30 May 2004 Sunday 10 Rabi-us-Saani 1425 KARACHI: Written test for teachers held amid disorder KARACHI, May 29: The written test for recruitment of primary school teachers (PSTs) was held amidst confusion and mismanagement at various centres on Saturday. ... KARACHI: Rs1bn needed to combat terrorism: Aftab KARACHI, May 29: Adviser to chief minister on home affairs, Aftab Shaikh, has said that terrorists and saboteurs are using modern technologies and around Rs1,000 million are needed to weed out terrorism. ... KARACHI: New traffic plan soon for Chundrigar Road KARACHI, May 29: The City District Government Karachi has decided to prepare a traffic management plan for I I Chundrigar Road, one of the busiest of the city. ... KARACHI: CS calls for improving quality of road KARACHI, May 29: Sindh Chief Secretary Dr. Mutawakkil Kazi has urged all provincial departments to ensure fair utilization of development funds as this is public money and its wastage or spending in unnecessary works is against moral and religious teachings and the law. ... KARACHI: Two die in accidents KARACHI, May 29: Two people died in road accidents at different places in the city on Saturday. Police said that two people on a motorcycle were hit by a speeding water tanker near Ghani Chowrangi in SITE. ... KARACHI: 2 Harkat men given in police custody KARACHI, May 29: Two alleged activists of banned outfit Harkatul Mujahideen Al-Aalmi were remanded to CID custody till June 3 by Judicial Magistrate, East, Sadaf Asif here on Saturday. ... KARACHI: Projects for coastal regions KARACHI, May 29: The Sindh Coastal Development Authority (SCDA) has proposed five projects worth Rs4 billion for consideration of an Asian Development Bank (ADB) mission, which is due here shortly. ... KARACHI: Contamination issue reviewed KARACHI, May 29: The supply of contaminated water in District Thatta and the situation arising thereof was reviewed at a meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Sardar Ali Muhammad Khan Mahar on Friday. ... KARACHI: Fishermen stage protest KARACHI, May 29: The Fishermen's Co-operative Society (FCS) employees union (CBA) staged a protest rally on Saturday against alleged corruption in FCS. ... KARACHI: WHO drive against hepatitis-B promised KARACHI, May 29: The World Health Organization, in collaboration with federal health ministry, would administer Hepatitis-B vaccination throughout the country, especially in rural areas. ... KARACHI: Foundation of two degree colleges laid KARACHI, May 29: Sindh Minister for Planning and Development Syed Shoaib Ahmad Bokhari, on Saturday, laid the foundation stone of two colleges in Orangi Town and Qasba Colony. ... KARACHI: Traumatized girl to get treatment in Houston KARACHI, May 29: Ten-year old Zakia from Shikarpur, who had lost her leg right from hip-joint and got her urinary tract badly deformed in a road accident at the age of three ... KARACHI: Surgery process screened at NICH KARACHI, May 29: Paediatric surgeons at a workshop on Saturday observed that hirschsprung's disease was a congenital disorder in which babies had severe constipation since birth and ... KARACHI: Shahnaz's poetry speaks out for women KARACHI, May 29: Nishat-e-Hijr, a poetry collection by Ms Shahnaz Noor was launched at Avari Towers on Friday. Dr Saeeda Malik, Minister for Women Development was the chief guest. ... KARACHI: Teachers' centre opened at Sindh Madressah KARACHI, May 29: Federal Education Minister Zobaida Jalal has called for undertaking concerted efforts to make the country moderate and economically strong. ... LAHORE: PWD workers protest against rising prices LAHORE, May 29: Hundreds of Public Works Department employees demonstrated at Lakshmi Chowk here on Saturday to protest the government's failure to control the prices of essential commodities and denial of a pay raise to the salaried group. ... LAHORE: Film producers arrested for human smuggling LAHORE, May 29: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested on Saturday two film producers from Evernew Studio for human smuggling. Assistant director (passport cell) Iftikhar Najmi told Dawn that producers Riaz Gujjar and Shahzad Gujjar had taken Rs1 million from a woman ... PESHAWAR: Truck owners, PSO officials causing loss to exchequer: Transportation charges PESHAWAR, May 29: Various carriage companies with the connivance of the Pakistan State Oil officials at Taru Jabba depot are causing millions of rupees loses to the national exchequer in the head of transportation charges ... PESHAWAR: Need stressed for kidney transplant facilities PESHAWAR, May 29: NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah has directed experts to chalk out a plan for the provision of