04 March 2004 Thursday 12 Muharram 1425 KARACHI: 100 held to pre-empt sabotage activities KARACHI, March 3: The law enforcement agencies hauled up over 100 anti-social elements during the first 10 days of Muharram to pre-empt sabotage activities and after due inquires, which are under way, they would be put on trial. ... KARACHI: Water closure for three localities announced - Repair work at Banaras Chowk KARACHI, March 3: Water supply to three towns - Orangi, Baldia and Site - will remain suspended for three days, starting from Saturday, to allow the authorities to undertake repair work of leaking pipelines passing beneath Banaras Chowk. ... KARACHI: Govt hospitals facing medicine shortage KARACHI, March 3: All the health facilities falling under the administrative jurisdiction of city government have been experiencing an acute shortage of medicines for the last few months owing to non-procurement of medicines in current fiscal year. ... KARACHI: No plan to shift antiquities, SHC told KARACHI, March 3: A comprehensive list of the books and antiquities kept at the archaeology department's exploration and excavation branch in Karachi was submitted in the Sindh High Court on Wednesday. ... KARACHI: SHC orders inspection of marriage hall KARACHI, March 3: The Sindh High Court ordered on Wednesday the inspection of a marriage hall to ascertain whether it was constructed on an industrial plot and had unlawfully been put to commercial use. ... KARACHI: Sewerage line's replacement urged KARACHI, March 3: The residents of Baghdadi Union Council have called for immediate replacement of sewerage lines on D.D. Chaudhary Road near Lea Market Telephone Exchange. ... KARACHI: IT to remain optional subject in HSC exam KARACHI, March 3: The Information Technology examination at intermediate level in the Sindh colleges would be held as optional subject, this year too, it was learnt officially. ... KARACHI: KU suppl exam from 17th KARACHI, March 3: The Semester Examination Section of the Karachi University on Wednesday announced that supplementary examination-2003, to be taken by the outgoing and former students of the varsity will commence from March 17. ... KARACHI: Decision on KBCA status likely today KARACHI, March 3: The ongoing controversy over the control of the KBCA between the Sindh and city governments is likely to be resolved at a high-level committee's meeting scheduled to be held on Thursday. ... KARACHI: Teargas used to disperse mob near Sohrab Goth KARACHI, March 3: Police resorted to teargas shelling and baton-charge on Wednesday to disperse a mob off the Super Highway, near Sohrab Goth, following a clash between two groups. ... KARACHI: Convict to be hanged today KARACHI, March 3: A dozen people, including five daughters and a brother of Shaikh Amjad, a condemned prisoner who was to be hanged on Thursday morning, visited him on the eve of his execution. ... FAISALABAD: Processionist held with guns, bullets FAISALABAD, March 3: Police arrested a man with guns and bullets from main Zuljinnah procession near Narwala Chowk on Tuesday. A police source told this scribe on Wednesday ... SUKKUR: Govt move to allot farmland to mly families opposed SUKKUR, March 3: The peasants held a protest demonstration here on Wednesday against a Sindh government move to allot 3,000 acres of farmland in Deh Loli, Salehpat taluka, to the Military Families' Rehabilitation Organization (MFRO). ... ISLAMABAD: 2 projects of CDA await execution for 15 years ISLAMABAD, March 3: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has yet to start work on two projects, approved in February 1987 and March 1988, despite the release of Rs20.90 million ... ISLAMABAD: Sir Syed varsity to be set up in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, March 3: The Sir Syed Memorial Society (SSMS) has finalized a plan to establish a science and technology university on the outskirts of Islamabad. ... ISLAMABAD: Parents resent delay in arrest of child abuser ISLAMABAD, March 3: The parents of the students, who have allegedly been abused by the principal of a private cadet college, held a demonstration in front of the parliament house on Wednesday and criticised the Islamabad police for their failure in arresting the accused. ... LAHORE: PPP wants flour price reduced LAHORE, March 3: The Lahore Coordination Committee of the PPP has demanded that flour price should be brought down to Rs7 a kg. At a meeting here on Wednesday ... LAHORE: Man 'tortured to death' by police LAHORE, March 3: A man was allegedly tortured to death by police at Qila Lakshman Singh on the Ravi Road on Wednesday. A CIA team of the Kotwali police, led by Sub-inspector Mazhar Iqbal, raided the shop of prize bond dealer Irfan Ahmad. ... LAHORE: Seven members of two families found dead LAHORE, March 3: Seven members of two families were found dead under mysterious circumstances in separate incidents here on Tuesday and Wednesday. ... LAHORE: Relief for tail-end farmers LAHORE, March 3: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi announced on Wednesday relief in water rate to the farmers at the tail ends of canals, directing the irrigation department to furnish recommendations within a week. ... LAHORE: Medical screening of students urged LAHORE, March 3: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool has called for medical screening of all schoolchildren to diagnose genetic disorders for early treatment. ... LAHORE: Flour price up by Rs7 per 20kg LAHORE, March 3: The Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) on Wednesday increased the price of a 20kg bag of flour by up to Rs7, claiming that this was unavoidable after the recent raise in the wheat price by the provincial food department. ... PESHAWAR: CID seizes arms cache PESHAWAR, March 3: The Crime Investigation Department on Tuesday seized an arms cache being smuggled from tribal area. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday at the CID headquarters ... PESHAWAR: PHC sets aside death sentence PESHAWAR, March 3: The Peshawar High Court set aside on Wednesday capital punishment awarded by a Qazi court to two persons, including a woman, for killing her husband. ... HYDERABAD: Ashura observed in Sindh towns HYDERABAD, March 3: Ashura was observed with traditional reverence and in a peaceful manner under extensive security measures throughout Sindh on Tuesday. ... HYDERABAD: By-elections for 328 UC seats on 28th HYDERABAD, March 3: As many as 328 seats of union council Nazims, Naib Nazims and councillors are lying vacant in four districts of defunct Hyderabad division for which by-elections will be held on March 28. ... HYDERABAD: Transporter's plea disposed of by SHC HYDERABAD, March 3: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, here on Wednesday disposed of a petition of a transporter after police officials denied to have harassed him. ... HYDERABAD: Govt asked to allow use of old NICs in by-polls HYDERABAD, March 3: The Aurat Foundation has demanded that candidates and voters should be allowed to use old NICs in the local bodies by-election as thousands of people had not been able to get computerized NICs. ... HYDERABAD: Quetta killings condemned HYDERABAD, March 3: The Imamia Students Organization staged a protest demonstration outside the local press club on Wednesday to condemn the killings of mourners in Quetta. ... RAWALPINDI: Yaum-i-Ashur observed with religious zeal in twin cities RAWALPINDI, March 3: Yaum-i-Ashur was observed here on Tuesday with religious reverence and solemnity amidst strict security arrangements. ... RAWALPINDI: Plans for matric exams finalized RAWALPINDI, March 3: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Rawalpindi has made full arrangements to check the use of unfair means in the matriculation examinations commencing from March 6. ... HARIPUR: Petty politics delays Haripur road plan HARIPUR, March 3: The years old political rivalry between the Ayub family and Rajgans of Khanpur (Raja Sikandar Zaman family) was intensified during the last couple of weeks when MNA Omar Ayub and district Nazim Dr Raja Amer Zaman tried to bag the credit of a road project ... MARDAN: Inquiry into custodial killing ordered MARDAN, March 3: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has ordered a judicial inquiry into the death of a teenage boy Riaz Ali who died in police custody on March 1. ... SWABI: Poultry farms closed over virus fear SWABI, March 3: A large number of poultry farmers in the district have closed their farms after the spread of news about the outbreak of the bird flu virus in the area. ... MANSHERA: Additional SHO gunned down in Mansehra MANSEHRA, March 3: An additional SHO was killed and three others were injured as unidentified persons opened fire on them on Wednesday. ... SAHIWAL: Lawyers' protest tomorrow SAHIWAL, March 3: Lawyers will take out a protest procession on Thursday against the Sahiwal police for their failure to trace the killers of two of their colleagues. ... GUJRAT: Phalia tense after sectarian clash GUJRAT, March 3: A sectarian clash left two people dead and 44 injured at Phalia in Mandi Bahauddin district on Tuesday. Sources said the clash occurred when Syed Ejaz Hussain Naqvi ... MULTAN: Police baton-charge protesters in Multan MULTAN, March 3: A clash between police and demonstrators protesting against Quetta, Baghdad and Karbala incidents here on Wednesday when the former tried forcefully to deny them access to a city intersection. ... SARGODHA: Interchange to cost Rs62.5m SARGODHA, March 3: MNA Chaudhry Anwar Ali Cheema has said that the Sial Mor motorway interchange would be fully functional in a year, although it would be temporarily opened next month. ... LARKANA: Nazim seeks proper lining of Rice Canal LARKANA, March 3: District Nazim Khurshid Ahmad Junejo has called for proper lining of the Rice Canal passing through the city so that it can sustain water flow during floods. ... SUKKUR: Shortage of water hits wheat output target SUKKUR, March 3: Growers said here on Wednesday the wheat crop target set by the Sindh government could not be achieved if water shortage persisted in the province. ... MIRPURKHAS: Growers sell wheat in open market MIRPURKHAS, March 3: Growers have started selling their wheat in the open market as they are getting Rs400-450 against the official rate fixed at Rs350 per 40 kg. ... LARKANA: Two arrested, 31 booked - MQM-AT dispute LARKANA, March 3: The police on Wednesday booked 31 persons, two of whom were arrested, following a dispute between the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and the Awami Tehrik in Warah on Monday. ... PESHAWAR: Lakki district without federal govt aid: Provincial govt criticized PESHAWAR, March 3: The Nazim of the Lakki Marwat district, Humayun Saifullah Khan, has deplored the provincial government's failure to release Rs24 million which was promised as a grant some eight months back to the district by the federal government. ... QUETTA: Owais, Jam visit affected areas QUETTA, March 3: Governor Balochistan Owais Ahmed Ghani, Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousuf and Corps Commander, Quetta, Lt-Gen Shahid Hamid on Wednesday visited areas affected by Tuesday's terrorist attack. ... GUJRANWALA: MMA denies nominations for by-polls GUJRANWALA, March 3: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal denies it has nominated aspirants for the local bodies by-polls. This was stated by MMA district secretary-general and Jamaat-i-Islami district amir Allama Obaidul Rehman Madni while speaking at a meeting here on Wednesday. ... DADU: Consumers decry unscheduled load shedding DADU, March 3: An unscheduled load shedding affected business activities and office works in Dadu town on Wednesday. The power supply remained suspended for hours in major areas including Pir Illahi Bux colony ... SUKKUR: Sukkur Barrage to be renovated, says Mahar SUKKUR, March 3: The Sindh chief minister has said that renovation work of the Sukkur Barrage will be undertaken with the help of a British company which had constructed the barrage in 1932. ... LANDI KOTAL: Army man kidnapped LANDI KOTAL, March 3: Some unidentified Afridi tribesmen kidnapped on Tuesday night an army man and injured another in Sheen Kamar area of Bara tehsil, sources said. ... GILGIT: Tension grips Astore GILGIT, March 3: Tension gripped Astore and Gilgit city on Tuesday when mourning processions were not allowed to pass through a non-traditional route in Astore valley. ...

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