12 May 2004 Wednesday 21 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1425 KARACHI: 0.2m houses needed in Sindh annually - Ibad KARACHI, May 11: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said that there is a need to build 200,000 houses annually in the province and housing schemes are being prepared in this regard. ... KARACHI: Two LJ men given life term in PSO blast case KARACHI, May 11: Two workers of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, prosecuted in the PSO blast case, were awarded multiple sentences including life term on two counts by an anti-terrorism court on Tuesday. ... MULTAN: HRCP for action against killers of tribesmen MULTAN, May 11: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has demanded stern action against all those responsible for the killings of eight tribesmen in cold blood in Rojhan area of Rajanpur district by police in a fake encounter. ... HYDERABAD: Election petition sent to CEC HYDERABAD, May 11: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Tuesday sent an election petition of People's Party Parliamentarians' defeated candidate against Muttahida Qaumi Movement's minority MNA Devdas to the Chief Election Commissioner for disposal. ... KARACHI: Collection of poems launched KARACHI: Dr Muhammad Haroon Siddiqui Shahid launched his second collection of verses - Suno hamein bhi - at the Arts Council on Monday. A poet, a medical doctor and also chief of a pharmaceutical company ... KARACHI: High court suspends ban on bachat bazaars KARACHI, May 11: The Sindh High Court suspended on Tuesday a city district government (CDGK) decision to ban bachat (fair price) bazaars routinely organized in various localities of the city. ... KARACHI: 92 applicants registered for PTA's fix operation KARACHI, May 11: Some 92 applicants have got themselves registered with the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority for operation of fix telephone service in the country. ... KARACHI: Judge calls for bomb disposal training KARACHI, May 11: An anti-terrorism court judge expressed dissatisfaction over the incompetence of the bomb disposal squad and asked the authorities to impart proper training and education to them. ... KARACHI: Teaching resumes at Sindh Madressah KARACHI, May 11: Teaching resumed at the Sindh Madressatul Islam on Tuesday as police handed over the possession of the madressah's mosque, hit by a fatal bomb blast on May 7, back to the institutions administration. ... KARACHI: Facilities sought to save people from blindness KARACHI, May 11: Medical experts at a seminar on Tuesday urged the government to provide laser, angiography and other machines in all health care facilities of the country to save the 8.4 million people who were potentially blind ... KARACHI: Death toll rises to 15 in mosque blast KARACHI, May 11: The death toll in the Hyderi mosque blast rose to 15 as another victim of the blast succumbed to his wounds at a private hospital. The deceased has been identified as Nihal Zaidi, a resident of Gulistan-i-Jauhar. ... KARACHI: Petitioner allowed to list museum antiquities KARACHI, May 11: The Sindh High Court asked the archaeology department on Tuesday to allow a petitioner to catalogue the books and antiquities preserved at the central archaeological library and museum ... ISLAMABAD: Govt striving for women empowerment, says adviser ISLAMABAD, May 11: The economic empowerment of women is necessary to enable them to stand on their own feet and ensure their progress in the society, advisor to the prime minister on women development, Nilofar Bakhtiar, said on Monday. ... ISLAMABAD: 'Crimes against women increased by 50pc' ISLAMABAD, May 11: Over 40,000 women representatives are present in elected bodies, however, not a single law has been passed to provide protection to women, and their miseries are on the increase, said a report ... ISLAMABAD: Perks of top 100 officers cost half a billion ISLAMABAD, May 11: Pakistan's civil bureaucracy may be the top heaviest among Third World countries with its 100 front-line civil servants costing the government nearly half a billion rupees annually. ... ISLAMABAD: Delay in road construction hits tourism ISLAMABAD, May 11: The ministry of environment feels that the inordinate delays in the construction of 55-kilometre Khwaza Khel-Kalam Road was affecting tourism in the area. ... LAHORE: Crackdown on hoarders from tomorrow - Strategy for wheat procurement LAHORE, May 11: The Punjab government on Tuesday worked out a phased strategy for meeting its wheat procurement target. In the first phase, food department teams will start raids on the stocks of wheat hoarders from Thursday (tomorrow). ... LAHORE: Court order on Jhang by-poll suspended LAHORE, May 11: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday suspended the order of a single bench that deferred by-election on a National Assembly seat from Jhang (NA-89) on grounds of volatile law and order situation in the area. ... OKARA: 72 booked in Okara farms' incident OKARA, May 11: The Cantonment police on Tuesday registered a case against 72 tenants in the village 15/4L incident. The case has been registered on the report of a retired hawaldar, Muhammad Ashiq, supervisor of the 82-acre land. ... LAHORE: LDC opposition for withdrawal of raise in water rates LAHORE, May 11: The Lahore District Council opposition leaders have demanded withdrawal of 80 per cent increase in water bills imposed without the approval of the council and refund of amounts recovered on this account. ... LAHORE: Lahorites suffer on season's hottest day LAHORE, May 11: With police barricading roads, people faced a great deal of inconvenience here on Tuesday, specially late in the afternoon. ... LAHORE: Policemen maltreat journalists LAHORE, May 11: Police maltreated journalists and human rights activists at a picket on Amjad Chowk in the cantonment on Tuesday. ... LAHORE: Lawyers, police trade bricks LAHORE, May 11: Police stormed