06 March 2004 Saturday 14 Muharram 1425 KARACHI: CM declares holiday in Karachi for cricket match KARACHI, March 5: Sindh Chief Minister Ali Mohammed Mahar has announced holiday in Karachi on the occasion of one-day cricket match between Pakistan and India on March 13. ... KARACHI: Arrangements for match be completed by 10th - Ibad KARACHI, March 5: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad, on Friday, directed that all arrangements for one-day international cricket match between Pakistan and India should be completed by March 10. ... KARACHI: Polio campaign be made a success - Ibad KARACHI, March 5: Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has directed all provincial departments to develop a coordinated strategy and fully participate in the polio eradication campaign commencing on March 9. ... KARACHI: Major road project in Orangi launched - Shahrah-i-Orangi to cost Rs400m KARACHI, March 5: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan on Friday performed ground-breaking ceremony of the seven-kilometre-long Shahrah-i-Orangi, to be constructed by the city government at an estimated cost of Rs400 million. ... KARACHI: Urgent report sought on Tameer-i-Karachi KARACHI, March 5: Chief Secretary Dr Mutawakkil Kazi has called for a report from concerned departments within two days regarding latest position of the implementation of Tameer-i-Karachi Programme. ... KARACHI: Water closure postponed KARACHI, March 5: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board has postponed the schedule of water closure for Orangi, Baldia and SITE towns, which was to take effect from March 5 for 72 hours. ... KARACHI: KBCA told to submit consulate's building plan KARACHI, March 5: The Sindh High Court asked the Karachi Building Control Authority on Friday to produce the approved plan of the Japanese consulate-general's building by March 17. ... KARACHI: Demarcation at Education City site ordered KARACHI, March 5: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan on Friday chaired a crucial meeting with regard to the establishment of the proposed 'Education City' which would be spread over an area of 8,000 acres ... KARACHI: 3 policemen remanded in murder case - Gadap tragedy KARACHI, March 5: The Gadap police finally obtained physical custody of their former SHO and two others on Friday in the murder case of two minor sisters. ... KARACHI: SSC exams begin on Monday KARACHI, March 5: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi is all set to conduct Secondary School Certificate (SSC) annual examinations from Monday (March 8). ... KARACHI: Expiry dates on food stuff packings stressed KARACHI, March 5: A body representing the doctors has voiced concern over the absence of manufacturing and expiry dates from the packs of edibles and foodstuffs. ... KARACHI: Children's hospital needs staff KARACHI, March 5: The Sindh Government Children Hospital North Karachi - inaugurated by the governor with much fanfare seven months ago after remaining non-operational for more than four years ... KARACHI: Lectureship interviews from 15th KARACHI, March 5: Interviews of the successful candidates of written tests for lectureship, held in December last, would commence on March 15, simultaneously at three centres in the province, a senior education official said. ... KARACHI: SBC seeks lifting of ban on ads to newspapers KARACHI, March 5: Eight members of the Sindh Bar Council have urged the government to withdraw the ban placed by it on the publication of its advertisements in two newspapers. ... KARACHI: 93 TUs registered in 2003 KARACHI, March 5: The Directorate of Labour registered 93 trade unions during the last year. This was stated in a progress report presented to Sindh Minister for Labour, Industries and Transport Muhammad Adil Siddiqui at a meeting. ... KARACHI: AI kicks off campaign for women's rights KARACHI, March 5: A two-year-long campaign aimed at end to violence against women was launched by the Amnesty International here on Friday. ... KARACHI: Nazim seeks funds for fire brigade KARACHI, March 5: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has called upon the Sindh government to provide increased financial assistance to the city government in the next budget for meeting fire brigade's requirements ... KARACHI: Boy stabbed to death in Korangi KARACHI, March 5: A twelve-year-old boy was killed by unknown persons in Korangi Industrial Area on Friday. Police said that the body was found near a private hospital in 36-B Area on Friday morning. ... KARACHI: Scholar from India urges sectarian harmony KARACHI, Mach 5: People commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussain and his companions cannot be frightened into abandoning the tradition by killings, said a noted Indian scholar here on Friday. ... ISLAMABAD: Vehicles main cause of air pollution - Report ISLAMABAD, March 5: Hazardous vehicular emission level in Pakistan is higher than that in the developed countries, causing serious damage to environment, participants of a national consultative meeting were told on Friday. ... ISLAMABAD: Speakers for harmonizing school syllabi ISLAMABAD, March 5: The need to harmonize the school syllabi with the people's aspirations for peace and democracy in Pakistan and India was emphasized by prominent scholars at a seminar here on Friday. ... KOHAT: Provincial govt to appoint teachers KOHAT, March 5: The MMA government has decided that the provincial departments will from now on appoint primary to secondary level teachers for Islamic studies and Arabic, instead of the district governments ... LAHORE: Habitual LDC absentees asked to show cause LAHORE, March 5: Expressing displeasure over the continuous thin attendance at the Lahore District Council sessions, District Naib Nazim Farooq Amjad Mir on