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December 24, 2002 Tuesday Shawwal 19, 1423 KARACHI: Scattered showers disrupt city services KARACHI, Dec 23: The city doesn’t receive a lot of rain. But each time there’s a downpour, the people are caught unawares.... KARACHI: No more water-holidays in many towns KARACHI, Dec 23: The city government’s Water and Sanitation Department (WSD) had done away with the water-holiday system for most of the towns of the city.... KARACHI: 22 vehicles hijacked, woman commits suicide KARACHI, Dec 23: An Afghan woman committed suicide in her house at Afghan Basti off Super Highway late Sunday night.... KARACHI: Power shut Follows rainfall KARACHI, Dec 23: Supply of electricity to most areas of the city was severed soon after rain and gales had arrived here on Monday.... KARACHI: Arts Council election results KARACHI, Dec 23: Known anchorperson Khushbakht Shujaat was declared vice president of the Arts Council on Monday following counting of the votes cast during polling on Sunday.... KARACHI: Road-user charges from July next KARACHI, Dec 23: The new system of road-user charges, which was to come into effect on Jan 1, 2003, has been deferred till July, subject to clearance by the federal government,... KARACHI: Hearing of reference against Burki put off KARACHI, Dec 23: An accountability court adjourned the hearing of a corruption reference against Javed Burki, a former federal secretary and former chief of the Pakistan Automobile Corporation (Paco), and another... KARACHI: Laws to protect child rights demanded KARACHI, Dec 23: Speakers at a workshop on Dimensions of Child Abuse stressed that social attitudes towards children needed to be changed. They called for the enactment of child-friendly laws aimed... KARACHI: 5 schools selected for model centre plan KARACHI, Dec 23: The Sindh education department has planned to develop some of its schools as model educational centres in collaboration with the private sector.... KARACHI: Daudpota Road under sewage for many days KARACHI, Dec 23: Despite repeated complaints by residents of the UC-9, no measures have been taken so far to flush out sewage which has inundated the main Daudpota Road.... KARACHI: Hypertension affects kidney KARACHI, Dec 23: Prevention of renal disease was discussed at a seminar on Kidney — the forgotten factor in hypertension, organized by the Department of Nephrology, Liaquat National Hospital, here on... KARACHI: HU exam schedule KARACHI, Dec 23: The Hamdard University on Monday announced the schedule of second professional Bachelor of Eastern Medicine Science annual theory, practical/viva-voice examinations to be held next month.... KARACHI: Admission list for MBA programme issued KARACHI, Dec 23: The Department of Business Administration, University of Karachi, on Monday announced a provisional list of candidates selected for admission to the MBA evening programme 2003.... KARACHI: Pioneer body of Urdu turns 100 KARACHI, Dec 23: With the beginning of the new year, the Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu will complete hundred years of its formation.... KARACHI: Private schools’ registration KARACHI, Dec 23: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has taken a strict notice of reports that some so-called organizations have been collecting Rs1,000 from private schools in the name of registration or... KARACHI: Quaid’s birth anniversary KARACHI, Dec 23: Sindh government will celebrate the birthday of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah in a befitting manner throughout the province on Dec 25.... KARACHI: Repeal of anti-women laws urged KARACHI, Dec 23: Speakers at a seminar here on Monday said a country could not progress if half of its population was not allowed to participate in economic activities.... KARACHI: KU holiday on 25th KARACHI, Dec 23: Karachi University and its affiliated colleges will remain closed on Dec 25 on account of Quaid-i-Azam’s birth day/Christmas.... KARACHI: Government comments on Haqiqi pleas sought KARACHI, Dec 23: A division bench of the Sindh High Court asked the provincial government on Monday to submit its comments on four petitions filed by Mohajir Qaumi Movement leaders within... KARACHI: Children be encouraged in healthy activities KARACHI, Dec 23: The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) goes beyond existing treaties by seeking to balance the rights of the child and the rights and duties of... KARACHI: SHCBA slams death sentences by Indian court KARACHI, Dec 23: The Sindh High Court Bar Association (SHCBA) condemned on Monday the death sentences awarded to three accused, including a university teacher, by an Indian court under the Prevention... KARACHI: KESC teams arrest 13 persons for power theft KARACHI, Dec 23: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation’s (KESC) Vigilance, Surveillance and Theft Detection (STD) wing rounded up 13 persons from marriage halls, lawns and roadside wedding Shamianas in Clifton, Nazimabad,... KARACHI: Pakistan-Iran friendship body formed KARACHI, Dec 23: A Pakistan-Iran Friendship Association has been formed with a view to further strengthen relations between