29 May 2004 Saturday 09 Rabi-us-Saani 1425 KARACHI: Ibad orders removal of KWSB valvemen KARACHI, May 28: Sindh Governor Dr. Ishratul Ibad on Friday ordered the managing director of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board, Brig Iftikhar Haider, to immediately replace all the staff associated with the valve-operation in Karachi. ... KARACHI: Karachi needs 5,000 buses, says WB official KARACHI, May 28: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has said that the City Government has not been transferred full powers under the Sindh Local Government Ordinance (SLGO) as a result of which difficulties are being faced in resolving civic problems. ... KARACHI: Sindhi to be taught as compulsory subject - Marwat KARACHI, May 28: Sindh Education Minister Irfanullah has said Sindhi will be taught as a compulsory subject in all government and private schools. He was speaking as chief guest at the best teachers award ceremony held at Hawkesbay Union Council on Friday. ... KARACHI: Electricity breakdowns continue to irk people KARACHI, May 28: Power breakdowns continued to occur in the city on Friday, as the Karachi Electrical Supply Corporation staff battled with cable faults in Zamzama. ... KARACHI: Poor tourism facilities attributed to law, order KARACHI, May 28: Sindh Minister for Tourism Shabbir Ahmed Qaimkhani has said that Pakistan, especially Sindh, lacked tourism facilities, and noted that law and order situation in the province was a major factor hindering the promotion of tourism. ... KARACHI: SHC reserves order on writ petition KARACHI, May 28: Justice Ataur Rahman of the Sindh High Court reserved order on a writ petition moved by a Pakistani American mother for transfer of custody of her 18-month-old son from his father, who wants to re-emigrate to Pakistan. ... KARACHI: Karachi getting 240mgd unfiltered water KARACHI, May 28: About 240 million gallons (43 per cent) out of the total 550 mg potable water, supplied to Karachi daily, is unfiltered, said KWSB sources. ... KARACHI: High Court quashes death sentence KARACHI, May 28: The Sindh High Court quashed the death sentence and commuted the jail term of two murder accused tried and punished by an anti-terrorism court. ... KARACHI: Effluents giving rise to mutation in animals KARACHI, May 28: Animals living along the Sindh Coast have developed deformed feet due to chemical and industrial waste pouring into the sea from industries located in various areas of the city. ... KARACHI: Girl dies in crossfire in Lyari KARACHI, May 28: A girl died in a crossfire between two groups in Lyari on Friday. Police said that Madiha, 13, was returning home from Madressah when she suffered a bullet wound in a crossfire between two notorious groups of Lyari. ... KARACHI: Ditches claim another - FTC Flyover life KARACHI, May 28: Yet another child - five-year-old Ahmed - lost his life after falling into a ditch dug up in Abbysinnya Lines' Sector 8-B in connection with under-construction FTC Flyover. ... KARACHI: AI observes anniversary KARACHI, May 28: Amnesty International undertakes research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote human rights. ... KASUR: 147 literacy centres in Kasur KASUR, May 28: The district literacy department has registered 5,029 students in 147 centres, which will start functioning from June this year. This was informed in a meeting of the department, chaired by DO Muhammad Hashim Tareen. ... KARACHI: LEAs unearth another subversive plot - Five policemen arrested KARACHI, May 28: While the Law-enforcement agencies have unearthed a plot to carry out terrorist attack using explosive-packed vehicles targeting some foreign interests in the city, police have booked five of their colleagues, posted near the PACC, on charge of negligence. ... KARACHI: Edhi appeals for release of dead Indian's kin KARACHI, May 28: The Edhi Foundation has appealed to the government for the release of the relatives of an Indian fisherman, Pershutam Bawa, who died in the Landhi Jail on May 14. ... KARACHI: Amnesty scheme suffers due to row among depts KARACHI, May 28: Amnesty scheme introduced by the government to regularize illegal buildings in Karachi has been suffering due to inter-departmental row in city district government. ... KARACHI: CHK plans to upgrade casualty department KARACHI, May 28: The Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) is likely to undertake the renovation and upgradation of its casualty department during the next financial year. The project will be a two-phase one, costing Rs8 million in all. ... KARACHI: Illegal speed-breakers to be removed KARACHI, May 28: The Transport and Communication Department of the city government has asked all the town administrations to remove 150 illegal speed breakers built on 32 major thoroughfares in the city. ... KARACHI: Transit of Venus foreseen KARACHI, May 28: Transit of Venus, a unique and rare astronomical event, is scheduled to occur on June 8. According to Met office here on Friday, in Karachi it would be visible for more than six hours, from 1017 hours to 1622 hours. ... ISLAMABAD: Request for postponing by-election rejected ISLAMABAD, May 28: Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Irshad Hasan Khan on Friday rejected Punjab government's request to indefinitely postpone June 20 by-election ... ISLAMABAD: High level of pollutants found in samples - Test reports on Hyderabad water ISLAMABAD, May 28: Multiple pollutants were found in the drinking water supplied to Hyderabad, showed test reports carried out by the local government department and the Sindh Environment Protection Agency (Sepa). ... LAHORE: Crime rate 'alarming' in Punjab LAHORE, May 28: The crime rate in the Punjab has gone up by 24 per cent in the last three months, PPP's Rana Aftab Ahmad claimed in the provincial assembly on