27 January 2004 Tuesday 04 Zilhaj 1424 KARACHI: Subscribers to pay extra amount on phone bills KARACHI, Jan 26: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company will collect a significant amount of withholding tax this year by penalizing phone subscribers for no fault of theirs. ... KARACHI: Encroachers on city govt land to face penal action KARACHI, Jan 26: Nazim Karachi Naimatullah Khan said on Monday that encroachment on city government land would be considered a police cognizable act and Section 144 CrPC had been imposed. ... KARACHI: Suspect killed in shootout with police KARACHI, Jan 26: A bandit was killed, while his three accomplices were arrested by police after an encounter at a cell phone shop in Site Area on Monday. ... KARACHI: Rally against Thal project on Feb 10 KARACHI, Jan 26: The political parties, opposed to the construction of Greater Thal Canal Project, have decided to hold protest march against the project on Feb 10. ... KARACHI: FCS board to take up jobs issue tomorrow KARACHI, Jan 26: The issue of fresh appointments will dominate the Fishermen Cooperative Society's meeting, which has been called on Jan 28. Though officially no agenda of the FCS Board of Directors' meeting has been issued so far ... KARACHI: Steps urged for uplift projects in Defence KARACHI, Jan 26: Corps Commander Lt Gen Ahsan Saleem Hyat, who is also the president of DHA Executive Board, has directed the DHA administration to focus all its energies on the improvement of roads, water and sewerage system, and provision of electricity in Defence. ... KARACHI: A collection of poetry launched KARACHI: 'Aasman,' a collection of verses by Abeda Iqbal Azad, was launched at a city hotel on Sunday. Karachi University Vice-Chancellor Dr Pirzada Qasim presided over the event. ... KARACHI: Women prison overcrowded KARACHI, Jan 26: About 236 women prisoners, with their 48 children, are lodged against a capacity of 105 prisoners at the women's prison Karachi, Ms. Sheeba Shah, Superintendent Karachi Women Prison said. ... KARACHI: CDGK to conduct satellite survey of city under KDP KARACHI, Jan 26: The city government plans to conduct a satellite survey of the city to expedite the development works, particularly of Tameer-i-Karachi Programme. ... KARACHI: Ibad plans to visit each district KARACHI, Jan 26: Sindh governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said that he will visit one district of the province in a week to have an appraisal about the problems of people and for direct inter- action with them. ... KARACHI: Jurisdiction row irks adviser KARACHI, Jan 26: Adviser to Sindh chief minister on home affairs Aftab Sheikh, taking notice of the reports that the police in the airport area did not remove a dead body for three hours because of a dispute between two police stations over their limits ... KARACHI: Role of customs since 9/11 discussed KARACHI, Jan 26: The international customs day was observed by the customs department by organizing different programmes and seminars on Monday at the Directorate Training Karachi and the Custom House Gaddani. ... ISLAMABAD: Security during VVIP movement irks commuters ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: Traffic on almost all busy roads of Rawalpindi and Islamabad remained suspended for over an hour on Sunday night due to the movement of President Gen Pervez Musharraf. ... KARACHI: Betel-nuts seized KARACHI, Jan 26: Rangers seized 440 kilograms of smuggled betel-nut and arrested a suspect in a raid in Moosa Colony on Monday. A spokesman for the Rangers said that the Rangers were tipped off that a considerable quantity of betel-nut was smuggled from Balochistan. ... QUETTA: Rival tribal groups cease fire: one killed QUETTA, Jan 26: The law enforcement agencies succeeded in making a ceasefire between two armed rival tribal groups in Dureji area of Lasbela district who had been firing at each other for the last three days over a dispute on land and marble mines. ... LAHORE: Sugar mills 'have cleared' growers' dues LAHORE, Jan 26: The sugar mills in the province have cleared Rs26 billion dues of growers outstanding from the last year, according to Punjab Cane Commissioner Nasim Nawaz. ... LAHORE: Position on carryover dam explained LAHORE, Jan 26: The Punjab government has rejected a Punjab Water Council claim that it (the govt) has been "tricked into accepting Kalabagh Dam as a carryover reservoir." ... ATTOCK: Ghazi Barotha power plant closed ATTOCK, Jan 26: The electricity supply from Ghazi Barotha Hydro-power Project (GBHP) has been suspended due to closure of it channel causing huge financial loss to the national exchequer, sources said. ... TOBA TEK SINGH: Trader kidnapped TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 26: A notorious proclaimed offender on Monday kidnapped a cattle trader along with his animals and a pick-up and vanished into a dense forest near Kamalia. ... LAHORE: Foreigners to train garment stitchers LAHORE, Jan 26: The Punjab government is launching from June a model project for arranging training of some 1,400 garment stitchers and instructors by foreign consultants to promote value addition in the textile sector in the province. ... BAHAWALPUR: Transporters for fare hike BAHAWALPUR, Jan 26: The divisional transport federation at its meeting held here on Monday demanded the provincial transport authority to immediately increase transport fares on inter-city routes, otherwise they would launch a protest drive. ... ISLAMABAD: Sheikh Rashid accused of violating court orders ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: The federal information minister, Sheikh Rashid Ahmad, was accused of violating the court orders and CDA policy of opening schools in the residential areas. ... ISLAMABAD: Double benefit for villagers likely ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: The federal cabinet is likely to allow Capital Development Authority (CDA) to give double benefit to those landholders on whose land sector D-12 and G-13 are being developed, a source in the CDA told Dawn. ... DERA GHAZI KHAN: TMA contractor pocketing 'illegal tax': Inquiry ordered DERA GHAZI KHAN, Jan 