the Lahore High Court premises while chasing lawyers who have gathered there to set for the airport to welcome Shahbaz Sharif. ... PESHAWAR: Plan to form association of Aids patients PESHAWAR, May 11: An HIV positive man has planned to form an association of AIDS patients to create awareness about the disease and remove the stigma attached to the infection. ... PESHAWAR: Juvenile offender appeals for mercy to president PESHAWAR, May 11: A juvenile offender, Qismat Khan, serving 45-year rigorous imprisonment under the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) in Haripur central prison has appealed to President Gen Pervez Musharraf to commute his sentence ... PESHAWAR: Ex-official of CBR offloaded at airport PESHAWAR, May 11: Officials of the Federal Investigation Agency on Tuesday offloaded a former member of the Central Board of Revenue, Abdul Hamid Khan, from a Dubai-bound flight at the Peshawar International Airport. ... PESHAWAR: Number of quacks in NWFP increasing PESHAWAR, May 11: The increasing number of fake homoeopath doctors operating in Peshawar and elsewhere in the province, has become a source of concern to the patients, medical experts told Dawn here on Tuesday. ... PESHAWAR: A town without basic amenities PESHAWAR, May 11: The people of Al Badr town in the Haji Camp area are living without basic amenities since long. They have time and again demanded that the basic facilities should be provided ... PESHAWAR: PHC orders case against policemen: Death of student in 'encounter' PESHAWAR, May 11: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday ordered the local police to register an FIR against four police personnel accused of killing a boy in a fake police encounter. ... PESHAWAR: Killer gets life term PESHAWAR, May 11: Additional district and sessions judge Younus Khan on Tuesday convicted a man of killing a boy and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The convict was also fined Rs150,000. ... HYDERABAD: High Court quashes FIR against woman HYDERABAD, May 11: The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court has ordered to quash an FIR lodged against a married woman under the Zina and Hudood laws. ... HYDERABAD: Team begins probe into textbook printing delay HYDERABAD, May 11: A three-member team of the Sindh education department has begun inquiry to determine causes of delay in printing of textbooks and their availability in the market before the beginning of the academic year. ... HYDERABAD: Dams on River Indus opposed HYDERABAD, May 11: The Sindh Water Committee has reiterated its demand that work on the greater Thal canal should be stopped forthwith and plans to construct dams on the River Indus and its tributaries be shelved. ... HYDERABAD: HRCP seeks inquiry into girls' murders HYDERABAD, May 11: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan's Special Task Force on Sindh has demanded a judicial investigation into the killing of two young girls, Abida and Tehmina, in Shikarpur. ... RAWALPINDI: Bus torching case - terrorism charges removed RAWALPINDI, May 11: The anti-terrorism court number II on Tuesday observed that terrorism charges could not be operated against the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) MNA, Zamurrad Khan, and two office-bearers of Muttahida Transport Action Committee ... QUETTA: Congo virus kills four of a family QUETTA, May 11: Four members of a family have died after contracting Congo virus, doctors confirmed here on Tuesday. "Three members of the family died in Qila Saifullah ... SUKKUR: Sit-in bid foiled, 15 arrested SUKKUR, May 11: Police arrested more than 15 persons and resorted to baton-charge on about 200 protesters, belonging to the Khoso tribe, at the new bus terminal here on Tuesday. ... LARKANA: Govt-traders talks on market fee fail LARKANA, May 11: Talks between the provincial agriculture minister and trade bodies regarding the modus operandi of market committee tax have failed. ... KHAIRPUR: Protest against water shortage KHAIRPUR, May 11: A large number of residents took out a procession here on Tuesday to protest against non-supply of potable water in different parts of the city. ... SHIKARPUR: Suspension of power supply resented SHIKARPUR, May 11: The inhabitants of Daro, Mirzanpur and New Amrote villages held a demonstration near Daro village on the Lakhi-Naudero road on Monday to protest against suspension of power supply to their villages over the past 12 days. ... DADU: Oil firms urged to recruit local people DADU, May 11: A large number of activists of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q, youth wing, took out a procession here on Tuesday to protest against the oil and gas companies for not providing jobs to local people ... KHAIRPUR: Groups of bandits clash; one killed KHAIRPUR, May 11: One person was killed in a clash between two groups of bandits in the kutcha area, Ahmad Bux police station jurisdiction, here on Tuesday evening. ... BAHAWALPUR: Major hoarders of wheat identified BAHAWALPUR, May 11: The district food department will forcibly buy the 39,000 wheat bags allegedly hoarded by seven influential individuals, five ginners of Hasilpur among them, within few days. ... HANGU: Kidnappers' homes torched in Hangu HANGU, May 11: A tribal lashkar torched homes of five alleged kidnappers in the Zargari area, some 25 kilometres from here on Tuesday, and fined each of the captors to pay Rs200,000 to the victim. ... GUJRAT: PML-N activists clash with police in Punjab towns GUJRAT, May 11: Hundreds of PML-N leaders and activists were arrested across the Punjab on Tuesday with many others managing to enter Lahore to welcome their leader Mian Shahbaz Sharif. ... SIALKOT: 40 govt schools lack facilities SIALKOT, May 11: More than 8,500 students of 40 government primary schools in four union councils, Kamalpur, Gadgor, Kapurpur and Seowal, have been studying in the worst situation. ...

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