12 August 2004 Thursday 25 Jamadi-us-Saani 1425 KARACHI: Ibad praises CPLC, police welfare programme KARACHI, Aug 11: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has said that after cooperation between Sindh Police and CPLC in their efforts to control crime and adopt preventive measures their participation towards police welfare is also highly appreciated. ... KARACHI: Hearing of blast case adjourned KARACHI, Aug 11: An anti-terrorism court in Karachi on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of trial against nine activists of the banned Harkatul Mujahideen Al-Alami for their alleged involvement in the honorary Macedonian consulate bomb blast ... KARACHI: Petro man employees go on strike KARACHI, Aug 11: Academic activities at the educational campuses of the Petro man were marred on Wednesday as employees refused to work further due to what they claimed non-payment of salaries to them for three months. ... KARACHI: Chinese firm set to start work on mass transit KARACHI, Aug 11: Progress on the feasibility study of the Karachi Mass Transit Project was reviewed at a meeting held here on Wednesday. ... KARACHI: SHC seeks lawyers' help to decide writ petition - City govt's parking fee KARACHI, Aug 11: The Sindh High Court sought the assistance of three senior lawyers in adjudicating a writ petition against the parking fee imposed by the city district government. ... KARACHI: Power failures in many city areas KARACHI, Aug 11: Although the KESC claimed that no major power breakdown occurred on Wednesday, people in a number of city localities claimed that the KESC resorted to unannounced load shedding. ... KARACHI: Lifting of ban on park linked to safety measures KARACHI, Aug 11: Ban on operation of rides and swings in Aladin Amusement Park will be lifted as soon as the company starts implementing its agreement with the CDGK (former the KMC) in letter and in spirit ... KARACHI: PSF, IJT clash at law college KARACHI, Aug 11: Fifty-two students were arrested following a clash between two student organizations at the S. M. Law College here on Wednesday. According to police, the college administration had reported disturbances and sought help restore peace. ... KARACHI: Move to relax ban on cigarette ads opposed KARACHI, Aug 11: The Pakistan Society of Chest Physicians (PSCP), Sindh, has expressed concern over moves to relax restrictions on cigarette advertisements on PTV under the pretext of a massive revenue loss to the state entity. ... KARACHI: Position-holders criticize denationalzation - Pre-medical exam results announced KARACHI, Aug 11: The top three position holders of HSC (Pre-Medical) Science group annual examinations 2004 have not appreciated the government's decision to denationalize the St Joseph's and St Patrick's colleges. ... KARACHI: Interview bodies soon to appoint lecturers KARACHI, Aug 11: The Sindh education minister, Dr Hamida Khuhro, on Wednesday said fresh interview committees were being set up to finalize the appointment of 751 lecturers in provincial colleges. ... KARACHI: Foundation of 50-bed hospital in Gadap laid KARACHI, Aug 11: Sindh Minister for Planning and Development Shoaib Bukhari has said that the government was trying its best to provide all health facilities to masses on their doorsteps. ... KARACHI: Fisheries official suspended KARACHI, Aug 11: The advisor to chief minister on Livestock and Fisheries, Fakir Muhammad Jaddam Mangrio, has suspended a KFHA official for negligence from duty. ... KARACHI: Strict security measures ordered KARACHI, Aug 11: The Inspector General Police (IGP), Sindh has issued directives for fool proof security arrangements on the occasion of Independence Day. ... KARACHI: Police claim killing notorious criminal KARACHI, Aug 11: An man was shot dead by police in Malir early on Wednesday. Police identified him as Ahmed Khaskheli alias doctor, an outlaw carrying a head money of Rs0.2 million. ... LAHORE: Data Town Nazim, Naib Nazim resign - Supporters asked not to quit LAHORE, Aug 11: Data Ganj Bakhsh Town Nazim Khwaja Ahmad Hassaan and Naib Nazim Mian Usman on Wednesday tendered resignations from their offices alleging victimization due to political intolerance of the government ... PESHAWAR: Changes in prison rules approved PESHAWAR, Aug 11: The NWFP cabinet at a meeting here on Wednesday approved amendments in the prison rules aimed at providing relief to prisoners. ... LAHORE: 46 education officers fail to get posting orders - Promotion to BPS-20 LAHORE, Aug 11: As many as 22 male and 24 female general-cadre officers of Punjab education department's school education wing are still being driven from pillar to post for their posting orders four months after their promotion to BPS-20. ... PESHAWAR: Report didn't amount to defamation, rules court PESHAWAR, Aug 11: The Peshawar district and sessions judge, Hayat Ali Shah, has ruled that under the Defamation Ordinance 2002 only that statement could be termed defamatory which is intentionally made to injure reputation of a person. ... PESHAWAR: NWFP body rejects deletions from books PESHAWAR, Aug 11: The Curriculum Review Committee of NWFP Education Commission has rejected deletion of material related to the ideology of Pakistan, Islamic ideology, and national leaders. ... PESHAWAR: 'Consultants advising unnecessary tests' PESHAWAR, Aug 11: Consultants are fleecing patients by sending them to private laboratories and ultrasound centres, patients and health workers complain. ... HYDERABAD: Plan to revive cooperative movement, says minister HYDERABAD, Aug 11: Sindh senior minister for finance and cooperative Syed Sardar Ahmed has said the provincial government is planning the revival of cooperative movement to boost agricultural production in Sindh. ... THATTA: Civic facilities in coastal belt urged THATTA, Aug 11: Muttahida Qaumi Movement MPA Ms Heer Ismail Soho has said the use of prohibited fishing nets should be stopped and civic facilities be provided in the coastal belt to revitalize commercial and social