kidney transplant facilities in the province. ... PESHAWAR: Zia elected president of PHC Bar PESHAWAR, May 29: Advocate Ziaur Rehman of Malgaray Wakeelan (National Lawyers' Forum) was elected President of the Peshawar High Court Bar Association in elections held here on Saturday. ... HYDERABAD: Four officials asked to report to S&GAD: Contaminated water issue HYDERABAD, May 29: The director general of the Hyderabad Development Authority (HDA), Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) managing director, EDO health and Sukkur Barrage chief engineer have been asked to report to S&GAD Karachi immediately ... HYDERABAD: MMA urges action against culprits: Supply of contaminated water HYDERABAD, May 29: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal's women's wing has regretted that 15 days have passed since the release of poisonous water into the River Indus but the government has failed to identify the culprits. ... HYDERABAD: 'WHO team analyzing water samples' HYDERABAD, May 29: Epidemiologist of the World Health Organization, Dr Faizullah Kakar, has said that a WHO team is analyzing various factors that led to the death of several people following supply of contaminated water. ... BANNU: Bannu nursing school needs attention BANNU, May 29: Students of the only nursing school in the district have been facing numerous problems owing to lack of facilities in the institution. ... MANSEHRA: Bandits arrested MANSEHRA, May 29: The city police claimed to have arrested four accused allegedly involved in a robbery case a few days ago at the Ghazikot village and recovered the looted amount. ... NOWSHERA: Sami demands probe into Nowshera incident NOWSHERA, May 29: Maulana Samiul Haq, chief of his own faction of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam and chairman of the Senate standing committee on religious affairs ... QUETTA: Government asked to create more jobs QUETTA, May 29: The Pakhtun Students Federation has demanded of the government to create jobs in the fields of agriculture, health, and engineering to accommodate thousands of qualified youths who are unemployed. ... KHAIRPUR: Power suspension leads to protest KHAIRPUR, May 29: Hundreds of villagers took out a procession in Priyaloi on Friday on the second day of their protest against suspension of power supply by officials of the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company. ... SUKKUR: Efforts on to resolve tribal dispute SUKKUR, May 29: Some social welfare and political organizations have started meetings with Baloch and Mahar Sardars in Sukkur and Ghotki to resolve the dispute among Mahar, Almani and Korai tribes. ... MIRPURKHAS: Policeman booked for assault on girl MIRPURKHAS, May 29: The Kunri police have registered two cases against the additional SHO of the police station for an attempted criminal assault on a 10-year-old girl and taking some intoxicant on Thursday night. ... SANGHAR: 11,000 take test for teaching posts SANGHAR, May 29: More than 11,000 candidates appeared in the test for primary school teachers on Saturday. At least 23 examination centres, three of them for women candidates, were setup in government high schools, polytechnic institutes and colleges. ... THATTA: Demo held to protest polluted water supply THATTA, May 29: A strike was observed in Mirpur Bathoro on Friday against the supply of contaminated water, shortage of irrigation water and frequent power breakdowns in the town. ... FAISALABAD: TMA unhappy about delay in bus stand construction FAISALABAD, May 29: The Tehsil Municipal Administration has expressed its anguish over an inordinate delay in the construction of a general bus stand. ... TOBA TEK SINGH: 10 policemen booked in Toba: Two women tortured TOBA TEK SINGH, May 29: On the orders of the district and sessions court, Rajana police registered a case on Saturday against 10 policemen for torturing two women. ... VEHARI: Rs6m fraud detected in food dept VEHARI, May 29: Two food department officials, rendering their services at a wheat procurement centre, have allegedly escaped with Rs6 million ... GUJRANWALA: Robber shot dead in 'encounter' GUJRANWALA, May 29: A robber was shot dead in an encounter with police while four others escaped near Ahmadnagar on Saturday. ... BAHAWALPUR: 13 file papers for by-polls in Bahawalpur BAHAWALPUR, May 29: As many as 13 candidates filed their nomination papers on Saturday for bypolls on three Punjab Assembly seats. ... BAHAWALPUR: Polio case denied BAHAWALPUR, May 29: The health department officials claimed on Saturday that no indication of polio was found during preliminary investigation in the case of a labourer's infant. ...

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