04 April 2004 Sunday 13 Safar 1425 KARACHI: Police also claim share in price increase: Flour shortage KARACHI, April 3: Transporters are paying Rs30 to 50 on a 100-kg bag while bringing the harvested wheat from interior of Sindh to Karachi which is one of the factors contributing to a hike in flour prices. ... KARACHI: Two-day Dawn Education Expo opens KARACHI, April 3: The two-day Dawn Education Expo 2004 got under way at the Expo Centre on Saturday morning. A large number of visitors, mostly students, flocked to the Expo Centre hall where over 30 stalls had been set up by exhibitors ... KARACHI: Teaching remains suspended at SMC KARACHI, April 3: Academic activities remained suspended at the Sindh Medical College on Saturday following violence on the campus on Friday. ... KARACHI: Muttahida workers jubilant KARACHI, April 3: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain said on Saturday that those who had been conspiring to eliminate his party had themselves perished now and their chapter had been closed. ... KARACHI: KWSB told to get water lines repaired KARACHI, April 3: Adviser to the Chief Minister on Local Government Waseem Akhtar on Saturday directed that emergency measures be taken to plug leakage in water pipelines. ... KARACHI: Literary sitting held at Arts Council KARACHI: At the monthly literary sitting, Mehfil-i-Naqd-o-Nazar, held at the Arts Council on Friday, verses were presented by senior poets Anwaar Azmi, Anwer Kaif and a budding talent Ms Fauzia Mushtaq. ... KARACHI: International education exhibition KARACHI, April 3: About 100 educational institutions, including 29 from the United Kingdom, would participate in an international education exhibition commencing on April 10 at the Karachi Expo Centre. ... KARACHI: Environmental rules to be enforced in new projects KARACHI, April 3: The Sindh environment department has decided to enforce the Environmental Impact Assessment regulations for new building projects in the city. ... KARACHI: NAB told to free man on payment of due amount KARACHI, April 3: The Sindh High Court has asked the national and regional accountability bureaus to calculate the 'exact amount' due from an accused within two weeks from April 2 and if the amount claimed was paid ... KARACHI: Concern over law & order KARACHI, April 3: Residents of Lyari Town have expressed concern over deteriorating law and order situation in the locality and urged the government to take steps to check lawlessness. ... KARACHI: Govt taking steps to curb crime, says governor KARACHI, April 3: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad said on Saturday that steps taken by the government for curbing terrorism have been acclaimed in the country and abroad and added that services of law-enforcement agencies officials were highly praiseworthy for maintaining law and order. ... LAHORE: All people can't be treated alike: LHC- Verdict on Nazims' plea LAHORE, April 3: The Lahore High Court has held that Pakistani society is based on different classes and all the people cannot be treated alike and equal before the law in all circumstances. ... LAHORE: No-trust tabled against PBC executive chief LAHORE, April 3: A no-trust motion was tabled against executive committee chairperson Pervez Inayat Malik at a meeting of the Punjab Bar Council here on Saturday. ... RAWALPINDI: RCB seeks Rs80m for uplift plan RAWALPINDI, April 3: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) is considering requesting the federal government for a special grant of Rs80 million for uplift works in the underdeveloped areas of the cantonment. ... RAWALPINDI: '35pc Pindi households live below poverty line' RAWALPINDI, April 3: A new socio-economic survey has found that 35 per cent of the households in Rawalpindi with an average family size of 6.5 persons have monthly income of less than Rs6,000 indicating that the per capita income here is much below one dollar per day. ... ISLAMABAD: 'Faulty curricula fail to develop critical approach among students' ISLAMABAD, April 3: Education in Pakistan does not play its true role of developing among students the critical faculty due to faulty curricula and inept teaching ... ISLAMABAD: Book on Fatima Jinnah launched ISLAMABAD, April 3: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has asked the youth to follow the ideals of great leaders and prepare themselves for the future challenges. ... PESHAWAR: Govt fails to notify law officers' appointment PESHAWAR, April 3: The provincial government has failed to issue an important notification about the appointment of "officer-in-charge of prosecution" in districts in accordance with the Criminal Procedure Code amendments and some other laws. ... PESHAWAR: Explosions rock Azam Warsak PESHAWAR, April 3: Panic gripped the South Waziristan tribal region following a series of explosions that