16 April 2004 Friday 25 Safar 1425 KARACHI: Textbook controversy hits booksellers - Students, parents perplexed KARACHI, April 15: While controversy over erroneous textbooks continued, parents of school students thronged the city book-markets to purchase old editions of the books on Thursday. ... KARACHI: Balloting for 120 plots in Site soon, says minister KARACHI, April 15: Sindh Industries and Labour Minister Adil Siddiqui has said that balloting for over 120 plots in the Sindh Industrial Trading Estate (SITE) will be held within a couple of weeks. ... KARACHI: Petition on minority voters admitted KARACHI, April 15: The Sindh High Court admitted to regular hearing a writ petition questioning the participation of minority voters in the election of nazim and naib nazim in a union council in which their strength was less than 10 per cent of the total number of electors. ... KARACHI: Punjab minister's plea dismissed KARACHI, April 15: The Supreme Court dismissed as withdrawn on Thursday a Punjab minister's petition for leave to appeal against a Sindh High Court judgment. ... KARACHI: Police fail to arrest gangster in Jehanabad KARACHI, April 15: The notorious gang leader, Arshad Pappu, made his escape along with his associates from Jehanabad when police acted to arrest him on Thursday. ... KARACHI: Construction work on Mubarak Dam resumes KARACHI, April 15: The work on reconstruction of Rs 2.7m World Bank-funded Mubarak Dam has started. The project suffered setbacks in the past owing to non-release of funds for the project. ... KARACHI: Germany traces ties with Sindh KARACHI, April 15: Germany's acting Consul-General IIelmust Honzheuer has said that his country has historical relationship with the people of Pakistan, particularly those living in Sindh. ... KARACHI: Pan, gutka giving rise to oral cancer KARACHI, April 15: The Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) will have a fully-fledged dental college and also a dental hospital. This was stated by its Vice-Chancellor, Prof Masood Hameed Khan, on Thursday. ... KARACHI: Equipment donated to CHK dept KARACHI, April 15: Equipment and instruments worth several hundred thousand rupees were presented to the Dow University of Health Sciencesby the Pakistan Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons on Thursday. ... KARACHI: 49 health care projects in doldrums KARACHI, April 15: About 49 new projects planned in health sector have been lying with city government's planning department for a long time. ... KARACHI: KESC improving billing system KARACHI, April 15: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation is engaged in improving its operating procedures, particularly of billing. ... ISLAMABAD: Officials should obey only legal orders - SC ISLAMABAD, April 15: The Supreme Court has ruled that departmental functionaries are only obliged to carry out lawful orders of their superiors and if they are being pressured to implement an illegal order, they should put on record their dissenting note. ... LAHORE: Mere dismissal not enough: LHC LAHORE, April 15: The Lahore High Court on Thursday directed the city police chief to terminate from service a sub-inspector and an ASI of Ghalib Market police station, register criminal cases against them and submit a report within one month. ... PESHAWAR: Governor House among Wapda defaulters PESHAWAR, April 15: The NWFP chief minister's secretariat and Governor House are among the public sector electricity consumers which have not paid million of rupees in dues to the Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) ... PESHAWAR: Governor stresses role of education PESHAWAR, April 15: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that education is the most crucial factor for sustainable development of a society, nation and a country. ... PESHAWAR: Unhygienic food being served to students PESHAWAR, April 15: Students residing in hostels of the University of Peshawar have complained that they are getting substandard food causing health problems. ... PESHAWAR: Unseating of Nazim upheld PESHAWAR, April 15: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court upheld on Wednesday disqualification of a union Nazim by an election tribunal and ordered by-election on the vacant seat. ... HYDERABAD: Intermediate examinations to begin from 20th HYDERABAD, April 15: A total number of 78,507 students will appear in the higher secondary certificate part-I and II annual examinations to be held from April 20 at 124 centres for which the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education has made all arrangements. ... HYDERABAD: Court takes up employees' petition HYDERABAD, April 15: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Wednesday issued notices to the Sindh health secretary and Civil Hospital medical superintendent on a joint petition filed by 34 sacked employees of the hospital ... HYDERABAD: Govt urged to bring end to tribal bloodshed HYDERABAD, April 15: Leaders of the Sindh National Party have said that they will file a petition in the Sindh High Court against the Sindh governor, the chief minister ... HYDERABAD: Call for joint struggle against water theft HYDERABAD, April 15: Sindh Irrigation and Drainage Authority chairman Abdul Haq has appealed to the people to launch a joint struggle against the menace of water theft. He said this while speaking as chief guest at a one-day workshop on "Water Theft ... HYDERABAD: