11 June 2004 Friday 22 Rabi-us-Saani 1425 KARACHI: Overnight improvement not possible, says CM KARACHI, June 10: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Thursday visited Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamiyya, Binnori Town, and condoled the tragic death of distinguished religious scholar Mufti Nizamuddin Shamzai. ... KARACHI: SHC issues summons in damages suits KARACHI, June 10: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday issued summons to defendants in five suits for recovery of damages instituted by a petrol pump fire victims and their heirs. ... KARACHI: City areas to face water shortage today KARACHI, June 10: Water supply to various city areas in former districts East and South will be badly affected on Friday in the wake frequent power failures which occurred at the Dhabeji pumping station on Thursday. ... KARACHI: Power breakdowns in many areas KARACHI, June 10: Various localities in the city were subjected to unannounced loadshedding on Thursday. People living in some of the other areas had to endure power failure, with many receiving power in an intermittent manner throughout the day. ... KARACHI: Breast cancer curable if diagnosed timely - Doctors KARACHI, June 10: Medical experts, on Thursday, warning against rise in breast cancer among young women, said that it could be completely cured if diagnosed and treated at an early stage. ... LAHORE: Demos against sanitation fee from 14th LAHORE, June 10: The Lahore district council opposition and the Jamaat-i-Islami will stage demonstrations to protest the imposition of 30 per cent sanitation fee on water supply bills in all the towns of the provincial metropolis. ... LAHORE: Fire breaks out in LDA building LAHORE, June 10: Fire partially gutted ground floor of the Lahore Development Authority building near Civil Secretariat on Thursday. The police said the fire broke out at the one-window operation counter. ... LAHORE: Service lane encroachment 'legalized' LAHORE, June 10: The Doctors' Hospital administration and the owner of an adjoining house continue to encroach on the service lane of the canal road along the newly-constructed underpass, hindering construction of the lane. ... PESHAWAR: Machine-readable passports to be issued from Sept PESHAWAR, June 10: The machine-readable passports (MRPs) will be issued from September the MRP offices being established in Islamabad and Peshawar, official sources said. ... PESHAWAR: Agencies express ignorance in court about detentions PESHAWAR, June 10: The Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) and the Military Intelligence (MI) on Thursday expressed ignorance before the Peshawar High Court regarding the detention of two cousins who were allegedly arrested by the Pakistan army about three months ago. ... PESHAWAR: Call to scrap NWFP's forestry ordinance PESHAWAR, June 10: The Sarhad Awami Forestry Ittehad (SAFI), a network of forest related organizations and people, on Thursday asked the provincial government to constitute a parliamentary committee to review the NWFP Forest Ordinance, 2000 ... HYDERABAD: Case against irrigation minister urged HYDERABAD, June 10: Members of the Taluka city council on Wednesday demanded that a case be registered against the former Sindh irrigation minister and the irrigation secretary for being responsible for supply of contaminated water that killed 42 people in the city. ... HYDERABAD: Law, order situation hinders Hesco supply HYDERABAD, June 10: The Chief Executive of the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company, Mr Adeebul Hassan, recently visited the reclamation of transformers workshop in Sukkur and various grid stations in upper Sindh. ... HYDERABAD: Results of B.Sc-I announced HYDERABAD, June 10: The controller of examinations, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, has announced results of B.Sc-I, college side, annual examination of 2003. A total number of 1,401 candidates out of 2,311 were declared pass in the examination. ... HYDERABAD: Demand for probe into murder case HYDERABAD, June 10: The Asian Human Rights Commission, Shikarpur chapter, has appealed to the president, the Sindh governor and the provincial police officer to take notice of murder case of a man and woman ... ISLAMABAD: Experts want mulberry trees removed ISLAMABAD, June 10: Experts at a seminar on Thursday suggested the Islamabad administration to replace paper mulberry trees, the main pollen allergent, with environment-friendly plants. ... TIMERGARA: Bodies of seven scouts arrive in Dir TIMERGARA, June 10: Grief and anger gripped the entire lower Dir district on Thursday when bodies of seven soldiers of Dir Scouts ... MANSHERA: Shootout in court premises; 2 die MANSEHRA, June 10: At least two people were killed and three injured in a shootout in the premises of the district courts here on Thursday. ... SWABI: Tobacco farmer reject warning SWABI, June 10: Rejecting the repeated warnings of the tobacco purchasing companies to cultivate the crop according to their needs, growers said they would not slash the crop as the companies are bound to purchase all tobacco products from them. ... PESHAWAR: Case registered against four policemen - Murder of boy in fake encounter PESHAWAR, June 10: The city police registered a murder case against four policemen for killing a 17-year-old boy in a fake encounter. ... FAISALABAD: TMA fails to auction tax contracts FAISALABAD, June 10: The Tehsil Municipal Administration (City) has reportedly failed to complete the process of auctioning various contracts. The contracts included collection of transfer fee of property rights ... SARGODHA: Woman 'abducted' from court SARGODHA, June 10: Two men allegedly abducted a woman from the district courts here on Thursday. Haji Gulzar, the father of 'S', reported to the police that he along with his daughter was coming out of the family court ... BAHAWALPUR: Vehicles impounded for CM's public meeting BAHAWALPUR, June 10: Police impounded a number of buses on Thursday for Friday (today's) public meeting of the Punjab chief minister at Head Rajkan near Yazman, about 30 kilometres from here. ... FAISALABAD: World Bank to help Wasa execute projects FAISALABAD, June 10: The Wasa managing-director, Rasheed Ahmad Chaudhry, said on Thursday the World Bank had shown keen interest in providing financial assistance to the agency for several water projects. ... BADIN: Water theft condemned by growers BADIN, June 10: Installation of wooden conduits and tampering with modules of watercourses have caused a shortage of water in the tail-end of the Moor minor. This was stated by the growers while talking to this correspondent on Wednesday. ... KHAIRPUR: Protest against power disconnection KHAIRPUR, June 10: People from more than 20 villages took out a procession for the second consecutive day in Gambat on Thursday to protest against the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company's decision to disconnect power supply to their villages. ... SUKKUR: 11 injured in clash SUKKUR, June 10: Eleven persons were injured in an armed clash between two groups of the Burro clan over a minor dispute in the Khanan Buriro village, near Kotdiji, Khairpur, on Thursday morning. ... LARKANA: Record of AIDS cases to be updated LARKANA, June 10: The district government has decided to update the record of some 85 known AIDS cases in the city. District Nazim Khurshid Junejo who presided over the meeting of district task force for AIDS on Thursday ... HYDERABAD: Gastroenteritis claims two more lives HYDERABAD, June 10: Gastroenteritis claimed lives of two more hospitalized children here on Wednesday. ... GUJRANWALA: Wagon owners stage sit-in GUJRANWALA, June 10: Transport Society Gujranwala's (TSG) vehicle owners and drivers staged a sit-in on the GT Road in Ghakkar Town on Thursday ...

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