14 July 2004 Wednesday 25 Jamadi-ul-Awwal 1425 KARACHI: Precautionary measures for rains reviewed KARACHI, July 13: The city nazim, Naimatullah Khan, on Tuesday held a meeting to review safety arrangements made at emergency centres set up at the coastal areas and various towns against possible rain losses during the ensuing monsoons. ... KARACHI: Ibad calls for people's role in polio eradication KARACHI, July 13: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad urged political leaders, teachers, religious scholars and people from all other walks of life to jointly struggle for eradication of polio from the province. ... KARACHI: Govt told to ascertain whereabouts of lawyer KARACHI, July 13: The Sindh High Court asked the federal and provincial attorneys on Tuesday to ascertain the whereabouts of city lawyer, alleged to have been arrested by the police on Monday night ... KARACHI: Businessman given bail in sum of Rs1.6bn KARACHI, July 13: Sadaruddin Ghanchi, a business tycoon, was granted bail in a record sum of over Rs1.612 billion by a special court for banking offences. Judge Hasan Feroze granted him bail on the medical grounds as the elderly accused was certified to be sick. ... KARACHI: SHC rejects KESC plea against damages KARACHI, July 13: The Sindh High Court dismissed on Tuesday an appeal moved by the Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation against an order for payment of Rs840,000 in damages to the father of a man electrocuted in 1988 by a live wire lying on the road. ... KARACHI: CPLC zonal chief resigns in protest KARACHI, July 13: Chief of central zone of the Citizen-Police Liaison Committee Murad Ali Soni, who had been associated with the CPLC for the past 12 years ... KARACHI: Recruitment of college lecturers suspended KARACHI, July 13: The newly inducted provincial minister for education, Dr Hameeda Khuhru, on Tuesday ordered to stop the recruitment of ad hoc college lecturers for the time being for certain verification. ... KARACHI: Proposal for early commencement of session at KU KARACHI, July 13: The authorities of University of Karachi are considering changing the academic calender to get more talented students on the varsity's rolls, said sources on the campus. ... KARACHI: Areas for conservation of nature identified - Workshop on Indus delta eco-region KARACHI, July 13: Environment experts on second day of the workshop on "Indus delta ecoregion: biodiversity, visioning and conservation planning" identified the areas having global significance for conservation of nature. ... KARACHI: Bus operators block RCD Highway for four hours KARACHI, July 13: Protesting over the recent burning of two buses by gangsters, the inter-provincial bus operators blocked the RCD Highway for four hours on Tuesday. The Sindh-Balochistan Bus-Coaches Owners Association vowed that the bus operators would not run their vehicles from Lyari ... KARACHI: SSC general group exam results today KARACHI, July 13: The Board of Secondary Education, Karachi will declare results of the Secondary School Certificate (General group) Part-II Annual Examinations 2004 on Wednesday at 9am. ... KARACHI: 2 bandits shot dead in separate incidents - Rs4.2m looted KARACHI, July 13: Two bandits were shot dead in different areas of the city on Tuesday. According to police, three bandits sneaked into the house of Mohammad Sultan in Block-12, Gulistan-i-Jauhar. ... KARACHI: Unhygienic conditions persist in Khokhrapar KARACHI, July 13: Extreme unhygienic conditions prevail in Saudia Colony, Sector 8-B, in streets Nos 6 and 5 Khokhrapar near Madina Masjid owing to constant sewage overflow from gutters. ... ISLAMABAD: Project to upgrade KU statistics dept okayed ISLAMABAD, July 13: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved a project worth Rs20 million to expand and upgrade the department of statistics at the University of Karachi. ... ISLAMABAD: Ustad Sharafat Ali captivates audience ISLAMABAD, July 13: The classical music, often referred to as the jewel among our intangible heritage, enriches the listener and the artiste tries to reach greater flamboyance every time he performs. ... LAHORE: Judges' plea admitted LAHORE, July 13: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday admitted for regular hearing a writ petition filed by five additional