Tribute paid to Al-Khawarzmi HYDERABAD, April 15: Sindh Public Service Commission chairman Mohammad Hassan Bhutto has said that one can never forget discoveries made by Muslim scientists and scholars like Al- Khawarzmi who is rated among top 10 mathematicians that the world has ever produced. ... HYDERABAD: Court issues notices to policemen HYDERABAD, April 15: The Sindh High Court circuit bench on Wednesday ordered four Badin's Golarchi taluka police officials, including the taluka police officer (investigations), to appear before it on April 22 on a constitutional petition against illegal detention. ... RAWALPINDI: Fire-fighting depts in a shambles RAWALPINDI, April 15: The fire fighting agencies and institutions located within the bounds of Rawalpindi district are in a shambles, especially considering the fact that the likelihood of fire eruption in summer is greater as compared to winter. ... QUETTA: Protest over Wasa control held QUETTA, April 15: District Nazim Mohammed Rahim Kakar led a demonstration of Nazims and Naib Nazims in front of Governor's House on Thursday to protest against the taking over of the Water and Sewerage Authority from the city government by the provincial government. ... LANDI KOTAL: Tribesmen block road in protest LANDI KOTAL, April 15: Armed people belonging to the Sultankhel tribe blocked the Peshawar-Torkhum highway at Zeen Thara on Thursday to protest against the re-posting of a lady doctor at the agency headquarters hospital here. ... BAHAWALPUR: Four suspects of Tezrao dacoity rounded up BAHAWALPUR, April 15: The local Railway police on Thursday claimed to have rounded up four suspects of the Tezrao dacoity. Multan Railway SP Khalid Farooque Mirza told Dawn by telephone that the suspects were being interrogated and some breakthrough was expected soon. ... FAISALABAD: Officials 'patronizing' irregularities - Dry port lab scam FAISALABAD, April 15: The financial scam of the Customs dryport laboratory took a new turn when the investigators found senior officials involved in patronizing the main suspect ... SARGODHA: PAF combat commanders pass out SARGODHA, April 15: The training for a future aerial battle will entail simulation of complex battle scenarios, persistent endeavours to achieve the highest professional standard and a perfect harmony between all team members. ... SIALKOT: Subsidiary weir in Upper Chenab canal opened SIALKOT, April 15: The Punjab irrigation department has constructed a subsidiary weir in the Upper Chenab Canal at Head Bambaanwala in Daska tehsil. Minister for Irrigation Aamir Sultan Cheema inaugurated the weir at a ceremony at Head Bambaanwala on Thursday. ... BAHAWALPUR: Trainee nurses denied stipend BAHAWALPUR, April 15: Some 300 student nurses of Bahawal Victoria Hospital on Thursday staged a sit-in on the nursing school premises to protest against the non-payment of their stipends for the last five months. ... KASUR: Man, daughter die in roof collapse KASUR, April 15: A man and his daughter were killed when the roof of their mud house caved in at Ladi village on Thursday. Police said Munir Ahmad was sleeping along with his family in a room when the incident took place and the family was trapped under the rubble. ... MULTAN: Bandit swindling people in prison MULTAN, April 15: A prisoner at the district jail, accused in a number of dacoity cases, has allegedly been defrauding people even in captivity for quite some time now by promising them to return their stolen vehicles against ransom. ... GUJRANWALA: Five shot dead over land dispute GUJRANWALA, April 15: As many five people were shot dead while two others, including a woman, injured in an attack by rivals in Karrial Kalan village, Noshera Virkan, on Thursday night. ... DADAU: Gang-rape victim seeks help from HRCP DADU, April 15: A teenaged girl from the Chhapar Khan Jamali village of Johi taluka, Benazir Jamali, has alleged that 10 people sexually assaulted her in a house of an influential person in Bhan Saeedabad town, where she had been kept for three months. ... SUKKUR: Police use force to disperse protesters - Demonstration against PPL SUKKUR, April 15: Ten persons were injured when police used tear-gas and batons to disperse people who were protesting against the Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) on the Indus Highway near Karampur in Jacobabad on Thursday. ... HYDERABAD: Case to be withdrawn HYDERABAD, April 15: Saleem Ahmed, uncle of US citizen of Pakistani origin Zunera Zahoor who has married Hyderabad resident Tahir Ahmed after developingfriendship with him on the internet ... LARKANA: Open-air theatre for Larkana LARKANA, April 15: The Sindh government had decided to construct open-air theatres in Larkana and Khairpur. This was stated by district coordination officer Dr Badruddin Ujjan. ... MIRPURKHAS: Uplift schemes approved MIRPURKHAS, April 15: The district development committee in its meeting on Thursday approved about 49 development schemes of legislatures. The schemes of water supply, drainage and electrification will be completed with an estimated cost of Rs106.4 million. ... BAHAWALPUR: Roll numbers for FA/FSc students BAHAWALPUR, April 15: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Bahawal-pur, has finally started issuing roll number slips to the candidates for the intermediate annual examination scheduled to commence on April 24. ...

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