27 February 2004 Friday 06 Muharram 1425 KARACHI: Autopsy confirms Gadap girls' murder KARACHI, Feb 26: The postmortem examination of Hajra and Sassi, whose bodies were recovered from a veterinary hospital in Gadap that was under the use of policemen, has revealed that one of them died due to a blow to the head. ... KARACHI: Flour prices shoot up as wheat crisis deepens KARACHI, Feb 26: Wheat crisis in Sindh has deepened further with retail price of atta (No. 2.5) going up by Re1, from Rs15 per kg on Wednesday to Rs16 per kg on Thursday. It was available at Rs12-13 per kg till February 1. ... KARACHI: SHC empowers LEA to search for Balakhsher KARACHI, Feb 26: The Sindh High Court issued a search warrant on Thursday to empower the police and other law enforcement agencies to enter any premises where Balakhsher Maher ... KARACHI: 750 posts for teachers to be advertised once again KARACHI, Feb 26: The Sindh education department will send the requisition of 752 posts of college teachers, which at present are being filled on a three-year contract basis, within the first year of the contract period. ... KARACHI: Operation of illegal hydrants banned - Underpasses planned KARACHI, Feb 26: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has imposed Section 144 on the operation of illegal hydrant at Nishtar Road in Jamshed Town. The nazim has received a report that contaminated water is being supplied from this hydrant ... KARACHI: Water chamber cleaned after removal of body KARACHI, Feb 26: The KWSB on Thursday claimed that it had disinfected the water chamber from where a headless body of a woman was recovered on Friday last. ... KARACHI: Expressway resettlement termed model project KARACHI, Feb 26: Additional Chief Secretary Local Government, Mohammed Saleem Khan, has said that resettlement of people affected by the Lyari Expressway is a model project which would not only improve the lifestyle of low-income group people ... KARACHI: Shop sealed for selling spurious medicines KARACHI, Feb 26: The health authorities raided the medicine market near the Denso Hall on Thursday and sealed an outlet where counterfeit and spurious drugs were being sold. ... KARACHI: 'Garment city' project KARACHI, Feb 26: The idea of establishing a 'garment city' in the metropolis is under active consideration. A proposal to set up such a centre near Port Qasim on the National Highway has already been deliberated upon at provincial level. ... KARACHI: Experts call for early education in mother tongue KARACHI, Feb 26: Linguists, writers and intellectuals at a seminar on Thursday suggested that children be imparted early education in their respective mother-languages ... KARACHI: Contempt notice to KBCA chief KARACHI, Feb 26: The Sindh High Court directed the Karachi Building Control Authority chief executive on Thursday to show cause on March 9 why he should not be tried for contempt for ordering demolition of a marriage hall and sealing it off in violation of a court order. ... KARACHI: Immediate attention to Haleji Lake stressed KARACHI, Feb 26: Conservationists, registering their serious concern over fast degradation of Haleji Lake, have called for an elaborate management plan for the site ... KARACHI: Car jackers gang busted KARACHI, Feb 26: Gulshan-i-Iqbal police busted a gang of carjackers and recovered five stolen vehicles, along with fake registration plates and tempering equipment, from them. ... HARIPUR: Three fake fertilizer factories sealed HARIPUR, Feb 26: Police on Tuesday sealed three factories that were making fake fertilizer in the Hattar Industrial Estate and registered cases against the owners, who escaped at the time of the raid. ... KARACHI: Delay in road survey not deliberate - DCO office KARACHI, Feb 26: The DCO Secretariat has clarified a report appearing in a section of Press about delay in survey of roads proposed for commercialization. ... KARACHI: Trader killed by robbers KARACHI, Feb 26: A trader was shot dead while his son was injured in an armed dacoity in Shah Faisal Colony on Thursday. Police said armed men in a Suzuki Mehran came to a beverage distributor, Mr Akhtar, 48, in Shah Faisal Colony and demanded cash. ... KARACHI: LJ activists remanded in murder case KARACHI, Feb 26: The two activists of the banned organization of Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, arrested on Feb 17, were remanded in police custody for interrogation in the Dr Ibne Hasan murder case. ... ISLAMABAD: Action against girls' killers demanded ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: Around 100 women rights activists staged a protest demonstration at Aabpara Chowk on Thursday, and condemned the kidnapping and murder of two minor girls in Karachi a few days ago. ... JACOBABAD: Supply of potable water promised