23 April 2004 Friday 02 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1425 KARACHI: Parking fee exemption after office hours sought: PA proceedings KARACHI, April 22: Charged parking should be applicable during office hours only, after which there should be no parking fee. ... KARACHI: Shortage of UTS buses perturbs nazim KARACHI, April 22: City Nazim Niamatullah Khan has taken serious note of public complaints about irregularities in the green buses and others being plied under the Urban Transport Scheme. ... KARACHI: Children hospital to have 2nd OPD KARACHI, April 22: Early next month, the city's biggest children's hospital run by the provincial government will take a major step towards optimum utilization when its doctors will be seeing patients in the evenings as well. ... KARACHI: 1,834 schools closed for want of teachers KARACHI, April 22: In Sindh 1,834 schools, including 1,615 primary girls schools, have been closed for want of teachers and lack of infrastructure. This information was provided to the Sindh Assembly on Thursday ... KARACHI: Man told to produce baby in court KARACHI, April 22: A man asked by the Sindh High Court on Monday to produce his 18-month-old child failed to appear on Thursday and the court gave him another opportunity to comply with its order on April 27 before being coerced into doing so. ... KARACHI: Customs to install special equipment at ports KARACHI, April 22: The Customs Department has decided to install special equipment at the Quaid-i-Azam International Airport and the Port Qasim in order to improve its vigilance. ... KARACHI: Sindh govt plans to build CID complex KARACHI, April 22: The Sindh government has planned to build a CID complex in the city and three town complexes for the Capital City Police in Saddar, Gulshan-i-Iqbal and Jamshed Quarters. ... KARACHI: Woman, two nephews acquitted of kidnapping KARACHI, April 22: Judge Arshad Noor Khan of the Anti-terrorism Court No. 3 acquitted on Thursday a woman and her two nephews in a kidnapping for ransom case. ... KARACHI: Two robbers awarded 10 years KARACHI, April 22: An additional district and sessions judge, West, sentenced on Thursday two robbers to suffer rigours imprisonment for 10 years. ... KARACHI: Bandits break into clinic KARACHI, April 22: The Free Mental Health Clinic, located in Depot Lines behind Prince Cinema, was broken into by unknown intruders on late Wednesday night. ... KARACHI: Woman among four killed in accidents KARACHI, April 22: Four persons died in separate accidents in different parts of the city on Thursday. A middle-aged man died and his associate was injured when a shovel fell on them near the Steel Mills on Wednesday. ... ISLAMABAD: Kathak great enthrals art buffs in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, April 22: Indian kathak protagonist Dr Uma Sharma paid adieu to the art lovers and citizens of the federal capital on the last day of her two-day visit to the city by presenting a captivating and enlightening kathak dance here on Thursday night. ... LAHORE: Draft law finalized to check obscenity - Public performances LAHORE, April 22: The Punjab government has finalized a draft law to check obscenity in public performances, including fashion shows. It suggests legal action against all stakeholders in a public performance ... LAHORE: Ban on wheat movement not yet visible LAHORE, April 22: The ban on the wheat movement in 18 districts of the Punjab is yet to make any difference to the procurement pattern if the food department's figure of Thursday is something to go by. ... LAHORE: Major reshuffle in Punjab LAHORE, April 22: The Punjab government in a major reshuffle transferred and posted around 32 senior officers here on Thursday. They included 25 DMG officers, and two DIGs. ... LAHORE: Pervaiz orders operation against cattle thieves LAHORE, April 22: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has directed the IGP to launch an operation against cattle lifters especially in eight districts of the province. ... LAHORE: Four shot dead in Lahore LAHORE, April 22: Four people were shot dead and two others, including a passerby, injured in an attack apparently linked to an old rivalry, at Lakshmi Chowk on Thursday. ... LAHORE: Cotton crisis looms large LAHORE, April 22: Farmers in the Punjab are fearing a cotton crisis, as the Indus River System Authority's calculations about the late Kharif water availability seem to go wrong. ... MARDAN: Demonstration against load shedding MARDAN, April 22: People's Party Parliamentarian (PPP) took out a protest procession against continuous load shedding in the district, particularly in the city area, and demanded Wapda authorities to stop load-shedding