13 January 2004 Tuesday 20 Ziqa'ad 1424 KARACHI: 15 injured as student groups clash at KU KARACHI, Jan 12: At least 15 students were injured when activists of two student groups clashed with each other on the campus of Karachi University on Monday. ... KARACHI: Tension grips Lyari KARACHI, Jan 12: Many areas of Lyari remained tense on Monday following the killing of a central leader of the Pakistan People's Party (Shaheed Bhutto) late on Sunday night. ... KARACHI: Baby undergoes open-heart surgery at CHK KARACHI, Jan 12: In a rare operation for Pakistan, a tiny baby underwent an open-heart surgery on Monday. The operation, lasting four hours, was carried out at the cardiac surgery department of the Civil Hospital. ... KARACHI: Two traders among five shot dead KARACHI, Jan 12: Four people and an alleged robber were killed in different parts of the city. A dealer in the electronics market was shot dead and his son wounded by armed men in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Monday. ... KARACHI: Survey of buildings near mazar demanded KARACHI, Jan 12: The Quaid-i-Azam Mazar Management Board (QMMB) has urged the Sindh government to carry out a survey of the buildings in the protective zone so that the restrictive law regarding buildings' height could be implemented strictly. ... KARACHI: SESSI urged to serve secured workers KARACHI, Jan 12: Sindh Minister for Labour, Transport, Commerce and Industries, Muhammad Adil Siddiqui, has urged SESSI employees to serve the secured workers with human spirit. ... KARACHI: Prevention of heart ailments discussed KARACHI, Jan 12: A "Public Awareness Week" got under way at the Liaquat National Hospital (LNH) on Monday. Various issues in heart ailments, particularly prevention of the same, were discussed. ... KARACHI: Almani sisters get govt jobs KARACHI, Jan 12: Two appointment orders were delivered to Shaista Almani at the Women Police Station on Monday afternoon. She and her sister, Parveen Almani, have been appointed, on contract basis ... KARACHI: Repairs of roads in Gulberg launched KARACHI, Jan 12: Sindh Planning and Development Minister Shoaib Ahmed Bukhari on Monday inaugurated road repair work and uplift scheme in Gulberg Town, proposed by MPA Imamuddin Shahzad under MPAs Preferential Programme 2002-03. ... KARACHI: City govt to build four garbage stations KARACHI, Jan 12: City government has identified four places to construct garbage transfer stations in the city and work is expected to begin soon in this regard. ... KARACHI: New trends in treatment of ENT diseases discussed KARACHI, Jan 12: Rapid advancement in the sphere of medical research and technology has turned many of the complicated conditions related to ear and nose absolutely curable ... LAHORE: Reshuffle in police to improve law, order: Pervaiz LAHORE, Jan 12: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi says the recent reshuffle in the Punjab police has been made to improve law and order situation, especially robberies, in the Punjab. ... LAHORE: Wheat sown on 15.429m acres LAHORE, Jan 12: The Punjab has sown wheat on 15.429 million acres by Jan 3 against its current year's target of 15.350 million acres -- an improvement of 100.52 per cent. ... LAHORE: Over 52pc plots lying vacant LAHORE, Jan 12: Of the 224,342 plots developed in the private and public sector housing schemes in the provincial metropolis till date, as many as 118,657 (52.89 per cent) are lying vacant. ... LAHORE: Rehab of Lower Chenab Canal System okayed LAHORE, Jan 12: The Punjab government on Monday approved reconstruction of water reservoirs and canals, and rehabilitation of the Lower Chenab Canal System at a cost of Rs2.4 billion. ... ISLAMABAD: Unnecessary speedbreakers in Islamabad to be removed ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to remove all illegal and unnecessarily constructed speedbreakers in the capital. ... RAWALPINDI: Each dist to get Rs150m for education: minister RAWALPINDI, Jan 12: A package of Rs150 million will be given to each district in Punjab for promotion of education, said provincial minister for law, parliamentary affairs and local bodies Mohammad Basharat Raja on Monday. ... RAWALPINDI: Lighters main cause of Pindi firecrackers blast: report RAWALPINDI, Jan 12: The huge explosion in a truck carrying firecrackers at Ganjmandi on December 27, which claimed eight lives, was mainly due to the presence of cigarette lighters packed with the explosive material ... RAWALPINDI: Woman dies after falling from roof RAWALPINDI, Jan 12: A woman died after falling from the roof of her house in Haripura Mohallah in the jurisdiction of Banni police station on Monday. Abida Bibi, mother of three, suffered critical head injuries and multiple fractures when she fell from the roof of her house. ... PESHAWAR: Data draws sharp criticism from LGs: Multiple indicator cluster survey PESHAWAR, Jan 12: The foreign-funded multiple indicator cluster survey, which is used as a baseline to distribute resources among