Friday ordered issuing show-cause notices to the habitual absentee members ... LAHORE: LHCBA asks govt to step down LAHORE, March 5: The first general house conducted by the High Court Bar Association took a hard line on the Punjab government here on Friday, demanding it to step down for failing to maintain law and order. ... KARACHI: Women's Day on 8th KARACHI, March 5: The All Pakistan Women's Association will mark the Women's Day with a ceremony organized in this connection at the APWA Headquarters on March 8. ... LAHORE: Hospital for police LAHORE, March 5: Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi said here on Friday that the government would set up investigation centres in all big cities of the province besides establishing a separate hospital for policemen. ... KARACHI: Speakers criticize nuclear policy KARACHI, March 5: Participants of a seminar on Friday contended that the nuclear issue was not yet over and the US and its allies would reopen it once their focus is shifted from Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. ... PESHAWAR: Law to check rash driving stressed PESHAWAR, March 5: Federal Minister for Water and Power Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao has stressed the need for legislation aimed at discouraging rash driving, making fastening of seat belts mandatory and educating the drivers to abide by traffic rules. ... MANSHERA: Transporters continue wheel-jam strike MANSEHRA, March 5: The wheel-jam strike called by local transporters to press for the removal of toll plaza on a section of the Karakoram Highway between Mansehra and Abbottabad entered its third consecutive day on Friday. ... PESHAWAR: ISO condemns Quetta killings PESHAWAR, March 5: Activists of the Imamia Students Organization (ISO) held a protest rally here on Friday to condemn the Quetta incident in which 45 people were killed and over 160 injured on Tuesday. ... HYDERABAD: Students urged to shun negative politics HYDERABAD, March 5: Leaders of various political parties and students organizations have stressed the need for doing away with negative politics in the educational institutions. ... HYDERABAD: Parliamentary body visits Kotri barrage HYDERABAD, March 5: Members of the parliamentary committee on water resources, led by Senator Nisar Memon, inspected the telemetry system installed at the Kotri Barrage and its four off- taking canals on Friday. ... HYDERABAD: Ashura killings denounced HYDERABAD, March 5: Various Shia organizations took out a procession from Kadamgah Maula Ali to the local press club to protest against the Quetta and Mandi Bahauddin massacres as well as bombing incidents in Karbala Mualla, Iraq. ... HYDERABAD: Regular water supply to SITE demanded HYDERABAD, March 5: The industrial sector of Kotri and Hyderabad will suffer irreparable losses and the livelihoods of thousands of workers will be affected, leading to a law and order situation ... HYDERABAD: Two couples fear for their lives HYDERABAD, March 5: Two newly-wed couples, fearing that they will be killed on the pretext of Karo-kari by their relatives, have filed two separate petitions in the Sindh High Court to seek protection. ... RAWALPINDI: Teachers to resume strike RAWALPINDI, March 5: School teachers will once again launch a protest movement from March 10 for the acceptance of their demands, the teachers' representatives told Dawn. ... RAWALPINDI: Body being set up to give loans to youth RAWALPINDI, March 5: A foundation is being set up in the district to provide small loans to unemployed youth, Punjab governor Lt-Gen (Retd) Khalid Maqbool said. ... RAWALPINDI: Cantonment uplift work in doldrums RAWALPINDI, March 5: A number of development projects in the Pindi and Chaklala cantonments areas have been delayed due to financial problems, it is learnt. ... SAHIWAL: Dist govt gives go-ahead for ARD meeting SAHIWAL, March 5: The district government on Friday allowed the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy to hold a public meeting on the Hockey Ground here on March 11. ... SIALKOT: Basant leaves several hurt in Daska SIALKOT, March 5: Several people, including children, were injured on Basant in Daska and its outskirts on Friday. The festival started on Thursday night and continued on Friday despite a ban on it imposed by the Punjab. ... DERA GHAZI KHAN: How five brothers became outlaws DERA GHAZI KHAN, March 5: The infamous inter-provincial gang involved in the Loralai kidnapping case was formed by the five sons of Lal Muhammad in the late 90s. ... GUJRANWALA: Six booked for selling kidneys GUJRANWALA, March 5: The Sabzi Mandi police on Friday registered a case against six people, including a doctor, who allegedly removed and sold kidneys of jobless youths in different hospitals in Lahore. ... DADU: Food dept fails to begin procurement of wheat - Traders offer higher rates DADU, March 5: The growers of the district are not selling wheat to the food department as traders are offering them Rs1,050 to Rs1,100 for 100kg of wheat against official rate of Rs875. ... SUKKUR: Journalist among two kidnapped SUKKUR, March 5: Two people, including a journalist, were kidnapped by five armed men in Old Sukkur on Thursday night. The armed men kidnapped six persons when they were playing badminton in Waspur locality of the city. ... LARKANA: Plea to preserve Moenjodaro LARKANA, March 5: The Dokri taluka council representatives held a demonstration in Moenjodaro on Thursday to draw attention of the authorities to dilapidated state of the pre-historic site. ... SWABI: Seats for women to go vacant in Swabi SWABI, March 5: Most of the 174 seats reserved for the women in 56 union councils of the district will continue to remain vacant in the upcoming local bodies by-elections. ...

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