12 February 2004 Thursday 20 Zilhaj 1424 KARACHI: Production of Shaista, Balkh in court ordered KARACHI, Feb 11: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday ordered the production of Shaista Almani and Balkh Sher Mahar, the man who is said to have divorced her under pressure after their free- will marriage, on Feb 26. ... KARACHI: Nazim's order on building control put in abeyance KARACHI, Feb 11: A notification pertaining to the establishment of a parallel building control system issued on Tuesday was held in abeyance by the city Nazim ... KARACHI: Govt to help Madressahs in modern education KARACHI, Feb 11: The Sindh Education department has planned to facilitate madressahs desiring arrangements for imparting the modern day education to their students in addition to religious studies. ... KARACHI: NAB accused allowed to visit US KARACHI, Feb 11: The Sindh High Court allowed on Wednesday one-time exemption to the former chairman of the rice export corporation, Shaikh M. Ishaque, who is facing trial for corruption before an accountability court ... KARACHI: Millers and traders aggravate wheat crisis KARACHI, Feb 11: More than 14 million consumers in the city will continue to remain hostage to the unscrupulous wheat traders, millers and corrupt officials of the Sindh Food department, and will be forced to pay higher prices for flour and bread well beyond April this year. ... KARACHI: Workers' protest leads to KWSB offices' closure KARACHI, Feb 11: Almost all the departments at the KWSB head office, adjacent to the Civic Centre, remained closed on Wednesday when some emotionally-charged employees resorted to a noisy protest over the death of an employee's wife ... KARACHI: Coastal uplift projects yet to take off KARACHI, Feb 11: Despite the last year announcement made by City Nazim Naimatullah Khan to develop coastal areas, the city government has not carried out any development activity in these areas so far. ... KARACHI: Non-commercial varsities urged KARACHI, Feb 11: There is a need for developing such varsities in the private sector, which, besides providing quality education, should consider education a non-commercial affair. ... KARACHI: Shipyard workers stage demo KARACHI, Feb 11: The Karachi Shipyard Labour Union (CBA) has appealed to the higher authorities to take suo motu notice of the persisting unrest among Shipyard workers who had been seeking not only their salary for the last month but also their dues. ... KARACHI: Nine-year-old girl tortured to death KARACHI, Feb 11: A nine-year-old girl was brutally killed by unknown persons in Sector 11-G, New Karachi Industrial Area early Wednesday morning. Police said that Saira, 9, had gone missing since Tuesday evening. ... KARACHI: LEW affectees given cheques KARACHI, Feb 11: Naib Nazim Tariq Hasan, on Wednesday, handed over cheques each for Rs50,000 along with documents of 80sq-yard plots to 40 families being shifted under the Lyari Expressway Resettlement Project. ... KARACHI: Bus operators defy bylaws on advertising KARACHI, Feb 11: The city government has failed to bring large size buses in the net of advertisement tax despite the existence of outdoor advertising bylaws. ... KARACHI: Practical exams KARACHI, Feb 11: The Examinations Department, University of Karachi, on Wednesday announced the schedule of the Social Work practical examinations for students appearing in BA (Pass), first and second year, annual examinations, 2003. ... KARACHI: Encroachers out to occupy city's vital footpaths KARACHI, Feb 11: Getting encouraged with the Gulberg Town Administration's trend of constructing cabins on footpaths in Karimabad's busy Meena Bazaar and Bazaar-i-Faisal ... GUJRAT: Gujrat police 'ditched' serial killing probe GUJRAT, Feb 11: After failing to track down the murderers of five boys even after months despite receiving startling information, the local police investigators allegedly closed the chapter once and for all. ... ISLAMABAD: NRB go-ahead for fourth phase - Sewage treatment plant ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: The National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) has given the green light to the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to go ahead with the fourth phase of the Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) ... ISLAMABAD: Bolshoi Theatre spellbinds