01 July 2004 Thursday 12 Jamadi-ul-Awwal 1425 KARACHI: Effective steps stressed to eradicate polio KARACHI, June 30: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has stressed on effective and result-oriented steps for eradication of polio from the province by the end of this year. ... KARACHI: Ibad orders to resolve release of funds issue KARACHI, June 30: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has directed the authorities concerned to resolve the issue of funds release between union councils and district governments with particular reference to pending matters of equator. ... KARACHI: Dental hospital inaugurated KARACHI, June 30: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said that the government alone cannot undertake projects in the fields of education and health and urged private sector to assist the government in provision of health and education facilities to the masses. ... KARACHI: Power cuts persist in many areas KARACHI, June 30: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation failed to provide electricity to its consumers who braved another hot and humid day without power supply. ... KARACHI: Safe disposal of hospital waste stressed KARACHI, June 30: Speakers at a seminar on Wednesday stressed the need for promoting safe health care waste management practices in the province, particularly in Karachi. ... KARACHI: Doctors' body criticizes agencies KARACHI, June 30: A Joint Doctors Action Committee on Wednesday criticized the attitude of intelligence agencies regarding the doctors who went missing sometime back. ... KARACHI: 24 doctors complete trauma course KARACHI, June 30: Twenty-four junior doctors of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre were awarded certificates on completion of a trauma course on Wednesday. ... KARACHI: Efforts urged to end gender bias KARACHI, June 30: Speakers at a seminar emphasised on Wednesday the need for enhanced coordination between non- governmental organizations and elected women representatives to address gender discrimination issues ... KARACHI: Public service delivery system at Gulshan KARACHI, June 30: Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town has adopted a 'Public Service Delivery System' to provide the people with a better access to the town administration. ... KARACHI: Rates for street-lights termed unjustified - Towns' budgets for 2004-05 ty KARACHI, June 30: Three more town municipal administrations (TMAs) - North Nazimabad, Liaquatabad and Gulberg - announced their budgets for the fiscal 2004-05. ... KARACHI: SESSI approves Rs820m outlay KARACHI, June 30: The governing body of Sindh Employees' Social Security Institution approved the institution's budget of Rs819.8 million with a surplus of Rs98.497 million for fiscal 2004-05. ... KARACHI: Budgets for Bin Qasim, Gadap, Korangi towns KARACHI, June 30: The town municipal administrations of Gadap and Bin Qasim presented massive budgets for the fiscal 2004-05. The budgets of both towns combined comes to over Rs1337 million. ... KARACHI: Police told to submit charge-sheet in mosque blast case KARACHI, June 30: Judge Arshad Noor Khan of anti-terrorism court ordered on Wednesday police to submit the final charge- sheet (challan) against the alleged mastermind of the mosque blasts. ... KARACHI: Stay ordered in Cheelwali Kothi case KARACHI, June 30: Justice Maqbool Baqar of the Sindh High Court restrained a builder and developer and other defendants from creating third-party interest in a commercial complex being constructed by unlawfully converting Cheelwali Kothi ... KARACHI: Man shot dead in Sharifabad KARACHI, June 30: A young man was shot dead in Sharifabad on Wednesday night. Police said that Shakir, 25, was standing outside his house near Jhanda Chowk, where armed men on a motorcycle opened fire at him and escaped. ... LAHORE: Over Rs6m looted in three strikes LAHORE, June 30: Armed robbers on Wednesday looted over Rs6 million in three strikes in the city. The two hits were made by the miscreants when their victims were on the way after drawing the money from banks. ... LAHORE: Only 11 get A+ grade in matric exams LAHORE, June 30: A total of 11 students of science group, eight girls and three boys, got A+ grades from a total of 130,465 students, who appeared for the secondary school certificate annual examination for 2004. ... LAHORE: Book launching ends in fiasco LAHORE, June 30: The