03 January 2004 Saturday 10 Ziqa'ad 1424 KARACHI: Profiteers causing wheat shortage, says minister KARACHI, Jan 2: Sindh Food and Agriculture Minister, Arif Mustafa Jatoi has declared that there is no wheat shortage in the province. ... KARACHI: Renovated chowrangi opens KARACHI, Jan 2: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan on Friday inaugurated reconstructed Gurumandir Chowrangi, costing Rs48 million, which has been opened for traffic. ... KARACHI: 88 fall prey to target shootings in 2003 KARACHI, Jan 2: As many as 88 people fell prey to target shootings in 2003 as compared to 87 such deaths in the year 2002. ... KARACHI: Ziaul Islam case hearing on 12th KARACHI, Jan 2: Former divisional commissioner and federal joint secretary Ziaul Islam has unaccounted for assets worth about Rs 33 million according to the list of his properties produced by his wife's counsel ... KARACHI: Over 5,000 teachers got training last year KARACHI, Jan 2: As many as 5,819 government school teachers were trained in English language teaching and different management strategies during the last year, sources in the Sindh Education department said. ... KARACHI: Women urged to adopt active lifestyle KARACHI, Jan 2: The Sobhraj Maternity Hospital will be organizing a "Free Bone Scan" programme within hospital premises on Jan 15 between 10 am to 12 noon. ... KARACHI: Bonsai garden, library opened KARACHI, Jan 2: Lt Gen Tariq Waseem Ghazi, Commander 5 Corps and President Executive Board of DHA, inaugurated Bonsai display and information centre as well as a library building at Zamzama Park in Defence, Phase-V. ... KARACHI: City govt plans more book bazaars KARACHI, Jan 2: The city government is planning to hold a book bazaar at Al-Markaz-i-Islami, near the Azizabad telephone exchange in Federal B Area, for three days on a provisional basis. ... KARACHI: KU plans to conduct new programmes KARACHI, Jan 2: The University of Karachi has planned to conduct research, development and teaching in the Satellite Remote Sensing (SRS) and GIS, with special emphasis on software tools and customized software development ... KARACHI: President to announce package for fishermen KARACHI, Jan 2: A special package for the betterment of fishermen community and development of Karachi Fish Harbour would be announced by the President Musharraf shortly. ... KARACHI: Jobless man commits suicide KARACHI, Jan 2: A young man committed suicide in Orangi Town on Friday.Police said that Nadeem, 22, was found hanging in his house on Friday morning. ... KARACHI: City council pays tribute to Maulana Noorani KARACHI, Jan 2: The City Council Karachi on Thursday paid tributes to the services of Maulana Shah Ahmed Noorani, and demanded unanimously that the Northern Bypass or Lyrai Expressway be named after Maulana Shah Ahmed Noorani. ... LAHORE: PU to set up engg research centre LAHORE, Jan 2: The Punjab University has decided to set up an engineering research centre at the Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology (ICET) to offer state-of-the-art research facilities to its scholars pursuing M.Phil and Ph.D. ... LAHORE: Biting cold to continue for two more days LAHORE, Jan 2: Fog over the plains of Punjab, including Lahore, for the second day running on Friday did not allow the sun to warm up Lahorites. ... LAHORE: 109 killed by poor Wapda network in five months LAHORE, Jan 2: The poor distribution network of Wapda (Water and Power Development Authority) killed 39 employees and 70 others during the first five months of the current fiscal year. ... LAHORE: Contract employees 'not to be regularized' LAHORE, Jan 2: The Punjab government has no plans to regularize the services of its contract and work-charged employees. ... LAHORE: Rickshaw drivers given more time LAHORE, Jan 2: The City District Government has extended the last date of replacing the defective silencers of rickshaws with the noise-free ones till Jan 15. Earlier, the government had set Dec 31 deadline for the purpose. Officials of the CDG, the Punjab environment department and traffic police will reportedly ensure its implementation. ... LAHORE: Wapda fails to stop use of sub-standard steel in GBHP LAHORE, Jan 2: In spite of three intelligence reports in four years on use of sub-standard steel in the Ghazi-Brotha Hydropower Project (GBHP) and three inquiry committees verifying the reports, the Wapda authorities have failed to take any corrective measures. ... QUETTA: Zhob police seize weapons, says IGP QUETTA, Jan 2: Balochistan's Inspector General of Police, Dr Shoiab Suddle has said that a huge quantity of weapons and explosive materials was seized in Zhob, but the traffickers escaped from the scene. ... QUETTA: Growers advised to economize on water QUETTA, Jan 2: Growers are wasting underground water reservoirs by using obsolete methods of irrigation and cultivation of non-productive and non-profitable crops in Balochistan. ... PSEHAWAR: Body for reviewing varsity law soon PESHAWAR, Jan 2: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that a committee will be formed to review and evaluate the Model University Ordinance for making it an acceptable document to all stakeholders. ... PESHAWAR: Violence against children on rise PESHAWAR, Jan 2: Sharp increase in violence against children was reported during the year-2003 as 1,000 physical and 826 cases of sexual abuse were reported, revealed a research conducted by Madadgaar. ... HERERABAD: Unhygienic conditions deplored HYDERABAD, Jan 2: The residents held a demonstration outside