28 July 2004 Wednesday 10 Jamadi-us-Saani 1425 KARACHI: Ibad orders elimination of vice dens KARACHI, July 27: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has ordered immediate removal of SHOs if any crime den is found in their respective areas throughout the province. ... KARACHI: City continues to face severe water shortage KARACHI, July 27: Around 300 A category houses in North Karachi's Sector 11-A have been getting contaminated water for the last one month. ... KARACHI: Keenjhar tragedy victims' heirs get compensation KARACHI, July 27: The city nazim, Naimatullah Khan, on Tuesday distributed cheques among the heirs of 26 members of an ill-fated family who drowned in Keenjhar lake last year. ... KARACHI: SSP activists acquitted in killing case KARACHI, July 27: An anti-terrorism court in Karachi, headed by Judge Arshad Noor Khan, on Tuesday acquitted 10 activists of the banned Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan in a killing case. ... KARACHI: SHC orders acquittal in blast case KARACHI, July 27: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday allowed the appeal of a convict in a newspaper bomb blast case and ordered the acquittal and release of the appellant if not required in any other case. ... KARACHI: Decision on St Joseph's, St Pat's likely today: Denationalization KARACHI, July 27: The Catholic Board of Education, seeking denationalisation of two government colleges in the city ... KARACHI: Four acquitted of kidnapping charges KARACHI, July 27: Judicial Magistrate Karachi East Ghulam Farooq Shiekh allowed an acquittal application of four persons and acquitted them from kidnapping charges. ... KARACHI: Poverty, lack of political will spreading TB: doctors KARACHI, July 27: Health experts at a seminar said that lack of political will coupled with poverty and consequent malnutrition was causing surge in tuberculosis cases in the country. ... KARACHI: VCs of medical varsities' meet adviser KARACHI, July 27: The adviser to chief minister on Health, Faisal Malik, on Tuesday directed all medical universities of Sindh to conduct hospital management courses. ... KARACHI: KFHA, FCS resolve 20-year-old dispute KARACHI, July 27: The dispute between the Karachi Fish Harbour Authority and the Fishermen Cooperative Society, which had been lingering on since 1984, was resolved on Tuesday when the FCS paid Rs10 million to the KFHA. ... ISLAMABAD: Islamabad, Pindi students bag top 3 positions in HSSC exam ISLAMABAD, July 27: The Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) on Tuesday announced the result of the Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) Part-II examination ... ISLAMABAD: Court rejects plea to cross-examine witnesses ISLAMABAD, July 27: Judge Mohammad Iqbal Ranjha of Civil Court, Rawalpindi, on Tuesday dismissed the plea of Dr Ghazala, a gynaecologist allegedly involved in a medical negligence case, to cross-examine the witnesses by re-summoning them. ... LAHORE: Education for All plan approved LAHORE, July 27: The Punjab Education For All Forum approved the provincial EFA plan of action for 2003-15 at its first meeting here on Tuesday, on the condition that the plan would be amended on the basis of its recommendations. ... LAHORE: Govt plea in Sialkot jail case rejected LAHORE, July 27: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday rejected a plea made by a senior Punjab government law officer that investigation record of the Sialkot Jail case should not be made public. ... LAHORE: Mills blamed for hike in sugar price LAHORE, July 27: Traders on Tuesday accused sugar mills of having formed a cartel to increase their ex-mill prices by Rs1.70 per kilo in the last eight to 10 days. ... PESHAWAR: Transfers, postings in Pesco PESHAWAR, July 27: Chief Executive of Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco), Brigadier Tahir Saeed Malik, on Tuesday issued transfer/posting orders of various superintending engineers and executive engineers. ... PESHAWAR: IG orders removal of checkpoints PESHAWAR, July 27: NWFP police chief Riffat Pasha has directed all district police officers and deputy inspectors-general of police in the province to remove checkpoints and stop checking in their jurisdiction. ... PESHAWAR: Protests against water shortage PESHAWAR, July 27: People of Urmer area staged a protest demonstration against non-availability of irrigation water in tail-areas of the Hazar Khwani canal system here on Tuesday. ... PESHAWAR: Admission tests at two centres planned PESHAWAR, July 27: The Education Testing and Evaluation Authority on Tuesday decided to hold entrance tests for government professional institutions simultaneously in Peshawar and Abbottabad. ... HYDERABAD: Farm tax being re-examined, says minister HYDERABAD, July 27: Sindh Revenue Minister Imtiaz Shaikh has said a plan was being prepared to ensure early disposal of revenue cases. ... HYDERABAD: Differences persist over budget allocation HYDERABAD, July 27: Disproportionate allocation of funds from the Annual Development Programme 2004-5 for schemes in urban and rural areas by the district government's finance and planning section has led to a delay in presentation of budget ... HYDERABAD: Minister defends Rangers' deployment in Sindh HYDERABAD, July 