13 February 2004 Friday 21 Zilhaj 1424 KARACHI: Wheat worth Rs82 million missing from godowns KARACHI, Feb 12: A vigilance cell of the Anti-Corruption Establishment has raided three godowns of the Sindh food department and found that 271,115 bags of wheat, worth Rs82 million, were missing, officials said on Thursday. ... KARACHI: Marwat asks EDOs to give details of funds KARACHI, Feb 12: Sindh Education Minister Irfanullah Marwat, on Thursday, directed all EDOs (Education) of the province to submit reports on Rs611 millions funds, disbursed among them under the Education Sector Reforms (ECR), within a week. ... KARACHI: KU asked to plan 4-year honours programme KARACHI, Feb 12: The Higher Education Commission (HEC), Islamabad, has urged the University of Karachi to introduce four- year (Honours) Bachelor's Degree Programme. ... KARACHI: City council team attacked KARACHI, Feb 12: A group of people reportedly belonging to the Muttahida Labour Division on Thursday manhandled members of the city council's committee for human resource management in the city government's HRM department. ... KARACHI: Detailed comments on CNICs issue submitted KARACHI, Feb 12: All citizens are obliged to register afresh and obtain new, computerized national identity cards under the National Database and Registration Authority Ordinance, 2000 ... KARACHI: FCS moot to discuss job issue tomorrow KARACHI, Feb 12: Elected and government directors of the Fishermen Cooperative Society will take up the fresh appointment issue on Feb 14 at a meeting to be held at Karachi Fish Harbour. ... KARACHI: No sign of bird flu in Sindh - adviser KARACHI, Feb 12: The adviser to chief minister on health, Nauman Saigal, has said that investigations conducted so far show no sign of bird flu in the province and if there is any that is not harmful for human life. ... KARACHI: Need stressed for access to information KARACHI, Feb 12: Speakers at a workshop on "Freedom of information" on Thursday highlighted the need for access to information to empower the masses with regard to their civil rights and provide a link with the development of the civil society. ... KARACHI: 'About 100 park sites sold off' KARACHI, Feb 12: About 100 amenity plots, originally specified for development of parks in Gulistan-i-Jauhar, have illegally been converted into commercial plots. ... KARACHI: Children's urinary problem needs early treatment KARACHI, Feb 12: Any child who suffers from urinary tract infection (UTI), which refuses to go away, may be having a problem of urine reflux. ... KARACHI: Interactive curriculums for medical institutions KARACHI, Feb 12: A new curriculum for institutions imparting education and training in medical and health sciences has been formulated by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council which will be implemented shortly. ... RAWALPINDI: Eleven bonded labourers recovered in Gujar Khan RAWALPINDI, Feb 12: Police on Thursday raided a kiln in Gujar Khan on the directive of district and sessions judge Rawalpindi Abdul Qayyum Raja and recovered eleven bonded labourers, including four children and three women. ... KARACHI: Community school project launched KARACHI, Feb 12: The vice-chancellor of Karachi University, Dr Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui, inaugurated the Community School and Skills Training Centre near Silver Jubilee Gate of the varsity. ... KARACHI: 3-day music conference opens today KARACHI, Feb 12: A three-day All Pakistan Music Conference will open at the Governor House on Friday evening. President Gen Musharraf is expected to inaugurate the conference. ... KARACHI: JUW declares results of MA, MSc KARACHI, Feb 12: The Jinnah University for Women has announced results of MA (Final) and MSc (Final) exams 2003. According to JUW notifications, a total of 153 students were declared pass in both exams. ... KARACHI: Passer by dies, five injured in crossfire KARACHI, Feb 12: A passerby died and five others were injured, including a policeman, in a cross fire between police and armed suspects in Lyari on Thursday evening. ... KARACHI: Man dies in accident KARACHI, Feb 12: A middle-aged man died in road accident on Thursday. Police said that Khanan, 40, was crossing a Steel Town link road when he was knocked down by a passenger vehicle. ... RAWALPINDI: Rs2 million projector stolen from army mess RAWALPINDI, Feb 12: Robbers and thieves struck at four places in Rawalpindi and deprived people of cash, prize bonds and gold ornaments, police said on Thursday. ... JHANG: MI preparing for NA-89 bypolls JHANG, Feb 12: The outlawed Millat-i-Islamia is determined to field its candidate for the byelection for NA-89, which fell vacant after the assassination of Maulana Azam Tariq. ... ISLAMABAD: Punjab, NWFP IGPs ordered to appear before SC ISLAMABAD, Feb 12: The Supreme Court directed the heads of Punjab and NWFP police on Thursday to appear in person before