17 April 2004 Saturday 26 Safar 1425 KARACHI: Import of paper delays availability of textbooks - STB plan termed ill-advised KARACHI, April 16: A decision to import printing paper for textbooks from Indonesia through a third party was an ill-advised move, which had put almost all school-goers in the province in trouble, said market sources. ... KARACHI: HR development must for today's business: experts KARACHI, April 16: Speakers at a training course held on Friday stressed that human resource development was vital for overall development of the country. ... KARACHI: Facilities for construction workers demanded KARACHI, April 16: Speakers at a seminar on Friday stressed that the benefits and facilities that were available to workers in other sectors be made available to workers employed in housing and construction sector. ... KARACHI: Many areas face power breakdowns KARACHI, April 16: The transmission and distribution network of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation gave way in many localities despite the fact that temperature came down to 34 degrees Centigrade on Friday. ... KARACHI: 187 acres of coastal land retrieved KARACHI, April 16: Another 187 acres of coastal land was retrieved by the provincial government when the Sindh High Court dismissed a writ petition requesting it to uphold the petitioners' ownership and possession of it on the basis of their ancestral right. ... KARACHI: Ex-bureaucrat's plea for release rejected KARACHI, April 16: A division bench of the Sindh High Court dismissed on Friday a writ petition moved for release and acquittal of former interior ministry joint secretary and Karachi divisional commissioner Ziaul Islam. ... KARACHI: Workers' moot seeks changes to IRO-2002 KARACHI, April 16: A workers' conference on Friday demanded that the Industrial Relations Ordinance (IRO) 2002 be amended and made in accordance with the Constitution and the ILO Conventions. ... SANGHAR: Writers protest SANGHAR, April 16: Members of the local chapter of the Sindhi Adabi Sangat took out a procession from the boys college to the press club on Friday against non-inclusion of Sindhi language in the syllabus ... KARACHI: Joint efforts to curb diabetes stressed KARACHI, April 16: The incidence of type-2 diabetes is rising in the world and all the countries that may face an epidemic by 2025 must join hands in a drive against the silent disease which causes several complications. ... KAARACHI: Two girls allowed to live with mother KARACHI, April 16: Justice Muhammad Azizullah M. Memon on Friday allowed two girls to live with their mother in their house situated in Sachal Goth. ... KARACHI: Two acquitted of murder charge KARACHI, April 16: Justice Zawwar Hussain Jaffery of Sindh High Court on Friday acquitted two accused Muhammad Niaz and Amir Khusro in a murder case. ... KARACHI: Infant girl, father shot dead KARACHI, April 16: A young man and his infant daughter were killed and his wife and brother were wounded when their suspected relatives attacked them in Shah Latif Town in the small hours of Friday. ... ISLAMABAD: 'NGOs liaison can better serve women's cause' ISLAMABAD, April 16: Sector-wise networking of civil society organizations within themselves can highlight the issues which the governments ignore or don't prioritise in their routine businesses. ... LAHORE: Transfer fee, stamp duty to be cut - Property purchase LAHORE, April 16: The Punjab government decided on Friday to substantially reduce stamp duty and transfer fee on purchase of property, and remove disparity in the property tax being charged ... LAHORE: Globalization threat to poor nations - Minto LAHORE April 16: National Workers Party president Abid Hassan Minto has called upon all workers and professionals of the country to unite to meet the challenges of globalization and free market economy. ... LAHORE: Deliberations on lawyers' grand assembly LAHORE, April 16: The Lawyers Joint Action Committee will, for the first time, consider in Islamabad on Saturday a proposal for the establishment of a grand assembly of senior jurists to try on the charge of high treason ... PESHAWAR: Court reserves verdict in forest royalty cases PESHAWAR, April 16: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday reserved its judgment on two identical writ petitions relating to forest royalty cases of Kalam and Dir-Kohistan. ... PESHAWAR: New warning to illegal Afghan immigrants PESHAWAR, April 16: Police have decided to arrest the Afghans living in the city and suburbs without valid documents as officials suspect that foreign elements were involved in the Thursday's missiles attack. ... HYDERABAD: Demand for water, other amenities HYDERABAD, April 16: A large number of villagers staged a protest demonstration here on Friday under the banner of Qasimabad Action Committee. ... SHEIKHUPURA: Protester killed, 20 policemen hurt in clash - GT Road blocked for nine hours in protest against two minors' murder SHEIKHUPURA, April 16: A protester was killed while 20 policemen, including a DSP and three SHOs, were injured ... BAHAWALPUR: Same items to be auctioned on 25th BAHAWALPUR, April 16: The committee, which is processing the distribution of the property of late Nawab Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi (the fifth), will auction the left-over articles ... GUJRANWALA: PML-N protest camp uprooted GUJRANWALA, April 16: Police on Friday uprooted a protest camp set up by the PML-N opposite the district courts here and arrested some leaders, including Ghulam Dastgir Khan, who were delivering speeches against the government. ... MULTAN: Afsheen case - bail pleas rejected MULTAN, April 16: Local additional district and sessions judge rejected on Friday bail pleas of four accused in the Afsheen Mussart murder case. ... DADU: Villager killed, two girls injured in firing DADU, April 16: A villager was killed and two minor girls were injured by stray bullets when a policeman opened fire on a car that had hit and injured his colleague at Sim Shakh near Khairpur Nathan Shah on Thursday night. ...

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