activities in the area. ... HYDERABAD: Attack on minority leader condemned HYDERABAD, Aug 11: Hundreds of people from Kohistan, Dadu, and Hyderabad held protest demonstrations outside the press club here on Wednesday against a murderous attack on a Hindu leader. ... HYDERABAD: WHO officials warn of diarrhoea outbreak HYDERABAD, Aug 11: World Health Organization officials have said the outbreak of hepatitis-E or diarrhoea cannot be ruled out following the recent contaminated water crisis as incubation period of the disease was one to two months. ... BADIN: Dist council wants end to water rotation plan BADIN, Aug 11: The district council, in its Monday's meeting chaired by Advocate Mohammad Essa Mallah, unanimously demanded to suspend the water rotation programme and end the artificial shortage of water prevalent in the district. ... SUKKUR: Power thieves to get detection bills SUKKUR, Aug 11: Hesco chief executive Adeebul Hassan Rizvi has directed executive engineers and SDOs of the Sukkur and Larkana region to issue detection bills to power thieves. ... HYDERABAD: Ban on trade of spurious drugs sought HYDERABAD, Aug 11: Pakistan Pharmacists Association provincial joint secretary Haider Zaidi has called upon the Sindh government to take action against manufacturers and dealers of substandard and spurious drugs in the district. ... LARKANA: Dental college to be set up in Larkana LARKANA, Aug 11: The Sindh government has approved a proposal of establishing a dental college in Larkana and asked the district government to prepare its PC-I. ... HYDERABAD: Police asked to submit charge-sheet - Water contamination case HYDERABAD, Aug 11: The civil judge and judicial magistrate-II here on Tuesday directed water contamination case investigating officer Maula Bux Leghari to submit a final charge-sheet in the case within 14 days. ... KHAIRPUR: Breach victims demand relief KHAIRPUR, Aug 11: Farmers affected by a recent breach in the Abul Wah, staged a sit-in here on Tuesday demanding payment of compensation for the loss of crops. ... DADU: Doctors in Dadu hold protest DADU, Aug 11: Doctors and paramedical staff in all taluka and civil hospitals in the district boycotted their duties on Wednesday and demanded that the accused involved in an attack on Dr Tek Chand, the medical superintendent of the Taluka Hospital, Thano Bula Khan, be arrested. ... SUKKUR: Protest against power failures SUKKUR, Aug 11: Hundreds of people held a demonstration here on Wednesday to protest against frequent and prolonged power breakdowns. ... HARIPUR: Boy killed in accident HARIPUR, Aug 11: A boy was killed while 13 other passengers were injured when a van met with an accident on the G T Road on Wednesday. According to police, the Mardan-bound Toyota van collided head on with a truck near Panian village on the G T Road. ... PESHAWAR: Admission quotas to be abolished - VCs decide to stop self-finance scheme PESHAWAR, Aug 11: All special quotas would be abolished and admission to professional institutions in the NWFP would be made only on merit, a meeting decided on Wednesday. ... KOHAT: Industries promised gas facility KOHAT, Aug 11: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that the Kohat industrial estate would soon get the supply of gas as a cheap source of energy to encourage local entrepreneurs. ... HARIPUR: 45 illegal stalls demolished HARIPUR, Aug 11: The Sarhad Development Authority demolished about 45 stalls and shops built illegally on the roadside in the Hattar Industrial Estate on Tuesday. ... DERA GHAZI KHAN: Four policemen hurt in 'encounter' DEAR GHAZI KHAN, Aug 11: Four policemen sustained injuries in an encounter with gangsters on Wednesday night in the precincts of Bangla police station, Rojhan tehsil, Rajanpur district, some 250 kilometres from here. ... MULTAN: Family member turns out to be culprit - Double murder MULTAN, Aug 11: The district police have finally found a clue to the killers of a young woman and her four-year-old daughter with the help of DNA report, which they had obtained through blood stains found from the crime scene three months ago. ... SHEIKHUPURA: Police yet to register case - Kidnapping of two women SHEIKHUPURA, Aug 11: The District Transporters Association has threatened to stop plying vehicles on all routes to register their protest against police's failure to control lawlessness. ... TOBA TEK SINGH: Two commit suicide in Toba TOBA TEK SINGH, Aug 11: Two people reportedly committed suicide in separate incidents on Wednesday. Farmer Zafar Ali took poison in Kammaywala Khooh village near Kamalia over his financial problems. ... FAISALABAD: DPO asked to complete probe - Briton's death FAISALABAD, Aug 11: Taking a serious notice of the death of a British national due to inhuman treatment and harassment of police, the British High Commission asked the DPO to look into the matter and complete the investigation in a short span of time. ... JHANG: PMA raps denial of salaries JHANG, Aug 11: The Pakistan Medical Association, Jhang chapter, has condemned the district Nazim and DCO for ordering the stoppage of salaries of RHCs and BHUs' para-medical staff across the district on account of absence from duty. ... QUETTA: Cancellation of illegal appointments sought QUETTA, Aug 11: The All Pakistan Clerks Association (APCA) Balochistan has demanded that all appointments made by ministers in violation of the merit rules should be cancelled with immediate effect. ... SUKKUR: Police backing criminals, alleges nazim SUKKUR, Aug 11: Khairpur District Nazim Nafisa Shah has criticized the reinstatement of Khairpur SHO Asif Bajwa after a suspension of 24 hours, and alleged that he was involved in several cases of corruption and harboured dacoits and criminals. ... SUKKUR: Sukkur Bar opposes operation in Balochistan SUKKUR, Aug 11: The Sukkur chapter of the Sindh High Court Bar Association has condemned a government decision to launch a military operation in Balochistan. ...

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