11 August 2004 Wednesday 24 Jamadi-us-Saani 1425 KARACHI: Compensation to monsoon victims not yet paid KARACHI, Aug 10: The government has failed to pay compensation to the victims of last monsoon rains and flood as the provincial relief committee is short of over Rs67.823 million. ... KARACHI: Bus set on fire after accident KARACHI, Aug 10: A bus was set on fire by enraged people on Shahrah-i-Liaquat when it hit and injured school children and a motorcyclist near Paper Market, Arambagh, on Tuesday morning. ... KARACHI: High Court orders govt to ascertain where abouts - Man 'held' for mistaken links with Al Qaeda KARACHI, Aug 10: The Sindh High Court asked the federal and provincial law officers on Tuesday to ascertain the whereabouts of an alleged detainee within a week and inform it on Aug 17. ... KARACHI: Traffic jams await special measures - VIPs' movement adding to problems KARACHI, Aug 10: More than 50 roundabouts and intersections in various parts of the city need special attention of city government, traffic engineering bureau ... KARACHI: Coordination among EPAs stressed KARACHI, Aug 10: Sindh chief minister's advisor on environment and alternative energy Noman Saigol has stressed the need for a close coordination among all provincial Environmental Protection Agencies. ... KARACHI: Delay in FCS meeting irks stakeholders KARACHI, Aug 10: The delay in convening the meeting of the 15-member board of directors of the Fishermen Cooperative Society is causing concern among the stake-holders in fisheries sector. ... KARACHI: ATC orders B-class for Waheed brothers KARACHI, Aug 10: An anti-terrorism court ordered on Tuesday the jail authorities to provide B-class facilities to the doctor brothers. ... KARACHI: Anti-TB programme termed successful KARACHI, Aug 10: The DOTS programme has been successfully carried out at the TB Clinic of the Sindh Government Hospital, New Karachi and at least 100 tuberculosis patients have been registered there. ... KARACHI: Uplift projects initiated in Orangi KARACHI, Aug 10: A number of development projects have been initiated in the province, specially in the Orangi Town area, says Manzoor Hussain Shah, advisor to the chief minister for public affairs. ... KARACHI: 1,236 bottles of liquor seized KARACHI, Aug 10: The divisional intelligence staff of the Excise department on Tuesday raided a school garage in Issa Nagri and after recovering 1,236 bottles of Pakistani liquor and beer from a Suzuki, arrested a man. ... KARACHI: Bus service for female passengers from 14th KARACHI, Aug 10: A new air-conditioned bus service for female commuters is being launched in the city from Aug 14. The details regarding the bus service were finalized at a high-level meeting ... KARACHI: End to load shedding nowhere in sight KARACHI, Aug 10: Power supply in many localities remained erratic on Tuesday, as consumers of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation said their complaints often went unattended. ... KARACHI: Research work at HEJ lauded KARACHI, Aug 10: Renowned French scientist Prof Alain Krief has appreciated measures taken by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan in the field of Science and Technology. ... KARACHI: Teachers condemn denationalization KARACHI, Aug 10: The association of Islamic learning teachers has condemned the recent decision of the Sindh government to denationalize two city colleges and demanded its immediate withdrawal. ... KARACHI: Musicians from Chicago perform at Alliance KARACHI, Aug 10: Three Chicago-based instrumentalists played with remarkable elan some of the finest compositions of western classical music at a recital organized by The Citizens Foundation at the auditorium of Alliance Francaise on Monday evening. ... KARACHI: Postgraduate doctors likely to get stipend KARACHI, Aug 10: The vice-chancellor of the Dow University of Health Sciences, Prof Masood Hameed Khan, has reiterated that all justified demands of postgraduate doctors will be fulfilled. ... ISLAMABAD: Notices issued to lawyers for filing dead man's case ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: A three-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry issued notices on Tuesday to two senior advocates of the court for filing a case of a dead person. ... LAHORE: One-month jail, fine proposed - Hospital waste management draft LAHORE, Aug 10: Punishment of a one-month imprisonment or a fine of Rs10,000 or both has been proposed for the people found guilty of failure to ensure safe disposal of hospital waste ... LAHORE: Bureaucracy hampering LG system, says Amer LAHORE, Aug 10: District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood has said that bureaucracy was creating obstacles in the success of the local government system. ... LAHORE: Still no passport books LAHORE, Aug 10: The city passport office continues to face shortage of passport books due to which hundreds of applicants have been facing problems. Students, businessmen and people intending to perform Umra have been awaiting their passports for over a month. ... LAHORE: Robbers kill newsman's wife LAHORE, Aug 10: Robbers on Tuesday shot dead the newly-wed wife of a journalist in Block-F of Jauhar Town. Married to Mian Khalil, a reporter of a Urdu daily, some three months ago, Dr Rukhsana Khalil had just come out of her house when three gunmen intercepted her car. ... LAHORE: Academic council seeks PGMI-SIMS merger LAHORE, Aug 10: The Postgraduate Medical Institute's academic council is of the view that the PGMI and the Services Institute of Medical Sciences should be made a single institution and allowed to run under one principal at the existing campus. ... LAHORE: 'Economic setback if good governance not ensured' LAHORE, Aug 10: Chief Minister's Adviser Mowahid Husain Shah said on Tuesday that the country was likely to suffer social and economic setbacks if good governance was not adopted in the conduct of affairs at macro and micro levels. ... LAHORE: Hassaan, Usman to resign today LAHORE, Aug 10: Data Ganj Bakhsh Town Nazim Khwaja Ahmad Hassaan and Naib Nazim Mian Usman will announce resignation from their offices in protest against political victimization by the provincial government at a press conference here on Wednesday (today). ... PESHAWAR: Autonomy plan for hospitals hits snags PESHAWAR, Aug 10: The health department's plan to appoint consultants in different specialities at the Postgraduate Medical Institute (PGMI) to speed up research activities is yet to produce the desired results ... PESHAWAR: Two picked up for links with 'militants' PESHAWAR, Aug 10: A homeopathic doctor and a mobile phone technician were picked up from different parts of the city on suspicion of having links with militant organizations, sources told Dawn here on Tuesday. ... PESHAWAR: Doctor, son killed in accident PESHAWAR, Aug 10: A doctor and his son died while six others of the same family were injured after their vehicle collided with a passenger bus near Kund on the Grand Trunk Road here on Sunday night. ... PESHAWAR: Use of rubber as fuel plagues environment PESHAWAR, Aug 10: The provincial government's failure to take effective measures against illegal use of rubber as fuel in brick kilns is posing threat to environment and public health in different areas. ... HYDERABAD: Mills continue to dump effluent into canal HYDERABAD, Aug 10: An Environmental Protection Order issued to two industrial units of Kotri Site for polluting the Kalri Baghar Feeder has not been implemented by the Dadu police, it was learnt here on Tuesday. ... HYDERABAD: Employees demand payment of pension HYDERABAD, Aug 10: Retired municipal employees held a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Tuesday against non- payment of four months' pension to 1,650 employees. ... SANGHAR: 200 girls denied college admission SANGHAR, Aug 20: About 200 girl students of Khipro, who have recently passed their matriculation examination, may have to abandon the idea of getting higher education because the principal of the only college in the town ... HYDERABAD: Protest march HYDERABAD, Aug 10: Workers of grain godowns took out a procession from the Hali road to the press club and observed a token hunger strike to protest against non-regularization and non-payment of four months' salary of temporary chowkidars. ... HYDERABAD: Deployment of Rangers opposed HYDERABAD, Aug 10: People's Party Parliamentarians MNA Nawab Abdul Ghani Talpur has said that deployment of Rangers to curb water theft from canals is a conspiracy to pit the people of Sindh against the force. ... HYDERABAD: Darul Aman officials granted bail HYDERABAD, Aug 