29 July 2004 Thursday 11 Jamadi-us-Saani 1425 KARACHI: Implementation of loudspeaker ban ordered KARACHI, July 28: The Sindh chief minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has directed the provincial administration to strictly implement the ban on using loud speakers in mosques except for azan and Friday sermons. ... KARACHI: Ibad orders safety measures KARACHI, July 28: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan issued on Wednesday directives for making effective and fool-proof safety arrangements for people, particularly children, at recreational places. ... KARACHI: Slides, swings sealed at amusement park - Other entertainment spots to be monitored KARACHI, July 28: The city district government on Wednesday sealed all the ill-maintained rides, slides and swings at the Aladin Amusement Park ... KARACHI: Uproar mars City Council session KARACHI, July 28: Proceedings of the City Council, Karachi, on Wednesday were marred by an uproar stirred by some remarks against Orangi Town Nazim Shahid Alam alias Guddu Bihari which were attributed to City Nazim Naimatullah Khan. ... KARACHI: Govt agrees to denationalize St Joseph's, St Patrick's - Direct wheat import sought KARACHI, July 28: The Sindh cabinet on Wednesday decided to release wheat stocks to flour mills to check profiteering ... KARACHI: IT projects planned KARACHI, July 28: In order to make the government departments paperless, the entire Sindh secretariat would be computerized in the next few months. ... KARACHI: Proper facilities forworkers ordered KARACHI, July 28: The officials of Sindh Employees' Social Security Institution have been asked to ensure proper facilities for 275,000 secured workers and their 1,375,000 dependents in a better way. ... KARACHI: Probe into irregularities ordered KARACHI, July 28: The Sindh Education Minister, Dr Hamida Khuhro, has taken strong notice of large scale irregularities as reported in the press regarding promotion of teachers and subject specialists in the education department of Naushehro Feroze. ... KARACHI: Teachers, students oppose denationalization KARACHI, July 28: The teachers of government colleges and student groups have opposed the Sindh government's decision regarding denationalization of two city colleges, and have demanded withdrawal of the decision. ... KARACHI: Citizens told to respect law KARACHI, July 28: The chief secretary, Muhammad Aslam Sanjrani, has said that respect for the law is the responsibility of every citizen, no matter how influential and rich he or she is. ... KARACHI: Man shot dead, three women wounded in Saeedabad KARACHI, July 28: A man was shot dead while three women of the same family were wounded when armed intruders opened fire at them in Sector-12 of Saeedabad on Wednesday morning. ... KARACHI: 8.4pc injecting drug-users found with HIV positive KARACHI, July 28: The cases of Human Immuno deficiency Virus have assumed the proportions of a 'concentrated epidemic' among the injecting drug users of the metropolis and to deal with the situation a broad based policy was badly needed. ... KARACHI: Study visit to KBCA KARACHI, July 28: The chief controller, Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) Brig A.S. Nasir has highlighted the importance of architects in construction of buildings, which he said, reflects the architectural thinking of citizens and their living conditions. ... KARACHI: Man from Quetta dies of Congo Virus KARACHI, July 28: Haji Ghulam Nabi, a resident of Quetta who dealt in leather products, died at the Aga Khan University Hospital on Wednesday. He had contracted Congo Virus some 15 days ago and for the last one week blood had been oozing out of his ears and nose. ... KARACHI: 46 blood banks continue to run without registration KARACHI, July 28: A total of 46 blood banks in Sindh are operating in Sindh without getting themselves registered with the Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority (SBTA) despite being served legal notices in this regard. ... LAHORE: Chief secretary wants BISE chairman removed - Case against girls LAHORE, July 28: Punjab Chief Secretary Kamran Rasool has recommended to the chief minister to immediately remove the Lahore Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education chairman ... LAHORE: Notification to upgrade KEMC soon LAHORE, July 28: The Punjab government is expected to issue a notification shortly to formally upgrade the King Edward Medical College as King Edward Medical University ... LAHORE: All facilities at industrial estates, says Pervaiz LAHORE, July 28: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi said on Wednesday that a comprehensive plan had been evolved to provide all necessary facilities at industrial estates. ... LAHORE: Teacher kills two minor daughters LAHORE, July 28: A schoolteacher allegedly killed his two daughters in his house in Bagh Gul Begum in Lytton Road police limits. The teacher and his wife made divergent statements about the incident. ... PESHAWAR: Forest officers filing cases under redundant law PESHAWAR, July 28: Some forest officers and judicial magistrates dealing with forest cases are still using the Forest Act, 1927, that stood repealed on June 11, 2002, following the promulgation of the NWFP Forest Ordinance, 2002. ... PESHAWAR: Student's detention petition dismissed PESHAWAR, July 28: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday dismissed a habeas corpus petition challenging the detention of a seminary student allegedly by the Inter-Service Intelligence for the past five months. ... PESHAWAR: 'Drug firms bribing doctors' PESHAWAR, July 28: Pharmaceutical companies are bribing doctors in novel ways to increase the sale of their medicines. Multinational companies were purchasing cars for doctors on lease from banks to ensure that the latter prescribed their products to patients, said a doctor. ... PESHAWAR: Policemen held in fake encounter case PESHAWAR, July 28: Five policemen, including an SHO, were arrested on