20 April 2004 Tuesday 29 Safar 1425 KARACHI: Infrastructure for tourism in Sindh poor, says minister KARACHI, April 19: Participants of a seminar on "policy for preservation and promotion of culture" on Monday discussed the recommendations which would be finally included in a cultural policy ... KARACHI: STB supply fails to end book crisis KARACHI, April 19: The first consignment of books supplied by the Sindh Textbook Board proved inadequate to meet the needs of students of private schools as well as those in government middle schools in the city. ... KARACHI: Research study on hypertension launched KARACHI, April 19: A fairly involved research study, billed as the country's biggest on hypertension, was launched at the Aga Khan University on Monday. ... KARACHI: Suspect dies in police custody KARACHI, April 19: A suspect arrested by the Gulberg police on Sunday died in the police custody on Monday morning. ... KARACHI: Father told to produce child in SHC KARACHI, April 19: The Sindh High Court asked the father of an 18-month-old boy on Monday to produce him on Wednesday on a petition filed by his mother. ... KARACHI: New anti-polio drive launched KARACHI, April 19: The governor of Sindh opened a new round of campaign against polio during a ceremony held on Monday at the Dow University of Health Sciences. ... KARACHI: MPs urged not to politicize Murad's killing KARACHI, April 19: Six more members spoke on the killing of MPA Abdullah Murad when the Sindh Assembly resumed the discussion on the opposition's adjournment motion on Monday. ... KARACHI: Bazaars in playgrounds to be banned - nazim KARACHI, April 19: City Nazim Niamatullah Khan said on Monday that all playgrounds will be exclusively used for games and not for holding weekly bazaars and marriage ceremonies. ... KARACHI: Court seeks concise statements in SMC case KARACHI, April 19: A full bench of the Sindh High Court asked the two sides in the expelled Sindh Medical College students' case to submit concise statements pertaining to the admission of the petitioner students before April 26, the next date of hearing. ... KARACHI: Industrialists resent KESC policies KARACHI, April 19: Representatives of SITE Association of Industry have expressed their resentment over alleged unjust and unfair policies of KESC for their area, adversely affecting their business. ... KARACHI: Rs1,700m to be spent on three major projects KARACHI, April 19: An estimated amount of Rs1,700 million would be spent on three major projects, including development of parks, beaches and power generation, under the joint venture of city government and private sector. ... KARACHI: HSC annual exams to commence from 28th KARACHI, April 19: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, has registered 122,491 candidates in the first phase of HSC annual exams commencing from April 28, said an official source. ... KARACHI: Urdu Afsana Conference cancelled KARACHI, April 19: The Arts Council has cancelled a three-day Urdu Afsana Conference amid allegations of foul play by the man of letters tasked to organize the event. ... KARACHI: Man commits suicide KARACHI, April 19: A fifty-year-old man committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan in Rizvia Society. Police said that they were informed that stench was emanating from a house in Rizvia Society. ... KARACHI: Monuments Day observed at old NED campus KARACHI, April 19: A function was organized at the old campus of the NED University on Monday to commemorate the International Day of Historic Monuments and Sites. ... KARACHI: New emergency complex soon at JPMC KARACHI, April 19: The new emergency operation theatre complex will be formally inaugurated at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre on Wednesday. ... LAHORE: Private sector dominates wheat purchase LAHORE, April 19: The wheat procurement drive is in full swing in the province, with price hovering between Rs345 and Rs365 for a 40kg bag. ... LAHORE: Private sector dominates wheat purchase LAHORE, April 19: The wheat procurement drive is in full swing in the province, with price hovering between Rs345 and Rs365 for a 40kg bag. ... LAHORE: Pervaiz may inaugurate drive LAHORE, April 19: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi is likely to inaugurate the three-day anti-polio vaccination campaign on Tuesday (today). ... LAHORE: LHCBA opposes bench in Faisalabad LAHORE, April 19: The establishment of a high court bench at Faisalabad will harm the judiciary and weaken the lawyers unity. "It is a conspiracy, and the lawyers fraternity will resist it with its irresistible will across the Punjab," ... LAHORE: Go-ahead for new assembly hall LAHORE, April 19: The chief minister has given a go-ahead for the construction of a new hall for holding proceedings of the Punjab Assembly. The new hall, to be built at the grounds behind the existing assembly building ... LAHORE: 'Raid' at seminary LAHORE, April 19: Law- enforcement personnel on Monday searched a seminary at Karim Park in Shafiqabad. Rasheed Mian, the administrator of the Jamia Madnia of the JUI-F, told Dawn that two dozen law enforcers in police uniform and civvies visited the religious school. ... LAHORE: Protest if MPs included in public safety commissions - Liaison body's threat LAHORE, April 19: Members of the district public safety commissions will set up a protest