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January 2, 2003 Thursday Shawwal 28, 1423 KARACHI: Number of unsafe schools goes up KARACHI, Jan 1: As many as 5,732 government schools, up to higher secondary level, are lying closed and another 2,471 are being run in dilapidated buildings in Sindh, according to official... KARACHI: Reckless driving claims two lives: Woman dies of burns KARACHI, Jan 1: Two men fell victim to reckless driving in the city on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Young man killed in head-on collision KARACHI, Jan 1: A young man died and four others were wounded in a head-on collision between two cars on Shaheed-i-Millat Road on Wednesday morning.... KARACHI: Govt continues to ignore key projects KARACHI, Jan 1: The people of Karachi hope that during the year 2003 some of the problems of the city would get due attention of the authorities concerned. Many of these... KARACHI: Dr Ibad acquitted, Younus arraigned KARACHI, Jan 1: The provincial government withdrew on Wednesday a criminal case against Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad.... KARACHI: City Council members stage walkout KARACHI, Jan 1: The City Council session on Wednesday was marred by heated debates and a walkout by members demanding satisfactory answers and proper information in response to questions forwarded by... KARACHI: Eight cars, 15 bikes hijacked KARACHI, Jan 1: Twenty-three vehicles — eight cars and 15 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Wednesday, police said.... KARACHI: KFHA-FCS dispute may lead to crisis KARACHI, Jan 1: A new crisis may erupt in the fisheries sector if early steps are not taken to resolve the outstanding issues between the Karachi Fish Harbour Authority (KFHA) and... KARACHI: Date for bus stops bids extended KARACHI, Jan 1: The transport and communications department of the city government has extended the date for submission of bids for the development of 470 bus stops on 36 routes in... KARACHI: Agreement on modern eye hospital tomorrow KARACHI, Jan 1: The city government will establish a Rs120 million modern ophthalmology institute stretched on an area of 2.5 acres in Nazimabad with the cooperation of the SAARC Foundation (UK).... KARACHI: Academic session at KU begins KARACHI, Jan 1: The academic session at the Karachi University began on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Tobacco firm stops TV, radio ads KARACHI, Jan 1: The Pakistan Tobacco Company (PTC) will not use television and radio for cigarette advertisements, from January 1, onwards, a press release says.... KARACHI: Action ordered on plots for blind KARACHI, Jan 1: Sindh Chief Secretary K.B. Rind has directed the Local Government Department to take action as warranted under the rules on an application of the Pakistan Association of the... KARACHI: TSC exam schedule announced KARACHI, Jan 1: The controller of examinations, Sindh Board of Technical Education, has announced the last dates for receiving admission forms and fee for the candidates of the Technical School Certificate... KARACHI: Power theft unearthed KARACHI, Jan 1: A KESC surveillance and theft-detection team, with the help of an Army-Monitoring Team, unearthed a case of large-scale power theft in the Centre of Sports & Culture and... KARACHI: NED results KARACHI, Jan 1: The NED University annouced on Wednesday the result of the B.E. final year of Electronic Engineering, annual examination, 1998-99.... KARACHI: Task force on nursing education planned KARACHI, Jan 1: The federal government is contemplating constituting a committee for developing the nursing sector on modern and scientific lines.... KARACHI: 200 doctors halt work at JPMC KARACHI, Jan 1: Work at the casualty department of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre came to a halt on Wednesday afternoon when more than 200 postgraduate doctors at the hospital went... KARACHI: Alarming rise in home-fleeing KARACHI, Jan 1: An alarming 30 per cent increase has been recorded in the runaway cases, pertaining to children fleeing homes, in the year 2002 as compared to the corresponding year,... KARACHI: 1,000 doctors’ promotions blocked KARACHI, Jan 1: More than 1,000 Grade-17 doctors of the Sindh government have been awaiting