19 February 2004 Thursday 27 Zilhaj 1424 KARACHI: Poor infrastructure hindering girls' education KARACHI, Feb 18: Poor school infrastructure, lack of female teachers, social insecurity and poverty are among main constraints in the promotion of female primary education in the districts of Sindh. ... KARACHI: Govt aware of problems of common man - CS KARACHI, Feb 18: Sindh Chief Secretary, Dr Mutawakkal Kazi said on Wednesday that government was fully aware and conscious about the problems of the common man. ... KARACHI: Extra fee for HSC exam's certificates irks parents KARACHI, Feb 18: The demand for an additional fee for the issuance of certificates of an HSC examination, 2000, by officials at the Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, is causing concern among parents. ... KARACHI: Seven gangsters arrested in nine-hour operation KARACHI, Feb 18: In a nine-hour-long operation in Jehanabad locality of Pak Colony on Wednesday, police conducted house-to-house search after cordoning off the area and arrested seven members of a notorious gang. ... KARACHI: Ransom case judgment reserved KARACHI, Feb 18: An anti-terrorism court reserved on Wednesday judgment in a kidnapping for ransom case. After hearing the final arguments from the prosecution and the defence counsel ... KARACHI: Teachers' bodies asked to raise genuine issues KARACHI, Feb 18: Sindh Education Minister Irfanullah Marwat, on Wednesday, urged teachers' bodies and associations to raise genuine problems confronting teachers' community like promotions, seniority ... KARACHI: Lack of planning main cause of traffic problems KARACHI, Feb 18: Lack of proper planning and limited resources are the main reasons for the severe traffic jams, a growing problem in Karachi, which demands a comprehensive plan to control. ... KARACHI: Innovative steps to improve health care stressed KARACHI, Feb 18: Several medical professionals and a legislator taking part in a conference on pharmacy called on Wednesday for innovative steps to improve the quality of health care that is provided to the people. ... MULTAN: BZU institute banking on 'borrowed' subjects MULTAN, Feb 18: In a 'surprise' academic move, the Bahauddin Zakariya University's Institute of Management Sciences is offering four hard-core subjects of social sciences and that, too, without having any permanent faculty. ... KARACHI: Steps taken to sell flour at Rs11.5 per kilogram KARACHI, Feb 18: A high-level meeting held on Wednesday decided to form inspection teams to keep a strict check on flour prices throughout the city. ... KARACHI: Three die in road accidents KARACHI, Feb 18: Reckless driving claimed three lives and left one injured in two separate accidents on Wednesday. Police said that two brothers and their sister were crossing Sir Shah Suleman Road on way to school when a speeding car (F- 3500) hit them. ... GUJRANWALA: Industrialists urged to clear arrears GUJRANWALA, Feb 18: The Gujranwala Chamber of Commerce and Industry expressed concern on Rs25 million shortfall of social security and urged industrialists to pay their dues. ... KARACHI: City Council team visits sacked KWSB men's camp KARACHI, Feb 18: A City Council delegation on Wednesday visited the hunger strikers' camp set up by sacked workers of the KWSB and assured the Board's People's Labour Union (PLU) that all the remaining 534 employees retrenched in 1998 would be got reinstated. ... KARACHI: Petition dismissed KARACHI, Feb 18: The Sindh High Court dismissed on Wednesday a writ petition moved by a contractor against the abolition of a fee by the city district government (CDGK). ... KARACHI: Recycling of waste water may save billions KARACHI, Feb 18: An estimated 975.771 million gallons of water goes waste annually in Pakistan, a country perpetually exposed to varied degrees of water crisis each year in the backdrop of long summer spells and fast depleting water resources. ... TOBA TEK SINGH: Sugar mill guard injured by robbers TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 18: Robbers on Wednesday shot at and hurt another security guard of the Kamalia sugar mills. Reports said guard Rashid was on his way to mills when armed men stopped him and, on resistance ... BAHAWALPUR: FIR against federal secretary, others - Dispute with police BAHAWALPUR, Feb 18: Police on Wednesday lodged an FIR against Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Science and Technology Makhdoom Ali Hassan Gilani, his cousin Amir Shah (union council Nazim) ... FAISALABAD: Toll collection allowed in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, Feb 18: District and Sessions Judge Abdul Waheed Khan, suspending the orders of a lower court, has allowed the district government to collect toll. ... ISLAMABAD: Amjad blames feudalism for backwardness ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: Poet and playwright Amjad Islam Amjad holds feudalism responsible for Pakistan's backwardness. The oppressive influence of the culture that it generated was holding back Pakistan from marching ahead with other countries of the region. ... ISLAMABAD: Highway, port projects to be completed by 2005 ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: The Makran coastal highway and the Gwadar deep sea port projects will be completed simultaneously by 2005, Federal Minister for Communications Ahmed Ali on Wednesday tells the Senate. ... LAHORE: Punjab govt at odds with archaeology department - Light and sound show LAHORE, Feb 18: The federal archaeology department on Wednesday closed the