27 August 2004 Friday 10 Rajab 1425 KARACHI: Post-graduate students to be posted as house officers KARACHI, Aug 26: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan on Thursday ordered that the 872 vacant posts of house officers in various medical colleges in the province be allocated for private students doing post-graduation. ... KARACHI: Tax relief for new buses promised KARACHI, Aug 26: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has said that concessions will be extended in respect of import duty, customs duty and sales tax to transport companies intending to ply new buses in Karachi under the Urban Transport Scheme. ... KARACHI: Govt pursuing unfair posting policy KARACHI, Aug 26: The Sindh government has filled three of the seven settled posts of grade-21 officers with eligible aspirants but given the remaining posts to grade-20 officers. ... KARACHI: Eight dist govts get USAID grants - School improvement KARACHI, Aug 26: As many as 11 contracts for school improvement were awarded to eight districts of Sindh and Balochistan on Thursday. ... KARACHI: Task force proposed for consumer rights KARACHI, Aug 26: The Ombudsman Sindh, Khan Yousuf Jamal, on Thursday announced to constitute a task force with representatives from all stakeholders for implementation of existing laws for consumer protection. ... KARACHI: Environment tribunal to start work soon KARACHI, Aug 26: The federal government has appointed a district and session judge as new chairman of the environmental protection tribunal in Karachi. ... KARACHI: Second burns victim succumbs to injuries KARACHI, Aug 26: Saleem Khan, one of the two robbery suspects who were allegedly burnt by police officials in the lock-up of the Gizri police station on Monday, succumbed on Thursday night at civil hospital. ... KARACHI: HRCP sees foul play in lock-up tragedy KARACHI, Aug 26: The HRCP investigated in the case of Ameer Zada and Saleem Khan, the two men who were badly burnt while in police custody at the Gizri police station. ... KARACHI: CDGK fails to check pye-dog menace KARACHI, Aug 26: The population of stray and pye-dogs has grown manifold in various parts of the city, which may cause harm to citizens, especially the children and the elderly people. ... KARACHI: Films on social themes may revive industry KARACHI, Aug 26: The cinema owners, film producers and writers at a seminar on Thursday criticized the government for burdening the cinema houses with heavy taxes ... KARACHI: SHC issues notices in detention case KARACHI, Aug 26: The Sindh High Court issued notices to federal and provincial attorneys in a petition alleging illegal arrest and detention of two brothers by 'a law enforcement agency personnel' about 13 days ago. ... ISLAMABAD: SC takes notice of fake transfer of house ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: Taking a suo motu notice, the Supreme Court on Thursday summoned senior superintendent of police (SSP) Islamabad to explain as to why SHO Golra police Khalid Virk had not been arrested. ... ISLAMABAD: Plan to instal water meters in Pindi criticized ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: The Network for Consumer Protection has criticized the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) and Asian Development Bank's (ADB) plan to install water meters in Rawalpindi city at approximately 80,000 households. ... LAHORE: New weather radars at Mangla, Sialkot LAHORE, Aug 26: The federal government has approved the installation of a Rs200 million sophisticated 10cm Doppler weather radar at Mangla for 'accurate quantitative' flood forecasting in the river Jhelum and rain measurement in its catchments in India. ... LAHORE: Rs61.6m allowance for judges LAHORE, Aug 26: The Punjab government will provide an annual Rs61.6 million special judicial allowance to the judges and judicial magistrates of subordinate courts so that they can plead their cases with peace of mind. ... LAHORE: Seized antiques are 6,000 years old LAHORE, Aug 26: Most of the 153 objects seized by the Customs Department in Lahore last week are said to be around 6,000 years old. The consignment was booked as kitchen and table wares for the BC Galleries in Melbourne, Australia. ... PESHAWAR: Separate prosecution service in NWFP - Ordinance promulgated PESHAWAR, Aug 26: NWFP Governor Lt-Gen (retd) Iftikhar Hussain Shah on Wednesday promulgated an ordinance for the establishment of an independent prosecution institution with wide-ranging powers. ... PESHAWAR: Call for modern exam system PESHAWAR, Aug 26: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has asked the intermediate and secondary education boards of the province to introduce modern system of examination as soon as possible. ... PESHAWAR: Move to improve street lighting PESHAWAR, Aug 26: A new system will be evolved to overcome administrative and financial problems faced by district governments in connection with the ill-planned installation of street lights, official say. ... PESHAWAR: Notice served on AG PESHAWAR, Aug 26: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday put the NWFP advocate-general on notice in a habeas corpus petition challenging detention of a citizen allegedly by an intelligence agency. ... HYDERABAD: SHC annuls order to withheld salary HYDERABAD, Aug 26: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, on Thursday ordered the release of withheld salaries of 20 primary school teachers and chowkidars. ... HYDERABAD: 'Primary syllabus being revised' HYDERABAD, Aug 26: Sindh Education Minister Hameeda Khuhro has said syllabus of primary education is being revised to make it more effective and easier for children. ... HYDERABAD: UC nazims asked to propose Rs1.3m uplift schemes HYDERABAD, Aug 26: District Nazim Dr Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman has said he has arranged more funds and asked union council nazims to propose development schemes of up to Rs1.3 million, instead of Rs0.9 million as advised earlier. ... HYDERABAD: Court issues notices to Tharparkar nazim, others HYDERABAD, Aug 26: The Sindh High Court Hyderabad circuit bench has issued notices to Tharparkar district nazim and DPO, police officials of Mithi, Diplo and Kaloi, NA-229 returning officer and a polling officer, and Mirpurkhas AIGP for Sept 7. ... RAWALPINDI: Bar condemns attack on Najaf RAWALPINDI, Aug 26: The District Bar Association unanimously passed a resolution on Thursday, condemning the attack on the holy city of Najaf by US forces and called upon them to restrain themselves from targeting the holy shrines. ... QUETTA: Land settlement survey urged QUETTA, Aug 26: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Balochistan chapter, has demanded that the government conduct a fresh land settlement survey in the province. ... HARIPUR: Tug-of-war over control of primary schools HARIPUR, Aug 26: Officials of Abbottabad and Mansehra districts have not yet handed over the administrative control of 41 primary schools located in union councils which were given to the Haripur district in 1991 ... SWABI: Nomination for Swabi Zakat bodies put off SWABI, Aug 26: The setting up of Zakat committees in most of the union councils in the Swabi district was postponed on Wednesday after UC nazims and councillors failed to reach consensus over members' names amid allegations and counter-allegations. ... SWABI: Power cables being used to make silver pots SWABI, Aug 26: Stolen electricity cables are used to make silver pots, sources in the Peshawar Electricity Supply Company (Pesco) said. "There are factories in Peshawar and Nowshera where thieves sell the stolen cable," they said. ... SUKKUR: Three killed in Ghotki clash between clans SUKKUR, Aug 26: A gun battle between Mahar and Pitafi clansmen started in Kehar Pitafi and Kiran Kot villages following the killing of two Mahars by unknown armed men in Khanpur, Ghotki district on Thursday morning. ... DADU: Manchhar water to be tested before release into Indus DADU, Aug 26: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has ordered the Dadu DCO to reinvestigate the matter of contaminated water of the Manchhar Lake. ... KHAIRPUR: Rs3.5bn budget for varsity approved KHAIRPUR, Aug 26: Vice- chancellor of the Shah Abdul Latif University, Dr A. R. Malik, has said that a Rs3.5 billion budget has been approved for the university by the Higher Education Commission to set up new departments and other buildings. ... SANGHAR: Protesting farmers close canal gates SANGHAR, Aug 26: Tail-end farmers of the Sarhal Minor staged a sit-in at the Khipro Canal regulator here on Thursday to protest against non-availability of water in 10 watercourses at tail-end of the minor. ... KASUR: Kasur wears festive look KASUR, Aug 26: The town wore a festive look on Thursday when the annual Urs of Hazrat Baba Bulleh Shah was inaugurated by Punjab Auqaf Minister Sahibzada Syed Saeedul Hassan. ... FAISALABAD: Anti-polio drive 'full of flaws' FAISALABAD, Aug 26: Medical practitioners say the polio eradication campaign is full of flaws and cannot yield positive results. They said a nine-month-old boy contracted polio at Dera Jamal in Sargodha ... MULTAN: Health dept teams 'fail to deliver' MULTAN, Aug 26: A monitoring report of the three-day polio eradication campaign has accused the health department of negligence in universal immunization. ... BAHAWALPUR: Water shortage threatening to wheat crop BAHAWALPUR, Aug 26: Shortage of canal water in the district is feared to adversely affect sowing of next wheat crop. The shortage of water is mainly due to fall in water level in most of the country's rivers ... KARACHI: ANF team manhandles TV crew KARACHI, Aug 26: A team of a private TV channel was allegedly manhandled by the officials of the Anti-Narcotics Force on Thursday in Clifton. The reporter and cameraman of the channel came to know about a raid in the See Breeze Centre in Clifton and rushed to the spot. ...

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