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December 22, 2002 Sunday Shawwal 17, 1423 KARACHI: City gets partly filtered water KARACHI, Dec 21: A filtration plant, which supplies 100 million gallons per day of potable water to the city, is only being partially utilized. As a result, only partly-treated water is... KARACHI: Family identifies Ramzi’s remains KARACHI, Dec 21: Police handed over the body of Asif Ramzi to his mother and wife on Saturday after his identity was established.... KARACHI: $3million cyber fraud detected KARACHI, Dec 21: Federal Investigation Agency, with the assistance of the American customs authorities, have detected a ‘cyber-fraud’, of $3million, and arrested some members of the gang involved.... KARACHI: Rs10m property suit rejected KARACHI, Dec 21: Justice Zahid Kurban Alavi of the Sindh High Court has dismissed a 10-million-rupee suit by two highest but rejected bidders for a bank property with special compensatory cost... KARACHI: 20 bikes, six cars hijacked KARACHI, Dec 21: Twenty-six vehicles, 20 motorcycles and six cars were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Saturday, police sources said.... KARACHI: Conductor run over by bus KARACHI, Dec 21: Reckless driving claimed one life in the city on Saturday.... KARACHI: Aftab reinstated; Ibad set to return today KARACHI, Dec 21: The former deputy convener of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Aftab Shaikh, has been reinstated in his post after his meeting with the party chief, Altaf Hussain, in London.... KARACHI: Tobacco adds up to 100,000 more cancer cases every year KARACHI, Dec 21: A considerable increase in new cancer cases has been detected. Now, on an average, between 200,000 and 250,000 new cases are detected every year.... KARACHI: Arts Council elections today KARACHI, Dec 21: Members of the Arts Council of Karachi will cast their ballots on Sunday to elect their office-bearers and governing body members for 2003. Slightly more than 2,000 are... KARACHI: PMA for resolving IBS issue amicably KARACHI, Dec 21: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has urged the concerned parties to amicably resolve the issue relating to the Institute of Behavioural Sciences, so that people could resume getting... KARACHI: KaraFilm festival concludes KARACHI, Dec 21: The Karachi International Film Festival-2002, also known as Second KaraFilm Festival, concluded on Saturday after a successful run of eight days at the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs.... KARACHI: Decline of reading habit discussed KARACHI: An English-language magazine on Friday organized a seminar on the “Declining Reading Habits” among the public, particularly those who could afford to buy books and spare time to read them.... KARACHI: Appointment of teachers on contract basis planned KARACHI, Dec 21: Sindh government has decided to constitute recruitment committees at district level to appoint teachers on two-year contracts for schools and colleges in the province.... KARACHI: Violation of law by trawlers denied KARACHI, Dec 21: Deep-sea trawlers are operating according to the relevant laws of the country and ever since the revival of this sector five months ago, not a single case of... KARACHI: Work on coastal highway reviewed KARACHI, Dec 21: Vice-Chief of Army Staff General Muhammad Yousuf Khan, on Saturday said that beside undertaking the foremost responsibility of guarding the frontiers of the motherland, the Pakistan Army, whenever... KARACHI: Kidnap victim’s father appeals for justice KARACHI, Dec 21: A father whose minor daughter was kidnapped has accused the police of colluding with the kidnappers and urged the authorities to order immediate action.... KARACHI: FST reinstates railway officer KARACHI, Dec 21: The Federal Service Tribunal reinstated on Saturday a divisional transportation officer (DTO) of the Pakistan Railways with retrospective effect.... KARACHI: District prison committees formed KARACHI, Dec 21: Sindh home department has formed prison committees for all the districts, each headed by district Naib Nazim, whose main responsibility will be to supervise and inspect prisons, darul... KARACHI: Poll petition sent to tribunal KARACHI, Dec 21: A petition challenging the election of a PPP candidate from Larkana was on Saturday assigned by the Election Commission to the election tribunal comprising Justice Syed Ali Aslam... KARACHI: SBTE exams schedule KARACHI, Dec 21: The Sindh Board of Technical Education has said that part-II practical supplementary (old and new) exams 2002 of metric technical students will begin on Jan 1.... KARACHI: KU seminar KARACHI, Dec 21: A seminar on the role of youth in controlling AIDS, hepatitis B,C and other infectious diseases will be held on December 24 under the auspices of the Department... PESHAWAR: Hydel profit issue to be resolved, says Sherpao PESHAWAR, Dec 21: Water and Power Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has said that a comprehensive strategy is being made to overcome the problem of low voltage and loadshedding in the... PESHAWAR: Operation against outlaws planned PESHAWAR, Dec 21: The city police have planned to launch an operation against outlaws in the first week of January.... PESHAWAR: Minister holds back transfers, orders probe PESHAWAR, Dec 21: Taking strong notice of the complaints about recently issued transfer orders of Grade-5 to Grade-16 employees of the population welfare department, the NWFP minister for health and population... PESHAWAR: Estate agents resent changes in law PESHAWAR, Dec 21: The Peshawar Property Dealers Association has expressed concern over what they called “illegal amendments” made to the Registration Act and alleged that the same had been done in... PESHAWAR: Hafiz’s poetry eulogized PESHAWAR, Dec 21: Speakers at a seminar described the great Iranian poet Hafiz Shirazi as “a blend of Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi’s mysticism and Saadi’s platonic love,” who left an indelible mark... PESHAWAR: Education for special children urged PESHAWAR, Dec 21: Imparting proper education and training to special children and orphans was the collective responsibility of the government, NGOs and the society to enable them to play their due... ISLAMABAD: Legislators asked to stay in contact with masses ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: Speaker National Assembly Chaudhry Amir Hussain on Saturday asked the legislators to maintain a constant contact with the people to fulfil important duty of enacting laws for development... ISLAMABAD: 1,000 computer labs to be set up in country ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: The government will set up 1,000 computer labs at a cost of Rs1.4 billion in the country, including AJK, FANA and FATA.... ISLAMABAD: G-9 bus stand auction may run into legal snags ISLAMABAD, Dec. 21: The scheduled auction of the bus/flying coach stand in Markaz G-9 by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) may run into legal snags, as some people with vested interests... ISLAMABAD: Man gets life term, Rs200,000 fine in murder case ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Asad Raza awarded life imprisonment and a fine of Rs200,000 to a convict in a murder case here on Saturday. In case of... RAWALPINDI: Abandoned infant dies at HFH RAWALPINDI, Dec 21: A newly-born baby, who had been abandoned by his mother at the Holy Family Hospital (HFH), died on Friday.... HYDERABAD: 209 awarded degrees at MUET convocation HYDERABAD, Dec 21: As many as 209 candidates of different batches of the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET) were awarded bachelors and post-graduate degrees and 21 candidates were awarded... HYDERABAD: ‘Violence, abuse push children to crime’ HYDERABAD, Dec 21: Domestic violence against children and abuse at workplace were cited as the main factors pushing them to commit crimes at the seminar on ‘child labour and protection to... HYDERABAD: Water shortage in Sindh flayed HYDERABAD, Dec 21: People’s Party Parliamentarians MNA Nawab Mohammad Yousuf Talpur has severely criticized the acute shortage of water in Sindh saying that not a drop of water was available in... HYDERABAD: Decision on sacked teachers demanded HYDERABAD, Dec 21: The chairman of the Teachers-Parents Action Committee, Government Khadija Higher Secondary School, Mukhi House, Hyderabad, has demanded of the secretary education, the Zila Nazim, and the DCO, to... HYDERABAD: Call to eliminate feudalism HYDERABAD, Dec 21: Rejecting the 1973 Constitution, the Communist Party of Pakistan (dissident group) has stressed the need for a new democratic and secular constitution in the country.... HYDERABAD: SU position holders’ names announced HYDERABAD, Dec 21: The University of Sindh has announced the names of position holders in various disciplines in the semester examinations for different years.... NAWABSHAH: PPP demands jobs for local people NAWABSHAH, Dec 21: A group of activists of the People’s Party Parliamentarians took out a procession here on Saturday to protest against the Chemi Visco Fibre Factory for not providing jobs... MUZAFFARABAD: PEC seminar on Monday MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 21: The Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) is organizing a seminar on “PEC standard bidding/ contract documents” in the AJK capital on Monday.... ABBOTTABAD: Cantt area expanded ABBOTTABAD, Dec 21: Elected representatives and traders have shown resentment over the inclusion of some municipal committee areas in the cantonment.... UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan to assume UN seat next month UNITED NATIONS, Dec 21: Pakistan will be assuming a non-permanent seat of the Security Council next month at a historic and a crucial juncture of the international politics.... LAHORE: Bypolls: PPP, PML-N, MMA talks remain inconclusive LAHORE, Dec 21: Talks between leaders of the PPP, the PML-N and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) held here on Saturday to field joint candidates in the Jan 15 bypolls remained inconclusive.... LAHORE: Water storage in Tarbela, Mangla shrinks LAHORE, Dec 21: The volume of water stored in two major dams of the country on Saturday shrank with 1maf of water left in Tarbela and 0.66maf in Mangla.... LAHORE: PML-N for release of doctor, his family LAHORE, Dec 21: The PML-N on Saturday demanded that physician Dr Ahmed Javed Khwaja and his family members, apprehended by the FBI, should be released immediately or the party legislators would... LAHORE: Stakeholders told to record statements LAHORE, Dec 21: The commission constituted by the Punjab chief minister to review the disputed matters regarding autonomous educational and health institutions has invited stakeholders to record their statements from Monday.... LAHORE: Wheat sown on 13.7m acres LAHORE, Dec 21: Wheat has been sown on 13.725 million acres in the Punjab against the target of 14.826 million acres, achieving 92.57 per cent of the target.... LAHORE: Mehr for express train facility to Shikarpur LAHORE, Dec 21: Railway Minister Ghaus Bakhsh Mehr has directed the railway management to provide fast train facility to the people of the area (Shikarpur) he belonged to.... LAHORE: Zardari case adjourned LAHORE, Dec 21: Proceedings in a drug trafficking case against former senator Asif Ali Zardari were adjourned for Jan 4 by the district and sessions judge on Saturday without recording any... LAHORE: DAG ordered to file reply in child’s custody case LAHORE, Dec 21: The Lahore High Court on Saturday ruled that non-ratification of the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction by the government was violative of citizens’ fundamental rights guaranteed by...

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