28 April 2004 Wednesday 07 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1425 KARACHI: City govt proposes draft budget of Rs31.97bn KARACHI, April 27: For the first time in the history of the metropolis, the city government distributed the draft of Rs31.97 billion budget for the fiscal 2004-05 among members of the City Council on Tuesday. ... KARACHI: Strike pushes up atta prices KARACHI, April 27: The strike being observed by the flour mills on Tuesday further pushed up the retail price of atta to Rs 14 and Rs 16 a kg, adding miseries to people. Tuesday was the second day of the protest by the flour mills. ... KARACHI: STB still fails to give date for supply of free textbooks KARACHI, April 27: Despite a lapse of considerable time, the Sindh Textbook Board is failing to give any fresh date for supply of textbooks meant for free distribution among 2.8 million students of government primary schools ... KARACHI: Use of illegal fishing nets made offence KARACHI, April 27: A ban has been imposed on the use of illegal fishing nets like bullo, Gujjo and katra under the Sindh Fisheries (Amendment) Bill, 2003, adopted by the Sindh Assembly. ... KARACHI: Contingency plans to meet water, power crises ordered KARACHI, April 27: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has taken to task the KWSB and KESC authorities for their failure to provide relief to the people who were facing frequent power breakdowns and acute water shortage for the last many days. ... KARACHI: Notices issued to AG on denial of remission KARACHI, April 27: A division bench of the Sindh High Court issued notices to the attorney-general and the advocate-general on Tuesday in a writ petition challenging denial of jail remissions to accountability court convicts. ... KARACHI: Uproar mars city council session KARACHI, April 27: Draft budget of Rs31.97 billion for financial year 2004-05 was presented in the City Council Karachi on Tuesday amid uproar and pandemonium created by the members recently elected in byelections, as was anticipated. ... KARACHI: 32 centres declared sensitive - HSC exams KARACHI, April 27: The Board of Intermediate Education, has issued a list of 32 examination centres, including the eight for female candidates, which have been considered sensitive, as the HSC annual examinations-2004 commences today. ... KARACHI: Nazim bans transfers, postings in schools KARACHI, April 27: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan on Tuesday imposed a ban on all transfers, postings, relieving and joining of officers in all departments of the city district government Karachi. ... KARACHI: Three boys die in traffic accidents KARACHI, April 27: Five persons, including a four-year-old boy, died in road accidents in different parts of the city on Tuesday. The four-year-old boy died, and his cousin was injured, in an accident in Orangi Town. ... KARACHI: SHC orders demolition of six buildings KARACHI, April 27: The Sindh High Court directed the Karachi Building Control Authority on Tuesday to demolish six violative residential and commercial buildings in Gulistan-i-Jauhar. ... KARACHI: Seven injured as rival student groups clash KARACHI, April 27: Seven students were injured in a clash between two student groups outside the Islamia Arts and Commerce College on Tuesday. Police registered two different cases but no arrests were made. ... ISLAMABAD: Business 'incubators' for women soon ISLAMABAD, April 27: The government is working to set up business incubators for women in all the provinces and the capital to provide them with a platform for gaining economic independence. ... ISLAMABAD: Plan for CNG buses in capital dropped ISLAMABAD, April 27: Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration has dropped the idea of plying CNG air conditioned buses in twin cities and declared the plan 'not feasible'. ... LAHORE: FIA to collect data about inadmissible immigrants LAHORE, April 27: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has decided to collect data about inadmissible immigrants travelling by foreign airlines to check whether the airlines are fined for transporting such passengers. ... LAHORE: 'Last chance' for private medical colleges LAHORE, April 27: The federal ministry of health has given a 'last chance' to private medical colleges to complete all operational requirements by July 30. ... LAHORE: Increase in bus fares approved LAHORE, April 27: Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has approved the proposed increase in the fares of inter-city routes by four paisa a kilometre. The air-conditioned public transport vehicles are not included. ... LAHORE: Wheat procurement behind target LAHORE, April 27: The Punjab Food department and the Pakistan Agriculture Services and Storage Corporation (Passco) have procured around 1.27 million tons of wheat against their combined target of 4.5 million tons till Monday. ... PESHAWAR: House job doctors go on strike PESHAWAR, April 27: Doctors doing house job in three provincial teaching hospitals have gone on strike, asking the government to raise their monthly stipends and accept their other demands. Talking to Dawn, Dr Abdul Aziz, president of the Democratic Doctors Forum (DDF) ... PESHAWAR: LB commission meeting put off PESHAWAR, April 27: The scheduled meeting of the NWFP local government commission to look into problems in relations between district governments and their respective town councils has been postponed amid growing differences among different tiers of the local government ... PESHAWAR: Demand to lift ban on cutting trees in Kohistan PESHAWAR, April 27: Elected representatives from Kohistan district have urged the NWFP government to lift a ban imposed on tree-cutting imposed in 1992 and allow them to sell trees hit by landslides and windstorms in the Kohistan range. ... PESHAWAR: Students warn of hunger strike PESHAWAR, April 27: The Students