09 June 2004 Wednesday 20 Rabi-us-Saani 1425 HYDERABAD: Bodies formed to ensure supply of safe water HYDERABAD, June 8: DCO Mohammad Hussain Syed here on Monday notified the formation of the Water Quality Management Committee to ensure supply of safe water by the Water and Sanitation Agency to the city. ... KARACHI: Construction of 20 roads to begin soon, says nazim KARACHI, May 8: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has said that construction of 20 new major roads would begin in the next three months, which would be completed by 2005. ... HYDERABAD: Dist govt expects 15pc increase in budget HYDERABAD, June 8: The district government is preparing budget estimates for the fiscal year 2004-05 expecting 15 per cent (Rs450 million) increase in its budget by the Sindh government. ... KARACHI: Two suicide bombings - worst among 140 blasts KARACHI, June 8: As many as 1,110 casualties in about 140 blasts in the metropolis have been reported since 1990, the data compiled by Dawn shows. ... KARACHI: Followers celebrate Syedna's birthday KARACHI, June 8: Like elsewhere in the world, the Dawoodi Bohra community in Pakistan celebrated the 93rd birthday of its spiritual leader Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin on Tuesday. ... KARACHI: Community's involvement in coastal uplift urged - World Ocean Day KARACHI, June 8: Participants of a panel discussion on coastal resource management underlined the need to evolve a development plan by involving the community representatives from coastal areas. ... KARACHI: Awards for advertising agencies announced KARACHI, June 8: The Pakistan Advertising Association (PAA) on Tuesday announced the 18th PAA Excellence Awards-2004, for its member advertising agencies, for the period from January to December 2001-02. ... KARACHI: Venus transit enthrals astronomy students KARACHI, June 8: The scientists and students at the University of Karachi, like people elsewhere in the region, observed Venus as a black dot crossing the surface of sun on Tuesday. ... KARACHI: Withdrawal of cases against town nazims demanded KARACHI, June 8: A token hunger strike was observed on Tuesday to protest against "illegal" arrest of Orangi Town Nazim Shahid Alam alias Guddu Behari and registration of false cases against Liaquatabad Town Nazim Dr Pervez Mehmood. ... KARACHI: Governing body for KMDC, ASH proposed KARACHI, June 8: Keeping in view the gross mismanagement, struggle for powers and lack of co-ordination at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH) and Karachi Medical and Dental College (KMDC), a comprehensive plan has been prepared ... KARACHI: Kidnapper awarded death sentence KARACHI, June 8: An anti-terrorism court sentenced an accused in kidnapping for ransom case to death on Tuesday. Judge Feroze Mehmood Bhatti of the ATC-2 also ordered the confiscation of accused Nayyar Raza's property worth Rs100,000. ... ISLAMABAD: Assault on minor girls condemned ISLAMABAD, June 8: The All Pakistan Minorities Alliance (APMA) on Tuesday condemned the rape of two minor Christian girls. ... ISLAMABAD: SC gives 3 months to decide case ISLAMABAD, June 8: The Supreme Court on Monday asked a trial court to decide within three months the case of murder of Ambreen Mustafa, a student abducted from Sheikhupura in September 2002. ... LAHORE: NOCs given to ad firms may be cancelled - Defects in hoardings LAHORE, June 8: The Parks and Horticulture Authority will likely to cancel the NOCs of the six or seven advertisement companies whose hoardings were extensively damaged or collapsed in the Sunday night rainstorm due to structural defects. ... LAHORE: Opposition protests MPA's victimization LAHORE, June 8: The combined opposition staged a 'token' walkout in the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday to protest what it described as victimization of a member from Burewala. ... LAHORE: Master plan for Lahore delayed by a year LAHORE, June 8: The enforcement of the proposed Integrated Master Plan for Lahore 2021 has been delayed by a year due to the failure of the City District Government to approve it. ... LAHORE: IT conference begins today LAHORE, June 8: An Inter-Provincial Conference of Information Technology Ministers of all the four provinces is being held here on Wednesday (today). ... LAHORE: PA takes up three bills LAHORE, June 8: The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday