12 March 2004 Friday 20 Muharram 1425 KARACHI: Nazim asks people to make ODI memorable KARACHI, March 11: The Nazim of Karachi appealed on Thursday to the citizens, particularly the youth, to make the first One-Day International, to be played between Pakistan and India at the National Stadium on Saturday ... KARACHI: City to have mega cricket stadium KARACHI, March 11: Sindh Government is planning to construct a big stadium in the city having a capacity for 100,000 spectators. ... KARACHI: EIA criteria overlooked in mega projects KARACHI, March 11: Speakers at a round-table meeting observed that purposeful conservation of natural resources and the environment was possible only if relevant public and private sector organizations and agencies join hands to achieve common objectives. ... KARACHI: Elaborate traffic plan made for tomorrow KARACHI, March 11: City traffic police have made special arrangements to facilitate the people who will visit National Stadium to watch first one-day cricket match between Pakistan and India on March 13. ... KARACHI: Scholars must help Ummah in trouble - Multi-dimensional challenges KARACHI, March 11: The men of letters and seats of learning in Muslim countries should come forward to help Ummah meet the present day challenges successfully. ... KARACHI: Extraordinary security steps for one-day match KARACHI, March 11: A foolproof security cover, with the deployment of about 5,000 policemen around the National Stadium, has been planned to ensure a peaceful environment for the one-day international match on Saturday between Pakistan and India. ... KARACHI: Report sought on 288 doctors KARACHI, March 11: The Sindh chief secretary has asked the officer-in-charge of the Sindh School Health Service to explain the output of the 288 doctors working under his supervision. ... RAHIM YAR KHAN: Lady doctors to be posted at BHCs RAHIM YAR KHAN, March 11: Despite incurring a huge expenditure of Rs1 billion annually on basic health centres, the desired results have not been achieved. ... MULTAN: Salary raise for doctors soon - Emergency services MULTAN, March 11: The Punjab government will soon start paying 50 per cent additional salary to the doctors, who serve at the emergency wards of the state-run hospitals. ... KARACHI: Man dies in FIA custody KARACHI, March 11: A man died in the custody of the Federal Investigation Agency, passport cell, on Wednesday night. The Preedy police quoting FIA officials said Aslam Masih, 48, was called in by the agency for some inquiries, when he felt pain in his chest. ... KARACHI: Absence of epilepsy test facilities regretted KARACHI, March 11: A Pakistani specialist of epilepsy, currently working in the United States, regretted non-availability of the latest equipment in the country to diagnose and treat epilepsy. ... KARACHI: Celebrities join in polio drive KARACHI, March 11: If the outreach teams fail to go door-to-door during the ongoing drive against polio, parents must take their children of one year or less to the designated centres for getting them vaccinated. ... KARACHI: Mentally-ill deportee reunited with family KARACHI, March 11: A mentally disturbed man, earlier deported from the United Arab Emirates, was handed over to his relatives by the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation on Thursday. ... KARACHI: Sri Lanka to donate 78 corneas KARACHI, March 11: The Sri Lankan Eye Bank Society has promised to donate 78 corneal grafts to Pakistan, said a press release issued by Spencer Eye Hospital on Thursday. ... KARACHI: Sindh govt secretaries fail to respond to AG's directive KARACHI, March 11: The administrative secretaries of the Sindh government failed to respond to the inquiry of Accountant General Sindh directing them to send cases six months before the due date of retirement of their employees. ... ISLAMABAD: Minister vows to curb women trafficking ISLAMABAD, March 11: Minister of State for Law, Justice and Human Rights Raza Hayat Hiraj has said Pakistan in collaboration with the international community will fight the menace of women trafficking, and secure better future for women in the country. ... GUJRAT: Hardly intelligible! GUJRAT, March 11: Announcements made at railway stations are sometimes not just hard to decipher. Passengers at Mandi Bahauddin railway station faced a lot of inconvenience on Wednesday due to wrong announcements ... LAHORE: Work on new under passes starts on 15th LAHORE, March 11: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi will inaugurate the construction of two new underpasses near the Jinnah and Doctors' hospitals on the canal bank on March 15. ... LAHORE: Assault on Multan tenants denounced LAHORE, March 11: The Pakistan Social Forum condemned here on Thursday the latest attack on tenants of the Multan military farm. ... LAHORE: PU's institute of art, pharmacy dept made colleges LAHORE, March 11: The Punjab University's Institute of Art and Design and the pharmacy department have been upgraded as constituent colleges.... PESHAWAR: Conservation of resources a priority, says governor PESHAWAR, March 11: Conservation of natural resources and putting a halt on environmental degradation are top priority areas of the government, says NWFP Governor Lt-Gen (retired) Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah. ... PESHAWAR: Court irked by delay in issuing charge-sheets - Three SHOs summoned PESHAWAR, March 11: The Peshawar district and sessions judge, Mr Hayat Ali Shah, has taken notice of delay in the submission of charge-sheets against three juvenile offenders ... PESHAWAR: Shopping mall on campus planned PESHAWAR, March 11: A shopping mall would be constructed at a cost of about Rs30 million to put an end to mushroom growth of shops on the Peshawar University campus, sources said. ... PESHAWAR: 'Fata people interested in promotion of education' PESHAWAR, March 