Action Committee of the Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad, has announced that its members will go on hunger strike unto death in protest against what they called police high-handedness. ... PESHAWAR: Inquiry into school sexual abuse case PESHAWAR, April 27: Additional District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Jamal Khan, conducting a judicial inquiry into alleged sexual abuses of students in the City Government Higher Secondary School No. 3, has sought detailed information about principals ... PESHAWAR: NWFP threatens to stop power supply - Lifting of ban on wheat movement demanded PESHAWAR, April 27: The NWFP government will employ all available options to get a ban imposed by Punjab on inter-district movement of wheat lifted as the province is facing an acute shortage of the commodity. ... PESHAWAR: New transport rules criticized PESHAWAR, April 27: An ordinance promulgated by the NWFP governor to streamline the functioning of district transport authorities more than two year ago, has made transport affairs more complicated, official sources told Dawn on Tuesday. ... PESHAWAR: Red Crescent branches to be activated PESHAWAR, April 27: NWFP Governor Iftikhar Hussain Shah has stressed the need for strengthening disaster management and mass emergency services in collaboration with the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS). ... HYDERABAD: District council seeks action against taluka nazim HYDERABAD, April 27: The district council in its meeting on Tuesday adopted a resolution against Taluka City Nazim Haji Moinuddin Sheikh for what it called his aggressive attitude towards union council Nazims. ... HYDERABAD: Compensation for victims promised - Minister visits canal breach area HYDERABAD, April 27: Sindh Irrigation Minister Sadruddin Shah Rashdi has said that the chief minister has issued orders for payment of compensation to people affected by this week's breach in the Rohri Canal. ... NAWABSHAH: Official's absence from session criticized NAWABSHAH, April 27: Members of the district council criticized the absence from the council session of the EDO (revenue) saying most of the items on agenda concerned his department. ... GUJRANWALA: Renewal of wagons' permits banned GUJRANWALA, April 27: The local government has banned renewal of route permits of Transport Society Gujranwala's wagons to boost the franchized bus service, it is learnt on Tuesday. ... HYDERABAD: Foundation stone of urology ward laid HYDERABAD, April 27: Sindh Health Minister Naeem Ishtiaque has said that the government is working on a policy to provide basic health facilities to poor people. ... HYDERABAD: Convocation of LUMHS on May 10 HYDERABAD, April 27: The third convocation of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences would be held on May 10, the university registrar announced on Monday. ... HYDERABAD: Revival of policy on doctors' training urged HYDERABAD, April 27: The Medical Superintendent of the Civil Hospital Hyderabad, Dr Hadi Bux Jatoi, has urged the Sindh government to revive the old policy about the training of postgraduate students of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences. ... HYDERABAD: Eight injured in Tandojam clash HYDERABAD, April 27: Seven activists of the Jeay Sindh Students' Federation and one of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement were injured during a clash in the Tandojam area on Tuesday. Three of them suffered bullet injuries in the clash. ... RAWALPINDI: Incentives for industrialists urged RAWALPINDI, April 27: Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) president Hussain Ahmed Ozgen has demanded of the government to give incentives to the industrialists in the forthcoming budget. ... SUKKUR: Mob storms police station, frees three accused SUKKUR, April 27: Hundreds of people attacked the Buxapur police station on Tuesday morning and freed three accused. Later, they blocked the Indus highway near Kandhkot for several hours ... THATTA: Water channel lying dry for six years THATTA, April 27: Lack of maintenance and non-release of water in Bannu Minor canal for the last six years has brought hundreds of abadgars within its command area on the brink of starvation. ... SUKKUR: Row over TMO's transfer SUKKUR, April 27: Police were called in to quell a clash between supporters of a TMO and councillors after the Taluka council passed a resolution transferring the TMO on Tuesday. ... HARIPUR: Education officer refutes allegations HARIPUR, April 27: A case of alleged sexual harassment by the EDO (education) of his subordinate employee has taken a new turn with the woman officer concerned denying that any incident of that nature took place ... LANDI KOTAL: Opium market thriving despite cultivation ban LANDI KOTAL, April 27: Opium prices in the NWFP market have fallen considerably during the past one and a half months due to large quantities of the contraband arriving in rural markets from remote tribal areas. ... GUJRAT: Swindlers pocket Rs30m in Gujrat GUJRAT, April 27: Startling information about a racket of swindlers, who have deprived people of millions of rupees, are pouring in here. ... RAHIM YAR KHAN: 60,000 wheat bags seized RAHIM YAR KHAN, April 27: More than 60,000 wheat bags were confiscated on Tuesday by the food department officials from a local ginning factory. ... DERA GHAZI KHAN: Farmers prefer private buyers DERA GHAZI KHAN, April 27: The food department is finding it difficult to meet its wheat procurement target as farmers are selling their crop to private buyers. ... TOBA TEK SINGH: Row over wheat policy TOBA TEK SINGH, April 27: A dispute between the Pakistan Agricultural Supplies and Services Corporation (Passco) and the district food department over procurement of wheat has been brought to the notice of the district government. ...

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