the two countries at the people-to-people level.... KARACHI: Altaf lauds spirit of co-existence KARACHI, Dec 23: The chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Altaf Husain, has said the Sindhi and Urdu speaking people have learnt to live like brothers, and now there is no... KARACHI: Children exposed to serious health hazards KARACHI, Dec 23: Doctors, physicians and medical consultants, participating in a meeting here on Monday, have expressed their serious concern over a wide range of environmental hazards that are posing a... KARACHI: China’s help sought for frigate building KARACHI, Dec 23: The Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Shahid Karimullah, said on Monday that the government was cognizant of the naval deterrence and has given approval to negotiate with China... KARACHI: 3 robberies committed KARACHI, Dec 23: Three robberies were committed in the city on Monday, police said.... KARACHI: Three held, Liquor seized KARACHI, Dec 23: The excise police, South Karachi, have arrested three alleged drug peddlers and seized 330 bottles of locally- made liquor with a Suzuki pickup (KH-9718).... KARACHI: Woman drug pusher held KARACHI, Dec 23: The Pakistan Coast Guards on Monday arrested a woman drug pusher at Uthal on the RCD Highway and recovered seven kilograms of Hashish from polythene bags wrapped around... KARACHI: Police attitude criticized KARACHI, Dec 23: Sindh National Front chief Mumtaz Ali Bhutto speaking to the party workers here on Monday lashed out at government for being unable to save common man from police... KARACHI: Fake ghee factory raided KARACHI, Dec 23: Food inspectors of the health department of the city government have seized hundreds of empty and filled containers of substandard ghee after a raid on a factory in... KARACHI: Change of guard KARACHI, Dec 23: The Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul, will mount the guard at the mausoleum of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah on Dec 25.... HYDERABAD: Ban on import of GM cottonseed demanded HYDERABAD, Dec 23: Hundreds of farmers and haris took out a procession here on Sunday to protest against harmful effects of genetically modified (GM) cottonseed.... HYDERABAD: Rumpus in dist council hampers proceedings HYDERABAD, Dec 23: The members of the PPP’s Awam Dost Panel created rumpus in the district council on Monday when an independent member presented a motion, congratulating Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali... DADU: Plea to introduce licence system: Fishing in Manchhar Lake DADU, Dec 23: A large number of fishermen from Manchhar Lake staged a demonstration outside the local press club on Monday against the fisheries officials.... DADU: Jamal’s son on canvassing drive DADU, Dec 23: The son of Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Mir Umer Khan Jamali, arrived here to request the chief of the Jamali tribe to convince his son to... NAWABSHSAH: Cane Commissioner’s transfer resented NAWABSHAH, Dec 23: A meeting of the Small Growers Welfare Association was held here on Sunday to protest against transfer of the Sugarcane Commissioner of Sindh.... LARKANA: Protests mar dist council session LARKANA, Dec 23: Three simultaneous demonstrations, that of people calling for early arrest of Malik Agani, irrigation workers protesting against proposed takeover of the province’s irrigation system by the SIDA, and... JACOBABAD: Man dies in accident JACOBABAD, Dec 23: A loaded truck (DKA-825) ran over a donkey-cart on the Shikarpur Road near the Saleem Rice Mill here on Monday, killing the donkey and its rider, Ghulam Nabi... MITHI: Three hostages return MITHI, Dec 23: Three men, who were kidnapped from Kaloi, Diplo taluka, about nine weeks ago, have reached their homes after being released by the kidnappers.... SANGHAR: Nazim appears in BA exams SANGHAR, Dec 23: Sanghar District Nazim Roshan Din Junejo appeared in the BA-I examinations at the Government Degree College here on Monday.... PESHAWAR: Lawyers denounce FBI operations PESHAWAR, Dec 23: The lawyers community on Monday held a protest demonstration against the presence and operations of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Pakistan, and asked the government to forthwith... PESHAWAR: Road network being upgraded PESHAWAR, Dec 23: The road network of Orakzai Agency is being upgraded at a cost of Rs245.420 million.... PESHAWAR: New policies on birth control demanded PESHAWAR, Dec 23: Speakers at a workshop here have urged the government to devise and implement population control policies in collaboration with the community, to check the population rate of the... PESHAWAR: Minor boy released PESHAWAR, Dec 23: A juvenile court here on Monday released  a minor boy, accused of drug pushing, on probation, after his  brother gave an undertaking that the boy would be admitted to  a school. ... MINGORA: Traders’ strike against BISE shifting on 31st MINGORA, Dec 23: The trade unions of Swat, Shangla and Buner districts have decided to observe a strike on Dec 31 against the shifting of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary...

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