camp in front of the President's House if the government inducts MPs into the committees. ... PESHAWAR: Accused in rocket attack case acquitted PESHAWAR, April 19: An anti-terrorism court here on Monday acquitted five people accused of firing rockets at a police station and killing a police officer in Shabqadar area. ... PESHAWAR: Bail denied in woman trafficking case PESHAWAR, April 19: The Peshawar High Court rejected on Monday a bail petition of a person accused of women trafficking. Justice Malik Hamid Saeed observed that the accused petitioner did not deserve any leniency for he was charged with a heinous crime and could not be granted bail. ... PESHAWAR: High court takes up Kosovo squad plea PESHAWAR, April 19: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Monday put the federal interior ministry on notice in a writ petition filed by three assistant superintendents of police against ... PESHAWAR: Two-month suspension in power supply PESHAWAR, April 19: Southern districts of the Frontier province will experience power suspension for next two months because of the Chashma nuclear power station which was closed for refuelling on Sunday last, contained an official announcement. ... PESHAWAR: 50pc job quota for women proposed PESHAWAR, April 19: The NWFP government's gender reforms action plan (Grap) proposes allocating 50 per cent job quota for women in all sanctioned posts of BPS-17 of the executive/secretariat group of the provincial civil services ... PESHAWAR: Call to make primary education compulsory PESHAWAR, April 19: Four non-governmental organizations have demanded that the government should make primary education compulsory for children of school-going age, here on Monday. ... PESHAWAR: Cutting growth rate of population urged PESHAWAR, April 19: The NWFP government is committed to working in collaboration with non-governmental organizations to reduce the alarming rate ofpopulation growth in the province. ... PESHAWAR: 'Doctors fleecing patients' PESHAWAR, April 19: Some doctors have adopted a novel way of fleecing patients by prescribing only selected drugs to them, chemists and medical practitioners told this reporter. ... HYDERABAD: Sindh's poor education standard deplored HYDERABAD, April 19: The Indus Resource Centre organized a function in connection with the global action week for "quality education for all children" in the press club on Monday. ... HYDERABAD: Protest against supply of polluted water HYDERABAD, April 19: A large number of people from different localities of union council-1 of Latifabad taluka held a demonstration and staged a sit-in at Giddu Chowk here on Monday in protest against supply of contaminated water to their areas. ... HYDERABAD: Consumers to pay for street lights HYDERABAD, April 19: The Hyderabad Electricity Supply Company Gari Khata division has urged 80,000 consumers to use low voltage electric tube lights in their lanes and streets from their own meters. ... HYDERABAD: Son accused of misusing power of attorney HYDERABAD, April 18: An old woman has accused her eldest son of misusing the power of attorney given to him by family members to contest a property case. ... RAWALPINDI: Under-trail prisoners try to commit suicide RAWALPINDI, April 19: Seven handcuffed under-trial prisoners involved in heinous crimes tried to commit 'mass suicide' by hitting their heads against the walls inside prisoners' van on the Islamabad district courts premises on Monday, witnesses said. ... QUETTA: Support for projects in Balochistan QUETTA, April 19: Speakers at a seminar have supported the government plan to develop Balochistan, observing that establishment of new cantonments and completion of mega projects will usher in a new era in the province. ... HAFIZABAD: CM inaugurates Chenab canal remodelling project HAFIZABAD, April 19: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Monday said a mega project of remodelling of Lower Chenab Canal System under the umbrella project of National Drainage Programme ... FAISALABAD: DBA men depose against judge FAISALABAD, April 19: The Lahore High Court's inspection team member recorded on Monday statements of around 150 lawyers about the altercation between a senior DBA member and the district and sessions judge. ... SIALKOT: Sialkot hospitals get teaching status SIALKOT, April 19: The Punjab government has given the status of teaching hospitals to Allama Iqbal Memorial and Sardar Begum Memorial hospitals. ... KHAIRPUR: Canal breach floods crop, villages KHAIRPUR, April 19: Three villages and crops on 1,000 acres were submerged in water when the Khairpur West Feeder Abul Wah developed a 40-feet-wide breach near Rapri on Monday. ... DADU: Fire causes major power breakdown DADU, April 19: The power supply to some parts of Dadu and Larkana districts was suspended on Sunday when a fire broke out in the 132kv Mehar grid station. ... DADU: Two groups of bandits rob passengers DADU, April 19: Twenty-three police officials were kidnapped and four of them injured by two groups of bandits on the Indus Highway near Mehar on Sunday night. ... MIRPURKHAS: Farmers demand release of water MIRPURKHAS, April 19: Dozens of farmers of Sindhri minor staged a demonstration at the Sindhri chowk here on Monday to protest against non-supply of water for about a month. ...

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