10 April 2004 Saturday 19 Safar 1425 KARACHI: City govt's health units face staff shortage - Nazim invites volunteers KARACHI, April 9: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has appealed to the retired doctors and medical specialists to volunteer their services for the health care centres. ... KARACHI: Uplift schemes for coastal areas reviewed KARACHI, April 9: Development schemes for the city's coastal areas were reviewed at a meeting chaired by City Nazim Naimatullah Khan on Thursday. ... KARACHI: City govt body slams performance of police KARACHI, April 9: The city government's advisory committee on Friday expressed its dissatisfaction over the performance of police. ... KARACHI: Auqaf dept lacks details on shrines KARACHI, April 9: The department of Zakat and Auqaf does not have any detailed record of the number of shrines and darghas in Karachi under government control or privately managed. ... KARACHI: Prosecutor issued notice in Afaq case KARACHI, April 9: Judicial Magistrate, East, Pervez-ul-Qadir Memon on Friday issued notice to district public prosecutor for Saturday in a contempt of court application filed by Shamsher Ahmed Khan advocate ... KARACHI: Electricity failures irk residents of many areas KARACHI, April 9: The transmission and distribution network of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation broke down in many localities of the city on Friday. ... KARACHI: Couple, four others die in two accidents at same place KARACHI, April 9: Six people were killed in two separate accidents at Five-Star Chawrangi in North Nazimabad on Friday. Two more persons lost their lives in accidents in Keamari and Soldier Bazaar during the day. ... KARACHI: City to face 70mgd water shortage on Monday KARACHI, April 9: The city will face a shortage of 70 mgd water following closure of two pump houses of Dhabeji Phase-III and K-2 for want of repair of two feeders by the KESC in Dhabeji on April 12. ... KARACHI: HSC exam dates issue resolved KARACHI, April 9: Educational boards in the province would start conducting HSC annual exams on two different dates and all the related results would be given by Aug 16. ... KARACHI: Enhanced fee on outdoor advertising challenged KARACHI, April 9: The Sindh High Court restrained the city district government on Friday from taking coercive measures to recover the enhanced levy on outdoor advertizing imposed by it last month. ... KARACHI: Rules for LLM thesis notified KARACHI, April 9: The examinations department of University of Karachi on Friday directed all candidates appearing in forthcoming LLM (final) annual examinations 2004 to get their thesis supervised only by the directors approved by KU. ... PESHAWAR: NWFP Bar Council election today PESHAWAR, April 9: The election for the 33 seats of the NWFP Bar Council will be held throughout the province on Saturday. Ninety candidates are contesting for the seats. ... ISLAMABAD: Conservation of mountain area resources pledged ISLAMABAD, April 9: A two-day national conference on "Concept Formulation of Mountain Areas Conservancy Initiative" concluded here on Thursday with the resolve to engender more national and international commitment for conservation of Pakistan's mountain areas resources. ... LAHORE: Data Sahib's Urs, grand fair begins LAHORE, April 9: The 960th annual Urs of Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh commenced here on Friday night under strict security arrangements following the laying of 'chaddar' at the grave by Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool. ... PESHAWAR: Petition against judges' appointment accepted PESHAWAR, April 9: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Friday accepted a writ petition challenging the appointment of four additional district and sessions judges (ADSJ) by the court's chief justice. ... LAHORE: Ban on land purchase for housing societies LAHORE, April 9: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi banned on Friday the purchase of poor people's land for housing societies. The ban, imposed under the Land Acquisition Act, is applicable to all the concerned ... HYDERABAD: Protest against water projects HYDERABAD, April 9: Activists of the Jeay Sindh Students Federation staged separate demonstrations outside the press club here on Friday to protest against the construction of the Kalabagh dam and the greater Thal canal. ... HYDERABAD: Flat power tarrif for tube-wells pledged HYDERABAD, April 9: Sindh Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Mahar has said that the next budget of the province will be people-friendly and no new tax will be levied. ... HYDERABAD: Inclusion of women's contributions in syllabi demanded HYDERABAD, April 9: Speakers at a seminar on "importance of women studies and feminist historiography" on Friday recommended the inclusion of women in the syllabus to create awareness among the younger generation ... HYDERABAD: Notices issued to officers, contractors HYDERABAD, April 9: Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Friday issued notices to the agriculture secretary, agriculture marketing director, a representative and two contractors of Dadu market committee ... QUETTA: Teachers, lawyers continue protests QUETTA, April 9: A hunger strike unto death by teachers and a token protest by lawyers against education and prison departments, respectively, continued on Friday. ... QUETTA: 12pc people suffer from hepatitis-B in Balochistan QUETTA, April 9: Around 12 per cent population of Balochistan is suffering from hepatitis-B and the situation is worsening with the passage of time. ... GILGIT: Students suffer as Karakoram varsity closes HSSC section GILGIT, April 9: The Karakoram International University (KIU) has decided to shut down its programme with 750 students due to non-availability of required funds, informed sources said on Friday. ... GILGIT: Nomination of representative to NCSW criticized GILGIT, April 9: Some women members of the Northern Areas Legislative Council (NALC) have opposed the nomination of Ms Atiqa Ghazanfar as representative of the Northern Areas in the National Commission on Status of Women (NCSW). ... FAISALABAD: Dry port scam suspect 'escapes' from custody FAISALABAD, April 9: The main character of a financial scam of the Faisalabad Dryport's laboratory disappeared from the scene mysteriously on Friday, a day after he was arrested. ... FAISALABAD: Agri varsity to introduce new courses FAISALABAD, April 9: Newly-appointed University of Agriculture Vice-Chancellor Dr Bashir Ahmed has said the introduction of new courses in mathematics, computer, environment, WTO, MBIT, MS will figure on top of his agenda. ... SADIQABAD: Bridge in rundown condition SADIQABAD, April 9: The Railway overhead bridge, which was built about 20 years ago during the late Ziaul Haq regime, is in a run-down condition. ... THATTA: Governor stresses people's role in education sector THATTA, April 9: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said that the government cannot succeed in achieving expected results in education and other sectors without community participation. ...

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