26 January 2004 Monday 03 Zilhaj 1424 KARACHI: Officials harassing private schools KARACHI, Jan 25: Though new rules in line with the recently adopted changes to the Sindh Private Educational Institutions (Regulation and Control) Ordinance-2001 have not yet been made, some education department officials in towns are seeking a "premature action" on the part of private schools ... KARACHI: Police fail to check route permit violations KARACHI, Jan 25: The traffic police have failed to check route permit violations on different roads in the metropolis. Almost 5,000 minibuses and 2,000 buses are being operated on various routes and most of them pass through Empress Market, Saddar. ... KARACHI: 12-year-old among four killed in accidents KARACHI, Jan 25: Four people died in separate road accidents in different parts of the city on Sunday. A 12-year-old boy died in a road accident in Steel Town. ... KARACHI: Walk held in city to create leprosy awareness KARACHI, Jan 25: A large number of people participated in a walk organized by the Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre on Sunday morning to create an awareness among the masses regarding the disease. ... KARACHI: Hospital bldg handed over to Memon community KARACHI, Jan 25: Federal minister for labour, manpower and overseas Pakistanis on Sunday offered the control of a hospital building in Hub, Balochistan, to a community known for entrepreneurship. ... KARACHI: Lyari problems to be solved: adviser KARACHI, Jan 25: The adviser to chief minister on environment Faisal Malik has said that long standing problems of Lyari will be solved during the tenure of this government. ... KARACHI: People urged to back democratic govt KARACHI, Jan 25: The adviser to chief minister on local government, Waseem Akhter, has said that there was no need to hold open kutcheries if Nazims and councillors had worked to solve problems of the masses. ... KARACHI: Encroachments removed from Saddar areas KARACHI, Jan 25: The anti-encroachment department of Saddar Town has removed encroachments from M.A. Jinnah Road, Preedy Street, Shahrah-i-Iraq, Bohri Bazaar and around Cantonment Railway Station. ... KARACHI: LNH jubilee celebrations conclude KARACHI, Jan 25: The fifth symposium of the Liaquat National Hospital on "Evolving Medical Care: 50 Years and Beyond" and the hospital's golden jubilee celebrations concluded here on Saturday. ... KARACHI: Minister vows to solve civic problems in Gulbahar KARACHI, Jan 25: Sindh Minister for Information Technology Syed Mustafa Kamal has assured the residents of Gulbahar for the solution of civic problems especially sanitation and sewerage facing them for decades. ... KARACHI: Stress management boosts performance KARACHI, Jan 25: Around 90 per cent of diseases and ailments are psychosomatic in nature and are mainly caused by stress. This was stated by Prof Moiz Hussain while speaking at the interactive workshop on "Stress Management ... KARACHI: Withdrawal of fare hike demanded KARACHI, Jan 25: The president of Pasban, Lyari Town, Akram Agarya, has demanded of the provincial government to withdraw the increase in fares of public transport. ... KARACHI: KU bureau published 113 books in 47 years KARACHI, Jan 25: The bureau of compilation, composition and translation of the University of Karachi has published 113 books over the past 47 years. ... KARACHI: NCH without controller of exams, says PHPS KARACHI, Jan 25: The vacancies of registrar and controller of examinations in the National Council for Homeopathy are lying vacant for quite some time. ... KARACHI: SST decided 1,100 cases in 3 years KARACHI, Jan 25: The Sindh Services Tribunal decided over 1,100 appeals during the past three years, while 630 appeals are still pending disposal. ... LAHORE: 7m cotton bales reach ginneries LAHORE, Jan 25: The Punjab government on Sunday claimed to have produced seven million bales by Jan 15 and hoped to get another 400,000 during the rest of the season. ... LAHORE: Kite takes toll of youth's life LAHORE, Jan 25: A youth lost his life in a kite-flying related incident in his house on Abdul Karim Road in Qila Gujjar Singh on Sunday. Quoting family, police said Nasir Javed (21) was on the roof when he caught the metal string of a stray kite. ... LAHORE: Housing schemes thru private-public partnership LAHORE, Jan 25: The Punjab government is considering