29 January 2004 Thursday 06 Zilhaj 1424 KARACHI: City govt moves to check chicken disease KARACHI, Jan 28: The city government launched on Wednesday an investigation into the outbreak of avian influenza that, according to a senior official in the livestock and fisheries department ... KARACHI: Transporters force govt to delay rule enforcement: Partial strike observed KARACHI, Jan 28: Operators of minibuses and coaches observed a token strike on Wednesday in protest against impounding of their vehicles by the traffic police. ... KARACHI: 16 colleges may lose degree status KARACHI, Jan 28: Keeping in view the declining number of students enrolled at city degree colleges for BSc (Pass) programmes, the city government's education department has decided to reduce the status of 16 out of 26 degree colleges to intermediate level and utilize the workforce ... KARACHI: Schools, colleges to mark Kashmir Day KARACHI, Jan 28: The public sector schools and colleges in the city would hold declamation and national-song contests to mark Kashmir Day on Feb 5. ... KARACHI: 50pc cut in Edhi ambulance charges KARACHI, Jan 28: The Edhi Foundation has announced a 50 per cent reduction in its ambulance service charges. According to a spokesman, the decision has been taken in view of escalation in prices ... KARACHI: Statements recorded KARACHI, Jan 28: An anti-terrorism court recorded the statements of three accused, including the son of a senior superintendent of police, in a kidnapping for ransom case on Wednesday. ... KARACHI: City govt told to settle cases of two marriage halls KARACHI, Jan 28: The Sindh High Court directed the city district government of Karachi (CDGK) on Wednesday to decide the regularization cases of two marriage halls in accordance with the law and rules within three months. ... KARACHI: Ibad pledges land for IBM's new college KARACHI, Jan 28: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan, while supporting a plan of the Institute of Business Management to establish a college of urban and environmental management in the city in near future ... KARACHI: Prof Mumtaz's works on criticism praised KARACHI, Jan 28: Speakers at a book launch on Wednesday praised well-known critic Prof Mumtaz Hussain for proving that even literary classics were not without progressive ideas. ... KARACHI: SESSI disburses Rs1.9m KARACHI, Jan 28: The Sindh Employees Social Security Institution (SESSI) disbursed a total of Rs1.925 million as cash benefit to the secured workers and their dependents in November 2003. ... KARACHI: NICH holds funfair for diabetes patients KARACHI, Jan 28: The National Institute of Child Health, on Wednesday, organized a fun activity-cum-health education programme for the children suffering from diabetes. ... KARACHI: JWP criticizes setting up of cantonments in Balochistan KARACHI, Jan 28: The Jamhoori Watan Party leaders have urged the federal government not to construct army cantonments in the province and honour the Balochistan Assembly's resolution in this regard. ... KARACHI: Power tariff change for KWSB sought KARACHI, Jan 28: Karachi City Nazim and KWSB chairman Naimatullah Khan has appealed to the government to charge agriculture tariff on electricity consumed by the Water Board. ... KARACHI: Adherence to Islamic concept of justice urged KARACHI, Jan 28: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad on Wednesday urged the lawyers to adhere to Islamic concept of justice. He was speaking to the members of the Karachi Bar Association after administering an oath of office to the newly-elected KBA body for the year 2004, at a simple ceremony held at the City Courts Complex. ... KARACHI: Section 144 imposed KARACHI, Jan 28: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has imposed section 144 to stop land-grabbers from encroaching lands possessed by the City District Government Karachi (CDGK). ... KARACHI: Man shot dead near CM House KARACHI, Jan 28: An employee of Pakistan Railway was shot dead by unknown persons on Dr Ziauddin Ahmed Road in a high- security zone, where the US Consulate and the Chief Minister House are located, on Wednesday night. ... KARACHI: Fare hike criticized KARACHI, Jan 28: The provincial government has miserably failed to solve the people's problems and a 20 per cent increase in transport fares has added to their woes. ... KARACHI: FCS to set up three health care