21 July 2004 Wednesday 03 Jamadi-us-Saani 1425 KARACHI: People suffer traffic jams, pollution - Unauthorized inter-city bus termini KARACHI, July 20: Presence of a number of bus termini on main roads and streets in the city have become a major source of hindrance in the smooth flow of traffic, besides adding to noise pollution and even accidents. ... KARACHI: Ibad orders shifting by Sept end KARACHI, July 20: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has directed the authorities concerned that the inter-city bus termini be shifted outside the city by the end of September and the four proposed bus termini be activated during the period. ... KARACHI: Anti-polio drive volunteers get no compensation KARACHI, July 20: The most recent anti-polio drive faced a lot of criticism on a number of accounts, including non-payment of compensation to the volunteers in some areas and the alleged use of expired vials of anti-polio drops. ... KARACHI: Release of doctors demanded KARACHI, July 20: The Joint Doctors Action Committee held a protest rally in front of the Karachi Press Club on Tuesday against the continued detention of the Waheed brothers. ... KARACHI: Court seeks charge-sheet against Hizb activist KARACHI, July 20: Judge Aley Maqbool Rizvi of the Anti-Terrorism Court in Karachi on Tuesday extended the date for submitting chargesheet against Dr Ismail Sheikh ... KARACHI: Hearing of plea against transfer of MPA put off KARACHI, July 20: A division bench of Sindh High Court, comprising Justice Mushir Alam and Justice Gulzar Ahmed, on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of a petition filed by Shabana Khan ... KARACHI: Tankers doing roaring trade as city faces water crisis KARACHI, July 20: Various city areas remained in the grip of an acute water shortage, forcing the residents of the affected localities to either buy private tankers or consume sub-soil unhygienic water. ... KARACHI: Medical, other facilities pledged for tourists KARACHI, July 20: The Sindh government has set up a dispensary at the Keenjhar Lake, where doctors and other staff will provide round-the-clock medical aid to people, and ambulances will be arranged shortly to tackle any emergency situation. ... KARACHI: Free IT centre set up in N. Karachi KARACHI, July 20: As many as 800 free information technology and computer training and awareness centres will be set up in Karachi and other parts of the province in collaboration with the private sector. ... KARACHI: Hygienic food may help prevent diarrhoea KARACHI, July 20: Most of the acute diarrhoea cases can be prevented by proper food hygiene and sanitation, but, widespread empirical use of antibiotics ... KARACHI: 350 students opt for IT exams KARACHI, July 20: A small number of candidates have applied for taking the Information Technology (IT) examinations 2004, to be held on July 31. ... KARACHI: Safe disposal of hospital waste stressed KARACHI, July 20: The adviser to chief minister for environment and alternate resources, Noman Saigol, has urged all private and public sector hospitals to ensure provision for proper and safe disposal of waste. ... KARACHI: Jehanabad operation in 5th day - Gangster offers to surrender KARACHI, July 20: As an operation to flush out criminals in Jehanabad entered the fifth day on Tuesday, Arshad Puppoo, wanted in several cases of heinous nature and carrying a head money of Rs3 million ... KARACHI: Examiners detect dubious answer script KARACHI, July 20: An examiner of mathematics paper-I of the HSC annual examinations 2004, during scrutiny, has discovered an answer script almost allegedly re-written outside the examination centre, under special arrangement. ... KARACHI: Home dept to deal with prosecution KARACHI, July 20: A meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Aslam Sanjrani on Tuesday discussed the ADB-funded projects, including establishment of an independent prosecution service, restructuring of food department, expansion of ombudsman office. ... KARACHI: 50 per cent students yet to get free textbooks KARACHI, July 20: Almost 50 per cent of schoolchildren studying in city government schools in Karachi have not yet received free textbooks, as half of the 567,000 students enrolled at city public schools did not report on July 9 and 10 at their respective schools to collect the textbooks. ... KARACHI: Three die in road accidents KARACHI, July 20: Three people, including a five-year old girl, died and three others were injured in road accidents in different parts of the city on Tuesday. ... LAHORE: PAC wants SE to pay Rs1m for overpaying contractor LAHORE, July 20: A public accounts committee of the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday ordered recovery of Rs1 million from the Rahim Yar Khan superintending engineer for overpaying a contractor. ... LAHORE: Report of village census to be issued next month LAHORE, July 20: The Mauza (village) Census 2003 report has been compiled and will be available by the end of next month. Agriculture Census Organization Commissioner Muhammad Younis told newsmen at a press conference on Tuesday that the report was being printed. ... PESHAWAR: Court takes up plea against relief given to convict - Notices issued to NWFP govt PESHAWAR, July 20: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday put the provincial government on notice in an application filed by the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) for staying the release of a former minister convicted in a drug case ... PESHAWAR: NWFP claims Rs100m monthly savings: Reconciliation of power bills PESHAWAR, July 20: Reconciliation of monthly power bills with Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has