22 June 2004 Tuesday 03 Jamadi-ul-Awwal 1425 KARACHI: People will be served without bias, says Arbab KARACHI, June 21: Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said he is committed to serve the cause of people of Sindh without any discrimination of cast, colour or creed. "All resources will be employed for eliminating injustices, corruption ... KARACHI: Electricity breakdowns persist in many areas - No power shortage, claims KESC KARACHI, June 21: Power breakdowns continued throughout the day in many areas of the metropolis, as temperature came down to 34.5 degrees Centigrade on Monday. ... KARACHI: Two LJ men indicted in sectarian murder case KARACHI, June 21: An anti-terrorism court indicted on Monday two workers of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi in a sectarian murder case. The LJ men - Ataullah and Muhammad Azam - denied their involvement in the case and pleaded "not guilty". ... KARACHI: SHC seeks whereabouts of prayer leader KARACHI, June 21: The city police chief was directed to find out the whereabouts of the pesh imam of a mosque by a division bench of Sindh High Court comprising Chief Justice Saiyed Saeed Ashhad and Justice Zia Pervez on Monday. ... KARACHI: River water below Kotri polluted, admits govt KARACHI, June 21: The Sindh government on Monday admitted that the Indus water downstream Kotri had become poisonous as the river had turned into pools due to less input. ... KARACHI: LEAs blamed for doctors' disappearance KARACHI, June 21: The case of Dr Akmal Waheed and his brother Dr Arshad Waheed, earlier believed to have been kidnapped for ransom, took an unexpected turn on Monday when his family members blamed the law-enforcement agencies for their disappearance. ... KARACHI: Road project launched in Clifton KARACHI, June 21: The reconstruction of a 4.8 kilometre-long Shahrah-i-Ghalib (from Keamari intersection to Bilawal House Chowrangi) began on Monday under the Tameer-i-Karachi Programme. ... KARACHI: City govt to shift 150 inter-city bus termini KARACHI, June 21: Over 150 inter-city bus terminals established in various residential and commercial areas will be shifted to defunct KTC's depots at Model Colony, Orangi, Gulistan-e-Jauhar and Malir. ... KARACHI: Results of teachers' test to be announced in July KARACHI, June 21: Sindh Education Secretary Ghulam Ali Pasha on Monday said that the results of the written tests of the candidates for the posts of high and primary school teachers would be announced in the first week of July. ... KARACHI: Two men shot dead KARACHI, June 21: Two men were shot dead in different parts of the city on Monday. A man was shot dead by bandits in Lyari on Monday. ... LAHORE: Procurement drive for wheat extended LAHORE, June 21: The Punjab government decided at a meeting on Monday to extend its wheat procurement drive till Sept 30 against the earlier deadline of June 30. ... LAHORE: Children recovered, repatriated to Norway LAHORE, June 21: Two minors of Pakistan-origin parents have been repatriated to Norway by the embassy. The embassy of Norway, which filed a writ petition for the recovery of the children before the Lahore High Court ... PESHAWAR: Aids patients denied hospitalization - Lack of separate wards PESHAWAR, June 21: Lack of treatment facilities in the city's hospitals have been hitting hard patients suffering from HIV/AIDS, doctors told Dawn. ... KHAR: JTI barred from holding convention in Bajaur KHAR, June 21: Authorities in the Bajaur tribal region barred the Jamiat Tulba-i-Islam from organizing a student convention here on Monday. ... SWABI: Rs10m allocated for surplus staff SWABI, June 21: The tehsil municipal administration has allocated Rs10.72 million for salaries of surplus employees, which has put an additional financial burden on the Tehsil government and urban councils. ... SWABI: Schools defy vacations order SWABI, June 21: Owners of private schools have not closed their institutions for the summer vacation despite a government order to do so. ... BANNU: 'Wana students may appear in supplementary SSC exams' BANNU, June 21: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Bannu, has allowed students from Wana who failed to take some papers during the secondary school certificate (SSC) examination due to the military operation in South Waziristan ... HYDERABAD: Compensation payment to rain victims suspended HYDERABAD, June 21: The payment of compensation to people affected by last year's disasterous rains in the district has been suspended by the district government reportedly on the directives of the Sindh chief minister. ... HYDERABAD: Power supply to several govt offices suspended HYDERABAD, June 21: The Hyderabad Electric Supply Company has started disconnecting the power supply to major government defaulters after the expiry of an ultimatum earlier given by the company chief. ... HYDERABAD: Farmers demand protection HYDERABAD, June 21: Small growers of Deh Veesar, Naushahro Feroze district, have appealed to the federal, provincial and district governments to provide them protection against alleged excesses of a feudal lord and the staff of the irrigation department. ... HYDERABAD: Rs141m allocation for current fiscal year