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December 23, 2002 Monday Shawwal 18, 1423 KARACHI: Residents forced to consume filthy water KARACHI, Dec 22: There’s a cluster of houses in Gulshan-i-Iqbal which doesn’t get water every day. But whenever they do receive some, what they get is contaminated water, often unfit for... KARACHI: Sindh cabinet not likely before 30th KARACHI, Dec 22: Formation of the new Sindh Cabinet is unlikely before Dec 30, when Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali will seek vote of confidence in the National Assembly, sources close to... KARACHI: 7 cars, 11 bikes hijacked KARACHI, Dec 22: Eighteen vehicles — seven cars and 11 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Sunday, police said.... KARACHI: Boy commits suicide; three men killed KARACHI, Dec 22: A teenage boy committed suicide in Mominabad, Orangi Town, late Saturday night.... KARACHI: Arts Council members cast votes KARACHI, Dec 22: Members of the Arts Council cast their ballots on Sunday to elect its office-bearers for 2003, and also members of its governing body.... KARACHI: Free hand to City Council committees, chiefs pledged KARACHI, Dec 22: The Nazim of Karachi, Naimatullah Khan, has said that powers and functions of committees working under the City Council have been defined in the SLGO-2001. The city government,... KARACHI: IBA decision irks PhD students KARACHI, Dec 22: Despite initiating a PhD programme in Business Management in the year 1998 and opening admissions the following years, the management of the Institute of Business Administration has asked... KARACHI: Private schools urged to cut fees KARACHI, Dec 22: Sindh Chief Secretary K. B. Rind has urged private schools to reduce fees, provide books and uniforms free of cost to students for promotion of education in the... KARACHI: Seminar on Quaid KARACHI, Dec 22: A seminar and mushaira will be held at 3.30pm on Dec 25 to mark the birth anniversary of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, at house No B-1, Satellite Colony,... KARACHI: Road in Gulshan in dilapidated condition KARACHI, Dec 22: Residents of Gulshan-i-Iqbal’s Block 14 have expressed their dismay over the lethargy, inaction and senseless moves on the part of the town administration which, they say, was incompetent... KARACHI: Mansoor Rahi at Chawkandi KARACHI, Dec 22: An exhibition of 32 paintings by Mansoor Rahi opens at Chawkandi Art on Monday at 5.30pm.... KARACHI: All roads in Lyari are a shambles KARACHI, Dec 22: Almost the entire road network in Lyari Town is in poor condition and not worthy for travel, a survey shows.... KARACHI: Hostage recovered, kidnappers arrested KARACHI, Dec 22: Police, with the help of the Citizen-Police Liaison Committee, recovered on Sunday a 19-year-old boy who had been kidnapped for ransom.... KARACHI: Girls aged 3 among 382 killed under Karo-kari KARACHI, Dec 22: Girls, as young as three-10 years, were among those killed on the pretext of their being a Kari — a term used for those having illicit relations —... KARACHI: Body of third blast victim handed over to family KARACHI, Dec 22: The body of the third victim of Thursday’s explosion in Korangi was handed over to the victim’s family on Sunday for burial.... KARACHI: Working of BIEK to be improved KARACHI, Dec 22: Various measures are under consideration for improving the functioning of the Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, to bring transparency in its functions, Board Chairman Syed Iftikhar Hussain Zaidi... KARACHI: Govt to announce package soon KARACHI, Dec 22: Sindh Chief Minister Sardar Ali Mohammad Mahar will announce an important package for the province soon, said PML (Q) MPA Altaf Husain Unar on Sunday.... KARACHI: APMA holds demo KARACHI, Dec 22: The All Pakistan Minority Alliance (APMA), Sindh, staged on Sunday a protest demonstration against the changing of loyalties by one of its MNAs, Mushtaq Khokhar, in favour of... KARACHI: Edhi ambulance damaged in mishap KARACHI, Dec 22: A private Suzuki pickup collided with an ambulance of the Edhi Foundation on Estate Avenue in SITE on Sunday morning.... KARACHI: Ibex-hunting permits granted KARACHI, Dec 22: Balloting for award of Ibex trophy-hunting permits was held by the Sindh Wildlife Management Board here on Saturday.... KARACHI: Walk held for ailing children’s welfare KARACHI, Dec 22: A large number of people participated in a walk organized here on Sunday to highlight the miseries of the poor and sick children.... HYDERABAD: Water crisis threatening Sindh’s economy: expert HYDERABAD, Dec 22: Irrigation expert A.N.G. Abbasi has warned the persistent water shortage will utterly destroy agricultural sector and economy of Sindh in the next 10 to 15 years.... SUKKUR: Research centre to be set up in Ghotki SUKKUR, Dec 22: The chief minister, Sindh, Ali Mohammad Mahar, said that a science and technology research centre would be set up in Ghotki next year.... SANGHAR: Drop in onion price worries growers SANGHAR, Dec 22: Over-production has pushed the price of onions down to rock bottom level and the growers do not know what to do with their crop.... THATTA: Four die in accident THATTA, Dec 22: Four men were killed and another was injured when a recklessly-driven bus collided head-on with a rickshaw at the Makli incline here on Sunday.... DADU: Three killed in clash DADU, Dec 22: Three men were killed and two injured in a clash over a land dispute in Jakhro village near Khairpur Nathan Shah on Sunday.... PESHAWAR: Rules for analysis of seized narcotics not made PESHAWAR, Dec 22: The accused in narcotics cases are placed in disadvantaged position because of non-calculation of percentage of banned ingredients in seized consignments.... PESHAWAR: Efforts on to reopen Bannu airport: CM PESHAWAR, Dec 22: Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said that efforts are being made to re-open the Bannu airport and bring it at par with other international airports to give... PESHAWAR: Six die as bus falls into ravine PESHAWAR, Dec 22: Six people were killed and 46 others injured when a passenger bus plunged into a deep ravine in Dargai Tehsil in Malakand, some 70kms north-east of here, on... PESHAWAR: Meter installation plan rejected PESHAWAR, Dec 22: Qabail Jamhurri Party has rejected Wapda plan to install electricity meters in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), a press release said.... TIMERGARA: XEN hurt in attack on Pesco office TIMERGARA, Dec 22: A group of angry protesters attacked the offices of Peshawar Electric Supply Company here on Saturday and injured an executive engineer over what they claimed heavy fines imposed... KOHAT: Man arrested for abduction, assault of woman KOHAT, Dec 22: A local leader of a banned religious outfit was arrested for abduction and repeated gang rape of an Afghan woman and sent to jail on Saturday, police said.... GILGIT: Karakoram Highway blocked GILGIT, Dec 22: The Karakoram Highway, that was blocked in Tatupani and Chamugarh on Friday following earthquakes, could not be opened for traffic despite hectic efforts by the frontier Works Organization... HARIPUR: Two women killed HARIPUR, Dec 22: Two women were killed when a wall of an under-construction shop fell on them at Darband on Sunday....

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