audience ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: The first-ever performance by the legendary Bolshoi Theatre of Russia at the Russian embassy in Islamabad was an enchanting experience for the diplomatic community and the local audience. ... KARACHI: Military land occupied by police KARACHI, Feb 11: The Sindh Reserve Police have illegally occupied about four acres of military land and a plot reserved for park in Hyderabad. The total value of the land is estimated around Rs40 million. ... SAHIWAL: Flour prices up in Sahiwal SAHIWAL, Feb 11: Flour prices are going up in Sahiwal and Chichawatni because the millers are not proving the required quantity of the commodity. ... LAHORE: Plea for banning kidney trade LAHORE, Feb 11: A fresh petition seeking a legislative ban on the sale and purchase of kidneys and other human organs was moved with the Lahore High Court on Wednesday. ... SADIQABAD: Three die in road accident SADIQABAD, Feb 11: Three persons, including a child, lost their lives in an accident near Mureed Shakh on the Guddu-Sadiqabad Road, 50km away from here. ... LAHORE: LHC to take up petition against former CJ today LAHORE, Feb 11: A division bench of the Lahore High Court has been constituted to hear from Thursday (today) a petition seeking registration of case against former chief justice of Pakistan Dr Nasim Hasan Shah. ... LAHORE: Deserving families not given flour LAHORE, Feb 11: More than half of 63,300 deserving families chosen for supply of a 20kg atta bag Rs30 below the market price every fortnight under the 'Sasta Atta Scheme' from Jan 1 have not received even a single bag till date. ... LAHORE: FSC suspends minor's RI LAHORE, Feb 11: The Federal Shariat Court on Wednesday suspended the rigorous imprisonment awarded to a minor observing that he had been convicted for violating the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance. ... MANSHERA: Union council by-elections in March MANSEHRA, Feb 11: By-elections for the slots of five nazims, a naib nazim and 76 councillors of different union councils the district will be held on March 20 and 28. ... PESHAWAR: Local govts oppose community boards PESHAWAR, Feb 11: District governments in the NWFP want the provincial government to shelve the idea of establishing Citizen Community Boards, officials said. ... PESHAWAR: Services tribunal's order violated PESHAWAR, Feb 11: The NWFP government has replaced a social welfare and women development (SWWD) department director for violating the order of the Services Tribunal. ... PESHAWAR: Flyover project hits snags PESHAWAR, Feb 11: The railways department is yet to entertain a request of the NWFP government to provide 40 kanals required for the construction of a flyover over the Suri Pul intersection. ... PESHAWAR: ATCs can transfer cases to regular courts - PHC PESHAWAR, Feb 11: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday ruled that the provincial law minister had no powers to delete provisions of Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997, from FIRs of different cases. ... PESHAWAR: 62pc target achieved, says Nadra official PESHAWAR, Feb 11: National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has achieved 62 per cent target in the province by issuing Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs). ... PESHAWAR: Illegal finance firms fleecing people PESHAWAR, Feb 11: Many illegal finance companies and business houses have cropped up in the city of late which openly fleece people by promising them huge profits due to negligence on the part of law enforcement agencies, it is learnt. ... PESHAWAR: 17,704 treated at Hayatabad Complex in a month PESHAWAR, Feb 11: The outdoor patient department of the Hayatabad Medical Complex treated 17,704 patients during January 2004, while 8,958 accidents and emergency patients were provided medical care during the same period. ... PESHAWAR: Community participation plan ready PESHAWAR, Feb 11: The NWFP government would develop union council level profile to promote the internationally accepted concept of community participation at the grass roots level to ensure need-based development activities ... HYDERABAD: Wasa suspends water supply to three talukas in Hyderabad HYDERABAD, Feb 11: The water and Sanitation Agency suspended water supply to City, Latifabad and Qasimabad talukas by closing the