13 April 2004 Tuesday 22 Safar 1425 KARACHI: Sindh PA discusses delay in textbooks KARACHI, April 12: Issues of delay in printing of textbooks and soaring prices of meat, sugar, wheat and other essential items were raised in the Sindh Assembly which on Monday continued deliberations on the murder of MPA Abdullah Murad. ... KARACHI: Plan to operate mono train chalked out, says Nazim KARACHI, April 12: A comprehensive scheme to operate a mono train service between New Sabzimandi, on Super Highway, and Tower under the Karachi Mass Transit Programme has been prepared by the city government. ... KARACHI: Many city areas go without water KARACHI, April 12: Private tankers on Monday had a field day in the wake of the water closure applied by the KWSB in almost half of the city to facilitate maintenance of two feeders. ... KARACHI: Govt lacks information about spread of disease KARACHI, April 12: The Sindh health department has no information about the spread of gastroenteritis in village Yousuf Bhut, district Badin, where more than 400 persons are suffering from the disease. ... KARACHI: Airlines told to pay for passengers suffering KARACHI, April 12: A confirmed ticket imposes a duty and an obligation on the air carrier concerned to fly the holder to the contracted destination on the date and time specified therein, the Sindh High Court declared on Monday. ... KARACHI: Police ransack suspects' house KARACHI, April 12: Police raided a house in Gulistan-i-Jauhar to pick up two youths on Saturday night. The inmates alleged that the raiding party ransacked the house and used abusive language with the family before taking away the two brothers, Waqas Azim and Jawwad Azim. ... KARACHI: Six more Harkat activists held KARACHI, April 12: Six more activists of the banned Harkatul Mujahideen Al-Alami have been arrested in Manzoor Colony and weapons have been recovered from their possession, police claimed on Monday. ... KARACHI: Lyari areas getting filthy water KARACHI, April 12: Filthy water is being supplied to some parts of Baghdadi where residents have apprehended that if remedial measures are not taken immediately, water-borne diseases may break out in several localities. ... KARACHI: Exchange of varsity teachers discussed KARACHI, April 12: A delegation of four senior professors belonging to different universities of Turkey called on Karachi University's vice-chancellor Prof (Dr) Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui on Monday. ... KARACHI: 2 camel kids handed over to their parents KARACHI, April 12: The Overseas Pakistani Foundation (OPF) handed over two camel kids, who had arrived here from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) many months back, to their parents on Monday. ... KARACHI: Production of two sisters ordered KARACHI, April 12: The Sindh High Court ordered on Monday the production of two girls allegedly being confined by their hostile relatives for forced marriage in the territorial limits of the Kandiaro police station, Naushero Feroze, on April 16. ... LAHORE: High arsenic concentration in potable water - Study - Isposal of untreated industrial waste LAHORE, April 12: Water quality in the Punjab is fast deteriorating and the situation calls for urgent and effective measures before the situation becomes irretrievable. ... LAHORE: Pervaiz orders deletion of objectionable material - Unsavoury textbooks LAHORE, April 12: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has directed the education department to issue corrigenda to make sure the deletion of objectionable matter from English and Urdu textbooks for Class-X ... LAHORE: Project to promote fishing sport LAHORE, April 12: The Punjab Fisheries Department will launch a Rs15 million project to provide angling facilities at Head Baloki, Taunsa, Trimmu and Head Marala from this year. ... LAHORE: Police recruitment 'stalled under political pressure' LAHORE, April 12: Recruitment of 6,600 constables, wireless operators and drivers for highways patrol posts has been stalled by the Punjab government under pressure ... LAHORE: Teachers go on strike today LAHORE, April 12: The United Teachers Association has announced that all technical education teachers will boycott classes and observe a strike from Tuesday (today) to April 20 across the province. ... LAHORE: Tractors selling on black market LAHORE, April 12: Farmers on Monday pointed out a growing gap between demand and supply of tractors in the aftermath of recent steel crisis and dealers' propensity to mint money out of shortage. ... PESHAWAR: Violence against musicians condemned PESHAWAR, April 12: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned the attack on the balakhanas (music offices) of the local artistes of the Dabgari garden on Saturday. ... PESHAWAR: Three granted bail due to delay in trial - Amendment not extended to Pata - PHC PESHAWAR, April 12: The Peshawar High Court on Monday ruled thatpeople facing charges in the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (Pata) couldbe released on bail in case of delays in their trials. ... PESHAWAR: Steps against dengue fever ordered PESHAWAR, April 12: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has directed the health department to take measures for the prevention of dengue fever in Haripur district, officials said. ... PESHAWAR: Work on four new museums in progress PESHAWAR, April 12: The NWFP government has initiated construction of four museums, in Peshawar, Charsadda, Hund and Chitral, to protect the cultural heritage of the region and promote tourism in these historical cities ... HYDERABAD: Need stressed for skilled manpower HYDERABAD, April 