immediately. ... PESHAWAR: ADPs of five districts yet to be approved PESHAWAR, April 22: Five of the 24 district governments in the NWFP have yet to get their annual development programmes approved from their respective district councils for the fiscal year 2003-04 with only two months remaining of the current financial year ... PESHAWAR: Book shortage delays academic session PESHAWAR, April 22: Shortage of textbooks for middle and secondary classes has delayed the academic session in the NWFP and tribal areas, academicians complained. ... PESHAWAR: Towns, UCs to get funds directly PESHAWAR, April 22: The provincial government would transfer funds to tehsil and town councils directly from the next financial year, informed sources said. ... PESHAWAR: 70-year-old convict acquitted PESHAWAR, April 22: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Thursday acquitted an elderly person convicted by a trial court of drug pushing. ... MINGORA: Govt asked to check price hike MINGORA, April 22: Members of All-Pakistan Clerks Association (APCA) took out a protest procession here on Thursday as a part of APCA's country-wide protest campaign for resolution of their demands. ... PESHAWAR: Pesco officials told to improve revenue collection PESHAWAR, April 22: The city's power utility on Thursday issued a stern warning to officers in the wake of a sharp decline in its revenues, an official statement said on Thursday. ... DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Police Order will help improve efficiency - IG DERA ISMAIL KHAN, April 22: Inspector General Police NWFP Riffat Pasha has said that the new Police Order 2002 would help in improving police efficiency and cutting down crime rate. ... PESHAWAR: EX-official gets two years RI PESHAWAR, April 22: An accountability court here on Thursday convicted a former deputy director of the provincial mineral department, Mohammad Akber Khan ... PESHAWAR: Promotion of education stressed PESHAWAR, April 22: Speakers at a seminar here on Wednesday stressed the need for making coordinated efforts to promote education in far-flung areas. Organized by an NGO, Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) ... HYDERABAD: Wapda announces plan to curb power theft HYDERABAD, April 22: As parts of its efforts to curb power theft in rural areas of Sindh, Wapda has been decided to allow the cost of service and meter connections to be recovered in 10 equal instalments. ... HYDERABAD: 191 women teachers reinstated HYDERABAD, April 22: Sindh Education Minister Irfanullah Khan Marwat has reinstated 191 women primary primary teachers of Hyderabad whose services were terminated in 1998. ... HYDERABAD: Gen Ahsan visits Hyderabad HYDERABAD, April 22: Corps Commander Lt-Gen Ahsan Saleem Hyat has said that officers and troops should keep themselves abreast with the rapid developments in the field of weapons and military equipment ... QUETTA: Quetta Nazim warned QUETTA, April 22: Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousuf has warned Quetta City District Nazim that he would face legal action if he violated the decision of the cabinet regarding ban on all kind of processions and illegal use of Section 144. ... HARIPUR: Farmers cultivate poppy in Hattar HARIPUR, April 22: In a clear violation of the ban on poppy crop, farmers in Hattar area have cultivated the crop at about three acres of land, a team of local newsmen observed here on Tuesday. ... SUKKUR: Rocket attack on FC picket in Sui area SUKKUR, April 22: An FC picket came under a heavy rocket attack in Sui gas field in Balochistan on Wednesday night, it was learnt here on Thursday. The picket was established for securing the Sui gas pipeline in the area. ... KHAIRPUR: Father of MI chief shot dead in Khairpur KHAIRPUR, April 22: Mohammad Waris Janwari, the father of Maulana Ali Sher Hyderi, chief of Millat-i-Islamia Pakistan, was killed and three others, including the SHO of B-section police station ... SIALKOT: Students wait for textbooks SIALKOT, April 22: Students of the fifth, seventh and eighth classes are anxiously waiting to get textbooks, which are currently unavailable in the markets in many parts of the district. ... MULTAN: Five children drown in lake MULTAN, April 22: Five children of a family drowned when a small boat they were riding capsized in a lake at Mouza Haji Gharbi, some 20km from Dera Ghazi Khan, on Thursday. ... DADU: 12 trucks seized, 3 licences cancelled - Illegal wheat movement DADU, April 22: Twelve truck-loads of wheat were seized, licences of three wheat traders cancelled and an FIR was lodged against a wheat trader for transporting wheat illegally to Karachi on Wednesday night ...

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