10 July 2004 Saturday 21 Jamadi-ul-Awwal 1425 KARACHI: Arbab sees officials' hand in power theft] KARACHI, July 9: Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that power theft is possible only with the connivance of KESC officials and the ultimate burden is shifted to genuine consumers by increasing tariff. ... KARACHI: KESC comes under fire for inefficiency, rigid policies - NA body for uniform tariff KARACHI, July 9: A meeting of the National Assembly's standing committee on water and power on Friday turned into a free-for-all as passions ran high and the city nazim and the Sindh chief secretary poured scorn on the KESC ... KARACHI: Task force set up to sort out problems - Power consumers' agony KARACHI, July 9: The National Assembly's standing committee on water and power, which met here on Friday, took several decisions and constituted a task force to identify weak areas of KESC ... KARACHI: Maintenance of law, order must for progress KARACHI, July 9: Speakers at a meeting of Hamdard Shura, Karachi Chapter, stressed on education, self-employment and maintenance of law and order for political and economic progress of any country. ... KARACHI: Karo-kari to be eliminated soon - Ibad KARACHI, July 9: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan said that the heinous tradition of karo-kari (honour killing) would soon be eliminated from society and stressed community leaders and heads of all departments concerned to accelerate their efforts in this regard. ... KARACHI; AG told to explain law on billboards KARACHI, July 9: Justice Amir Hani Muslim of the Sindh High Court asked the advocate-general on Friday to explain on July 21 the authority of law under which the city district government let out outdoor advertizing sites ... KARACHI: Power cuts in many areas KARACHI, July 9: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation on Friday carried out unannounced loadshedding in many areas of the city to meet the shortfall in power supply. ... KARACHI: Free textbooks distributed among schoolchildren KARACHI, July 9: Free textbooks were distributed on Friday among the students of the city government's schools on the directives of City Nazim Naimatullah Khan. ... KARACHI: Harkat men indicted in blast cases KARACHI, July 9: An Anti-Terrorism Court in Karachi, headed by Judge Aley Maqbool Rizvi, indicted three activists of the banned Harkatul Mujahideen Al-Alami for their alleged involvement in eight explosive cases pertaining to bomb blasts in petrol pumps in Karachi. ... KARACHI: Probe into 'encounter' ordered KARACHI, July 9: The Sindh police inspector general, taking serious notice of the press reports pertaining to the killing of two youths by Samanabad police in a fake encounter, has ordered a probe into the incident. ... KARACHI: KU shuttle routes announced KARACHI, July 9: The University of Karachi on Friday announced the schedule for the city shuttle service to ply from July 12. Routes and timings have been specified for shuttles. ... KARACHI: Early treatment of women with cancer urged KARACHI, July 9: A meeting of Gynaecological Oncology Group on Friday called for regular checkup of elderly women who are prone to develop cancer of uterus. ... KARACHI: Young man killed by father-in-law KARACHI, July 9: A young man was killed by his father-in-law over some monetary dispute in Mochko on Friday. Police said Naimat Khan, 55, stabbed his son-in-law Aslam Sherazi in Gulshan-i-Ghazi Block-A. Naimat fled the house after the attack, police said. ... ISLAMABAD: Water level of three capital dams increases ISLAMABAD, July 9: Water level of three dams of the twin cities has increased by three feet after the first spell of monsoon rain, an official of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) told Dawn on Friday. ... ISLAMABAD: Action taken against 18 housing societies - Faisal ISLAMABAD, July 9: The district administration has taken action against 18 cooperative housing societies in the federal capital for not meeting development requirements, Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat said. ... ISLAMABAD: PAC directs financial discipline in CDA ISLAMABAD, July 9: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Friday took exception to the failure of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) in recovering Rs40 million outstanding dues from various contractors working with its different formations. ... ISLAMABAD: Commission approves drainage programme ISLAMABAD, July 9: The Planning Commission has approved the National Drainage Programme (NDP). The programme is now to be submitted to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) for approval. ... LAHORE: Universities to be ranked, says Maqbool LAHORE, July 9: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool has said the government is working on a plan to launch an internal evaluation system in all public and private sector universities to determine their ranking. ... LAHORE: Pervaiz seeks report LAHORE, July 9: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has sought a report on corruption charges levelled by opposition against Allama Iqbal Town Nazim Sardar Adil Omar. ... LAHORE: