30 July 2004 Friday 12 Jamadi-us-Saani 1425 KARACHI: Governor orders action against extortionists KARACHI, July 29: Sindh governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said that the government efforts to eliminate crime from society cannot bear fruit without the cooperation of people and communities. ... KARACHI: City govt to revive health facilities at schools KARACHI, July 29: The education department of the city government has initiated work to revive forgotten health services for students at schools in Karachi, it was learnt on Thursday. ... KARACHI: Unicef to help city govt curb illiteracy and diseases KARACHI, July 29: The city nazim, Naimatullah Khan, has identified eradication of beggary besides containing the fast growing incidence of drug addiction from the city among his top priorities in the agenda for Karachi's development schemes. ... KARACHI: Free entry for special persons at Safari Park KARACHI, July 29: The City Nazim, Naimatullah Khan, on Thursday exempted special persons and children from paying entry fee and other ticket charges at the Safari Park. ... KARACHI: Progress on TKP projects reviewed KARACHI, July 29: A high-level CDGK meeting, presided over by City Nazim Naimatullah Khan, on Thursday reviewed progress on the construction of flyovers and roads being carried out under Tameer-i-Karachi Programme (TKP). ... KARACHI: Bodies to monitor distribution of textbooks KARACHI, July 29: The education department, following the directives of Sindh Education Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro, has constituted nine committees throughout Sindh to ensure transparent distribution of free textbooks among schoolchildren. ... KARACHI: Govt hospital equipment non-functional KARACHI, July 29: Necessary equipment, besides ambulances, at the Sindh Government Hospital at Ibrahim Hyderi have been lying out of order for more than last seven years, creating immense problems for the area residents. ... KARACHI: SBTE warns 10 private institutions KARACHI, July 29: The Sindh Board of Technical Education (SBTE) has warned 10 various private educational institutions in Karachi against offering courses franchised from Aptech, which are not approved from any accrediting body in Pakistan ... KARACHI: Health official arrested on corruption charge KARACHI, July 29: The anti-corruption police on late Wednesday night arrested the District Officer in the city government's Health department, from his clinic in Gharibad. ... KARACHI: Court seeks comments on seizure of tankers KARACHI, July 29: The Sindh High Court asked a provincial government attorney on Thursday to file written comments on a writ petition questioning seizure of water tankers and other vehicles for security cordons. ... KARACHI: Electricity fault causes fire in high-rise KARACHI, July 29: A fire broke out in a KESC sub-station installed in the basement of an 11-storey commercial building located in front of the Karachi Press Club on Thursday. However, it was timely controlled by fire fighters. ... KARACHI: Dualization of N-bypass approved KARACHI, July 29: Karachiites would soon get rid of pollution and get resolved the problem of traffic congestion. This was stated by Mr Mumtaz Hameed, Adviser to the Sindh Chief Minister, during his visit to the project site of the Northern Bypass here on Thursday. ... KARACHI: Teachers' training programme begins KARACHI, July 29: A teachers' training programme has been launched under the education sector reforms for primary schools in Sindh, said a press release on Thursday. ... KARACHI: Policeman killed in encounter KARACHI, July 29: A policeman died in an encounter with the robbers, who were escaping after looting four shops in Liaqatabad jewellry market on Thursday. ... ISLAMABAD: Senior lawyer attacked ISLAMABAD, July 29: Senior lawyer Habib Wahabul Khairi said on Thursday that he had suffered serious injuries in what he called an attempt to kill him. He alleged that he had been attack at the behest of a high judicial functionary. ... LAHORE: Objectionable religious books to be 'confiscated' LAHORE, July 29: The government is committed to check the misuse of loudspeaker in mosques and proscribe and confiscate objectionable religious books and literature. ... LAHORE: 'History Street' in Lahore LAHORE, July 29: The Parks and Horticulture Authority will develop a 'History Street' for highlighting the historic buildings in the Walled City while the City District Government will restore the existing city gates. ... LAHORE: Fakharunnisa criticizes judges' promotion LAHORE, July 29: Justice Fakharunnisa (retired) has questioned the elevation of three high court judges to the Supreme Court, saying that the seniority principle had been ignored while making these appointments. ... SUKKUR: Jirga to resolve dispute SUKKUR, July 29: A high-level jirga, under official umbrella, will be held on Aug 2 in Karachi to resolve the dispute between warring Mahar, Almani and Korai tribes of the Ghotki district. ... LAHORE: Chinese firm sues Wapda: Meters' rejection LAHORE July 29: A Chinese company has sued Wapda by filing a petition with the Lahore High Court after the authority rejected its three-phase power meters on account of what it called fake reports regarding the authenticity of the product. ... LAHORE: Petition against rise in number of ministers LAHORE, July 29: Advocate-General Syed Shabbar Raza Razvi deposed with the Lahore High Court on Thursday that replacement of ministers with bureaucrats would amount to collapse of the federal parliamentary system and make several articles of the constitution redundant. ... LAHORE: LHC blocks Rangers' purchase of land LAHORE, July 29: The Lahore High Court on Thursday suspended the operation of a gazette notification under which the Pakistan Rangers was authorized to purchase a vast tract of land for a housing society. ... PESHAWAR: Ban on black polythene bags on the cards PESHAWAR, July 29: The NWFP government will ban the manufacturing and use of plastic bags in the provincial capital and some other parts of the province, official sources told Dawn. ... PESHAWAR: Khyber college's girls campus inaugurated PESHAWAR, July 29: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said