09 May 2004 Sunday 18 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1425 KARACHI: EC reviews by-election arrangements KARACHI, May 8: Arrangements for by-elections in six constituencies in Sindh were reviewed at a meeting held at the provincial election commission here on Saturday. Justice Muhammad Sadiq Leghari, Member Election Commission, presided over. ... KARACHI: Ibad visits blast victims KARACHI, May 8: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan, City Nazim Naimatullah Khan, provincial ministers and advisers on Saturday visited Liaquat National Hospital where the injured victims of Haidri mosque blast are being treated. ... KARACHI: Postponed HSC papers on 27th KARACHI, May 8: The postponed HSC annual papers of May 8 would now be held on May 27, the Board of Intermediate Education examination controller said on Saturday. ... KARACHI: CS takes notice of power, water crises KARACHI, May 8: Chief Secretary Dr Mutawakkil Kazi has taken strict notice of the persisting power crisis in the city and asked the KESC authorities to rid the citizens of the miseries arising out of the unnecessary suspension of power supply. ... KARACHI: Teachers' recruitment soon KARACHI, May 8: The written test for the recruitment of teachers in Sindh will be conducted in the last week of the current month. This was announced by Sindh Education Secretary Ghulam Ali Pasha, while presiding over a meeting on Saturday. ... KARACHI: CDGK lacks funds for patients' welfare KARACHI, May 8: Sindh government's claims to provide health care facilities to the masses can be gauged from the fact that only Rs2.26 per patient per month ... KARACHI: Jirga system encourages karo-kari: NGO KARACHI, May 8: A non-governmental organization, War Against Rape, has demanded of the authorities to declare karo-kari illegal, as a large number of women are killed on the pretext of that tradition. ... KARACHI: Legal cover for thalassaemia test sought KARACHI, May 8: Pathologists and paediatricians have sought legal provision for pre-marital diagnostic test for thalassaemia besides ante-natal tests for pregnant women with family history of the disease. ... KARACHI: SC issues notice to SHC registrar KARACHI, May 8: The Supreme Court issued a notice to the Sindh High Court registrar on Friday in a petition by an additional district and sessions judge for leave to appeal an SHC division bench order for action against him. ... LAHORE: Millers to review flour price raise next week LAHORE, May 8: The Pakistan Flour Mills Association will review the increase of Rs16 per 20kg in flour prices towards the end of next week. ... LAHORE: Prayer leader found slain LAHORE, May 8: Unidentified people killed a prayer leader in Johar Town here on Saturday. According to police, Qari Zubair, 27, a resident of Khushab ... LAHORE: Timely delivery of gas bills demanded LAHORE, May 8: A number of residents of 'Green Cap Housing Society' and other adjoining localities close to Ferozepur Road have urged the SNGPL management to ensure timely delivery of bills. ... RAWALPINDI: 'Promotion of education vital for economic uplift' RAWALPINDI, May 8: The country will never be able to keep pace with economic and social development at the international level unless it allocates a major chunk of its budget for the promotion of education. ... PESHAWAR: Nazim, naib nazim disqualified PESHAWAR, May 8: An election tribunal here on Saturday disqualified the nazim and naib nazim of Union Council Haryana (Peshawar) and ordered by-elections on the vacant seats. ... PESHAWAR: Atta prices up despite supply from Punjab: Millers stage rally against ban PESHAWAR, May 8: Flour prices in local market registered a sharp increase during the last few days despite an uninterrupted supply of atta from Punjab, shows a survey. ... PESHAWAR: Health information system in disarray: officials PESHAWAR, May 8: Shortage of funds and staff and widespread mismanagement have affected the performance of Health Management Information System, officials told Dawn on Saturday. ... PESHAWAR: Bar council polls result challenged PESHAWAR, May 8: A candidate of recently held NWFP Bar Council polls, Zulfiqar Orakzai, has challenged the election results before the chairman of the council, requesting to declare him as returned candidate. ... PESHAWAR: Implementation of environment laws urged PESHAWAR, May 8: Participants at a seminar on Friday urged upon the government to implement existing laws to check the growing environmental degradation. ... GILGIT: Blast in Gilgit house GILGIT, May 8: An explosive device was lobbed into a house in the Shooti village in the city suburbs early Friday, police said. The device was lobbed through the chimney of the house, they said. ... LANDI KOTAL: Three killed in Khyber Agency LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), May 8: Three persons were killed and one injured in two different incidents in tehsil Jamrud of Khyber Agency on Friday. ... KOHAT: Nazim assures police of help in curbing crime KOHAT, May 8: Malik Asad, district nazim of Kohat, assured the police administration of his full cooperation in the fight against crime especially nabbing the extortionists and the drug pushers. ... MUZAFFARABAD: 3 killed, five hurt in road accident MUZAFFARABAD, May 8: A pedestrian and two members of a Kashmiri militant group were killed while five others suffered critical wounds in a road accident here on Saturday, police and witnesses said. ... LARKANA: Coastal highway plan ready: minister LARKANA, May 8: The Sindh government has decided to construct 300-km-long coastal highway from the Ghaghar Crossing to Ali Bandar. ... MIRPURKHAS: Farmers to pay drainage tax MIRPURKHAS, May 8: The chairman of the Sindh Irrigation Drainage Authority, Abdul Haq has said that the Sindh government has agreed in principle to levy drainage cess (tax) on beneficiaries of drains. ... DADU: 11,000 bags of wheat seized DADU, May 8: Food officials have seized 11,000 bags of hoarded wheat in raids carried out in different parts of the district. ... SHIKARPUR: 31 injured in accident SHIKARPUR, May 8: Thirty-one persons were injured in a collision between a coaster and a Datsun pickup on the Shikarpur-Jacobabad road at the Bypass Road Chowk on Saturday morning. ... MULTAN: Initial report denies rape of girl: Kabirwala case MULTAN, May 8: Initial medical report of the unmarried victim of the Kabirwala case has belied the claim that she was raped. ... KHAIRPUR: 'Devolution system being destroyed': Councillors convention KHAIRPUR, May 8: People's Party Parliamentarians MPA Qaim Ali Shah has said that tribal chieftains have been encouraged by the attitude of Sindh Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Mahar who affixes Sardar to his name. ... SANGHAR: Paedophile targets girl students SANGHAR, May 8: An unidentified paedophile has spread panic in the city by kidnapping and criminally assaulting school-going minor girls. ... HYDERABAD: Karachi carnage condemned HYDERABAD, May 8: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal staged a rally outside the press club here on Saturday to condemn the massacre of people in a Karachi mosque and the demolition of the General Post Office mosque in Hyderabad. ... HYDERABAD: Coal project feasibility report by Sept: expert HYDERABAD, May 8: Dr Ludwig Hormann, the head of mining engineering department, Rheinbraun Engineering, Germany, has said that his company is preparing a feasibility report of the Thar coal project and has finished the exploration phase. ... HYDERABAD: Proposal to set up institutions in rest houses HYDERABAD, May 8: The district council's committee on education has recommended that government buildings like rest houses and inspection bungalows should be used for educational activities with the help of private sector. ... MIRPURKHAS: Water rotation plan announced MIRPURKHAS, May 8: Earlier, the Mithrao division executive engineer, announcing a water rotation programme in five sub-divisions of irrigation department because of a shortfall of 60 per cent of water supply in the Nara Canal ... KHAIRPUR: Couple, child killed over land dispute KHAIRPUR, May 8: A couple and their child were killed by armed persons in the Kuriri village, Khanwari police jurisdiction, on Saturday morning. ...

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