Bars meeting today LAHORE, July 9: The Punjab Bar Council has relegated its high-profile meeting of vice-chairmen of all provincial bars to the status of a council committee which takes care of its relations with other bar councils of the country. ... LAHORE: Boss is always VVIP LAHORE, July 9: Traffic was blocked and some people were beaten by traffic police on The Mall on Friday for providing a free passage to a senior police officer, stated to be the Punjab additional IGP. ... LAHORE: LHC reinstates Town Nazim LAHORE, July 9: The Lahore High Court on Friday reinstated Sardar Adil Umar as Iqbal Town Nazim holding that a recall motion passed against him on July 7 could not take effect in any manner whatsoever. ... LAHORE: Court annuls bus stand fee contract LAHORE, July 9: The Lahore High Court on Friday annulled a contract for the 'adda' collection fee from a Zafarwal bus stand awarded at a price much lower than the reserve price and in ignoring a higher offer. ... LAHORE: Rain breaks hot spell LAHORE, July 9: Lahore and several other cities in the Punjab, the NWFP and the Northern Areas received rain on Friday because of a westerly disturbance, breaking the long spell of hot and humid weather. ... PESHAWAR: Ex-MNA's property restored PESHAWAR, July 9: An accountability court on Friday restored the attached property of former MNA of Awami National Party, Haji Nassemur Rehman. ... PESHAWAR: Law's enforcement in Pata urged PESHAWAR, July 9: The Juvenile Justice Network, NWFP, has said that the government should extend the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance 2000 to Provincially Administered Tribal Areas and appoint probation officers in Chitral. ... HYDERABAD: HSC results announced HYDERABAD, July 9: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Hyderabad, here on Friday announced results of the higher secondary certificate part-I and II (class-XI and XII) annual examinations 2004 of the commerce group. ... HYDERABAD: Two minor girls assaulted HYDERABAD, July 9: Two minor girls of a nomad family, at present living in Jamshoro, were allegedly subjected to criminal assaults on Thursday. The girls had gone for begging when they were given some tainted soft drinks. ... RAWALPINDI: Chief executive of Bahria Town booked, 46 workers held RAWALPINDI, July 9: Sihala police on Friday booked the chief executive of a private housing scheme (Behria Town) and arrested 46 labourers, including the works manager, on charges of illegally diverting the Soan river ... SAHIWAL: Substandard food being served to prisoners SAHIWAL, July 9: Relatives of prisoners and under-trials threatened to launch a protest drive against the Central Jail officials for serving the inmates food full of insects. ... MULTAN: High Court frees four PPP activists - Home secretary's orders nullified MULTAN, July 9: The Lahore High Court nullified on Friday the detention orders of four PPP activists which were issued by the Punjab home secretary. ... GUJRANWALA: Four suspects arrested - Rape-cum-murder GUJRANWALA, July 9: The district police claimed on Friday to have arrested four of the gangsters, who allegedly raped and murdered a teenaged girl at Kaleki village in Wazirabad on Thursday night. ... SARGODHA: 'No recourse to perfidy' SARGODHA, July 9: Four photostat dealers have fraudulently minted handsome amount in just nine days by selling Qarz-i-Hasna forms to the poor people. ... SIALKOT: Workshop on WTO concludes in Sialkot SIALKOT, July 9: Only efficient enterprises will be able to survive on the international scene with commitment to satisfy the needs of customers. ... SUKKUR: 15pc water shortage at Sukkur Barrage SUKKUR, July 9: About 15 per cent water shortage was recorded at the Sukkur Barrage on Friday while 15 to 20 per cent shortage was recorded in the Kirthar, Dadu and Rice canals, originating from the right bank of the barrage. ... THATTA; Water-rotation plan threatens crops THATTA, July 9: Standing crop, spreading over three million acres of land, will be badly affected in Thatta and Badin districts due to a 10-day water rotation programme for Kotri Barrage's off-taking canals beginning from July 15 ... BANNU: Bannu govt hospital in bad shape BANNU, July 9: Lack of facilities owing to shortage of funds is affecting the functioning of the district headquarters hospital, causing hardship to patients. ... MANSHERA: Load-shedding in Mansehra MANSEHRA, July 9: Unscheduled load-shedding of four to six hours a day for the past few weeks, has been causing inconvenience to the people of Mansehra area. ... KHAIRPUR: Five women assaulted KHAIRPUR, July 9: Some armed men allegedly assaulted five nomadic women in their straw huts near Warayo village, Ahmedpur town on Thursday night. The armed men barged in huts of Baghari community and criminally assaulted Ratni, Karshima, Bhagbhari, Dharami and Laxashmi. ... DADU: Officials blamed for collapse of water, sewerage networks DADU, July 9: Water supply and sanitation systems in the town collapsed because of negligence of officials of the taluka municipal administration, residents alleged on Friday. ...

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