that efforts will continue for establishing a welfare Islamic society, restoration of provincial rights and marked improvement in health and education sectors. ... PESHAWAR: Pesco move to exempt mosques from TV fee PESHAWAR, July 29: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company has constituted special teams to prepare lists of meters installed in mosques to exempt them from the TV licence fee, says a press release issued on Thursday. ... HYDERABAD: Matiari area water found unfit for drinking HYDERABAD, July 29: Water being supplied to people in the Matiari taluka is contaminated and unfit for drinking, a report of the chemical analysis of the water said on Thursday. ... HYDERABAD: SNC hails legislators stand on water issue HYDERABAD, July 29: The Sindh National Council has lauded the stand of legislators from Balochistan, Sindh and the Seraiki belt on the water issue in the National Assembly. In a statement issued here on Wednesday, leaders of the council Hussain Bux Thebo, Dr Dodo Mahiri and Punhal Sario ... HYDERABAD: 100,000 students to be given admissions every year - Higher education HYDERABAD, July 29: Prof (Dr) Abdul Qadir Mughal, member of the Higher Education Commission, education and research division, has said the commission will make available 650,000 textbooks of international standard in the next three years. ... HYDERABAD: JSSF activist's murder case lodged HYDERABAD, July 29: The Qasimabad police on Thursday registered a case against three persons following the murder of Jeay Sindh Students Federation activist Gul Mohammad Bhatti and injuries caused to Saleem Channa on Wednesday night. ... HYDERABAD: ACC, police officials summoned HYDERABAD, July 29: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Thursday summoned the chairman, Anti-Corruption Committee-I, SIs Aijaz Ahmad Kaimkhani, Qudratullah and Javed Ahmad and two other policemen on a petition for Aug 11. ... GUJRANWALA: Raped woman slain: 17th victim of revenge GUJRANWALA, July 29: A woman whose rape by a landlord started a series of killings in Sherpur village (Ahmadnagar) some six years ago was slain along with her guard near Klaske on Thursday. ... KASUR: Protest against Wapda XEN KASUR, July 29: The Anjuman-i-Kashtkaran Kasur took out a protest procession against the alleged rude behaviour of Wapda XEN (rural) Abdul Razzaq and other officials here on Thursday. ... SHIKARPUR: Protest strike against police inaction SHIKARPUR, July 29: Activists of political, religious, social and city organizations observed a token hunger strike here on Thursday against what they called failure of police to secure the release of 11 people kidnapped some five months back. ... KAHIRPUR: Tribal disputes still unresolved - Khairpur bloody clashes KHAIRPUR, July 29: Disputes between Solangi and Jagirani and Maitlo and Kandhero tribes which claimed lives of 13 people in clashes last week remain unresolved. ... PESHAWAR: Admission seekers' plea dismissed PESHAWAR, July 29: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Thursday dismissed a writ petition of two students seeking admission to medical colleges on seats reserved for backward areas. ... PESHAWAR: '20,000 thalassaemia patients in NWFP' PESHAWAR, July 29: Doctors have urged the people to go for genetic tests before getting married so that the new born could be saved from the fatal thalassaemia disease. ... DADU: Protests held in Dadu against Nadra DADU, July 29: A large number of people staged a demonstration outside the press club on Thursday to protest against officials of Nadra. The president of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz, Dadu city, Mujeeb Panhwar and the president of the Citizens Action Committee ... MIRPURKHAS: Arrangements for by-election finalized - NA-229 Tharparkar MIRPURKHAS, July 29: The deputy election commissioner of the Mirpurkhas division, Chaudhry Masroor Ahmed, has said that all necessary arrangements have been made to hold by-elections in NA- 229 (Tharparkar-I) in a transparent manner. ... LARKANA: Vocational schools short of teachers LARKANA, July 29: Vocational institutions for girls in the district are short of teaching staff, sources in the technical education department told this correspondent on Thursday. ... TOBA TEK SINGH: Dist Nazim at odds with tehsil head TOBA TEK SINGH, July 29: Differences between District Nazim Chaudhry Muhammad Ashfaq and Gojra Tehsil Nazim Chaudhry Khalid Javed Warriach have deepened, it is learnt here on Thursday. ... GUJRANWALA: Demo against pesticide dealers GUJRANWALA, July 29: Scores of paddy growers of Wahando on Thursday demonstrated against pesticide dealers for supplying spurious pesticide. The protesting growers gathered outside the local agriculture office and chanted slogans against the pesticide dealers. ... DERA GHAZI KHAN: Protest against supply of contaminated water DERA GHAZI KHAN, July 29: Dozens of women and children of Model Town took out a protest rally and threw traffic out of gear for one hour on Waqar Chowk for supplying contaminated drinking water. ... SARGODHA: ACE summons 15 TMA sub-engineers - Bid to save arrested man SARGODHA, July 29: As many as 15 sub-engineers of the Tehsil Municipal Administration have been summoned by the Anti-Corruption Establishment for Friday to explain the charge of illegally pocketing Rs40,000. ... SAHIWAL: Woman, daughter killed in Sahiwal SAHIWAL, July 29: An unidentified man shot dead a woman and her daughter and injured her husband in Azim Town here early Thursday morning. Armed man entered the house of Ata Muhammad by scaling its boundary wall and opened fire on inmates, who were asleep. ... FAISALABAD: Donkey-carts in markets banned FAISALABAD, July 29: The district administration has decided to impose a ban on plying of donkey-carts in eight bazaars and the adjoining commercial markets to minimize the environmental pollution and for smooth traffic flow. ... DERA GHAZI KHAN: Kiln-owners get notices for violating EPD rules DERA GHAZI KHAN, July 29: The EPD on Thursday issued notices to six brick kilns on charges of violating the EPD rules in DG Khan tehsil. ...

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