09 July 2004 Friday 20 Jamadi-ul-Awwal 1425 KARACHI: Peaceful by-polls to be ensured, says Ibad KARACHI, July 8: The governor of Sindh, Dr Ishratul Ibad, on Thursday said the August 18 by-election for National Assembly's NA-229 Tharparkar seat will be held in a peaceful and transparent manner. ... KARACHI: MQM MPAs deplore killing of youths KARACHI, July 8: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement's provincial assembly members have condemned the killing of two citizens in a an alleged police 'encounter' in Samanabad. Demanding a high-level enquiry into the incident ... KARACHI: ADB keen to invest in urban projects - $50m promised KARACHI, July 8: The City District Government Karachi would soon start four mega projects of roads and flyovers in Karachi while six mass transit corridors have been designed for an improved transport system ... KARACHI: NED University senate approves Rs298m budget KARACHI, July 8: The NED University of Engineering and Technology's senate approved a Rs297.906 million budget of the varsity for 2004-05 showing a deficit of about Rs20 million. ... KARACHI: Councillors' involvement in anti-polio drive urged KARACHI, July 8: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad on Thursday urged nazims and district coordination officers in the province to involve councillors and ulema in polio eradication campaign, from July 13 to 15, to protect children from the crippling disease. ... KARACHI: Empowerment of masses for better living urged KARACHI, July 8: Proponents of the People's Health Movement have called for socio-economic empowerment of the masses to counter schemes and policies deterrent to their collective well- being as well as their environment. ... KARACHI: Move to privatize PIA dept slammed KARACHI, July 8: Senator Taj Haider, information secretary of the Pakistan People's Party, criticizing the proposed privatization of PIA's transport department, warned that the move would lead to the destruction of the national organization. ... KARACHI: Prosecutors for cases against Jundullah KARACHI, July 8: The Sindh law department has appointed assistant advocate general Habib Ahmed and Maula Bux Bhatti as "public prosecutors" to conduct 18 terrorism cases against Jundullah activists ... KARACHI: Experts stress increase in allocation for health, education KARACHI, July 8: Speakers at a seminar on Thursday urged the government to allocate sufficient budget for health and education and ensure its proper utilization to cope with reproductive health issues. ... KARACHI: High court issues notices to two towns KARACHI, July 8: The Sindh High Court issued notices to the provincial local government department in a petition against the Gulshan-i-Iqbal and Liaquatabad town administrations for not allowing a grade-18 officer to join as deputy town officer. ... KARACHI: Bus operators block Banaras Chowk, rough up passengers KARACHI, July 8: The minibus operators blocked Banaras Chowk by parking their vehicles on the roads coming from different parts of Orangi Town on Thursday morning. ... ISLAMABAD: Windstorm, rain hit Pindi, Islamabad ISLAMABAD, July 8: A strong windstorm that was followed by a heavy cloud burst hit the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi on Thursday, ending the long hot spell which had gripped the region for the last many days and providing relief to the citizens. ... ISLAMABAD: Lawyer blames agencies for attempt on wife's life ISLAMABAD, July 8: A Supreme Court lawyer has lodged a complaint with the Cantonment police station stating that two unidentified persons tried to kill his wife, police said. ... PESHAWAR: Fata to get Rs7,835m for ADP this year PESHAWAR, July 8: The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) will get Rs 7,834.968 million under the Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the year 2004-05. Last year the total size of the ADP for Fata was Rs 3,256.540 million. ... LAHORE: Lawyers defer rally amid 'signs of patch-up' LAHORE, July 8: The Lahore Bar Association deferred a rally on Thursday hours before it was scheduled to be held to express solidarity with the Gujrat lawyers. ... LAHORE: Punjab govt to fill 67,427 vacancies LAHORE, July 8: The Punjab government is starting recruitment of 67,427 people in all departments on a contract and regular basis with immediate effect. ... LAHORE: Wapda lists reasons for power crisis LAHORE, July 8: Wapda says it has 'suddenly' experienced a 15 per cent upward surge in overall demand for electricity from the start of this summer which is 'unprecedented'. ... LAHORE: Another feasibility on LRT proposed LAHORE, July 8: The Traffic Engineering and Transport Planning Agency has submitted a proposal for a feasibility study of the Light Rail Transit Project for the preparation of an international standard bidding document to the planning and development department. ... LAHORE: Notification on transfer of Fort control LAHORE, July 8: The federal government has notified the transfer of the Lahore Fort and the Shalamar Gardens to the Punjab. Former prime minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali had announced the transfer of the monuments to the Punjab in February this year. ... LAHORE: High Court to hear German girl today LAHORE, July 8: A special division bench of the Lahore High Court is to solicit on Friday the opinion of German national Hira Jessica Shafiq if she wants to continue her marriage with a Pakistani youth. ... PESHAWAR: Court extends stay on deportation Citizenship plea PESHAWAR, July 8: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday directed the interior division, Islamabad, to file comments on a writ petition filed by a man seeking Pakistani nationality for his Indian born wife. ... PESHAWAR: PHC issues notice to AG PESHAWAR, July 8: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Thursday put on notice the NWFP advocate-general in a habeas corpus petition challenging the detention of a man allegedly by the Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) for more than four months. ... PESHAWAR: Call to raise stipend of trainee doctors PESHAWAR, July 8: The Frontier