04 July 2004 Sunday 15 Jamadi-ul-Awwal 1425 KARACHI: Law and order board to be set up, says IG KARACHI, July 3: President Pervez Musharraf's economic agenda cannot be implemented without improving the law and order situation in the province ... KARACHI: Police hunt for women suicide bombers KARACHI, July 3: Police is said to have identified two women suicide bombers allegedly indoctrinated by a banned militant outfit. ... KARACHI: Summary on KCR soon KARACHI, July 3: The summary is ready to be placed before the federal cabinet for final approval regarding revival of the Karachi Circular Railway. ... KARACHI: Officials told to realize responsibilities KARACHI, July 3: The chief secretary, Muhammed Aslam Sanjrani, on Saturday held a high-level meeting and directed the concerned officials to perform their responsibilities with prudence in connection with removal of encroachments and controlling environmental pollution. ... KARACHI: DHA to spend Rs200m on revamping of phase I KARACHI, July 3: Work on the revamping of infrastructural facilities of the Defence Housing Authority, Phase I, will be completed within 12 months at an estimated cost of Rs200 million, says a press release. ... KARACHI: Special children face transport problem KARACHI, July 3: Special children in Lyari Town are still facing transport problems to reach the rehabilitation centre despite a request made by a local NGO some time back to the city government to provide the centre with a new van ... KARACHI: Pemra receives 100 complaints KARACHI, July 3: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority, Sindh, received around 100 complaints from all over the province against poor and faulty Cable TV service during the month of June last. ... KARACHI: Yousuf Jamal takes oath as ombudsman KARACHI, July 3: Khan Yousuf Jamal, was on Saturday administered the oath as the new Ombudsman of Sindh. Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan administered the oath at an impressive ceremony held at the Governor's House. ... KARACHI: TV artiste Hassam Qazi dies KARACHI, July 3: A senior artiste of Pakistan Television, Hassam Qazi, died here of a heart attack on Saturday evening. Hassam was about 46 years of age and leaves behind a widow and three children. ... KARACHI: New dean for NED faculty KARACHI, July 3: The chairman of Computer and Information Systems Engineering Department, NED University of Engineering and Technology, Prof Dr Shahid Hafeez Mirza, has been appointed as dean of the varsity's newly established faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering. ... KARACHI: Experts call for caution in low platelet count KARACHI, July 3: An estimate eight per cent per million population in Pakistan was inflicted with varied blood diseases, a senior haematologist, Dr. Khalid Zafar Hashmi, said ... LAHORE: Lawyers boycott courts LAHORE, July 3: Lawyers largely boycotted courts on Saturday on the call given by the Punjab Bar Council in protest against the Gujrat situation. ... LAHORE: Govt slammed for rise in prices LAHORE, July 3: The Nazaria Pakistan Forum has criticized the government for its miserable failure to control the prices of essential commodities. ... LAHORE: Protest against police LAHORE, July 3: Activists of various labour and political parties on Saturday joined a journalists' protest against police failure to arrest those who assaulted newsmen at the Postmaster-General building on June 25. ... LAHORE: Isolated rain forecast for next 24 hours LAHORE, July 3: With seasonal low lying over Balochistan and surrounding areas and moist current from Arabian sea reaching the Punjab, the local Met office has forecast isolated rain/thunderstorm for most parts of the Punjab, including Lahore division. ... RAWALPINDI: Two die in separate incidents RAWALPINDI, July 3: Two persons, including a woman, were killed in Banni and Jatli areas, police said on Saturday. Mohammad Riaz, who was wounded in a brawl among a group of five heroin addicts near Jamia Masjid Road ... PESHAWAR: Aids centre to be set up in Peshawar PESHAWAR, July 3: The NWFP Health Department has formally approved the plan to establish an anti-retroviral therapy centre for the treatment of Human Immuno-deficiency Virus/Auto-Immune Disease Syndrome (HIV/AIDS), says the NWFP health minister. ... PESHAWAR: Rule of law must for prosperity, says CJ PESHAWAR, July 3: Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan on Saturday stressed the importance of judicial reforms and said that economic prosperity could be achieved through rule of law. ... QUETTA: All development schemes to be completed: Jam QUETTA, July 3: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yousuf has said that different development schemes and programmes launched in the province will be completed at any cost. ... QUETTA: Appeal to president, premier QUETTA, July 3: A blind senior citizen of Quetta, Hafiz Ghulam Mohammad, has appealed to President Gen Musharraf and Premier