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December 20, 2002 Friday Shawwal 15, 1423 KARACHI: SHC stay on IBS control vacated KARACHI, Dec 19: The Sindh High Court has withdrawn restrictions placed on the management and control of the Institute of Behavioral Sciences by the Pakistan Association of Mental Health (PAMH) and... KARACHI: Educational city in Karachi planned KARACHI, Dec 19: Sindh Chief Secretary K.B. Rind has stressed the need for preparation of a master plan, envisaging establishment of an educational city in Karachi by the provincial and the... KARACHI: Two children die in accidents KARACHI, Dec 19: Two small children died in road accidents in the city on Thursday. Police said that a four-year-old boy, Ali Akbar, was run over by a speeding minibus of route P-4 ... KARACHI: Scramble for portfolios delaying cabinet KARACHI, Dec 19: The new Sindh cabinet which was supposed to be administered oath on Friday, is now likely to be sworn in on Monday or some time the next week.... KARACHI: Nazim sets up body to probe blast KARACHI, Dec 19: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has expressed deep sorrow over the blast and collapse of a building in Allahwala Town in Korangi area and has set up a five-member... KARACHI: Arrest warrant in plea against acquittal KARACHI, Dec 19: A division bench of the Sindh High Court issued on Thursday bailable warrants for the arrest of Salim Memon in state’s appeal against his acquittal in a kidnapping... KARACHI: Younus Khan’s remand extended KARACHI, Dec 19: The judicial Magistrate Malir, Abdul Quddus Memon, extended on Thursday the police remand of MPA Younus Khan till Dec 24 in the murder case of Kafiluddin.... KARACHI: 15 bikes, 5 cars hijacked KARACHI, Dec 19: Twenty vehicles — five cars and 15 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Thursday, police said.... KARACHI: Coastal towns lack basic amenities KARACHI, Dec 19: The coastal towns and villages in Sindh, including those around Karachi, still lack basic civic amenities and a large number of fishermen in these areas live in an... KARACHI: Importance of eastern medicines highlighted KARACHI, Dec 19: The Tibb-i-Unani mode of treatment was not accorded due status by the government in Pakistan and unless its significance is not acknowledged by providing jobs to the Hakims,... KARACHI: KU announces partial results of MA exams KARACHI, Dec 19: Despite a lapse of considerable time, the University of Karachi, on Thursday, declared the incomplete results of MA (final) annual examinations 2001 for external candidates, with a pass... KARACHI: PPO plans special mail service KARACHI, Dec 19: The Pakistan Post Office is set to launch, on Jan 1, a special service that will be co-branded with a known international name, under which mail will be... KARACHI: Chemistry conference from 28th KARACHI, Dec 19: The third international chemistry conference will be held here from Dec 28 to 31, according to the Vice Chancellor of Karachi University, Prof Zafar Saeed Saifi, on Thursday.... KARACHI: Arts Council Theatre opens soon KARACHI, Dec 19: The Karachi Arts Council Theatre will open its doors to the people either in the first or second quarter of next year. The 480-seat theatre, being constructed within... KARACHI: Degree classes admissions KARACHI, Dec 19: The process for admissions to degree classes in the faculties of Arts, Commerce, Science and Home Economics will start from Jan 1, 2003.... KARACHI: Transfer KARACHI, Dec 19: The secretary sports, tourism, youth affairs and social welfare, Ashiq Hussain Memon has been transferred and posted as secretary, Irrigation. Abdul Hameed Akhund has again been posted in... KARACHI: Fair weather KARACHI, Dec 19: The Met office has forecast fair and partly cloudy weather with misty morning in the city on Friday.