took up three bills one of which was referred to a standing committee and the other two were kept pending for evolving a consensus. ... PESHAWAR: Islamic banking head was a defaulter - BoK official PESHAWAR, June 8: The Managing-Director of the Bank of Khyber, Dr Munir Ahmad, on Tuesday acknowledged that a bank defaulter had been made the head of Islamic banking but said that the official had rescheduled his loan and agreed to return most of it. ... MIRPURKHAS: Breach inundates crops MIRPURKHAS, June 8: Hundreds of acres of standing crops in Kot Ghulam Mohammad taluka were inundated following a 20-foot- wide breach in the Puran distributary, stemming from the Jamrao canal, near Mir Nabi Bakhsh Talpur village, late on Monday night. ... JHANG: Old guard to have say after merger, says Faisal JHANG, June 8: Old and dedicated party workers, who had so far been ignored and sidelined by the wrong policies of Benazir Bhutto, will be given important positions after the merger of the Patriots and the Sherpao groups. ... PESHAWAR: NAB probes payments made by smugglers to officials PESHAWAR, June 8: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has started collecting statements of police and customs officials who were allegedly paid by a smuggler to ensure the smooth flow of his smuggled goods from tribal areas ... PESHAWAR: Women's role in family planning stressed PESHAWAR, June 8: Speakers at a seminar have proposed to the government to shift focus of the population planning policy to the female-oriented family planning methods from the male-oriented ones ... PESHAWAR: Plea against journalist's detention disposed of PESHAWAR, June 8: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday disposed of a habeas corpus petition challenging detention of an Afghan journalist Sami Yousafzai and his driver Mohammad Saleem. ... HYDERABAD: Notices issued to AAG, policemen in harassment case HYDERABAD, June 8: The Sindh High Court Hyderabad circuit bench has issued notices to Umerkot TPO and SHO as well as the additional advocate-general on a petition filed by a woman, being harassed for marrying of her own free will after embracing Islam. ... LARKANA: Inquiry begins into embezzlement - School funds LARKANA, June 8: The Anti-Corruption Establishment, Larkana, has begun an investigation into alleged misappropriation of funds of school management committees (SMCs) of Jacobabad and seized the relevant record. ... HYDERABAD: Water supply suspended by power outage HYDERABAD, June 8: Power supply breakdowns on Tuesday at the Thandi Sarak pumping station of the Hyderabad Development Authority have caused the suspension of water supply to the city. ... SUKKUR: Booking of nazim, others decried SUKKUR, June 8: A shutter-down strike was observed in Kashmor on Tuesday following the registration of cases against the union council nazim, assistant Mukhtiarkar and others. The protest call had been given by the Shehri Action Committee. ... ISLAMABAD: Engg council may lose autonomous status ISLAMABAD, June 8: The government has decided in principle to change the nomenclature of Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) from an elected and independent organisation into a "government- nominated agency" ... HARIPUR: Haripur local govt to raise water rates HARIPUR, June 8: The Tehsil Municipal Administration, Haripur, has decided to increase water rates. ... SWABI: 16 transformers to be installed SWABI, June 8: The Peshawar Electricity Supply Company (Pesco) would install 16 transformers at different localities of the district under the Rural Electrification Development Programme. ... MULTAN: BZU's high-tech lab deserted for months MULTAN, June 8: The high-tech laboratory of the Bahauddin Zakariya University's chemistry department has been lying inoperative for the last couple of months because of alleged indecision at the management level. ... FAISALABAD: Faisalabad varsity to offer new courses FAISALABAD, June 8: The local Government College University will introduce new disciplines of fine arts, fashion and textile designing. ... KASUR: Dacoits take away cash, 27 tolas gold KASUR, June 8: Eight armed men plundered 27 tolas of gold and Rs100,000 in cash from a house at Sarai Mughal. Police said eight armed men stormed into Nasir's house and held up the inmates. ...

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