development of housing schemes through private-public partnership to save the land acquisition cost and amendments to the housing, cooperatives and revenue laws to check the malpractices of cooperative housing societies. ... LAHORE: Call to remove Tareen from water panel LAHORE, Jan 25: The Punjab Water Council on Sunday demanded sacking of Jehangir Tareen, provincial representative in Parliamentary (Political) Committee on Water Resources, from the committee for "damaging the Punjab case". ... LAHORE: Cottage industry redefining urged LAHORE, Jan 25: More than 20 cottage industry and trade associations have stressed the need for redefining the cottage industry and replacement of income tax and sales tax by 0.75 per cent turnover tax for small-scale business. ... ISLAMABAD: Industrial colony to be set up in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Jan 25: Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) in collaboration with the Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) will establish an industrial colony and estate for traders of the federal capital. ... SUKKUR: Foreign experts inspect barrage SUKKUR, Jan 25: Tenders have been called from Dutch and other foreign companies for repairing cracks on the structure of the Sukkur Barrage, irrigation authorities told this correspondent on Sunday. ... RAWALPINDI: Exam admission forms withheld RAWALPINDI, Jan 25: The different boys colleges in the city have withheld admissions of intermediate students for the annual board examination 2004 owing to shortage of class attendance, sources told Dawn. ... RAWALPINDI: New police division for security of VVIPs soon RAWALPINDI, Jan 25: Top police and interior ministry officials threw their weight behind the creation of a separate motorway police-style "security division" at an estimated cost of Rs200 millions for protection of VVIPs and sensitive installations in Islamabad, a source told Dawn. ... RAWALPINDI: Hospitals BoM rejects health project RAWALPINDI, Jan 25: The Board of Management (BoM) of autonomous hospitals has refused to approve the Rs130 million project for strengthening of emergency services at the three mega hospitals of the city. ... PESHAWAR: Less than 10pc of uplift funds used PESHAWAR, Jan 25: Most of the district governments of NWFP could not utilize even 10 per cent of the amount released to them for development works during the first five months of the current financial year, said official sources. ... PESHAWAR: Protest at hospital over death of baby PESHAWAR, Jan 25: Parents of children admitted to the nursery ward of Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) staged a protest on Sunday, against what they said was the non-professional attitude of doctors after the death of a nine-day-old baby boy here on Sunday. ... PESHAWAR: Laws against human smuggling urged PESHAWAR, Jan 25: Speakers at a workshop have urged the government to promulgate necessary laws against human trafficking to bring to justice those involved in this crime, and save the community from falling victims to the traffickers. ... HYDERABAD: Concern over delay in work on projects HYDERABAD, Jan 25: Sindh Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Naeem Ishtiaq, also a member of the district development committee, presided over a meeting of the development committee at the circuit house here on Saturday. ... HYDERABAD: Protesters ask oil firm to recruit local people HYDERABAD, Jan 25: A large number of people of the Matiari taluka held a demonstration and observed a hunger strike outside the press club here on Sunday. They were demanding jobs for local people at the Orient Petroleum Incorporation. ... HYDERABAD: Kotri SITE to be expanded HYDERABAD, Jan 25: Kotri SITE managing director has said the Sindh government has made 350 acres of land available for expansion of the industrial estate to boost investment in the area. ... MINGORA: MMA trying to solve people's problems: minister MINGORA, Jan 25: NWFP Minister for Livestock and Agriculture Qari Mehmood has said that the provincial government is trying to solve the long-standing problems of the people. ... KOHAT: Governor stresses modern education KOHAT, Jan 25: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has asked the students to keep themselves abreast with modern knowledge according to the requirements of society so