22 April 2004 Thursday 01 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1425 KARACHI: Governor orders action against land-grabbers KARACHI, April 21: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan on Wednesday paid a five-hour whirlwind visit to the city and directed the authorities concerned to take immediate steps for solving the basic problems of people. ... KARACHI: 24,000 teachers being hired in Sindh - CM KARACHI, April 21: Sindh Chief Minister Sardar Ali Mohammad Mahar has said that the government is taking measures to promote education. Speaking to a group of students at the Chief Minister's House ... KARACHI: A long poem launched KARACHI, April 21: Awaz-i-Shikastagi, a long poem by Feza Azmi, was launched at the Karachi Press Club on Tuesday. Dr Farman Fatehpuri chaired the session and Dr Manzoor Ahmed was the chief guest. ... KARACHI: Imperialism has become a serious problem - Iqbal Day seminar KARACHI, April 21: The former chief of Punjab University's Urdu department, Rafiuddin Hashmi, has said that great philosophers, like Iqbal, make their societies proud. ... KARACHI: Controversies persist over curricula KARACHI, April 21: Despite claims by education department officials, regarding absence of disparity in previous and newly- published textbooks in Sindh ... KARACHI: Govt explains steps for promotion of Urdu KARACHI, April 21: The government is fully conscious of its obligations regarding introduction of Urdu and is taking all necessary steps in this regard. ... KARACHI: Charge-sheet in Gadap tragedy submitted KARACHI, April 21: The police on Wednesday submitted final charge-sheet against three accused of the Gadap tragedy. Zahid, Hanif and Haji Peeral were charge-sheeted for the offences under Sections 302 and 201 of the Pakistan Penal Code and 10 (3) and (4) of the Zina Ordinance. ... KARACHI: Emergency OT at JPMC inaugurated KARACHI, April 21: The JPMC Emergency Department catering to hundreds of trauma and accident victims daily from across Karachi and its suburbs had its most updated emergency operation theater formally inaugurated on Wednesday. ... KARACHI: Documentary on fishing community KARACHI, April 21: Pakistan Fisher folk Forum (PFF) on Wednesday screened a documentary at Karachi Press Club (KPC), depicting the socio-economic problems being faced by the fishing community and concerns about their future. ... KARACHI: SHC issues notice to state KARACHI, April 21: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, comprising Justice Wahid Bux Brohi and Justice Rehmat Hussain Jaffery, on Wednesday admitted an appeal for hearing filed by Zulfiqar Ali ... KARACHI: Sindh to get Rs4m more in Zila tax KARACHI, April 21: The federal government is expected to release more than Rs10 billion to the Sindh government under the head of matching grant and Zila tax during the current financial year. ... KARACHI: Afghan woman among 3 shot dead KARACHI, April 21: Three persons, including an Afghan woman, were shot dead in different areas of the city on Wednesday. Police said that Anil Ahmed Shaikh, 18, was gunned down by unknown persons in Liaquatabad No 9. ... KARACHI: Clean air, water main concern on Earth Day KARACHI, April 21: Less than half of the solid waste generated every day in residential and commercial areas of the city is not collected and left for commercial exploitation by scavengers or for burning openly in road-side dumping sites ... KARACHI: Shortage of water in several localities KARACHI, April 21: Acute water shortage persisted in several parts of the city on Wednesday, adding to the miseries of the residents in the affected localities especially in the current hot and dry weather. ... NOWSHERA: More powers for provinces sought NOWSHERA, April 21: In a surprise departure from their past policy of 'strong centre' the Jamaat-i-Islami has demanded more powers for the provinces. "The strong centre will not strengthen Pakistan. ... LAHORE: Water shortage delays cotton sowing LAHORE, April 21: Sowing of cotton in the Punjab may start from May 15 instead of the scheduled April 15 because of acute shortage of water. ... LAHORE: Schools told to get NOC to teach own curriculum LAHORE, April 21: The National Committee on Curriculum has decided in principle that private schools will be required to obtain an NOC from the ministry of education (curriculum wing) to teach their courses. ... LAHORE: Probe report doesn't fix responsibility - Objectionable material in textbooks LAHORE, April 21: The inquiry committee, constituted by Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi to probe the inclusion of objectionable material in textbooks ... LAHORE: Police to escort Wapda staff - Disconnection, recovery LAHORE, April 21: Police will escort the Wapda staff deputed to disconnect power supply of defaulters for security reasons. ... LAHORE: Ownership rights to land less tillers LAHORE, April 21: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi directed the authorities concerned on Wednesday to grant ownership rights to the landless tillers, receiving 12.5 acres of government land for cultivation. ... LAHORE: Preventive plan for hepatitis LAHORE, April 21: Federal Health Secretary Tariq Farooq said on Wednesday that a preventive programme to control hepatitis B and C in rural areas would be launched as soon as the network of Lady Health Workers got the ability to covered the entire population. ... PESHAWAR: Durrani asks MPs to monitor schemes - Uniform progress pledged PESHAWAR, April 21: Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has asked elected representatives to keep a vigil on development schemes in their areas. ... PESHAWAR: Court seeks comments on detention PESHAWAR, April 21: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday directed the provincial home department to file comments within a week on a writ petition challenging detention of Maulana Sufi Muhammad ... PESHAWAR: Criteria for forestry