22 January 2004 Thursday 29 Ziqa'ad 1424 KARACHI: KBCA can't demolish a residential building: SHC order KARACHI, Jan 21: The Karachi Building Control Authority can neither evacuate, nor seal, nor demolish a residential building being unlawfully used for commercial purposes, the Sindh High Court declared on Wednesday. ... KARACHI: Action against land-grabbers ordered KARACHI, Jan 21: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said that steps must be taken to check land grabbers and encroachers. Presiding over a high-level meeting at the Governor House here on Wednesday ... KARACHI: Hearing of case against Amir adjourned KARACHI, Jan 21: An Anti-Terrorism Court in Karachi on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of a killing case against Amir Khan, vice chairman of Mohajir Qaumi Movement Haqiqi and others as defence counsel could not appear. ... KARACHI: City needs food testing lab KARACHI, Jan 21: The city, for that matter the province, does not have a laboratory at which the suitability for consumption, or otherwise, of meat coming from suspect poultry birds and animals could be ascertained, said some experts on Wednesday. ... KARACHI: Shaista's appointment as ASI ordered KARACHI, Jan 21: Sindh Chief Minister Ali Mohammed Mahar has issued immediate orders for appointment of Shaista Almani as an Assistant Sub-Inspector in police department and directed that she be provided residential facility in Police Lines. ... KARACHI: Accidents claim three lives KARACHI, Jan 21: Three persons died in separate road accidents in different parts of the city on Wednesday. Share Khan, cleaner of a trailer, died when he fell from the vehicle and got crushed beneath the rear wheels. ... KARACHI: Commerce college opens today after clash KARACHI, Jan 21: Teaching at the Government College of Commerce and Economics will resume on Thursday after a clash last week in which a student lost his life. ... KARACHI: District health departments yet to devise plans KARACHI, Jan 21: Almost all district health departments of Sindh are yet to formulate a health plan to utilise maximum funds, approved in the Annual Development Plan. ... KARACHI: Rs898 million educational schemes approved KARACHI, Jan 21: Educational schemes worth Rs898.578 million have been approved for Karachi and its suburbs by the Sindh government. This was announced by Sindh minister for planning and development ... KARACHI: CDGK plans to hold centralized examinations: Class V and VIII KARACHI, Jan 21: The education department of city government has decided to hold centralized annual examination of male students of Class V and Class VIII at government schools in the city from this year. ... KARACHI: LNH symposium on patient care begins KARACHI, Jan 21: Liaquat National Hospital (LNH) on Wednesday organised a number of pre-symposium workshops on various topics in connection with its 5th symposium on "Evolving Patient Care: 50 Years and Beyond" starting today (Thursday). ... KARACHI: Encroachers thrive as plan for Mandi delayed KARACHI, Jan 21: In the absence of an approved layout plan, the conditions at the New Sabzi Mandi on the Super Highway are deteriorating and creating complicated problems of illegal encroachments. ... KARACHI: Notices issued in detention case KARACHI, Jan 21: A division bench of Sindh High Court, comprising Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali and Justice Syed Ali Aslam Jaffery, on Wednesday issued notices to police officials and others for Jan 28 on a petition filed by Raza Khan against his brother's detention. ... KARACHI: PTCL team visits New Karachi, Orangi KARACHI, Jan 21: A PTCL team of senior officers visited Orangi and New Karachi telephone exchanges in view of increasing complaints of faulty telephones in these areas. ... KARACHI: Rain-hit areas to get funds shortly KARACHI, Jan 21: Sindh chief minister Sardar Ali Mohammad Mahar on Wednesday presided over a meeting of the provincial relief committee to review the steps being taken by the Sindh government ... KARACHI: Meters on PMTs to reduce power losses KARACHI, Jan 21: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation will install power meters on 5,800 pole-mounted transformers and 2,300 substations this year in its attempt to reduce transmission and distribution losses. ... KARACHI: CS calls meeting to review security KARACHI, Jan 21: The chief secretary has summoned a high- level meeting on Thursday to review security arrangements being made in the metropolis for the coming Eid-ul-Azha. ... LAHORE: Bar bodies to protest against arrests LAHORE, Jan 21: A joint session of lawyers' representative bodies has resolved to support the boycott of courts on Friday in protest against the arrest and interrogation of nuclear scientists. ... LAHORE: PGMI surgeon develops bone graft substitute LAHORE, Jan 21: A Pakistani orthopaedic surgeon claims to have developed a bone grafting substitute and successfully used it to treat over 130 patients during the last two years. ... LAHORE: LHC rejects ban on kite making, trade LAHORE Jan 21: The Lahore High Court declared on Wednesday that a Punjab government notification banning the production and trade of kite and string was unconstitutional. ... LAHORE: Justice Sharif, wife improving LAHORE, Jan 21: The condition of Justice Khwaja Mohammad Sharif of the Lahore High Court and his wife, who were attacked by their former servant on Tuesday, is stated to be satisfactory. ... ISLAMABAD: Huge quantity of narcotics seized ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: The National Highway and Motorway Police have seized 20.5 maunds charas and 31kg opium in two separate incidents, a spokesman for the Motorway police said on Wednesday. ... HYDERABAD: Jamali's help sought for paying TMA liabilities