18 August 2004 Wednesday 01 Rajab 1425 KARACHI: City nazim resents Rs1bn loss to KWSB KARACHI, Aug 17: City Nazim Niamatullah Khan has sought explanation from the KWSB about changing water tariff in 2001 which has resulted in a loss of more than one billion rupees to the utility organization. ... KARACHI: Conviction by mly court set aside KARACHI, Aug 17: The Sindh High Court struck down on Tuesday a military court conviction as being violative of the fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution and the Army Act, which also barred a second trial for the same offence. ... KARACHI: Doctor indicted for anti-US propaganda KARACHI, Aug 17: An anti-terrorism court indicted on Tuesday a London-born doctor in a case pertaining to distribution of pamphlets inscribed with anti-US and anti-Jewish material. ... KARACHI: Racket of sub-lease hits old city areas KARACHI, Aug 17: A group of investors is hoodwinking simple people by resorting to a racket of sub-leasing properties in the old city area. The racketeers lure the tenants residing in flats of old buildings on goodwill ... KARACHI: 276 granted bail, SHO held KARACHI, Aug 17: An overwhelming number of 276 people, including 33 women, were lodged in seven different police stations of Clifton Town on Monday night following the much-publicized raid on Prince Cinema which was led by the Sindh home minister. ... KARACHI: SHC asks police to help KBCA KARACHI, Aug 17: The Sindh High Court directed the police on Tuesday to provide all necessary assistance to the Karachi Building Control Authority in evacuating and demolishing violative structures, particularly in compliance with court orders. ... KARACHI: CS reviews work on LEW project KARACHI, Aug 17: Sindh Chief Secretary Mohammed Aslam Sanjrani on Tuesday paid a three-hour long visit to the Lyari Expressway Project from Mauripur Bridge to Sohrab Goth. ... KARACHI: Desecration of holy sites in Iraq slammed KARACHI, Aug 17: Over hundred women activists of the Karachi Women's Peace Committee and Bazm-i-Aamna on Tuesday staged a protest rally outside the Press Club. ... KARACHI: Student expelled from KU KARACHI, Aug 17: The administration of the University of Karachi on Tuesday debarred a student from coming to the varsity for his alleged misbehaviour with a teacher. ... KARACHI: Young man found shot dead KARACHI, Aug 17: The body of an unidentified young man was recovered from a garbage dump in North Nazimabad on Tuesday morning. ... LAHORE: Bandits' gang busted LAHORE, Aug 17: The police investigation wing claimed on Tuesday to have busted a 15-member gang of robbers and car jackers and seized valuables worth Rs17.5 million. ... LAHORE: Rain floods nullahs; rivers also rise LAHORE, Aug 17: Heavy rain in the upper catchments of three rivers and Gujranwala and Sialkot districts flooded the storm water drains on Tuesday. ... LAHORE: Five of a family die in house collapse LAHORE, Aug 17: Five members of a family were buried alive and another two sustained injuries when a dilapidated building collapsed inside Bhati Gate in the walled city following heavy rain on Tuesday. ... LAHORE: SNGPL repairs pipeline LAHORE, Aug 17: The Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) on Tuesday repaired the 10-inch distribution pipeline which was affected by a blast on Monday night. The repairs were completed at 11.20am on Tuesday, after almost 14 hours of the blast. ... PESHAWAR: Stamp duty hurting housing loan policy PESHAWAR, Aug 17: The collection of stamp duty on property mortgaged for seeking loans for the construction of houses has marginalized the scope of people belonging to low and middle income groups, according to official sources. ... PESHAWAR: Rs24bn allocated for NWFP universities' projects - Meeting reviews modernization plan PESHAWAR, Aug 17: Public sector universities in the NWFP have been authorized to prepare projects worth Rs24 billion for the improvement of educational facilities and ensure presence of qualified faculty members in respective institutions. ... PESHAWAR: Pesco chief claims cut in line losses PESHAWAR, Aug 17: Peshawar Electric Supply Company Chief Executive Brig Tahir Saeed Malik has said that Pesco reduced its line losses to a considerable extent during the last one and a half year ... PESHAWAR: Road construction work reviewed PESHAWAR, Aug 17: Work on the 26-kilometre-long Kohat-Khushal Garh