10 June 2004 Thursday 21 Rabi-us-Saani 1425 KARACHI: Police find vital piece of evidence - Suicide bombings KARACHI, June 9: Police have collected some vital evidence which may lead to the arrest of those involved in suicide bombings at the Hyderi mosque and Imambargah Ali Raza. ... KARACHI: Nazim promises shifting of oil tankers' terminal KARACHI, June 9: The city nazim, Naimatullah Khan, has said the oil tankers terminal at Shirin Jinnah Colony Clifton will be shifted to a 400-acre site adjacent to PSO Zulfikarabad Oil Terminal on the National Highway. ... KARACHI: Tawakkal's appeal admitted KARACHI, June 9: A division bench of the Sindh High Court admitted on Wednesday an appeal moved by a director of the Tawakkal Group of Companies against his conviction and punishment by an accountability court in a loan default case. ... KARACHI: Prices to be strictly monitored: CS KARACHI, June 9: The chief secretary, Dr Mutawakkil Kazi on Wednesday expressed concern over the negative trend of increase in prices of essential commodities ... KARACHI: FST sets aside dismissal orders of PR officials KARACHI, June 9: The Federal Service Tribunal has set aside the dismissal orders of two railway booking assistants and reinstated them in service with retrospective effect ... KARACHI: Use of cortisone for asthma termed safe KARACHI, June 9: Experts iterating that reliever medicines cannot modify asthma but can only allay its symptoms underscored need for absolute compliance to control medication on part of patients. ... KARACHI: 'Extortionist' shot dead in shootout KARACHI, June 9: A suspected extortionist was shot dead and his accomplice was wounded in an encounter in North Nazimabad on Wednesday. Two policemen also suffered bullet wounds. ... KARACHI: Contaminated water supply to PECHS KARACHI, June 9: Over 100 houses in PECHS (Block 6) near 'E' market have been getting contaminated water for the last two weeks. Residents of the affected houses complained that although a large number of housing units ... KARACHI: Training of birth attendants stressed - Seminar on midwifery KARACHI, June 9: In every 20 minutes one mother and 17 babies die while 15 mothers suffer disability in the country following pregnancy and delivery-related complications ... ISLAMABAD: Projects for Islamabad approved ISLAMABAD, June 9: The government has approved all development projects of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) that had earlier been disapproved by the Finance Division, Dawn has officially learnt. ... LAHORE: Mangla depleting in its filling month LAHORE, June 9: The Mangla Dam has started depleting in June for the first time in its history following increase in water demand for cotton sowing and unexpected dip in river flows. ... LAHORE: Plea against judges' promotion today LAHORE, June 9: The Lahore High Court is taking up on Thursday the writ petition of the Watan Party, which challenges the elevation of five judges to the high court. ... PESHAWAR: Incentives planned to reduce infant, maternal deaths PESHAWAR, June 9: Free cooking oil will be offered as an incentive to women who attend government clinics for maternity -related monitoring, in a move to reduce the high maternal and infant mortality rate in the NWFP ... PESHAWAR: Police chief given contempt notice PESHAWAR, June 9: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday put Capital City Police Chief Masood Paracha on notice in a contempt of court petition relating to non-registration of an FIR against police officials involved in the killing of a boy in a fake police encounter lodged at Bana Mari police station. ... PESHAWAR: Students, newsman held at cyber cafe PESHAWAR, June 9: Local police on Tuesday arrested some students, including girls, and a local journalist from a cyber cafe on the Peshawar University campus. ... PESHAWAR: Call to free children, women of 'criminal's family' PESHAWAR, June 9: The NWFP government has been requested to release 24 women and children of the family of an alleged "criminal" given collective detention as punishment in Haripur central prison under the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) ... HYDERABAD: Hyderabad to face 20 MGD water shortage HYDERABAD, June 9: The city will face water shortage of 20 million gallons per day (MGD) as the Water and Sanitation Agency intends to start clearing silt of one of the three clarifiers of its water filter plant from Thursday. ... HYDERABAD: Board blacklists paper supplying firm HYDERABAD, June 9: The newly appointed chairman of the Sindh Textbook Board, Professor Anwar Ahmed Zai, has said that the supplier of imported paper to the board, Iqra Enterprises, has been blacklisted. ... HYDERABAD: Court orders new probe official - Death of pregnant woman HYDERABAD, June 9: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Wednesday directed the regional police officer to transfer investigation into the death of a pregnant mother to an honest and competent police officer. ... HYDERABAD: Doctor appeals for reinstatement HYDERABAD, June 9: A grade-18 eye specialist, Dr Muneer Ahmed, whose services were terminated by the health department, has appealed to the Sindh governor and chief minister to reinstate him. ... HYDERABAD: Improvement urged in teaching of physiology HYDERABAD, June 9: The president of the Pakistan Physiological Society, Dr Mohammad Ayub Khan, has emphasised the use of latest methods for teaching the subject of physiology. ... RAWALPINDI: Industrial