22 May 2004 Saturday 02 Rabi-us-Saani 1425 KARACHI: Governor reviews law, order situation KARACHI, May 21: Governor Ishratul Ibad on Friday presided over a high-level meeting at the Governor's House to review the law and order situation. The meeting reviewed steps for holding transparent by-elections of local governments in Karachi and Khairpur. ... KARACHI: Army to help maintain peace in LB by-elections KARACHI, May 21: All arrangements have been finalized for the holding of by elections to some vacant local bodies seats on May 22 at zila, taluka and town councils level in Sindh. ... KARACHI: Dialogue termed crucial for industrial peace KARACHI, May 21: Speakers at a workshop on Friday stressed the need for encouraging social dialogue between workers and management, for early resolution of issues. ... KARACHI: Steps urged to improve KESC working KARACHI, May 21: Speakers at a meeting on Friday stressed that a professional management be inducted into the Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation to improve its working. ... KARACHI: Court orders measurement of three bungalows - Encroachment on public land KARACHI, May 21: The Sindh High Court ordered on Friday measurement of three bungalows in the KMC Housing Scheme to ascertain the extent of the alleged encroachment on public land. ... KARACHI: Wall journal on environmental issues launched KARACHI, May 21: Speakers at the launching ceremony of a wall journal "Hamara Mahol" focussing on environment and health issues called for maximum involvement of women in the sustainable development programmes across the country. ... KARACHI: Journalists urged to step up efforts against gender discrimination KARACHI, May 21: Sindh Minister for Women Development Dr Saeeda Malik on Friday called upon the journalist community to step up their efforts against gender discrimination and biased attitude against womenfolk. ... KARACHI: Probe likely into IBA's financial irregularities KARACHI, May 21: The Institute of Business Administration is likely to review the alleged financial misconduct of its senior officials during a period of six years, 1994-2000, sources in the institute said. ... KARACHI: Decrease in water level alarms city govt - Keenjhar lake KARACHI, May 21: Acting Nazim Tariq Hassan has expressed concern over outbreak of diarrhoea, gastroenteritis and eye diseases in Hyderabad due to supply of highly polluted drinking water. ... KARACHI: Harkat man given in police custody KARACHI, May 21: Judge Arshad Noor Khan of the Anti-Terrorism Court-III Karachi on Friday remanded Kamran alias Atif, an activist of the banned Harkatul Mujahideen Al-Alami, to police custody till May 27. ... KARACHI: Muttahida activist shot dead in Malir KARACHI, May 21: An activist of Muttahida Qaumi Movement was shot dead outside his house in Malir late Thursday night. ... KARACHI: Two more policemen detained in blast case KARACHI, May 21: Police on early Friday morning picked up two more policemen in connection with the Hydri mosque blast, which claimed many lives. ... KARACHI: US flag set on fire in front of consulate KARACHI, May 21: Some activists belonging to Pasban-i-Aza set on fire the US flag in front of the United States Consulate on Abdullah Haroon Road, as they managed to make their way through security cover of police on Friday. ... KARACHI: 178kg explosives seized, 2 held KARACHI, May 21: Police recovered a huge quantity of explosives and arrested two suspects from Saeedabad on Friday. Baldia Town Police Officer Imran Shaukat told Dawn that on an information about explosives, a raid was conducted in Saeed Goth, Saeedabad. ... ISLAMABAD: Dr Syedna Burhanuddin due today ISLAMABAD, May 21: The spiritual leader of Dawoodi Bohra Jamaat Dr Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin (TUS) will arrive here on Saturday (today) after a period of 10 years, says a handout on Friday. ... ISLAMABAD: Leftist parties emerging again - scholar ISLAMABAD, May 21: Eminent intellectual and educationist Prof Khwaja Masud said that victory of Congress in the Indian election signalled the forward march of progressive forces and the pattern was in evidence in other countries as well. ... ISLAMABAD: Industrial plan for rural areas to be launched ISLAMABAD, May 21: Federal Minister for Industries and Production Liaquat Ali Jatoi has announced to launch the rural industrialization programme. ... ISLAMABAD: Coordinated approach on issues discussed ISLAMABAD, May 21: A conference of information ministers held here on Friday discussed proposals to enhance cooperation to promote a coordinated approach on issues of national and international importance through the media. ... ISLAMABAD: Nearly 2.5m cases pending before judiciary ISLAMABAD, May 21: A backlog of approximately 2.5 million cases are pending at various tiers of the judiciary throughout the country, official figures reveals. ... LAHORE: Proposal to lease out land to foreigners LAHORE, May 21: The Punjab government has drafted a law to improve governance of cooperative housing societies as well as to open up this sector to foreign investors by proposing to lease out land (to foreigners) for 99 years. ... LAHORE: Rs180 billion recovered from the corrupt in 3 years - NAB LAHORE, May 21: Punjab National Accountability Bureau director-general Maj-Gen Masood Alam has said the NAB had recovered nearly Rs180 billion from the corrupt during three years. ... LAHORE: CM says no compromise on reforms programme LAHORE, May 21: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi said on Friday that the government would not compromise on its reform programme in education, health, agriculture and other sectors. ... LAHORE: LHC division bench to hear Leaguers' petitions LAHORE, May 21: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Husain Chaudhry on Friday constituted a division bench to hear the petitions of seven PML-N leaders - including three MPAs - against their detention. ... LAHORE: Call to withdraw sales tax on fertilizer, pesticides LAHORE, May 21: Farmer bodies from the Punjab on Friday called for constitution of board of governors, with heavy representation of growers, to oversee the