the court on Feb 20 to explain why a convict carrying death sentence ... KASUR: 1,800 officials of Zakat bodies sacked in Punjab KASUR, Feb 12: At least 1,800 chairman and members of various Zakat committees in the province have been sacked on charges of corruption and embezzlement of funds. ... LAHORE: Punjab varsity faculty rejects restructuring LAHORE, Feb 12: Punjab University's board of the faculty of education has rejected a proposal for restructuring the faculty and decided to continue the existing faculty with the Institute of Education and Research and special education department as its components. ... LAHORE: EDOs on the horns of dilemma - Funds for education LAHORE, Feb 12: Punjab Education Minister Imran Masood has reportedly directed the executive district officers (education) to follow the instructions of the education secretary instead of district Nazims. ... LAHORE: Petition against Nasim dismissed LAHORE, Feb 12: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday dismissed in limine a petition seeking registration of a case against former chief justice Nasim Hasan Shah on charges of abetting in the "murder" of former prime minister Z.A. Bhutto. ... LAHORE: Case against 100 petrol venders LAHORE, Feb 12: More than 100 of the over 300 unauthorized loose petrol dealers operating in the city have been booked for violation of the Explosives Act by the district labour office during a campaign lodged for checking the unlawful practice. ... LAHORE: Wahla group may play role in Bar polls LAHORE, Feb 12: The group of lawyers headed by Chaudhry Mohammad Ashraf Wahla may emerge as a vital factor in deciding the fate of election of the Lahore High Court Bar Association. ... LAHORE: Sacked LMDC professor alleges victimization LAHORE, Feb 12: A former professor of pharmacology at the Lahore Medical and Dental College (LMDC) has alleged that the college administration has terminated her services for showing the academic ... LAHORE: Rs200m grant for journalists colony LAHORE, Feb 12: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi said on Thursday that he had approved the housing colony for Lahore journalists which would soon be launched after a legislation by the assembly. ... LAHORE: Allotment of flats to two workers cancelled LAHORE, Feb 12: The district labour officer on Thursday ordered ejectment of two allottees of workers' flats in Allama Iqbal Town's Khyber Block after cancellation of their allotment for non-payment of dues for a long time. ... LAHORE: Industrialists urged to prepare for WTO regime LAHORE, Feb 12: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi on Thursday urged local industrialists to prepare for the WTO regime. The government would extend all-out help to industrialists in this regard ... FAISALABAD: Private schools threaten exam boycott FAISALABAD, Feb 12: The Private Schools Management Association has threatened to boycott the examinations of fifth and eight classes in protest against doubling the papers' fund and some other policies of the education department. ... PESHAWAR: Enforcement of Qisas, Diyat laws questioned PESHAWAR, Feb 12: The way Qisas and Diyat laws were interpreted, enacted and enforced in Pakistan subverted the rights and status of women enshrined in the Islamic injunctions, participants of a three-day-long consultation meeting said. ... PESHAWAR: Two police officials' transfer cancelled PESHAWAR, Feb 12: Two senior NWFP police officials have succeeded in getting their transfer to Balochistan cancelled, while two others left the province after strong resistance, sources told Dawn on Thursday. ... PESHAWAR: Man awarded life term for killing brother PESHAWAR, Feb 12: An additional district and sessions judge on Thursday sentenced a person to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of killing his brother. ... PESHAWAR: Importance of girls education underscored PESHAWAR, Feb 12: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah said on Thursday that education was the largest factor in changing the attitude of the people. ... PESHAWAR: 'FIA to broaden investigation': Counterfeit currency PESHAWAR, Feb 12: Counterfeit currency notes seized in Karachi on Wednesday were printed on paper officially used for printing money, officials of the Federal Investigation Agency said on Thursday. ... PESHAWAR: Fund transfer row puts public at risk PESHAWAR, Feb 12: The city district government has failed to replace the exposed electricity wires on the main Jamrud road posing a threat to the lives of the people. ... HYDERABAD: Loadshedding, water shortage hit hospital HYDERABAD, Feb 12: Unscheduled loadshedding and a shortage of water have been plaguing the Civil Hospital Hyderabad for the past several days, creating a lot of problems for patients as well as the hospital management. ... HYDERABAD: Consensus on water projects urged HYDERABAD, Feb 12: Sindh Population Welfare Minister Imtiaz