10: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Tuesday granted protective bail to two officials of the Hyderabad Darul Aman for Rs100,000 each till Aug 13 in a criminal case. ... HARIPUR: Abbottabad water project opposed HARIPUR, Aug 10: The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz group) will oppose the construction of a water supply scheme on the River Dour in Abbottabad, according to former provincial minister and member of the party's central executive council Yusuf Ayub Khan. ... PESHAWAR: Access to information in NWFP promised PESHAWAR, Aug 10: The NWFP government will enact a law to allow access to information in government departments, two provincial ministers said on Tuesday. ... KOHAT: Many girls denied admission to colleges KOHAT, Aug 10: A number of girl students were denied admissions to government colleges in the city because of shortage of seats. It is a very disappointing situation for the students because they cannot afford to join private colleges either. ... PESHAWAR: ANF told to return items PESHAWAR, Aug 10: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday ruled that the Anti-Narcotics Force had no authority to take away household items during raids. ... LARKANA: 143 booked for attacking police station - Man dies in raid LARKANA, Aug 10: Police on Monday night registered two separate FIRs against 143 people for allegedly running a gambling den and attacking the Shahdadkot police station, injuring DSP Ghulam Serwar Abro. ... DADU: Protest against oil firm's job policy DADU, Aug 10: A large number of villagers and political activists held a demonstration outside the press club here on Tuesday to protest against oil and gas exploration company BHP for denying local candidates jobs and landlords land compensation. ... SIALKOT: CPLC 'disregards' dissolution by dist govt SIALKOT, Aug 10: Dissolution of the Citizen-Police Liaison Committee by the district government has caused rift between officials of the two. ... BAHAWALPUR: Suspect seeks time to explain his stance - Fake death certificate BAHAWALPUR, Aug 10: An inquiry into alleged attestation of the fake death certificate of a 'dacoit' was adjourned for two days when the chief suspect sought time from the committee to explain his stance. ... MULTAN: Water crisis feared for cotton crop MULTAN, Aug 10: The Punjab Irrigation Department has painted a depressing picture of water availability for the standing cotton crop in the days to come. ... FAISALABAD: 'Lottery' in the name of uplift project FAISALABAD, Aug 10: The Punjab government has adopted a 'novel strategy' to crown the success of an alleged lottery scheme introduced in the name of the Punjab Development Fund for the provision of facilities to neglected areas. ... LARKANA: Girls outclass boys in Larkana HSC exams LARKANA, Aug 10: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, here on Tuesday announced the result of HSC Part-II annual examination 2004 (pre-medical and pre-engineering), in which girls outclassed boys in overall passing percentage. ... QUETTA: District govts initiated army operation, says Jam QUETTA, Aug 10: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousuf has said that army action was launched against terrorists in Makran on the request of the district government. ... SHEIKHUPURA: Two women kidnapped by robbers SHEIKHUPURA, Aug 10: Two young women on-board a Lahore-bound wagon were kidnapped by four highwaymen on Tuesday morning near the Khanpur Canal bridge. After looting other passengers, the outlaws also hijacked the vehicle. ... OKARA: 46 booked for protesting against murder OKARA, Aug 10: Police have booked 46 people, including two lawyers, for blocking road and staging a protest demonstration against the alleged murder of Anwar Lagoo by A-Davison police. ... FAISALABAD: SI, three other policemen suspended FAISALABAD, Aug 10: DPO Muhammad Amin Wains on Tuesday suspended from service four policemen, including a sub-inspector for their failure to perform 'security duty' with the Punjab Assembly speaker. ... SAHIWAL: Three members of a family die on road SAHIWAL, Aug 10: Three members of a family were killed and four injured when a car overturned on Burewala-Arifwala road near Chak 241/EB on Monday evening. ...

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