units KARACHI, Jan 28: Three health care units fully equipped with modern medical facilities will be set up for fishermen in the coastal areas of Karachi. These health care units will have modern facilities for ultra sound, blood profile and radiology tests, besides, OPD facilities. ... ISLAMABAD: Malaysian diplomat, 3 others hurt on road ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: A Malaysian diplomat and his family were injured in a road accident on late Wednesday, police sources told Dawn. ... LAHORE: LHC takes up plea today: Encroachment on CJ's House LAHORE, Jan 28: A division bench of the Lahore High Court will take up on Thursday a petition against the Punjab government for encroaching a sizable area of the Chief Justice's House. ... LAHORE: Sales tax audit on LCCI premises LAHORE, Jan 28: The Sales Tax Collector (Lahore region), Ashraf Khan, has agreed to hold sales tax audits on the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry premises to curb growing complaints of questionable behaviour of auditors. ... RAWALPINDI: Plan afoot to allow college heads to hire teachers: Dists to get Rs500m in 3 years RAWALPINDI, Jan 28: Punjab Education Minister Mian Imran Masood on Wednesday said a plan was under way through which the heads of colleges would be allowed to hire teachers on vacant posts to overcome understaffing in their respective institutions. ... RAWALPINDI: Warrants issued of ASI arrest RAWALPINDI, Jan 28: Additional district and sessions judge Sanaullah Malik here on Wednesday issued arrest warrants of an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Banni police station for not complying with the directives of the court. ... PESHAWAR: Rs1bn Fata uplift plan launched PESHAWAR, Jan 28: Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah on Wednesday formally launched a Rs1.136 billion Fata development project at a two-day workshop held at the Pakistan Academy for Rural Development. ... QUETTA: FC man dies in blast QUETTA, Jan 28: A Frontier Corps soldier was killed on Wednesday evening and seven others including a commissioned officer were injured when their vehicle hit a landmine in Kahan area of Kohlu district, some 600km east of here. ... PESHAWAR: Court orders probe into man's disappearance PESHAWAR, Jan 28: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday directed the additional inspector-general of police, investigation, to inquire into the disappearance of a citizen allegedly picked up by the Inter-Services Intelligence more than two months ago. ... PESHAWAR: Fake online bank detected; 4 held PESHAWAR, Jan 28: The crime cell of the Federal Investigation Agency has unearthed the network of a fake bank operating through internet and arrested four people for allegedly cheating more than 35,000 people, said an official on Wednesday. ... PESHAWAR: Five killed in accident PESHAWAR, Jan 28: Five people, including the driver of a pick-up, were killed and six injured in a head on collision between a truck and the pick-up on the main Dera Tank Road on Wednesday. ... PESHAWAR: Protesters block road in Jamrud PESHAWAR, Jan 28: Armed tribesmen of Wazir Dand area of Khyber Agency on Wednesday blocked the main road in Jamrud for an hour to protest against the arrest of 58 persons by political administration and Khyber Rifles. ... PESHAWAR: Olive plants in tribal areas may bear fruit: ISPR PESHAWAR, Jan 28: Wild olive plants grafted by the Pakistan Army in five agencies of Fata in 2003 have shown signs of survival and will hopefully start bearing fruit in a couple of years. ... PESHAWAR: Scam victims seek help PESHAWAR, Jan 28: People affected by the Forex Services International scam have demanded return of their money from the management of the company. ... HYDERABAD: Hyderabad dist council budget presented HYDERABAD, Jan 28: The finance and planning department of the district government here on Wednesday received support from the district council for presenting its budget estimates of 2003-4 to the Sindh finance department. ... HYDERABAD: Protest against non-allocation of funds from octroi to UCs HYDERABAD, Jan 28: A large number of union council Nazims took out a protest procession from the district council building to the press club on Wednesday against the non-allocation of funds from the octroi tax to union councils. ... HYDERABAD: Status quo ordered in no-trust bid HYDERABAD, Jan 