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December 4, 2002 Wednesday Ramazan 28,1423 KARACHI: Cut prices or face action, meat sellers told again KARACHI, Dec 3: Meat sellers have not reduced meat prices, though the city government had asked them on Saturday, Nov 30, to do so by Tuesday.... KARACHI: Beggars equipped with mobile phones, credit cards KARACHI, Dec 3: Interesting facts have surfaced during the ongoing city-wide campaign launched by the city government against professional beggars and the mafia behind it.... KARACHI: Plan ready to ease traffic congestion in Saddar KARACHI, Dec 3: For the first time in several decades, the City authorities have come out with firm determination to overcome the enigma of traffic congestion that has made miserable the... KARACHI: 18 bikes, seven cars hijacked KARACHI, Dec 3: Twenty-five vehicles — seven cars and 18 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Tuesday, police said.... KARACHI: Young man, boy killed KARACHI, Dec 3: A young man was shot dead in SITE area on Tuesday.Police said unidentified men tried to intercept a motorist near the Pak Colony police kiosk situated near Habib Bank.... KARACHI: See-saw on Sindh CM continues KARACHI, Dec 3: With the return of Muttahida Qaumi Movement to the treasury benches, chances of an early convening of the hijacked Sindh Assembly session have brightened.... KARACHI: Sustainable exploitation of fisheries urged KARACHI, Dec 3: A sustainable fisheries management policy is needed to ensure the safety of seafood stock and livelihood of fishermen in the country, a study says.... KARACHI: People urged to fight pollution KARACHI, Dec 3: A non-governmental organization has urged the masses to join hands to fight against growing pollution so that the future generations have a better environment to live in.... KARACHI: Reconstruction of Minhas Road KARACHI, Dec 3: Tenders for reconstruction of Rashid Minhas Road from Askari petrol pump to the Nipa roundabout have been invited and it is expected that work on the project will... KARACHI: Emergency steps for markets KARACHI, Dec 3: The city government has made advance arrangements to meet any emergency situation in all shopping and business centres in view of growing Eid shopping rush in the metropolis.... KARACHI: Arts Council polls on 22nd KARACHI, Dec 3: Elections of the office-bearers of the Arts Council will be held on Dec 22.... KARACHI: Filthy water supply to N. Nazimabad KARACHI, Dec 3: At least 150 houses in North Nazimabad have been without potable water for the last 13 days. They have been getting contaminated water from their mains, which cannot... KARACHI: 8 dialysis machines lying idle at LGH KARACHI, Dec 3: Sindh Chief Secretary, K. B. Rind has taken a serious note of the non-utilization of eight expensive dialyses machines in the Lyari General Hospital since one decade.... KARACHI: SHC restores state’s appeal against acquittal KARACHI, Dec 3: An anti-terrorism appellate bench of the Sindh High Court restored on Tuesday a criminal acquittal appeal filed by the state challenging the acquittal of a high-profile accused, Dilawar... KARACHI: Advocate refuses to defend activists KARACHI, Dec 3: The pauper advocate, appointed to represent the chief of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, Akram Lahori, and others, has told the anti-terrorism court which is trying the case that he... KARACHI: Awareness of rare mental disorder KARACHI, Dec 3: A Hungarian man whose three-year-old daughter is suffering from a rare and uncurable mental disorder has started a journey of nearly half of the world to create awareness... KARACHI: SHCBA demands PA session KARACHI, Dec 3: The Sindh High Court Bar Association has urged the provincial governor to announce a date for the first session of the newly- elected Sindh Assembly by Thursday.... KARACHI: 10 farmers convicted of causing loss to govt KARACHI, Dec 3: An accountability court convicted on Tuesday 10 persons for causing loss to the national exchequer through embezzlements in the funds of the provincial food department.... KARACHI: MMA leaders invited to visit BD KARACHI, Dec 3: Executive president of Bangladesh Nezam-i-Islam Party, Mufti Izharul Islam Chowdhury, on Tuesday condemned the statements of Indian leadership about the existence of Al Qaeda in Bangladesh and said... KARACHI: 14 firms to operate big vans in city KARACHI, Dec 3: The City Government, under the Urban Transport Scheme, has issued registration notification documents to 14 well-known companies allowing them to run modernized and heavy-duty vans in the city.... KARACHI: Blindness KARACHI, Dec 3: Abject poverty and lack of public trust on ophthalmology units operating at rural health-care outlets has led to a high rate of cataract induced blindness in the province.