26: A financial scandal at the tehsil municipal administration was detected when the district Naib Nazim raided the contractor's camp at the tehsil offices on the complaints against him of charging illegal district council complex tax. ... RAWALPINDI: Mass marriages planned RAWALPINDI, Jan 26: The district government plans to hold mass marriages to facilitate those people who cannot meet wedding expenses, District Nazim Raja Tariq Kiani told this reporter on Monday. ... FAISALABAD: 200 booked for attack on toll contractor staff: Clashes at other places FAISALABAD, Jan 26: Police have booked more than 200 people on the charge of attacking and injuring the staff of Sargodha Road toll tax contractor, threatening them with dire consequences and damaging its furniture on Monday. ... PESHAWAR: Fata growers warned against poppy cultivation PESHAWAR, Jan 26: Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah said on Monday that from now on those found involved in poppy cultivation in Fata would be penalised, as the policy of only destroying the standing crop did not work out to eradicate the menace. ... PESHAWAR: Wapda seminar on safety measures PESHAWAR, Jan 26: Wapda authorities Monday arranged a day-long safety seminar in Dera Ismail Khan in order to apprise the employees about the safety measures while performing their professional duties on high power transmission lines. ... PESHAWAR: City govt gets funds allocated for last year PESHAWAR, Jan 26: The Peshawar city district government has received Rs71 million development funds meant for the last financial year, district Naib Nazim Dr Iqbal Khalil told Dawn. ... PESHAWAR: Children claim Nazim held them hostage PESHAWAR, Jan 26: About 140 schoolchildren were allegedly kidnapped and held hostage for around four hours by a local council Nazim here on Monday. Talking to newsmen after their release ... PESHAWAR: BISE announces results PESHAWAR, Jan 26: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Peshawar on Monday announced the results of Intermediate Supplementary examination held in 2003. ... PESHAWAR: Minor girls being used by drug dealers PESHAWAR, Jan 26: Organized gangs of drug traffickers are trapping minor and teenaged girls by exploiting their economic and other problems. Lawyers dealing with cases of various minor girls, arrested recently ... SHIKARPUR: Law against Karo-kari in the offing SHIKARPUR, Jan 26: The adviser to the prime minister on social welfare and women development, Nelofar Bakhtiar, has said a bill to eliminate Karo-kari will soon be presented before the federal cabinet after which legislation will be made against the custom in parliament. ... SHIKARPUR: Two outlaws arrested after encounter SHIKARPUR, Jan 26: Two outlaws were arrested in Katcha area on Sunday following an encounter with police. The Madeji and Jabar Shaikh police identified them as Pir Bux Kalhoro and Shahnawaz Kalhoro. ... HYDERABAD: Controversy in dist council over motionon debriefing HYDERABAD, Jan 26: District Council members expressed grave concern over the debriefing of nuclear scientists here on Monday and termed it a conspiracy to roll back the country's nuclear programme while stressing that deserved to be fully respected. ... HYDERABAD: Former security agency employees held HYDERABAD, Jan 26: The Makki Shah police have arrested a former supervisor of a private security agency and his accomplice for providing security services without a license. ... HYDERABAD: SHC issues notices to officials HYDERABAD, Jan 26: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Monday issued notices to the secretary, environmental health, in charge, regional office, Environmental Protection Agency, Sindh ... SUKKUR: Chakki owners threaten strike SUKKUR, Jan 26: An urgent meeting of the Sukkur Atta Chakki Association, chaired by its president, Jalal Khan Narewal, was held here on Monday. ... SUKKUR: Adviser camps at hospital SUKKUR, Jan 26: The health officials must not delay drug supply to government hospitals or receive commission on purchase of medicines and anyone found involved in the practices will be taken to task. ... DADU: Firm urged to pay royalty to dist govt DADU, Jan 26: The Dadu District Council in a resolution adopted on Monday demanded that the BHP oil and gas company should stop paying 13 per cent royalty to the federal government and pay the same to the district government. ... MINGORA: Gas cylinders' shortage creates unrest MINGORA, Jan 26: The shortage of liquefied gas cylinders has created an unrest among the subscribers, amid fears that gas cylinders meant for local people are being smuggled to Afghanistan. ... LARKANA: Dist council decries shortage of drugs LARKANA, Jan 26: The Larkana District Council has expressed concern over the shortage of medicines at hospitals, rural health centres and basic health units of the district and called for early supply of drugs. ... THATTA: 'Buildings dept short of funds' THATTA, Jan 26: The Sindh buildings department is responsible for carrying out maintenance of 2,111 residential and non- residential buildings. The minimum cost of maintenance comes to Rs471.265 million per year but only Rs102.54 million was allocated for 2002-3 which is about 1/5th of the amount. ... MIRPURKHAS: Wheat godowns go empty MIRPURKHAS, Jan 26: An acute shortage of flour is feared as wheat stocks in Mirpurkhas and Sanghar districts have been utilized, sources told this correspondent on Monday. ... FAISALABAD: Police order closure of shops after 9pm FAISALABAD, Jan 26: The local police have directed all the traders of the district to close their businesses after 9 pm. District Police Officer Amin Wains on Monday asked shopkeepers and industrialists to hire at least one armed guard for the round-the-clock security of their respective business establishments. ... FAISALABAD: Widespread concern over lawlessness in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, Jan 26: Legislators, representatives of trade bodies, political parties and industrialists have expressed resentment over deteriorating law and order situation in the district. ...

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