28 June 2004 Monday 09 Jamadi-ul-Awwal 1425 KARACHI: Nazim seeks devolution of kutchi abadis department KARACHI, June 27: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has underscored the need to bridge gap between regularized localities and urban slums in the city and reiterated that the city government was committed to initiate development projects in slum areas. ... KARACHI: Lease rates for kutchi abadis reduced KARACHI, June 27: The city government has decided to drastically reduced charges for granting lease in kutchi abadis in the metropolis.The residents of kutchi abadis would now be charged according to the rates fixed by the city council on January 31, 1989, instead of those fixed by the council on June 12, 1999, this was learnt on Sunday.... KARACHI: CM seeks ulema's support KARACHI, June 27: Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has appreciated concerted efforts by local ulema to chalk-out a joint strategy against sectarianism and to forge unity in their ranks. ... KARACHI: 55 per cent of education budget lapses KARACHI, June 27: In the first 11 months of the current financial year the Sindh education department has been able to obtain only 45 per cent of the total amount allocated for educational schemes under the Annual Development Programme (ADP) for 2003-04. ... KARACHI: Doctors, paramedics stage hunger strike KARACHI, June 27: The Peoples' Doctors Forum and the Peoples Paramedical Staff on the 9th day of their campaign for the arrest of the killers of Munawwar Suhrawardy and Abdullah Murad, staged a hunger strike before the Press Club on Sunday. ... KARACHI: Rough seas claim seven lives KARACHI, June 27: Seven persons, including a seven-year-old girl, were swept away by rough seas in two separate incidents on Sunday. ... KARACHI: Slow pace of road repair resented KARACHI, June 27: The residents of Baghdadi Union Council, Lyari Town, have called for early completion of repair work on Kharadar-Baghdadi section of Shah Latif Bhittai Road. ... KARACHI: Bus owners warn of strike against police tactics KARACHI, June 27: The transporters warned the government on Sunday against using 'snatched' vehicles to block roads during demonstrations and protests. ... KARACHI: Killer ferris wheel to be sealed KARACHI, June 27: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has ordered to seal the power operated ferris wheel at Aladin Park park following the unfortunate loss of life of a young boy attempting to mount on the same some two days back. ... KARACHI: Alternative system for dispute resolution sought KARACHI, June 27: An overburdened judicial system, causing delays in disposing of of cases in subordinate courts and enhancing misery of complainants, particularly of those women ... KARACHI: SPSC recommends 77 candidates KARACHI, June 27: The Sindh Public Service Commission (SPSC) has, on the basis of final results of examination and viva-voce conducted by it, recommended 77 candidates for appointment to the posts mentioned below in order of merit ... LAHORE: Lahore CDG budget termed 'misleading' LAHORE, June 27: Describing the City District Government budget for the next fiscal year as 'disappointing' and 'misleading', the Lahore District Council opposition councillors have accused District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood of bulldozing it ... LAHORE: Dacoits assault woman in Kahna LAHORE, June 27: Dacoits gangraped the wife of a Wapda employee in Kahna on Saturday night. The Wapda employee told police that he was out of the city when the incident took place. ... LAHORE: PML-N workers baton-charged LAHORE, June 27: Police baton-charged and arrested activists of the PML-N who had gathered outside the Masjid Shuhada on The Mall to offer funeral prayers for Pir Binyameen Rizvi. ... LAHORE: 10 suspects held in Binyamin case LAHORE, June 27: Police on Sunday took into custody 10 people in connection with the murder of Punjab PML-(N vice-president Pir Binyamin Rizvi. However, no major breakthrough was reported. ... RAWALPINDI: Punjab to involve private sector: Infrastructure development RAWALPINDI, June 27: The Punjab government has decided to adopt the concept of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) involving the principle of Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) for the development of infrastructure in the province, officials said. ... TAXILA: Cement factory blast leaves four dead, 40 injured TAXILA, June 27: As many as four persons were killed and 40 injured, five of them critically, when a huge fire broke out at a cement factory in Hattar Industrial Estate. ... PESHAWAR: Over 70 boys held from cyber cafes: Misuse of authority alleged PESHAWAR, June 27: As the provincial government has given a free hand to police in its drive against "vulgarity" the latter is being execused of misusing the law and its authority in an indiscriminate manner ... PESHAWAR: Dirty water being