17 May 2004 Monday 26 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1425 KARACHI: City to face water shortage today KARACHI, May 16: The city's overall water supply will be affected badly on Monday as the pumping of water to the city from the Dhabeji pumping station's Phase-II remained suspended for more than 10 hours (from 10.20am to 8.30pm) on Sunday. ... KARACHI: Body set up to probe engineer's appointment KARACHI, May 16: The Director-general, Ports and Shipping, following a controversy over a recent appointment of a chief engineer and ship surveyor in the federal communications ministry, has constituted a committee to look in to the issue, it is learnt reliably. ... KARACHI: Narco gangs make life miserable in Lyari KARACHI, May 16: More than 50 people, mostly youths, have been killed in various shootouts between two narco gangs in the narrow streets of Lyari in the recent past. ... KARACHI: Effects of colonial rule refuse to go - Seminar KARACHI, May 16: The British colonial rule has left a host of influences on the polity and social behaviours in subcontinent that are mostly adverse but which have hitherto proved to be indelible. ... KARACHI: 'All about lifestyles' attracts big crowds KARACHI, May 16: A record-breaking number of people visited the Expo Centre on Sunday which housed the "All about lifestyles" exhibition, organized by the Dawn Group of Newspapers. Sunday was the last day of the three-day mega-event. ... KARACHI: Symposium on nematodes begins today KARACHI, May 16: A three-day international symposium on "Biodiversity of nematodes in Pakistan" will begin here on Monday, under the aegis of National Nematological Research Centre, the University of Karachi. ... KARACHI: Quality education stressed KARACHI, May 16: In the present era the responsibilities of teachers have increased as the society expects them to equip students with quality education and leading character. ... KARACHI: Young man commits suicide KARACHI, May 16: A young man committed suicide by hanging himself from ceiling in Joharabad on Sunday. Police, quoting the victim's family, said that Mohammad Younus, 34, was mentally ill and his brother had brought him from Narowal for his treatment. ... KARACHI: 2 suspects killed in 'encounter' KARACHI, May 16: Two suspected bandits were shot dead by police on Mauripur Road on Sunday. Police claimed that three armed men were trying to snatch a car (AFS-355) from a man, Eid Mohammad, on Mauripur Road in the limits of Kalri police station ... LAHORE: Decision on wheat import likely on 24th LAHORE, May 16: The government may decide to import wheat at the next meeting of the Federal Wheat Disposal Comm-ittee on May 24. According to sources in the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (Minfal) ... LAHORE: Heat wave intensifies LAHORE, May 16: The heatwave intensified on Sunday despite the Met office forecast for a dust storm and light rain in the city. It remained hot and dry all over the country with the highest temperature being recorded in Nawabshah at 46 degrees Celsius. ... PESHAWAR: Court takes up Nazims' petition tomorrow - Provincial govt's steps challenged PESHAWAR, May 16: The Peshawar High Court will take up for hearing on Tuesday a joint writ petition filed by 20 of the 24 district nazims in the NWFP against the provincial government. ... PESHAWAR: Police accused of violating law PESHAWAR, May 16: Police have been violating provisions of the Constitution and Criminal Procedure Code (CrCP) by keeping accused persons in detention without producing them before the court concerned ... PESHAWAR: Number of unregistered Madressahs rising PESHAWAR, May 16: Despite the federal government's ban on registring of new seminaries, the mushrooming of Madressahs goes unabated in the NWFP and the adjacent tribal areas. ... PESHAWAR: Frontier seeks NFC award before budget PESHAWAR, May 16: NWFP Finance Minister Sirajul Haq has urged the federal government to announce the National Finance Commission (NFC) award prior to the next budget. ... PESHAWAR: Govt asked to promote use of iodised salt PESHAWAR, May 16: Speakers at a seminar have asked the government for facilities to promote the use of iodised salts in certain districts of the province. ... SWABI: Textbook shortage in Swabi SWABI, May 16: Textbooks of different classes are still in short supply in the market despite the passage of 46 days of the new academic year. The shortage has badly affected students of primary classes. ... DADU: Oil firm spending 1pc of profit on area uplift - Nazim DADU, May 16: Johi Union Council Nazim Mohammad Usman Jamali has said that the BHP oil and gas company is spending only one per cent of its profit on the social sector. ... HYDERABAD: Delay in distribution of books criticized HYDERABAD, May 16: School students of Hussainabad and Qasimabad held a protest demonstration and staged a sit-in outside the local press club on Sunday. ... HYDERABAD: Toxic water affecting power generation HYDERABAD, May 16: Electricity generation has been badly affected at the Jamshoro Thermal power house and the Lakhra coal projects for several days due to the release of Manchhar lake's poisonous water in the River Indus. ... FAISALABAD: ISO rally in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, May 16: A large number of the Imamia Students Organization activists took out on Sunday a procession to condemn the high incidences of terrorism in the country. ... THATTA: Tax recovery in rain-hit areas opposed THATTA, May 16: Pakistan Muslim League MNA Ayaz Ali Shah Shirazi has taken notice of directives issued by the DDO revenue to Mukhtiarkars of all talukas to achieve the recovery target of Rs878,430 as land tax (Dhal) and water charges (Abiyano) for the Kharif 2003-04. ... RAWALPINDI: Lack of coordination among civic agencies RAWALPINDI, May 16: The city's three main civic agencies - Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA), Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) and the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) ... QUETTA: 'Compromise on mega projects not possible' QUETTA, May 16: National Party leaders said on Sunday that Baloch nationalist forces will not compromise with the military rulers on development projects in Balochistan, which were aimed at depriving the people of the province of its wealth. ... QUETTA: Banned group linked to Ashura suicide attack QUETTA, May 16: Balochistan police have claimed to have traced out the gang involved in an attack on Ashura procession here on March 2 and identified the two terrorists who blew themselves up after firing and throwing grenades. ... QUETTA: Preacher in Quetta feared kidnapped QUETTA, May 16: A Christian preacher, Wilson Fazal, is feared to have been kidnapped, his family members said on Sunday. Wilson Fazal had been receiving threatening letters from an unknown extremist group for the past five days ... SARGODHA: Families of slain judges want case shifted SARGODHA, May 16: Families of the four judges killed on the Sialkot district jail premises have voiced their concern over the authorities 'failure' to hold an impartial inquiry against the principal accused. ... SIALKOT: Chinese to assist Daska machinery makers SIALKOT, May 16: Chinese agricultural technology experts say they will provide advanced technical assistance to Daska-based farm machinery manufacturers in collaboration with the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council ... MULTAN: Bid to save accused policemen - Gang-rape of gypsy girls MULTAN, May 16: The thrust of the ongoing police investigation into the gang-rape of two gypsy singers seems to establish that the perpetrators were not the policemen. ... DERA GHAZI KHAN: Khushali Bank loans too costly for the poor DERA GHAZI KHAN, May 16: The Khushali Bank of Pakistan has failed to ameliorate the lot of the poverty-stricken people in spite of dispensing micro loans worth millions of rupees in Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur districts. ... MIANWALI: Two sisters rescued from Wani MIANWALI, May 16: Musakhel police rescued two girls which were to be handed over to their rivals as Wani in accordance with the decision of a panchayat. ... NAROWAL: Eight killed in bus crash NAROWAL, May 16: Eight people were killed and 15 others sustained injuries, four of them serious, when a speeding bus plunged into a ditch near Karkeke Morr on Narowal-Shakargarh Road on Sunday morning. ...

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