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January 14, 2003 Tuesday Ziqa'ad 10, 1423 KARACHI: Water tankers continue to play havoc with roads KARACHI, Jan 13: Several main thoroughfares and busy roads of the city’s former district East have developed deep potholes owing to the frequent movement of the water tankers which fetch water... KARACHI: Suicide trend in teenagers alarmingly high in 2002 KARACHI, Jan 13: A 12 per cent increase has been noted in suicides in this metropolis with 142 people killing themselves during the year 2002 as compared to 125 during the... KARACHI: Suspects kill cop, escape KARACHI, Jan 13: Due to alleged negligence by policemen a colleague of theirs was killed and two other policemen were wounded in Malir on Monday when suspected criminals attacked policemen with... KARACHI: HSC IT exam likely to be deferred KARACHI, Jan 13: The Sindh education department is likely to defer the idea of compulsory Information Technology examination at intermediate level till next year, said sources in the department.... KARACHI: Judgment reserved in case against minister KARACHI, Jan 13: An additional district and sessions judge at the Judicial Complex, Bashir Ahmed Khoso, reserved on Monday judgment in a murder case against Shoaib Ahmed Bukhari, a leader of... KARACHI: Bandit shot dead in ‘encounter’ KARACHI, Jan 13: A suspected bandit was killed and a policeman was injured in, what police claimed, an encounter with bandits on University Road in the police limits of Sachal late... KARACHI: PPP candidate retires in favour of MMA KARACHI, Jan 13: The People’s Party Parliamentarians announced on Monday that its candidate, Rujhanullah Afridi, from NA-242 Karachi in Jan 15 by- election, has retired from the contest in favour of... KARACHI: Public-sector education in poor state KARACHI, Jan 13: Sindh has 38,885 primary schools in the public sector, of which 13,537 are without buildings, 5,901 schools have one room only, 12,791 are with two rooms, 1,131 with... KARACHI: Rs250m for incomplete school buildings KARACHI, Jan 13: Federal Education Minister Zobaida Jalal has said that a sum of Rs250 million will immediately be disbursed to the provinces according to the criteria of the national executive... KARACHI: Meeting to discuss projects in Orangi KARACHI, Jan 13: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has convened a high-level meeting to discuss an early start of work on the reconstruction of 10-km-long Shahrah-i-Orangi, upgradation of the KMC maternity home... KARACHI: Over 100 births at zoo in 2002 KARACHI, Jan 13: More than 100 animal births have been reported at Karachi Zoological Gardens during the year 2002.... KARACHI: PTA may move against erring ISPs KARACHI, Jan 13: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority will soon release the results of a survey on the performance of all internet service providers in the country.... KARACHI: Expressway affectees KARACHI, Jan 13: There will be no injustice with anyone in the construction of the Northern Bypass and land will be acquired from both the sides on equal terms.... KARACHI: Postponed KU exam on 30th KARACHI, Jan 13: The Examination Department, University of Karachi, on Monday announced to hold examination for external candidates of BCom Part-1, Paper V, Accounting, which was disturbed due to the rain... KARACHI: Action against doctors slammed KARACHI, Jan 13: Certain bureaucrats are busy in hatching conspiracies to destroy the good relationship between the doctors and the authorities, claimed the Pakistan Medical Association on Monday.... KARACHI: Plugging of leakages KARACHI, Jan 13: The Executive District Officer (EDO) and Managing Director of the Water and Sanitation Department, Brig Sardar Javed Ashraf (retired), has ordered plugging of seepage in the lines of... KARACHI: Notice to two MPAs on poll petitions KARACHI, Jan 13: Notices were issued to two members of the Sindh Assembly on Monday on two petitions challenging their election.... KARACHI: More efforts for better law, order stressed KARACHI, Jan 13: Sindh governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has called for better contacts among the relevant departments, including the sensitive agencies, to improve the law and order situation in the province.... KARACHI: JI asks govt not to conduct raids KARACHI, Jan 13: Jamaat-i-Islami secretary-general Syed Munawar Hassan on Monday demanded of the government to refrain from conducting “unjustified raids” on citizens’ residences.... KARACHI: Acquittal application filed in ships’ purchase case KARACHI, Jan 13: Commodore Mirza Ashfaq Baig (retd), a co-accused in a corruption reference against former Pakistan Navy chief Mansoorul Haq, moved on Monday an application for his acquittal before the... KARACHI: Another contempt plea filed in IBS case KARACHI, Jan 13: Counsel for Dr A. Q. Khan in the ongoing legal battle over the Institute of Behavioral Sciences filed an application in the Sindh High Court on Monday for... KARACHI: NGOs told to tie up with