Shujaat Husain to help him get back his property of which he has been deprived of by some influential people. ... HYDERABAD: Govt urged to build small dams: SAB seeks inquiry into canal breaches HYDERABAD, July 3: Sindh Abadgar Board working committee, at a meeting here on Saturday, suggested that on the pattern of the Hub Dam, smalls dams should be constructed in the country and the proposal to construct big dams abandoned. ... HYDERABAD: Rangers begin patrolling Mithrao Canal HYDERABAD, July 3: Thar Rangers commandant Lt-Col Arshad Naeem Ahmed has said that the task entrusted to the rangers by the Sindh government to ensure water supply to tail-end areas will be performed with commitment and devotion. ... HYDERABAD: Wasa criticized for insanitation HYDERABAD, July 3: A large number of residents of Latifabad taluka blocked the Fatima Jinnah road in protest against theaccumulation of sewerage in union council-7. ... BADIN: Zakat staff continue hunger strike BADIN, July 3: A token hunger strike being observed by the staff of the district Zakat committee continued for the third consecutive day here on Friday. ... SUKKUR: Removal of Baitul Mal official demanded SUKKUR July 3: The people with insufficient means held a protest demonstration here on Saturday against the in-charge of the Baitul Mall. ... NAWABSHAH: Accident leaves two dead, 12 injured NAWABSHAH, July 3: Two persons were killed and 12 injured when a Nawabshah-bound passenger bus overturned on the Sanghar road on Saturday. ... FAISALABAD: 28 new taxes levied in Faisalabad: Tax-free budget claim denied FAISALABAD, July 3: The district government has imposed 28 new taxes while increasing the existing rate of a number of items from 100 to 1,150 per cent for the financial year 2004-2005. ... KOHAT: Darra elders told to hand over 60 criminals KOHAT, July 3: The authorities have given four days to the tribal elders of the famous illegal gun-manufacturing town of Darra Adam Khel to hand over 64 hardened criminals wanted by the government. ... SKARDU: First climber of K-2 set for another expedition SKARDU, July 3: The first conqueror of K-2, Lino Laccedelli, and his 24-member team left here for Askoli on Saturday morning. ... GUJRANWALA: Three die of taking poisonous liquor GUJRANWALA, July 3: Three youths died after taking 'poisonous liquor' while another hospitalized in Noushera Virkan on Saturday. ... MULTAN: Water-borne diseases: two die in Fort Abbas MULTAN, July 3: Two people, including a minor, have fallen prey to the water-borne diseases in Fort Abbas town of Bahawalnagar district while scores have been hospitalized. ... FAISALABAD: Massive cutting of old trees FAISALABAD, July 3: The Tehsil Municipal Administration (City) contractors have uprooted old trees along various city roads in contravention of the Punjab Local Government Ordinance. ... JHANG: Encroachments on dyke irk people JHANG, July 3: The inability of the irrigation authorities to check encroachments on the Jhang flood protective bund (dyke) is creating panic among the residents of adjacent localities. ... LARKANA: Protest against water shortage LARKANA, July 3: A large number of political activists and farmers on Saturday took out a procession in Ratodero town against an acute water shortage in Sindh. ... MIRPURKHAS: Canal breach floods farmland MIRPURKHAS, July 3: A 30-foot-wide breach occurred in the Pran Shakh, emanating from the Jamrao canal, at RD-28 near Mir Khalid-ji-Landhi, Kot Ghulam Mohammad taluka, on Friday morning that inundated a vast area of farmland. ... SUKKUR: No-trust motion against nazim declared unlawful SUKKUR, July 3: The Sindh High Court, Sukkur circuit bench, on Friday declared unlawful the no-confidence motion against Thari Mirwah Taluka Nazim Ali Gul Bozdar. The motion was adopted on June 24 this year. ... BADIN: Badin council approves budget BADIN, July 3: The district council on Saturday passed its annual budget with total expenditures of Rs1682.144 million. Naib Nazim Mirza Sohail Akbar presided over the council session. ... LANDI KOTAL: Education, health top priority in Fata: governor LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), July 3: NWFP Governor Syed Iftekhar Hussain Shah has said that the government is giving top priority to provision of health and education facilities in tribal areas. ... MUZAFFARABAD: Research urged to help farmers MUZAFFARABAD, July 3: A three-day conference of social scientists under the aegis of social sciences division of Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (Parc) was opened here on Friday by AJK minister for agriculture and animal husbandry Mallick Mohammad Nawaz. ... LANDI KOTAL: Teacher breaks arm of five-year-old girl LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), July 3: A teacher thrashed and broke the arm of a five-year-old girl in the Landi Kotal tehsil in the Khyber Agency for not responding to her queries. ...

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