26 July 2004 Monday 08 Jamadi-us-Saani 1425 KARACHI: Karachi to be made IT hub - Minister KARACHI, July 25: The Sindh Minister for Information Technology, Syed Mustafa Kamal, on Sunday said the Sindh government was working to make Karachi the hub of IT activities ... KARACHI: Efforts on to promote education: Hameeda KARACHI, July 25: The provincial minister for Education, Dr Hameeda Khuhro, has observed the decreasing education standards and unemployment as the main reason of decline in the literacy trend. ... KARACHI: Awareness of women's issues stressed KARACHI, July 25: The Sindh minister for Women Development, Dr Saeeda Malik, said on Sunday that writers, journalists and intellectuals should wage a crusade for eliminating crimes against women. ... KARACHI: Reopening of Frere Hall book bazaar not in sight KARACHI, July 25: The Sunday book bazaar has not been held on the lawns of the 19th century Frere Hall for the past two months largely because of the lack of coordination between the district coordination officer ... KARACHI: Hospital with free facilities inaugurated KARACHI, July 25: The 10-bed hospital set up at Jehangir Road No. 2 with free treatment and medicines facilities was inaugurated by Sindh Minister for Information Technology Syed Mustafa Kamal on Sunday. ... KARACHI: Facilities at govt hospitals not free, says report KARACHI, July 25: Patients availing of outpatient facilities made available at government hospitals, which are supposed to be providing services almost free of cost, have to spend a considerable amount of money on medicines and laboratory tests. ... KARACHI: Auditor shot dead in North Nazimabad KARACHI, July 25: An auditor of a private firm was shot dead by an unidentified man in North Nazimabad on Sunday. Police said that a man came to the house of Islamul Haq, 50, and asked for the victim from the boy who opened the door. ... KARACHI: Committee for maintenance KARACHI, July 25: Chief Secretary Aslam Sanjrani has constituted a committee to carry out maintenance works at Sindh Secretariat buildings, including the Tughlaq House and Barracks Blocks. ... KARACHI: EU to support inception of DOTS model KARACHI, July 25: The European Union has committed to extend all necessary support for inception of an urban model of Directly Observed Treatment Short Course (DOTS) in Karachi to help develop a role model scheme ... KARACHI: Institution of ombudsman to be revamped, expanded KARACHI, July 25: Sindh Ombudsman Yousuf Jamal has stressed the need to create awareness regarding administrative justice among the people, so that they could be facilitated in approaching various state institution and getting relief without any hassle. ... KARACHI: Boy's death shows health system faulty KARACHI, July 25: A 10-year-old boy from a village in Mirpurkhas district died of rabies at the Civil Hospital Karachi on Friday night, indicating that the healthcare system needed to be geared up to handle dog-bite cases in an efficient manner. ... KARACHI: 5,223 vehicles taken away in last six months KARACHI, July 25: Police have failed to reduce the number of carjacking incidents as 17 per cent more vehicles were taken away during the past six months as compared with the corresponding span of the previous year. ... KARACHI: Dug-up roads irk motorists, pedestrians KARACHI, July 25: At least three major streets of Gulshan-i- Iqbal's bock 13-D/1 are in a dilapidated condition since long, causing inconvenience to motorists and damage to vehicles. ... KARACHI: Baba Bhit lacks basic amenities KARACHI, July 25: Islands in Baba Bhit Union Council (UC-4), Keamari Town, have long been victims of neglect as no serious attempt has been made for years by any government agency to improve socio-economic condition of their residents. ... LAHORE: Waris Shah's Urs ends LAHORE, July 25: The 206th Urs of renowned Punjabi poet Waris Shah concluded on Sunday at Jandiala Sher Khan, some 40km away from the city. The well-attended three-day festivities, which the district Nazim termed the biggest gathering in the province ... LAHORE: Chief minister's assurance fails to satisfy UHS LAHORE, July 25: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has reportedly held out an assurance to the University of Health