helped the NWFP government to bring down its monthly expenditure under this head, sources said on Tuesday. ... HYDERABAD: Language authority approves budget HYDERABAD, July 20: The board of governors of the Sindhi Language Authority has approved the authority's Rs9.281 million budget for the fiscal 2004-5, showing a deficit of Rs0.971 million. ... HYDERABAD: Allotment of land to freed bonded labourers proposed HYDERABAD, July 20: The district vigilance committee on bonded labour has recommended to the Sindh Board of Revenue to allot at least 16 acres of government land to each family of the freed bonded labour. ... MANSHERA: Women not given share in Rs126m Mansehra budget MANSEHRA, July 20: A Rs126m tax-free budget of the Mansehra tehsil council for the year 2004-2005 was approved immediately after its presentation in the budget session of the council held in Mansehra Press Club Hall, here on Tuesday. ... HARIPUR: Rs8.5m allocated for Haripur projects HARIPUR, July 20: Tehsil nazim Iftikhar Ahmad Khan has said that Rs8.55 million has been allocated for Community Citizen Boards (CCBs) uplift projects in the TMA budget for 2004-05 which will be spent with the consultation of CCBs in Haripur. ... PESHAWAR: Doctors demand stipend PESHAWAR, July 20: Medical graduates of private colleges, currently doing house jobs, have asked the government to give them monthly stipends like their counterparts who had graduated from public sector colleges. ... KHAAR: Kidnapping: tribesmen demolish 4 houses KHAAR, July 20: A lashkar of the Safi tribesmen of the Mohmand Agency attacked a village near Nawagai in the Bajaur Agency and demolished four houses to protest against the alleged kidnapping of a Safi tribal elder's son by an elder of Bajaur. ... MIRPURKHAS: Water rotation programmes announced MIRPUKHAS, July 20: Due to water shortage in the River Indus and the Nara Canal, the executive engineers of Mithrao, Jamrao and Thar divisions of the Sindh irrigation department have announced water rotation programmes in their areas. ... DADU: Large tracts of land without any crop: Non-availability of water in Dadu dist channels DADU, July 20: Water has not been supplied to the tail-end land of the Dadu canal and Johi Branch during the current Kharif season and ... SANGHAR: Man with no TV gets bill for fee SANGHAR, July 20: A physically disabled person held a demonstration outside the press club here on Tuesday to protest against inclusion of television licence fee in his power bill. ... LARKANA: Eight freed from illegal detention LARKANA, July 20: A party constitued by the district and sessions court on Monday recovered eight persons illegally detained by the Kambar police at a house in the Tahir Mughiri village, near Pakho. ... RAHIM YAR KHAN: Minister accused of occupying land RAHIM YAR KHAN, July 20: Hundreds of people protested against the Minister of State for Tourism, Culture, Sports and Minority Affairs, Rais Munir Ahmed, for what they said using his influence to occupy their lands. ... MULTAN: No let-up in police excesses: HRCP MULTAN, July 20: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has observed in a report that the recent reforms in the police service have failed to bring an end to the hostilities of policemen against the common man. ... OKARA: Girl rescued from gamblers OKARA, July 20: Villagers came to the rescue of a girl who was being handed over to some gamblers by her father on Tuesday at Phokarwan Kamboh village, Deepalpur. ... NAWABSHAH: 204 schools remain closed NAWABSHAH, July 20: Education EDO Rafique Ahmed Siddiqui told members at a session of the district council held here at the Pir Qurban Ali hall on Tuesday that 204 out of a total of 2,228 primary schools were lying closed in the district. ... MULTAN: Trial of fertilizer factory recommended MULTAN, July 20: The district environment protection department has recommended trial of a local fertilizer manufacturing unit for causing irreversible damage to the area environment. ... HYDERABAD: SHC issues notice to revenue official HYDERABAD, July 20: Justice Azizullah M. Memon of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad Circuit Bench, here on Tuesday issued notice to District Officer (revenue) Farooq Leghari on a contempt of court application. ... HYDERABAD: SU, Chittagong varsity launch joint service HYDERABAD, July 20: The University of Sindh, Jamshoro, and the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh, have started an "online supervising service" in the field of research. ... HYDERABAD: Army team to monitor work on water supply system HYDERABAD, July 20: Army authorities in the district have decided to monitor utilization of Rs120 million fund, allocated by the Sindh government, for immediate improvement in the water supply system of Hyderabad. ... LAHORE: High Court issues notice to govt: Land for Rangers LAHORE, July 20: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday suspended the operation of a gazette notification under which the Pakistan Rangers was authorized to purchase a vast tract for its housing society. ... LAHORE: Zakat not to be given till new bodies elected LAHORE, July 20: The Zakat distribution will remain suspended in the Punjab for the next three to four months pending the elections of 25,200 new local zakat committees. ... PESHAWAR: DAG told to explain status of deportees PESHAWAR, July 20: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday summoned officials concerned of the ministries of interior and foreign affairs in a contempt of court petition filed by a former MNA, Javed Ibraheem Paracha, against detention of six foreigners. ...

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