Ahmad Shaikh has said the technical committee on Kalabagh dam and greater Thal canal projects has started its study and added that he will keep raising voice for a consensus among the provinces on the issue. ... HYDERABAD: 'Cooked poultry meat, eggs safe for consumption' HYDERABAD, Feb 12: The Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences on Thursday organized a seminar on the bird flu under the aegis of department of medicine and allied sciences. ... HYDERABAD: Hesco completes village electrification projects HYDERABAD, Feb 12: The Hyderabad Electric Supply Company announced on Thursday that during the month of January, the company had completed 124 programmes of electrification. ... MULTAN: Lawyers' retainership fee doubled MULTAN, Feb 12: Punjab Advocate General Shabbar Raza Rizvi on Thursday said lawyers' retainership fee for state cases had been increased from Rs1,500 to Rs3,000. ... QUETTA: Dacoit held, looted money recovered QUETTA, Feb 12: The police have arrested a dacoit red-handed when he was running after looting an Allied Bank branch of Tolaram Road, on Thursday. The police recovered the looted money from the dacoit while his accomplice succeeded in fleeing. ... QUETTA: Protest against privatization QUETTA, Feb 12: Hundreds of Wapda workers staged a demonstration here on Wednesday against the proposed privatization of the Faisalabad Electric Supply Company and Jamshorro Power House. ... KHAIRPUR: Two boys run over by train KHAIRPUR, Feb 12: Two boys, Zahid, 13, and Asif Shaikh, 12, were killed when a Kotri-bound train hit them on Thursday. The boys were playing on the railway tracks near Garhi Pul area. ... SUKKUR: Dam construction reports dismissed as rumour SUKKUR, Feb 12: Sindh Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination Sardar Nadir Akmal Khan Laghari has rejected reports about the construction of Kalabagh dam, saying rumours in this regard were part of a disinformation campaign. ... FAISALABAD: Local govt system fails to deliver - 511 seats vacant in three districts FAISALABAD, Feb 12: As many as 511 seats - 47 of Nazims, Naib Nazims and 464 of councillors - of union councils have been lying vacant in the districts of Faisalabad ... BADIN: Three killed, 20 hurt in accident BADIN, Feb 12: Three persons were killed and 20 others injured after a passenger coach plunged into a deep ravine near Kario Ghanwar, some 55 kilometres from here on Thursday. ... KASUR: Three killed, 10 hurt in tractor-van collision KASUR, Feb 12: Three people were killed while 10, including three women, injured in a collision between a wagon and a tractor trolley in Puchokey, Raiwind Saddar, on Thursday. ... THATTA: Demonstration held against eviction of fishermen THATTA, Feb 12: Hundreds of fishermen of the Thatta coastal belt and various wetlands of the district held a protest demonstration here on Thursday. ... MANSHERA: Girl, cousin shot dead for honour MANSEHRA, Feb 12: A man killed his 16-year-old daughter and her 17-year-old cousin on the pretext of preserving the family's honour in the limits of the Balakot police station some 45 kilometres from here late Tuesday night, police officials said. ... LANDI KOTAL: Checkpoints forcibly closed in Bara LANDI KOTAL, Feb 12: A local religious organization closed down about one dozen illegal checkpoints in the Bara subdivision, declaring them un-Islamic, here on Wednesday. ... HARIPUR: Anti-encroachment drive planned HARIPUR, Feb 12: The tehsil municipal administration (TMA) has decided to launch anti-encroachment drive. Official sources said on Thursday that the campaign would begin next month. ... SARGODHA: Report on honour killings sought SARGODHA, Feb 12: The government has reportedly sought a report on honour killings. It is learnt that the Sargodha police have been asked to submit a report in this regard by Feb 15 positively. ... MULTAN: Man booked for theft of his buffaloes MULTAN, Feb 12: Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry of the Lahore High Court Multan bench summoned the Rajanpur DPO and the staff of Shahwali Police Station after a villager complained that police had implicated him in a theft case after stealing 26 of his buffaloes. ... BAHAWALPUR: Sadiqgarh palace antiques 'already lost' - Auction on 16th BAHAWALPUR, Feb 12: Differences have surfaced among the legal heirs and some of the descendants of the late Nawab Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi over the auction of ... KASUR: Hundreds protest student's kidnap KASUR, Feb 12: Hundreds of people, including students of Government High School, Habibabad, blocked Habibabad-Multan road for about five hours and injured three police officials while protesting against the kidnap of a schoolboy on Thursday. ... GUJRAT: Gujrat police 'ditched' serial killing probe - II "This is the second and last part of the serial killing story". ...

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