06 May 2004 Thursday 15 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1425 KARACHI: Ibad urges new graduates to lead the nation KARACHI, May 5: About 600 graduates of Bachelor and Master programmes were conferred degrees in various disciplines at the 4th convocation of Jinnah University for Women (JUW) here on Wednesday. ... KARACHI: SBP chief lays stress on economic sovereignty KARACHI, May 5: Emphasizing the importance of maintaining an economic sovereignty, Governor, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Dr Ishrat Husain, said on Wednesday that for banishing poverty ... KARACHI: Committees formed to check encroachment KARACHI, May 5: Sindh government has constituted a district operational committee and town operational committees for removal of encroachment from the city. ... KARACHI: Officials warned over textbook issue KARACHI, May 5: The delay in free supply of textbooks to students of government primary schools in the province was due to negligence and action would be taken against those responsible for the failure ... KARACHI: Breakdowns hit city as KESC faces shortfall KARACHI, May 5: Load shedding accompanied by prolonged breakdowns put thousands of power consumers to great inconvenience on Wednesday ... KARACHI: Another 7 firms keen to operate large buses KARACHI, May 5: Seven more entrepreneurs are willing to bring 280 large buses to the existing fleet of 104 for the city by September. ... KARACHI: Couple told to resolve dispute over child's custody KARACHI, May 5: The Sindh High Court asked an estranged couple to stay together in a hotel here for five days to resolve their differences and adjourned the hearing of the wife's petition for their child's custody till May 11. ... KARACHI: City govt accused of neglecting two towns KARACHI, May 5: Nazims of Baldia and SITE towns have accused the city district government of subjecting their towns to step-motherly treatment, saying that the CDGK has not allocated funds for any project in these towns in its last three budgets. ... KARACHI: Sindh tops in 100pc DOTS coverage - Control of tuberculosis KARACHI, May 5: Sindh has become the first province to achieve 100 per cent coverage of the Directly Observed Treatment Short Course (DOTS), a WHO strategy to treat and control tuberculosis. ... KARACHI: Enforcement of law to protect seafood urged KARACHI, May 5: Sindh Chief Secretary Dr Mutawakkil Kazi on Wednesday advised the fisheries and livestock department to ensure foolproof enforcement of law to protect seafood. ... KARACHI: Students of DCET plan protest KARACHI, May 5: The Students Action Committee, Dawood College of Engineering and Technology (DCET), has condemned the statement by the Federal Minister for Education Zobaida Jalal in which she had directing the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) to accredit the college. ... KARACHI: Power cuts cause water shortage in many areas KARACHI, May 5: Various parts of the city either went without water or received scant supply on Wednesday, adding miseries to the residents of the affected localities in the prevailing hot and sultry weather. ... KARACHI: Tawakkal awarded 10-year RI KARACHI, May 5: An accountability court sentenced on Wednesday Abdul Qadir Tawakkal, a business tycoon, to a 10-year term in a corruption reference. Judge Mrs Qaiser Iqbal of AC-1, also imposed a fine of Rs96.563 million on the convict ... KARACHI: Official assignee challenges court order KARACHI, May 5: The Supreme Court issued on Wednesday notices in a petition moved by the Sindh High Court official assignee against a court order for registration of a case against him. ... KARACHI: Intermediate (Humanities) exams begin on 29th KARACHI, May 5: The second phase of Intermediate annual examinations, (Humanities) would commence on May 29, Controller of Examination of Board Of Intermediate Education, announced on Wednesday. ... KARACHI: Woman, 2 daughters killed in fire KARACHI, May 5: A major fire caused by a candle in the absence of electricity in a home in Bhutta village, Keamari, led to the death of a mother and her two daughters early Wednesday morning. ... LAHORE: Flour supply to NWFP stopped LAHORE, May 5: The Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) on Wednesday announced stopping of flour supplies to the NWFP for four days to show solidarity with the millers there. ... PESHAWAR: VC summoned in degree delay case PESHAWAR, May 5: The Peshawar High Court has summoned the Vice-Chancellor of Al-Khair University, Islamabad, in connection with the delay in issuance of degrees to students. ... ISLAMABAD: 'Rape' victim's family stages protest ISLAMABAD, May 5: Family members of a rape victim from district Narowal on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration in front of the Parliament House against what they called discriminatory attitude of the police in handling the case. ... ISLAMABAD: Pepa prepares guidelines for CNG stations ISLAMABAD, May 5: Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pepa) is working out guidelines for the owners of the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations to get environmental clearance certificates, official sources told Dawn. ... LAHORE: Ghazi Barotha's fifth unit LAHORE, May 5: The Water and Power Development Authority on Wednesday launched the fifth unit of the Ghazi Barotha Hydropower Project amid fears by independent experts that it might not be able to disperse power from the project in the absence of necessary infrastructure. ... LAHORE: Open Air Theatre to be renovated LAHORE, May 5: The historic Bagh-i-Jinnah Open Air Theatre will be renovated