10 May 2004 Monday 19 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1425 KARACHI: MQM accuses rivals of attacking poll offices KARACHI, May 9: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Sunday accused the PPP and Jamaat-i-Islami activists of attacking and ransacking their election offices, uprooting their camps and resorting to violence against their workers. ... KARACHI: STB accepts low quality printing paper KARACHI, May 9: The paper imported from Indonesia for the printing of textbooks for government primary schools has been found to be substandard, sources said. It was learnt that the Sindh Textbook Board ... KARACHI: Policing - misplaced emphasis KARACHI, May 9: The setting sun of Friday left behind a trail of blood - 15 dead and about 100 maimed - from a bomb explosion in a mosque located in one of the oldest educational institutions of Sindh, the Sindh Madressah. ... KARACHI: Paucity of funds hits KFHA projects KARACHI, May 9: The Karachi Fisheries Harbour Authority (KFHA) could not launch its major development projects during the current fiscal due to paucity of funds, a fisheries source confirmed on Saturday. ... KARACHI: Trend of raising high rises ruining utility services KARACHI, May 9: A number of multi-storey buildings have already been built on residential plots while several other houses are in the process of being converted into high rise buildings in the city's oldest posh locality of Garden East. ... KARACHI: Rock carvings in Khirthar range KARACHI, May 9: A team of researchers and archaeologists has discovered a series of petroglyphic sites in the Khirthar mountain range during their research regarding the activities of the ancient people ... KARACHI: Ex-policeman kills youth KARACHI, May 9: An alleged former activist of a political party and ex-policeman shot dead a young man and wounded the victim's four brothers over a petty issue in Korangi on Sunday. ... LAHORE: Hoarding of wheat is real issue - Punjab LAHORE, May 9: The Punjab says the 'real issue' haunting the federating units is not wheat but hoarding and business interests of the private sector. Briefing newsmen on the wheat controversy here on Sunday ... LAHORE: CPSP clarifies stance on accreditation LAHORE, May 9: The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan says it has not withdrawn accreditation from obstetrics and gynaecology departments of the King Edward Medical College. ... PESHAWAR: Murdered girl's parents being pressurised for compromise PESHAWAR, May 9: The family of a four-year-old girl, raped and killed a month ago, is under pressure from a local jirga to enter into a compromise with the family of accused. ... PESHAWAR: Call to enforce environment laws PESHAWAR, May 9: Environmental magistrates on Sunday called for suitable regulations for effective implementation of the Pakistan Environmental Protection Act (PEPA) 1997. ... PESHAWAR: Teachers want varsity posts reserved for educationists PESHAWAR, May 9: Peshawar University Teachers Association has condemned the appointment of retired army generals on high-profile posts in education department and has urged the government to replace them with educationists. ... MANSHERA: 'No bird flu in Mansehra' MANSEHRA, May 9: Poultry farmers on Sunday rejected reports about the spread of bird flu in the Masehra district terming them baseless and unfounded. They said the reports were part of a bid to destroy the local poultry industry. ... PESHAWAR: Major's son kidnapped for ransom PESHAWAR, May 9: The son of an army major was kidnapped for ransom from Shami Road when he was on his way to college, sources in police told Dawn here on Sunday. ... HYDERABAD: 80 road schemes in the doldrums - Non-release of sugar cess funds HYDERABAD, May 9: Around 80 road schemes in the district are lying incomplete as the Sindh finance department has not released sugar cess funds of Rs82 million, sources told this correspondent on Sunday. ... HYDERABAD: Protest against Karachi carnage continues HYDERABAD, May 9: The Asgharia Students Organization staged a protest march from Kadamgah Maula Ali to the press club here on Sunday to protest against the Hyderi mosque carnage in Karachi. ... KHAIRPUR: Part of tree falls on students: 'Open air' school KHAIRPUR, May 9: A schoolteacher, Mohammad Bux Mallah, and 13 students were injured when a portion of a tree fell on them in Agra town, Sobhodero taluka, on Saturday. ... BADIN: Plea to plug LBOD breaches BADIN, May 9: The district council at its Saturday's session called on the Sindh government to take measures and plug breaches in the Left Bank Outfall Drain before the advent of monsoon. ... SANGHAR: 40-foot canal breach swamps crop SANGHAR, May 9: A forty-foot breach occurred in the Dim branch at Deh 15 near Khadro early on Sunday. A large number of villagers reached the spot to plug the breach while irrigation department officials also arrived to supervise the plugging work. ... QUETTA: Medical facilities for quake victims QUETTA, May 9: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousuf has directed the civil hospital authorities to provide all required treatment and medicines to the people injured in the earthquake of Sunday. ... RAWALPINDI: Contingency plans for all airports RAWALPINDI, May 9: The government has decided to put in place contingency plans at all the airports 12 hours before the expected arrival of PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif, an official source told Dawn on Sunday. ... THATTA: Protesters block highway THATTA, May 9: Hundreds of enraged residents staged a sit-in on the National Highway here on Sunday to protest against acute shortage of water in the town for two weeks. The highway blockade resulted in suspension of vehicular traffic for two hours. ... QUETTA: BNM for united front in Balochistan QUETTA, May 9: The leadership of the Baloch National Movement has called on political groups in the province, nationalists, tribal elders, religious figures, student organizations, merchants, small farmers, labourers ... MULTAN: Police clueless in double murder MULTAN, May 9: Police are groping in the dark to resolve the mystery of a double murder in which a woman and her four-year-old daughter were found slain at Shalimar Colony here on Saturday night. ... SAHIWAL: Relatives not allowed to meet jailed MPA SAHIWAL, May 9: The Punjab government has barred the political detainees from meeting their relatives and friends. The ban came to light when local PML-N president Malak Nadeem Kamran and former federal minister Muhammad Zaman of Okara went to the central jail to see a party MPA ... SIALKOT: Punjab teachers to participate in Islamabad protest SIALKOT, May 9: More than 50,000 teachers from the Punjab would participate in the march, being organized by the Muttahida Mahaz-i-Asatza, Pakistan, in Islamabad on May 12. ... FAISALABAD: Call to cap yarn export to avert textile crisis FAISALABAD, May 9: Textile exporters, powerloom weavers and hosiery manufacturers have called upon to cap the yarn export, bring retailers to sales tax net, raid hoarders' godowns and ban post business hours trade to bring down the yarn prices to save the textile industry from crisis. ... BAHAWALPUR: Auction of Nawab's cars fetches Rs10m BAHAWALPUR, May 9: The auction of 26 vehicles of the late Nawab of Bahawalpur Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi V generated over Rs10 million income ... MULTAN: Situation again grows tense on Okara farms MULTAN, May 9: The situation on the Okara Military Farms once again became tense between the farm management and the tenants on Sunday when the former reportedly attempted to take over the disputed lands with the help of a heavy police contingent. ... RAWALPINDI: Minister says WTO to benefit agri, textile sectors RAWALPINDI, May 9: The country's agriculture and textile sectors could achieve major gains from entering the World Trade Organisation (WTO), said Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan here on Saturday night. ...

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