04 August 2004 Wednesday 17 Jamadi-us-Saani 1425 KARACHI: Sindh weary of botched federal projects KARACHI, Aug 3: The slow pace of work and quality of the federally-financed and executed projects in Sindh, especially those pertaining to road construction, has caused concern to the provincial government ... KARACHI: Voting for FCS directors today KARACHI, Aug 3: Member fishermen of the Fishermen Cooperative Society will elect seven directors through secret ballot on Wednesday morning. Polling will start at 8am and continue till evening. ... KARACHI: UCs told to file audit reports KARACHI, Aug 3: The Provincial Local Government Commission (PLGC) has asked the union councils of Sindh to carry out audit of their development and non-development expenditures and submit audit reports within seven days. ... KARACHI: Rs78m released for Gorakh Hill resort KARACHI, Aug 3: Sindh Culture and Tourism Minister Shabbir Ahmed Qaimkhani on Tuesday said that Rs78 million have been released for development projects pertaining to Gorakh Hill resort ... KARACHI: Notices issued against illegal confinement KARACHI, Aug 3: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the AG Sindh, the DSP and the SHO of Sharah-i-Noor Jehan for Aug 11 on a petition challenging illegal confinement of a recently-acquitted activist ... KARACHI: Urinary tract infection risk high in pregnancy KARACHI, Aug 3: Health experts observed that the urinary tract infection was very common in the community and had reversible and modifiable risk factors in young male and female patients separately. ... KARACHI: Health centre in North Karachi KARACHI, Aug 3: The Sindh minister for finance, Syed Sardar Ahmed, paid a surprise visit to an under construction urban health centre in North Karachi. ... KARACHI: Privatization of vehicle fitness section under study KARACHI, Aug 3: The adviser to chief minister on Environment, Noman Saigol, has issued instructions to the EPA Sindh to prepare proposals for privatization of issuance of vehicle fitness certificates ... KARACHI: 13 students to get MPhil, PhD & DLitt degrees KARACHI, Aug 3: The University of Karachi has approved to award of DLitt, PhD and MPhil degrees to 13 students. The approval was granted at a meeting of Advanced Studies and Research Board of Karachi University ... KARACHI: The man who can eat 'anything' KARACHI, Aug 3: Fifty-five-year-old Allah Wasayo is still unmarried. He complains his relatives turned down his proposals of marriage fearing that he would eat up his wife. ... KARACHI: Reckless driving claims two lives KARACHI, Aug 3: Two young pedestrians were crushed by speeding coaches in Karimabad late Monday night. Police said that Faraz, 20, and Khurram, 22, were standing together at a bus stop near Karimabad when two speeding coaches knocked them down and then fled away. ... LAHORE: Punishment for ignoring PC-1 in uplift works LAHORE, Aug 3: The government officials, who will allow work on any development project before the approval of its PC-I, will have to face the music, warns the Punjab Assembly's Public Accounts Committee-II. ... LAHORE: Maqbool approves curriculum revised by UHS LAHORE, Aug 3: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool has approved the revised curricula for BSc Nursing, MBBS First Professional, BDS and postgraduate medical courses. ... LAHORE: Tepa gets Rs1.78bn bypass project LAHORE, Aug 3: The Traffic Engineering and Transport Planning Agency will build a 16-kilometre southern bypass for linking the motorway and the Ferozepur Road at a cost of Rs1.78 billion. ... PESHAWAR: Judges told to form lawyers' panels - Free legal aid for juvenile offenders PESHAWAR, Aug 3: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday directed all district and sessions judges to constitute a panel of lawyers for providing free legal aid to juvenile offenders in the province. ... PESHAWAR: Widow seeks protection from 'usurpers' PESHAWAR, Aug 3: A widow has appealed to the Peshawar High Court, the NWFP chief minister and the provincial police chief to provide her security against her influential tenants and stepson who have forcefully occupied her property. ... PESHAWAR: System to resolve power disputes PESHAWAR, Aug 3: The NWFP government will evolve a mechanism to resolve disputes between provincial public sector consumers and the Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco), according to official sources. ... PESHAWAR: Artistes to raise awareness about thalassaemia PESHAWAR, Aug 3: Frontier's artistes have joined forces to motivate the people to donate blood for thalassaemia patients. This was announced by Professor Fakhruddin Durrani ... THATTA: Crocodiles deserting Haleji Lake: Fresh water not released for two years THATTA, Aug 3: Pollution, shortage of fresh water and poor maintenance are forcing crocodiles and other reptiles to gradually desert the Haleji Lake, this correspondent learnt here on Tuesday. ... HYDERABAD: Budget approved in illegal manner, allege councillors HYDERABAD, Aug 3: The Al-Khidmat group of councillors has condemned rowdyism in the budget session of the district council and said that the