08 April 2004 Thursday 17 Safar 1425 KARACHI: Shortage of wheat to continue for two weeks KARACHI, April 7: The Sindh Assembly was on Wednesday informed that wheat was being supplied to flour mills from old stocks of 680,000 bags since June 2003. ... KARACHI: Milk-sellers refuse to reduce prices KARACHI, April 7: The city government's efforts to check milk prices have virtually failed and consumers are still paying Rs 25 a litre instead of Rs 22 in almost all parts of the metropolis. ... KARACHI: Implementation of laws on road safety stressed KARACHI, April 7: The laws aimed at making the Pakistani roads safer are not being implemented properly and this is why a large number of people get killed or disabled in traffic accidents every year. ... KARACHI: 720 students awarded BS degrees - SSUET convocation KARACHI, April 7: A total of 735 students of different batches were conferred bachelors and masters degrees in various disciplines at the seventh convocation of the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) on Wednesday. ... KARACHI: Commemorative stamp on Justice Al-Azhari KARACHI, April 7: The Pakistan Post Office on Wednesday issued Rs2 commemorative stamps on Justice Pir Mohammad Karam Shah Al-Azhari, says a press release. ... KARACHI: Dialogue on health rights KARACHI, April 7: Hina, a girl who lived in New Karachi, was married at the age of 16. About two years later she became pregnant. For pre-natal care, her husband registered her name with a private maternity home in Orangi Town. ... KARACHI: KBCA case hearing adjourned KARACHI, April 7: The Sindh High Court adjourned the hearing of a Karachi Building Control Authority petition for empowerment to April 13 on Wednesday. ... KARACHI: SMC suspends academic activities till 10th KARACHI, April 7: The administration at the tension-hit Sindh Medical College on Wednesday decided to keep all sorts of academic activities suspended till April 10 in the campus, said official sources. ... KARACHI: Closure of buses irks students KARACHI, April 7: The operators of World-Wide Service have stopped plying buses between Malir Cantt and Tower via Gulistan-i-Jauhar and Karachi University. ... KARACHI: Fatalities in road accidents highest in Sindh KARACHI, April 7: The fatalities in road accidents in the country was the highest in Sindh province that stood at 37 per cent of the total. ... KARACHI: Tension prevails in many areas KARACHI, April 7: Disturbance prevailed on Wednesday in some localities of Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Gulistan-i-Jauhar and Federal B Area in protest against the killings of Muttahida Qaumi Movement activists in Aziz Bhatti police limits on Tuesday. ... KARACHI: Body found stuffed in gunny bag KARACHI, April 7: A young man's body was found in a gunny bag near a mosque in Lyari on Wednesday. Police said that the bag was dumped near Masjid-i-Khizra in Miran Naka locality. ... ISLAMABAD: Water monitoring plan prepared - Pollution at three reservoirs ISLAMABAD, April 7: The Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pepa) has chalked out a one-year water quality monitoring plan to control pollution in Rawal Lake, Simly and Khanpur dams ... LAHORE: PAC moves against 465 MPAs - Community centres on private land LAHORE, April 7: The Public Accounts Committee of the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday directed the local bodies department to recover over Rs120 million from 465 MPAs who had got community centres constructed on private land. ... LAHORE: UHS seeks legal advice on affiliation LAHORE, April 7: As the one-year provisional affiliation granted to the Lahore Medical and Dental College and the Fatima Memorial Hospital and the College of Medicine and Dentistry on court orders has expired ... LAHORE: Irrigation system 'prone to failure' LAHORE, April 7: The irrigation system of the Punjab, consisting of numerous barrages and canals, is in a precarious condition and prone to failure. It requires immediate and extensive repairs, estimated at Rs150 billion, to save it from further deterioration. ... PESHAWAR: Promotion of specialized education stressed PESHAWAR, April 7: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has stressed the need of working with a missionary zeal and promote specialized education in every field. ... PESHAWAR: Road-users urged to abide by traffic rules PESHAWAR, April 7: Speakers at a seminar on Wednesday stressed the need for abiding by traffic rules to reduce road accidents in the country. ... PESHAWAR: Network of quality roads planned - CM PESHAWAR, April 7: The government has worked out a strategy for preparing a network of quality roads throughout the province, particularly the Jehangira-Swabi-Topi double road.. ... HYDERABAD: Officials asked to implement pact with contractors HYDERABAD, April 