15 April 2004 Thursday 24 Safar 1425 KARACHI: Work on uplift projects reviewed KARACHI, April 14: A meeting, chaired by the City Nazim, Naimatullah Khan, reviewed the pace of work on development projects of Annual Development Programme, mega projects and Khushhal Pakistan Programme on Tuesday night. ... KARACHI: House given details of damage from rains KARACHI, April 14: The Sindh Assembly was on Wednesday informed that legal heirs of 277 people, who were among 317 lost their lives in the devastating rains during June-July 2003 in Sindh ... KARACHI: Assembly hall project nearing completion KARACHI, April 14: The project to construct a new hall adjacent to the Sindh Assembly building has entered the final stages. The consulting architect has already updated the initial plan ... KARACHI: Curricula issue will be taken up with PM: Marwat KARACHI, April 14: Sindh Education Minister Irfanullah Marwat on Wednesday assured a delegation of the Islami Jamiat Talaba, which called on him at his office ... KARACHI: KBCA underscores need for uniform building bylaws KARACHI, April 14: A representative meeting of several civic agencies on Wednesday emphasised the need for uniform and comprehensive building bye-laws to check haphazard and unplanned construction activities in the city. ... KARACHI: Probe against health officials under way KARACHI, April 14: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is looking into the charges of misuse of powers levelled against several grade-20 officers of the health department, revealed the provincial health minister on Wednesday. ... KARACHI: Epilepsy centre being built at JPMC KARACHI, April 14: A national epilepsy centre is under construction with the support of the Department of Neurology, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, by a Karachi-based NGO, the Neurology Research Fund. ... KARACHI: Maymar residents demand facilities KARACHI, April 14: Residents of Gulshan-e-Maymar and adjacent localities on Wednesday complained of numerous problems including lack of a graveyard, long power breakdowns and encroachment by Land mafia. ... KARACHI: Tribunal to record evidences KARACHI, April 14: The tribunal inquiring into PPP MPA Abdullah Murad's murder directed its registrar to invite people having any clue to the offence to testify on oath within 15 days of the public notice. ... PESHAWAR: Rs36bn uplift schemes proposed, assembly told PESHAWAR, April 14: The NWFP Assembly was informed on Wednesday that a total of 115 development schemes of Rs36 billion had been forwarded to the Executive Committee of National Economic Council during the current fiscal year. ... KARACHI: Intermediate admit cards available from 20th KARACHI, April 14: Admit cards and schedule of papers for regular candidates of HSC Annual Examination 2004 will be issued from April 20, said an official of the Board of Intermediate Education on Wednesday. ... KARACHI: Guard stabbed to death in SITE KARACHI, April 14: A godown guard was found dead in the SITE area on Wednesday. Police said that they were informed by somebody from the neighbourhood that foul smell was emanating from a godown (Plot No. 8/10) ... ISLAMABAD: Women departments' policies draw flak ISLAMABAD, April 14: The policies of the federal and provincial women development departments were criticized by the civil society activists and a senior official of the ministry of women development here on Wednesday. ... ISLAMABAD: People can't be punished for court's error: SC ISLAMABAD, April 14: The Supreme Court has ruled that a citizen could not be punished for an act or error on the part of the court as he could not be blamed for a defective or erroneous order passed by a trial court. ... LAHORE: 'Irregularities' found in chopper write-off - AG seeks recovery LAHORE, April 14: The auditor-general has taken note of irregularities in the write-off of a Punjab government's helicopter ... LAHORE: Bail plea of Karamat's son admitted for hearing LAHORE, April 14: An appellate bench of the Lahore High Court removed the office objection and admitted for regular hearing the bail application of Farrukh Karamat ... LAHORE: Deportees be treated as victims: FIA LAHORE, April 14: The Federal Investigation Agency director-general has directed immigration and passport cell officials to treat deportees as victims and not to register cases against them unless