27: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui has said that the police force in the province is under strength which is leading to various problems and damaging the image of police. ... SUKKUR: Protest against load shedding SUKKUR, July 27: Hundreds of people from various villages took out a procession and staged a sit-in on the Indus highway near Kashmore on Monday against load-shedding. ... HYDERABAD: MUET denies claim of students HYDERABAD, July 27: Faculty members of the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology have refuted a statement made by the leader of the 93-Batch Students' Action Committee ... SANGHAR: Policemen seek completion of training SANGHAR, July 27: Under-training policemen of the Police Training College, Shahdadpur have demanded completion of training before their assignment on emergency duties in operations against outlaws. ... HYDERABAD: Work on SU expansion begins HYDERABAD, July 27: The University of Sindh started construction of four new buildings, including a girls' hostel and institutes, at the Allama I. I. Kazi Campus, Jamshoro, on Tuesday at an estimated cost of over Rs92 million. ... GILGIT: 'New tax to affect 50,000 families' GILGIT, July 27: The Northern Areas Exporters and Importers Association said on Tuesday that the imposition of a tax by the Kohistan district administration would affect at least 50,000 families linked to border trade. ... SHEIKHUPURA: CM promises crackdown on 'magicians' SHEIKHUPURA, July 27: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Tuesday directed Law Minister Raja Basharat to make a draft law against magicians to eliminate this menace from society. ... SARGODHA: Poultry industry facing hardship SARGODHA, July 27: The poultry industry is facing hardships and problems due to a bird flu propaganda at electronic and print media which caused a loss of Rs10 billion to the industry. ... FAISALABAD: Power loom workers hold protests FAISALABAD, July 27: Police baton-charged powerloom workers, injured three of them and arrested nine others when they blocked traffic on Kutchery Road here on Tuesday. ... MULTAN: Cotton crop satisfactory MULTAN, July 27: The Cotton Crop Working Group which met here on Tuesday is satisfied with the present crop situation. ... GUJRANWALA: Gujranwala bans dance programme GUJRANWALA, July 27: The district administration on Tuesday banned dancing and gave a one-week deadline to theatre owners and drama producers ... LANDI KOTAL: Four children die as religious groups clash LANDI KOTAL, July 27: At least four children were killed and three persons including two women received critical injuries on Monday during an armed clash between two rival religious groups in Narhao-Bagh area of the remote Tirah valley in Khyber Agency. ... HARIPUR: Four policemen suspended HARIPUR, July 27: Four police personnel were suspended for allegedly assaulting a journalist, his brother and their two servants here on Monday. The suspended officials included the SHO of the city police station and three policemen. ... HARIPUR: 3 killed, 8 injured in accident HARIPUR, July 27: Three persons, including a woman, were killed and eight others were injured, when a rashly-driven Toyota Hiace (LPT 1696) crashed into a tree after running over two persons waiting for a bus near Baldhair, some six kilometres from here the other day. ... SWABI: Jirga threatens use of force to get water SWABI, July 27: A two-month-old dispute over drinking water between Ghani Chattra and Shinkrai villages of the Gadoon belt took an ugly turn after a jirga of Shinkrai decided on Tuesday to use force for releasing water to the village. ... MIRPURKHAS: Protest against Civil Hospital administration MIRPURKHAS, July 27: A procession was taken out by members of the Hindu community, including children, from the New Bus Terminal here on Tuesday to protest against delay in action against the Mirpurkhas Civil Hospital administration. ... SHIKARPUR: 15 outlaws arrested SHIKARPUR, July 27: Fifteen outlaws were arrested by Rangers during raids in six villages in the Lakhi taluka on Tuesday. A heavy contingent of the Shahbaz Rangers raided Rajab Tarat Jatoi, Dadlo Tarat Jatoi, Alam Shar and three other villages on complaints that outlaws were hiding there. ... DADU: 8 children die of typhoid, measles DADU, July 27: Eight children, most of them girls, died of typhoid, measles and gastroenteritis in the Jan Mohammad Rodhnani village of Kachho area near the Johi town on Monday and Tuesday. ... SUKKUR: Inquiry into lapses in repair work ordered - Cracks in Sukkur Barrage SUKKUR, July 27: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has ordered seizure of the record pertaining to recent repair work on the Sukkur Barrage ... PESHAWAR: Kundi disappears as PHC stops release PESHAWAR, July 27: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday directed the NWFP government not to release, till its next order, Amanullah Khan Kundi, a former provincial minister convicted of drug trafficking. ... LARKANA: Call for fair water sharing LARKANA, July 27: The advisor to the Sindh chief minister, Sultan Ahmed Khuhawar, has said that just distribution of water between Sindh and Balochistan should be ensured. ...

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