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December 13, 2002 Friday Shawwal 8, 1423 KARACHI: Jamali tells police to improve performance KARACHI, Dec 12: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali on Thursday said that police must work as a service-oriented department and earn credibility to the extent that people could have faith and... KARACHI: Seven cars, 13 bikes hijacked: Woman commits suicide KARACHI, Dec 12: A woman committed suicide in the city on Thursday.... KARACHI: Shujaat claims to have won Jatoi’s support KARACHI, Dec 12: The PML-Q leader, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, on Thursday claimed that he had succeeded in persuading Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi to support Ali Mohammad Mahar for the Sindh top slot.... KARACHI: SHC questions NAB chief’s power KARACHI, Dec 12: Only such cases as involve big amounts and wherein resort to plea bargain is in national interest should be tried by accountability courts, the Sindh High Court observed... KARACHI: First Haj flight to leave on Jan 5 KARACHI, Dec 12: The first Haj flight will leave from Karachi for Jeddah on Jan 5.... KARACHI: Sindh MPAs rejected LFO, says MMA KARACHI, Dec 12: Praising former speaker of the Sindh Assembly Syed Jalal Mahmood Shah’s ruling that the MPAs-elect were sworn in under the 1973 constitution, the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal said on Thursday... KARACHI: KESC will see better days, says Sherpao KARACHI, Dec 12: Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, federal minister for water and power, has expressed confidence that progressive plans and devoted team of KESC engineers and workers under the guidance of... KARACHI: Man held for travelling on forged passport KARACHI, Dec 12: The immigration department of the Federal Investigation Agency arrested Mohammed Farooq at the airport on Thursday while he was to board a flight for London on a forged... KARACHI: Scrutiny of uplift projects from 16th KARACHI, Dec 12: The city government has scheduled meetings with the union councils’ Nazims and councillors of towns on daily basis from Dec 16 to 21 in connection with the development... KARACHI: Lyari area without water for 5 months KARACHI, Dec 12: More than a hundred households of the Lyari area have been doing without good potable water for the past five months. This is despite several complaints, applications and... KARACHI: Special tree-plantation campaign launched KARACHI, Dec 12: The city government has launched a special tree plantation campaign under its beautification scheme.... KARACHI: Workshop on forced migration opens today KARACHI, Dec 12: The fourth International Workshop on “Forced Migration: Challenges and Responses” will be held in a local hotel on Dec 13 and 14, a spokesman for Karachi University announced... KARACHI: HU exam schedule KARACHI, Dec 12: The examinations department, Hamdard University, on Thursday announced the schedule of the First Professional Bachelors of Eastern Medicine Sciences (BEMS part-I) Annual Examination 2002-2003.... KARACHI: Protest demo held in front of PA building KARACHI, Dec 12: Various teachers, students and medical professionals bodies including the Karachi University Teachers Society (KUTS), the Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA), the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) and the... KARACHI: MA (previous) exam results KARACHI, Dec 12: The University of Karachi on Thursday announced the results of MA (previous) external annual examinations-2001 in different subjects.... KARACHI: Thirty maternal deaths every minute KARACHI, Dec 12: The National Committee for Maternal Health (NCMH) in its recent report, “Maternal Health Status in Pakistan” identifies approximately 32 million (over three crore) local women in the reproductive... KARACHI: Convocation KARACHI, Dec 12: Karachi University has notified that students’ invitation cards for the Convocation 2002-03 will be issued only after they have attended the convocation rehearsal.... KARACHI: Anti-polio mela KARACHI, Dec 12: The Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) Sindh will organize an “anti-polio mela” on Saturday at the Urdu Science College ground in the afternoon.... KARACHI: Court issues notice to govt on plea by Afaq’s mother: Raids on residence KARACHI, Dec 12: The Sindh High Court issued on Thursday notices to the advocate-general and a deputy attorney-general in a petition filed by the mother of Mohajir Qaumi Movement chairman Afaq... KARACHI: Mahar claims support of more than 85 MPAs KARACHI, Dec 12: Ali Mohammed Mahar, whom the PML (Q) and its allies have nominated for the post of Sindh chief minister, claimed on Thursday that he enjoyed the support of... KARACHI: Illegal constructions demolished KARACHI, Dec 12: A demolition team of the Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA), on the directive of chief controller of buildings, Brig