11: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah said on Wednesday that people in less developed areas, including the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, were taking interest in the promotionof education. ... PESHAWAR: Lack of awareness a major cause of AIDS spread PESHAWAR, March 11: Speakers at a seminar attributed the rise in sexually-transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS, to lack of qualified doctors and public awareness in this regard. ... PESHAWAR: 'Foreigners with NICs threat to state' PESHAWAR, March 11: Speakers at a function held on Thursday said that issuing national identity cards to foreigners was against the national interest enabled them to get involved in illegal activities ... PESHAWAR: Probe into misuse of powers by Nazims - Details being gathered in 24 dists PESHAWAR, March 11: The NWFP Local Government Commission will investigate financial irregularities and misuse of powers by Nazims and officials in 24 districts of the province. ... PESHAWAR: Govt urged to help recover lawyer PESHAWAR, March 11: The mother of a lawyer who was allegedly picked up by Punjab police on Feb 21 has asked the government to help recover him. ... PESHAWAR: Revenue shortfall recorded PESHAWAR, March 11: The excise and taxation department, NWFP, and the provincial board of revenue jointly raised over Rs860 million through various taxes and fees during the first seven months of the current financial year ... HYDERABAD: Sindh govt blamed for price hike HYDERABAD, March 11: Members of the district council on Thursday criticized the price hike in Sindh and demanded that the government should lift a ban on inter-district transportation of wheat to control the price of flour. ... HYDERABAD: Secondary teachers' protests continue - Police accused of levelling false allegations HYDERABAD, March 11: The Government Secondary Teachers' Association continued to boycott the secondary school certificate (class 9 and 10) examinations and its members held rallies all over Sindh on Thursday. ... HYDERABAD: Nisar's statements criticized HYDERABAD, March 11: The Sindhu Agricultural Forum has demanded that the parliamentary committee on water should stop its activities till the technical committee headed by A. G. N. Abbasi finalizes its recommendations on the issue. ... HYDERABAD: Movement of unfit vehicles to be checked HYDERABAD, March 11: Members of the city council on Wednesday appointed a committee to suggest proposals after checking the movement of unfit vehicles. ... HYDERABAD: Hesco staff advised to adopt safety measures HYDERABAD, March 11: Hesco chief executive Tariq Arshad has advised company employees to take precautionary measures and follow safety guidelines while working on transmission lines. ... HYDERABAD: Merger of kutchi abadis, TMAs demanded HYDERABAD, March 11: Residents of the Shah Faisal Colony, Mumtaz Colony, Makki Shah Road area, Latifabad-12, and Pathan Colony have appealed to the president to merge kutchi abadis of the cantonment area in taluka municipal administrations. ... HYDERABAD: Schedule of water rotation announced HYDERABAD, March 11: The executive engineer, Hala division, irrigation department, has announced a rotation programme due toshortage of water in the River Indus and the Rohri Canal. ... RAWALPINDI: 4 killed in separate incidents RAWALPINDI, March 11: Four persons, including two brothers, were killed while three others injured in separate incidents in Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Thursday, police and hospital authorities said. ... DADU: Govt hospitals run short of vaccines DADU, March 11: Government hospitals and health centres have been facing a shortage of anti-rabies vaccine in the district for last one month. A survey conducted by this correspondent revealed that there was an acute shortage of ARV in different hospitals and health centres. ... BADIN: Mill-owners warned of movement BADIN, March 11: The Sindh Abadgar Board has threatened to launch a movement against sugarmill owners if they failed to ensure payment of quality premium to growers in two months. ... JACOBABAD: Three killed in clash JACOBABAD, March 11: Three people, including a woman, were killed in a clash between two groups in the Adhero village, in the limits of the Osta Mohammad police station in the Jafarabad district on Thursday. ... MIRPURKHAS: Landless peasants stage rally MIRPURKHAS, March 11: Members of the Sindh Hari Union on Wednesday took out a rally besides observing a token hunger strike to protest against what they termed atrocities being perpetrated against them all over Sindh. ... KHARIPUR: Cases against PPP workers criticized KHAIRPUR, March 11: People's Party Parliamentarians MNA Manzoor Wassan has said that the murder of Abdullah Murad Baloch in Karachi and registration of cases against MPA Nawab Wassan and other 250 workers at the Kot Diji police station were aimed at to harass the opposition activists. ... SARGODHA: Woman a victim of torture for 'honour' SARGODHA, March 11: A woman of a village is lying helplessly in hospital after amputation of her both legs on Feb 7 allegedly by her brother-in-law and mother-in-law over suspicion of her loose morals. ... GILGIT: Appeal to protect rare wild plants GILGIT, March 11: Three international NGOs working in Gilgit-Baltistan have asked local communities to ensure an economical and judicious use of rare medicinal plants found in the region. ... GILGIT: Villagers begin development work, assert land rights GILGIT, March 11: Thousands of women and men of the Nomal village have initiated plantation and land development work in Chilmisdas. ... TIMERGARA: Boy killed in bomb blast TIMERGARA, March 11: A young boy was killed, while his father received serious injuries in a bomb blast in the Balambat tehsil of Lower Dir district on Thursday. ...

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