03 May 2004 Monday 12 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1425 KARACHI: Shortage of water in many areas persists KARACHI, May 2: Many parts of the city remained in the grip of an acute water shortage a day ahead of the Eid Milad-un-Nabi eve, forcing the residents to either purchase private tankers at exorbitant rates or consume sub-soil unhygienic water. ... KARACHI: Fumigation campaign proves ineffective - City govt 'covered' 18 towns KARACHI, May 2: At a time when malaria cases are on the rise in the city due to invasion of mosquitoes, the city government's much-trumpeted fumigation campaign has failed to check the menace. ... KARACHI: Highway expansion project launched KARACHI, May 2: Pakistan has signed an agreement with the Asian Road Network for constructing an international road network to connect the country with 26 other countries, Federal Communication Minister Babar Khan Ghouri said on Sunday. ... KARACHI: Chicken pox cases rise in city KARACHI, May 2: The cases of chicken pox are on the increase, according to two professors of paediatrics. The treatment of the disease is simple and the doctors should normally not prescribe injectables or antibiotics. ... KARACHI: City turns festive for Eid Milad-un-Nabi KARACHI, May 2: The city was well illuminated on Sunday night, underlining the religious fervour with which the Karachiites plan to celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi, falling on Monday. ... KARACHI: Power riots break out in Nazimabad KARACHI, May 2: Power riots broke out in Nazimabad and Gulbahar in the early hours of Sunday as enraged residents took to the streets and threw stones at the regional complaint centre of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation. ... KARACHI: Arms and explosives seized KARACHI, May 2: Arms and ammunition were recovered in a raid on a house in Lyari on Sunday following an armed attack on the nephew of Gul Hameed Samoo, the ADIG (investigation). ... ISLAMABAD: Life-saving drugs worth millions expire - Children Hospital ISLAMABAD, May 2: The Children Hospital of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) has allowed life-saving drugs worth millions of rupees to expire without being used by the poor patients, hospital sources told Dawn. ... ISLAMABAD: NAB probes building plan violation ISLAMABAD, May 2: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has started investigations into illegalities committed in the construction of Mustafa Towers in F-10 Markaz, a source in the NAB told Dawn on Sunday. ... ISLAMABAD: West borrowed wisdom from East: scholar ISLAMABAD, May 2: A dialogue between the West and East cannot take place due to circumstances of history, Urdu critic and poet, Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, said here on Sunday. ... LAHORE: Only 1.2m ton wheat procured so far LAHORE, May 2: The Punjab Food Department was only able to procure 1.2 million tons of wheat till Saturday against a target of 3.5 million tons. ... LAHORE: Unrealistic traffic management criticized LAHORE, May 2: The Lahore Thinkers and Public Welfare Forum has criticized the unrealistic traffic management in the city and the decision to demolish the Muslim Town-Garden Town bridge. ... LAHORE: Hospital waste being dumped in the open LAHORE, May 2: Infectious hospital waste is being dumped in the open in different parts of the provincial metropolis in increasingly large quantities as the departments concerned fail to check the practice. ... KHAIRPUR: Flour price rises to Rs16 per kg KHAIRPUR, May 2: The price of wheat flour has gone up to Rs16 per kg from Rs12 per kg throughout the district during the last two days despite the availability of ample wheat stock. ... PESHAWAR: Probation officers' role being ignored - Cases of juvenile offenders PESHAWAR, May 2: The local police and courts have been ignoring the role of probation officers in cases of juvenile offenders, according to legal experts. ... PESHAWAR: School set up in basement PESHAWAR, May 2: A deep basement in the crowded Raam Pura Gate in the walled-city of Peshawar serves as an English medium high school where approximately 250 boys and girls study. ... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Three die as trailer rams into parked bus NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, May 2: Three persons were killed and another was injured when a trailer hit a bus standing at a petrol pump near the Kandiaro bypass early on Sunday. ... PESHAWAR: Rahimdad made PPP provincial president PESHAWAR, May 2: Pakistan People's Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto has nominated Rahimdad Khan as PPP's new chief for the NWFP, after the resignation tendered by Khwaja Mohammed Hoti. ... PESHAWAR: NWFP approves 15pc premium on project costs PESHAWAR, May 2: The NWFP government has approved 15 per cent premium on the sanctioned estimated cost of construction work, accepting a long-standing demand of contractors, official sources told Dawn. ... PESHAWAR: Journalist union's poll on May 10 PESHAWAR, May 2: The Khyber Union of Journalists will elect its office-bearers at the Peshawar Press Club on May 10, a press release said. A meeting of the election committee held here on Sunday issued the final list of candidates. ... KARACHI: Clifton streetlights KARACHI, May 2: Streetlights will be repaired and pye-dogs will be eliminated in the Clifton cantonment area. This assurance was given by the CEO, Clifton cantonment, Owais Ahmed ... HYDERABAD: 5,000 bags of wheat found in cotton mill HYDERABAD, May 2: In a surprise raid, a special task force of food department here on Sunday recovered a huge quantity of wheat stored in a ginning factory in Kotri site. ... HYDERABAD: Power disruption continues HYDERABAD, May 2: Students taking intermediate examinations suffered due to prolonged power suspensions on Saturday. Different sub-divisions of the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company remained without electricity on Saturday. ... QUETTA: Gas blast in house kills boy QUETTA, May 2: A five-year-old boy was killed and five people, including his mother and two sisters, were injured, two of them seriously, in a gas explosion in a house in Kuchlak on Sunday. ... FAISALABAD: Relatives to hold protests against police - 'Torture victim' dies in hospital FAISALABAD, May 2: The Christian youth, who was tortured allegedly by the guard and some students of a seminary, succumbed to his injuries at the Allied Hospital on Saturday night. ... OKARA: Passco unlikely to meet wheat target OKARA, May 2: A small quantity of wheat is reaching the open market this year as compared to the last season. Passco and Food staff posted in the district are the most worried lot these days as they are struggling to meet their procurement targets. ... GUJRANWALA: Jail for parents not sending children to school GUJRANWALA, May 2: The government policy of 'free education for all' is being implemented strictly in the province, and the parents, failing to send their children to school, will be sent to jail. ... BAHAWALPUR: Call to declare palaces national heritage BAHAWALPUR, May 2: As the distribution process of late Nawab Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi's property among his legal heirs and their descendants is in progress, the general public and people from various profession have expressed desire that at least the historical buildings should be made part of the national heritage. ... BAHAWALPUR: Interim report on child's death submitted BAHAWALPUR, May 2: A five-member probe committee headed by Prof Dr Saeed Malik has submitted its interim report about the death of a six-year-old school child due to the alleged negligence of BVH doctors. ... MULTAN: Teenager strangled on suspicion MULTAN, May 2: A teenager was strangled and his body was thrown into a canal by two youths on suspicion of having relations with the sister of one of the accused, police said here on Sunday. ... LAHORE: Authority for uniform building bylaws LAHORE, May 2: The provincial government is considering constitution of a single building control authority for the city district for the enforcement of uniform building bylaws. ... THATTA: Disruption in supply to Karachi feared as water level falls in lake THATTA, May 2: Channels providing water from the Keenjhar lake toThatta and Mirpur Sakro sub-divisions for irrigationhave been closed to avert a possible water shortage in Karachi. ... JACOBABAD: Strike against lawlessness observed JACOBABAD, May 2: Responding to a call given by the Sindh Taraqi Passand Party, a shutter-down strike was observed here on Sunday against law lessness in the town. ... LARKANA: Seminar held on division of Larkana LARKANA, May 2: Speakers at a seminar held here on Sunday on "division of Larkana into two districts: wrong or right" remained divided on the issue. The seminar was held under the auspices of the Earth Lovers Society. ...

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