occurred at a shop in the Azam Warsak bazaar on Saturday, where according to officials explosives had been stored. ... QUETTA: More jobs for doctors to overcome shortage: Jam QUETTA, April 3: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousuf has announced that in order to overcome shortage of doctors more vacancies would be created and modern research facilities would be provided in the health sector. ... MINGORA: Cutting of trees on the rise in NWFP MINGORA, April 3: Cutting of trees continues unabated in the upper parts of Malakand, as the authorities concerned have failed to check this illegal activity. ... HYDERABAD: Ban on wheat movement criticized HYDERABAD, April 3: Sindh Abadgar Board president Abdul Majeed Nizamani has taken exception to the imposition of ban on movement of wheat by the Sanghar district Nazim. ... SANGHAR: Bureaucracy accused of sabotaging power devolution plan SANGHAR, April 3: District Nazim Roshan Din Junejo criticizing the government functionaries said that the bureaucracy is deliberately trying to sabotage the power devolution plan. ... SUKKUR: One killed, two kidnapped SUKKUR, April 3: One person was killed and two others were kidnapped by armed bandits in the Bhanbhero village near Garhi Yasin, Shikarpur, on Saturday morning. ... BADIN: 19 hurt in Badin road accident BADIN, April 3: Nineteen people were injured when a passenger van overturned here on Saturday near the DPO's residence. The driver of the van (LHP-3568) while trying to save a buffalo, which appeared from a road side, lost control of the vehicle. ... THATTA: Teachers demand job quota for children THATTA, April 3: Hundreds of teachers took out a protest procession and blocked the National Highway by staging a sit-in here on Saturday. ... KHAIRPUR: New dists proposal opposed KHAIRPUR, April 3: Senior People's Party Parliamentarians leader and MPA Syed Qaim Ali Shah has denounced the proposal of Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali, suggesting formulation of new districts in Larkana, Jacobabad and Dadu districts. ... HYDERABAD: DPO accused of interfering in investigation: Kidnapping case HYDERABAD, April 3: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, here on Thursday directed an investigating officer to report to it if any higher police officer interfered in the investigation into kidnapping of a girl. ... HYDERABAD: Minister orders action against contractors: Overcharging of market committee fees HYDERABAD, April 3: The Sindh food and agriculture minister has ordered administrators of market committees to take legal action against contractors who are charging higher fees. ... HYDERABAD: Court orders DPO to produce woman HYDERABAD, April 3: The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Saturday directed the Dadu DPO to appear before the court himself in case he failed to recover and produce a young married woman before the court on April 19. ... BADIN: Fair distribution of water urged BADIN, April 3: MNA Dr Attiya Inayatullah has said that any decision over water issue without consent of the people of Sindh will lead to hatred among provinces. ... SHEIKHUPURA: Manifold increase in gas bills slammed SHEIKHUPURA, April 3: An unprecedented hike in the Sui Gas bills was slammed by a large number of consumers who had come to the Sui Northern Gas PipeLines (SNGPL) office at Civil Lines to get their grievances redressed here on Saturday. ... SAHIWAL: Nazim's bail extended in murder case SAHIWAL, April 3: Additional Sessions Judge Syed Maaroof Ahmed Ali has granted pre-arrest bail to Pir Ajam Shah Khagga, the PML(Q) district Naib Nazim Sadar in the case of murder of Aslam Maadhar, a kiln labourer. ... SIALKOT: Education committees at UC level planned SIALKOT, April 3: The Sialkot district Nazim has said that education committees will be set up at union council level for the promotion of the sector. ... SIALKOT: Police claim arrest of two bank robbery suspects SIALKOT, April 3: The police claimed to have arrested two main suspects involved in a Rs30 million bank robbery after a week of the incident. ... GUJRANWALA: Former DIG given interim bail GUJRANWALA, April 3: The local Anti-Terrorism Court No 1 on Saturday accepted the interim bail of former Gujranwala DIG involved in the Sialkot jail incident till April 10. ... RAHIM YAR KHAN: Healthy wheat yield reported RAHIM YAR KHAN, April 3: Reports of early wheat harvest from across the district suggest better yield this year compared to the last season. ... KASUR: Three milkmen die on road KASUR, April 3: Three milkmen died while their driver was injured in a road accident at Iqbal Nagar on Ferozepur Road on Saturday. Police said that driver Jamil lost control over the steering when the tie-rod of wagon (No LRJ 1653) broke and it overturned. ...

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