09 August 2004 Monday 22 Jamadi-us-Saani 1425 KARACHI: Governor, CM condemn SITE blasts KARACHI, Aug 8: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad and Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim, in separate statements, condemned the bomb blasts near SITE area police station on Sunday. ... KARACHI: Compensation for Karachi blast victims announced KARACHI, Aug 8: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui on Sunday announced Rs100,000 each as compensation for those who died in bomb blasts in the Site area of the city. ... KARACHI: Rs259m for expediting uplift of rural areas KARACHI, Aug 8: An amount of Rs259 million is being distributed among tehsil municipal administrations following the government's decision to accelerate the pace of development work in rural areas ... KARACHI: Leadership crisis persists in FCS KARACHI, Aug 8: The Fishermen Cooperative Society (FCS) is back to square one as the leadership crisis seems to be continued. ... KARACHI: Factories polluting old city areas KARACHI, Aug 8: Expressing their concern over worst-ever environmental pollution prevailing in the Old City areas, residents of different localities have urged the relevant authorities to take prompt action ... KARACHI: Shifting of hydrants from next month KARACHI, Aug 8: The city government has decided to close down five hydrants functioning in residential areas. The decision appeared to be in line with an assurance held out by city government officials ... KARACHI: 'Trading' of educational institutions condemned KARACHI, Aug 8: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association has termed the latest press statements of Sindh Education Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro as childish and a condemnable attempt at disregarding realities. ... KARACHI: More free IT centres soon - Kamal KARACHI, Aug 8: The provincial minister for Information Technology, Syed Mustafa Kamal, has said the government is keen on making Sindh a model province by inducing large scale development in the IT sector. ... KARACHI: Separate varsity for women demanded KARACHI, Aug 8: The aim of the government, it seems, is to invite women and girls out of their homes. This was stated on Sunday by speakers at an event held on Sunday by the Islami Jamiat-i-Talibaat ... KARACHI: Protest demo against water shortage KARACHI, Aug 8: Residents of Ali Mohammad Mohalla (Shah Beg Lane UC-6), Lyari Town, staged a protest demonstration on Sunday afternoon against persisting water shortage problem in the locality. ... KARACHI: PQR official shot dead KARACHI, Aug 8: An official of the Pakistan Qaumi Razakar (PQR) was shot dead in North Nazimabad on Sunday evening. Police said that Mirza Liaquat Ali was shot dead by armed men on a motorcycle near his residence in Nusrat Bhutto Colony. ... KARACHI: Over 100 blood samples taken from addicts at Edhi Home KARACHI, Aug 8: More than a hundred blood samples have been taken from the 350-odd drug users, who were recently picked up from various roads and streets in the city and sent to the Edhi Home near Sohrab Goth. ... KARACHI: Tobacco control plan urged KARACHI, Aug 8: Health experts stressed on comprehensive tobacco control plan, including implementation of regulatory measures and coordinated involvement of government and community organizations besides health care professionals ... KARACHI: Operation in Balochistan criticized KARACHI, Aug 8: The Baloch Students' Organization staged a protest demo on Sunday evening outside Karachi Press Club against the reported military operation in Balochistan. ... ISLAMABAD: Couple released after probe ISLAMABAD, Aug 8: A couple, arrested by a law-enforcement agency at a marriage ceremony, has been released after they were found innocent during the investigation, Secretariat police station SHO Arshad Khokhar told Dawn. ... PESHAWAR: PHC acquits Hizbul Tahrir's activist PESHAWAR, Aug 8: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has set aside the conviction of a member of a proscribed organization, Hizbul Tahrir, and acquitted him. ... PESHAWAR: Board to enforce child nutrition law PESHAWAR, Aug 8: Speakers at a seminar here have said that the federal government is preparing the draft of the National Infants Board to ensure the implementation of the Protection of Breast feeding and Child Nutrition Ordinance 2000 ... PESHAWAR: Health care: help assured to private bodies PESHAWAR, Aug 8: Federal Minister for Water and Power Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has said that the government would support private organisations to strengthen the healthcare facilities and cater to the needs of the patients. ... PESHAWAR: Action against policemen PESHAWAR, Aug 8: A police inspector has been retired from his service, and five others have been demoted as punishment on the charge of negligence from their duties, said an official statement issued here on Saturday. ... HYDERABAD: Tribute paid to Nazeer Abbasi HYDERABAD, Aug 8: Political leaders and intellectuals paid tribute to prominent left-wing leader Nazeer Abbasi, at a ceremony held at the press club auditorium here on Sunday to observe his 24th death anniversary. ... HYDERABAD: Wheat supply - Chakki owners meet minister HYDERABAD, Aug 8: A delegation of the Atta Chakki Owners' Association called on the provincial food minister and the director in Karachi on Saturday and apprised them of the wheat situation. ... HYDERABAD: HDA criticized over water project HYDERABAD, Aug 8: The convenor of the district council, Nawab Rashid Ali Khan, has deplored that the Hyderabad Development Authority has started work on a Rs120 million project for improving the water supply system ... LAHORE: Curricula revision for 50 courses completed LAHORE, Aug 8: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool has supervized a comprehensive revision of 50 courses in engineering, medicine, science, information technology ... KOHAT: Shakardarra nazim demands gas supply KOHAT, Aug 8: Shakardarra Town Nazim Abdur Rasheed Khattak has urged the provincial government to release Rs50 million to the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited for a scheme to provide natural gas to the area. ... SWABI: Govt hospital doctors criticized SWABI, Aug 8: Patients form various areas in the district have accused doctors working in government hospitals of bothering only about their private practice and taking no interest in their official duty. ... KHAR: Fake domiciles cancelled KHAR, Aug 8: The tribal administration on Saturday cancelled 50 domiciles issued to Afghans and other non-residents of the agency and started a probe against tribal maliks and others who had attested their papers. ... SIALKOT: Bajwat villages cut off from Sialkot - Flood in river Tavi SIALKOT, Aug 8: Eightyfive (85) border villages in Bajwat area have been cut off from rest of the district following increase in water in river Tavi, with boatmen not ready to risk their lives in face of strong tides. ... FAISALABAD: Police fail to carry out official orders FAISALABAD, Aug 8: The local police have failed to comply with instructions of the Punjab governor for abolition of entry fee at a funfair in the local Bagh-i-Jinnah. ... SARGODHA: Nazim, others booked for corruption SARGODHA, Aug 8: The anti-corruption establishment has registered a case against tehsil Nazim Dr Liaqat Ali Khan and his cronies for allegedly misappropriating funds and sealed the TMA record. ... SIALKOT: ASI, accused killed as bike rams into tree SIALKOT, Aug 8: An ASI and an accused were killed while a constable sustained serious injuries on Sunday when their motorcycle rammed into a roadside tree near Wahla-Budha Goraya village, Daska tehsil. ... MANSHERA: KKH blocked in protest MANSEHRA, Aug 8: Traffic was suspended on the Karakoram Highway (KKH) on Sunday by angry protesters who blocked it after the killing of a man in a land dispute in Chatter plain bazaar, Konsh valley, about 50 kilometres from here. ... KARACHI: Anti-worker laws criticized KARACHI, Aug 8: Speakers at a meeting on Sunday demanded that controversial anti-worker laws, including the Industrial Relations Ordinance-2002, be abolished immediately. ...

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