03 August 2004 Tuesday 16 Jamadi-us-Saani 1425 KARACHI: Arbab orders strict security for VIPs KARACHI, Aug 2: A high-level meeting chaired by Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Monday reviewed the overall law and order situation in the province... KARACHI: Council slams summoning of city nazim KARACHI, Aug 2: The City Council on Monday reacted to the summoning of the City Nazim by the Sindh Local Government Commission. ... KARACHI: Waste disposal plants for hospitals KARACHI, Aug 2: The Sindh government is contemplating to launch a number of projects with foreign cooperation and assistance, especially for environment and alternate energy resources. ... KARACHI: High court issues notices in detention case KARACHI, Aug 2: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, comprising Justice Shabbir Ahmed and Justice Gulzar Ahmed, on Monday issued notices to the Sindh advocate-general, the Sindh home department ... KARACHI: Need to regulate construction stressed KARACHI, Aug 2: The cheif controller of the Karachi Building Control Authority, Brig A S Nasir, has stressed the need to regulate the construction of buildings in the city to ensure a better residential environment. ... KARACHI: Admissions to colleges begin from 11th KARACHI, Aug 2: The process of admissions to city colleges and higher secondary schools in the first year classes will begin on Aug 11, with the sale of prospectus and application forms. ... KARACHI: Resettlement work at Hawkesbay in full swing KARACHI, Aug 2: Rehabilitation work for the families affected by Lyari Expressway is in full swing amid smooth execution of development projects continuing for several months. ... KARACHI: PMA seeks curbs on drug firms' corruption KARACHI, Aug 2: The Pakistan Medical Association on Monday charged that some pharmaceutical companies have been indulging in immoral activities to force doctors to prescribe their drugs. ... KARACHI: 4,500 Orangi houses getting filthy water KARACHI, Aug 2: Around 4,500 houses in Orangi Town's Union Council No-9 have been receiving contaminated water supply for about last two months in the wake of a ruptured pipeline, passing underneath a nullah near Pakistan Bazaar. ... KARACHI: Body found in Lyari; man stabbed to death KARACHI, Aug 2: Body of a young man was found in Daryabad near Niazi Chowk, Lyari, on Monday. The body with multiple bullet wounds seemed to be thrown from a moving vehicle, police suspected. ... KARACHI: Concession in Haj fare for handicapped demanded KARACHI, Aug 2: The Pakistan Disabled Foundation has demanded that the concession in fare to the handicapped people and their attendants on local air tickets be also extended to Haj travel. ... LAHORE: New tax for air passengers LAHORE, Aug 2: Airline passengers will be required to pay an airport development tax and increased service charge, from Sept 1. A Civil Aviation Authority official said on Monday ... LAHORE: Kharif being saved at the expense of next crop LAHORE, Aug 2: Water planners have decided to save Kharif crops but the fate of the next wheat crop appears to be uncertain as the water flow in the country's rivers has declined to an all-time low. ... LAHORE: Governor approves seven disciplines' curricula LAHORE, Aug 2: Punjab Governor/Chancellor Khalid Maqbool has approved seven disciplines' curricula finalized by respective Inter-University Faculty Boards (IUFBs) at a marathon seven-hour meeting at the Governor's House on Monday. ... LAHORE: Alternative route to zoo 'being delayed' LAHORE, Aug 2: An alternative route to the Lahore Zoo on The Mall has yet to be developed even after a month of the deadline. ... LAHORE: 'No wheat crisis' LAHORE, Aug 2: The Punjab government sees no wheat crisis in the country. Talking to reporters at Punjab Assembly chambers here on Monday, Punjab Food Minister Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal said there existed no wheat crisis. ... PESHAWAR: Indus Highway remains blocked PESHAWAR, Aug 2: The Indus Highway remained blocked for traffic in Lakki Marwat district, some 200 kilometres south of here, for the second consecutive day on Monday as Marwat tribesmen kept the body of a kidnapped man on the road ... PESHAWAR: MNA demands new air service for Chitral PESHAWAR, Aug 2: MMA leader Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitral, MNA, has demanded that the federal government start a new air service to Chitral valley before Sept 1 so that people of the area could get an alternative mode of transport ... SWABI: 'Tobacco companies lowering prices' SWABI, Aug 2: Growers have accused major tobacco companies and small cigarette manufacturers of being involved in a plan to manipulate the quality of tobacco in a bid to push its prices down. ... PESHAWAR: Immunization plan to be strengthened PESHAWAR, Aug 2: The Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) in collaboration with the health department plans to strengthen the Expanded Programme on Immunization in three backward districts of the NWFP. ... PESHAWAR: Restoration of student unions sought PESHAWAR, Aug 2: The chief of the Islami Jamiat-i-Talaba, Zubair Ahmad Gondal, has urged the government to restore the students' unions and said those were indispensable for the welfare of students. ... HYDERABAD: Notices issued to three police officials - Case of couple's murder HYDERABAD, Aug 2: The Regional Police Officer has issued show-cause notices to two inspectors and a sub-inspector of Sanghar in the