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January 24, 2003 Friday Ziqa’ad 20, 1423 KARACHI: City Council demands probe into killings: Cases against Nazim, councillors resented KARACHI, Jan 23: The City Council unanimously adopted a resolution demanding a judicial inquiry into the recent killing of two Muttahida Qaumi Movement activists, exposition of actual killers and an immediate... KARACHI: Woman found dead in apartment KARACHI, Jan 23: A young woman was found murdered in her apartment at Taj Complex on M. A. Jinnah Road on Thursday.... KARACHI: US agency, KPT sign desalination plant deal KARACHI, Jan 23: The United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) would provide a grant of $287,480 to partially fund the feasibility for the proposed 25 MGD desalination plant in water-deficient... KARACHI: Seven cars, 12 bikes hijacked KARACHI, Jan 23: Nineteen vehicles — seven cars and 12 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Thursday, police said. Three cars were hijacked. Four others were... KARACHI: Fireworks expected during PA session KARACHI, Jan 23: The Sindh Assembly session scheduled to begin on Monday has blocked the opposition PPP’s move to have a requisitioned session.... KARACHI: Women MPs seek cut in interest rate on bank loans KARACHI, Jan 23: Women parliamentarians on Thursday urged the First Women Bank to try to bring down the rate of interest on the loans extended to women entrepreneurs so that they... KARACHI: Intra-govt differences KARACHI, Jan 23: A meeting of the National Alliance, scheduled for Friday, will review its relationship with the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (Q) amid the growing mistrust between the two coalition... KARACHI: Senate polls: 3 papers okayed KARACHI, Jan 23: Provincial Election Commission on Thursday scrutinized nomination papers of the candidates of Senate’s women seats from Sindh and accepted those of Begum Salma Ahmed of PML-F and Bibi... KARACHI: Laws to protect wildlife urged KARACHI, Jan 23: Trade of wild animals is the second most lucrative business in the world after narcotics trade which is thriving in Pakistan also, while any type of animal rights... KARACHI: Roses are everyone’s favourite KARACHI, Jan 23: Roses are distinctive from the thousands of species of different flowers because of the fragrance and beauty that no other species have. They are labelled as unsocial for... KARACHI: DHA’s uplift projects reviewed KARACHI, Jan 23: A meeting of the DHA executive board here on Thursday reviewed the development projects in the locality and underlined the need for beautification of roads.... KARACHI: Joint survey of Hawkesbay scheme ordered KARACHI, Jan 23: Sindh Ombudsman Justice Haziq ul Khairi has directed the defunct Lyari Development Authority and the Board of Revenue and to conduct a joint physical survey of the Hawkesbay... KARACHI: Dr Hameedullah remembered KARACHI: A well attended meeting of writers and thinkers to condole the death of eminent scholar Dr Mohammad Hameedullah was held at Bahadur Yar Jung Academy on Wednesday, with Dr Manzooruddin... KARACHI: Lyari area getting turbid water KARACHI, Jan 23: More than 100 residential units in the Baghdadi area of Lyari have been receiving contaminated water for the past few days, a survey of the locality shows.... KARACHI: KU sets up student advisory body KARACHI, Jan 23: A central student advisory committee has been formed at the Karachi University. This was announced by a spokesman for the university on Thursday.... KARACHI: Four doctors depose in US consulate case KARACHI, Jan 23: An anti-terrorism court adjourned on Thursday the hearing of the US consulate car bombing case against the leaders of the banned Harkatul Mujahideen Aalmi after recording the statements... KARACHI: Lowering of CSS exam age limit challenged KARACHI, Jan 23: The Sindh High Court on Thursday issued notices to the Establishment Division and the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) on a writ petition questioning lowering of the upper-age... KARACHI: French team updated on probe into May 8 blast KARACHI, Jan 23: A five-member team of French officials was given an up-date on the investigations into the Sheraton bomb blast case at the Sindh home department on Thursday.... KARACHI: MMA continues rallies KARACHI, Jan 23: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), Sindh, continued its series of protest demonstrations for the seventh consecutive day, Thursday, outside the local press club against the arrest of Jamaat-i-Islami activists and... KARACHI: SHC sets aside death sentences KARACHI, Jan 23: A division bench of the Sindh High Court while accepting on Thursday appeals of three accused ordered their release, if not required in any other case.... KARACHI: SHC accepts appeals in kidnapping case KARACHI, Jan 23: A division bench of the Sindh High Court accepted appeals of two convicts/accused in a kidnapping case and set aside life imprisonment awarded to them by an ATC... KARACHI: PPP fears imposition of governor’s rule in Sindh KARACHI, Jan 23: Expressing concern over the deadlock in behind the scenes negotiations between the Sindh Chief Minister, Ali Muhammad Mahar, and his coalition partners on power-sharing, Pakistan People’s Party on... KARACHI: Naimatullah visits held UC Nazim KARACHI, Jan 23: The Nazim of Karachi, Naimatullah Khan, accompanied by a number of city council members, visited Jauharabad and Azizabad police stations late on Wednesday where the Nazim of Union... KARACHI: HSC suppl exams from 29th KARACHI, Jan 23: The practical of HSC supplementary examination-2002 of Humanities (regular) would commence on January 29, said a notification of the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi on Thursday.... KARACHI: India criticized KARACHI, Jan 23: Corps Commander Lt-Gen Tariq Waseem Ghazi has said that defence of the country is in safe hands.... KARACHI: LG minister questions devolution in Karachi KARACHI, Jan 23: Sindh minister for local government Mohammad Hussain questioned the devolution in Karachi on Thursday and said it should be re-examined whether the working of KDA, KBCA and KWSB... HYDERABAD: Sindhi, Urdu be declared official languages: MMA HYDERABAD, Jan 23: The district president of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Maulana Abdul Waheed Qureshi, has demanded of the Sindh government and the provincial assembly to declare Urdu and Sindhi as the... HYDERABAD: Ex-SRTC workers asked to seek remedy from civil court HYDERABAD, Jan 23: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, on Thursday has directed 57 retired employees of the Sindh Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) to seek remedy from... HYDERABAD: Power loom owners hold demo against arson HYDERABAD, Jan 23: Around 150 power looms owners took to the streets here on Thursday after activists of a nationalist party torched the warehouse of Fareed Ansari, one of the owner... HYDERABAD: Better facilities for pensioners urged HYDERABAD, Jan 23: The district coordination officer, Mir Hussain Ali, has directed the officers of the Employees’ Old-age Benefit Institution (EOBI) and the Sindh Employees Social Security Institution to facilitate the... HYDERABAD: Protests over delay in arrest of killers HYDERABAD, Jan 23: People living around Hali Road on Thursday staged a march and held demonstrations outside the DPO’s office, the local press club and the office of the Nazim, Latifabad... HYDERABAD: Position holders HYDERABAD, Jan 23: The controller of examinations, University of Sindh, on Thursday announced the names of students who took first positions in the semester examinations of 1999.... HYDERABAD: Funds to be provided for uplift works HYDERABAD, Jan 23: The district Nazim of Hyderabad, Dr Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman, has said that necessary steps were being taken to procure funds for accelerating the pace of work on the development... HYDERABAD: Police get govt plot vacated from cop HYDERABAD, Jan 23: The Hussainabad police on Thursday got the possession of a government plot vacated from a constable following a protest demonstration by the residents of union council 1, who... PESHAWAR: Sessions judges get additional powers PESHAWAR, Jan 23: The District and Sessions Judge, Peshawar, Hayat Ali Shah, has delegated powers of Justice of Peace to all the additional district and sessions judges here on Wednesday.... PESHAWAR: Decision on official language criticized PESHAWAR, Jan 23: Various literary organizations have criticized the provincial government’s decision to adopt Urdu as the official language and termed it disappointing for the millions of Pashto-speaking people of the... PESHAWAR: Body constituted to finalize civil awards PESHAWAR Jan 23: The provincial government constituted a revised special committee of scholars to assist the standing committee in finalizing the recommendations for the Civil Awards.... PESHAWAR: 3 student leaders arrested PESHAWAR, Jan 23: The protesting students of the Islamia College have been baton charged by the police.... PESHAWAR: Three held for injuring two PESHAWAR, Jan 23: The city police arrested three armed men who have injured a widow and a passerby near sessions court in the jurisdiction of East-Cantonment police station.... PESHAWAR: 2 carjackers held PESHAWAR, Jan 23: The police have arrested two members of the an inter-provincial gang of carjackers and seized two vehicles and ammunition from their possession....

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