at an estimated cost of Rs5 million. Built in 1940 at a hillock in the then Lawrence Gardens ... LAHORE: LDA ordered to allot plot to Jalib's widow LAHORE, May 5: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday ordered the Lahore Develop-ment Authority to allot a residential plot to the widow of poet Habib Jalib. ... PESHAWAR: Plan to set up arms industrial zone hits snags PESHAWAR, May 5: The NWFP government's proposal to establish an industrial zone for arms near Dara Adamkhel has yet to materialize owing to differences cropped up over conditions attached to the plan later. ... PESHAWAR: Supreme Court stays by-polls for UC nazim PESHAWAR, May 5: A two-member bench of the Supreme Court here on Wednesday suspended an order of the Peshawar High Court and stayed bye-elections for a union nazim. ... PESHAWAR: PHC seeks defence ministry's comments - Detention of 4 persons PESHAWAR, May 5: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday directed the ministry of defence to file written comments within one week in reply to two identical petitions challenging alleged illegal detention of four persons by the Pakistan Army for the last two months. ... PESHAWAR: Admission order issued by secretary cancelled PESHAWAR, May 5: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday set aside an order of the provincial health secretary regarding admission of a girl student to Khyber Medical College on a seat reserved for children of overseas Pakistanis. ... PESHAWAR: Vegetable traders hail govt decision PESHAWAR, May 5: Vegetable traders, farmers and Nazims of Chamkani Union Council have welcomed the MMA government's decision to stop the shifting of Subzi Mandi from Inqilab Road and dissolution of a market committee. ... PESHAWAR: Conviction set aside PESHAWAR, May 5: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday set aside the conviction of two former government employees in a case of drug trafficking. ... PESHAWAR: 'Operation theatres for hepatitis patients needed' PESHAWAR, May 5: Operation theatres in public sector hospitals have become a major source of spreading hepatitis, according to knowledgeable sources. ... HYDERABAD: Tribute paid to Hosho Sheedi HYDERABAD, May 5: Sindh Health Minister Naeem Ishtiaque has said that proud nations can never forget their national heroes. He was speaking on the occasion of the 161st death anniversary of Shaheed Hosh Mohammad Sheedi alias Hosho Sheedi ... HYDERABAD: Folk artiste Sanam seeks protection HYDERABAD, May 5: Noted folk artiste Sanam Marui has appealed to higher authorities to provide protection to her and her parents as they are receiving threats of kidnapping and murder. ... HYDERABAD: Recommendations of water committee condemned - Kalabagh dam HYDERABAD, May 5: The Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party has condemned recommendations of the parliamentary committee on water about construction of the Kalabagh dam. ... RAWALPINDI: Boy shot dead in Pindi RAWALPINDI, May 5: A 6th class student was killed while his two cousins were shot and injured in the New Town area on Wednesday, police said. ... QUETTA: Quetta councillors observe hunger strike QUETTA, May 5: The Quetta City District Government Naib Nazim and six other Nazims and councillors observed a four-hour token hunger strike to press the provincial government for giving control of the Water and Sewerage Authority ... SHIKARPUR: Durrani opposed to midterm polls SHIKARPUR, May 5: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said that there is no need for holding midterm elections in the country. Talking to newsmen on Wednesday ... NAWABSHAH: SLGC team inspects uplift schemes NAWABSHAH, May 5: A Sindh Local Government Commission team inspected development works being carried out by the district government here on Wednesday. ... JACOBABAD: Two nabbed, arms and ammunition seized JACOBABAD, May 5: The Bakhshapur police on Wednesday recovered heavy ammunition and explosive material and arrested Tousif Pathan and Tariq Khan Pathan. The police team recovered a big pressure tube with a hole. ... SUKKUR: Crackdown on bandits planned SUKKUR, May 5: A 10-day ultimatum given by police to residents of Kutcho area in the Shah Belo forest to vacate the area ended on Wednesday while many families have moved to other areas. ... BAHAWALPUR: 1m wheat bags stocked by private sector BAHAWALPUR, May 5: Over one million wheat bags have been purchased and hoarded by the private sector in the Bahawalpur district. This was disclosed at a meeting held here on Wednesday to review the government's ongoing wheat procurement drive. ... GUJRANWALA: Two wheat laden trucks seized GUJRANWALA, May 5: A huge quantity of wheat laden on two trucks were seized on Wednesday by police at the Upper Chenab river check point in Wazirabad. ... SHEIKHUPURA: Three of family shot over marriage issue SHEIKHUPURA, May 5: Three family members, including a woman, were shot dead while a man and three women were injured seriously on Wednesday over a marriage issue at Chak 15/16 in the limits of Syedwala police station, some 85kms from here. ... THATTA: Shortage of water persists in Keenjhar THATTA, May 5: With water shortage persisting in the Keenjhar Lake, supply of around 225 cusecs of water from it to Thatta and Mirpur Sakro talukas has been initiated to overcome growing crisis of drinking water in the areas. ... MIRPURKHAS: Kidnapping bid foiled; four held MIRPURKHAS, May 5: Police foiled a bid to kidnap of two persons and arrested four armed outlaws on the Mirpurkhas-Umerkot road here on Tuesday. ...

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