Hyderabad Development Authority filter plant on Wednesday to protest against the registration of an FIR against Wasa officials. ... HYDERABAD: PMA wants end to discrimination in health department HYDERABAD, Feb 11: The president of Pakistan Medical Association, Sindh chapter, Dr Noor Mohammad Memon, has expressed concern over reports about a disqualification of senior and deserving doctors for their selection as the director-general of Sindh health services. ... HYDERABAD: Hesco employees protest against forced retirement HYDERABAD, Feb 11: Hesco employees marched from the Gari Khata Labour Hall to the press club here on Wednesday to protest against company officials and forced retirement and dismissal of workers. ... HYDERABAD: Sanitary workers dues to be paid, court assured HYDERABAD, Feb 11: The DCO of Dadu on Tuesday assured a division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad, that dues of five sanitary workers of the Kotri taluka municipal administration would be cleared in two instalments in six months. ... HYDERABAD: Inclusion of experts in study on water urged HYDERABAD, Feb 11: The Sindh Abadgar Board has appealed to the president to include independent experts in a study in respect of water release downstream Kotri. ... HYDERABAD: Row over employees' promotion HYDERABAD, Feb 11: The Latifabad Taluka Council at a meeting held here on Tuesday criticized a statement of CBA union leaders against councillors on the issue of promotion and said the union could not challenge the taluka council. ... SHIKARPUR: Privatization of Wapda units opposed SHIKARPUR, Feb 11: Workers of Pakistan Wapda Hydro-Electric Central Labour Union staged rallies in different towns on Wednesday for acceptance of their demands. ... MIRPURKHAS: Mirpurkhas faces wheat shortage MIRPURKHAS, Feb 11: A wheat crisis is continuing in the district because of non-availability of the commodity in the food department stores and is being sold at exorbitant rates. ... DADU: Electricity supply to Johi cut DADU, Feb 11: A major power breakdown paralyzed civic life in Johi, Wahi Pandhi, Tando Raheem, Drigh Bala and Chhinni towns and 100 villages of the Johi taluka on Wednesday. ... LARKANA: Six dialysis machines out of order LARKANA, Feb 11: Six out of a dozen dialysis machines in the Chandka Medical College Teaching Hospital's urology department are not working for the past one-and-a-half-month, sources said on Wednesday. ... FAISALABAD: NTU students plan fresh protest from 18th FAISALABAD, Feb 11: The Joint Action Committee of students and staff of the National Textile University and the Muttahida Tulaba Mahaz have decided to restart their protest following failure of talks with the varsity management. ... MIRPURKHAS: Water supply demanded MIRPURKHAS, Feb 11: Hundreds of abadgars of Samaro distry area staged a demonstration on the Mirpurkhas Road near Khipro on Tuesday to protest against lack of water supply. ... GILGIT: Gilgit to levy sanitary tax GILGIT, Feb 11: The Gilgit Municipal Committee has decided to collect sanitary tax from February 12 for reducing waste in the Gilgit municipal town area, officials said on Wednesday. ... DERA GHAZI KHAN: Case against PML-N leader, 150 others: Dera land dispute DERA GHAZI KHAN, Feb 11: The district police here on Wednesday registered a case against the PML-N district president and at least 150 others on the report of the forest department officer under the Anti-Terrorist Act. ... SWABI: US promises aid for Swabi uplift projects SWABI, Feb 11: The US would provide aid for different projects in district Swabi and all out efforts would be made for the boosting of female position/status in the district. ... WANA: Army man gunned down WANA, Feb 11: An armyman was gunned down by two unidentified motorcyclists in the Azam Warsak bazaar, 15 kilometres from here on Wednesday. Officials confirmed that two gunmen riding a motorcycle opened firing on an armyman, Bacha Khan Khattak, in the main bazaar and fled. ... GUJRANWALA: Gujranwala health projects GUJRANWALA, Feb 11: Various ongoing health projects worth Rs60 million will be completed during the current fiscal year. This was stated by executive district officer (health) Dr Zafar Iqbal Niazi and district health officer Dr Saadullah at a joint briefing here on Wednesday. ...

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