may lapse HYDERABAD, June 21: An amount of Rs141 million may remain unused and lapse in the current fiscal year if the Sindh finance department does not allow the district treasury office to transfer the fund to the non-lapsable account of the district government ... HYDERABAD: Pre-arrest bail granted to two officials HYDERABAD, June 21: The sixth additional district judge on Monday granted interim pre-arrest bail to former Hyderabad Development Authority director-general Ali Ahmad Lund and Sukkur Barrage chief engineer Ghulam Nabi Mughal in the sum of Rs100,000 each till June 23. ... HYDERABAD: SHC orders probe into kidnapping HYDERABAD, June 21: A judge of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, on Monday ordered the Provincial Police Officer to hold an inquiry into the kidnapping of a 14-year-old girl. ... HYDERABAD: Teachers call off hunger strike HYDERABAD, June 21: The Government Secondary Teachers Association, district chapter, on Monday called off hunger strike which was to be observed on Tuesday (today) following negotiations with the DCO, district accounts officer and EDO education on the issue of "difference bills". ... RAWALPINDI: 3 sentenced to death RAWALPINDI, June 21: A court here on Monday sentenced three persons to death after finding them guilty in a murder case. The additional district and sessions judge, Mian Mohammad Shafi, also imposed a fine of Rs50,000 on each the convicts, Mohammad Tariq, Mohammad Amjad and Israr Ahmed. ... RAWALPINDI: Punjab to amend GP Fund scheme RAWALPINDI, June 21: The Punjab government has agreed to a policy, under the Punjab Resource Management Programme, to capitalize the General Provident Fund (GP Fund) as it is finding the scheme unsustainable in its current shape, officials said. ... LARKANA: Protest against water shortage LARKANA, June 21: A large number of growers staged a rally in Qubo Saeed Khan on Tuesday to protest against an acute shortage of water in the Saifullah Magsi Branch and the SKT Shakh. ... SANGHAR: Peasants suffer for duplicate land allotment SANGHAR, June 21: Duplicate allotment of agricultural lands in 20 dehs of the Sanghar taluka has caused disputes between army personnel and local people. ... SUKKUR: Power breakdown hits upper Sindh SUKKUR, June 21: A major fault has developed in the Guddu thermal power station, causing power disruption in Sukkur, Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Khairpur, Daharki, Kashmor and other parts of the interior of Sindh. ... MIRPURKHAS: Thar areas without power for a week MIRPURKHAS, June 21: Different areas in Mirpurkhas and Tharparkar districts are without power as dozens of electricity poles between Samaro and Kot Ghulam Mohammad have been uprooted in a storm that hit the region a week back. ... THATTA: Farmers throng nazim office THATTA, June 21: Hundreds of farmers from different areas reached the district nazim office here on Monday to lodge protest against unscheduled suspension of water supply to their newly sown rice crop. ... DADU: Manchhar fishermen hit by diseases DADU, June 21: The Johi union council nazim has said that about 4,000 fishermen have been infected with gastroenteritis and hepatitis-B due to consumption of highly polluted water of the Manchhar Lake. ... SIALKOT: 24 health centres lack facilities SIALKOT, June 21: As many as 20 Basic Health Units (BHUs) and four Rural Health Centres (RHCs) have no water supply, sewerage and boundary walls and the district government is spending Rs4.79 million on providing these facilities. ... LAHORE: Army given flood relief equipment LAHORE, June 21: Equipment had been provided to the army to execute relief operations during the expected rainy and flood season, Punjab Revenue Minister Gul Hamid Rokhri said on Monday. ... MIANWALI: Corruption in recruitment alleged MIANWALI, June 21: Thousands of rupees have been pocketed in the recruitment of 41 class four employees, including gardener and baildar, on regular basis in the Irrigation Department. ... BAHAWALPUR: PPP fails to kick off poll campaign BAHAWALPUR, June 21: The People's Party Parliamentarian candidates and leaders have allegedly started a pre-poll rigging propaganda instead of canvassing for by-polls. ... SHEIKHUPURA: Sheikhupura dist council for removal of DCO SHEIKHUPURA, June 21: The district council members passed a unanimous resolution here on Monday demanding removal of the district coordination officer. ... MAINWALI: Pension fraud unearthed MIANWALI, June 21: The police have unearthed a pension fraud case of hefty amount which was withdrawn from the government kitty with the connivance of officials of Irrigation Department and District Accounts Office. ... MULTAN: Work begins on Multan estate MULTAN, June 21: The Punjab chief minister's advisor on agriculture, Jehangir Khan Tareen, kicked off work on the restoration of infrastructure at the Multan Industrial Estate (MIE) here on Monday. ... MULTAN: CPSP directed to promote higher education MULTAN, June 21: The Multan bench of the Lahore High Court has directed the academic council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) to promote higher education ...

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