11 March 2004 Thursday 19 Muharram 1425 KARACHI: Violence in Lyari mars PPP's protest day KARACHI, Mar 10: One person was killed and four others wounded when a group of youths tried to force traders to close their shops in certain localities of Lyari during the day of protest on Wednesday as announced by the PPP. ... KARACHI: Intellectuals urged to help promote education KARACHI, March 10: Sindh Chief Minister Sardar Ali Muhammad Khan Mahar on Wednesday said role of educationists, intellectuals, writers and media can not be ignored if education is to be properly promoted. ... KARACHI: City Nazim inaugurates girls college KARACHI, March 10: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan inaugurated Government Degree Girls College in Sector 11-I, North Karachi, on Wednesday. The construction work for the college building was started in 1998 while teaching activities at the college commenced in September 2003. ... KARACHI: Functions at sports complex prohibited KARACHI, March 10: The Sindh High Court restrained the city government on Wednesday from allowing the use of the KMC Sports Complex for wedding ceremonies and other functions. ... KARACHI: Water supply normalized ahead of schedule KARACHI, March 10: Repair work of Dhabeji rising main, which had burst on Monday, has been completed ahead of schedule. As such, water supply to the city would normalize by early Thursday. ... KARACHI: Majority of institutes puts off exams set for 13th KARACHI, March 10: The public sector higher education institutes in the city have adopted different policies for March 13, which has been declared as local holiday by the provincial government on account of cricket match between Pakistan and India. ... KARACHI: 20-member body to oversee KBCA working KARACHI, March 10: The Sindh High Court discharged a contempt notice against the provincial government on Wednesday when a law officer produced a notification naming a 20-member committee to oversee the functioning of the Karachi Building Control Authority. ... KARACHI: Vaccination of children against polio stressed KARACHI, March 10: Speaking in Moosa Colony on Wednesday, the adviser to the chief minister on health urged the parents to get their children vaccinated against polio. ... KARACHI: Motorway police kill suspected car jacker KARACHI, March 10: The Motorway police on Wednesday, shot dead a suspected car jacker and recovered the vehicle at Super Highway near Nooriabad. ... KARACHI: Minister sends demands of SPLA to federal govt KARACHI, March 10: Sindh Education Minister Irfanullah Khan Marwat has agreed to send demands of Sindh Professors and Lecturers' Association with the recommendation of provincial education department to federal government. ... KARACHI: Italian language course students get diplomas KARACHI, March 10: The promotion of knowledge about languages and understanding of cultures were necessary to realize the dreams of globalization. ... KARACHI: Exhibition on Palestine during Ottoman era KARACHI, March 10: A 12-day photographic exhibition featuring the social and cultural life of Palestine during the Ottoman era opened at the National Museum of Pakistan on Wednesday. ... SUKKUR: Lawyers oppose Kalabagh dam SUKKUR, March 10: The Sindh High Court Bar Association, Sukkur chapter, at its meeting held here on Wednesday, decided to support the ongoing protest against the Greater Thal canal and Kalabagh dam projects. ... LAHORE: Punjab says reduced water supply not to affect wheat LAHORE, March 10: The Punjab claimed on Wednesday that the latest 22 per cent cut in water supply will not affect the wheat crop which had already been watered thrice. ... LAHORE: PBC lifts 'financial emergency' LAHORE, March 10: The Punjab Bar Council has lifted the 'financial emergency' enforced about a month ago, consequent to improvement in it's accounts. ... MIRPURKHAS: Forcible procurement of wheat criticized MIRPURKHAS, March 10: District Nazim Pir Shafqat Hussain Shah has taken a notice of excesses against the wheat growers by officials of the Sindh food department. ... PESHAWAR: IT competition for students planned PESHAWAR, March 10: A private institute is holding a two-day exhibition, which will also serve as a contest among the students in different spheres of information technology. ... PESHAWAR: 58 FC platoons to be deployed for match PESHAWAR, March 10: About 58 platoons of the Frontier Constabulary will be deployed in the provincial capital for the one-day international match between Pakistan and India, a senior official said. ... PESHAWAR: Funds' utilization by districts slow PESHAWAR, March 10: Lack of consensus among members of the district mushavirat committees has been a major impediment in speedy utilization of development