wake of suo motu proceedings by the Supreme Curt in the double murder case ... HYDERABAD: SU to offer language courses HYDERABAD, Aug 2: The University of Sindh has decided to introduce certificate courses in Persian and Hindi languages in the old campus in Hyderabad. The classes will be held for three days a week in evenings, certificate course will be offered for a period of 10 months and admission procedure will be announced soon. ... HYDERABAD: Demand for arrest of JSQM worker's killers HYDERABAD, Aug 2: Tribute was paid by JSQM leaders to their murdered comrade Gul Mohammad Bhatti at a condolence meeting held in Qasimabad on Sunday and attended by hundreds of party workers. ... PESHAWAR: Paramedics observe strike PESHAWAR, Aug 2: All OPDs in the Hayatabad Medical Complex here on Monday remained closed and patients from far-flung areas suffered when Paramedical Class IV Association observed a complete strike to press their demands. ... SWABI: Chinese students visit GIK Institute SWABI, Aug 2: A 10-member Chinese students delegation of the Beijing University visited the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology on Monday. ... PESHAWAR: 'Citizenship subject to security clearance' PESHAWAR, Aug 2: The federal government has declined citizenship to Indian national Dr Hafsa Aman after security agencies did not give necessary clearance, says an interior division official in Islamabad. ... HARIPUR: Absconder surrenders HARIPUR, Aug 2: An absconding outlaw has voluntarily surrendered to police here, officials said on Sunday. The absconder reached the office of the District Police Officer and surrendered in the presence of newsmen and leading citizens. ... QUETTA: BSO plans protest against operation QUETTA, Aug 2: The Baloch Students Organization (united) has announced that a wheel-jam strike would be observed on Thursday in the province to protest against a search operation in Makran coastal area. ... RAHIM YAR KHAN: Farmers fight to retain their land RAHIM YAR KHAN, Aug 2: Hundreds of small farmers of Bhong in Sadiqabad tehsil are struggling to retain their land they had purchased from influential landlords three decades ago. ... DERA GHAZI KHAN: Work on Kacchi canal half way 'without NOC' DERA GHAZI KHAN, Aug 2: Work on Kacchi canal project had been started without obtaining an NOC from the Environment Protection Agency, it is learnt. ... SARGODHA: Ex-MNA remanded SARGODHA, Aug 2: Former MNA Ahmed Ziaur Rehman Luk along with his driver Muhammad Younus was remanded in judicial custody by a local court on Monday. ... GUJRANWALA: Deportation of 'Afghan' students condemned GUJRANWALA, Aug 2: A local student organization and a seminary administration condemned on Monday deportation of 51 Afghan students by police and threatened to launch countrywide protest movement against the government if police continued raids. ... GUJRAT: Police fail to recover car with fake number GUJRAT, Aug 2: Kharian Saddar police have failed to recover a car with fake number, which they had released after being handed over by an excise and taxation department squad on July 19. ... MIANWALI: Mianwali areas without potable water for month MIANWALI, Aug 2: Since the introduction of district government system, people in small towns and rural areas of the district are deprived of potable water during peak of summer season ... RAHIM YAR KHAN: Protest against water shortage RAHIM YAR KHAN, Aug 2: Scores of farmers of 'pacca' area on Monday protested against the water shortage. Reports said farmers from Chak 68/P, 69/P, 70/P, 74/P, Mauza Bahisti and Kotla Ayub gathered outside the DCO office ... NAROWAL: Slaughter house in Narowal demanded NAROWAL, Aug 2: People have been putting up with bad smell and facing health hazards for long as butchers used to slaughter animals in their houses and streets instead of the slaughterhouse. ... BADIN: 5m children out of school: Zobaida BADIN, Aug 2: Federal Education Minister Zobaida Jalal has called for improving the standard of education on war-footings. ... HYDERABAD: Sindh govt yet to fix flour price HYDERABAD, Aug 2: The Sindh government has not fixed the flour price yet, with the result that retailers wholesalers are selling flour at their own will. ... MITHI: CEC orders steps to ensure fair by-election MITHI, Aug 2: Chief Election Commissioner Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar has directed relevant functionaries to take measures to conduct the by-election in the Tharparkar constituency in a peaceful and transparent manner. ... NAWABSHAH: Darul Aman women level abuse allegation NAWABSHAH, Aug 2: Seven women, who escaped from the Darul Aman, Hyderabad, on Saturday night, were recovered from the Nawab Bhutto village in Deh Lakhmir on Sunday. ... SUKKUR: Ditch in Guddu Barrage repaired SUKKUR, Aug 2: The chief engineer, Guddu Barrage, on Monday said a ditch that had developed in the barrage had been repaired. ... THATTA: Tribute paid to Munshi THATTA, Aug 2: The late Ibrahim Munshi was among those poets who fought for the cause of Sindh till their last breath through their poetry and also by taking part in practical struggle. ... KHAIRPUR: Canal breach floods crops in Gambat KHAIRPUR, Aug 2: The Abul Wah of the Khairpur West Feeder developed a 50 to 60 feet wide breach between RD-30 and RD-31 in Gambat on Monday. The water gushing out of the canal inundated crops of cotton, sugarcane and dates ...

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