agriculture, water management and research wings. ... PESHAWAR: Local govt by-election today PESHAWAR, May 21: By-election to vacant seats of nazims and naib nazims in five districts of the province is being held on Saturday. The election was being held in Swabi, Nowshera, Hangu and Tank and for a single seat of Town-I, Peshawar ... PESHAWAR: Additional tax declared illegal PESHAWAR, May 21: The Peshawar High Court has declared a sub-section of the Sales Tax Act, 1990, ultra vires to the Constitution and has ruled as unconstitutional the levy of additional three per cent tax on manufacturers for supply to non-registered persons of such items which are chargeable to sales tax on retail price. ... PESHAWAR: Patients denied benefit of govt move PESHAWAR, May 21: The government has scrapped the share of doctors and paramedics in the user charges at its hospitals, but it has not passed on the decision's benefit to patients disregarding the promise it had made to them, it is learnt. ... RAWALPINDI: PML-N leader escapes arrest RAWALPINDI, May 21: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leader Chaudhry Tanveer eluded a police party which had come to arrest him on Thursday night, an official source said. ... PESHAWAR: Afghans buying discarded arms - Demand in Dara Adamkhel increases PESHAWAR, May 21: Private militias in Afghanistan have purchased alarge quantity of discarded weapons from Dara Adamkhel to hoodwink the Karzai government during the disarmament campaign. ... HYDERABAD: Nationalists urge united struggle for rights HYDERABAD, May 21: Nationalist and peasant leaders of the province have called upon the Sindhi nation to unite on one platform to launch a struggle for their rights. ... HYDERABAD: Govt must provide clean water: JI HYDERABAD, May 21: Jamaat-i-Islami Sindh Amir Dr Mumtaz Memon has said that the government has miserably failed to provide clean drinking water to the people of Sindh. He was addressing party workers at Paretabad here on Thursday night. ... HYDERABAD: Irrigation dept responsible for water crisis, says adviser HYDERABAD, May 21: The adviser to the Sindh chief minister on local government, kutchi abadis and special development, Mr Waseem Akhtar, has held the irrigation department responsible for water crisis in the district. ... KHAIRPUR: By-polls for district Naib Nazim today KHAIRPUR, May 21: A close contest for the post of district Naib Nazim is expected between Bibi Irshad Jilani of the Khairpur Dost Panel and Sher Mohammad Phulpoto of the Awam Dost Panel on Saturday. ... HYDERABAD: Petition dismissed HYDERABAD, May 21: A division bench of the Sindh High Court Hyderabad circuit on Thursday dismissed a petition of 34 sacked employees of the Hyderabad Civil Hospital and directed them to approach the Services Tribunal. ... MIRPURKHAS: Police use batons to disperse protesters MIRPURKHAS, May 21: Many people were injured when police resorted to a baton- charged around 300 residents who were protesting against the non-supply of drinking water to their areas on Friday. ... RAWALPINDI: Call to announce poultry policy RAWALPINDI, May 21: The chief of World Poultry Science Association and leading poultry expert Dr Mohammad Sadiq has said the government should announce its poultry policy. ... QUETTA: Gwadar and Makran face foodstuff shortage QUETTA, May 21: Gwadar and its adjoining areas have been facing acute shortage of edible items because of a ban imposed by security forces on sale and purchase of Iranian goods in the area. ... SUKKUR: One more killed, two kidnapped as tribal clashes continue SUKKUR, May 21: One more Mahar tribesman was killed and two others were kidnapped as clashes among Almani, Mahar, Korai and other tribes continued for the second day in Ghokti and other areas on Friday. Two houses were also set on fire. ... CHITRAL: Spoilt wheat being destroyed in Chitral CHITRAL, May 21: Officials of the district food department have started destroying a large quantity of wheat found unfit for human consumption. The spoilt wheat was stored in warehouses. ... MANSEHRA: House robbed near Mansehra MANSEHRA, May 21: Four robbers broke into the house of a school owner in the Ghazikot village on Thursday night and took away cash and jewellry worth over Rs450,000, police officials said. ... BAHAWALPUR: Future of 200 paramedics at stake BAHAWALPUR, May 21: The government's failure to keep the affiliation of private sector educational institutions transparent continues to play with the future of younger generation. ... SIALKOT: Sialkot achieves wheat target SIALKOT, May 21: The district government claimed on Friday to have achieved the wheat procurement target of 610,000 million bags. District Food Controller Rohail Butt told a meeting here that the wheat had been purchased at Rs350 per 40kg. ... SARGODHA: 80 families deprived of homes by landlord SARGODHA, May 21: A landlord has allegedly demolished some 80 houses of the poor and occupied 50 kanal land at Juara Skesar village, about 16 kilometres from here. ... SHKIKHUPURA: Heat wave - an endurance test SHEIKHUPURA, May 21: Persistent hot and dry weather has become an endurance test for people, who are facing a great deal of difficulty in performing daily chores. ... GUJRAT: Inquiry into Gujrat killings initiated GUJRAT, May 21: An inquiry into Madina Syedan incident has been initiated in which 14 people were murdered and 16 others were injured last week. ... MULTAN: Model University Ordinance rejected MULTAN, May 21: The general body of the Bahauddin Zakariya University Academic Staff Association has rejected the Model University Ordinance and the Tenure Track System. ... GUJRANWALA: Not-for-sale books being marketed GUJRANWALA, May 21: Textbooks of primary schools meant for free distribution among students are being marketed openly, making a mockery of the Punjab government claim. ... KARACHI: Impersonation case reported in HSC exams KARACHI, May 21: Only one case of impersonation has yet been reported during the ongoing HSC annual examinations, said examination officials at the Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi. ...

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