19 June 2004 Saturday 30 Rabi-us-Saani 1425 KARACHI: CM orders suspension of SHO - Munawwar's killing KARACHI, June 18: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has placed SHO Jamshed Quarters Sohrab Mayo under suspension and ordered an inquiry against him. ... KARACHI: No new tax to be levied: nazim KARACHI, June 18: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan on Thursday presided over a three-hour long meeting at the Civic Centre to review water and sewerage problems, besides issues pertaining to trade licensing, parking ... KARACHI: Property, scores of vehicles damaged - PPP mourns Munawwar KARACHI, June 18: Disturbances broke out in several localities of Saddar, Jamshed and Lyari towns on the first day of the three-day mourning announced by the Pakistan People's Party in protest against the assassination of its leader Munawwar Suhrawardy. ... KARACHI: SHC tells lower court to assist KBCA - Action against illegal buildings KARACHI, June 18: The Sindh High Court directed the district judge (east) on Friday to extend necessary assistance, including magisterial cover, to the Karachi Building Control Authority in dealing with the 15 illegally-constructed highrise buildings ... KARACHI: Power failures persist KARACHI, June 18: While the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation claimed that the number of power breakdowns came down to 1,500, the consumers held that the power utility did not register complaints either by keeping its phones engaged or by leaving them unattended. ... KARACHI: 8.8m new TB cases reported annually KARACHI, June 18: About a third of world's population is infected with mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) and every year around 8.8 million new TB cases appear, approximately half of which can transmit the disease to others, experts said. ... KARACHI: Police official granted bail KARACHI, June 18: The judicial magistrate, East, Ms Alia Anver, granted bail to head moharrar of Korangi Industrial Area police station in the sum of Rs50,000. ... KARACHI: Tribute paid to Zamir Niazi KARACHI, June 18: Journalists, intellectuals and men of letters on Friday paid tribute to the late Zamir Niazi's outstanding commitment to the cause of the freedom of the press. ... KARACHI: Cement factory official gets three-year RI KARACHI, June 18: An accountability court sentenced on Friday a former general manager of Thatta Cement Factory to a three-year term of rigorous imprisonment for misappropriation of over Rs17 million. ... KARACHI: Bahria institute gets new electronic lab KARACHI, June 18: The Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Shahid Karimullah, on Friday performed the inauguration of newly-built state-of-art electronic and communication labs at Karachi Campus of Baharia Institute of Management and Sciences (BIMS). ... KARACHI: Marriage hall takes over community centre KARACHI, June 18: A 7,000 square yards community centre plot, meant for holding social gatherings and functions for residents of Adamjee Nagar's Kathiawar Co-operative Housing Society, is being converted into a huge marriage hall. ... ISLAMABAD: Over Rs355m earmarked for promotion of culture ISLAMABAD, June 18: The culture ministry will carry out 16 projects worth Rs355.495 millions for promotion of culture and restoration of forts during the financial year 2004-5, official sources told Dawn here on Friday. ... ISLAMABAD: Separate electorate plan criticized ISLAMABAD, June 18: The All Pakistan Minorities Alliance (APMA), an umbrella organization of the minorities, said the move to hold local government polls on separate electorate basis was aimed at segregating the minorities ... FAISALABAD: Encroachments razed in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, June 18: The concrete and makeshift encroachments were razed during an operation launched by the National Logistic Cell and the Tehsil Municipal Administration (City) in Tata Bazaar here on Friday. ... LANDI KOTAL: New peace body formed in Bara LANDI KOTAL, June 18: Keeping in view the deteriorating law and order situation in Bara tehsil of the Khyber Agency, elders from the seven Afridi tribes on Thursday formed yet another peace committee ... LAHORE: ACE set to unmask 'corrupt patwaris' LAHORE, June 18: The Anti-Corruption Establishment has started gathering information about 27 'powerful' patwaris working in the provincial metropolis. ... LAHORE: First pre-monsoon rain LAHORE, June 18: The provincial metropolis and several other cities in the Punjab, the NWFP and the Northern Areas received moderate to heavy rain early on Friday. ... PESHAWAR: PPP leader's murder condemned PESHAWAR, June 18: The NWFP Assembly on Friday adopted a unanimous resolution, denouncing the assassination of a Pakistan People's Party leader Munawar Hussain Suharwardy ... PESHAWAR: Payment of royalty on forest sales ordered PESHAWAR, June 18: The Peshawar High Court on Friday upheld three identical writ petitions relating to the payment of royalty on forest sales to the local right-holders in Kalam and Dir- Kohistan areas. ... HYDERABAD: Nazim deplores non-release of funds HYDERABAD, June 18: District Nazim Dr Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman has said that President Gen Pervez Musharraf during his visit to the city at the time of referendum had approved the installation of two water filter plants ... HYDERABAD: Four acquitted in bounced relief cheque case HYDERABAD, June 18: A court here on Thursday acquitted four accused in the case of Rs1 million bounced checque given to the district nazim by the Zeenas Communications as its contribution to the relief fund for rain-hit people of Badin ... MIRPURKHAS: Water tank caves in, supply suspended MIRPURKHAS, June 18: The dilapidated water tank of Samaro town collapsed with a bang on Thursday as a result the water supply to residents was suspended. The tank had a storage capacity of 20,000 gallons of water. ... MULTAN: Police 'force' heirs to patch up with suspect - Double murder case MULTAN, June 18: The family of victims in a double murder case has alleged that police are pressuring it to strike a deal with the suspect(s) through a panchayat. ... JHANG: Kidnapper of ex-governor's nephew arrested JHANG, June 18: The Jhang police arrested a person accused of involvementin the kidnapping for ransom of Nauman Shakeel, the nephew of former Punjab governor Lt-Gen (retired) Muhammad Safdar. ... FAISALABAD: Contracts auctioned for record Rs172.5m - Property transfer, building fees FAISALABAD, June 18: The city TMA auctioned off the contracts for collection of fees for transfer of property and approval of building plans for a record Rs172.5 million in the Jinnah Hall here on Friday. ... TOBA TEK SINGH: Police shoot killer of two villagers TOBA TEK SINGH, June 18: Police on Friday shot dead a resident of Chak 291-GB, Lahorianwala, who killed a woman and a teenager, besides injuring several people of his village in a rush of blood. ...

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