15 February 2004 Sunday 23 Zilhaj 1424 KARACHI: Custodial death puts policeman behind bars KARACHI, Feb 14: A police official on Saturday was put behind the bars after a departmental inquiry found him responsible for the death of a suspect in the lockup of Baghdadi police station. ... KARACHI: MQM-H man shot dead KARACHI, Feb 14: An activist of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement was shot dead on Saturday, near his house in Shah Faisal Colony, by unidentified killers, the police said. ... KARACHI: 1,200 schools to be upgraded: Marwat KARACHI, Feb 14: Under the Decentralized Elementary Education Project, launched at a cost of Rs5,880 million, as many as 1,200 primary schools would be upgraded to middle-level within nine years, Sindh Education Minister Irfanullah Marwat said on Saturday. ... KARACHI: Building project's attachment ordered KARACHI, Feb 14: The Sindh High Court attached on Saturday a sprawling commercial and residential project spread over 24 acres in Sector 13-A, KDA scheme 33, allegedly being raised on provincial government land and in violation of a court order in a pending suit. ... KARACHI: Urdu varsity students clash KARACHI, Feb 14: Several students were injured in a clash between two groups at the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Gulshan-i-Iqbal campus, on Saturday morning. ... KARACHI: Body found in bushes KARACHI, Feb 14: The trussed up body of a man was found in Sachal police limits. Police said that the body was dumped in bushes near Mehran bungalows cooperative housing society. ... KARACHI: Equal opportunities for women stressed for progress KARACHI, Feb 14: Speakers at a seminar on Saturday stressed that a country cannot progress in the real sense of the word, if half its population is denied equal opportunities and kept out of the economic process. ... KARACHI: Tribute paid to Sadiqua Jafarey KARACHI, Feb 14: Rich tributes were paid on Saturday to Prof Sadiqua N. Jafarey at a meeting that was held in the PMA House to congratulate her on receiving the international FIGO Award. ... LAHORE: Kite flying with banned material won't be allowed LAHORE, Feb 14: District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood has said the city district government had constituted teams for arresting all those flying kites with prohibited materials on Basant and getting cases registered against them. ... LAHORE: Nishtar Town spring festival opens LAHORE, Feb 14: Punjab Local Government Minister Raja Basharat on Friday inaugurated the Nishtar Town Spring and Sports Festival by watching a tug-of-war, a kabbadi match and a gymnastic show by Raiwind school students at the Kothay Pind ground in Faisal Town. ... LAHORE: PA privileges body meets LAHORE, Feb 14: The privileges committee of the Punjab Assembly on Saturday took up the motion of MPA Zahoor Sajid Janjua against an officer of the works and communication department. ... PESHAWAR: Govt asked to make Swara, Vani penal offences PESHAWAR, Feb 14: Participants of a consultative workshop termed traditions of Swara and Vani pre-Islamic and inhuman and urged the government to declare these customs penal offences. ... PESHAWAR: Plan chalked out to maintain peace: IGP PESHAWAR, Feb 14: A comprehensive contingency plan had been chalked out to maintain peace during Muharram, senior police officials said here on Saturday. ... PESHAWAR: Hospital faces staff, equipment shortage PESHAWAR, Feb 14: The Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, Drosh, established in 1929, faces an acute shortage of doctors and paramedical staff and equipment. ... PESHAWAR: 'Subordinate judical tribunal has no exclusive powers' PESHAWAR, Feb 14: The NWFP subordinate judiciary services tribunal cannot claim exclusive powers to deal with the cases of subordinate judicial officers without the approval of parliament ... PESHAWAR: Impounded vehicles being used without court permission PESHAWAR, Feb 14: Some of the senior police officials are violating rules, using impounded vehicles on superdari without obtaining court permission, officials said here on Saturday. ... PESHAWAR: District govts face cash shortage: Infrastructure maintenance PESHAWAR, Feb 14: Non-availability of sufficient funds to the district governments under the head of repair and maintenance (R&M) has put under strain ... PESHAWAR: Officers promoted PESHAWAR, Feb 14: The NWFP school and literacy department has promoted 176 officers and posted them against various positions in the province. ... DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Many graft cases filed against officials last year DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Feb 14: The anti-corruption department registered various cases last year against officials of government departments for their alleged involvement in corruption and malpractices ... GILGIT: Two armymen killed in Astore road accident GILGIT, Feb 14: Two armymen