HYDERABAD, Jan 21: City Taluka Nazim Haji Moinuddin Sheikh has appealed to the prime minister to help clear the liabilities of the taluka municipal administration amounting to Rs11.9 million. ... RAWALPINDI: Leakages in main pipeline: 'Sewage mixing with water' RAWALPINDI, Jan 21: The 400km long new water supply pipeline has started leaking at various places just after the completion of the project, residents alleged. ... PESHAWAR: Operation will continue, says governor PESHAWAR, Jan 21: Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said the operation against criminals will continue and vowed that the government will utilize all ways and means to bring the outlaws to book. ... PESHAWAR: Case against policemen withdrawn PESHAWAR, Jan 21: The prosecution has withdrawn a case against two police officials charged with killing a citizen in a fake encounter. ... PESHAWAR: Patients' ordeal at mental hospital PESHAWAR, Jan 21: The treatment meted out to patients admitted to the Government Mental Hospital has added to their problems, a visit to the hospital revealed. ... PESHAWAR: District body detects 20 ghost schools in Peshawar PESHAWAR, Jan 21: The district council's monitoring committee has detected over 20 non-functional schools in Peshawar, which have been converted into Hujras and cattle-pen by influential people. ... HYDERABAD: 'Development funds to be released by end of month' HYDERABAD, Jan 21: The Hyderabad Development Authority director general has said that fund for the Sindh governor package for development works will be released by the end of the current month. ... HYDERABAD: Protest against rise in flour price HYDERABAD, Jan 21: The Jamaat-i-Islami held a protest demonstration outside the local press club on Wednesday against increase in prices of flour and petrol and lawlessness. ... HYDERABAD: Flour crisis leads to removal of food official HYDERABAD, Jan 21: The secretary for food has removed the deputy food director, Hyderabad region, Zahid Hussain Memon, due to flour crisis and appointed Ahmadullah Baloch in his place. ... HYDERABAD: Two Haris kidnapped, says HRCP HYDERABAD, Jan 21: The Sindh HRCP Special Task Force has accused a landlord of Sanghar of kidnapping two peasants and warned the Sanghar administration of serious consequences if they are not released. ... KHAAR: Teachers to be paid to enrol children KHAAR, Jan 21: Political Agent Pirzada Khan said on Wednesday that the administration had taken several steps to ensure that all children of school-going age were enrolled in schools this year. ... KOHAT: 4 policemen shot dead by colleague KOHAT, Jan 21: Four policemen were shot dead by a fifth colleague at police lines here on Tuesday night. Constable Faheem opened fire indiscriminately with his official AK-47 assault rifle on a group of constables ... SANGHAR: Action against post office staff urged: Embezzlement in power bills SANGHAR, Jan 21: Members of the district council on Wednesday demanded that the action should be taken against the post office staff of Shahdadpur for embezzling electricity bills. ... SUKKUR: Over 100 suspects arrested SUKKUR, Jan 21: The Sukkur police arrested more than 100 suspects in 20 villages on Tuesday night in the kidnapping case of three persons. ASI Ali Asghar Buriro, schoolteacher Abdul Sattar Buriro and an unidentified person were kidnapped four days back. ... KHAIRPUR: Rain causes power failure KHAIRPUR, Jan 21: Residents of the town are experiencing power breakdowns following the first winter rain. The power supply to many areas of the town remained suspended from 3pm to 8pm on Tuesday ... JACOBABAD: Breaches flood six villages JACOBABAD, Jan 21: Six villages and wheat crop over hundreds of acres came under water following breaches occurred in two canals in Thull taluka. ... GUJRAT: Two absconders killed in shootout GUJRAT, Jan 21: The district police on Wednesday claimed to have killed two notorious proclaimed offenders in an encounter in Chenab Bela. ... DERA GHAZI KHAN: Traders refuse to pay publicity fee DERA GHAZI KHAN, Jan 21: Banks and traders have refused to pay the publicity fee for the signboards installed at their offices and shops to the tehsil municipal administration. ... FAISALABAD: Fake degree, certificate dealer held FAISALABAD, Jan 21: Kotwali police claimed on Wednesday that they had arrested a dealer of fake educational degrees and recovered certificates, stamps, official papers and other related material from his possession. ... BAHAWALPUR: Difficult to find flour in many parts of Punjab BAHAWALPUR, Jan 21: Flour is not easily available to people in the open market in many parts of the Punjab due to alleged artificial shortage created by millers. ... LAYYAH: Cane growers being cheated by mills LAYYAH, Jan 21: Provincial Parliamentary Secretary (Jails) Maher Fazal Hussain Sumra has condemned short measuring of the sugarcane at the purchasing centres of sugar mills, inflicting a loss of millions of rupees to the growers. ... MULTAN: BZU's council not met for three years MULTAN, Jan 21: The Academic Council of the Bahauddin Zakariya University has not met for the last three years in violation of the rules. University sources said the last meeting of the council was held in the year 2000. ... KASUR: Life term for murder convict KASUR, Jan 21: Chunian Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Asghar Fahim awarded on Wednesday life imprisonment and Rs50,000 fine to a murder convict. ... LANDI KOTAL: EC extends date for voters' enrolment LANDI KOTAL, Jan 21: Acceding to demands of the Khyber Agency residents, the Election Commission of Pakistan has extended the last date for enrolment and correction in the existing voters' list till January 31. ...

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