that the country is able to face the challenges in the fast changing world. ... KHAIRPUR: Educational fair held KHAIRPUR, Jan 25: District Nazim Nafisa Shah inaugurated Taleemi Mela organized by the Indus Resource Centre at the Government Naz Pilot High School here on Sunday. ... NAWABSHAH: Highway blocked NAWABSHAH, Jan 25: Several Unnar tribesmen of Sakrand blocked the National Highway on Saturday to protest against police failure to recover two Unnar tribesmen who were kidnapped about 15 days ago. ... MITHI: Policy on drought management urged MITHI, Jan 25: The government and NGOs should devise a comprehensive policy to mitigate the suffering of drought-hit Thar people. This was demanded by the speakers at a meeting held here on Saturday under the aegis of Maruara Coordination Council. ... MULTAN: PCGA again disputes official projection MULTAN, Jan 25: The Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association has rejected the officially estimated cotton crop size of 10m bales for the year 2003-2004, claiming that it will not be more than 9.5m bales. ... KHAIRPUR: Drug supply to govt hospitals delayed KHAIRPUR, Jan 25: Supply of medicines to the district health facilities, which was scheduled in September 2003, had not begun yet, investigation by this correspondent revealed. ... DADU: Demo against Hesco held DADU, Jan 25: A large number of hotel owners, small traders and residents of Khairpur Nathan Shah held a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Sunday against local Hesco staff. ... DADU: Nazims threaten to resign DADU, Jan 25: Differences between the Nazims of 80 union councils of Dadu district and the DCO over release of development funds have intensified as the Nazims have decided to resign if their demands are not meet by Jan 26. ... DADU: Three killed in accident DADU, Jan 25: Three men were killed when their motorcycle was hit by a commuter pickup in Yaroo Lakhair village near Radhan on Sunday. The men were on their way to Kandiwar village on a motorcycle. ... FAISALABAD: Millers' protest drive against police from tomorrow FAISALABAD, Jan 25: The All Pakistan Sizing Industries Association (APSIA) has decided to launch a protest campaign against the local police from Tuesday (Jan 27). ... GUJRAT: Flour shortage frustrates Gujrat residents GUJRAT, Jan 25: Residents of Gujrat and Mandi Bahauddin have been facing difficulty in getting flour in the open market because of the alleged artificial shortage by flour millers. ... FAISALABAD: Transportation of yarn, cloth after dusk banned FAISALABAD, Jan 25: Transportation of grey-cloth and yarn after dusk has been banned by local police which also directed the factory owners to close the main gates of their units immediately after sunset. ... SARGODHA: Five get death for killing judge SARGODHA, Jan 25: A local Anti-Terrorism Court on Saturday night handed down death sentence on two counts to five convicts and 57 years imprisonment and Rs100,000 fine to their sixth accomplice in the murder case of a civil judge. ... OKARA: Educationist honoured OKARA, Jan 25: The District Council has named two high schools after eminent educationist Shaikh Abdul Haq for the services he has rendered for the promotion of education in the city. ... MULTAN: Hamid Raza Gillani laid to rest MULTAN, Jan 25: Noted politician Syed Hamid Raza Gillani was laid to rest here on Sunday at Hamidpur Kanora village. He had died at a hospital in Lahore on Saturday due to renal failure after a bypass surgery conducted a few days ago to improve his ailing heart. He was 67. ... KARACHI: Media forum on education tomorrow KARACHI, Jan 25: A media forum on "education for all" (EFA), organized by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in collaboration with the UNESCO, being held in Karachi on Jan 27. ... QUETTA: Tribesmen flay closure of route QUETTA, Jan 25: Tribesmen of Urak valley staged a demonstration on Sunday at the press club to condemn the closure of a route through the Chiltan market by the cantonment board, that would extend their journey to the city by 10km. ... LARKANA: Mother of 4, man fall victim to Karo-kari LARKANA, Jan 25: A mother of four children and a man fell victim to Karo-kaari in village Sher Muhammed Kalhoro in the jurisdiction of Bakrani Police Station late Sunday night. ...

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