parties KARACHI, Jan 13: The Speaker of Sindh Assembly, Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah, has advised non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working for women’s rights to establish a strong working relationship political parties in order... KARACHI: Arrangements for by-elections reviewed KARACHI, Jan 13: A meeting here on Monday reviewed the arrangements made with regard to law and order situation during by-election for three National and five provincial assembly seats in districts... KARACHI: Altaf warns MMA against terrorizing his supporters KARACHI, Jan 13: The chief of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Altaf Hussain, has accused certain religious parties of doing politics of expediency in their campaign against the MQM supporters.... KARACHI: SSC mark-sheets KARACHI, Jan 13: The Board of Secondary Education, would start issuing mark-sheets of the SSC, supplementary examination- 2002, from Jan 15.... KARACHI: Asif Zaheer’s challan KARACHI, Jan 13: The Administrative Judge of the anti-terrorism courts at Karachi, Justice Shabbir Ahmed of the Sindh High Court, directed on Monday the investigation officer to submit challan of Asif... HYDERABAD: SAB deplores closure of 700 rice mills HYDERABAD, Jan 13: The Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB) has expressed concern over the closure of 700 rice mills in the upper Sindh.... HYDERABAD: Sugar mill owners urged to hold talk with growers HYDERABAD, Jan 13: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA) has condemned the attitude of sugar mill owners who have gone to the court of law over the matter of sugarcane price.... HYDERABAD: SHC warns police against harassing petitioner HYDERABAD, Jan 12: The Sindh High Court’s Hyderabad circuit bench on Monday restrained the police from harassing the family of a resident of Kotri.... HYDERABAD: Attack on labour leader condemned HYDERABAD, Jan 13: The workers of Ansari Sugar Mills, Badin district, staged a demonstration here on Monday against an attack on labour leader Saleem Khaskheli by the factory technical manager.... HYDERABAD: Compulsory education plan in two more talukas HYDERABAD, Jan 13: The secretary, education, Nazar Hussain Mahar, on Monday directed the EDO (education), Manzoor Hussain Bhutto, to start compulsory primary education in two more talukas of Hyderabad district.... HYDERABAD: Councillors continue hunger strike HYDERABAD, Jan 13: The members of the union council of Qasimabad No3, and other members of the action committee on Monday continued their hunger strike in Qasimabad for the second consecutive... SUKKUR: Ownership rights demanded SUKKUR, Dec 13: Naib District Nazim Iqbal Dawood Pakwala has demanded of Federal Minister Ghaus Bux Khan Mahar that ownership orders should be issued to residents of kutcha abadis.... HYDERABAD: Musical album launched HYDERABAD, Jan 13: A ceremony to launch an audio cassette and CD, “Gaye Banwra Gaye”, of Mazhar Hussain and Zulfiqar Ali, was held at the Mumtaz Mirza Auditorium, Sindh Museum, here... HYDERABAD: US slammed HYDERABAD, Jan 13 A member of the Communist Party of Pakistan-I’s Politburo, Comrade Imdad Kazi, has said that President Bush was only interested in capturing the natural resources of Iraq.... HYDERABAD: Thousands stage sit-in at MUET HYDERABAD, Jan 13: Thousands of students of the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET), Jamshoro, on Monday evening staged a sit-in outside the university’s administration building to protest against the... PESHAWAR: Reconciliation drive may prove futile: Payment of power bills PESHAWAR, Jan 13: The recently undertaken drive to reconcile figures of electricity bills and payments made against them by the district governments during the last financial year and before that is... PESHAWAR: Entrance test termed useful PESHAWAR, Jan 13: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that the entrance test was a sound and transparent procedure to determine the aptitude and academic qualification of the contenders... PESHAWAR: Refugee repatriation budget cut by 20pc PESHAWAR, Jan 13: United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has cut down its budget by 20 per cent for the forthcoming voluntary repatriation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan, official sources... PESHAWAR: Volkswagens attract varsity students PESHAWAR, Jan 13: The Volkswagen Show at the Department of Fine Arts, University of Peshawar, on Saturday attracted a large number of students.... PESHAWAR: Relief items distributed among DPs PESHAWAR, Jan 13: The Trust for Voluntary Organizations (TVO) has distributed 3,000 bags of relief items among the destitute at the Kotki Afghan refugee camps in the Bajaur Agency.... PESHAWAR: Dy speaker criticizes US policy PESHAWAR, Jan 13: The Deputy Speaker of the NWFP Assembly, Ikramullah Shahid, has warned the United States that it will disintegrate like the then Soviet Union if it did not change...

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