budget has been passed in an illegal manner. ... SIALKOT: Passport applicants' ordeal continues SIALKOT, Aug 3: The issuance of national passports on Tuesday remained suspended for the 16th day here at the regional office due to the prolonged non-availability of blank passport copies. ... FAISALABAD: Motorcycle rickshaw drivers protest ban FAISALABAD, Aug 3: A number of motorcycle rickshaw drivers along with their vehicles took out a rally here on Tuesday and blocked traffic in protest against the district government's decision to ban them on certain routes. ... GUJRANWALA: Reconstitution of Baitul Maal committees demanded GUJRANWALA, Aug 3: The Baitul Maal committees which were dissolved by the government in November, 2003, have not yet been reconstituted which is causing problems for the destitutes. ... HYDERABAD: Protest against attempts to occupy shrine HYDERABAD, Aug 3: Devotees of the shrine of Sufi Faqir Syed Mehdi Sain Jehanian, Shahpur Jehanian, Nawabshah, held a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Tuesday. ... RAWALPINDI: Two killed in road accidents RAWALPINDI, Aug 3: Two persons, including a woman, were killed in separate road accidents in Islamabad on Tuesday, police said. In the first incident, a woman, identified as Kaneez Bibi, was killed after being run over by a speeding car on Islamabad highway. ... SUKKUR: Over 400 held in crackdown on outlaws SUKKUR, Aug 3: More than 400 people were arrested in a crackdown on outlaws in the Baqapur area of Larkana district, Dawn learnt from authoritative sources on Tuesday. ... SUKKUR: Spurious pesticides, fertilizers seized SUKKUR, Aug 3: A huge quantity of spurious pesticides, fertilizer, zinc sulphate, and other chemicals with expired validity have been seized in raids conducted by the agriculture department officials in Jacobabad. ... HYDERABAD: Darul Aman women granted bail HYDERABAD, Aug 3: The civil judge and judicial magistrate, Mr Wazir Hussain Khoso, on Tuesday granted bail to seven women, who had escaped from the Hyderabad Darul Aman and had been detained in Nawabshah ... SUKKUR: Water shortage hits paddy crop SUKKUR, Aug 3: Water shortage has caused large-scale damage to paddy crop in upper Sindh, particularly in Shikarpur, Jacobabad and Larkana districts. ... KHAIRPUR: Breach in canal plugged KHAIRPUR, Aug 3: A breach which occurred in the Abul Wah on Monday evening was plugged on Tuesday night and work is in progress to strengthen the canal embankment. ... PESHAWAR: Tribe ends Indus Highway blockade PESHAWAR, Aug 3: Traffic was restored on the Indus Highway late on Monday evening after Fata Secretary (Security) Mahmood Shah held talks with the protesting tribesmen. ... KARAK: No basic amenities in most Karak villages KARAK, Aug 3: People living in a desolate montainous region in the south-eastern periphery of Karak district are deprived of even basic amenities and face great hardships due to lack of approach roads to the area. ... SWABI: Plan to minimize evaporation of Tarbela reservoir water SWABI, Aug 3: Pakistan Science Foundation chairman Dr Farid A. Malik has said that evaporation from the 100-mile-long Tarbela Dam reservoir would be minimised by planting trees along the boundaries of the reservoir and in adjoining area. ... FAISALABAD: Textile city by March FAISALABAD, Aug 3: A 3,365-acre textile city along the Motorway (M-3) will become operational by March 31, 2005. This was stated by Faisalabad Industrial Estate Development and Management Company (FIEDMC) chairman Mian Muhammad Latif ... SHEIKHUPURA: Nullah Dek inundates 30 villages: 40,000 homeless SHEIKHUPURA, Aug 3: Flooded Nullah Dek inundated more than 30 villages on Tuesday and rendered 40,000 people homeless. Flowing from India, the flooded nullah damaged paddy crop spreading over 35,000 acres of land. ... SIALKOT: Industries want say in policy making SIALKOT, Aug 3: The district government has urged the federal and provincial governments to allow the country's all export-oriented industries to formulate trade policies for their respective industries under the government framework ... BAHAWALPUR: Under-trial 'bandit' working for NH&MP BAHAWALPUR, Aug 3: An under-trial bank dacoity accused managed to get job in the National Highway and Motorway Police few months ago, it is learnt here on Tuesday. ... MULTAN: Education dept high-ups among illegal users - Official motorbikes MULTAN, Aug 3: The district education department is surprised to learn that some of the 28 missing motorbikes of the defunct literacy drive, Nai Roshni Scheme, are currently being illegally used by some senior officials. ... RAHIM YAR KHAN: Farmers warn of hunger strike RAHIM YAR KHAN, Aug 3: Scores of farmers of 'pacca' area took out a protest demonstration against canal water shortage here on Tuesday. ... KARACHI: Charge-sheet against two Jundullah men filed KARACHI, Aug 3: The police on Monday submitted final charge-sheet against two workers of the Jundullah group in a case pertaining to the hijacking of a Hi-lux coaster which was later used in the attack on corps commander's convoy. ...

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