27 March 2004 Saturday 05 Safar 1425 KARACHI: Parties enter the fray for local bodies by-elections KARACHI, March 26: Political parties have entered the fray for the non-party local bodies' by-elections for 611 seats to be held in the province on Sunday. ... KARACHI: One building control body proposed for entire city KARACHI, March 26: A single organization should ensure the enforcement of building rules and regulations in all areas of Karachi, including those falling within the purview of cantonments, the Karachi Port Trust ... KARACHI: Over 600,000 apply for 12,000 posts of teachers KARACHI, March 26: Over 600,000 people have applied for nearly 12,000 teaching posts offered by the Sindh Education Department on a three-year contract, says the provincial education minister. ... KARACHI: Land at half rate to be offered for new schools KARACHI, March 26: Sindh Minister for Education Irfanullah Khan Marwat has hinted at allotment of a piece of land at half rate to anyone willing to establish a school to help promote literacy further. ... KARACHI: CDGK seeks role in teachers' appointment KARACHI, March 26: The City District Government Karachi has sought its involvement in appointment of teachers in schools and colleges from the Sindh Government to maintain standard and merit during the process. ... KARACHI: Sindh sets up economic coordination body KARACHI, March 26: The Sindh government has constituted Provincial Economic Coordination Committee (PECC) with senior minister for finance as its chairman. ... KARACHI: Rs720m being spent on road schemes KARACHI, March 26: Sindh chief minister Sardar Ali Mohammed Mahar has said that growing population is a big problem and the Sindh government, particularly its population Welfare department, is playing a significant role on this front. ... KARACHI: SHC vacates interim order KARACHI, March 26: The Sindh High Court vacated on Friday its interim order to halt further proceedings in the auction of grounded ship Tasman Spirit's wreckage. ... KARACHI: Experts for steps to sensitize youth against violence KARACHI, March 26: Medical experts and sociologists have called for incorporation of chapters on measures against violence in the educational curriculum of students as an effort to sensitize children ... KARACHI: 4 x-ray machines out of order at civil hospital KARACHI, March 26: Four out of total eight X-ray machines, available in the X-ray Department of Civil Hospital Karachi, have been non-functional for the last eight months, prodding patients to wait for their turn for hours. ... KARACHI: Man commits suicide in UC office KARACHI, March 26: Thirty-five-year-old Mohammad Ali, who had seven children and worked at three places to make ends meet, allegedly committed suicide in the Firdous Colony union council office on Friday, police said. ... KARACHI: Miscreants attack church KARACHI, March 26: Miscreants lobbed a bottle containing chemicals into a catholic church in Paposh Nagar on Friday morning, a high-ranking police official said. ... KARACHI: SHC orders production of Almani, her husband KARACHI, March 26: The Sindh High Court adjourned the hearing of Shaista Almani case to March 30 with a direction to the police to produce her and Balakhsher Maher, the man who is said to have divorced her under pressure ... SARGODHA: Teachers plan boycott of election duty SARGODHA, March 26: Professors Association leader Dr Muhammad Ahmed Khan claims that a meeting has been called at a local college to take a decision about the boycott of election duty on March 28. ... ISLAMABAD: Nobody sought correction in voters list in Jhang - CEC ISLAMABAD, March 26: Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Irshad Hasan Khan on Friday said that nobody had approached the Jhang registration officer for the correction of voters' list in pursuant to the Lahore Hugh Court order. ... OKARA: SI, three others killed in shootout OKARA, March 26: Two outlaws, a sub-inspector and a passerby were killed while a constable injured in a shootout, some 30km away from here, on Friday afternoon. ... KARACHI: Concern over ban on govt's ads to newspaper KARACHI, March 26: A meeting of the APNS-CPNE Joint Action Committee, held here on Friday, expressed its concern over the ban of government advertisements to a section of the press. ... LAHORE: Joint films to boost peace process LAHORE, March 26: Bollywood stars Akshay Kumar and Shilpa Shetty have said the peace process between Pakistan and India will get a boost with the launching of co-productions between the two countries. ... LAHORE: No move to change curricula - Govt LAHORE, March 26: No change is being made