28 August 2004 Saturday 11 Rajab 1425 KARACHI: Uplift in industrial zones with their own taxes - City nazim sets up boards KARACHI, Aug 27: The city government intends to maintain a separate account of the revenues collected from Landhi, Korangi, Federal B Industrial Area and North Karachi Industrial Area ... KARACHI: City govt fails to remove encroachments: University Road KARACHI, Aug 27: Almost entire pavement of the main University Road- from Hassan Square to the Ashfaq Memorial Hospital- has been heavily encroached upon by the owners of hotels, fast-food restaurants, besides vendors ... KARACHI: Outsiders' entry into exam centres banned KARACHI, Aug 27: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan, under the section 144, CrPC, has prohibited the movement and entrance of irrelevant people within a distance of 200 meters of the centres ... KARACHI: CDGK criticized over parks project KARACHI, Aug 27: The nazims of various towns have severely criticized the City District Government Karachi for its discriminatory policy of ignoring some towns in the model parks project. ... KARACHI: Cochlear implants can help restore hearing - Seminar told KARACHI, Aug 27: Children with hearing loss or impairment pay a heavy social cost, said speakers at a seminar held by a private medical institution on Friday. ... KARACHI: Education dept decision irks teachers KARACHI, Aug 27: A group of physical education school teachers criticized a decision of the Sindh education department, according to which only the masters degree holders in the subject will be considered for promotion to the post of director. ... KARACHI: Foundation of another park laid KARACHI, Aug 27: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan on Friday laid the foundation stone of a park in UC 10, Block-5, Clifton, in Saddar Town, spreading over four acres, which would cost Rs9.7 million, and is expected to be completed in three months. ... KARACHI: Body to suggest steps against land mafia KARACHI, Aug 27: A high-level meeting, chaired by Chief Secretary Mohammad Aslam Sanjrani, has constituted a committee to recommend steps for taking action under the law against the officials and civilians involved in land-grabbing. ... KARACHI: US raids on holy sites condemned at rallies KARACHI, Aug 27: Widespread protests were held across the metropolis on Friday against US-led attacks on Hazrat Ali's shrine in Najaf, as well as raids on religious seminaries and arrest of clerics elsewhere in Pakistan. ... KARACHI: Physical punishment in schools prohibited KARACHI, Aug 27: Sindh Education Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro, in an official statement on Friday, directed the officials concerned to ban all forms of physical punishment in the schools of the province. ... KARACHI: KBCA told to name officials ignoring SHC orders KARACHI, Aug 27: A division bench of Sindh High Court has given three days to the Karachi Building Control Authority to furnish the names of the officials concerned, who contemptuously ignored the High Court orders ... KARACHI: Gulistan-i-Jauhar phone numbers being changed KARACHI, Aug 27: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited has decided to change the prefix of Gulistan-i-Jauhar and Gulzar-i-Hijri exchanges to provide latest facilities to the people from Sept 1. ... KARACHI: Raise in all workers' salaries stressed KARACHI, Aug 27: The Sindh PML's labour wing has demanded that the recommendations of the Pay and Pension Committee be made public and wages of be increased in accordance with the price hike. ... KARACHI: 16 community boards registered KARACHI, Aug 27: The City Government has registered 16 Citizens Community Boards and has decided to take effective steps for solving various civic problems through these boards. ... KARACHI: 168 kgs of cannabis seized in Korangi KARACHI, Aug 27: The Excise and Taxation Department (E&T) Sindh has recovered 168.5 kgs cannabis (charas) and arrested an accused during a raid on a house at 100 Quarter, Korangi. ... KARACHI: Policeman, two others killed in accidents KARACHI, Aug 27: Three persons were killed in road accidents in different parts of the city on Friday. A policeman, Asif, 27, died in a road accident in Clifton early Friday morning. ... KARACHI: Accused set themselves on fire - Probe report KARACHI, Aug 27: A police inquiry team constituted to look into the alleged burning of two accused in custody at the Gizri police station has come to the conclusion that the victims had sought to immolate themselves ... LAHORE: PGMI, SIMS officials clash over offices LAHORE, Aug 27: Officials of the Postgraduate Medical Institute and the Services Institute of Medical Sciences clashed on Friday over the occupation of offices on the PGMI campus. ... LAHORE: Woman stabbed on suspicion LAHORE, Aug 27: A man allegedly stabbed to death his sister-in-law on suspicion and another man shot dead his stepfather in separate incidents here on Friday. ... PESHAWAR: Man kills wife, three children PESHAWAR, Aug 27: A man committed suicide after killing his wife and three children here on Friday. The reason for the multiple murder and the man's suicide are not known, police said. ... PESHAWAR: Plea for release of juvenile offender PESHAWAR, Aug 27: The Society for Protection of Rights of the Child (SPARC) has appealed to President Pervez Musharraf to release a juvenile offender, Shakeem Gul, serving a 10-year prison term under the Frontier Crimes Regulation. ... HYDERABAD: Package announced for Hesco defaulters HYDERABAD, Aug 27: Hesco chief executive Syed Adeebul Hassan Rizvi has announced a relief package for consumers whose power supply was cut five years ago on permanent basis for non-payment of bills. ... KHAIRPUR: Protest against torture KHAIRPUR, Aug 27: A large number of people including women and children staged a demonstration outside the Civil Hospital on Friday against alleged police torture on a villager. ... SANGHAR: Canal breach inundates village, crop SANGHAR, Aug 27: A 20-foot-wide breach in the Shahpur Chakar minor on Thursday inundated several houses in Karam Dahri village and standing crop over 50 acres. ... HYDERABAD: Attack on Najaf shrine condemned HYDERABAD, Aug 27: Protest processions were taken out in different parts of Sindh on Friday against desecration of the shrine of Hazrat Ali and other holy places in Najaf, Iraq. ... HYDERABAD: Wheat from Punjab reaches Hyderabad HYDERABAD, Aug 27: The district food authorities, under the instructions of the Sindh government, have procured wheat from Punjab through the Pakistan Agriculture Storage and Services Corporation. ... QUETTA: Shutter-down strike successful - Alliance QUETTA, Aug 27: The alliance of four Baloch parties, Jamhoori Watan Party, National Party, Balochistan National Party (Mengal) and Baloch Haq Tawar, has said the government totally failed to sabtage the shutter-down strike ... SADIQABAD: Crackdown on water thieves pledged SADIQABAD, Aug 27: The irrigation authorities in the district have devised a proper strategy to detect water thefts by forming committees at the sub-divisional level. ... FAISALABAD: Actress's husband held for human smuggling FAISALABAD, Aug 27: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested the husband of a stage actress on the charge of human smuggling here on Thursday night. ... FAISALABAD: Case against Qari Noor a 'mystery' FAISALABAD, Aug 27: The Kotwali police have yet to register the case against Qari Noor Muhammad which led to his arrest and death in custody. ... LAHORE: Policemen accompany distribution vans - Beverage company 'major beneficiary' LAHORE, Aug 27: Armed policemen are now accompanying distribution vans of various companies, especially a multinational beverage house, which have been a favourite target of robbers for over a month. ... KARACHI: Regularization of contract teachers urged KARACHI, Aug 27: A large number of contract teachers of primary schools from Mirpurkhas on Friday staged a protest demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club for regularization of their jobs. ...

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