29 June 2004 Tuesday 10 Jamadi-ul-Awwal 1425 KARACHI: Three PWs identify key suspect in blast case - Remand extended till 30th KARACHI, June 28: Three eyewitnesses, on Monday, identified the suspected mastermind of Hyderi mosque blast before a judicial magistrate. ... KARACHI: SHC extends by-election stay to July 12 KARACHI, June 28: The Election Commission justified its order on the city by-polls on Monday and a division bench of the Sindh High Court adjourned the hearing of the writ petition moved by the MQM candidates to July 12. ... KARACHI: People may suffer due to row between KWSB, KESC KARACHI, June 28: KWSB Managing Director Brig Iftekhar Hyder has said the KWSB has paid Rs1 billion since July 2003 to the KESC as electricity charges and, according to its accounts, it has yet to pay dues of Rs660 million. ... KARACHI: Raise in salary of midwives stressed KARACHI, June 28: Karachi DCO Mir Hussain Ali, on Monday, assured to make strong recommendation before the chief minister for upgradation of the pay scale of midwives. ... KARACHI: Effects of media on mind discussed KARACHI, June 28: Exposure of children to scenes of violence, natural disasters, catastrophic events and crime reports on television leads to stress, anxiety and fear among children leaving far reaching impacts on their personality. ... KARACHI: CHK department gets Rs20m equipment KARACHI, June 28: A group of Ireland-based former postgraduate students of Civil Hospital Karachi has donated modern gadgets and equipment worth around Rs20 million ... KARACHI: Missing doctors may have treated Jundullah men KARACHI, June 28: Two doctors who had reportedly been kidnapped on June 17 had provided medical treatment to the members of the Jundullah group, the arrested member of the outfit, Ataur Rehman, told investigators. ... KARACHI: Immediate recovery of doctors demanded KARACHI, June 28: More than 10 days have passed since the disappearance of Dr Akmal Waheed, his brother Dr Arshad Waheed and their driver but there is no sign yet that they will be recovered anytime soon. ... KARACHI: Rs440m Jamshed Town budget presented KARACHI, June 28: A Rs439.856 million Jamshed Town budget for the fiscal 2004-05 was presented in its council by the Town Nazim Ahmed Qasim Parekh. ... KARACHI: Rs644.44m budget for Saddar Town KARACHI, June 28: Saddar Town Nazim Farooq Faria presented Rs644.44 million town's budget for the fiscal 2004-2005 at the council hall on Monday. ... LAHORE: Lawyers criticize attack on newsmen LAHORE, June 28: The Pakistan and Punjab Bar Councils, the Supreme Court Bar Association, the Lahore High Court Bar Association and the Lahore Bar Association have demanded the arrest of the accused named in the FIR ... PESHAWAR: Doctors demand salary raise PESHAWAR, June 28: Democratic Doctors Forum has demanded of the government to raise the monthly stipend of the house job doctors upto the pay scale of BPS-17. ... PESHAWAR: Fresh polio cases found in NWFP PESHAWAR, June 28: Polio continues to haunt children in the NWFP and Fata as two more polio cases were reported in the province, bringing to seven the number of polio victims this year, official said. ... SWABI: Firm stops buying tobacco from growers SWABI, June 28: A leading tobacco company has stopped purchasing, white patta, tobacco from common growers and has been turning them away at the purchasing centre on the excuse that its purchase quote has been fulfilled ... PESHAWAR: Free medical camp held in village PESHAWAR, June 28: About 500 people, including women and children, were examined at a free medical camp organized by the Duaa Welfare Hospital and Thalassemia Centre at Garhi Baloch village on Monday. ... PESHAWAR: Plea to save silk industry PESHAWAR, June 28: Lakki Marwat District Nazim Humayun Saifullah Khan, while expressing concern over the increasing smuggling of silk cons from the district ... HYDERABAD: Support for agriculture's sub-sectors urged HYDERABAD, June 28: The Sindh Abadgar Board has demanded that livestock, dairy farming, forestry and fish farming should be given special attention as these sub-sectors contribute more than 30 per cent in the agriculture sector. ... HYDERABAD: SHC takes suo motu notice of bails - Case of deaths caused by polluted water HYDERABAD, June 28: Justice Azizullah M. Memon of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Monday