06 April 2004 Tuesday 15 Safar 1425 KARACHI: Water and sewerage top priorities - Nazim KARACHI, April 5: The nazim of the Karachi City District Government, Naimatullah Khan, has said water and sewerage are the two main problems the city government is trying to address first. In a wide-ranging Dawn dialogue, Mr Khan said ... KARACHI: Shaukat to help get more funds for K-3 KARACHI, April 5: Federal Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz has assured City Nazim Niamatullah Khan that he would look into the financial problems with regard to the K-3 project under which Karachi would get an additional quantity of 100 million gallons of water by October 2005. ... KARACHI: Woman termed kari by jirga seeks protection KARACHI, April 5: A lady schoolteacher escaped from her village in Gambat and arrived here on Monday to seek refuge after being declared a "kari" by a local jirga. ... KARACHI: Health day to highlight steps to check road accidents KARACHI, April 5: Every year the World Health Day is observed on April 7 with messages about a particular disease or group of diseases. ... KARACHI: Transport dept's move irks city government - Handing over of bus depot KARACHI, April 5: Resentment prevails among the concerned officials of the City District Government Karachi over the Sindh Transport Department's move to hand over one of the four bus depots in the city ... KARACHI: Five task forces set up for IT development KARACHI, April 5: As many as five task forces have been set up in the light of the suggestions from the information technology experts at a meeting convened by the Sindh Minister for Information Technology, Syed Mustafa Kamal. ... KARACHI: High security at police stations ordered KARACHI, April 5: The Sindh police department has decided to introduce changes in its intelligence system and upgrade security at the police stations in Karachi. ... KARACHI: SHC seeks land record of French Beach KARACHI, April 5: The Sindh High Court has asked the provincial board of revenue to produce the record of 76 acres of coastal land known as 'French Beach' on Thursday. ... KARACHI: Millions of pupils made to wait for textbooks KARACHI, April 5: Poor planning by the Sindh Textbook Board has created a virtual crisis of books which continues to haunt schoolchildren and their parents throughout the metropolis. ... KARACHI: CS highlights importance of education KARACHI, April 5: Chief Secretary Dr Mutawakkil Qazi has observed that countries with a high literacy rate and standardized education system top the list of developed nations. ... KARACHI: Two youth killed in Malir, Lyari KARACHI, April 5: A young man was beaten to death by unknown men, and his body was recovered in Malir on Monday. Mohammad Iqbal, 30, was kidnapped by some unknown persons in Gharibabad a few days back. ... LAHORE: Information centres for Sikh pilgrims LAHORE, April 5: Tourist information centres will be set up at the airport, Hassanabdal and Eminabad to facilitate Sikh pilgrims coming here on Tuesday to attend the Baisakhi festival. ... LAHORE: Two slaughtered in separate incidents LAHORE, April 5: Two persons were slaughtered in different parts of the city on Monday. Watchman Mohammad Akram (42) was found lying dead in his rented room at Eden Park in Raiwind City. His friend Latif Ahmad, a gardener ... LAHORE: Data Sahib's Urs plan LAHORE, April 5: Governor Khalid Maqbool will inaugurate the 960th three-day annual Urs of Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh by laying a floral wreath at his shrine on April 9. ... LAHORE: Girl's treatment allowed in mother's custody LAHORE, April 5: The Lahore High Court on Monday allowed the father of a girl to get her treated in the UK for blindness without removing her from the custody of her mother. ... LAHORE: MBBS first supplementary exams from April 27 LAHORE, April 5: The Punjab University has notified that the MBBS first professional supplementary examination 2003 will begin on April 27. ... FAISALABAD: Factory owner arrested for 'patronizing' criminals FAISALABAD, April 5: Khurrianwala police arrested a powerloom factory owner who had contested the bypolls for union council Nazim in Ghulam Muhammadabad here on Sunday night. ... LAHORE: Pervaiz says local govt system to stay LAHORE, April 5: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has said the local government system will not be abolished. This he said while talking to different delegations of union councils hailing from various parts of the province here on Monday. ... PESHAWAR: Notification confuses public prosecutors PESHAWAR, April 5: Confusion prevails among public prosecutors regarding their future status after a recent notification attached them with the provincial law department in civil cases. ... GILGIT: Mismanagement mars teachers' recruitment GILGIT, April 5: Mismanagement resulting in chaos marked the process of recruitment of at least 35 teachers as invigilators failed to check rampant cheating during tests on Sunday. ... PESHAWAR: Court orders customs to unseal petrol pump PESHAWAR, April 5: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Monday directed the Customs Department to unseal a patrol station. The bench also allowed the petitioner to lift Rs770,000 worth of petrol intended for export to Afghanistan. ... PESHAWAR: Prize bond dealers warned of action PESHAWAR, April 5: The NWFP