they are proved guilty. ... LAHORE: Old colleges to get land - Maqbool LAHORE, April 14: Governor Khalid Maqbool has said all old educational institutions in the city will be given land for the establishment of their second campuses at the proposed education city on Multan Road. ... LAHORE: 14 districts fail to supply clean water LAHORE, April 14: At least 14 district governments have so far done nothing to supply clean drinking water to people despite detection of heavy metals in sub-soil water by the Punjab Environment Protection Department a year ago. ... LAHORE: Man testifies against Badr LAHORE April 14: An accountability court on Wednesday recorded the statement of one more prosecution witness in a reference against PPP secretary-general and former federal minister Jehangir Badr and adjourned the proceedings for April 27. ... LAHORE: Workers' children quota in schools raised LAHORE, April 14: The Punjab Workers Welfare Board has decided to increase the admission quota of workers' children in its schools and colleges from 60 per cent to 80 per cent and award a Rs350 per month stipend to the children of the deceased workers. ... PESHAWAR: Paramedics demand service structure PESHAWAR, April 14: Thousands of paramedics, employed in public sector health care institutions of the province, have been waiting for their service structure for long, office-bearers of a paramedical association told Dawn . ... PESHAWAR: All Karak children to be enrolled in schools PESHAWAR, April 14: The National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) kicked off its campaign in the Karak district to ensure enrolment of every child between the age of five and seven years in schools. ... PESHAWAR: PA resolution unlikely to be implemented - Community bodies' failure to operate tubewells PESHAWAR, April 14: A recent resolution of the provincial assembly, calling upon the government to operate all tubewells that have been handed over to community-based organizations (CBOs ... PESHAWAR: Life term commuted to three years PESHAWAR, April 14: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court commuted on Wednesday the life sentence awarded to a convict to three years' imprisonment in a case of drug and arms trafficking. ... PESHAWAR: Bail granted to 13 accused - Attack on musicians' offices PESHAWAR, April 14: A court has granted bail to 13 people, including a union nazim and two councillors, accused of attacking offices of musicians and damaging their music instruments here at Dabgari. ... HYDERABAD: Oil firm accused of not paying land compensation HYDERABAD, April 14: A landlord of Matiari taluka, Mohammad Hashim Detho, has accused the Orient Petroleum Corporation of not paying adequate compensation for his land. ... HYDERABAD: Water supply scheme for villagers HYDERABAD, April 14: District Nazim Dr Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman has said that the district government is giving priority to providing water to villages around the city. ... HYDERABAD: Trumpp's services for Sindhi language recalled HYDERABAD, April 14: The Director, of the Institute of Languages, University of Sindh, Professor (Dr) N.B.G. Kazi, has said that Dr Ernest Trumpp's Sindhi Grammar is a scholarly work and he pioneered the publication of Shah jo Risalo. ... HYDERABAD: Land for police station plan hits snags HYDERABAD, April 14: The Sindh government has not allotted 64 acres of land to each of nine police stations in Kutcha area of Hyderabad district despite directives by President General Pervez Musharraf, according to sources. ... RAWALPINDI: Five routes of private bus company cancelled RAWALPINDI, April 14: The Regional Transport Authority (RTA) has cancelled five routes of the Varan Tours which are not included in the franchise agreement, Varan Chairperson Uzma Gul told Dawn. ... KOHAT: 68 cases of TB detected in Kohat KOHAT, April 14: The district health department has detected 68 cases of tuberculosis during a survey of villages situated near the Rawalpindi Road during the past six months. ... GUJRANWALA: Baisakhi mela inaugurated GUJRANWALA, April 14: A week-long Baisakhi mela was inaugurated by provincial Transport Minister Chaudhry Shamshad Ahmad Khan in Eminabad on Wednesday. ... SHEIKHUPURA: Rs2.8m cotton yarn looted SHEIKHUPURA, April 14: Ten armed robbers looted cotton yarn worth Rs2.8 million from a truck near