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December 16, 2002 Monday Shawwal 11, 1423 KARACHI: Bombing suspect held with explosives: Place of arrest disputed KARACHI, Dec 15: Police claimed to have made a breakthrough in the Sheraton hotel bomb blast case as they have arrested a man for his alleged involvement in the case.... KARACHI: Child run over by tanker: 7 cars, 8 bikes hijacked KARACHI, Dec 15: A small girl was run over by a water tanker in New Karachi on Sunday.... KARACHI: Spilled over naptha drained away KARACHI, Dec 15: A major disaster was averted at the terminal “B” of the Keamari oil terminal on Sunday when 22,000 litres of naptha, a highly inflammable oil product, was drained... KARACHI: Fishermen languishing in jails KARACHI, Dec 15: More than 370 fishermen are languishing in the prisons of Pakistan and India on charges of illegal fishing.... KARACHI: Haqiqi man shot dead KARACHI, Dec 15: An activist of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement was shot dead in Liaquatabad on Sunday night.... KARACHI: 8,000 appear in test for post office jobs KARACHI, Dec 15: As many as 8,000 candidates appeared in the written tests, held under the auspices of the Post Master General, southern Sindh, for the vacancies of postmen, packers and... KARACHI: Satirists, humorists enthral Karachiites: World humour conference KARACHI, Dec 15: Almost all the elements in humour and satire were there in good measure at the opening ceremony of the first international conference on humour, which got under way... KARACHI: Nikah performed thru video conference KARACHI, Dec 15: Although Nikah over the telephone has become very common, but for the first time in Pakistan a Nikah was performed on the internet through a video-conference at a... KARACHI: Population welfare dept to expand facilities KARACHI, Dec 15: The Sindh Population Welfare Department is in the process of expanding its facilities to address the current population growth rate in the province, registered to be the highest... KARACHI: Recognition of achievers’ services emphasized KARACHI, Dec 15: Speakers at a function here on Sunday stressed the need for acknowledging the valuable service, rendered to the masses, of those who had achieved distinction in their respective... KARACHI: Improvement ordered in sanitary conditions KARACHI, Dec 15: Chief Secretary Sindh, K.B. Rind has directed the secretary local government to evolve a strategy in coordination with DCOs and EDOs concerned for improving sanitary condit-ions in their... KARACHI: KBCA men told to improve performance KARACHI, Dec 15: Officer on special duty, Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA), Rauf Akhtar Farooqi, in a meeting with KBCA officers conveyed a note of warning and told them that Chief... KARACHI: NED convocation KARACHI, Dec 15: The convocation 2002-03 of the NED University will be held on its campus at 10am on Monday, vice- chancellor Engr Abul Kalam said on Sunday.... KARACHI: US warned against attack on Iraq KARACHI, Dec 15: Jamaat-i-Islami deputy chief Prof Ghafoor Ahmed has said America wants to establish its rule over the world and it has become the biggest threat to world peace and... KARACHI: MMA slams govt KARACHI, Dec 15: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s deputy parliamentary leader in Sindh Assembly, Nasrullah Khan Shajee, has condemned the government and police’s highhandedness with elected members, siege of assembly building, search of... KARACHI: Changes to labour laws urged KARACHI, Dec 15: Speakers at a workers’ meeting here on Sunday demanded abolition of all anti-worker laws and introduction of worker-friendly legislation in the country.... KARACHI: MQM observes martyrs’ day today KARACHI, Dec 15: Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Monday observes the 16th anniversary of Aligarh carnage and the 31st anniversary of the fall of Dhaka.... KARACHI: Manghopir shrine KARACHI, Dec 15: Taking notice of complaints lodged by devotees of Manghopir shrine, the Administrator Auqaf, Karachi, Naukhez Anwar Siddiqui, has directed the manager Auqaf, West, to maintain proper record of... KARACHI: Home for drug addicts planned KARACHI, Dec 15: The Inspector-General of the Sindh Police, Syed Kamal Shah, has said a strategy is being