26 February 2004 Thursday 05 Muharram 1425 KARACHI: CM seeks judicial probe into girls killing - Confusion, fear grip police department KARACHI, Feb 25: Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Mahar on Wednesday urged the Sindh High Court to order a judicial inquiry into the murder of Hajra and Sassi in Gadap. ... KARACHI: Gadap SHO, four others remanded in police custody KARACHI, Feb 25: The Gadap police, on Wednesday, obtained physical custody of five of their colleagues, including the SHO, in the case pertaining to negligence from official duties. ... KARACHI: Strict ban on deep-sea fishing demanded KARACHI, Feb 25: Speakers at a seminar held here on Wednesday opposed deep-sea fishing in Pakistan's territorial waters and urged the government to revise its policy in the interest of public in general and fisheries sector in particular. ... KARACHI: Three SIs booked for torture, extortion KARACHI, Feb 25: Three police sub-inspectors have been booked for picking up, detaining and torturing a man and his son and tormenting female members of their family for extorting money, the Sindh High Court was informed on Wednesday. ... KARACHI: Racket of spurious drugs KARACHI, Feb 25: Spurious, counterfeit and expired medicines have evidently flooded local market and unscrupulous elements have been selling the stuff for quite a long time. ... KARACHI: Muttahida observes mourning day KARACHI, Feb 25: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Wednesday observed a day of mourning throughout the province to deplore the brutal murder of the daughters of party activists in Memon Goth, Malir area. ... KARACHI: UC proceedings record produced in SHC KARACHI, Feb 25: The city district government of Karachi produced in the Sindh High Court the record of a union council's proceedings on a no-confidence move against nazim ... KARACHI: Judgments in donation cases reserved KARACHI, Feb 25: An anti-terrorism court, on Wednesday, reserved the judgments in two donation collection cases against six workers of the banned Khuddamul Islam. ... KARACHI: Qatar hospital to remain in Sindh govt control KARACHI, Feb 25: The Sindh Government Qatar Hospital will remain under the control of the provincial government for now, according to a notification issued by the chief minister's office on Wednesday. ... KARACHI: Funds for Lyari uplift schemes demanded KARACHI, Feb 25: The local bodies representatives of Lyari Town have urged city and provincial governments to provide immediate financial assistance to the town so that it could meet its development needs. ... KARACHI: Two commit suicide KARACHI, Feb 25: Two persons committed suicide in different parts of the city on Wednesday. Police said that Kamran Zafar, 40, committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan inside his house in Paposhnagar, Nazimabad. ... ISLAMABAD: Minor girls' murder condemned - NGOs asked to play proactive role ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: Representatives of various NGOs gathered on the premises of Strengthening Participatory Organisation (SPO) here on Wednesday, condemned the acts of violence against women and children. ... ISLAMABAD: Muharram - Capital divided into 3 circles ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: The Islamabad Capital Territory police have divided the capital into three circles to ensure foolproof security during Muharram. ... ISLAMABAD: Surplus pool in CDA ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: A surplus pool has been established in the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to make way for appointment of outsiders on key posts, a source in the CDA told Dawn on Wednesday. ... ISLAMABAD: Handcuffed prisoner commits suicide ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: A handcuffed prisoner committed suicide on Wednesday in the lavatory of the Federal Shariat Court (FSC) soon after he was sentenced to 10-year jail on charges of adultery, police said. ... ISLAMABAD: Cameras to be installed at sensitive places ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) would install 'invisible' video cameras at different public places in the city. ... ISLAMABAD: Masood's mix media work on display ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: Masood A. Khan's paintings, whose exhibition started at the Nomad Art Gallery on Wednesday, show a variety of moods expressed in different hues. ... ISLAMABAD: OPF college principal refuses to step down ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: The Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) on Wednesday retired the principal of the OPF Girls College Islamabad, but she refused to hand the charge of her office over to the acting principal ... ISLAMABAD: Price hike criticized ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: Prices of consumer items have gone up unannounced in Rawalpindi and Islamabad during the last two months. Breads of different brands earlier sold for Rs20 now sell at Rs22 and Rs23 while a 1kg milk pack is sold for Rs34. ... PESHAWAR: Teacher's petition admitted for hearing PESHAWAR, Feb 25: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court has admitted to full hearing a writ petition filed by a teacher who has requested that AIOU's bachelor's degree in library science should be declared equivalent to graduation. ... PESHAWAR: Nazims walk out from council session PESHAWAR, Feb 25: Nazims staged a walk-out from the district council session here on Wednesday following a media report that the Frontier Highway Authority (FHA) shifted Rs20 million from district Peshawar to Bannu on the chief minister's directives. ... PESHAWAR: NWFP deprived of benefit - Repaid loan not adjusted PESHAWAR, Feb 25: The NWFP government's move to make savings by premature retirement of federal government's expensive cash development loan (CDL) did not yield the desired results ... PESHAWAR: Plea against detention disposed of PESHAWAR, Feb 25: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday disposed of a writ petition challenging the detention of a citizen by the Inter Service Intelligence. ... PESHAWAR: Accused confesses to honour killing PESHAWAR, Feb 25: An accused arrested in an honour-related murder on Wednesday confessed to have committed the crime, before court of a judicial magistrate. ... PESHAWAR: Healthcare project to be launched PESHAWAR, Feb 25: The NWFP health department has planned to launch a project in collaboration with the