A.S. Nasir, demolished on Thursday the upper floors of... KARACHI: Incidence of diabetes in children increasing KARACHI, Dec 12: The rising incidence of the type two diabetes in children below the age of 12 years, a phenomenon unknown until 10 years ago, is attributed to increasing obesity... KARACHI: Economic growth recognized KARACHI, Dec 12: Federal information minister, Shaikh Rasheed Ahmed, has underlined the need to further enhance the image of Pakistan.... KARACHI: PML-Q, allied groups differ on CM slot, claims Fahim KARACHI, Dec 12: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) president has rejected a claim by Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali that the PPP was not unanimous on its candidate for the Sindh chief... KARACHI: Transporters threaten strike KARACHI, Dec 12: The Karachi Transport Ittehad, an alliance of various transport associations, has threatened strike if the diesel prices are not reduced further to Rs17 per litre.... KARACHI: JI holds protest demos today KARACHI, Dec 12: The Jamaat-i-Islami, Karachi, has scheduled a number of protest demonstrations for Friday in connection with a ‘Black Day’ against the expected attack on Iraq by America, in various... KARACHI: Chemistry conference KARACHI, Dec 12: The 13th National Chemistry Conference would be organized by the University of Karachi here from December 28 to 31.... KARACHI: Suspended KARACHI, Dec 12: The provincial Secretary, Excise and Taxation, Aftab Ahmed Memon, has placed under suspension Kanwar Muhammad Hanif, an assistant E&T Officer, and Ghulam Shabir Kallo, an inspector in the... KARACHI: Swedish buses KARACHI, Dec 12: A ceremony will be held on Friday at the Karachi Post Trust building at 4pm to mark the arrival of the 32 Swedish buses, said a press release... HYDERABAD: Police asked to investigate illegal detention HYDERABAD, Dec 12: A division bench of Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, here on Thursday appointed the DPO, operations, Hyderabad, A. D. Khawaja, to conduct an inquiry into the alleged illegal... HYDERABAD: Call to expedite uplift work HYDERABAD, Dec 12: The district coordination officer of Hyderabad has said that 22 development schemes of the provincial building division are under the implementation at an estimated cost of Rs243.62 million.... HYDERABAD: Exam through video conference HYDERABAD, Dec 12: The Mehran University of Engineering and Technology has conducted viva-voce examination of a PhD student of Information Technology, Mansoor-uz-Zafar Dawood, through a video conference at the Karachi Institute... HYDERABAD: Plan for anti-bandit operation finalized HYDERABAD, Dec 12: The arrangements for conducting a massive operation against outlaws in the forest and Katcha areas of Hyderabad and Dadu districts were finalized at a meeting held here on... HYDERABAD: Centre accused of interfering in Sindh affairs HYDERABAD, Dec 12: Leaders of the Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party have attributed the deadlock in the formation of government in Sindh was due to the violation of democratic traditions and direct... HYDERABAD: SU winter vacations HYDERABAD, Dec 12: The University of Sindh will remain closed from Dec 16 to 25 on account of winter vacations.... HYDERABAD: Power shut-down schedule HYDERABAD, Dec 12: Hesco, Hyderabad, has announced that the power supply would remain suspended for a day at various parts of Hyderabad city.... HYDERABAD: DPSC meeting HYDERABAD, Dec 12: A meeting of the District Public Safety Commission, Hyderabad, was held in its office under the chairmanship of Masood Pervaiz on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: DPs link repatriation to security PESHAWAR, Dec 12: A grand Jirga of the representatives of over 1.8 million Afghan refugees in the country has linked the future voluntary repatriation plan to the security situation and provision... PESHAWAR: SC admits appeal against detention PESHAWAR, Dec 12: A two-member bench of the Supreme Court here has admitted to full hearing an appeal filed by a former additional secretary of housing and physical planning department, challenging... PESHAWAR: Hoti rebuts rumours of his resignation PESHAWAR, Dec 12: The PPP provincial chief, Khwaja Mohammed Khan Hoti, has denied that his resignation has been accepted which he tendered after the party’s defeat in the general elections in... PESHAWAR: Police fail to arrest killers of 2 brothers PESHAWAR, Dec 12: The police have failed to arrest four alleged killers of two brothers, who were murdered this year in Machi, a hamlet near Rustam village, 29km from Mardan.... PESHAWAR: Tobacco firms asked to review decision PESHAWAR, Dec 12: PPP-S MPA Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao has impressed upon the multinational tobacco companies to review the decision of shifting the depots from various areas of the province, says...

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