Road is in full swing and 90 per cent work on its 8.5 kilometre dual carriageway section will be completed in about a fortnight. ... SWABI: Villagers demand installation of transformer SWABI, Aug 17: Residents of Kala have criticized the Peshawar Electricity Supply Company (Pesco) management for their failure to install a 50-KV transformer and instead installing only 16 electricity poles instead of 30 approved by the government. ... PESHAWAR: Mob damages phone centre PESHAWAR, Aug 17: An unruly mob stormed an outlet of a mobile phone company in Saddar Bazaar on Tuesday, forcing police to resort to baton charge. A large number of people waiting since morning for free mobile connections became angry when they were told that the company's quota for the outlet was exhausted. ... HYDERABAD: HSC exams - Girls of same college clinch top positions HYDERABAD, Aug 17: The Government Nazareth Girls College, Hyderabad, tops the list of distinctions in the higher secondary certificate part-II (class-XII) annual examination 2004. ... HYDERABAD: Wapda plans additional transformer in Guddu HYDERABAD, Aug 17: Taking serious notice of a technical fault in the Liberty power plant for the last 15 days, the chairman of Wapda has sanctioned a power transformer of 220/132KV and of 160MVA capacity to be installed in Guddu for transfer of additional power from the north. ... KOHAT: Two colleges for girls to be set up in Kohat KOHAT, Aug 17: MPA Qalb-i-Hassan has said that two new girls college would be established in Kohat during the next financial year to overcome the problem of shortage of seats in the existing institutions. ... QUETTA: 'Water shortage a critical issue' QUETTA, Aug 17: Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani said on Tuesday that the entire country was facing water shortage but the problem was becoming critical in Balochistan. ... MINGORA: Cancer hospital in Swat planned MINGORA, Aug 17: The provincial government has planned to establish a hospital for treating cancer in Swat to provide health facilities to the people of Malakand division suffering from the deadly disease. ... SIALKOT: Rain inundates low-lying areas in Sialkot SIALKOT, Aug 17: All the low-lying parts of the city, including district jail, courts, railway station and Jinnah Stadium were inundated due to heavy rain here on Tuesday, paralysing civic and trade activities. ... BAHAWALPUR: Rs3 bn for gas supply to 8 tehsils BAHAWALPUR, Aug 17: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool has said that sui gas will be provided to eight tehsils of three districts at a total cost of Rs3 billion during the next three years. ... RAHIM YAR KHAN: Farmers resist canal closure RAHIM YAR KHAN, Aug 17: Farmers in the command area of Tarinda distributary on Tuesday thwarted an official effort to close the water channel which is fed from the Abbasia Link Canal (ALC). ... GUJRAT: Ex-army man killed on resistance in Kharian GUJRAT, Aug 17: The law and order situation in Kharian circle police further deteriorated on Tuesday with the murder of a private school owner by three unidentified bandits in Malka village. ... SUKKUR: 30pc water shortage at Sukkur, 40pc at Guddu SUKKUR, Aug 17: Canals off-taking from the Sukkur Barrage will experience about 30 per cent shortage of water because of the receding Indus river level. ... NAWABSHAH: Railway traffic resumes NAWABSHAH, Aug 17: The railway traffic at the Nawabshah station was restored early on Tuesday morning following repair work on main tracks which were damaged by two bomb blasts on Monday. Three people were injured in the blasts. ... LAHORE: Bar postpones rally for a day LAHORE, Aug 17: The Punjab Bar Council has deferred for a day its Wednesday's protest rally against moves to confer on the superior judiciary the powers to take action against lawyers for professional misconduct. ... ISLAMABAD: WLL spectrum auction fetches Rs1.512bn ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: The auction of the spectrum of Wireless Local Loop (WLL) in Islamabad and Rawalpindi telecom regions on Tuesday fetched Rs1.512 billion. ... MULTAN: Pesticide dealers form new body MULTAN, Aug 17: Ten member-organizations have deserted the Pakistan Crop Protection Association (PCPA) to form a new forum called Pesticides Importers and Formulators Association (PIFA). ...

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