24 January 2004 Saturday 01 Zilhaj 1424 KARACHI: Sindh govt gives in to transporters' pressure: Fares increased KARACHI, Jan 23: The Sindh transport department succumbed to the pressure of transporters on Friday and issued a notification raising the public transport fares. ... KARACHI: PN officials thrash on-duty policeman KARACHI, Jan 23: Two traffic police officials were injured on Friday by Pakistan Navy officials after they were stopped for violating a traffic signal on Sharea Faisal. ... SANGHAR: MMA decries arrest of scientists SANGHAR, Jan 23: Several Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal workers and leaders took out a procession here on Friday to protest against the arrest of nuclear scientists of the Khan Research Laboratories, Kahuta. ... KARACHI: Bandit shot dead, SHO wounded in 'encounter' KARACHI, Jan 23: An alleged bandit died and a police official was injured in what police claimed to be an encounter in Lyari on Friday. ... KARACHI: Man shot dead; body found KARACHI, Jan 23: A young man was shot dead by unknown persons in Sachal police limits on Friday. Police said that Munnawar Mustafa, 35, was standing outside his medical store, when unknown motorcyclists opened fire. Munnawar died on the spot while the killers escaped. ... KARACHI: Rockets, ammunition seized KARACHI, Jan 23: Police found five rockets and ammunition from an abandoned house in Hyderabad Colony on a lead given by an arrested suspect on Friday. It is the fourth recovery of weaponry during the last one week. ... KARACHI: KU to get another point-bus KARACHI, Jan 23: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan on Friday announced one more point-bus for Karachi University's transport fleet, saying city government will continue supporting the varsity in providing better facilities to the students. ... KARACHI: Medical college at LNH proposed KARACHI, Jan 23: Vice Chancellor, University of Karachi Prof. Dr. Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui, here on Friday underlined the need for a sustainable healthcare system in the country. ... KARACHI: Work to boost industries continues KARACHI, Jan 23: The Sindh government has initiated plans for boosting industrialization to generate employment opportunities. In this connection over 5000 acres of land have been acquired ... KARACHI: SPLA criticizes delays in hiring teachers KARACHI, Jan 23: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers' Association on Friday expressed concern over delay in announcement of results of over 16,000 candidates, appearing for appointments against 752 lecturers posts. ... KARACHI: 10 new buses added to UTS KARACHI, Jan 23: A private transport company on Friday launched a major operation under the Urban Transport Scheme by bringing 10 new buses, under the name of 'Karachi city buses.' ... KARACHI: Major renal procedure at SIUT KARACHI, Jan 23: A laparoscopic live donor right nephrectomy procedure, first of its kind in the country, was performed at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation here on Friday. ... KARACHI: KU library to get 100 computers KARACHI, Jan 23: Karachi University Vice Chancellor Dr Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui has said that libraries are the symbols of a nation's literary, historical and cultural legacy.... KARACHI: Possibility of investment in PR land discussed KARACHI, Jan 23: The possibilities and proposals for investment on Pakistan railway lands in the province came under consideration at a meeting . ... KARACHI: Ibad stresses monitering of projects KARACHI, Jan 23: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has stressed the need for continuous monitoring and review of different development schemes and mega projects in Karachi. ... KARACHI: Arrangements for Eid reviewed KARACHI, Jan 23: A high-level meeting, chaired by City Nazim Naimatullah Khan, reviewed the arrangements being made to improve sanitary conditions on Eid-ul-Azha, timely disposal of offal and maintenance of law and order in the city. ... KARACHI: Ban on import of vehicles hits ambulance service KARACHI, Jan 23: The non-governmental organizations and charitable institutions providing ambulance services to the ailing people in case of emergency in Pakistan are feeling handicapped to enhance this facility ... KARACHI: Study on cancers underscores need for registries KARACHI, Jan 23: Cancers of the head and neck occur most frequently among men in Karachi while breast cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer among women in the mega city. ... KARACHI: Nazims warned against corruption KARACHI, Jan 23: Adviser to Sindh chief minister on local bodies, Waseem Akhtar, has said that no corruption and negligence in the local government organizations will be tolerated. ... KARACHI: SHC notices to beverage firms, health secretary KARACHI, Jan 23: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, comprising Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali and Justice Syed Ali Aslam Jaffery, on Friday issued notices to the secretary health ... LAHORE: Price cut at motorway service areas LAHORE, Jan 23: The Daewoo Pakistan decided on Friday to slash prices of 30 categories of consumer items by 15 to 42 per cent at its service areas along the Lahore-Islamabad Motorway. ... LAHORE: Management service to replace PCS LAHORE, Jan 23: The Punjab government is shortly launching the new Provincial Management Service to replace the existing PCS and Secretariat Service which have been declared as dying cadres because of the abolition of executive magistracy. ... LAHORE: EPD to scrap 'Smart' initiative LAHORE, Jan 23: The Punjab Environment Protection Department has decided to scrap the Self-Monitoring and Reporting Tools (Smart) programme after failing to make industrialists submit pollution assessment reports. ... LAHORE: PHA using drinking water without paying bills LAHORE, Jan 23: The Parks and Horticulture Authority is using drinking water worth Rs6 million per annum for watering without paying the bills. ... LAHORE: Govt 'patronizing' pesticides mafia LAHORE, Jan 23: The Pakistan Crop Protection Association (PCPA) on Friday expressed concern over last week's decision by the government to allow only importers market pesticides. ... LAHORE: Punjab govt 'annoyed' with PTV LAHORE, Jan 23: The Punjab government has reportedly decided not to invite Pakistan Television (PTV) to the coverage of its