Wednesday after their pre-arrest bail applications were dismissed by an additional district and sessions judge in a case of killing a student in a fake encounter. ... HYDERABAD: Workers hold protest march against IRO-'02 HYDERABAD, July 28: Hesco employees, under the banner of the Pakistan Wapda Hydro- Electric Central Labour Union, staged a march from the labour hall, Gari Khata, to the press club here on Wednesday. ... HYDERABAD: British investment in Kotri promised HYDERABAD, July 28: Hamish St. Clair Daniel, the Deputy High Commissioner of the United Kingdom in Karachi and director of the Trade and Investment ... HYDERABAD: Police widen scope of water contamination probe HYDERABAD, July 28: Police on Tuesday widened the scope of investigation into the supply of contaminated water by including managements of factories and two power houses in the probe. ... QUETTA: 4,289kg of hashish seized QUETTA, July 28: The Anti-Narcotics Force and Frontier corps have in separate raids seized 4,289kg of hashish, impounded a truck and arrested three drug smugglers. ... PESHAWAR: Spurious medicines seized in raid on bogus factory PESHAWAR, July 28: The crime circle of the Federal Investigation Agency seized a large quantity of fake medicines during a raid on a bogus factory in small industries area on the Kohat Road here on Wednesday. ... LANDI KOTAL: Tirah tense as firing continues LANDI KOTAL, July 28: With sporadic gunfire continuing between rival religious groups, the situation remained tense in the Narhao-Baagh area of Tirah valley in the Khyber Agency. ... PESHAWAR: Former minister granted bail PESHAWAR, July 28: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday granted bail to a former federal minister, Syed Qasim Shah, convicted by an accountability court a month ago. ... GUJRAT: Over 60 police officials suspended - Failure to detect terrorists GUJRAT, July 28: Under a directive of the chief minister, DPO Raja Munawar Hussain has suspended from service the entire staff of the Civil Lines Police Stations ... GUJRANWALA: Uplift package for Naushera Virkan GUJRANWALA, July 28: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool has announced a special uplift package for the people of Naushera Virkan tehsil. The package included gas supply, construction of roads and sewerage, besides establishment of a Nadra office. ... MULTAN: ACE director summoned MULTAN, July 28: The Lahore High Court Multan bench on Wednesday summoned the Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment director on Sept 15 on a contempt application and sought written reply from him within a fortnight. ... FAISALABAD: Book banks set up in colleges FAISALABAD, July 28: District Officer (colleges) Moazam bin Zahoor claimed on Wednesday to have set up a network of book banks in all colleges for the supply of textbooks approved by the Punjab University and the education department to the deserving students. ... GUJRANWALA: Lawyers boycott courts GUJRANWALA, July 28: Lawyers boycotted courts across the Punjab on Wednesday in support of their colleagues' demand for transfer of Gujrat DPO on the call given by the Pakistan Bar Council. ... OKARA: Tenants' leader arrested in Okara OKARA, July 28: Renala Khurd police arrested on Wednesday Anjuman-i-Mazareen's local unit president Shaukat Ali for a case registered against him several months ago. ... BAHAWALPUR: Institute of cardiology planned for BVH BAHAWALPUR, July 28: An institute of cardiology will be established on the premises of Bahawal Victoria Hospital. This was given out by MPA and MMA's deputy parliamentary secretary in Punjab Assembly Dr Syed Waseem Akhtar here on Wednesday. ... SARGODHA: Naib Nazim, 12 others booked SARGODHA, July 28: Satellite Town police registered a case against recently elected Naib Nazim of Bashir Colony (UC No 154) and 12 others under 16 MPO ... SHEIKHUPURA: Nazim declares DCO's decision illegal - Doctors' transfer SHEIKHUPURA, July 28: On an inquiry report of District Health Committee chairman Malik Shoaib Dogar, District Nazim Chaudhry Tawakalullah Virk on Wednesday cancelled the transfer orders of two doctors. ... FAISALABAD: Deaths from poisoning of agro-chemicals on the rise FAISALABAD, July 28: Accidental deaths from poisoning due to agro-chemicals are on the rise across the country for lack of education and knowledge, inadequate precautionary measures, improper storage conditions and carelessness. ... SUKKUR: CM vows to overhaul irrigation system SUKKUR, July 28: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that the government will allocate maximum funds to overhaul irrigation system in the province. ... SUKKUR: Lawyers protest against Gujrat police SUKKUR, July 28: Lawyers in different cities of the province on Wednesday boycotted court proceedings and held protest meetings against misbehaviour of the Gujrat police against lawyers. ... LARKANA: Sanitary staff not paid for 2 months LARKANA, July 28: The sanitary staff of the Ratodero Taluka municipal administration have not been paid salaries for two months whereas the retired workers are waiting for gratuity and pension payments. ... KAHIRPUR: Khairpur clash: 35 arrested KHAIRPUR, July 28: About 35 people of two rival groups - Maitlo and Kandhro - were arrested from different places in Kingri taluka on Tuesday. The names of arrested persons could not be ascertained. ... LARAKANA: District govt drafts rules for civil servants LARKANA, July 28: After receiving signal from the Sindh government, the Larkana district government has framed the civil servants (appointment, promotion and transfer) rules in line with the concept of decentralization of administrative authority at the district-level. ... LAHORE: Light rain forecast LAHORE, July 28: Scattered rainfall of light to moderate intensity has been forecast over the upper catchment areas of Ravi, Sutlej, Chenab and Jhelum along with northern and north-eastern Punjab on Thursday (today). ...

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