district and sessions' judges, who have demanded that the seniority list of civil judges be corrected. ... LAHORE: Medical college at DHQ hospital LAHORE, July 13: The City District Government is planning to establish an undergraduate medical college at its district headquarters Kot Khawaja Saeed Hospital. ... LAHORE: Prevention is better than cure - Maqbool LAHORE, July 13: Punjab governor Khalid Maqbool has said the 'rat race' of purchasing expensive electro-medical equipment and medicines by the hospitals is a wrong trend owing to the economic situation of the country. ... LAHORE: Textile city project approved by PSIC LAHORE, July 13: The Punjab Small Industries Corporation on Tuesday approved the Faisalabad Textile City Project and the plan for development of a new industrial estate in the provincial metropolis. ... LAHORE: Gujrat bar ends court boycott LAHORE, July 13: The Gujrat district bar ended its two-month boycott of courts on Tuesday despite the fact that its demand for transfer of DPO Munawwar Husain Raja was yet to be met. ... LAHORE: Judgment reserved LAHORE, July 13: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday reserved its judgment on a writ petition against the legal vires of a decision by Data Ganj Bakhsh Town Naib Nazim Mian Mohammad Usman in returning a recall motion against Nazim Khawaja Ahmad Hassan. ... LAHORE: SPs ordered to book policemen for torture LAHORE, July 13: City police chief DIG Tariq Saleem Dogar on Tuesday directed all the divisional SPs to register criminal cases against policemen found guilty of torture and illegal confinement. ... LAHORE: CM urged not to extend BZU VC's term LAHORE, July 13: As the four-year term of Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, vice-chancellor Dr Ghulam Mustafa Chaudhry is expiring on Wednesday (today) ... PESHAWAR: Completion of varsity by August ordered PESHAWAR, July 13: The NWFP cabinet on Tuesday directed the authorities concerned to complete the Women Medical College and Women University by August. ... SHEIKHUPURA: 'Robber' arrested after encounter SHEIKHUPURA, July 13: One of the three alleged robbers who shot dead a man in Mubarikabad was arrested by the police after an encounter immediately after the incident on Tuesday morning. ... PESHAWAR: Accused escapes with lawyers' help PESHAWAR, July 13: About 50 lawyers helped one of their colleagues to escape from the premises of the Judicial Complex on Tuesday after his pre-arrest bail was rejected in a murder case. ... PESHAWAR: City budget criticized PESHAWAR, July 13: Members of the City District Council have criticised the budget for 2004-05 and said that the district's under-developed areas have been ignored. ... PESHAWAR: 'BHUs to be activated with private sector's help' PESHAWAR, July 13: The provincial government is preparing a plan to make the under-utilized basic health units functional with public-private partnership, NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah said on Tuesday. ... PESHAWAR: Contract staff yet to get June salaries PESHAWAR, July 13: Non-payment of salary to contract employees of the Hayatabad Medical Complex is causing them immense hardship, health workers said. ... PESHAWAR: Alteration work at KTH irks patients PESHAWAR, July 13: Unplanned addition and alteration work at the Khyber Teaching Hospital has been causing hardship to patients, hospital sources told Dawn on Tuesday. The Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) was commissioned in late 1976 with 26 units. ... HYDERABAD: Payment of pension, dues delayed - Defunct HMC employees HYDERABAD, July 13: The taluka councils of the City, Latifabad and Qasimabad have failed to pay Rs2 million pensions to 1,650 retired employees / widows and Rs45.5 million commutation and gratuity to 268 employees for the last three months ... SUKKUR: Sukkur nazim inaugurates schools SUKKUR July 13: District Nazim Nasir Hussain Shah has called upon parents to focus on education of their children. He was speaking at inaugural ceremony of two school buildings completed under the ESRA on Monday. ... HYDERABAD: Renovation of Shah Latif's shrine ordered HYDERABAD, July 13: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has directed officials concerned to invite tenders for renovation and beautification of the shrine