Sciences that the King Edward Medical College, after its up-gradation as university ... LAHORE: PAC chief, AG to hold open courts LAHORE, July 25: Punjab Public Accounts Committee Chairman Muhammad Azeem Noori Ghumman and Accountant-General Wazir Ahmed Qureshi will hold joint open courts in all the districts of the province from next month for clearing the pending pension cases. ... ISLAMABAD: Protests against violence ISLAMABAD, July 25: A protest demonstration was organized in front of the Rawalpindi Press Club on Sunday against alleged violence by activists of Islami Jamiat Talba (IJT) on the participants of a peaceful signature campaign in Lahore. ... PESHAWAR: Forest research unit in poor shape PESHAWAR, July 25: Flaws in rules and regulations of the Pakistan Forest Institute (PFI), Peshawar, are an obstacle to the functioning and development of this premier research centre of the country. ... PESHAWAR: Pesco to spend Rs7bn to improve supply - CE PESHAWAR, July 25: The chief executive of the Peshawar Electricity Supply Company (Pesco) has said the company will spend Rs7 billion during the current fiscal year to improve the power supply system in the NWFP. ... HYDERABAD: Anti-encroachment bid meets resistance HYDERABAD, July 25: Police on Sunday used tear gas shells to disperse a group of people who were resisting anti-encroachment drive by officials of the Taluka Municipal Administration. ... HYDERABAD: Unsuccessful students reject MUET offer HYDERABAD, July 25: Unsuccessful students of the 1993 batch of the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, have rejected the university decision to give another chance on humanitarian ground ... QUETTA: Labour union plans protests from Aug 2 QUETTA, July 25: The Pakistan Wapda Hydro-Electric Central Labour Union (CBA), Balochistan, will launch a protest movement against the Quetta Electricity Supply Company (Qesco) from Aug 2, for ignoring demands of the union. ... LARKANA: Suspended SP has no confidence in inquiry officer LARKANA, July 25: A superintendent of police, who was suspended following the kidnapping of a trader and escape of a criminal from a police post, has expressed lack of confidence in a one-man committee formed to investigate his case. ... THATTA: Three bandits killed in 'encounter' THATTA, July 25: Three outlaws were killed and another was arrested in an encounter with police in a forest near Chilya on the National Highway on Sunday. ... MIRPURKHAS: Woman seeks probe into son's death MIRPURKHAS, July 25: A two-year-old boy, Faizan, son of Talib, died in the paediatrics ward of a local hospital reportredly because of absence of doctors on Saturday. The child, who was suffering from fever, was brought to the hospital's emergency ward. ... GILGIT: Strike against tax by Gilgit traders GILGIT, July 25: Traders belonging to the Northern Areas Importers and Exporters Association continued their strike for the seventh day on Sunday against the newly imposed Dassu Development Tax ... SWABI: Swabi hospitals short of basic facilities SWABI, July 25: Patients are complaining against lack of facilities at the district headquarters hospital and what they call the indifferent attitude of the doctors. ... SIALKOT: Engineering college for Sialkot SIALKOT, July 25: The Punjab government has approved the establishment of Sialkot international engineering college in collaboration with the business community for providing skilled work-force to the export-oriented cottage industries. ... MULTAN: Peerowal tenants stage protest rally MULTAN, July 25: Tenants at the Peerowal farms of the Punjab Seed Corporation in Khanewal district protested on Sunday against atrocities inflicted upon the tenants of Okara military farms by the police. ... SIALKOT: Tough time for gloves industry SIALKOT, July 25: The gloves industry in Pakistan is facing problems due to a tough competition in the international market particularly for the pricing factor. ... HYDERABAD: Action against police officer recommended HYDERABAD, July 25: District Public Safety Commission chairman Masood Pervez has recommended action against an SHO for illegally detaining a man and registering a false case against him. ...

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