the district governments under the provincial finance commission award ... PESHAWAR: JI demands travelling facilities for Chitralis PESHAWAR, Jan 12: The Jamaat-i-Islami provincial Shoora has demanded immediate steps from the government to provide transportation facilities to the people of Chitral and to start construction work on the Lowari Tunnel on emergency basis. ... PESHAWAR: City roads' repair need Rs700m PESHAWAR, Jan 12: The rehabilitation of the roads in the provincial metropolis needs Rs700 million, officials said. An official of the City Development and Municipal Department (CDMD) said ... PESHAWAR: Food inspectors violating rules PESHAWAR, Jan 12: The food and sanitary inspectors are collecting samples for laboratory analysis in sheer violation of rules, official sources told Dawn on Monday. ... HYDERABAD: Nazim seeks restoration of lapsed ADP funds HYDERABAD, Jan 12: District Nazim Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman has asked the Sindh government to immediately restore Rs140 million of last year's ADP and from former governor's development package so that the amount can be used before the end of current financial year. ... MIRPURKHAS: Mirpurkhas hit by water shortage MIRPURKHAS, Jan 12: A shortage of water is being witnessed in the city after the supply was curtailed by five million gallon daily following the closure of Nara Canal. ... MIRPURKHAS: 'Chakki owners denied quota' MIRPURKHAS, Jan 12: The Chakki owners here on Monday held protest demonstrations outside the DCO office, press club and district Nazim office against non-provision of wheat quota to them. ... SUKKUR: Five held after Sui gas field attacked SUKKUR, Jan 12: Five suspects were arrested by the law-enforcing agencies following a rocket attack on a gas field in Sui, Balochistan, on Sunday night. The names of the arrested persons could not be ascertained. ... LARKANA: Killing of PPP-SB leader condemned LARKANA, Jan 12: On the call of the Pakistan People's Party (Shaheed Bhutto), a strike was observed in different parts of Sindh on Monday to protest against the killing of its leader Ali Sonara. ... MULTAN: Multan Bar demands new province in south MULTAN, Jan 12: The Lahore High Court Bar Association, Multan bench, has demanded a separate province comprising the areas falling in southern part of the Punjab and an independent high court. ... SARGODHA: Maqbool disburses Zakat cheques in Khushab SARGODHA, Jan 12: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool has said the government is making the distribution of Zakat among the deserving more convenient. Speaking at the cheque distribution ceremony held at Madr-i-Millat hall in Khushab, about 42 kilometres from here, on Monday ... TOBA TEK SINGH: MIP flays action against seminaries TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 12: Millat-i-Islamia Pakistan (MIP) chief Maulana Muhammad Ahmad Ludhianvi has expressed grave concern over raids on seminaries and arrest of noted religious leader Syed Nafees Husain Shah. ... GUJRANWALA: Butchers go on strike GUJRANWALA, Jan 12: Butchers of Naushera Virkan tehsil went on a shutter down strike on Monday against the arrests of their colleagues for overcharging by the district administration. ... SARGODHA: Accused killer arrested SARGODHA, Jan 12: City police have arrested the suspected killer of three women of Chak 54-SB, it is learnt on Monday. Sources said Iftikhar used to live with the family but had been missing since the murders. ... FAISALABAD: NTU students to set up hunger strike camp FAISALABAD, Jan 12: Students of the National Textile University have announced that they will set up a hunger strike camp in front of Parliament House during the coming National Assembly session to protest against the introduction of self-assessment scheme ... SHEIKHUPURA: Five murdered in two incidents SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 12: Five people, including a former vice-chairman of Jatri Nau union council, were murdered and four injured in two incidents on Monday. ... OKARA: Salesman shot dead by robbers OKARA, Jan 12: A biscuit salesman was shot dead by robbers at 67-A Khokhar Kothi village, on Monday. Reports said Niamat and his brother, Amanat, were on their way to the village for routine business when three armed men, on a motorcycle, signalled them to stop. ... GILGIT: Upgrading of Gilgit municipality demanded GILGIT, Jan 12: The Gilgit Citizens' Action Committee has called on the Northern Areas administration to upgrade the existing Gilgit municipal committee status to a municipal corporation along with a renewed budgetary allocations. ... MUZAFFARABAD: Man awarded RI MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 12: An AJK Ehtesab Court sentenced on Monday a former accountant of the Non-Gazetted Employees Welfare Fund Trust to rigorous imprisonment of five years each in two corruption cases besides imposing a fine of Rs1.05 million on him. ...

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