21 March 2004 Sunday 29 Muharram 1425 KARACHI: 227 villages regularized under Gothabad Act KARACHI, March 20: Out of 516 villages listed for regularization in 1987 in Karachi district, only 227 villages were found on merit under provision of Sindh Gothabad (Housing Scheme) Act 1987 and were issued the regularization documents. ... KARACHI: Digging damages KESC cable KARACHI, March 20: The Frontier Works Organization (FWO), currently engaged in the reconstruction of Korangi Road, has again damaged a 132,000-kilo volt extra high tension underground power cable about 200 yards ahead of the earlier damage repaired by the KESC. ... KARACHI: 3 die in various incidents KARACHI, March 20: Three people were killed in different incidents in the city on Saturday. Police said that unknown assailants forced their way into the house of a 40-year-old man, Malik Hayat ... KARACHI: Atta available at Rs11.5 per kilo: Nazim KARACHI, March 20: City Nazim Niamatullah Khan on Saturday distributed 10-kg bags of wheat flour among the city government employees for sale at the rate of Rs115 per bag. ... KARACHI: SHC restrains bank from releasing bid amount KARACHI, March 20: Justice Mushir Alam of the Sindh High Court restrained the Habib Bank from disbursing the auction bid amount released by or realized from the privatization commission chairman or the custodian of the Hyatt Regency project till April 1. ... KARACHI: Insanitary conditions irk Lyari residents KARACHI, March 20: Garbage collection and its disposal is the most serious problem faced by the residents of Lyari Town. In many localities, garbage and waste material could be seen littered around. ... KARACHI: KWSB asked to redress consumers' grievances KARACHI, March 20: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan while expressing dissatisfaction over the performance of complaints centres has directed the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board ... KARACHI: Razing of MQM-H men's houses flayed KARACHI, March 20: The provincial chief of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy, Zain Ansari, on Saturday criticized the alleged demolition of the houses of activists of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement in Landhi ... KARACHI: KBCA chief rejects parallel body KARACHI, March 20: Chief Controller of Buildings Brig A. S. Nasir has pledged that the Karachi Building Control Authority would be made more stable and a really institutionalized organization to be worth emulating by other departments. ... KARACHI: 90 students of DA college get degrees KARACHI, March 20: About 90 students of five batches of Defence Authority Degree College were awarded bachelor's degree from the University of Karachi at a convocation here on Saturday. ... KARACHI: Jashn-i-Bahar held KARACHI: On the second day (Saturday) of Jashn-i-Bahar, held at the PMA House, the pre-noon session was allotted to children, including toddlers, who had gathered to listen to stories narrated by the elders. ... LAHORE: Unprecedented security for Lahore matches LAHORE, March 20: Police have made stringent security arrangements to maintain law and order during the two One-day Internationals between India and Pakistan being played at the Qadhafi Stadium on Sunday and Wednesday. ... LAHORE: Literacy rate abysmally low, says minister LAHORE, March 20: Punjab Minister for Literacy and Non-formal Basic Education Husain Jahanian Gardezi has said that country's literacy rate was abysmally low even among Saarc countries. ... LAHORE: Organizational changes made in city PPP LAHORE, March 20: Organizational changes had been made in the city chapter of the PPP, Lahore president Mian Misbahur Rahman said on Saturday. ... LAHORE: Pervaiz calls for steps to remove encroachments LAHORE, March 20: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has asked the town Nazims to take steps for the removal of encroachments and checking the construction of unauthorized buildings. ... SANGHAR: Sooriha Badshah remembered SANGHAR, March 20: Speakers here at a seminar on Saturday paid tributes to Pir Sibghatullah Shah Rashdi commonly known in Sindh as Shaheed Sooriha Badshah. ... LAHORE: Seven judges transferred LAHORE, March 20: The Lahore High Court transferred on Saturday seven additional district and sessions judges. According to a notification, Bahadur Ali Khan had been transferred to Lahore from Vehari. ... LAHORE: Goods, services to be improved at Shadman Bazaar LAHORE, March 20: The city district government has chosen the Shadman Sunday Bazaar for improvement of quality of goods and services through sponsors. ... LAHORE: OAKS calls for removing mistrust LAHORE, March 20: The Old Associates of Kinnaird Society (OAKS), including members from India, on Saturday celebrated the Old Students Day. ... PESHAWAR: Awareness about juvenile law stressed PESHAWAR, March 20: Speakers at a one-day consultative meeting urged the police department on Thursday to create awareness among its officials about the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance so that the law could be properly implemented. ... PESHAWAR: City govt's uplift funds may lapse PESHAWAR, March 20: The city district government