gates of the Lahore Fort at 12 noon ... LAHORE: 47pc funds for tree protection LAHORE, Feb 18: The Punjab government has allocated 53 per cent funds for the plantation of new trees and the rest for the protection of the existing ones in its forest policy for the 2003-4 fiscal. ... LAHORE: Benefits of Wapda workers restored LAHORE, Feb 18: Wapda chairman Tariq Hamid restored a number of benefits for the workers besides constitution of a team for negotiations with the union on its charter of demands here on Wednesday. ... MULTAN: Hydrogen fuel use to bring in revolution MULTAN, Feb 18: The use of hydrogen as a fuel will bring in a new revolution after the telecommunications. This was the prediction of Engineer Khalid Saeed in a lecture on 'Hydrogen Economy' ... LAHORE: No clue to killer(s) of Dawn staffer LAHORE, Feb 18: No clue was found on Wednesday to the murder of Dawn staffer Sheharyar Safir. Mr Safir, 28, a marketing executive, was found injured in his car parked along the road in Faisal Town. ... PESHAWAR: Hashish seized PESHAWAR, Feb 18: The Crime Investigation Department (CID) seized on Wednesday 600kg of hashish from a double-cabin vehicle on Charsadda Road. However, alleged smugglers managed to flee. ... PESHAWAR: Ulema's help sought to maintain peace PESHAWAR, Feb 18: Inspector-General of the NWFP Police Mohammed Riffat Pasha has appealed to religious leaders to help the police in maintaining peace during the coming month of Muharram. ... PESHAWAR: Court issues notice in contempt case PESHAWAR, Feb 18: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court issued notice to the deputy attorney-general of Pakistan on Wednesday in a contempt of court case filed by a former MNA, Jawed Ibraheem Paracha, against detention of four Arab nationals. ... PESHAWAR: Polio continues to haunt NWFP PESHAWAR, Feb 18: The crippling ailment of polio continues to haunt the children in the NWFP as two polio cases were reported in the province last month, officials said. ... HYDERABAD: Teachers to boycott SSC examinations HYDERABAD, Feb 18: The Government Secondary Teachers' Association has decided to boycott ensuing class-IX and class-X examinations of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Hyderabad. ... HYDERABAD: Water shortage persists - Power supply disconnection HYDERABAD, Feb 18: The people faced hardships as water supply remained to be fully restored in many areas of the city on Tuesday following the disconnection of power supply of Sindh government departments, including Water and Sanitation Agency, by Hesco. ... HYDERABAD: Regional ties to face globalization stressed HYDERABAD, Feb 18: Former foreign secretary Niaz A. Naik has said that with the emergence of globalization, the regional cooperation has become necessary for development not only in the field of economics but also culture through the people-to-people contact. ... HYDERABAD: Kidnapping for ransom - seven held HYDERABAD, Feb 18: The Latifabad police have arrested seven persons in connection with the kidnapping of a boy who was released after the payment of Rs350,000 as ransom in the last week of January. ... RAWALPINDI: Punjab govt seeks bridge completion by March RAWALPINDI, Feb 18: The Punjab government has asked the Project Completion Unit (PCU) to ensure completion of Gawalmandi bridge project by the end of March, officials at the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) told Dawn on Tuesday. ... MANSHERA: Quake victims still living in the open MANSEHRA, Feb 18: Earthquake victims in the Paras and Sacha Bela areas of Kaghan valley are still living under the open sky in chilly weather for five day since the natural calamity hit Kawai and Hungari union councils. ... HARIPUR: Security in Haripur beefed up HARIPUR, Feb 18: District Nazim Dr Raja Amer Zaman has said that strict security arrangements had been made by the district government for Muharram. ... GILGIT: Concern over law and order situation GILGIT, Feb 18: The Northern Areas Legislative Council (NALC) cabinet, which met here under the chairmanship of Northern Areas deputy chief executive Fida Mohammad Nashad on Wednesday ... LAHORE: PPP founder member passes away LAHORE, Feb 18: PPP founder member diehard Shahnawaz Bhatti died here of a cardiac arrest on Wednesday. He was 55. He was the elder brother of Dawn photographer Tariq Mehmood and Khalid Mehmood, a Nila Gumbad trader. Mr Bhatti was buried in the Miani Sahib graveyard in the evening. ... LARKANA: CMCH needs funds, staff for 3 units LARKANA, Feb 18: The Chandka Medical College Hospital is running short of funds and the staff to properly look after its three units. These units are the extension wing of Shaikh Zayed Hospital for Women with 136 beds ... SUKKUR: Suspected Karo-kari killings in Daharki SUKKUR, Feb 18: A man and a woman were shot dead on the pretext of Karo-kari in Keehar Chachar village near Daharki on Tuesday. Soomri and Mithal Ghunio were killed by Gul Khoso and his accomplices Allah Dino Khoso and Ghani Khoso. ... THATTA: Internet users face problems THATTA, Feb 18: Internet users in the district are facing problems becausethe communication system has developed some faults at four sites. The problem has been there for about fortnight. ... GUJRANWALA: Seven hurt as rivals exchange fire GUJRANWALA, Feb 18: Seven people, including a passer-by, sustained injuries, two of them serious, in an exchange of fire between two rival groups in Tetley village Naushera Virkan on Wednesday. ...

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