23 March 2004 Tuesday 01 Safar 1425 KARACHI: Bail to former NDFC chief confirmed KARACHI, March 22: The former chief of National Development Finance Corporation, Wasim Mehdi, got his bail confirmed on Monday in the sum of one million rupees. ... KARACHI: Newsmen, MPAs denied entry into PA building KARACHI, March 22: Journalists covering the Sindh assembly proceedings on Monday boycotted the chief minister's press briefing . ... KARACHI: SWD, WWF object to oil firm's proposal KARACHI, March 22: The Sindh Wildlife Department and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), a non-governmental organization, have objected to a proposal of an oil company seeking a blanket permission to work in a protected area ... KARACHI: Power breakdowns hit many areas KARACHI, March 22: Power breakdowns occurred in many localities in the city on Monday despite the fact that mercury dropped to 38.5°C. ... KARACHI: Pakistan in 'red zone' of TB-hit states - 20,000 new cases registered KARACHI, March 22: The World Health Organization's Manager TB Control Programme, Sindh, Dr Amanullah Ansari, has underlined the need for educating people of the province about TB and for increasing Case Detection Ratio (CDR). ... KARACHI: Dow varsity to set up liver unit, OT KARACHI, March 22: The Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) will set up a liver unit and an operation theatre in memory of the late Prof Sarwar Jehan Zuberi. ... KARACHI: Arts Council auditorium nearing completion KARACHI, March 22: The construction of an auditorium at the Arts Council is in its final stages and is expected to be completed by the end of April. This was stated at a meeting of the Project Committee of Arts Council. Presided over by District Coordination Officer Mir Hussain Ali, the meeting was convened on Monday to review progress on the construction work. ... KARACHI: Settlement in Taisar, Hawkesbay in full swing KARACHI, March 22: The rehabilitation of 4,298 families in Hawkesbay scheme and 2,303 families in Taisar Town under the Lyari Expressway Resettlement Project has been completed while development work of another settlement, in Baldia Town, is in progress. ... KARACHI: Submission date for HSC exam forms announced KARACHI, March 22: The Board of Intermediate Education has announced the schedule for submission of forms of HSC exams 2004 from the failures of supplementary exams of 2003 or the fresh leftover candidates of all groups. ... KARACHI: Four die in road accidents KARACHI, March 22: Four persons, including a seven-year-old girl, were killed in road accidents in different areas of the city on Monday. ... HYDERABAD: Classes suspended as students clash in SU HYDERABAD, March 22: The classes at Sindh University were suspended on Monday following a clash between the Jeay Sindh Students Federation and the People's Students Federation-SB in which a student was shot at and injured. ... PESHAWAR: NWFP mills accused of overcharging for flour PESHAWAR, March 22: The provision of wheat to local flour mills against their daily quota from the official godowns - at rates much less than the open market price ... PESHAWAR: Non-students occupying hostel rooms - IJT PESHAWAR, March 22: The Islami Jamiat Tulaba (IJT) has expressed concern over activities of irrelevant people in the Peshawar University campus and asked Governor Iftikhar Hussain Shah to take action ... PESHAWAR: Fata officials can't hold trial - PHC - Crime committed in settled area PESHAWAR, March 22: The Peshawar High Court on Monday ruled that the tribal administration had no authority to try a person for a crime committed in settled area. ... PESHAWAR: 100pc TB cure rate likely: governor PESHAWAR, March 22: NWFP Governor Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that 100 per cent cure rate of TB in the NWFP and Fata will be achieved next year. ... MINGORA: Teachers express concern over promotions MINGORA, March 22: College teachers have expressed concern over the government policy on promotions and termed it discriminatory, according to a statement issued ... HYDERABAD: Move to create new provinces opposed HYDERABAD, March 22: Nationalist leaders of Sindh, Balochistan and the Seraiki belt have condemned excesses against oppressed nations and the proposed conversion of divisions into provinces. ... HYDERABAD: Confusion not yet cleared - Hyderabad development package HYDERABAD, March 22: District Nazim Dr Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman has said taluka Nazims should collect resignations from their council members in protest against the treatment being meted out to the district. ... MIRPURKHAS: Acute water shortage in Nara Canal command area MIRPURKHAS, March 22: An acute water shortage continued in the command area of the Nara Canal on Monday following a decrease in the water level at the Sukkur Barrage which was badly affecting cotton and other crops. ... DADU: 41 councillors elected unopposed DADU, March 22: One Naib Nazim and 41 councillors were elected unopposed on vacant seats in the local bodies by-election in the district. Total 113 seats of councillors, two union council Nazims and four Naib Nazims were declared vacant ... QUETTA: Law and order discussed QUETTA, March 22: Treasury and opposition benches members while condemning the March 2 incident of Ashura procession that claimed about 45 lives stressed that stringent steps should be adopted to combat terrorism ... GUJRAT: Boy crushed to death by wagon GUJRAT, March 22: A wagon crushed a minor boy and injured another on Kotla-Charriawala road near Mian Chohan village on Monday. ... GUJRANWALA: Romanian envoy lauds quality of products GUJRANWALA, March 22: Romanian ambassador Emal Geto Lesco eulogized the made-in-Gujranwala products and offered local industrialists to export these quality products to his country. ... SAHIWAL: Lawyers end strike SAHIWAL, March 22: The members of the District Bar Association ended their strike after 29 days on Monday on the assurance that the killers of two senior lawyers of Sahiwal would be arrested. ... BAHAWALPUR: New ACE region in operation BAHAWALPUR, March 22: A new region of the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) started functioning here on Monday with Dr Mansoor Ahmad Bajwa as its additional director. ... KARACHI: Charge-sheets against LJ man KARACHI, March 22: Justice Shabbir Ahmed of the Sindh High Court, who is also the administrative judge of the Anti-Terrorism Courts in Karachi, on Monday accepted charge-sheets against Mohammad Athar alias Khalid Memon ...

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