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December 31, 2002 Tuesday Shawwal 26, 1423 KARACHI: Towns face crisis due to unpaid share in tax KARACHI, Dec 30: Almost all the 18 town administrations of the city have been facing financial crisis in carrying out development activities in their respective jurisdictions owing to non-disbursement of their... KARACHI: Nazim seeks people’s help to solve city problems KARACHI, Dec 30: The Nazim of Karachi, Naimatullah Khan, has said that Karachi is faced with so many problems that even the federal and provincial governments together cannot resolve them.... KARACHI: Reckless driving claims two lives KARACHI, Dec 30: Two persons fell victim to reckless driving in the city on Monday.... KARACHI: Poor arrangements irk students: Degree exams at KU KARACHI, Dec 30: Inadequate transportation and security hassle caused inconvenience to a large number of candidates appearing in degree class examinations at the University of Karachi on Monday.... KARACHI: Jahangir Park reading room in poor state KARACHI, Dec 30: The reading room in Saddar Town’s Jahangir Park has, over the years, gone from bad to worse. Once a favourite haunt for hordes of middle-class people desirous of... KARACHI: High alert sounded for New Year revelries KARACHI, Dec 30: Skilled commandos have been deployed around highly sensitive places like consulates, offices of high commissions, residences of foreign dignitaries, offices of multinational companies and certain key installations to... KARACHI: Commuters face hardship KARACHI, Dec 30: Commuters travelling by Metro buses to and from Malir faced hardship as law-enforcement agencies, reportedly, did not allow these buses to run on Monday.... KARACHI: 17 vehicles hijacked KARACHI, Dec 30: Seventeen vehicles — eight cars and nine motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Monday, police said.... KARACHI: Number of OPD patients increases at Civil Hospital KARACHI, Dec 30: The number of deaths at the Civil Hospital Karachi registered a nine per cent rise in the year 2002.... KARACHI: Red tape delays launch of new buses KARACHI, Dec 30: The cumbersome official procedure has not only caused delay in the launch of the urban transport scheme but has also become an eyesore for the investors who plan... KARACHI: Doctors seek restoration of genuine IBS admin KARACHI, Dec 30: Professionals of mental health, at a meeting here on Monday, expressed concern over the recent developments at the Institute of Behavioural Sciences (IBS) and passed a unanimous resolution... KARACHI: Begum Sehba visits welfare complex KARACHI, Dec 30: First lady Begum Sehba Musharraf on Monday visited the troops’ families welfare complex in Malir Cantonment and distributed sewing machines and sweets among trainees and children.... KARACHI: Traffic plan for New Year eve KARACHI, Dec 30: Following traffic arrangements have been made to ensure a smooth flow of vehicles on new year night when big crowds of revellers are expected to throng the Clifton... KARACHI: New dates for KU exams KARACHI, Dec 30: Karachi University has announced new dates for the BSc/BA and BCom papers which had been postponed on Dec 23.... KARACHI: Mubarak Mungeri remembered KARACHI: The fourteenth death anniversary of well-known poet Mubarak Mungeri was observed on Sunday.... KARACHI: Workers stage demo KARACHI, Dec 30: A large number of workers, alongwith the widows of workers of a sugar mill in Talhar, staged a demonstration at the press club on Monday to protest against... KARACHI: Protest against delayed compensation KARACHI, Dec 30: The affected people of the Lyari Expressway on Monday staged a demonstration in front of the local press club to protest against delay in the payment of their... KARACHI: Niaz Fatehpuri memorial lecture held KARACHI: The Allama Niaz Fatehpuri memorial lecture 2002 was held on Sunday under the aegis of Halqa Niaz-o-Nigar, with Hamdard Foundation and Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu as its co-sponsors.... KARACHI: Nadra plans to simplify CNIC procedure KARACHI, Dec 30: The National Database Registration Authority will set up “call centres” in three major cities - Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad - where people can lodge complaint and get information... KARACHI: Eye patient buried 10 days after mysterious death KARACHI, Dec 30: Edhi volunteers on Monday buried the 10 day old body of Dost Muhammad Shah, a patient who died under mysterious circumstances at the Spencer’s Eye Hospital.... KARACHI: CS okays plan for uplift of journalists’ colony KARACHI, Dec 30: Sindh Chief Secretary K.B. Rind approved on Monday a plan