture and mushaira on the occasion of 181st Urs of the mystic poet of Sindh Hazrat Sacchal Sarmast.... KARACHI: NED exam results KARACHI, Dec 2: The NED University on Monday declared the results of final-year (B. Architecture) annual examination of 1995-96 batch along with supplementary examination 1994-95 batch.... KARACHI: Exam forms KARACHI, Dec 2: Karachi University has said that regular candidates for BA, BSc (pass) and BCom annual examinations 2002 could submit their examination forms and fees from Dec 2 till the... KARACHI: Book mela held in Federal B Area KARACHI: At a kutub mela held in Federal B Area, where a number of writers and poets discussed on Sunday the problems faced by writers, publishers and booksellers in the promotion... KARACHI: Khuhro, Farooq exchange views KARACHI, Dec 2: Informal contacts between Peoples Party Parliamentarians and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, apparently aimed at preventing the political situation in the province from getting bad to worse, are continuing.... KARACHI: Auction of historic site in Lyari Town stopped KARACHI, Dec 2: A historic building in Lyari Town has been saved from being auctioned due to the timely action taken by the Town Nazim.... KARACHI: Contempt notice in property dispute case KARACHI, Dec 2: Justice Amir Hani Muslim of the Sindh High Court issued on Monday a showcause notice for contempt to a defendant who rented out a disputed property despite a... KARACHI: Women MPs urged to join hands for rights KARACHI, Dec 2: Speakers at a meeting on Monday urged the women parliamentarians to join hands to highlight and help resolve women’s issues at all forums regardless of their party affiliations.... KARACHI: MMA calls for probe into ‘no-go’ areas situation KARACHI, Dec 2: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, a conglomerate of six religio-political parties, has demanded constitution of a judicial commission to ascertain facts about the so-called ‘no-go’ areas.... KARACHI: Up to 80,000 may have contracted HIV in Pakistan KARACHI, Dec 2: The HIV/AIDS disease, with the tendency of escalating out of control in a very short span of time, makes it a moral duty of all government and non-governmental... KARACHI: JI vows to eradicate terrorism KARACHI, Dec 2: Jamaat Islami secretary-general and a leader of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Munawwar Hasan, has vowed to eradicate, what he called, the menace of extortion, blackmailing and terrorism in Karachi.... KARACHI: Teachers observe protest day KARACHI, Dec 2: College teachers in the province observed a protest day on Monday against the Punjab government’s decision to terminate the services of seven teachers.... KARACHI: Abattoirs raided KARACHI, Dec 2: District officer of the city government’s veterinary services department has asked all cattle-pen owners to ensure timely payment of dues and taxes for the year 2002- 2003.... KARACHI: Cold night KARACHI, Dec 2: The Met office has forecast a fair weather with cold night in the city on Tuesday. On Saturday the weather remained hot and dry, with the minimum temperature... LARKANA: Wapda cuts power supply to 20 villages: Non-payment of dues LARKANA, Dec 2: The Wapda has cut off the electricity supply to around 20 villages, which get power from the empire sub-division on Monday.... THATTA: Hundreds still confined to bed in Thatta: Outbreak of gastroenteritis THATTA, Dec 2: So far 46 people have succumbed to gastroenteritis and hundreds of others are still confined to bed since the outbreak of the epidemic three weeks back in the... SUKKUR: Maher favours PPP govt in Sindh SUKKUR, Dec 2: Federal Railways Minister Ghous Baksh Maher said on Monday that the People’s Party Parliamentar-ians, being the single largest majority party in Sindh, had the first right to form... MIRPURKHAS: Arbab hopes for forming govt with MQM MIRPURKHAS, Dec 2: MPA-elect Dr Arbab Ghulam Raheem has said that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement is “our real and natural partner and we, along with the MQM and Pir Pagara” will... HYDERABAD: School upgradation scheme launched HYDERABAD, Dec 2: A scheme for school improvement has been introduced in the Hyderabad district under which 32 schools, which show better results, will be converted into English-medium schools every year.... HYDERABAD: Deadlock in Sindh deplored HYDERABAD, Dec 2: Chief ministers have been appointed in the other provinces while a deadlock prevails in Sindh, said Sindh National Front chief Mumtaz Ali Bhutto here on Monday.... HYDERABAD: SPLA protests against sacking of Dr Yasmeen HYDERABAD, Dec 2: A provi-nce-wide protest day was observed by the Sindh Professors and Lecturers’ Association on Monday.... SUKKUR: Three men kidnapped SUKKUR, Dec 2: Three men were kidnapped by a group of armed bandits from the Gharro Shakh village, near Ghauspur, on Sunday evening.... SANGHAR: Growers slam water shortage SANGHAR, Dec 2: Over 100 tail-end farmers of the Dim Wah, Khadro irrigation sub-division, held a demonstration outside the press club here on Monday against shortage of irrigation water.... HYDERABAD: Demo held against Zakat officials HYDERABAD, Dec 2: Some poor women, belonging to three villages of the union council-4, Qasimabad, staged a demonstration outside the press club here on Monday.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Boy dies NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Dec 2: A nine-year-old boy, Wazir Hussain, was killed in Mehra-bpur on Sunday after being hit by a Suzuki pickup (LO-250).... PESHAWAR: Status of judges’ oath creates confusion PESHAWAR, Dec 2: Confusion persists over the issue whether the superior courts judges should take the fresh oath under the 1973 Constitution or not.... PESHAWAR: Convict acquitted by FSC PESHAWAR, Dec 2: The Federal Shariat Court here on Monday acquitted an appellant convicted by a qazi court of committing dacoity.... PESHAWAR: Man arrested with explosives PESHAWAR, Dec 2: The city police have seized four dynamites and four hand-grenades and arrested an alleged terrorist after shootout on Jamrood Road here on Monday.... PESHAWAR: Seraiki programmes demanded PESHAWAR, Dec 2: The people of Dera Ismail Khan district have demanded of the federal and provincial governments to start transmission of Seraiki programmes and give due coverage to the area... PESHAWAR: MMA has tough job to do in NWFP PESHAWAR: A 13-member NWFP cabinet began working on Monday. 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