—APP... KARACHI: Musharraf established autocracy, says Qazi KARACHI, Dec 19: The Amir of Jamaat-i-Islami and parliamentary leader of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, has alleged that President Musharraf has established autocracy by violating Constitution and breaching democratic norms.... KARACHI: Indus Delta eco-region must regain lost habitat: Workshop concludes KARACHI, Dec 19: Speakers at a workshop on Thursday called for measures to improve the environment and various habitats in the Indus Delta Eco-region over the next 50 years. They stressed... KARACHI: Nazim visits police hospital KARACHI, Dec 19: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan Thursday visited the Police Public Hospital and monitored its departments, inquiring the well being of the patients.... KARACHI: State urged to pay Diyet for poor offenders KARACHI, Dec 19: The state should be responsible for payment of Diyet (compensation or blood money) to the heirs of murder victims on behalf of poor offenders, lawyers demanded at a... KARACHI: Mango candy KARACHI, Dec 19: Scientists at the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR), Karachi Centre, have successfully prepared a ‘mango candy’.... KARACHI: Cancellation of fishing licences demanded KARACHI, Dec 19: The speakers at a meeting on Thursday demanded that the licenses issued for the deep-sea-fishing to the foreign trawlers be cancelled immediately.... KARACHI: Kidnapping case transferred KARACHI, Dec 19: The administrative judge of the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC), Justice Shabbir Ahmed, Thursday admitted the challan of a case of kidnapping for ransom and transferred it to the ATC-III... KARACHI: Film fest at PIIA KARACHI, Dec 19: Some 80 films of different categories from Pakistan, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Japan, France, Iran, New Zealand, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, are being shown in the... HYDERABAD: Sugar mill owners blackmailing govt, growers: SGA HYDERABAD, Dec 19: The general secretary of Sugarcane Growers Association, Sindh, and PPP MNA from Mirpurkhas, Syed Qurban Ali Shah, has warned that cane growers would come out on the roads... THATTA: Sindh passing through critical juncture: Sassui THATTA, Dec 19: Sindh is passing through its worst political phase as the provincial government has been formed in return for the release of some 1,500 terrorists of the Muttahida Qaumi... HYDERABAD: Six found in illegal detention HYDERABAD, Dec 19: Six people were found in illegal detention in two separate raids by officials of the Sindh High Court and sessions court in Dadu and Hyderabad. The raids were... HYDERABAD: Police release two ‘robbers’ HYDERABAD, Dec 19: The police have released two alleged robbers despite being identified by the complainant, Tariq Mehmood, before a judicial magistrate during an identification parade.... HYDERABAD: SHC issues notices to taluka Nazim, HDA HYDERABAD, Dec 19: The circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Thursday issued notices to the taluka Nazim, Noor Mohammad Shoro, and the Hyderabad Development Authority to appear on Dec... HYDERABAD: Rs894m sugar cess fund released HYDERABAD, Dec 19: The Sindh finance department has released Rs894.161 million to districts for completion of ongoing development schemes under the Sugar Cess Development Fund.... HYDERABAD: Scholarship applications invited HYDERABAD, Dec 19: The Dadu district Nazim has invited applications from students of the University of Sindh and university model schools for grant of scholarships for the year 2002-2003.... PESHAWAR: Cooperative Society scam victim dies: Others await recovery of their money PESHAWAR, Dec 19: Nazir Gul, an affectee of the Lead Cooperative Society scam, died here of Cancer the other day.... PESHAWAR: High court accepts Patwari’s appeal PESHAWAR, Dec 19: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court here on Thursday accepted accountability appeal of a Patwari of the revenue department, Mosam Khan, and set aside his conviction... PESHAWAR: ETEA to hold entry tests for varsities PESHAWAR, Dec 19: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has stressed the need for continuous efforts to make the entrance tests for admission to professional colleges more transparent and effective.... PESHAWAR: NGOs told to hire Pakistanis PESHAWAR, Dec 19: Foreign non-governmental organizations looking after  the Afghan refugees have failed to comply with the government’s directives to recruit 50 per cent of their staff from the country, sources said.... PESHAWAR: WTO accord to fleece poor, seminar told PESHAWAR, Dec 19: Speakers on the concluding day of a two-day seminar described the imposition of the “WTO’s Agreement on TRIPs” as a step aimed at fleecing the resources of the... PESHAWAR: Students boycott classes PESHAWAR, Dec 19: Students of the Peshawar University boycotted the classes and staged a protest demonstration against the vice-chancellor for the second consecutive day here on Thursday....

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