commission finalized PESHAWAR, April 21: The NWFP forestry roundtable, a think-tank of the provincial government, has finalized criteria for selecting a panel for setting in place the NWFP forestry commission ... PESHAWAR: Recognition to medical colleges promised PESHAWAR, April 21: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council will soon issue a notification granting recognition to Saidu and Gomal Medical Colleges. ... PESHAWAR: Rocket seized, claim police PESHAWAR, April 21: Police on Wednesday claimed to have found a rocket in the outskirts of Peshawar on Wednesday. The rocket was first detected by locals in the Pishtakhara police station jurisdiction ... HYDERABAD: Boy implicated in false case: family HYDERABAD, April 21: Relatives of a minor boy have appealed to the Sindh High Court, the Sindh government, senior police officials and human rights organizations to save the boy who has been indicted in a false narcotics case by the Khipro police. ... HYDERABAD: Proposals sought for devolution of HDA HYDERABAD, April 21: District Nazim Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman has urged members of the HDA working committee to finalize their recommendations for devolution of the HDA to taluka level in the shortest possible time. ... HYDERABAD: Farmers chamber demands removal of check posts - Market committee fee HYDERABAD, April 21: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture at its meeting here the other day condemned the illegal recovery of market committee fee in Sindh. ... HYDERABAD: Plea to arrest killers of ANP worker HYDERABAD, April 21: Several Awami National Party activists held a demonstration outside the local press club on Wednesday to protest against the killing of a party worker by alleged terrorists on Tuesday. ... SANGHAR: IG investigates double murder SANGHAR, April 21: A four-member investigation committee, headed by Sindh IGP Syed Kamal Shah, on Wednesday visited the site of the killing of a couple, Hassan Solangi and Shazia Khaskheli, at the Sim Nala near here. ... RAWALPINDI: Govt departments owe Rs864m to Iesco RAWALPINDI, April 21: Several government departments, including some military establishments, owe Rs864 million to Islamabad Electricity Supply Company (Iesco), officials told Punjab governor Lt-Gen (retired) Khalid Maqbool on Wednesday at a briefing. ... RAWALPINDI: Four injured in attack on bus RAWALPINDI, April 21: Three women and a minor were critically injured on Wednesday when some unidentified youths pelted the bus of a franchise company with stones on Murree Road near Waris Khan. ... RAWALPINDI: Man awarded death in murder case RAWALPINDI, April 21: A court here on Wednesday handed down death sentence to a person and life imprisonment to another in a murder case. The additional district and sessions judge, Malik Akram Awan ... QUETTA: Six die in Khuzdar as coach overturns QUETTA, April 21: At least six persons, including one woman, were killed and three others injured, one of them seriously, when a passenger coach turned turtle near Wadh, some 450kms south of here in Khuzdar district, on Wednesday. ... MARDAN: Six policemen suspended - Death in custody MARDAN, April 21: Six officials of the Saddar police station, including the station house officer, have been suspended for their alleged involvement in the death in custody of a resident of Khazana Dheri on March 1 ... DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Universities to scrap 'self-finance system' DERA ISMAIL KHAN, April 21: The government has decided to scrap self-financed education system at the university level from the next academic session. ... HARIPUR: More funds promised for Haripur HARIPUR, April 21: NWFP chief minister Akram Khan Duranni has said that the government has tried its best to protect the right of Frontier province and efforts are made to get certain share of net hydel profit from Tarbela Dam for Haripur district. ... NAWABSHAH: Consensus needed on dam issue - CM NAWABSHAH, April 21: Sindh Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Mahar has said that he has no objection to construction of big dams but they must be constructed with a consensus of the four provinces. ... DADU: Protest against retirement DADU, April 21: Hesco employees staged demonstrations in different towns on Wednesday against the compulsory retirement of three employees and dismissal of a worker in Khairpur Nathan Shah and Johi sub-divisions. ... MIRPURKHAS: Youth dies, two women injured in accident MIRPURKHAS, April 21: A youth was killed and his mother and sister were injured as a speedy car hit their bicycle on the Mirwah Road in Satellite Town here on Tuesday. ... SIALKOT: Wheat crop damaged by rain, storm SIALKOT, April 21: Standing wheat crop stretching over hundreds of acres was badly affected because of overnight duststorm and heavy rain in the Sialkot and Narowal districts. ... SARGODHA: Three convicts not executed for years - Victims' father threatens suicide SARGODHA, April 21: The killers of two brothers were not yet executed despite dismissal of their appeal by the Supreme Court four years ago. Muhammad Bashir ... GUJRANWALA: Industrial exhibition boosts export GUJRANWALA, April 21: The industrial exhibition of made in Gujranwala products has helped greatly in enhancing export as local industrialists have received several orders for the supply of quality products from African countries. ... BAHAWALPUR: Bahawalpur lawyers deny LHC Bar claim BAHAWALPUR, April 21: Local lawyers have belied the claim of the Lahore Bar president to the creation of the Bahawalpur bench of the high court. ... JHANG: Election symbols allotted JHANG, April 21: The returning officer on Wednesday allotted symbols to the candidates contesting byelection to NA-89, scheduled to be held on May 12. The seat had fallen vacant after the murder of Maulana Azam Tariq last year. ...

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