of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai within one month. ... HYDERABAD: Sewerage system collapsed - Official HYDERABAD, July 13: Assistant Managing Director, Wasa for sewerage, Shamim Khan, has expressed fear that due to inadequate drainage system, Hyderabad may be inundated during the monsoon ... KHAIRPUR: Passengers robbed near Ranipur KHAIRPUR, July 13: Six unidentified armed men, posing as passengers, held up at gunpoint the driver of a Bahawalnagar-bound coach near Ranipur late on Sunday night, took control of the vehicle and robbed the passengers. ... RAWALPINDI: Robbers strike at seven places RAWALPINDI, July 13: Robbers and thieves deprived seven people of cash, gold jewellery and two cars in Rawalpindi, police said on Tuesday. ... RAWALPINDI: Man gets 7-year RI for firing on police RAWALPINDI, July 13: The anti-terrorism court number-I here on Tuesday awarded seven-year rigorous imprisonment to a person for opening fire on a police party. ... KOHAT: Rs706m Kohat budget unveiled KOHAT, July 13: A budget of Rs706.419 million was presented in the Zila Council for the fiscal year 2004-2005 with an allocation of 3.63 per cent for new development projects on Tuesday. ... PESHAWAR: Industries in Gadoon may get 12mw from Pehur PESHAWAR, July 13: The Sarhad Hydel Development Organization (Shydo) has offered to supply 12mw electricity to industries in Gadoon Amazai Industrial Estate from the Pehur hydropower project. ... PESHAWAR: DAG put on notice in contempt case PESHAWAR, July 13: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday put the deputy attorney-general on notice in a contempt-of-court petition filed by a former MNA, Jawed Ibrahim Paracha, against the detention of four Arabs. ... SUKKUR: Action against officials to be taken, says minister: Water theft in Sindh SUKKUR, July 13: Sindh Irrigation Minister Nadir Akmal Leghari has warned farmers and irrigation officials against stealing water. ... FAISALABAD: Toll charges enhanced in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, July 13: The district government has reportedly increased the rate of toll tax while Jaranwala tehsil has also been included in the tax net. ... BADIN: CM assures rain victims of compensation BADIN, July 13: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has assured the people of the district that they will be compensated for losses they had suffered in rains and consequent floods last year. ... LARAKANA: Water shortage hits rice crop, say protesters LARKANA, July 13: Farmers held a demonstration on the 57 Bridge near Bakrani on Tuesday to protest against non-availability of water in waterways originating from the Dadu Canal. ... DADU: Protest against MNA DADU, July 13: Inhabitants of 10 villages of the Dadu taluka held a demonstration outside the press club here on Tuesday to protest against Peoples' Party Parliamentarians MNA Rafique Ahmed Jamali for his alleged indulgence in nepotism. ... SUKKUR: SHC takes up jirga case SUKKUR, July 13: A single bench of Sindh High Court, Sukkur circuit, consisting of Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, on Tuesday began hearing a petition against the holding of a jirga in Pano Aqil on July 4 to resolve a karo-kari dispute. ... SUKKUR: Canal overflow threatens colony SUKKUR, July 13: Hundreds of houses in Bachal Shah colony near here have been threatened by overflow of the Khirthar and Rice canals on Monday night. The overflowing water has entered several houses due to which walls of two collapsed on Tuesday morning. ... FAISALABAD: New filling stations on some roads banned FAISALABAD, July 13: The district government has chalked out a comprehensive strategy for the establishment of new filling stations at all the six tehsils. It has declared several roads unfit for the stations. ... GUJRANWALA: Rundown building owners get notices GUJRANWALA, July 13: The City Tehsil Council on Tuesday issued final notices to the owners of 250 rundown buildings in the city. At a meeting held here on Tuesday presided over by City Nazim Babu Javed Ahmad ... GUJRAT: Gujrat lawyers soften stance GUJRAT, July 13: Lawyers have now decided to observe the strike once in a week in the larger public interest, softening their stance against DPO Raja Munawar Hussain. ...

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