in the curricula of educational institutions in the Punjab to expunge any reference to the ideology of Pakistan from textbooks. ... PESHWAR: Rallies held against Wana operation PESHAWAR, March 26: Workers of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) took out protest procession all over the NWFP and the tribal areas on Friday against the military operation in the South Waziristan. ... PESHAWAR: 3 policemen charged with inefficiency PESHAWAR, March 26: The Capital City Police have registered two separate cases against three policemen under Section 155 of the Police Ordinance and detained one of them. ... PESHAWAR: Court sets aside conviction of juvenile offender PESHAWAR, March 26: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday ruled that an offence committed by a juvenile offender before the promulgation of the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance (JJSO), 2000, shall be tried under the ordinance. ... PEHSAWAR: Man accused of abusing child granted bail PESHAWAR, March 26: The Peshawar High Court on Friday granted bail to a man accused of sexually abusing a child labourer. A single bench comprising Justice Malik Hamid Saeed ordered that the petitioner should be released ... HARIPUR: Naib nazim unseated HARIPUR, March 26: The Peshawar High Court's Election Tribunal unseated a Union Council naib nazim from Haripur for being bank defaulter on Thursday. ... PESHAWAR: OPF's performance criticized PESHAWAR, March 26: The provincial government's apathy has brought the already rusty performance of the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation a notch lower ... PESHAWAR: Arrest of teacher's killers demanded PESHAWAR, March 26: All Teachers Association (FR), Peshawar, has expressed concern over the gruesome murder of a senior teacher and has demanded arrest of his killers immediately. ... HYDERABAD: Union council by-polls - 353 candidates in the fray HYDERABAD, March 26: As many as 353 candidates are in the run for 115 vacant seats in the by-election in 80 union councils of four districts of the defunct Hyderabad division. ... THATTA: Faulty irrigation system blamed for water wastage THATTA, March 26: Rejecting a propaganda campaign that the Indus water is wasted in the sea, experts have said instead over 40 million acre feet of the river water are wasted due to faulty irrigation system. ... HYDERABAD: Lawyers condemn Wana operation HYDERABAD, March 26: Members of the Hyderabad District Bar Association, at a protest meeting held here on Friday, condemned the Wana operation and demanded a judicial inquiry into it. ... LARKANA: Death of two motorcyclists in accident sparks protest LARKANA, March 26: Relatives of two accident victims took out a procession in Kambar on Friday to demand arrest of those responsible for their death. ... SUKKUR: Karo-kari: two shot dead SUKKUR, March 26: A woman and a man were killed on the pretext of Karo-kari in Mirpur Mathelo taluka and their bodies were thrown in the River Indus on Thursday night. ... SUKKUR: Rice millers observe strike SUKKUR, March 26: Sixty-five rice mills in Kandhkot, Ghouspur, Karampur, Tangwani and Buxapur observed strike on the second consecutive day on Friday against a tax levied by the market committee on the transportation of rice. ... RAWALPINDI: Man kills wife, daughter RAWALPINDI, March 26: A person shot dead his wife and daughter in Dhoke Mangtal (Ganjmandi) on Friday, police said. The alleged killer, Abdul Rehman, escaped from the crime scene after killing his wife, Aqeela Bibi ... QUETTA: Dist govts not doing their job, says Jam - Law & order situation QUETTA, March 26: The Balochistan government has decided to take effective measures to protect Wapda, Railways, PTCL and gas installations in the province, and says it hopes to find a political solution to law and order problems. ... BAHAWALPUR: BISEs asked to remove disparity in FSc papers BAHAWALPUR, March 26: Justice Sheikh Hakim Ali of the Lahore High Court, Bahawalpur Bench, has directed the Punjab education secretary and chairman, and boards of intermediate and secondary education committee to remove disparity in the question papers of the intermediate annual examinations, 2004 ... SHEIKHUPURA: 16 captives set free in Sheikhupura SHEIKHUPURA, March 26: Nearly 16 prisoners involved in petty offences were set free from the district jail on the orders of the district and sessions judge on Friday. The judge, Khan Talib Husain Baloch, visited the jail and reviewed the record of the prisoners. He ordered release of 16 prisoners on personal surety. ...

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