activities to "register its protest against the PTV cold shoulder." ... ISLAMABAD: Kutchi Abadi residents hold demo ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: All Pakistan Alliance of Kutchi Abadis held a protest demonstration on Friday in Muslim Colony Bari Imam which was participated by hundreds of people, says a press release of People's Rights Movement (PRM). ... ISLAMABAD: CDA given three months to complete bridges ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: The interior minister has given three months deadline to Capital Development Authority (CDA) to complete work on all under-construction bridges to ease traffic jams ... RAWALPINDI: CGH plans to set up dental lab, burn centre RAWALPINDI, Jan 23: The Cantonment General Hospital (CGH) is planning to set up a dental prosthetic laboratory and a burn centre on its premises. ... RAWALPINDI: Woman, infant strangled by robbers RAWALPINDI, Jan 23: A woman and her infant son were strangled with an iron string by robbers in I-8/4 sector on Friday, police said. ... RAWALPINDI: Survey for Chirah dam starts today RAWALPINDI, Jan 23: A technical survey for construction of the proposed Chirah Dam on Sawan River's downstream will be initiated by Nespak on Saturday. ... HYDERABAD: Hunger strike observed: Murder of PPP-SB leaders HYDERABAD, Jan 23: Activists of People's Party-SB observed a token hunger strike outside the press club . ... PESHAWAR: NWFP to set up district information centres PESHAWAR, Jan 23: The NWFP government is expected to replicate the model of the Mardan district government's recently established district citizen information centre (DCIC) to the remaining 23 districts ... PESHAWAR: Govt hospitals lack unfirom fee policy PESHAWAR, Jan 23: Patients going for treatment to three teaching hospitals of the city are being charged differently for similar laboratory tests, radiological tests and investigations, doctors told Dawn. ... PESHAWAR: Writers' body demands teacher's restoration PESHAWAR, Jan 23: The Union for Freedom of Writers (UFW) has expressed concern over the removal of a teacher of the University of Peshawar and has demanded that his job be restored. ... NOWSHERA: Strong LB system suggested NOWSHERA, Jan 23: Speakers at a training workshop here on Thursday said the National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) would be responsible for failure of the local government system as it had failed to remove inherent flaws in the system. ... PESHAWAR: Citizen boards yet to be formed PESHAWAR, Jan 23: With the Nazim of the Peshawar City district government expressing ignorance about existence of citizen community boards in local areas under his jurisdiction ... PESHAWAR: Continuous rainfall disrupts gas supply PESHAWAR, Jan 23: Continuous rainfall in the NWFP with no let-up for the last three days have forced the SNGPL to suspend gas supply to the industrial units here and other parts of the province, officials said. ... PESHAWAR: PHC orders polls for UC Nazims PESHAWAR, Jan 23: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court ruled on Thursday that by-elections for filling a vacant seat of a union council Nazim should be held within 60 days of the occurrence of the vacancy. ... PESHAWAR: MPA's degree cancelled PESHAWAR, Jan 23: The University of Karachi has cancelled the graduation degree of Frontier MPA Malik Imran accusing him of having tampered with the university record. ... HYDERABAD: AAG assures peasant family of protection HYDERABAD, Jan 23: The Additional Advocate-General of Sindh, Masood A. Noorani, has given an undertaking before the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, that no harassment will be caused to a Hari and his family members. ... HYDERABAD: Condolence reference for Shaikh Ismail held HYDERABAD, Jan 23: The Sindhi Language Authority remained closed on Friday to mourn the death of writer, research scholar and in charge encyclopaedia cell of the authority, Shaikh Mohammad Ismail. ... HYDERABAD: Hepatitis-C can be cured, says expert HYDERABAD, Jan 23: Sixty to 80 per cent of hepatitis-C patients are cured after proper treatment in the world and the treatment is possible if the disease is detected in its early stages. ... HYDERABAD: MPA admission test today HYDERABAD, Jan 23: The test for admissions to MPA evening programme of Sindh University will be held on Jan 24 (today) at 3pm at the department of Public Management Sciences. ... HYDERABAD: Opening of Khokhrapar route opposed HYDERABAD, Jan 23: Opening of the Khokhrapar route will increase the influx of aliens into the country and law-enforcement agencies will not be able to prevent it. ... SUKKUR: Protesters booked on terrorism charge SUKKUR, Jan 23: A case of terrorism, mutiny and attack was registeredagainst 21 persons, including members of Khairpur district and Gambat taluka council, in Gambat on Friday. ... SHEIKHUPURA: Power halt on police refusal to register case SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 23: Wapda's staff suspended electricity supply to Syedwala for almost 10 hours on Friday when police refused to register a case against one of the relatives of an MPA. ... LAYYAH: Annual school inspections stopped LAYYAH, Jan 23: The district Nazim has stopped education officers from conducting annual inspections of 1,545 schools in the district. The Nazim issued these directions on Friday after receiving a number of complaints against the officers of getting bribe. ... SAHIWAL: 497kgs of hashish recovered SAHIWAL, Jan 23: The Grain Market police and the National Highway & Motorway Police on Friday laid claims of recovering 497 kilograms of hashish from a Land Cruiser.... GUJRANWALA: Conductor opens fire on students GUJRANWALA, Jan 23: At least five people, including three students, were shot at and injured seriously by a bus crew on Friday during a clash on Alipur Chattha Road. ... MIRPURKHAS: 17 Afghan nationals booked MIRPURKHAS, Jan 23: Police arrested over one hundred Afghan nationals during the crackdown on illegal immigrants in the district. Only seventeen among them were booked by the town police ... QUETTA: EC laments people's apathy to poll process QUETTA, Jan 23: The people's lack of interest in registering their names in voters' list would affect the political and democratic process in the country, says Balochistan Election Commissioner Nasreen Pervaiz. ...

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