28: A division bench of the Sindh High Court Hyderabad circuit ordered status quo in a no-confidence motion against the Nazim of Sheikh Bhirkio union council here on Tuesday following a statement by the DCO which termed it null and void. ... HYDERABAD: TMA criticized for failing to deliver: Sanitation, encroachments HYDERABAD, Jan 28: The City Taluka municipal administration was criticized at the district council session here on Wednesday for failing to provide sanitation facilities and remove encroachments. ... HYDERABAD: Team to visit area hit by skin disease HYDERABAD, Jan 28: The Vice-Chancellor of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences on Wednesday constituted a team of specialists regarding the outbreak of leishmaniasis diseases in Dadu district. ... HYDERABAD: Two killed in clash HYDERABAD, Jan 28: Two people were killed and nine others, including a woman, were injured in the Datto Bhatti village, Matiari taluka, on Wednesday when two groups clashed over a common street. ... NAWABSHAH: Woman's body exhumed NAWABSHAH, Jan 28: The body of a married woman was exhumed by a medical board from Haji Naseer graveyard on Tuesday to ascertain the cause of her death. ... MITHI: Thar hospitals face drug shortage MITHI, Jan 28: The Tharparkar District Council in a resolution adopted on Tuesday expressed concern over the shortage of medicines at hospitals and dispensaries of the district. ... DERA GHAZI KHAN: Dera council adopts 13 resolutions DERA GHAZI KHAN, Jan 28: The district council adopted 13 resolutions at a meeting here on Wednesday. Two resolutions regarding the deteriorating education system were presented by Manzoor Qaisrani and Tariq Khetran at the meeting held with convener Javed Iqbal Qaisrani in the chair. ... SIALKOT: Case registered 10 months after dacoity SIALKOT, Jan 28: The Hajipura police registered a dacoity case almost 10 months after the incident. According to details, four dacoits had on March 20, 2003 ... GUJRANWALA: ASI in lock-up for upholding law: Lawyers clash with police GUJRANWALA, Jan 28: A traffic police official who fined a rickshaw driver for traffic rule violation and then stood by his decision ended up in a lock-up on Wednesday. ... MULTAN: Cotton use in quilts: govt stand questioned MULTAN, Jan 28: The Farmers Vision Forum, an NGO working in the farm sector, has expressed surprise over the statement of a 'spokesman' of the Punjab agriculture department that around 200,000 bales of cotton worth Rs3.15 billion ... MULTAN: Indigenous research on BT cotton demanded MULTAN, Jan 28: A meeting of the cotton marketing and economic research sub-committee has called for indigenous research on evolving Bacillus Thurigenesis (BT) cotton instead of relying on exotic varieties. ... MULTAN: BZU MBA students want teacher replaced MULTAN, Jan 28: The MBA students at the Bahauddin Zakariya University's institute of management sciences have refused to attend class of a teacher, accusing him of harassing and misbehaving with them. ... SIALKOT: Chicken, egg prices fall SIALKOT, Jan 28: The prices of chicken and egg have registered decrease in many districts of the Punjab following official confirmation that influenza virus had hit poultry in Sindh. ... SIALKOT: Trader shot dead for resisting robbers SIALKOT, Jan 28: A trader was shot dead and two people were injured when they resisted robbers here on Wednesday. A Quetta-based trader, Soorat Khan, was shot dead by two robbers in Sungarwali-Satrah village in Daska tehsil. ... FAISALABAD: Councillors up in arms over toll issue FAISALABAD, Jan 28: Members of the opposition and treasury in the district council exchanged verbal jibes, raised slogans against each other and threw the agenda before the convener at a meeting held here on Wednesday to discuss imposition of toll. ... SUKKUR: ASI among two hostages released SUKKUR, Jan 28: Two hostages were recovered on Wednesday after an exchange of firing between police and the kidnappers in the Mehmoodabad village, Shikarpur district. ... LARKANA: Task force set up LARKANA, Jan 28: The Sindh government has constituted a task force to control the outbreak of skin disease leishmaniasis. Dr Farooq Soomro, the head of the leprosy unit of the Chandka Medical College Hospital, Larkana, was nominated as the focal person for the district. ...

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