14 January 2004 Wednesday 21 Ziqa'ad 1424 KARACHI: Three awards constituted for young scientists: Chemistry moot ends KARACHI, Jan 13: The organizers of the 9th International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry have constituted awards in the name of Nobel laureate scientist Dr Abdus Salam and two other noted scientists of the country, for three best scientific posters. ... KARACHI: APMSO, IJT sign code of conduct KARACHI, Jan 13: Sindh Home Advisor Aftab Ahmed Shaikh on Tuesday assured both Islami Jamiat Talaba and All Pakistan Mohajir Students Organization of holding a high-level meeting within two weeks to review and implement the existing draft Code of Conduct. ... KARACHI: Young man gunned down in FB Area KARACHI, Jan 13: A young man was gunned down by unknown persons at a crowded place in F.B. Area late Monday night. Police said Salahuddin, 36, was sitting at a shop in a commercial area near Arshi Heights, when two men on a motorcycle stopped close to him. ... KARACHI: City projects reviewed KARACHI, Jan 13: Chief Secretary Dr Mutawakkal Kazi has directed the DCO Karachi to ensure timely completion of the ongoing mega projects under city government's works and services department. ... KARACHI: Appeal in LJ man case put off KARACHI, Jan 13:An anti-terrorism appellate bench of the Sindh High Court, comprising Justice Ghulam Nabi Soomro and Justice Azizullah M Memon, on Tuesday put off the hearing of an appeal filed by the state against the acquittal of Mohammed Ajmal alias Akram Lahori ... KARACHI: Two LJ men sentenced to death by ATC KARACHI, Jan 13: Two workers of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, prosecuted for a sectarian murder case, were sentenced on Tuesday to death by an anti-terrorism court. ... KARACHI: City council for raising standard of education KARACHI, Jan 13: City council has passed a resolution unanimously recommending different steps for raising the education standard in government schools and demanded to impose "education tax" on private schools. ... KARACHI: VC vows to establish rule of law at KU KARACHI, Jan 13: Karachi University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Pirzada Qasim has assured the teachers that the varsity would gradually be brought out of prevailing ad hocism and efforts would be made to establish rule of law at the campus. ... KARACHI: Joint efforts against polio urged KARACHI, Jan 13: Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister on Health, Noman Saigol, on Tuesday sought cooperation of the district administrations, social welfare organizations and political and religious leaders for elimination of polio from the province. ... KARACHI: All city hospitals bacteria resistant: expert KARACHI, Jan 13: All major hospitals in private and public sectors have become bacteria-resistant, making it extremely difficult to treat patients with antibiotics. ... KARACHI: Changes to Hudood laws opposed KARACHI, Jan 13: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has said that using the freedom of expression, people are speaking against Hudood laws, which were formulated under the light of Quran and Sunnah. ... KARACHI: Registration for voters lists KARACHI, Jan 13: Persons having attained 18 years of age on or before January 1, 2004, have been asked to get their names registered in the voters lists by obtaining forms from registration or assistant registration officers. ... KARACHI: Interference in YMCA affairs slammed KARACHI, Jan 13: Speakers at a rally, on Tuesday, condemned the government interference into the affairs of a minority community's non-governmental organization ... KARACHI: Doctors stress personal hygiene KARACHI, Jan 13: Doctors at a seminar on "Fight Against Infections", organized here on Tuesday as part of the ongoing Public Health Awareness Week at Liaquat National Hospital ... LAHORE: Lahore Bar re-polls on 17th LAHORE, Jan 13: The Lahore Bar Association re-poll will be held on Jan 17 and all candidates in the field have been asked to re-contest. ... LAHORE: GCU physics centre makes 100 Kev accelerator LAHORE, Jan 13: The Government College University's Centre for Advanced Studies in Physics (CASP) has in collaboration with the PINSTECH developed a 100 Kilo Electron Volt accelerator. ... LAHORE: Body to suggest steps for release: Women, juvenile prisoners LAHORE, Jan 13: The Punjab government is constituting a committee to suggest measures to free women and juvenile prisoners languishing in prisons for lack of legal assistance. ... ISLAMABAD: Students demo baton-charged outside parliament ISLAMABAD, Jan 13: Police baton-charged and thrashed protesting students, including girls, of a private medical college outside the Parliament House during Senate session on Tuesday evening. ... ISLAMABAD: Syed Abid Ali's Qul held ISLAMABAD, Jan 13: Qul of Syed Abid Ali, the former director-general of Punjab public relations, who died here on Sunday, was held at his residence after Zohr prayers which was attended by a large number of Capital's literati ... ISLAMABAD: Upgradation of OPF girls college okayed ISLAMABAD, Jan 13: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved the upgradation of Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) Girls College to university level, said Secretary Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis Khawaja Ijaz Sarwar on Tuesday. ... RAWALPINDI: Stalls removed from Cantonment area RAWALPINDI, Jan 13: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board in an anti-encroachment operation on Tuesday impounded about 20 push- carts and removed stalls in several areas. ... RAWALPINDI: Two killed RAWALPINDI, Jan 13: Two persons were killed in the city on Tuesday, police said. In the first incident, a woman was strangled by her husband in Pindora in the jurisdiction of the New Town Police Station, police said. ... PESHAWAR: Installation of power meters discussed PESHAWAR, Jan 13: A joint action committee on Water and Power Development Authority affairs in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas declared on Monday that installation of power meters was the only way to settle the row over power dues in the region. ... PESHAWAR: Retired auditors to be recruited PESHAWAR, Jan 13: The federal government intends