12: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said that if Pakistan has to move rapidly on the road to progress and prosperity, "we have to make concerted efforts to produce skilled and trained manpower equipped with sound character." ... HYDERABAD: Warrants issued for official HYDERABAD, April 12: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Monday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for former EDO, education, Manzoor Hussain Bhutto, as he failed to appear in the court. ... HYDERABAD: Reservations expressed on privatization - Thatta, Dadu sugar mills HYDERABAD, April 12: The pros and cons of privatizing the Thatta and Dadu sugar mills must be carefully weighed as selling them at throw-away prices will serve no purpose. ... HYDERABAD: Karachi city govt demands port, road-user taxes HYDERABAD, April 12: Karachi Nazim Naimatullah Khan has demanded a port city user tax on goods imported or exported through Karachi port, and urged the federal government to take a decision in this regard. ... HYDERABAD: Hyderabad plans 12-day Eid Milad celebration HYDERABAD, April 12: District Nazim Dr Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman has said that the sanctity of the month of Rabi-ul-Awwal will be maintained at all costs. ... RAWALPINDI: Separation of watch & ward, investigation wings on cards RAWALPINDI, April 12: Rawalpindi police is contemplating to separate its "watch & ward" and "investigation" wings, after its engagement in VVIP security duties and an increase in robbery and car-lifting incidents. ... RAWALPINDI: Commuters face problems due to bus shortage - 7 routes franchized RAWALPINDI, April 12: Commuters had to face severe problems due to shortage of buses after a private transport company on Monday got exclusive operational rights to seven city routes. ... LAHORE: Proceedings on petition against Sahi stayed LAHORE, April 12: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Monday issued a stay order restricting an election tribunal from any further proceeding on the election petition against Punjab Assembly Speaker Afzal Sahi till further orders. ... MITHI: Occupation of well condemned MITHI, April 12: Weenjhar Social Welfare Organization president Khalid Mehmood has appealed to all civil society organizations and Tharparkar district administration to take appropriate measures to get vacated a well in Kaloi town from the illegal occupation of some local influential. ... RAWALPINDI: Environment project for Pindi okayed RAWALPINDI, April 12: The economic affairs division and the Punjab department of planning and development have approved the Rawalpindi Environmental Improvement Project (REIP), sources told Dawn here on Monday. ... SUKKUR: Fourth bandit killed in operation SUKKUR, April 12: Police operation against bandits continued on the third consecutive day on Monday in the forest areas of Shah Belo and Alif Kutcho. ... DADU: Police to be equipped to fight terror - Ibad DADU, April 12: The Rangers and the police are conducting raids in Karachi to arrest terrorists, and criminals and 156 terrorists have been arrested in different areas of the city, said Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad here on Monday. ... KHAIRPUR: 44 booked for murders in village KHAIRPUR, April 12: The Ranipur police on Monday registered a case against 44 people for murdering eight people of a family in the Lal Watni village on Sunday. ... LARKANA: Protesters call for recovery of boy LARKANA, April 12: Protesters on Monday demanded recovery of nine-year-old Abdul Ghani Jakhiro who went missing from Ratodero taluka on April 4, and criticized the attitude of the taluka police towards the case. ... SUKKUR: Rival groups make peace SUKKUR, April 12: A bloody dispute between Kambrani and Essani clans was resolved by a Jirga in Adam Khan village near Jacobabad on Sunday. The dispute had started some seven years back when two Essani boys went to the agricultural land of Kambranis to collect vegetable. ... LARAKANA: Traders demand abolition of check posts LARKANA, April 12: Traders, growers and rice millers have threatened to stop paying market committee fees if what they called "illegal checkposts" throughout Sindh are not closed. ... GILGIT: Road to China via Baltistan proposed GILGIT, April 12: Border trade and development of the region will get an impetus if a road to China from Muzaffarabad via Skardu is built, Northern Areas Legislative Council member Farida Batool said on Monday. ... HARIPUR: Urban development project approved HARIPUR, April 12: Tehsil nazim Haripur Iftekhar Ahmad Khan has said that a multi-million urban development project has been approved for the five union councils of Haripur under the National Urban Development Project of Asian Development Bank. ... LANDI KOTAL: Five killed in Landi Kotal LANDI KOTAL, April 12: Five people were killed and three others were injured in separate incidents here over the past two days. A young boy, Qari Abdul Raziq, was gunned gown and his father Jahanzeb and cousin Nusrat were injured when they were allegedly attacked by Shah Mohammad ... SAHIWAL: PML-Q leader's bail cancelled SAHIWAL, April 12: The local PML-Q vice-president beat a retreat from court after the cancellation of his pre-arrest bail in the presence of the police on Monday. ... BAHAWALPUR: Students' plea for parity dismissed BAHAWALPUR, April 12: Justice Sheikh Hakim Ali of the Lahore High Court (Bahawalpur bench) dismissed on Monday a joint writ petition of two medical students and declared the orders of the Punjab health minister regarding relaxation of lectures to two others as illegal. ...

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