promotions despite the fact that, in most cases, their length of service is twice than what... KARACHI: Cheque given KARACHI, Jan 1: Syed Ghulam Nabi Shah, secretary, and Ashraf Jehan, additional secretary, Sindh law and human rights department, on Wednesday presented a cheque of Rs200,000 to the father of the... KARACHI: CM seeks settlement of feud KARACHI, Jan 1: Sindh Chief Minister Sardar Ali Mohammad Khan Mahar on Wednesday urged the notables, elected representatives and tribal chiefs to mediate between the Jatoi and Mahar tribes to stop... KARACHI: Transporters to protest POL price hike KARACHI, Jan 1: Expressing concern over an increase in the petroleum prices by the Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC), the Karachi Transport Ittehad (KTI) termed it “New Year present” for citizens... KARACHI: Ibad meets Noorani, seeks cooperation KARACHI, Jan 1: Governor Ishrat-ul-Ibad and Maulana Shah Ahmed Noorani, President of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, exchanged views on various issues concerning Sindh during a meeting here on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Shoukat Mirza murder case KARACHI, Jan 1: Trial of the Shoukat Mirza murder case formally began here on Wednesday.... HYDERABAD: Joint struggle for Sindh’s rights urged HYDERABAD, Jan 1: Noted scholar and educationist Mohammad Ibrahim Joyo has said Sindh has been denied its national rights, in accordance with the 1940 Resolution, despite the lapse of 55 years.... HYDERABAD: Convict gets life term in kidnapping, murder case HYDERABAD, Jan 1: The Anti-Terrorism Court, Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas, here on Wednesday sentenced a man to two times life imprisonment in a kidnapping-cum-murder case of a four-year-old boy.... HYDERABAD: 23,000 new taxpayers identified HYDERABAD, Jan 1: The local zone of the Income Tax Department has identified 23,000 new taxpayers during the first half of the current financial year.... HYDERABAD: Sindh varsity admissions to MPA, PGD HYDERABAD, Jan 1: The last date for submitting forms for admission to MPA and PGD in public administration, evening programme, at the University of Sindh has been fixed at Jan 20.... SUKKUR: Traders’ recovery demanded SUKKUR, Jan 1: A group of people of the Hindu community blocked the Indus Highway near Karampur Laro, Shikarpur district, on Wednesday and demanded recovery of kidnapped Hindu traders.... LARKANA: One killed in accident LARKANA, Jan 1: A Karachi-bound coach hit a motorcycle from the back as a result of which the motorcyclist, Nisar Ahmed, 60, was killed on the spot and another injured on... PESHAWAR: Depts told to submit summaries in Urdu PESHAWAR, Jan 1: Administrative secretaries of all  the departments of the NWFP government have been directed to submit official summaries and briefs for the perusal of the Chief Minister Akram Khan... PESHAWAR: Crime rate rises in Peshawar district PESHAWAR, Jan 1: The crime rate in the Peshawar district recorded an increase in 2002 as compared to last year despite the introduction of police reforms and claims of improving law... PESHAWAR: Ban on cultural events criticized PESHAWAR, Jan 1: Ban on the cultural activities at the Nishtar Hall has been incurring losses on the sole theatre hall of the province.... PESHAWAR: Obscene CDs, Cassettes set on fire PESHAWAR, Jan 1: Thousands of pornographic cassettes and CDs, Indian movies and sex-related drugs were set on fire at Jinnah Park on Wednesday.... PESHAWAR: JI demands uplift of tribal areas PESHAWAR, Jan 1: Jamaat-i-Islami, Khyber Agency, has demanded of the government to take practical steps for the development of the tribal area and announce relief package for the social and economic... PESHAWAR: No New Year revelries seen PESHAWAR, Jan 1: For the first time, the last night of the year did not see any party here, thanks to the Muttahida Majlis Amal’s government. The people, especially the youth,... PESHAWAR: Work on NICs in progress: official PESHAWAR, Jan 1: The director-general of National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) in NWFP, Brig Mohammad Anwar has said 70  per cent work had been completed on  preparation  of computerized national...

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