World Food Programme to bring improvement in the mother and child health services in selected areas of the province, officials said. ... HYDERABAD: EPA asked to enforce anti-pollution laws - Factory in residential area HYDERABD, Feb 25: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, here on Wednesday directed the Environmental Protection Agency to enforce environmental laws to check pollution. ... HYDERABAD: Plea to issue teachers' promotion orders HYDERABAD, Feb 25: The Elementary College Teachers' Association has demanded that education authorities should circulate minutes of a Selection Board Committee meeting regarding vacant posts of associate professors ... HYDERABAD: Water supply hit as line damaged HYDERABAD, Feb 25: The managing director, Wasa, Hyderabad, notified here on Wednesday that while repairing an 18-inch diameter pipeline near the Siddiq Plaza, Latifabad-8, on Tuesday evening ... HYDERABAD: Sedition case stirs protest HYDERABAD, Feb 25: Awami Tehrik activists held a protest demonstration and observed a token hunger strike outside the press club here on Tuesday against the registration of a sedition case ... HYDERABAD: Two awarded life term HYDERABAD, Feb 25: The Anti-Terrorism Court judge Syed Ali Ashraf Shah on Tuesday sentenced two absconding accused, Akbar Depar and Ghaffar Chandio, to life imprisonment in a double murder case. ... RAWALPINDI: DPO's guard assaults CAA employee RAWALPINDI, Feb 25: A guard of the district police officer (DPO) assaulted a vigilance staff member of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) at Islamabad airport, an official source told Dawn. ... RAWALPINDI: Traders protest in Rawalpindi RAWALPINDI, Feb 25: Traders of Commercial Market pulled down shutters, burnt tires on the road and stopped traffic to protest against what they called the dilapidated roads. ... GHALLANAI: Tribesmen surrender heavy weapons GHALLANAI, Feb 25: Political Agent Sahibzada Mohammad Anees has said that the tribal people unconditionally surrendered illegal lethal weapons to the administration during the past one week ... DADU: Dadu council session boycotted - Non-release of funds DADU, Feb 25: Dadu District Council members on Wednesday boycotted the council session to protest against non-release of funds to them and non-approval of tenders of development schemes from the council. ... MIRPURKHAS: Mills asked not to take flour out of region MIRPURKHAS, Feb 25: A food department officer, during a raid on two flour mills here on Wednesday, directed their owners not to transfer flour outside the Mirpurkhas region. ... SUKKUR: 3 women of a family kidnapped SUKKUR, Feb 25: A group of armed persons kidnapped three women of a family in Ubauro, Ghotki district, on Wednesday. Ten persons raided the house of Dharo Oadh near Mureed Shakh, opened indiscriminate firing and kidnapped Sardari ... KHAIRPUR: Nazims criticize CM for cancelling uplift schemes KHAIRPUR, Feb 25: About 20 union council Nazims of the PPP- backed Awam Dost Penal have condemned the Sindh chief minister's order to cancel 120 development schemes of the district. ... JABCOBABAD: Karo-kari - two women killed JACOBABAD, Feb 25: Two women have been killed by their husbands on the pretext of Karo-kari in two separate incidents in Jacobabad and Mirpurkhas areas. ... BADIN: Farmers complain of water theft BADIN, Feb 25: Growers of seven Dehs of Badin taluka have accused irrigation officials of the Kadhan sub-division, Akram Wah division, of selling their share of water to landlords of the upstream of Noor Distributary, Kazia Wah. ... ISLAMABAD: MNA allocates funds for Thar ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: Eight villages in Tharparkar have been provided with electricity facility which will benefit over 10,000 people. The villages, electrified from MNA Gul-i-Farkhanda's development fund, included Amrio, Sagror, Dabro, Liari and Bakhoo. ... SHIKHARPUR: Five detainees recovered SHIKARPUR, Feb 25: Five illegally detained people were freed by court officials in two seperate raids on police stations in Shikarpur and Jacobabad areas on Wednesday. ... MANSHERA: Attempt to desecrate mosque foiled MANSEHRA, Feb 25: Unidentified assailants attempted to desecrate a mosque in Batgram on Wednesday, while a group of people opened fire on a Madressah of MMA MNA Qari Mohammad Yousaf on Tuesday night. ... HARIPUR: Plan to seal market for security opposed HARIPUR, Feb 25: Traders have rejected the security plan for 8th and 9th of Muharram proposed by police, under which the main bazaar and its link roads would be sealed, and announced that they would boycott the district peace committee. ... DERA GHAZI KHAN: Farmers block Indus Highway DERA GHAZI KHAN, Feb 25: Farmers blocked the Indus Highway at Shadan Lond, some 50 kilometres from here, on Wednesday in protest against the construction of Kaachi canal. ... GUJRAT: Two children die, five hospitalized - Measles scare in Gujrat GUJRAT, Feb 25: Two minors died of measles while five others were admitted to city hospitals with symptoms of the disease during the last four days, Mohla village residents said on Wednesday. ... MULTAN: Man with fake certificate served for 30 years MULTAN, Feb 25: A forest officer, who got employment on the basis of a bogus FSc certificate 30 years ago, has been booked by the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) for defrauding the state and robbing the exchequer of a huge amount. ... MULTAN: Two sanitary workers killed in wall collapse MULTAN, Feb 25: Two sanitary workers of the city tehsil municipal administration were killed while three others sustained serious injuries on Wednesday when a portion of the old Multan city wall Allang collapsed on them. ... FAISALABAD: Flour shortage pesters people FAISALABAD, Feb 25: People throughout the district have been facing an acute flour shortage. During a round of the city and some rural areas in the district ... PESHAWAR: CM promises funds for Chitral PESHAWAR, Feb 25: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said that necessary machinery has been shifted to the site of Lowari tunnel, and assured that Chitral would receive maximum funds for development. ... KARACHI: Legislation on cadaver transplant stressed KARACHI, Feb 25: Pancreatic transplantation provides a new lease of life to a diabetic and it is being carried out in many countries of the world as a revolutionary technique in surgery. ...

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