took suo motu notice of the grant of bail to three government officials booked in the case of water-related deaths. ... HYDERABAD: Arbab to look into lapse of funds HYDERABAD, June 28: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has assured the district naib nazim that he will look into the matter of development funds that are bound to lapse this year. ... HYDERABAD: Octroi share not given to councils, say nazims HYDERABAD June 28: A large number of residents of Hyderabad (rural) taluka here on Monday staged a rally outside the press club . ... HYDERABAD: Badin, Thatta farmers seek special package - Appeal for waiver on loans HYDERABAD, June 28: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture has demanded that watercourses in Badin and Thatta districts should be lined without any contribution from calamity-hit farmers. ... SUKKUR: Upper Sindh without power for 2nd day SUKKUR, June 28: Power supply to Sukkur, Jacobabad, Shikarpur, Larkana and other cities and towns of upper Sindh and some parts of Balochistan has not been restored despite the lapse of 48 hours. ... NAWABSHAH: Water theft - probe against lower staff NAWABSHAH, June 28: Investigations have been initiated against irrigation officials, indulging in water theft and negligence of duty and those found guilty will be sacked. ... KOHAT: Shia association's bodies dissolved KOHAT, June 28: The Shia Supreme Council has dissolved all committees affiliated to the Young Men Shia Association and announced that fresh elections will be held within six months under the supervision of a 12-member caretaker committee. ... ISLAMABAD: Help sought to trace missing doctors ISLAMABAD, June 28: The family members of Dr Akmal Waheed and Dr Arshad Waheed, who went missing in Karachi on June 17, have appealed to the government to help them recover the two men. ... LARKANA: Three brothers shot dead LARKANA, June 28: Three brothers were killed when five armed men attacked on Monday a village some 10 kilometres away from here. The assailants gunned down Naimatullah in his house in Sultan Jumarani village. ... FAISALABAD: Income from taxes not revealed - Faisalabad budget approved FAISALABAD, June 28: The Faisalabad District Council's budget of Rs5.413 billion for the fiscal year 2004-5 has failed to give out the source of income in the heads of taxes, duties and fees. ... BAHAWALPUR: Nine antelopes 'missing' BAHAWALPUR, June 28: Nine antelopes are reportedly missing from the breeding enclosure at the National Lal Sohanra Park, about 35 kilometres from here. The alleged disappearance of antelopes, valuing about Rs0.3 million, came to light recently. ... FIASALABAD: Demo against imposition of toll on two roads FAISALABAD, June 28: Residents of Millat Road and Narwala Road blocked traffic and staged a sit-in outside the offices of district Nazim against the imposition of toll tax on the roads on Monday. ... FAISALABAD: Buildings fee auction against govt order FAISALABAD, June 28: The Tehsil Municipal Administration (City) has formally awarded the contract for the collection of fee in the head of 'buildings, conversion and malba,' despite repeated instructions by the Punjab government against the auction of such contracts. ... VEHARI: 500 families lose shelter due to breach VEHARI, June 28: Hundreds of families affected by Mailsi link canal breach have protested against alleged negligence of the irrigation department officials. ... GUJRAT: Clients demand fee return from striking lawyers - Bar office ransacked GUJRAT, June 28: Over 600 clients affected by lawyers' strike on Monday took out a protest rally against lawyers, attacked the bar office, ransacked its furniture and thrashed some of the lawyers as well. ... SARGODHA: Confusion ahead of fresh budget meeting SARGODHA, June 28: There is a lot of confusion in the district about the fate of the budget, as District Nazim Malik Amjad Ali and Naib Nazim Chaudhry Hamid Saleem Warriach have stuck to their guns over the issue. ... QUETTA: 2 levies men among 5 die in encounter QUETTA, June 28: Five people, including two officials of a levies force, were killed in an encounter between outlaws and law-enforcement agencies near the Sond area in Kohlu district, about 350km from here, officials said on Monday. ...

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