to recruit retired audit officers on ad hoc/contract basis in all the four provinces to meet a shortage of auditors. ... PESHAWAR: Renovated runway becomes operational PESHAWAR, Jan 13: Peshawar airport's refurbished runway and taxiway have become operational for wide-body aircraft after completion of a $4 million foreign-funded project, officials said. ... PESHAWAR Scholars urged to promote Hindko PESHAWAR, Jan 13: Speakers at a book launching ceremony have urged the Hindko scholars to make their language a source of literature and enrich it with new techno-scientific and philosophical ideas. ... HYDERABAD: Dam projects on River Indus opposed HYDERABAD, Jan 13: Sindhi Association of North America leader Iqbal Tareen has protested against construction of more dams on the Indus River and depriving Sindh of its primary right over Indus waters. ... HYDERABAD: Violation of govt policy alleged: Lease conversion in Cantt areas HYDERABAD, Jan 13: The Cantonment Welfare Association has accused the director-general of Military Lands and Cantonments of violation of the government policy on conversion of old grant/cantonment code lease to regular lease. ... TOBA TEK SINGH: 3 dacoits flee after shootout with police TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 13: Three robbers escaped police following an encounter with them at an orchard at Chak 380-JB, on Monday night. ... GUJRANWALA: Jailbreak fugitives arrested GUJRANWALA, Jan 13: Three highwaymen who escaped from the local jail some five years ago were arrested following an encounter on Tuesday. ... FAISALABAD: Five accused escape from police lock-up FAISALABAD, Jan 13: Five accused involved in a number of heinous crimes escaped from the lock-up of Sargodha Road police station on Monday night.According to details ... GUJRANWALA: SHO suspended for detaining girl GUJRANWALA, Jan 13: The Gujranwala Saddar SHO was suspended from service by the DIG after a bailiff recovered a teenaged girl from his torture cell and her brother from lock-up on Tuesday. ... OKARA: Growers protest low rates of potatoes OKARA, Jan 13: Potato growers and vegetable market commission agents held a demonstration on Tuesday over very low rates of the commodity. No business was conducted in the market throughout the day. ... SADIQABAD: Negligence blamed for woman's death SADIQABAD, Jan 13: A resident of Gharibabad Tarindah Muhammad Pannah has alleged that a lady health visitor killed his pregnant wife and infant. Wazir Ahmad Baloch said he took his wife to a Tarindah Muhammad Pannah hospital where doctors told him that C-section was necessary. ... GUJRAT: Three of a family, robber shot dead GUJRAT, Jan 13: Six people, including three members of a family and a robber, were murdered in separate incidents in different parts of the district. ... KASUR: Two robbers kill taxi driver KASUR, Jan 13: Two robbers shot dead a taxi driver at Langre Wali village, Phoolnagar, on Tuesday. Police said they hired the taxi of Ghulam Muhammad from Phoolnagar for Lahore. They asked the driver to stop near Langre Wali. ... SHEIKHUPURA: Bus conductor killed by bandits SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 13: Three people were killed in different parts of the district on Tuesday. Three robbers opened fire on a bus carrying a marriage procession on resistance in Chak 17, killing bus conductor Hidayat, 30, on the spot. ... SWABI: Corporal punishment banned in NWFP SWABI, Jan 13: The provincial education department has imposed a complete ban on corporal punishment in schools and teachers are directed to use alternative methods for inculcating discipline in students. ... TIMERGARA: Madressah row stokes tension TIMERGARA, Jan 13: The district administration of Lower Dir has called out the Frontier Reserved Police as the situation arising from the controversy over the ownership of a seminary between two religious groups is getting tense. ... HANGU: Arms seized, three held HANGU, Jan 13: Kohat and Hangu police arrested three men and seized drugs and weapons in an operation at Shahukhel on Monday night. A police official said the "self-declared" tribal area had become a sanctuary for criminals. ... KOHAT: No-trust move planned KOHAT, Jan 13: A majority of members of the Kohat town council decided on Tuesday to move a fresh no-confidence motion against Nazim Haji Sarfarz Khan, alleging that he was incapable of running the city affairs. ... DADU: Measles claims lives of five children DADU, Jan 13: Five children died of measles on Tuesday in the Hero Khan village of Kachho area, 32 kilometres from here, while 40 other children are stated to be in serious condition. ... SUKKUR: Shortage of water in Sukkur decried SUKKUR, Jan 13: Sindh Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F Ameer Maulana Asad Thanvi has expressed concern over the acute water shortage and unhygienic conditions in the city. ... LARKANA: 1,400 policemen to be recruited: CM LARKANA, Jan 13: As many as 1,400 constables will be recruited in the Sukkur range police and a committee, already set up with the regional police officer as its head, will begin the process in a week. ... THATTA: 20 held in drive against outlaws THATTA, Jan 13: Over 20 suspects were arrested on Monday night in an operation against outlaws launched by heavy police contingents from Thatta and Hyderabad in Khadi and Panah forests. ... HARIPUR: Daur river continues to affect fertile lands, orchards HARIPUR, Jan 13: In the absence of proper embankments and safety measures, Daur river continues to take heavy toll of the populated areas, orchards and fertile land at several points alongside its course in Haripur. ... ISLAMABAD: Acquittal of blasphemy accused challenged ISLAMABAD, Jan 13: The decision of the additional district and sessions judge, Islamabad, acquitting Dr Sheikh Mohammad Younas, an accused of blasphemy, has been challenged in the Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi bench. ... ISLAMABAD: Memoirs of a Rebel Princess launched ISLAMABAD, Jan 13: It was a child sitting in front of a group of close family and friends, basking in the warmth and glory he had lived through as he turned the pages of the life he spent with his distinguished mother. ...

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