7: Sindh Agriculture Secretary Sabhago Khan Jatoi has directed assistant directors of the agriculture marketing wing to ensure implementation of an agreement reached with the marketing fee contractors. ... HYDERABAD: Nazim accuses EDO of nepotism HYDERABAD, April 7: City Taluka Nazim Moinuddin Shaikh has demanded that the EDO, works and services, should be removed and an inquiry be initiated against him for his alleged involvement in corruption. ... HYDERABAD: Season's first rain in Hyderabad HYDERABAD, April 7: Hyderabad and its adjoining areas, including Kotri, Jamshoro and Matiari, received first rainfall of the season on Wednesday. The rain, recorded at 15.5 millimetres according to the Met office ... HYDERABAD: Teachers postpone protest HYDERABAD, April 7: The Primary Teachers Association on Tuesday called off protest demonstration announced for Wednesday following talks with Sindh Education Minister, Irfanullah Marwat. ... HARIPUR: 3 suffocated by gas in well HARIPUR, April 7: Four people died and another was injured in two incidents on Tuesday. Police said Mohammad Iqbal Gujjar was repairing a water pump in an irrigation well in Chamba village in union council Dingi when he was suffocated by poisonous gas. ... HARIPUR: Four Tarbela generators to start operation by April 15 HARIPUR, April 7: Four power generators of the Tarbela Dam were expected to start operation by April 15, sources told Dawn here on Wednesday. ... ABBOTTABAD: Death sentence upheld ABBOTTABAD, April 7: The Peshawar High Court's Abbotabad circuit bench on Wednesday upheld capital punishment awarded to advocate Sardar Moazzam by an anti-terrorism court, in the murder case of Dr Farooque Hilal of Ayub Medical College. ... RAWALPINDI: Police to be made people friendly - CM RAWALPINDI, April 7: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Wednesday said the government was taking steps to change the basic character of police department. ... SARGODHA: Transport group sets rival's bus ablaze SARGODHA, April 7: A group of local transporters set ablaze an air-conditioned bus at a wagon stand, as its owner had reportedly withdrew his bus from the assailant party's service. ... FAISALABAD: Wheat marketing policy not investment friendly - Study FAISALABAD, April 7: The wheat marketing policy of the government is not investment-friendly, says a study conducted by the experts of the University of Agriculture. ... GUJRANWALA: Land grabber arrested from court GUJRANWALA, April 7: An alleged land grabber was arrested from the court of district and sessions judge on Wednesday on the charge of capturing state land and producing a fake stay order. ... TOBA TEK SINGH: Toba Tek grid station to be upgraded - Maqbool TOBA TEK SINGH, April 7: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool has said the 66 KV grid station in Toba will be upgraded to 132 KV within six months which will end power fluctuation and tripping problems for good. ... MIANWALI: Bank branch accused of overcharging for drafts MIANWALI, April 7: The Allama Iqbal Open University's students have alleged that a local bank has fleeced them by charging Rs20 to Rs25 extra for each bank draft. ... BAHAWALPUR: Teachers ask govt not to privatize institutes BAHAWALPUR, April 7: Teachers of government colleges in Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar and Rahim Yar Khan observed the Black Day on Wednesday to denounce indifference towards their long-standing demands. ... KASUR: Man kills brother KASUR, April 7: A man shot dead his brother over a monetary dispute at Mohallah Mawatian in Mustafabad on Wednesday. Police said Nadeem and Zahid were running a milk business and hardly few days ago they had quarrelled over money. ... THATTA: Hepatitis spreading in Sindh - Official THATTA, April 7: Repeated use of syringes and unscreened blood, growing quackery and lack of awareness, particularly among rural masses, are causing the spread of hepatitis-B and C in Sindh. ... SANGHAR: Plea to lift ban on wheat movement SANGHAR, April 7: District council members on Wednesday demanded that a ban on the movement of wheat should be withdrawn. They protested against the checking of vehicles and taxation officials. ... PESHAWAR: MPA, ex-police officers indicted in drug case PESHAWAR, April 7: A Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal's MPA Akhter Nawaz and two former police officers were indicted for drug trafficking by the court of additional district and sessions judge Shehbar Khan on Wednesday. ... LARKANA: Larkana declared model district: Development work LARKANA, April 7: Larkana has been declared a model district for its development work and coordination among elected representatives and the DCO by a Sindh Local Government Commission team. ...

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