Doctors' Association (FDA) has demanded that the government should raise the monthly stipend of trainee medical officers (TMOs) to the level of the amount being paid to their counterparts in Punjab and other provinces of the country. ... HYDERABAD: Protest against collapse of sewerage, water system HYDERABAD, July 8: Residents of Pathan Goth, Qasimabad, including women and children, held a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Thursday against collapse of the water supply system and sewerage. ... HYDERABAD: Water rotation plan announced HYDERABAD, July 8: The executive engineer, irrigation, Hala division, here on Thursday announced a water rotation programme for the division. ... LARAKANA: Protest against water shortage LARKANA, July 8: On the call of Sindh Abadgar Board a large number of people took out a procession on Wednesday to protestagainst the acute shortage of irrigation water in the command area of Saifullah Magsi branch. ... HYDERABAD: '1.7 million bonded labours in Sindh' HYDERABAD, July 8: There are some 1.7 million bonded labours only in Sindh, says Dr G. Hyder of the National Rural Support Programme quoting a survey conducted by the International Labour Organization. ... SUKKUR: Books purchased for free distribution SUKKUR, July 8: District Nazim Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said books worth Rs9 million have been purchased from the Sindh Textbook Board for free distribution among primary students. ... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Indifference of doctors helping quacks NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, July 8: The practice of quackery is thriving in the district without any check by the health authorities and the cause for it is said to be the apathetic attitude of MBBS doctors. ... DADU: Rally in Dadu against failure of civic services DADU, July 8: A large number of people, including activists of various political parties and non-government organizations, took out a procession here on Thursday to protest against failure of drainage, sanitation and water supply systems in the town. ... QUETTA: Safety bodies seek funds QUETTA, July 8: The chairmen of 11 district public safety commissions in the province on Thursday complained that the government had not provided funds to them for running their administrative affairs in a smooth manner ... SUKKUR: SHC takes up jirga petition, summons 7 - Karo-kari dispute SUKKUR, July 8: A judge of the Sindh High Court, Sukkur bench, on Thursday summoned seven persons for July 13 on a petition accusing them of holding a jirga. ... LARKANA: Sindh to get Rs3bn more for district govts LARKANA, July 8: Sindh government would receive three billion rupees from the federal government for further distribution among the district governments ... PESHAWAR: Two small dams built in Fata, work on 12 in progress PESHAWAR, July 8: The Irrigation Department of Fata has constructed two small dams in tribal area and work on 12 more dams at an estimated cost of Rs1006.947 million is in progress. ... HARIPUR: 82 community boards formed in Haripur HARIPUR, July 8: About 82 community citizen boards (CCBs) have been formed while many are in the registration process in different union councils of Haripur, said EDO Dr Fazal Mehmood told Dawn here on Thursday. ... MANSHERA: Mansehra budget on Monday MANSEHRA, July 8: District Nazim Syed Ahmad Hussain Shah has said that the Mansehra district council budget for 2004-05 would be presented on July 12. Speaking to newsmen at his office on Thursday ... SIALKOT: Computer centres to be set up for workers SIALKOT, July 8: The federal government has decided to establish one each computer training centre in Sialkot and Gujranwala to facilitate industrial workers and their children. ... SIALKOT: Entire staff of hospital suspended SIALKOT, July 8: Punjab Social Security Commissioner & Director Naveed Akram Cheema has suspended the entire staff of the Daska hospital for absence from duty. ... KASUR: PPP leaders criticize dist council budget KASUR, July 8: Pakistan People's Party MNA Chaudhry Manzoor Ahmad and MPA Syed Muzaffar Hassan Kazmi have criticized the district council budget, terming it a verbal trickery. ... TOBA TEK SINGH: 25 traders booked for attack on staff - Anti-encroachment drive TOBA TEK SINGH, July 8: City police on Thursday registered a case against 25 shopkeepers of the Talab Bazaar on charges of attacking and injuring the tehsil municipal administration (TMA) staff. ... GUJRANWALA: Bar leaders arrested in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, July 8: Police arrested on Thursday District Bar Association President Chaudhry Saifullah Cheema and Secretary-General Malik Muhammad Sarwar Awan when they were going to Lahore to participate in the protest rally against Gujrat DPO Raja Munawar Husain. ... FAISALABAD: TMA launches Rs465m road project FAISALABAD, July 8: The Tehsil Municipal Administration (City) has launched a "Faisalabad Road Rehabilitation Project" for the construction and upgrade of 20 main roads of the city at a cost of Rs465 million. ... DERA GHAZI KHAN: Four bandits killed, DPO injured in encounter DERA GHAZI KHAN, July 8: Four bandits were killed while the Dera DPO sustained gunshot injuries in an encounter on Thursday in the limits of Kot Cchutta police station, some 23kms from here. ... GUJRANWALA: Three teams to trace culprits - Bank dacoity GUJRANWALA, July 8: The district police authority sought the record of bank dacoities from various districts to trace out the Ghakkhar bank dacoity and constituted three investigating teams comprising senior police officers here on Thursday. ... SAHIWAL: Protest against Mepco SAHIWAL, July 8: Hundreds of residents of Mohallah Farid Ganj took out a protest procession here on Thursday against Multan Electric Power Company officers. ... PESHAWAR: Sharp fall in temperature after rain PESHAWAR, July 8: The much-awaited rain here on Thursday afternoon brought a pleasant change in the weather and brought down the temperature. According to the MET office here on Thursday evening ...

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