02 March 2004 Tuesday 10 Muharram 1425 KARACHI: Many areas to remain without water today - Power breakdown KARACHI, March 1: Various parts of the formerly Central and West districts will either go dry or receive scant supply on Ashura day.... KARACHI: Tight security for Muharram processions KARACHI, March 1: The main procession of mourners was taken out amidst tight security from Nishter Park on Monday. ... KARACHI: Miscreants burn newspapers KARACHI, March 1: Copies of newspapers were burnt on Monday morning by unidentified people at various places in the city. The reports of burning the newspapers were received from New Chali ... ISLAMABAD: Kutchi abadi residents hold protest demo ISLAMABAD, March 1: The residents of France Colony, F-7/4, protested against the Capital Development Authority's decision to close all but the main entrance to the kutchi abadi. ... KARACHI: Attack on Press Club widely condemned KARACHI, March 1: Leaders of various political parties, groups and alliances have condemned Sunday's attack on Karachi Press Club and described it as "an attack on the symbol of democracy and freedom of press." ... KARACHI: Waste dumps pose health hazards to residents KARACHI, March 1: Garbage dumping sites in certain localities of the city are not only one of the major cause of environmental degradation but also posing serious threat to public health. ... KARACHI: Nazim visits Jaffar Tayyar Society KARACHI, March 1: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan and DG Rangers, Sindh, Major General Javed Zia on an invitation visited Jaffar Tayyar Society Union Council on Monday. ... KARACHI: Candidates dissatisfied with recruitment process KARACHI, March 1: Despite Sindh Education Minister Irfanullah Marwat's pledges that recruitment of primary and secondary teachers will be done purely on merit. ... ISLAMABAD: CJP urged to take suo motu action in rape case ISLAMABAD, March 1: The All Pakistan Minorities Alliance (Apma) chairman, Shahbaz Bhatti, has condemned the "gang-rape" of a 12-year-old Christian girl in Yazman Mandi ... KARACHI: Alternative traffic routes notified KARACHI, March 1: The traffic police have notified the alternate traffic arrangements on the occasion of Muharram-ul- Haram. On Tuesday (Muharram 10th), Shia Majlis will be held at Nishter Park from 7:30am to 9pm ... KARACHI: Enforcement of govt decision sought - Gutter Baghicha KARACHI, March 1: The Sindh Local Government has asked the city government to implement the decision of the Anti-Corruption Committee No-1 regarding cancellation of the allotment of land slices to different societies out of Gutter Baghicha. ... ISLAMABAD: SC officials seek removal of deputy registrar ISLAMABAD, March 1: Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Nazim Hussain Siddiqui, has been approached by a large number of officials of the apex court, seeking reversal of his first executive decision ... ISLAMABAD: Mismanagement causes Rs2m loss - Women hostel ISLAMABAD, March 1: A loss of Rs2.16 million was caused to the national exchequer due to non-allotment of rooms in the working women's hostel, G-7/1, from 1998 to 2002 despite serious residential problems in the capital. ... ISLAMABAD: Tree felling concerns environment body ISLAMABAD, March 1: Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pepa) has expressed its reservations over the relentless cutting down of trees in the capital city, official sources told Dawn. ... TOBA TEK SINGH: Youth held for killing 7-year-old brother TOBA TEK SINGH, March 1: Police claimed on Monday that they had arrested the alleged killer of the son of a Gojra jeweller. DPO Saad Akhtar Bharwana told newsmen that Zain, 7, was killed by his brother Younis Ali on the night of Feb 18. ... LAHORE: Farmers call for exporting potatoes LAHORE, March 1: Pakistan has over 300,000 tons of exportable potatoes which must be exported to save local farmers from financial crunch, demanded various farmer bodies here on Monday. ... LAHORE: Troops ensure security for Zuljinnah procession LAHORE, March 1: The main Zuljinnah procession, accompanied by police commandos and troops, was taken out from