for the development of journalists colony in the Hawkesbay scheme after consultation with the officials concerned and the... KARACHI: Governor visits media offices KARACHI, Dec 30: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad sought on Monday the media’s cooperation for bridging the gulf between the urban and rural people and for putting the province on the... KARACHI: Navy’s capabilities enhanced: Naval Chief KARACHI, Dec 30: “In today’s multi-threat environment at sea, a complete electronic warfare suite, housing support and countermeasure systems, is the need of the time for naval platforms. Pakistan Navy is... KARACHI: Court notice to govt in encroachment case KARACHI, Dec 30: A division bench of the Sindh High Court issued on Monday notices to the City Nazim, MD of the KWSB, SHO Quaidabad and other respondents for Jan 10.... KARACHI: Judgment deferred in corruption reference KARACHI, Dec 30: An accountability court deferred on Monday judgment in a reference against a clerk of Wapda, who allegedly amassed over Rs15 million assets through illegal means in five years.... KARACHI: PPP predicts fresh polls KARACHI, Dec 30: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) said on Monday that the vote of confidence won by Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali from the National Assembly “would not enhance his... KARACHI: Recounting in five PSs ordered KARACHI, Dec 30: The Election Tribunal, Sindh, headed by Justice Amir Hani Muslim of the Sindh High Court, on Monday ordered the recounting of votes in the five polling stations of... KARACHI: Robbers’ gang busted KARACHI, Dec 30: The Keamari Town police have arrested Sultan Mehmood alias Sultana Dakoo, his accomplices Gul Habib alias Jehangir, Farooque and Habib Khan, allegedly involved in robberies in passenger buses... HYDERABAD: Govt urged to shelve Thal canal project HYDERABAD, Dec 30: The Sindh water conference held here on Sunday under the aegis of the Sindh Water Committee, demanded of the government to shelve the greater Thal canal project.... HYDERABAD: Two die, another injured in attack HYDERABAD, Dec 30: Two men were shot dead and another was seriously injured by four assailants here on Monday as the on-going tussle between two groups of transport operators again took... HYDERABAD: Sit-in staged against police excesses HYDERABAD, Dec 30: The residents of Liaquat Medical University Colony held a sit-in at its Chowk on Monday in protest against the baton-charged by the police on Sunday.... HYDERABAD: Transporters warn of protest movement HYDERABAD, Dec 30: The transporters have warned to launch a protest movement if the order asking owners to deposit the vehicle tax separately at the district level is not withdrawn.... HYDERABAD: Taluka council greets Ibad HYDERABAD, Dec 30: The Hyderabad Taluka City Council, in a resolution unanimously adopted on Monday, congratulated Dr Ishratul Ibad on his appointment as the Sindh governor.... HYDERABAD: Semester exams HYDERABAD, Dec 30: The University of Sindh has announced that semester examinations 2002 of candidates of various private institutes/colleges, affiliated with the university, will be conducted from Jan 15. The schedule... PESHAWAR: Law & order to be improved: Durrani PESHAWAR, Dec 30: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani on Monday expressed his dissatisfaction over the law and order situation in the province and ordered the law enforcement agencies to improve... PESHAWAR: Teachers threaten strike against MUO PESHAWAR, Dec 30: Teachers in all educational institutions of the province will observe strikes and take out protest processions if the government implemented the Model University Ordinance.... PESHAWAR: Siblings brave killer disease PESHAWAR, Dec 30: Two young thalassaemia patients are suffering a slow death, as they are unable to find the money required for the costly bone marrow transplant.... PESHAWAR: Contract system flayed PESHAWAR, Dec 30: The All Contract Lecturers Association, NWFP, has decided to stage a protest demonstration against the contract-based employment in the education department of the province.... PESHAWAR: Municipal workers plan sit-in PESHAWAR, Dec 30: The United Municipal Workers Union has planned to protest against the district government for not solving the genuine problems of the town committees’ employees.... PESHAWAR: By-election candidate shot at PESHAWAR, Dec 30: An independent candidate from PF-20 for provincial by-election was shot at and injured allegedly by four persons in Daudzai-Gulbela area, a suburb of the city, on Sunday night....

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