funds in most of the districts in the province. ... PESHAWAR: NWFP links NFC award to power profit issue PESHAWAR, March 10: NWFP Senior Minister Sirajul Haq has urged the federal government to resolve the net hydel profit (arrears) issue first, otherwise he will not sign the 6th National Finance Commission award, which is due on March 31. ... PESHAWAR: Flour price up by Rs2 per kg PESHAWAR, March 10: The NWFP government's reluctance to control the flour price in the absence of an official pricing mechanism and increasing reliance on Punjab has led to in the price to an all time high in the province. ... PESHAWAR: Steps urged against honour killing PESHAWAR, March 10: Speakers at a seminar on Wednesday urged the government to adopt legislative and administrative measures for combating killings in the name of honour. ... GILGIT: 'Most people favour girls' education' GILGIT, March 10: A politician of Diamer said here on Wednesday that an overwhelming majority of people in his district was in favour of education of women ... HYDERABAD: Octroi tax share - body formed HYDERABAD, March 10: The district Nazim has constituted an 8- member committee, comprising one union council Nazim from each taluka, to talk to the Sindh government about the union council share in the octroi tax income. ... HYDERABAD: Teachers continue exam boycott HYDERABAD, March 10: Boycott of annual examinations of class IX and X by the Government Secondary Teachers Association continued for the second consecutive day on Wednesday throughout interior Sindh. ... HYDERABAD: Hesco employees oppose IRO-2002 HYDERABAD, March 10: Employees of Hesco took out a procession here on Tuesday, demanding acceptance of their demands and condemning the Industrial Relations Ordinance, 2002. ... HYDERABAD: Sida plans to revamp canal system HYDERABAD, March 10: Three programmes are being launched to improve the irrigation system in the province, said a Sindh Irrigation and Drainage Authority official in Badin on Tuesday. ... RAWALPINDI: Six injured in Pindi gas blast RAWALPINDI, March 10: At least six people were injured in a gas explosion in a photo state shop here on Wednesday, witnesses and police officials told Dawn. ... PESHAWAR: Arrest warrants issued for MPA PESHAWAR, March 10: The additional district and sessions judge on Wednesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal MPA Akhter Nawaz Khan. The MPA faces charges in a drug trafficking case. ... HYDERABAD: Bail granted to ASI in Gadap murder case HYDERABAD, March 10: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Wednesday granted protective bail to an ASI of the Gadap police station, Karachi, in two separate cases of the murder of Sassi and Hajira and negligence in duty. ... NAWABSHAH: Work on uplift schemes halted Rise in steel, cement prices NAWABSHAH, March 10: Work on development schemes worth Rs100 million has been suspended by contractors on the pretext of a rise in prices of steel ... GUJRANWALA: 100 daily wagers of PTCL sacked GUJRANWALA, March 10: The local high-ups of the PTCL sacked on Wednesday 100 daily wagers who presented a memorandum regarding regularization of their service to the new chairman of the company. ... DADU: Polio victim from remote area dies DADU, March 10: A seven-year-old boy of the Bahawlpur village, Johi taluka, died at a private clinic here on Wednesday evening. Earlier, a World Health Organization team, led by Dr A. D. Bola G. Lambo, arrived here in the morning and examined the boy, Sardar Ali ... SUKKUR: Police given 72 hours deadline - Recovery of kidnapped men SUKKUR, March 10: Hundreds of political activists and journalists here on Wednesday took out a protest procession against police failure to recover kidnapped newsman Shahbaz Pathan and his friend Naveed Mangi. ... JACOBABAD: 2 brothers killed over family row JACOBABAD, March 10: Two brothers were killed in an armed attack over a family dispute in the Noor Mohammad Shah village in the Garhi Khairo area on Tuesday. ... LAHORE: Justice Aslam Riaz passes away LAHORE, March 10: Former chief justice of the Lahore High Court, a judge of the Supreme Court and Punjab governor Aslam Riaz Husain died of a cardiac arrest here on Wednesday. He was 80. ... LAHORE: Work on patrol posts very much on - IGP LAHORE, March 10: Punjab Inspector General of Police Syed Masud Shah says work on every aspect of the patrol posts project is being done on war-footing and the progress is being monitored by him personally. ... GUJRAT: LHC summons eight local govt officials GUJRAT, March 10: The Lahore High Court summoned on Wednesday eight local government officials for March 16 to join hearing of a writ petition against them. ...

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