Friday. ... LAHORE: Development fund to help complete projects - CM LAHORE, May 28: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has said that the Punjab Development Fund (PDF) will be an effective source for additional resources to ensure timely completion of development and welfare-oriented programmes in the Punjab. ... LAHORE: Immigration firms still working LAHORE, May 28: Some "immigration consultant" firms are still running their businesses in the city despite being booked on charges of human smuggling by the Federal Investigation Agency and having pending cases with courts of law. ... LAHORE: Blasphemy accused dies LAHORE, May 28: An under-trial blasphemy accused, who was attacked and wounded by a policeman on May 25, died in the Lahore General Hospital on Friday. ... PESHAWAR: Govt to revive BD system in Fata PESHAWAR, May 28: A seven-member committee working to devise a representative system for the Federally Administered Tribal Area (Fata), is considering various plans for selection of members for the proposed agency councils in the seven tribal regions, sources said. ... PESHAWAR: Gang-rape suspect produced in court - Assault on two women PESHAWAR, May 28: A suspect arrested in connection with the gang-rape of two sisters, one of whom an eight-month pregnant, at Chughalpura, told a court here on Friday that he had not committed the crime. ... PESHAWAR: Activists of Al Badr released PESHAWAR, May 28: Intelligence agency personnel on Friday released provincial chief of Al Badr organization and seven other activists of the banned Kashmiri outfit after interrogating them for 36 hours, sources told Dawn here on Friday. ... ABBOTTABAD: Good governance linked with access to information ABBOTTABAD, May 28: National Assembly Deputy Speaker Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob has stated that freedom of information is necessary for the promotion of good governance. ... MIRAMSHAH: Foreigners in Fata must register - governor MIRAMSHAH, May 28: Governor Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that all foreigners hiding in the semi-autonomous tribal region should come up for registration and their local protectors should give surety that they would live peacefully in the area. ... MARDAN: Two women, two children shot dead MARDAN, May 28: Two young women and two minor children were shot dead while another child and a man were seriously injured in Rustam village, 29 kilometres from here, on Thursday night. ... HYDERABAD: Judgment in water case reserved HYDERABAD, May 28: District and Sessions Judge Zaheeruddin Leghari on Friday reserved judgment on a human rights application that sought intervention of the court in regard to supply of contaminated water to the people of the district. ... HYDERABAD: Irrigation officials criticized for water crisis HYDERABAD, May 28: Muttahida Qaumi Movement legislators from the district have condemned the alleged irresponsible attitude of irrigation officials which resulted in the death of over one dozen people ... HYDERABAD: Decision on dams to be based on panel's report? - Sherpao stresses consensus among provinces HYDERABAD, May 28: Federal Water and Power Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has said that new dams will be constructed on the basis of the report of parliamentary and technical committees on water resources and consensus among the provinces. ... SHIKARPUR: Murder of two girls termed terrorism SHIKARPUR, May 28: Speakers here at a seminar on the murder of girls Tehmina and Abida Bhutto condemned the killings which were carried out in the name of 'honour'. ... BADIN: 350 breaches in LBOD still unplugged BADIN, May 28: Thousands of people in the district will face a severe threat to their lives and property if breaches occurred in saline drains, including the spinal LBOD drain, and irrigation canals during last year's heavy rains and floods are not plugged soon. ... HARIPUR: CCBs to check corruption, says NRB chief HARIPUR May 28: The Chairman of the National Reconstruction Bureau, Danial Aziz, said on Thursday that poverty alleviation and check on embezzlement of funds in state-sponsored development schemes could be ensured ... QUETTA: Probe ordered into mine explosion QUETTA, May 28: The Balochistan government on Wednesday ordered an inquiry into the Sinjidi coal-mine gas explosion that claimed 15 lives. ... SUKKUR: Police refuse to register kidnapping case SUKKUR, May 28: Police have refused to register the FIR in a kidnapping case citing the issue of jurisdiction as the reason, it was learnt here on Thursday. This is the fourth case of kidnapping in the area in recent days. ... BAHAWALPUR: Bahawalpur far from achieving wheat target BAHAWALPUR, May 28: The district food department has achieved only 68 per cent of the wheat procurement target so far for the three districts in the former Bahawalpur division, according to officials. ... SIALKOT: Murder case against two ASIs SIALKOT, May 28: Uggoki police on Friday registered a murder case against its two ASIs, head constable and two constables. ... GUJRANWALA: Police claim arrest of eight killers - Gujrat carnage GUJRANWALA, May 28: Range DIG Altaf Qamar claimed to have arrested so far eight accused involved in the killing of 14 people in Madina Syedan village, Gujrat, within the fortnight. ... MULTAN: Call to cut duty on cotton waste import MULTAN, May 28: The Pakistan Open-End Spinners Association has demanded the government that it should abolish the 25 per cent duty on the import of cotton waste. ... SHEIKHUPURA: Four alleged rapists remanded SHEIKHUPURA, May 28: The four youngsters, who were arrested by the district police few days ago for allegedly gang-raping and killing a college student, were remanded by the A-Division police on Friday. ...

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