government has asked prize bond dealers to wind up illegal sale of prize bond numbers within 15 days, failing which administrative action would be taken against them. ... HYDERABAD: Ibad opens Shah Latif's Urs HYDERABAD, April 5: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said that the people of Sindh are fortunate that they have the shrines of mystics like Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai. ... PESHAWAR: Development funds in 7 districts not utilized PESHAWAR, April 5: Seven district governments of the NWFP have not utilized the funds allocated for development activities during the first eight months of the current financial year ... PESHAWAR: Afghan family faces HIV stigma PESHAWAR, April 5: The public hospitals in the provincial metropolis not only do not have adequate medical facilities for HIV positive patients but their staff maltreat such patients. ... PESHAWAR: Poppy crop destroyed in Charsadda PESHAWAR, April 5: Police, with the help of local people, destroyed on Sunday poppy crop grown on vast areas of Shabqadar town in the Charsadda district near Mohmand tribal region. ... HYDERABAD: Call for fair water distribution HYDERABAD, April 5: General council of the Sindh Abadgar Board claimed at its recent meeting in Shikarpur that the province has suffered Rs100 billion loss during the last five years. ... KHAIRPUR: MNA visits hospital KHAIRPUR, April 5: Pakistan Muslim League (Functional) MNA Javed Ali Shah has expressed dissatisfaction over the performance of the Khairpur Civil Hospital and said that he will inform higher authorities about complaints of patients. ... BAHAWALPUR: Nawab's assets distribution period extended BAHAWALPUR, April 5: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has granted six-month extension to the distribution of the property of late Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi among his legal heirs and descendants. ... DADU: Millers warned against hoarding wheat DADU, April 5: The Sindh food secretary has warned that traders who purchased wheat without licence and flour mill owners who stored more than 250 maunds of wheat will be arrested and cases will be lodged against them. ... TAXILA: Gandhara period painting discovered TAXILA, April 5: For the first time in the archaeological history of Pakistan, a hand-made painting on stucco plaster, dating between 3rd and 5th century AD, has been recovered from the ruins of a monastery, locally called Jinna Wali Dehri, about 18km from here near Khanpur. ... RAWALPINDI: Dist govts asked to sort out problems RAWALPINDI, April 5: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Monday directed the district governments to immediately sort out problems hindering the implementation of the Education Sector Reforms (ESR) in their jurisdictions. ... RAWALPINDI: Girl students asked to face challenges RAWALPINDI, April 5: Adviser to the prime minister on women development Nilofar Bakhtiar has urged the students of Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) to work shoulder-to-shoulder with boys for development of the country. ... SWABI: Need stressed for uniform curriculum SWABI, April 5: Senior NWFP Minister Sirajul Haq said on Monday that the government had failed to introduce a sound education system in the country as different systems were being followed at different levels of education. ... SWABI: District government without a nazim SWABI, April 5: The functioning of the district government has been badly hit by the absence of the district nazim and naib nazim who were unseated by the Supreme Court on March 19 for submitting fake matric certificate ... LANDI KOTAL: Young boy kidnapped in Landi Kotal LANDI KOTAL, April 5: Armed tribesmen kidnapped a young boy after hijacking his pick-up truck at gunpoint here on Monday. The boy, Safeerullah, was on his way to Landi Kotal bazaar, when intercepted by Baidar Khan and his armed men. ... KASUR: Commuters face problems KASUR, April 5: Travelling by public transport vehicles has become an ordeal for commuters, who have to put up with overloading and overcharging. It is gleaned that more than 20,000 people travel from Kasur to Lahore daily for their jobs and businesses. ... VEHARI: No water in DHQ hospital VEHARI, April 5: There has been no water in the DHQ hospital for the last few days which forced the patients to either go back to their homes or shift to private hospitals. ... SIALKOT: Dist govt's plan for uplift of agriculture SIALKOT, April 5: The district government has launched a comprehensive programme for the development of agriculture sector. According to a press release ... FAISALABAD: NIBGE to provide trained staff FAISALABAD, April 5: The National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE) is fully prepared to provide trained staff in biotechnology and genetic engineering. ... GUJRANWALA: Factory, two houses reduced to ashes GUJRANWALA, April 5: A blanket factory, a general store and two houses were reduced to ashes after they caught fire in different parts of the city on Monday. ... SIALKOT: Pasrur lawyers on strike SIALKOT, April 5: Pasrur lawyers observed on Monday a strike against registration of a case against two of their colleagues. The lawyers boycotted the court proceedings and demanded immediate withdrawal of case against the lawyers. ...

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