the local press club on Friday against unhygienic conditions in Ghumanabad, North Amil Colony, Hirabad and other localities of the union council-1, City taluka. ... HEDERABAD: Retired employees demand dues HYDERABAD, Jan 2: The Retired Employees Welfare Association, City Council, has appealed to the Sindh governor, chief minister, chief secretary and the secretary, Local Bodies, to direct relevant authorities to pay the outstanding dues ... HEDERABAD: Demo against mill management held HYDERABAD, Jan 2:: The National Biscuit Factory workers, under the aegis of the CBA union, here on Friday staged a protest march from the factory premises to the press club where they held a demonstration against the factory management. ... HYDERABAD: Revision of voters list begins HYDERABAD, Jan 2: In order to update and revise the electoral roll, the Election Commission has appointed one registration officer each for Hyderabad, Badin, Thatta and Dadu districts. ... HYDERABAD: SHC issues notices to SU, IBA officials HYDERABAD, Jan 2: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, here on Friday summoned the Sindh University vice-chancellor, the Institute of Business Administration director and the controller of examinations and others ... DADU: SHO ordered to produce two detainees DADU, Jan 2: The district and sessions judge and Human Rights Board director on Friday ordered the Pat Gul Mohammad SHO to produce two detainees in the court on Jan 5. ... PESHAWAR: Uplift works affect power supply in Hazara PESHAWAR, Jan 2: Several parts of the central Hazara region will remain without electricity for 20 days due to development activities planned by the Peshawar Electric Supply Company. ... PESHAWAR: Rules causing funds' wastage: officials PESHAWAR, Jan 2: The provincial government's guidelines to district governments, binding them to make block allocation for the social sector uplift, are causing duplication of work and wastage of development funds, NWFP government officials said. ... SUKKUR: Two boys kidnapped SUKKUR, Jan 2: Two boys were kidnapped by some armed men from a village near Sakrand town on Friday. Ghulam Farid, 17, son of Ramzan Unnar, and his relative Akhtar Ali, son of Mithal Unnar, were at home in the Dalil village ... DADU: 20 arrested after looting spree DADU, Jan 2: Twenty suspects were arrested in the Jhallo police jurisdiction on Friday after bandits went on a looting spree on Dadu-Moro road. ... GUJRANWALA: Gujranwala police claim good show in 2003 GUJRANWALA, Jan 2: The district police claim to have arrested 3,211 proclaimed offenders and 279 members of 64 robber gangs in 2003. The police recovered the plundered goods worth Rs27 million from their possession, DPO Saud Aziz told newsmen on Friday. ... MULTAN: Human rights' abuse in south Punjab MULTAN, Jan 2: The year 2003 could not be any better as far as the state of human rights in the southern Punjab was concerned compared with that in the preceding years, records an annual report of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan's local task force. ... MULTAN: IMS students in the dark about results MULTAN, Jan 2: Delay in declaration of results of various courses by the Institute of Management Sciences of the Bahauddin Zakariya University has created an embarrassing situation for hundreds of students. ... VEHARI: Pilgrims protest lack of vaccine VEHARI, Jan 2: Dozens of intending pilgrims have protested against the non-availability of vaccine. Talking to Dawn here on Friday, a group of intending pilgrims ... KASUR: Two students killed in road accident KASUR, Jan 2: Two college students were killed by a speeding wagon on Friday near Meer Kot Canal, Chunian. ... SHEIKHUPURA: 3 held with 50kg hash SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 2: An Anti-Narcotic Force (ANF) team on Friday arrested three drug-traffickers, including a woman, with a huge quantity of hashish and sophisticated weapons near Chowk Pir Bahar Shah. ... BAHAWALPUR: PO killed in 'encounter' BAHAWALNAGAR, Jan 2: A proclaimed offender involved in a number of dacoity and murder cases was killed in an encounter at Maclod Gunj on Thursday night. ... GUJRANWALA: Bail plea rejected GUJRANWALA, Jan 2: The bail application of the brother of an MPA involved in a murder case was rejected by a local court while police arrested him and sent to jail here on Friday. ... SWABI: Steps to resolve disputes urged SWABI, Jan 2: Pakistan and India can enter an era of peace and stability and find solution to the Kashmir issue if their leadership shows flexibility, speakers at a seminar said on Friday. ... PESHAWAR: Wheat supply policy slammed PESHAWAR, Jan 2: The NWFP chapter of Pakistan Flour Mills Association on Friday blamed the provincial government of following "wrong policy" regarding issuance of wheat from its warehouses, saying it had "further damaged" the local flour industry. ... ISLAMABAD: Removal of 39 police kiosks: summary sent to ministry ISLAMABAD, Jan 2: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has sent a summary to the interior ministry, seeking removal of 39 illegal kiosks set up by Islamabad police with the sponsorship of various companies, a source in the CDA told Dawn on Friday. ... HYDERABAD: Registration of treason case condemned HYDERABAD, Jan 2: The Awami Tehrik has condemned the registration of a treason case against the party leaders and activists for staging a protest rally against the Kalabagh dam and the greater Thal canal in Thatta. ...

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