15 August 2004 Sunday 28 Jamadi-us-Saani 1425 KARACHI: Karachi wears a festive look KARACHI, Aug 14: Thousands of people especially children and youth thronged to the Quaid's mausoleum to pay homage to the father of the nation on the nation's independence day. ... KARACHI: Three young picnickers die in road accident KARACHI, Aug 14: Three picnickers including two brothers died and five others were injured in a road accident on the National Highway, a few kilometres from Thatta on Saturday morning. ... KARACHI: Women-only bus service launched KARACHI, Aug 14: Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad and his wife Shahina Ibad inaugurated a bus service meant exclusively for women on the occasion of the 57th Independence Day. ... KARACHI: Secretaries asked to address complaints KARACHI, Aug 14: Chief Secretary Aslam Sanjrani has directed administrative heads of all provincial departments to respond to public complaints promptly and take measures to provide them relief. ... KARACHI: KESC to set up more complaint centres KARACHI, Aug 14: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation will double the number of complaint centres in the city over the next five months. Sources told Dawn on Friday that at present the power utility runs 77 complaint centres. ... KARACHI: Unified working stressed KARACHI, Aug 14: Adviser to chief minister on local government, Waseem Akhtar, has said that unified working under the new local government system can lead to the establishment of a good society playing an important role towards progress and prosperity of the province. ... KARACHI: Tree plantation campaign launched KARACHI, Aug 14: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Friday inaugurated the tree plantation campaign by planting an "Ashok" plant at Chief Minister House after Friday prayers. ... KARACHI: Quaid-i-Azam Academy - a victim of apathy KARACHI, Aug 14: As people celebrated the Independence Day with the usual zeal, the Quaid-i-Azam Academy, located opposite Quaid's mausoleum, presented a sorry picture with its walls badly needed to be painted and many books and equipment to be bought. ... ISLAMABAD: Work on five crisis centres for women in distress begins ISLAMABAD, Aug 14: The ministry of women development and social welfare simultaneously initiated work on five crisis centres for women in distress on the occasion of country's 57th Independence Day on Saturday. ... QUETTA: Bid to smuggle arms foiled QUETTA, Aug 14: The Frontier Corps foiled an attempt to smuggle a huge quantity of arms and ammunition and drugs into Pakistan and sized a big consignment of weapons near the Pakistan-Iran border on Thursday night. ... PESHAWAR: Independence Day ceremonies held PESHAWAR, Aug 14: Political parties and major public sector organziations and educational institutions held ceremonies to mark the 57th anniversary of the Independence Day here on Saturday. ... PESHAWAR: Five Hindko books to be launched today PESHAWAR, Aug 14: Five Hindko books will be launched simultaneously here on Aug 15 for the first time in the literary history of the language. ... PESHAWAR: '1,200 dog-bite cases reported in NWFP' PESHAWAR, Aug 14: About 1,200 cases of dogbites have so far been reported in the NWFP with 495 of them occurring in the Malakand division and 395 in the Peshawar district, doctors say. ... SUKKUR: Karo-kari: two killed SUKKUR, Aug 14: A man and a woman were shot dead in the Ali Bahar Marfani village, Shikarpur, on the pretext of karo-kari on Friday night. ... PESHAWAR: 500 vehicles impounded PESHAWAR, Aug 14: Over 500 motorcycles and other vehicles were impounded by the police on Friday night in various localities when they were being driven without silencers. ... FAISALABAD: Two killed in 'encounter' FAISALABAD, Aug, 14: Two people, including a proclaimed offender, were killed in police 'encounter' here on Saturday in Liaqatabad. ... MULTAN: Education dept gets 11 of missing motorbikes MULTAN, Aug 14: Only 11 of the 28 'missing' motorbikes of the defunct literacy drive, Nai Roshni Scheme, have been returned by the illegal users on the expiry of the deadline set by the district education department. ... MULTAN: Six of a family drown in Sutlej MULTAN, Aug 14: Two young women and four children of a family drowned near Bahawalnagar on Saturday, as a torrential stream took them along when they were crossing the dry bed of the Sutlej. ... HYDERABAD: Independence Day celebrated in Sindh HYDERABAD, Aug 14: The 58th Independence Day was celebrated in the interior of Sindh on Saturday with great fervour by the people. In Hyderabad, the main national flag-hoisting ceremony was held at the district nazim secretariat. ... HYDERABAD: Four picnickers drown in Indus HYDERABAD, Aug 14: Four persons including a couple drowned in the River Indus on Saturday in the Jamshoro area where a large number of people had gathered in festive mood due to the Independence Day celebrations. ...

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