Nisar Haveli inside the Walled City at 11pm on Monday. ... LAHORE: Ghusl of Data Sahib shrine performed LAHORE, March 1: The ghusl ceremony of the Data Sahib shrine was performed here on Monday with 50 maunds of rose water. ... LAHORE: Govt assailed for ignoring the poor LAHORE, March 1: The Pakistan Workers Confederation has criticized the government for ignoring the poor and utilizing the national resources only for pampering the rich. ... LAHORE: 'Husain's sacrifice is joint heritage' LAHORE, March 1: Governor Khalid Maqbool has said that Hazrat Imam Husain's supreme sacrifice for the cause of truth is a joint heritage of Muslims of all schools of thought and as such a symbol of unity of Muslim Ummah. ... LAHORE: New housing schemes without waste collection space LAHORE, March 1: Only graveyards and roadsides are available for collection of solid waste in the LDA housing schemes due to unrealistic town planning. ... PESHAWAR: Govt urged to ban landmines' production PESHAWAR, March 1: The government and the international community were asked on Monday to ban the production, trade, stockpiling and transfer of anti-personnel landmines to save unwary people from losing their lives or becoming handicapped. ... FAISALABAD: 'No shortage of flour' FAISALABAD, March 1: Food Deputy Director Rana Saeed Ahmed has claimed that there is no flour shortage in Faisalabad, Jhang and Toba Tek Singh districts. ... PESHAWAR: Employees demand restoration of jobs PESHAWAR, March 1: The sacked employees of the directorate of health, Fata, have demanded that the government should reinstate them on their jobs. ... PESHAWAR: Need stressed to strengthen unity, root out sectarianism PESHAWAR, March 1: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that Hazrat Imam Hussain (R.A) and his companions laid down their lives at Karbala for the supremacy of Islam. ... PESHAWAR: Homage paid to Imam Hussain PESHAWAR, March 1: Zuljinah and mourning processions were taken out in the city amid tight security on Monday, the ninth of Muharram, to pay homage to Imam Hussain (RA). ... JHANG: Four members of a family die in car crash JHANG, March 1: Four members of a family, including two girls, were killed and three others injured when their car rammed into a trolley parked alongside the road near Mochiwala village, 21 kilometres from here. ... KHAIRPUR: Healthcare centres lack facilities KHAIRPUR, March 1: Adequate medical and diagnostic facilities are not available at government-run health centres in the district, reveals a survey conducted by this correspondent. ... HYDERABAD: Attack on KPC condemned HYDERABAD, March 1: Members of the Hyderabad Press Club held a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Monday against the attack on the Karachi Press Club and assault on its watchman. ... HYDERABAD: 'Chakki' owners blamed for crisis HYDERABAD, March 1: The Sindh Rural Development Society has expressed concern over flour shortage in Tando Jam, worsened by sending of flour to other areas by 'chakki' owners. ... MIRPURKHAS: Flour price goes up as shortage persists MIRPURKHAS, March 1: The flour crisis persists in the district as 'chakkis' and flour mills have not been provided with their wheat quota, leading to a rise in the flour price. ... HYDERABAD: Security measures for processions taken HYDERABAD, March 1: Strict security arrangements have been made in the city and other parts of the district by the administration for Tuesday's Ashura processions. ... SUKKUR: Procession with historic Zareeh in Rohri SUKKUR, March 1: A procession with a historic replica of the shrine (Zareeh-i-Aqdas) of Imam Hussain (RA) is taken out in Rohri every year on the 9th of Muharram and participated by thousands of people from all over the country. ... HYDERABAD: CHH asked to provide space for CPSP centre HYDERABAD, March 1: The College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan should be allotted a piece of land in the premises of the Civil Hospital of Hyderabad free of cost for establishment of its regional centre. ... HYDERABAD: Nationalists, leftists urged to unite HYDERABAD, March 1: The Labour Party Pakistan has