26 March 2004 Friday 04 Safar 1425 KARACHI: Ibad wants more efforts for polio eradication KARACHI, March 25: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad has asserted that henceforth the provincial government will not tolerate any complacency or negligence to polio eradication from the province and the country. ... KARACHI: School buildings to be vacated, says Mahar KARACHI, March 25: Sindh Chief Minister Ali Mahar has said that the schools lying closed in the province would soon be reopened and academic activities would resume there after the appointment of teaching and non-teaching staff. ... KARACHI: Govt asked to submit papers on KBCA status KARACHI, March 25: The Sindh High Court asked the provincial government on Thursday to produce the notification embodying the final settlement of the legal dispute between the city district government (CDGK) and the Karachi Building Control Authority. ... KARACHI: 2 motorcycles recovered KARACHI, March 25: Two motorcycles stolen in Saeedabad and Korangi have been recovered from a trainee recruit and his accomplice in the jurisdiction of Jamshed Quarters Police Station. ... KARACHI: Each town to have model park KARACHI, March 25: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan said on Thursday that he wished to see Karachi a green city for which work is under way to control environmental pollution by planting more and more trees. ... KARACHI: Major reshuffle in KBCA ordered KARACHI, March 25: The Chief Controller of Buildings, Brig (retd) A.S. Nasir, has assigned the additional charge of Industrial Zone to Rauf Akhtar Farooqui in order to further improve the KBCA's performance. ... KARACHI: High incidence of malaria alarms experts KARACHI, March 25: Speakers at a seminar on Thursday stressed the need for strengthening the health sector to check the high incidence of malaria in cities and remote areas of the country. ... KARACHI: Use of hormone replacement therapy discussed KARACHI, March 25: Women medical experts participating in a seminar on "use and abuse of hormone replacement therapy in women" divided into two groups, favouring and opposing the therapy on health grounds. ... KARACHI: WLB to hold exhibition on April 10 KARACHI, March 25: Sindh Education Minister Irfanullah Marwat has said that educational exhibitions in the country, particularly Sindh, would provide Pakistani students with opportunities of higher learning. ... KARACHI: Ghulam Kibria admires local talents KARACHI, March 25: This one is the last moment to save the country from total disaster, said Ghulam Kibria, a noted intellectual and author of several books on the country's development issues, at a meeting here on Wednesday. ... KARACHI: Immediate ban on fine fishing nets urged KARACHI, March 25: Small fishermen who use wooden boats and depend on creeks for their livelihood, have called for an immediate implementation of a ban on dangerous nets as proposed to be enforced. ... KARACHI: Physiotherapy exams schedule changed KARACHI, March 25: The University of Karachi on Thursday changed the schedule of BS Third Year Physiotherapy Annual Examination 2004. According to the new schedule, paper of Pathology will be held on March 27 ... KARACHI: Miserable conditions at KU hostel KARACHI, March 25: Around 45 foreigners, studying at University of Karachi and lodged at its Federal Boys Hostel are living in a miserable condition as they have to use timber and coal to prepare their meals and pay handsome amounts to sweepers for cleaning their rooms. ... KARACHI: 'Extortionist' shot dead by rival gangster KARACHI, March 25: Rivalry between two gangs operating in Lyari claimed the life of an alleged extortionist on Thursday, police said. They said that 35-year-old Murad, who belonged to the gang of Arshad Puppoo ... DADU: Uplift work at shrine continuing DADU, March 25: Development work under phase-II at the shrine of Qalandar Lal Shahbaz will be completed at a cost of Rs72.649 million by January 2005. ... SUKKUR: Plots allotted by Nazim cancelled SUKKUR, March 25: The adviser to the Sindh chief minister on local government, Waseem Akhtar, has announced cancellation of all the plots allotted by Taluka Nazim of Jacobabad to his near and dear ones at throwaway prices. ... JACOBABAD: Home-made explosive device goes off JACOBABAD, March 25: An explosion occurred in a small rice mill in front of the education office here on Thursday evening, police officials and witnesses said. ... HYDERABAD: 'Civil hospital being pressured to sack 52 employees' HYDERABAD, March 25: Fifty-two newly-recruited employees of the Civil Hospital of Hyderabad are worried because the Sindh health ministry is pressuring the hospital administration to terminate their services and make fresh appointments ... LAHORE: Project to include two more districts - Computerized land record LAHORE, March 25: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has ordered that computerization of land revenue record in Lahore be accelerated and the pilot project extended to Gujrat and Rahimyar Khan. ... LAHORE: Teachers hold demo against Tevta LAHORE, March 25: A large number of technical education teachers staged a sit-in in front of the civil secretariat under the banner of Punjab United Teachers' Association to protest against the Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (Tevta) ... LAHORE: Women legislators 'have failed' LAHORE, March 25: The Human Rights Council of Pakistan has expressed no confidence in the ability of women in the national and all four provincial assemblies, arguing that they had failed in securing justice, relief and protection for the fair sex. ... LAHORE: 200,000 subsidized flour bags sold LAHORE, March 25: Over 200,000 20kg subsidized flour bags have been sold to the deserving persons in the city under the Sasta Atta Scheme since January and over 100,000 are in the pipeline. ... LAHORE: No bylaws on market