Bhekhi on Wednesday. The robbers intercepted the truck coming from Faisalabad after creating obstacles on the road. ... MULTAN: Dozens of huts gutted in Multan - Child suffers burns MULTAN, April 14: Dozens of huts made of reed were gutted here on Wednesday when a fire caught a settlement of poor scavengers on the Railway Road. ... TOBA TEK SINGH: Two sisters awarded death sentence TOBA TEK SINGH, April 14: An additional district and sessions judge, Muhammad Amjad Pervez, on Wednesday handed down death sentence on five counts each to two sisters of Pirmahal town, who shot dead five members of a family. ... GUJRANWALA: Five food officials suspended on corruption charges GUJRANWALA, April 14: An assistant food controller and four inspectors were suspended from service after a scam of the defective wheat procurement was surfaced in Kamoke on Wednesday. ... BAHAWALPUR: Technical college teachers on strike BAHAWALPUR, April 14: The Government College of Technology teachers continued strike on the second day on Wednesday on the call given by the United Teachers Association. They stopped work at 11am. ... TOBA TEK SINGH: Phone service suspended for 2nd time in a week TOBA TEK SINGH, April 14: Telephone system remained suspended for more than two hours for the second time in a week on Tuesday night. The district remained cut off from the rest of the country due to suspension of service. ... FAISALABAD: Fire erupts in SNGPL gas station FAISALABAD, April 14: A gas turbine was damaged slightly when the main gas supply line caught fire near the main SNGPL office on Sargodha Road here on Tuesday night. ... SUKKUR: End to load shedding in cities pledged SUKKUR, April 14: The acting chairman of All Pakistan Organization of Small Traders and Cottage Industry has complained to the Hesco chief about unannounced power load shedding ... SUKKUR: Operation against bandits continues SUKKUR, April 14: The police operation in the forest area of Alif Kutcho and Shah Belo was intensified on Wednesday after the induction of helicopters. ... KHAIRPUR: 33 Haris freed from bondage KHAIRPUR, April 14: Thirty-three detained haris, including women and children, were freed from the bondage of landlords in Fatah Bughio here on Wednesday and were allowed to go to their villages in Kotri. ... HYDERABAD: Woman seeks help from CPLC HYDERABAD, April 14: A US citizen of Pakistani origin, Zunera Zahoor, who has married a resident of Hyderabad after developing an internet-based friendship with him, has sought help from the Citizens Police Liaison Committee against police harassment. ... MIRPURKHAS: Protest against water shortage MIRPURKHAS, April 14: Hundreds of residents staged a demonstration outside the public health engineering department office on Wednesday to protest against the non-supply of water to the town for two days. The protestors raised slogans against the officials concerned. ... SHIKARPUR: Three fall prey to Karo-kari SHIKARPUR, April 14: Two women and a man were killed on the pretext of Karo-kari in Sindh on Wednesday. A woman was killed by her husband Gul Shan Jeho on the pretext of Karo-kari in Dakhan town, Garhi Yasin taluka. Hazooran, 38, was the mother of five. ... THATTA: Books on Thatta history THATTA, April 14: The Thatta Heritage Society will publish fourteen books on history, literature and heritage of the district by October this year. This was informed by Dr Nawaz Ali Shauq ... SUKKUR: 10 houses gutted as fire brigade arrive 10 hours late SUKKUR, April 14: Ten houses, cash, gold ornaments, cattle and stocks of wheat and rice were gutted in the village of Abdul Karim Khoso near Thul on Tuesday. The fire which had broken out in a house later engulfed the adjoining area ... LARKANA: Exam forms' rejection criticized LARKANA, April 14: Leaders of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) and the Jeay Sindh Students Federation (JSSF) have criticized the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Larkana ... LAHORE: Govt expects wheat yield to exceed target LAHORE, April 14: The Punjab government expects that the wheat yield may exceed the target of 16 million tons. According to the second assessment of the agriculture department, which had been based on reports of its crop reporting wing, the province may cross the target by at least 100,000 tons. ...

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