18 April 2004 Sunday 27 Safar 1425 KARACHI: Four shot dead in Sohrab Goth KARACHI, April 17: Four people were gunned down by unidentified men at a shanty town off Super Highway in Sohrab Goth police limits on Saturday. ... KARACHI: No books for 2.8m primary students KARACHI, April 17: The distribution of free of cost textbooks among about 2.8 million students of Class I to V, in government primary schools of the province, has once again been delayed. ... KARACHI: Rs50m uplift schemes approved KARACHI, April 17: Sindh Chief Minister Sardar Ali Mohammad Mahar on Saturday presided over a joint meeting of provincial ministers, advisors, MNAs, MPAs, District Nazims and notables and approved development schemes worth Rs50 million for Sukkur, Shikarpur ... ISLAMABAD: Work on KMTP to begin soon, says Nazim ISLAMABAD, April 17: Karachi city Nazim Naimatullah Khan on Friday said that the multi-billion-rupee city mass transit project involving construction of subways at a number of places would soon become a reality when one of the two foreign firms ... KARACHI: Two Muttahida men get bail in arms case KARACHI, April 17: Farzana Mushtaq, Link Judicial Magistrate, Central, on Saturday admitted two alleged activists of the Muttahidda Qaumi Movement to bail against a surety of Rs50,000 each in a case of being in possession of illegal arms. ... KARACHI: Neurosurgery centre project launched KARACHI, April 17: Federal Health Minister Muhammad Nasir Khan, on Saturday, laid the foundation stone of a building in the premises of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre ... KARACHI: Over 1,000 encroachers booked in Saddar KARACHI, April 17: Police have been taking strict measures to check the recurrence of encroachments in Saddar after their removal in a campaign launched since January this year ... KARACHI: Coordination among govt depts, doctors stressed: Conference on clinical research begins KARACHI, April 17: Growing exposure of locals to a wide range of diseases with inadequate provision of quality health care, including cost effective medication ... KARACHI: Judgment in kidnapping case reserved KARACHI, April 17: Judge Arshad Noor Khan of the Anti-Terrorism Court-III reserved judgment in a kidnapping-for-ransom case against three accused, including a woman, after hearing arguments from both sides. ... KARACHI: Causes of deafness discussed KARACHI, April 17: Speakers at a seminar underlined the need to promote awareness among mothers about rational use of drugs during pregnancy that, otherwise, becomes main cause of hearing impairment in their children. ... LAHORE: Talks under way for meat business privatization LAHORE, April 17: The City District Government has started negotiations for privatization of the meat business -- from slaughter of animals to marketing of meat. ... LAHORE: PAC asks depts to review pace of dues' recovery LAHORE, April 17: The Punjab Assembly's Public Accounts Committee-II on Saturday directed administrative secretaries of all the provincial departments to initiate monthly meetings for reviewing status of recovery of outstanding dues. ... LAHORE: Provincial Zakat body gets funds LAHORE, April 17: The Central Zakat Council has provided the second instalment of Rs1,018.992 million to the provincial Zakat Council for provision of six categories of financial assistance to the deserving people in the province. ... RAWALPINDI: 423 registered NGOs in Rawalpindi RAWALPINDI, April 17: There are as many as 423 Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) in Rawalpindi registered with the Social Welfare Department. ... RAWALPINDI: Environment project: PC-I prepared RAWALPINDI, April 17: Nespak, a state-run engineering and consultative organization, has prepared US$85.71 million PC-1 of Rawalpindi Environmental Improvement Project (REIP), Dawn has learnt. ... PESHAWAR: Peshawar police chief replaced PESHAWAR, April 17: The NWFP government has replaced the chief of Capital City Police and transferred five other senior officials after the two missiles attacks in Peshawar within a month, sources told Dawn here on Saturday. ... PESHAWAR: MPAs oppose raise in hostel charges PESHAWAR, April 17: Provincial lawmakers who are residing at the MPAs hostel opposed a move by the assembly secretariat to increase accommodation charges ... PESHAWAR: No check on private blood banks PESHAWAR, April 17: Private blood banks have been selling unscreened blood to patients, which is a lethal practice, say haematologists. ... PESHAWAR: Juvenile convict seeks mercy PESHAWAR, April 17: A boy on death row for the last six years has requested the president and chief justice of Pakistan to conduct his medical examination as he is a juvenile offender and could not be awarded death sentence under the law. ... PESHAWAR: Short circuit causes fire in market PESHAWAR, April 17: A cloth market at Ghanta Ghar in the walled city was completely gutted causing loss of millions ofrupees apparently due to short circuit early on Saturday morning. ... QUETTA: Nazims' protest criticized QUETTA, April 17: Balochistan Local Bodies Minister Hafiz Hussain Ahmed Shoradi on Friday deplored the protest demonstration held by Nazims and councillors against the government on Thursday and said it had been staged for "personal gains". ... GILGIT: Inspection teams from KKH withdrawn GILGIT, April 17: The National Highway Authority (NHA) has reportedly withdrawn its monitoring and inspection teams from the Karakoram Highway (KKH) and sacked some of its senior officials and their local subordinates. ... GILGIT: Discrimination against local people alleged GILGIT, April 17: The Northern Areas Graduates Association (Naga) has alleged that local graduates are being discriminated against in jobs at the Army Public College in Gilgit. ... HYDERABAD: Stern action against perpetrators urged: Karo-kari HYDERABAD, April 17: Women writers and intellectuals have called upon the government to award an exemplary punishment for perpetrators of Karo-kari. ... LARKANA: Govt urged to boost police force LARKANA, April 17: The district is facing a shortage of police as the Sindh government has not provided the sanctioned strength to run 16 police stations created in the second tenure of Benazir Bhutto. ... DADU: Bandit killed DADU, April 17: A bandit, wanted by the police in 75 cases of robberies, kidnappings and murders, was killed in an encounter with the police on Friday night. ... MULTAN: BZU's selection board meeting inconclusive: Appointment of professors MULTAN, April 17: The selection board of the Bahauddin Zakariya University remained inconclusive on the matter of appointment of professors in the departments of Mass Communication and Chemistry. ... GUJRANWALA: RTA secretary transferred: Franchized buses issue GUJRANWALA, April 17: The regional transport authority secretary and his entire staff on Saturday were transferred for not accommodating the administration of the franchized buses. ... SIALKOT: More PML-N leaders held SIALKOT, April 17: Eight PML-N leaders were arrested on Saturday for protesting against the conviction of party leader Javed Hashmi. ... SHEIKHUPURA: Complete strike observed in Muridke SHEIKHUPURA, April 17: A complete strike was observed in Muridke and adjoining Daoke village to protest the gory incident in which a psychopath had slaughtered a seven-year-old boy on Friday. ... FAISALABAD: Report confirms police torture FAISALABAD, April 17: A medical board on Saturday confirmed police torture on two men who were recovered from the illegal detention of an investigation wing inspector by a special judicial magistrate. ... BAHAWALPUR: Rolls Royce fleet to be given to heirs BAHAWALPUR, April 17: There will be no change in the mode of auction of Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi's Rolls Royce cars and other articles recovered from the Sadiqgarh palace, as these would be auctioned among only the members of the family. ... FAISALABAD: NIAB evolved 40 crop varieties in 30 years FAISALABAD, April 17: The Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB) has celebrated its 30th birthday with an inventory of achievements ranging from 40 high yield varieties of various crops evolved with nuclear technology. ... VEHARI: 10-hour power breakdown in Vehari VEHARI, April 17: People here on Saturday strongly protested against long electricity outages in hot weather. A group of people told Dawn that power supply remained suspended for more than 10 hours on Saturday. ... KASUR: Headconstable, robber killed in encounter KASUR, April 17: A headconstable and a robber were killed in an encounter on Saturday night at Maulapur village in Illahabad. Sources said HC Muhammad Sharif and two razakars were present at a picket near Kanganpur bypass. ... KHAR: 6 of a family killed in accident KHAR (Bajaur Agency), April 17: Six persons of the same family were killed and five others received injuries when a vehicle plunged into a road side ravine. ...

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