urged the progressive and nationalist forces of the country to unite for launching a struggle for restoration of rights of working class and the provinces. ... RAWALPINDI: Muharram security in Rawalpindi tightened RAWALPINDI, March 1: Yaum-i-Ashura will be observed with reverence here on Tuesday to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (AS), the grandson of Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him), and his companions in the war of Karbala in 61st Hijri. ... QUETTA: Haj flight delayed by nine hours QUETTA, March 1: A PIA Haj flight, carrying 261 pilgrims, safely arrived here after being delayed for over nine hours on Monday. The flight was scheduled to arrive in Quetta at 7:30am ... QUETTA: Two injured in explosion QUETTA, March 1: Two people were injured in an explosion in scrap in Chaman on Monday, police said. The explosion occurred on the Boghara Road in scrap brought from Afghanistan, when it was loaded on a donkey-cart for being taken to the scrap market. ... QUETTA: Farmers agree to pay up Qesco arrears QUETTA, March 1: The Balochistan Zamindar Action Committee has agreed that the farmers would pay Qesco arrears and the power authority would ensure smooth supply of electricity to them. ... LANDI KOTAL: Five killed in Khyber Agency LANDI KOTAL, March 1: Five persons, three of them brothers, were killed and one was seriously injured in two incidents of shootout in Khyber Agency over the past two days. ... GILGIT: Security tightened in Gilgit GILGIT, March 1: The city's security was tightened and Army Aviation helicopters on Monday started surveillance over Gilgit city during Muharram processions, officials said. ... SWABI: Drive to check vehicles' papers SWABI, March 1: The district police will launch an operation against vehicles without proper documents after completion of a crackdown against such motorcycles, police officials said here on Sunday. ... MIRPURKHAS: Wheat growers to get on-farm payments MIRPURKHAS, March 1: Sindh food secretary Mir Mohammad Parhiyar has directed the food department officials to directly purchase wheat from the growers and transport the same on government expenses. ... CHITRAL: Chitralese welcome PIA's decision CHITRAL, March 1: Social and political circles have welcomed a decision taken by the Pakistan International Airlines board of directors in their meeting to replace the Fokker aircraft for Chitral service with turbo-prop planes. ... ABBOTTABAD: Abbottabad to plant 700,000 saplings ABBOTTABAD, March 1: At least 700,000 saplings will be planted in the Abbottabad district during the ongoing tree plantation campaign. This was said by naib nazim Javed Abbasi while inaugurating the campaign in the Nawnsher town committee area. ... SUKKUR: Smuggling bid foiled; charas, arms seized - Six arrested SUKKUR, March 1: Police foiled a bid to smuggle 1,200 kg charas in a Frontier Constabulary van and arrested six smugglers after an encounter on the National Highway in the Dubbar area near here on Monday, said the Sukkur DPO. ... DADU: Girl seeks help to avoid forced marriage DADU, March 1: A teenaged girl of the Johi town has alleged she is being pressured to marry Zulfiqar Panhwar and on her refusal, Zulfiqar, his relatives and local landlords are threatening her with dire consequences. ... SUKKUR: Release of kidnapped women demanded SUKKUR, March 1: Sindh Oadh Panchayat president Gulsher has appealed to the prime minister, president, Sindh chief minister and other authorities to ensure the release of three kidnapped women of his tribe. ... GUJRANWALA: Kidnappers demand Rs1m ransom for industrialist GUJRANWALA, March 1: A trader was kidnapped for ransom by some unidentified people here on Monday. Haji Mohammad Asif was on his way home by a motorcycle when some car-riders, including a woman, intercepted him near the Satellite Town market. ... FAISALABAD: Labour policies termed harmful FAISALABAD, March 1: The Muttahida Labour Federation and the Mazdoor Kissan Mahaz have termed the labour policies and Industrial Relations Ordinance as detrimental to the workers interests. ...

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