launching of Khalid Malik Haider's book Urdu Mousiqi ended in a fiasco here on Wednesday when a classical maestro pointed out faults in it and accused the author of plagiarism. ... LAHORE: Hot, humid weather in Punjab LAHORE, June 30: Many cities in the Punjab, including Lahore, are in the grip of extremely hot and humid weather because of the absence of any active monsoon current or a westerly wave during the past three days. ... PESHAWAR: PTV ban on artistes' entry criticized PESHAWAR, June 30: Local artistes have criticized the ban on their entry to the PTV Peshawar Centre and have asked the authorities to lift the ban forthwith. ... PESHAWAR: Widow's plea for son's release PESHAWAR, June 30: The mother of a juvenile offender has requested the chief justice of the Peshawar High Court to waive the condition of producing sureties before the court for the release of her son. ... PESHAWAR: Attempt foiled to smuggle Buddha statues PESHAWAR, June 30: Customs staff foiled an attempt to smuggle six Buddha statues of Gandhara civilization from Swat to a foreign country via Lahore late on Tuesday night and arrested four people, said an official. ... PESHAWAR: Inter-faith dialogue vital, seminar told PESHAWAR, June 30: Speakers at a seminar here on Wednesday stressed the need for inter-faith dialogue and greater interaction among the followers of various religions with a view to promoting peace in society. ... PESHAWAR: Karak gas - locals will be first beneficiary PESHAWAR, June 30: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said that gas discovered in the Karak district will be first supplied to local people. ... PESHAWAR: Police officer summoned in grenade attack case PESHAWAR, June 30: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday summoned an investigation officer (IO) and an official of prosecution branch in a case, directing them to clarify how did they citethe Anti-Terrorism Act in an FIR. ... HYDERABAD: Protest against non-payment of council's octroi share HYDERABAD, June 30: A large number of people, led by nazims of the district's rural union councils, held a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Wednesday against withholding of octroi share of the councils. ... HYDERABAD: Ex-minister's bail plea rejected in murder case HYDERABAD, June 30: District and sessions judge Zaheeruddin S. Leghari on Wednesday rejected the bail application of former Sindh minister Qabool Mohammad Shah in a murder case. ... NAWABSHAH: Nawabshah council approves budget NAWABSHAH, June 30: The Rs1.344 billion budget of the district government for financial year 2004-2005 was presented on Tuesday at the Nawabshah District Council session which was approved by the members. ... HYDERABAD: SHC summons hospital official HYDERABAD, June 30: The circuit bench of the Sindh High Court has issued notice to the medical superintendent of the Civil Hospital, Hyderabad, after the failure of a medico-legal officer to submit a certificate. ... KHAIRPUR: Khairpur district budget KHAIRPUR, June 30: Members of the district council, Khairpur, approved the budget for the fiscal 2004-05 at its session held here on Wednesday. ... RAWALPINDI: Court suspends Wapda official's arrest warrant RAWALPINDI, June 30: The Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi bench, on Tuesday suspended arrest warrant of a sub-divisional officer (SDO) of Water and Power Development Authority. ... MULTAN: Boys, girls share honours MULTAN, June 30: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education declared the results of the secondary school certificate examination, 2004, on Wednesday. ... QUETTA: ANF seizes 1.4 tons of narcotics QUETTA, June 30: Anti-Narcotics Force teams has seized around 1.4 tons of drugs from the Chagai area of Balochistan, official sources said here on Wednesday. ... QUETTA: BHC orders release of detainee QUETTA, June 30: A division bench of Balochistan High Court directed the government on Wednesday to release one Masood Jamaldani as his detention was illegal but another detenu's petition was disposed ... NAWABSHAH: Five irrigation officials suspended - Breach reported in another canal NAWABSHAH, June 30: Five officials of the irrigation department were suspended for failing to take action to prevent breaches in the Gujra Canal and Khiyaryoon Branch as another breach occurred in Sujawal Minor on late Tuesday night. ... SUKKUR: Power supply restored four days