fee, LHC told: Punjab govt's reply sought LAHORE, March 25: A full bench of the Lahore High Court asked the provincial government on Thursday whether it had enforced by-laws under the Punjab Agriculture Produce Market Ordinance, 1978. ... LAHORE: Notice to govt on plea against judges' promotion LAHORE, March 25: The Lahore High Court on Thursday issued notices to the federal and Punjab governments for a reply on objections to a writ petition against promotion of five presiding officers of anti-terrorism courts as high court judges. ... LAHORE: A tribute to late artiste LAHORE, March 25: Glowing tributes were paid to the late film and TV artiste, Begum Khursheed Mirza, for her contribution to art and culture, and social work at a book launching ceremony here on Thursday. ... LAHORE: Sheikhupura DIG has little time for complainants LAHORE, March 25: Complainants from Sheikhupura, Okara and Kasur are facing a great deal of hardship at the Sheikhupura range DIG's office in Lahore due to short time allocated for hearing of complaints. ... PESHAWAR: Women's pivotal role stressed PESHAWAR, March 25: NWFP Governor Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that gone are the days when women were restricted to the four-walls of their house. Now they are free to get education and play their part in the nation-building process. ... PESHAWAR: EPA's move to instal CNG-kits in rickshaws PESHAWAR, March 25: The Environmental Protection Agency will introduce CNG-driven rickshaws to check the growing air pollution in Peshawar and other parts of the province, officials said. ... HYDERABAD: Protests in Kotri against non-payment of allowance HYDERABAD, March 25: A large number of teachers and lower staff members staged a rally in Kotri on Thursday to protest against the non-payment of conveyance allowance despite repeated assurance by the education minister. ... HYDERABAD: Insufficient force in 21 police stations HYDERABAD, March 25: Twenty-one police stations in the district are working without their sanctioned force, investigation conducted by this correspondent revealed. ... HYDERABAD: Bird owners asked to get licences HYDERABAD, March 25: The district game warden has asked people owning prohibited birds and animals to get licences by April 10. Presiding over a departmental meeting at his office here ... HYDERABAD: College teachers hold rally HYDERABAD, March 25: Over 250 college teachers under the banner of Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association staged a rally outside the press club on Thursday against non- acceptance of their demands. ... HYDERABAD: Disowning of Hyderabad package criticized HYDERABAD, March 25: The Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry has expressed surprise over Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali's statement that he had not announced any development package for the district. ... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Road blocked in protest NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, March 25: Hundreds of teachers took out a procession from main primary school to Allah Wala chowk, National Highway, and blocked the road for two hours here on Wednesday. ... QUETTA: Demand for tribunal QUETTA, March 25: The participants of a one-day consultative workshop held here on Thursday demanded establishment of a separate environmental tribunal in Balochistan to deal with environmental cases. ... HARIPUR: By-polls in Haripur UCs on 28th HARIPUR, March 25: The by-elections on 11 local government seats of eight union councils in the Haripur district would be held on March 28, officials said here on Thursday. ... GILGIT: Women seek more seats in NALC GILGIT, March 25: Women in Northern Areas have demanded extension of national policy for women of Northern Areas, 33 per cent seats in the Northern Areas Legislative Council (NALC) ... FAISALABAD: Dist govt asked to withdraw toll, fees FAISALABAD, March 25: The Punjab government has directed the Faisalabad district government to immediately withdraw the toll and licence fees on professions and trades. ... GUJRAT: Gujrat lawyers boycott courts GUJRAT, March 25: Lawyers on Thursday observed a complete strike and boycotted courts against the indifferent attitude of the authorities concerned for not suspending the Gujrat DPO despite a requisition and their repeated strikes. ... KASUR: Tractor driver killed by robbers KASUR, March 25: Four robbers shot dead a tractor driver on resistance and took away cash in Khara village, Mustafabad, on Thursday. Police said Maqbool, a resident of Yousaf Shah Town, Kasur, was on his way to Khara by his tractor-trolley. ... KHAIRPUR: Police accused of harassing PPP-backed candidates KHAIRPUR, March 25: People's Party Parliamentarians MPA Syed Qaim Ali Shah has alleged that police are harassing Awam Dost Panel candidates for various seats in the local government by-election. ... BAHAWALPUR: Builder of Bhong Masjid decorated BAHAWALPUR, March 25: The 108 recipients of the Pakistan civil awards on the Pakistan Day includes late Sardar Raees Ghazi Muhammad, who was awarded a posthumous Sitara-i-Imtiaz for financing the historic Bhong Masjid in Rahim Yar Khan. ... GUJRANWALA: MMA, Bar plan protest drive: Wana operation GUJRANWALA, March 25: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) and the District Bar Association (DBA) would launch a protest movement against the government for Wana operation while activists of religious parties take out rallies after Juma prayers. ... SHIKARPUR: PPP condemns worker's killing SHIKARPUR, March 25: The senior vice-president of the People's Party Parliamentarians, Sindh, Agha Siraj Durrani and other leaders Khair Bux Jakhrani, Wahid Bux Bhayo and Ghulam Nabi Seelaro on Wednesday condemned the firing incident in Garhi Yasin town, terming it an act of terrorism. ...

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