—APP... MIRPURKHAS: Growers protest against water shortage MIRPURKHAS, Dec 3: A large number of growers held demonstrations at various places on Monday to protest against the acute shortage and unjust distribution of irrigation water.... THATTA: Three children killed in landslip THATTA, Dec 3: Three children were killed while a fourth was seriously injured in a landslip at the Makli Hill, near the filter plant, on Tuesday.... SUKKUR: PPP MPAs in touch with forward bloc, says Khalid SUKKUR, Dec 3: Dissidents of the People’s Party Parliamentarians are in touch with the PPP (Patriots) and they will join them soon, Federal State Minister Khalid Lund claimed on Tuesday.... HYDERABAD: Recruitment of 418 teachers begins HYDERABAD, Dec 3: Sindh Education Minister Khan Mohammad Dahri has said that 418 vacancies of primary school teachers had been notified.... LARKANA: One of four hostages released by bandits LARKANA, Dec 3: One of the four men, who were kidnapped by seven bandits near Ratodero on Monday, was released on Tuesday.... MITHI: Girls college in Mithi demanded MITHI, Dec 3: The residents of Thar, whose daughters intend to acquire higher secondary education after passing matriculation, have expressed serious concern regarding there being no college for girls in... DADU: Demo against municipal authorities DADU, Dec 3: A large number of people staged a protest demonstration here on Tuesday against the Dadu taluka municipal administration.... HYDERABAD: Bhutto’s sister passes away HYDERABAD, Dec 3: The eldest sister of late primer minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Shahar Bano alias Imtiaz Begum, died in the Rajputana Hospital here on Monday after suffering kidney failure. She... HYDERABAD: Passenger shot dead by robbers HYDERABAD, Dec 3: Six highwaymen shot dead a coaster passenger and injured two others on the Tando Allahyar-Mirpurkhas Road, near the Naseer Wah, on Tuesday.... HYDERABAD: Computer centres HYDERABAD, Dec 3: The DCO has expressed dissatisfaction over the performance of private computer centres, associated with government colleges.... NAWABSHAH: Call to open closed schools NAWABSHAH, Dec 3: More than 80 girls of the Misri Khan Khoso village, Sakrand taluka, are unable to get education as no teacher has been appointed at the village primary school.... PESHAWAR: Provinces cannot amend local govt laws: experts PESHAWAR, Dec 3: The laws pertaining to local governments in the provinces cannot be amended by the provincial assemblies without the sanction of the president, claimed legal experts.... SWABI: Co-education will go, says minister SWABI, Dec 3: NWFP Education Minister Maulana Fazal Ali said on Tuesday  that the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal government will scrap the changes brought in the curriculum by the non-governmental organizations.... DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Robbers gang busted in D.I. Khan DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Dec 3: A gang of robbers was busted by Paroa police on Sunday but their arrest was kept secret to round up other members of their gang.... SWABI: Eid in NWFP on same day likely SWABI, Dec 3: With Eid-ul-Fitr round the corner, and Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, a coalition of religious parties, in control, it is hoped that unlike previous years a multiple Eid would be avoided... PESHAWAR: MMA to eliminate elite culture: MPA PESHAWAR, Dec 3: The JUI-F felicitating NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani said that his assumption of the office of chief executive of the province is a good omen for the... PESHAWAR: Direction to police PESHAWAR, Dec 3: IGP Mohammed Saeed Khan has directed the police force to ensure prevention of firing into air on sighting Shawwal moon and all sort of obscenity, gambling and other... PESHAWAR: Tenants get bail in double murder case PESHAWAR, Dec 3: An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday granted interim pre-arrest bail to 18 tenants in a double murder case.... PESHAWAR: Eid: rich spend, poor earn PESHAWAR, Dec 3: As Eid is just round the corner, the busy Arbab Road in the cantonment area bustles with a fleet of brand new cars, presenting a striking difference between...

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