supplied to people PESHAWAR, June 27: Residents of the Khyber Super Market fear outbreak of diseases in the area due to the supply of contaminated water. ... PESHAWAR: Minorities seek new places of worship PESHAWAR, June 27: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal government has set aside Rs10 million for building a mosque in Peshawar from a Rs22 million allocation for Auqaf, Haj and religious and minority affairs. ... PESHAWAR: NGO plans to set up trauma centre PESHAWAR, June 27: The Watan Welfare Society, a local NGO has decided to establish the first ever trauma centre here, a press release said on Sunday. ... PESHAWAR: Six women die as water tank collapses PESHAWAR, June 27: Six women, including a minor girl, of the same family, were killed when the overhead water tank of their house in Khyber Agency collapsed on Sunday. ... KOHAT: Kohat MPA resigns from assembly committees KOHAT, June 27: Engineer Syed Kalb-i-Hassan, MPA, announced on Saturday that he had resigned from the membership of all NWFP assembly committees in protest against non-inclusion of Kohat in the annual development programme of 2004-2005. ... MIRPURKHAS: CM warns officials against water theft: Visit to canal breach site MIRPURKHAS, June 27: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that the revenue, police and irrigation departments will be cleared of black sheep. ... HYDERABAD: Protest held against murder of Bin Yameen HYDERABAD, June 27: The Pakistan Muslim League-N held a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Sunday against the murder of party leader Pir Bin Yameen Rizvi in Lahore. ... HYDERABAD: Govt stand on power bills contradicted HYDERABAD, June 27: The Hyderabad Electric Supply Company has contradicted the Sindh government's version in respect of a meeting between the Sindh finance secretary and Hesco chief about the settlement of electricity dues. ... HYDERABAD: Plan to bring welfare centres under one roof HYDERABAD, June 27: District Nazim Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman has said that the district government is planning to bring all its administrative departments under one roof. ... HYDERABAD: Difference bills withheld HYDERABAD, June 27: The district accounts office has withheld around 1,300 to 1,500 difference bills of school teachers following directives by the Sindh finance department. ... FAISALABAD: Farmers warn of protest drive FAISALABAD, June 27: Elected representatives and the Mamukanjan farming community have threatened to launch a protest campaign against the Irrigation officials if the approved quantity of water was not released in the canals by June 30. ... GUJRAT: Humiliation of sisters: accused still at large GUJRAT, June 27: The Kunjah police failed to arrest the accused, who had thrashed three sisters and ripped to shreds their clothes over a water rotation dispute in Keeranwala village, about 40kms from here, on Saturday. ... BAHAWALPUR: PPP rally ahead of by-polls BAHAWALPUR, June 27: In order to mobilize electorate, PPP workers and office-bearers organized a rally in PP-276 (Yazman tehsil) on Sunday. ... TOBA TEK SINGH: Bus passengers looted TOBA TEK SINGH, June 27: Armed robbers in police uniform looted passengers of a bus on the Toba-Faisalabad Road in Gojra area on Sunday. ... CHINIOT: Maulana Chinioti passes away CHINIOT, June 27: Religious scholar and central leader of the International Khatm-i-Nabowat Movement Maulana Manzoor Ahmad Chinioti died of renal failure in Lahore on Sunday. He was 80. ... HYDERABAD: Strike observed in Sindh: Disputed water projects HYDERABAD, June 27: On the call of Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz, a complete strike was observed in Dadu, Badin, Shikarpur and Larkana districts and partial strike in Hyderabad, Sukkur, Thatta, Nawabshah, Khairpur and Naushahro Feroze districts on Sunday. ... SUKKUR: Upper Sindh hit by major power breakdown SUKKUR, June 27: Parts of upper Sindh and Balochistan are facing a worst kind of electricity crisis as power supplying towers have fallen near Kashmore and Khairpur Nathan Shah towns. ... SUKKUR: Eight die as houses collapse after rain SUKKUR, June 27: Eight persons were killed and several others injured in Kandhkot and Thul talukas of Jacobabad district due to roof/wall collapse and tree falling after Saturday's heavy dust storm and rain. ... SWABI: Growers demand financial help: Hailstorm destroys tobacco crop SWABI, June 27: Tobacco companies as well as leaders of areas where the tobacco crop has been destroyed by hailstones have demanded financial help for the affected farmers. ... MANDI BAHAUDDIN: Pir Binyamin laid to rest MANDI BAHAUDDIN, June 27: Former provincial minister Pir Binyamin Rizvi, who was assassinated in Lahore on Saturday, was laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard in Phalia amid tight security on Sunday. ...

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