JACOBABAD, Feb 26: Adviser to the Sindh Chief Minister Mumtaz Hameed arrived here on Thursday to assure the residents who are observing a hunger strike at the District Council Chowk to demand provision of potable water. ... PESHAWAR: NAB reopens inquiry into teachers' appointments PESHAWAR, Feb 26: The National Accountability Bureau has started investigations into alleged illegal appointments of schoolteachers by the former education minister and PPP provincial chief, Khwaja Muhammad Khan Hoti, official sources said. ... ISLAMABAD: Man gets life term for killing wife ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: Additional district and sessions judge Islamabad Mohammed Tariq Abbasi awarded life imprisonment to a man in a murder case on Wednesday. ... ISLAMABAD: Police-traders body to be set up - SSP ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: A committee, comprising members from police and traders, will be formed to curb crimes and solve the traders' problems, the senior superintendent of police, Shahid Nadeem Baluch, said ... GUJRAT: Sugarcane growers 'at mercy of mill-owners' GUJRAT, Feb 26: Sugarcane growers belonging to Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin and other adjacent districts have complained about underweighing and overcharging by the management of the Phalia Sugar Mill, Karmanwala, Mandi Bahauddin. ... ISLAMABAD: Punjab submits Rs7.4bn five-year welfare plan ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: The federal government has directed all the four provinces to work out their new welfare programmes to create favourable economic and social conditions for their people and, as a first step ... ISLAMABAD: SC reserves verdict in murder case ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its judgment in a suo motu case regarding the murder of a couple in Sanghar District ... LAHORE: Taxpayers' concern conveyed to High Court LAHORE, Feb 26: The Lahore High Court was informed on Thursday that valuation lists and not valuation tables had nexus with the property taxpayers. ... LAHORE: LDA approves 40pc raise in water tariff LAHORE, Feb 26: The governing body of the Lahore Development Authority on Thursday approved 40 per cent increase in water tariff. Its effect on monthly bills will be around 80 per cent ... DADU: FIRs against DPO to be filed: PPP - 'Deaths caused by police torture' DADU, Feb 26: People's Party Parliamentarian MNA Rafiq Ahmed Jamali has said that murder cases will be filed against the DPO for the deaths of three alleged victims of police torture. ... LAHORE: Crackdown on flour profiteers ordered LAHORE, Feb 26: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi directed on Thursday the departments concerned, including district governments, to nab those selling flour at higher price to overcome its crisis. ... PESHAWAR: PHC reinstates rusticated students PESHAWAR, Feb 26: A Peshawar High Court bench on Thursday reinstated seven activists of two students' federations rusticated from the NWFP Agriculture University. ... PESHAWAR: '7.9pc new borns die in NWFP' PESHAWAR, Feb 26: Of every 1,000 live births in the NWFP, 79 children die because of lack of health care facilities, a survey report of the health services directorate has revealed. ... PESHAWAR: EPA to study impact of gas exploration PESHAWAR, Feb 26: The Environmental Protection Agency, NWFP, will shortly hold a public hearing in the Karak district to get input from local people about possible negative effects of the oil and gas exploration activities in the Terri Essak area, officials said. ... PESHAWAR: Inquiry ordered into killing by police PESHAWAR, Feb 26: The NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has ordered probe into the killing of a man by the police in Lakki Marwat, said an official statement. ... PESHAWAR: Court grants stay on doctor's transfer PESHAWAR, Feb 26: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday suspended a government order regarding transfer of a lady doctor within three days of her appointment. ... HYDERABAD: Water shortage affects Civil Hospital Hyderabad HYDERABAD, Feb 26: The Civil Hospital of Hyderabad has been facing acute shortage of water for more than 15 days which has created problems for patients, their attendants and the hospital administration. ... HYDERABAD: Bonded labour - call for vigilance committees - Liberated peasants be given land HYDERABAD, Feb 26: Participants of a workshop have called for immediate constitution of vigilance committees having judicial powers under the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1992. ... THATTA: Dams, barrages destroying wetlands - Experts THATTA, Feb 26: Representatives of various governmental and non-governmental organizations and environmentalists at a function