units to be moved out of Pindi RAWALPINDI, June 9: The district government has decided to shift industrial units out of the city limits to check pollution. Talking to this reporter on Wednesday ... RAWALPINDI: Punjab Constabulary men held for fraud RAWALPINDI, June 9: The Civil Lines police have taken three officials of Punjab Constabulary (PC) into custody for misappropriating the funds of the constabulary employees, police said. ... RAWALPINDI: LHC seeks reply from police for failure to vacate land RAWALPINDI, June 9: The Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi bench, on Wednesday sought para-wise comments from the inspector general of police, Punjab, deputy inspector general and district police officer (DPO), Rawalpindi ... RAWALPINDI: Two military accounts officials sent to jail RAWALPINDI, June 9: The accountability court No. 3 on Wednesday sent two officials of the Central Military Accounts (CMA) on judicial remand in an embezzlement reference. ... QUETTA: Six of a family die as roof collapses QUETTA, June 9: Six members of a family were killed when the roof of a house collapsed due to heavy rain and thunderstorm in Tumbo area in Nasirabad district on Tuesday. ... MUZAFFARABAD: Accident claims four lives in AJK MUZAFFARABAD, June 9: A driver and three members of a family, including an infant, were killed in an accident near here on Wednesday. ... HARIPUR: No basic amenities in 2 Haripur UCs HARIPUR, June 9: The union councils of Bait Gali and Nara Amazai, Haripur district, lack basic amenities like roads, potable water, healthcare and schools, because of negligence on the part of successive governments, a survey of these areas reveal. ... PESHAWAR: Beaten up by teacher, boy may lose a leg - Religious school PESHAWAR, June 9: A minor boy is struggling for life in a local hospital after he was severely beaten up by his teacher in a religious school in Swabi district, a doctor informed Dawn. ... LANDI KOTAL: Kidnapping of tribal elder; four detained LANDI KOTAL, June 9: Authorities in Landi Kotal on Tuesday night and Wednesday arrested four persons in connection with the kidnapping of a tribal elder here on Monday night. ... SUKKUR: Teachers' seniority list criticized SUKKUR: June 9: Over 513 lecturers have rejected the seniority list recently circulated by the Sindh education department. They claimed that they were seniors to those who had been promoted by the education department. ... MIRPURKHAS: Protest against civil surgeon MIRPURKHAS, June 9: Several villagers held a demonstration in the district nazim's office premises on Tuesday to protest against delay in action against the civil surgeon following death of a villager due to non-availability of anti-snake vaccine. ... DADU: 100 villages without power for 6 days DADU, June 9: About 100 villages of Kachho area in the Johi sub-division of Hesco remained without power for the sixth day on Wednesday. The electricity supply was suspended to the villages when 20 poles of 11kv wires fell down during a strong storm in the area. ... SANGHAR: Farmers resent rotation plan SANGHAR, June 9: Hundreds of growers on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration against water shortage in the Chotiari distributary. They reached the watercourse-14 by tractor trolleys, pickups and motorcycles to protest before the managing director of Sida, Ali Muhammad Baloch. ... KOHAT: Councillors boycott meeting in protest KOHAT, June 9: Pandemonium marred the meeting of the Kohat town council when members chanted slogans against the city administration and locked up the offices of the audit and accounts department after the staff concerned was forced out of the premises. ... TOBA TEK SINGH: PTCL 'fails' to utilize ADP funds TOBA TEK SINGH, June 9: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited has failed to utilize annual development programme funds in setting up new exchanges and expansion of the existing ones in the district during the financial year 2003-2004. ... MULTAN: Is Briton's murder a case of revenge? MULTAN, June 9: The district police are groping in the dark about the murder of a British teacher even after a week. Alan Cox, 60, was murdered in cold blood on May last by some assailants ... KASUR: Four killed, over 20 hurt on road KASUR, June 9: Four people, including an eight-year-old girl, were killed while six others suffered injuries when a wagon hit them at a stop at Kelo Khudian village on Wednesday. ... BAHAWALPUR: Anti-social elements thriving at IUB - DPO BAHAWALPUR, June 9: District Police Officer Arif Nawaz claimed on Wednesday that several students of the Islamia University, Bahawalpur, were involved in anti-social activities. ... KASUR: Kasur DHQ runs short of staff, medicines KASUR, June 9: The district headquarters hospital has been facing shortage of X-ray films, glucose bottles and other life-saving medicines for the last two months. ... KHAIRPUR: Rice cultivation restricted KHAIRPUR, June 9: District Nazim Nafisa Shah has banned the cultivation of rice crop in the limits of irrigation west division Khairpur due to a shortage of water. The ban will continue for two months. ... SUKKUR: 47pc water shortage at Sukkur Barrage SUKKUR, June 9: An acute water shortage is prevailing at the Sukkur Barrage and its off-taking seven canals are facing 47 per cent shortage of water. The shortage is said to be the most acute as compared to the last several years. ...

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