Peshawar and its four town municipal administrations (TMAs) may not be able to fully utilize their development funds, sources told Dawn. ... PESHAWAR: Ban on music in public vehicles being violated PESHAWAR, March 20: Drivers of public transport vehicles are flagrantly violating the ban imposed by the provincial government on playing music in passenger vehicles. ... PESHAWAR: Three hurt in firing during by-polls PESHAWAR, March 20: Three people received injuries when rival groups exchanged fire in local bodies by-elections here on Saturday, police said. ... PESHAWAR: Murderer awarded death PESHAWAR, March 20: The additional district and sessions judge, Shehbar Khan, on Saturday awarded capital punishment to an accused in a murder case. ... MUZAFFARABAD: AJK to enhance efforts for population control MUZAFFARABAD, March 20: The federal government has offered Azad Kashmir to take over and develop the population welfare department on the pattern of the provinces ... KOHAT: FM radio service for Kohat soon: Nazim KOHAT, March 20: District Nazim Engineer Malik Asad has said that FM radio station is being set up here which will start regular transmission by the end of next month. ... GHALLANAI: Poppy crop over 2,000 kanals destroyed GHALLANAI (Mohmand Agency), March 20: Growers have voluntarily destroyed standing poppy crop over 2,000 kanals in far-flung parts of the agency, officials said on Saturday. ... HARIPUR: Detained accused 'commits suicide' HARIPUR, March 20: A detained accused allegedly "committed suicide" in the Khanpur police station lock-up on Saturday. According to the Khanpur police station officials ... SARGODHA: Rs140m for gas facility in Sargodha SARGODHA, March 20: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool has said that Rs140 million will be spent on the provision of gas supply to over 50,000 people in Sargodha during the current fiscal year. ... SHEIKHUPURA: Five killed as bus plunges into ditch SHEIKHUPURA, March 20: Five passengers were killed while over 15 others sustained injuries, three of them serious, on Saturday in an accident on Shahkot-Safdarabad Road near Chak 82, some 70km from here. ... MULTAN: Valuables taken away on failure to nab suspect MULTAN, March 20: The Lahore Model Town CIA staff reportedly took away valuables from a house in Shujabad on failure to recover an 'abducted' woman on Saturday. ... HYDERABAD: Minister urged to hold talks with teachers HYDERABAD, March 20: Sindh Teachers' Action Committee chairman Qazi Aminuddin has sent an open letter to the provincial education minister to hold talks with the committee on its charter of demands. ... HYDERABAD: Works department asked to approve uplift schemes HYDERABAD, March 20: District Nazim Dr Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman has directed the EDO works and communication that development schemes proposed by Nazims of union councils up to the cost of Rs1.3 million be approved from the district development working party by March 25. ... HYDERABAD: Notices issued to returning officer: Local government by-polls HYDERABAD, March 20: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, here on Friday issued notices to two respondents and returning officer of Chanesar-I union council on an election petition ... HYDERABAD: Mela planned on Women's Day HYDERABAD, March 20: A women mela will be organized at the Dialdas club on the occassion of World Women's Day on March 27. This was decided in a meeting on Saturday with EDO community development Ibrahim Qureshi in the chair. ... THATTA: 5,000 closed schools to be made functional THATTA, March 20: The Sindh government is making efforts to make functional over 5,000 closed primary schools in the province, including 261 in Thatta. ... MULTAN: Colonel of Regiment installed MULTAN, March 20: Corps Commander Karachi Lt-Gen Ahsan Salim Hayat was installed Colonel of the Regiment of a unit of the Armoured Corps here on Saturday, an ISPR press release said. ... JACOBABAD: Foundation stone of court building laid JACOBABAD, March 20: The Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court, Justice Saiyed Saeed Ashhad laid the foundation stone of the court building here on Saturday. ... DADU: Hesco employees boycott work: Withdrawal of FIR demanded DADU, March 20: Hesco employees boycotted their offices and field work here on Saturday to protest against police for registering a murder case against an SDO and two linemen. ... NAWABSHAH: Progress of development schemes reviewed NAWABSHAH, March 20: Sindh Planning and Development additional chief secretary Ghulam Sarwar Khero chaired a meeting here at the Darbar Hall on Saturday to review progress of development schemes being executed in the district. ... SUKKUR: Councillor gets six months imprisonment SUKKUR, March 20: The judicial magistrate-III, Sukkur, Ibrahim Soomro, awarded six months imprisonment to union council-6 member Nusrat Hussain Mirani on Saturday. ... DADU: SHO among three killed in accident DADU, March 20: Three people, including SHO Amri police, were killed and 15 others injured in two separate road accidents on the Indus Highway on Saturday. ...

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