here on Thursday ... HYDERABAD: 340kg of charas recovered; two held HYDERABAD, Feb 26: The directorate of excise, Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas, recovered 340 kilograms of high-quality charas from a truck on the Nasarpur Link Road on Wednesday and arrested two person. ... RAWALPINDI: Section 144 imposed in Rawalpindi RAWALPINDI, Feb 26: The district administration on Thursday imposed section 144 and banned the assembly of more than four persons at public places, delivery of inflammatory speeches and chanting of slogans against any sect. ... ATTOCK: MSc students' future in doldrums - Delay in affiliation with Punjab varsity ATTOCK, Feb 26: The future of MSc students is in doldrums due to mismanagement of Government Postgraduate College (GPC), Attock, and Punjab University administrations. ... RAWALPINDI: Handicraft centre at Kot Jatla RAWALPINDI, Feb 26: The country could not progress unless women are equipped with modern and quality education, said adviser to the prime minister Nilofar Bakhtiar here on Thursday. ... QUETTA: Sherpao says Rs56bn allocated for Balochistan QUETTA, Feb 26: Federal Minister for Water and Power Aftab Ahmed Sherpao has said that Rs56 billion has been allocated for the development of water and power projects in Balochistan ... QUETTA: Ulema's entry banned QUETTA, Feb 26: The government has imposed a ban on the entry of the following ulema into Quetta during the first ten days of the month of Muharram, it was announced here on Thursday. ... KOHAT: Hashish seized two held KOHAT, Feb 26: The Kohat Anti-Narcotics Force seized 96kg fine quality hashish from a truck on the Indus Highway near Lachi grid station on Wednesday night and arrested two persons. ... HARIPUR: Police accused of patronizing drug traffickers HARIPUR, Feb 26: Haripur police is patronizing criminals involved in drug trafficking and fake currency business in the city while cases are being registered against innocent citizens to show police efficiency. ... HARIPUR: Probe into NICs' sale under way HARIPUR, Feb 26: Officials of the interior ministry are investigating into the alleged sale of ID cards, forms, and other material to a junk-seller, sources told this correspondent here on Thursday. ... HARIPUR: High-power transformers manufactured locally HARIPUR, Feb 26: The Heavy Electrical Complex has designed and manufactured power transformers of 10/13MVA, 132/11.5KV capacity besides qualifying stringent quality tests at Wapda's high-voltage ... KHAIRPUR: District Nazim complains of victimization KHAIRPUR, Feb 26: District Nazim Nafisa Shah has demanded an investigation into causes of rejecting annual development programme of her district by the Sindh chief minister. ... SUKKUR: Flour price goes up with wheat stock depleting SUKKUR, Feb 26: An acute shortage of wheat is prevailing in Sukkur region due to which flour is being sold from Rs16 to Rs18 per kg. The reason for this was said to be the closure of six flour mills ... NAWABSHAH: Water plant set up at hospital NAWABSHAH, Feb 26: Indus Rangers district commandant Col Naeem Sadiq inaugurated a water purification plant at the People's Medical College Hospital Road on Thursday to provide free drinking water to the patients. ... JACOBABAD: Mine blast leaves woman injured JACOBABAD, Feb 26: A woman was injured when a landmine went off on the Sindh-Balochistan border at the RD-109, near the Bakhshapur town, on Thursday. ... GUJRAT: Police kill 'fleeing' teenager in Gujrat GUJRAT, Feb 26: A youth was shot dead by an ASI and constable of Lalamusa city police station near Mohammadi Chowk, on the Qasba Road, in Lalamusa on Thursday. ... FAISALABAD: Subsidized flour scheme fails FAISALABAD, Feb 26: The Punjab government's Sasta Atta Scheme has failed to achieve its desired results due to the poor performance of the elected representatives, Food department officials and the district administration. ... SIALKOT: Workshop on gender justice SIALKOT, Feb 26: Almost 95 per cent working women are being sexually harassed at their work places in Pakistan. This was claimed by the speakers at a workshop on "Code of conduct of gender justice at the workplace" organized ... GUJRANWALA: Demand for validating old NICs GUJRANWALA, Feb 26: People have urged the government to extend the validity of manually-prepared National Identity Cards for another six months in the wake of Nadra's inability to issue computerized cards on time. ... GUJRANWALA: Fresh warrants issued in Sialkot jail case GUJRANWALA, Feb 26: The Anti-Terrorism Court No 1 on Thursday continued hearing of the Sialkot jail incident and re-issued the arrest warrants against the former Gujranwala DIG, former Sialkot DPO, Gujrat DPO and dozen other officials. ...

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