after breakdown SUKKUR, June 30: Power supply in to Sukkur, Shikarpur, Jacobabad and some parts of Balochistan was restored on Wednesday after four days. ... JACOBABAD: Budget approved JACOBABAD, June 30: District Nazim Mir Shabbir Bijarani presented a Rs1.53 billion budget for 2004-2005 at a district council session here on Monday. The budget was passed by the council. ... PESHAWAR: PHC judges get rewards PESHAWAR, June 30: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday declared Musaddiq Hussain Gillani and Shaiber Khan as best district and sessions judge and additional district and sessions judge respectively for the period of July to Dec 2003. ... SKARDU: Council's ex-chief to contest election SKARDU, June 30: Wazir Shakeel Ahmed, former chairman, district council, Skardu, and Syed Tahir Ali Shah have announced that they would contest the Northern Areas Legislative Council election from Skardu Ward No.3 and the three wards of Ghanche district, respectively. ... MANSHERA: Workshop on disease warning system held MANSEHRA, June 30: Major causes of the outbreak of epidemics are overcrowding, refugee factor, human and animal migrations, lack of clean drinking water, poor sanitary conditions and low vaccination coverage ... KOHAT: Police official dies in grenade attack KOHAT, June 30: An assistant sub-inspector was killed and a constable seriously injured in a grenade attack during an armed clash with a proclaimed offender near Sheikhan village on Tuesday. ... MARDAN: Loans under new package refused MARDAN, June 30: Local growers of Mardan have expressed their doubt about the success of recently announced agricultural package. ... GUJRAT: Police asked to name 14 lawyers, DPO in FIR - Gujrat bar attack case GUJRAT, June 30: District and sessions judge Syed Ali Hasan Rizvi directed on Wednesday the crime range police to nominate DPO Raja Munawar Hussain, MPA Khalid Asghar Ghurral and 14 other PML lawyers and politicians in the supplementary FIR of the bar attack case. ... GUJRANWALA: Gujranwala dist council budget approved GUJRANWALA, June 30: The district council approved the budget of Rs3511.976 million for the fiscal year 2004-05 here on Wednesday. Presenting the budget, District Nazim Chaudhry Fiaz Ahmad Chattha pointed out that Rs928.727 million had been allocated for development. ... FAISALABAD: Rs2.64bn Wasa, FDA budget FAISALABAD, June 30: The annual budget of Rs2.64 billion for Faisalabad Development Authority (FDA) and Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) has been approved by the City Tehsil Municipal Administration here on Wednesday. ... BAHAWALPUR: Two captives among position holders BAHAWALPUR, June 30: All the three top positions were clinched by girls in the matriculation examination. Two prisoners of the new central jail also bagged second and third positions in the humanities group. ... FAISALABAD: Girls outshine boys in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, June 30: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education announced the results of matriculation examination by declaring almost all the candidates successful. ... SIALOKT: Two brothers drown SIALKOT, June 30: Two young sons of a local landlord drowned in the BRB Canal near Daska on Wednesday. Khalid (17) and Javaid (12), the sons of Muhammad Rafiq of Ranjhal-Daska village, went to take bath in the canal. ... DERA GHAZI KHAN: Private schools shine DERA GHAZI KHAN, June 30: Boys clinched top two positions in the matriculation examination. The two toppers belonged to private schools and were among the 4,682 students who appeared in the examination with old course. ... GUJRANWALA: Boys steal the show in Gujranwala - Matriculation results GUJRANWALA, June 30: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education announced on Wednesday the result of secondary school certificate examination, 2004. ... LARKANA: Schoolgirls still waiting for textbooks LARKANA, June 30: The Sindh Text Book Board has yet not provided books for free distribution among girl students of class VI to VIII in the province. This was confirmed by the acting EDO, education, Sikandar Lakhir, here on Wednesday. ... KARACHI: SBTE's warning KARACHI, June 30: The Sindh Board of Technical Education (SBTE) has issued warning to a private college not to introduce any diploma or TEVT course, not recognized by the board. ...

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