were killed and three were injured in a road accident in Astore Valley, Diamer District, on Saturday, police sources said. ... KOHAT: Rs25.4m allocated for school upgradation KOHAT, Feb 14: The district government has allocated Rs25.4 million for the upgradation of schools in all union councils under the 2003-2004 Annual Development Programme. ... HYDERABAD: Six workers of security firms arrested HYDERABAD, Feb 14: The Latifabad police on Friday arrested six employees of two private security agencies which were being run without valid documents and providing weapons to their guards with tampered numbers. ... HYDERABAD: SU senate members elected HYDERABAD, Feb 14: The Sindh University registrar on Friday notified the names of candidates who were elected unopposed as members of the Sindh University senate on teachers seats up to Sept 30, 2006. ... HYDERABAD: Mental stress cases on the rise HYDERABAD, Feb 14: An eminent psychiatrist of the country, Professor Syed Haroon Ahmed, has said that there has been a corresponding increase in the cases of mental stress due to people's struggle for luxuries. ... QUETTA: Stay granted against selection of players QUETTA, Feb 14: Additional Session Judge Quetta Jan Mohammad Gohar has granted stay order against the selection of cricket players from Balochistan for the Quaid-i-Azam trophy till Feb 16. ... NAWABSHAH: Flour situation reviewed NAWABSHAH, Feb 14: District Nazim Faryal Talpur presided over a meeting here on Saturday which discussed a shortage of wheat flour in the district. ... SUKKUR: Six killed, 31 hurt in two road accidents SUKKUR, Feb 14: At least six people were killed and 31 others injured in two separate road accidents in Sukkur and Khairpur districts on Saturday. ... DADU: DCO blamed for poor sewerage, water system DADU, Feb 14: At least 200,000 people of the Dadu town are facing problems because of the poor drainage system and the collapse of the water supply system ... SANGHAR: Voters list: thousands fail to register names SANGHAR, Feb 14: Thou-sands of people have failed to get their names registered in voter lists in the district due to lack of awareness and ineffective publicity by the government. ... MIRPURKHAS: Plan to tackle malaria outbreak MIRPURKHAS, Feb 14: A high-level meeting held at Karachi on Friday decided to distribute anti-malaria tablets through lady health workers to tackle an outbreak of the disease in the district. ... HARIPUR: Population rise termed hurdle in progress HARIPUR, Feb 14: Burgeoning population was held responsible for Pakistan's socio-economic woes by speakers at a seminar here on Thursday. ... PESHAWAR: People urged to donate blood PESHAWAR, Feb 14: Federation of Thalassaemia Society of Pakistan has urged the people to donate blood so that the affected children could be cured. ... SIALKOT: NBP branch in Sialkot's remote village SIALKOT, Feb 14: National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Ameer Hussain has said that the government is making allout efforts for modernizing country's banking sector to meet the global challenges, in active collaboration with the private sector. ... MULTAN: Summit stresses safety of vultures MULTAN, Feb 14: The Kathmandu Summit of South Asian countries, facing extinction of three species of the sub-continental vultures, has underscored the need to control the veterinary ... QUETTA: Rs1bn earmarked for IT university building, says VC QUETTA, Feb 14: The vice-chancellor of Balochistan University of Information Technology and Management Sciences has said new building of the campus will be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs1 billion. ... GUJRANWALA: Gujranwala jolted by earthquake GUJRANWALA, Feb 14: An earthquake jolted the city on Saturday. Report said that people came out of their houses because of earthquake which started at 3.34 pm and continued for a few seconds. ... FAISALABAD: Case against headmistress: Injuring two teachers FAISALABAD, Feb 14: A case was registered against the headmistress of a Samundari high school and two women on the charge of injuring two teachers on Saturday. ... BAHAWALPUR: Nawab's heirs think all valuables stolen BAHAWALPUR, Feb 14: A majority of 23 legal heirs of the late Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi have agreed to auction what the implementation committee ... ISLAMABAD: Delay in FGSH uplift work makes patients suffer ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: The delay in the completion of renovation work at the emergency ward of the Federal Government Services Hospital (FGSH), commonly known as Polyclinic ... KASUR: 2 shot dead over property dispute KASUR, Feb 14: Two people were shot dead over a property dispute in Korey Sial village of Chunian on Saturday. Sources said Arif and Ali Raza went to the house of Mukhtar Ahmad and forced him to sell his agricultural land to them. ...

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