chalked out, in cooperation with the Capital City Police and the city government,... KARACHI: Release of Haqiqi MPA demanded KARACHI, Dec 15: Women belonging to the Mohajir Qaumi Movement on Sunday protested against the arrest of MPA Younus Khan and expressed apprehensions that his life was in danger.... HYDERABAD: JI flays interference in formation of govt HYDERABAD, Dec 15: Jamaat-i-Islami secretary-general Syed Munawar Hassan has accused Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali and Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain of interfering in formation of government in Sindh.... HYDERABAD: No legal action being taken in burn cases: study HYDERABAD, Dec 15: As many as 17 incidents of burn, involving women, took place in the last 11 months according to the record available with the burns ward of the Liaquat... HYDERABAD: Private schools asked to get regularized HYDERABAD, Dec 15: The executive district officer (EDO), Education, Hyderabad district, has directed all the managements of private schools to get their institutions regularized in accordance with the provisions of the... HYDERABAD: Three policemen arrested HYDERABAD, Dec 15: The police on Saturday evening arrested three officials of the Anti-Car Lifting Cell (ACLC), Karachi after they shot and wounded an unarmed occupant of a car and trespassed... HYDERABAD: Anti-police rally HYDERABAD, Dec 15: The speakers at a demonstration, staged by Pasban here on Saturday, demanded the Farooq Shidi self-immolation case should be tried in an Anti-Terrorism Court.... HYDERABAD: Growers hold demos against land occupation HYDERABAD, Dec 15: The farmers of Bhrind Mari deh, Mehar taluka, Dadu district, have appealed the authorities concerned to take action against people for occupying their land and taking away their... HYDERABAD: G. M. Bhurgari passes away HYDERABAD, Dec 15: One of the founders of the World Sindhi Congress and the chairman, Sindh National Congress, G. M. Bhurgari, breathed his last in the Rajputana Hospital on Saturday.... MIRPURKHAS: Encroachments MIRPURKHAS, Dec 15: The taluka municipal administration has constituted a committee to remove encroachments from the main roundabout and roads of the city. Talking to journalists here on Saturday, the chairman... PESHAWAR: 2 accused of heroin smuggling released PESHAWAR, Dec 15: Two persons, arrested by the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on the charge of smuggling heroin, were released from the prison on Saturday after the seized narcotics turned out to... PESHAWAR: Arrest warrants against customs inspector issued PESHAWAR, Dec 15: A trial court in Abbottabad has issued arrest warrants against a customs inspector and ordered attachment of his salary as he could not appear before the court despite... PESHAWAR: Sipra made city police chief: Largescale shuffling of senior officials PESHAWAR, Dec 15: The provincial government has appointed Tanveer Hussain Sipra chief of the Capital City Police in place of Khurshid Alam Khan, who has been made DIG Headquarters.... SWABI: Concern over cut in tobacco quota SWABI, Dec 15: The provincial general secretary of Anjuman-i-Kashtkaran and member of Pakistan Tobacco Board, Ismail Jan Khan, said on Sunday that the slashed quota of tobacco for 2003 by the... PESHAWAR: Commuters facing hardships PESHAWAR, Dec 15: The residents of Hayatabad Township are facing hardship at the hands of minibus drivers who charge them full fare for their last destination but alight them outside the... KOHAT: Bureaucrats told to change attitude KOHAT, Dec 15: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has asked the bureaucrats to change their attitude and act like real servants of the masses.... ABBOTTABAD: NGOs bound to seek govt permission for new plans ABBOTTABAD, Dec 15: Provincial Minister for Local Bodies and Rural Development Sardar Mohammed Idrees has said that the NGOs will have to get permission from the respective departments before initiating any... CHITRAL: Pandemonium at MMA Eid Milan CHITRAL, Dec 15: A pandemonium broke out at the Eid Milan party of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) held in the auditorium of Government Commerce College here on Sunday when MNA Maulana...

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