29 August 2004	Sunday	12 Rajab 1425

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KARACHI: Suspects lured to burn themselves, says report: Gizri lock-up case KARACHI, Aug 28: The committee, probing into the incident of the two suspects who were burnt inside Gizri police station lock- up, found that the suspects had burnt themselves. ...		KARACHI: Secretaries to monitor educational institutions KARACHI, Aug 28: A high-level meeting held with Sindh Chief Secretary Mohammad Aslam Sanjrani in chair on Saturday decided that provincial secretaries will conduct surprise visits to the public-sector educational institutions ...
KARACHI: Goldsmiths' workshops to be shifted from Saddar KARACHI, Aug 28: Sindh Ombudsman Yousuf Jamal and City Nazim Naimatullah Khan have decided to forward a summary to Chief Minister Arbab Rahim within a week for allocating a piece of land to shift goldsmiths' workshops from Saddar. ...		KARACHI: Another model park opens KARACHI, Aug 28: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has announced that air-conditioned buses will be plied under the Urban Transport Scheme from Scouts Colony, Metroville. ...
KARACHI: UTP dies in hospital KARACHI, Aug 28: An under-trial prisoner, who had been admitted to the Civil Hospital on Thursday, died on Saturday. Police claimed that the condition of the prisoner, Mukhtar Sadiq, 26, deteriorated in jail on Thursday. ...		KARACHI: Book launched on life of Hameedullah KARACHI, Aug 28: Professor Khawaja Qutubuddin launched his collection of articles on the life of noted scholar Dr Mohammad Hameedullah on Friday, the occasion being attended by a large number of audience and presided over by former Sindh Governor Moinuddin Haider. ...
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KARACHI: Prosecution seeks death sentence for accused: Kidnapping, killing case KARACHI, Aug 28: The prosecution in a kidnapping and murder case of a seven-year-old boy prayed on Saturday to an anti-terrorism court to award capital punishment to the accused on two counts. ...		KARACHI: Schools warned against fee hike KARACHI, Aug 28: The Sindh education department has warned the private educational institutions against increasing fee. It has also asked the schools to make regular payment of salaries to their staff. ...
BAHAWALPUR: Cars, bikes lifting on the rise in Bahawalpur BAHAWALPUR Aug 28: Incidents of car and motorcycle snatching have alarmingly been on the rise in the Bahawalpur police range during the month of July. ...		LAHORE: Universities asked to focus on research LAHORE, Aug 28: Punjab Education Minister Mian Imran Masood has called upon the universities in public as well as private sector to canalize their energies towards research and development. ...
RAWALPINDI: Entry of construction material banned: Violation of building laws in Murree RAWALPINDI, Aug 28: The district government on Saturday banned with immediate effect entry of all kinds of construction material in urban areas of Murree. ...		RAWALPINDI: Wasa pipelines hindering work on underpass project RAWALPINDI, Aug 28: The Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa)'s inability to remove its pipelines from the site of the under-construction Committee Chowk underpass is hindering work on the project. ...
PESHAWAR: Data compilation of TB patients urged PESHAWAR, Aug 28: NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah has asked the authorities concerned to collect data of multi-drug resistant TB patients so that a mechanism could be evolved to offer them free treatment. ...		PESHAWAR: Boards told to help talented students PESHAWAR, Aug 28: NWFP Governor Iftikhar Hussain Shah has directed all boards of intermediate and secondary education to sponsor admissions of intelligent students in higher educational institutions soon after the declaration of their secondary and inter level results. ...
PESHAWAR: Three police officers' bail plea dismissed PESHAWAR, Aug 28: Additional district and sessions judge, Ahmad Sultan Tareen, on Saturday dismissed bail application of three police officers including an SHO accused of killing a student in a fake police encounter. ...		PESHAWAR: HIV patient launches awareness campaign PESHAWAR, Aug 28: A woman, who contracted HIV infection from her husband, is running a public awareness campaign besides pushing for better treatment facilities. ...
QUETTA: Partial strike of transporters in Quetta QUETTA, Aug 28: Buses and coaches for Karachi, Sukkur and Taftan and buses of Sariab Road remained off the roads on Saturday as a mark of protest for sealing the Satellite Town bus stand by the city district government nazim. ...		QUETTA: People being trained for mega projects: VC QUETTA, Aug 28: The vice-chancellor of the Balochistan University of Information Technology and Management Sciences, Dr Mohammad Abbas Chaudhry has said that the varsity has expanded its campuses to three within two years. ...
MUZAFFARABAD: Fireworks store owner arrested in AJK MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 28: A fireworks store owner was arrested whereas two others managed to escape after police raided their shops along a busy road here on Saturday. ...		BANNU: Road projects running behind schedule BANNU, Aug 28: A number of roads, under-construction for more than a year, have now become a nuisance for the public as the work is either stalled or is going on at a slow pace at various sites here. ...
KHAAR; Six women killed in landslide KHAAR (Bajaur Agency), Aug 28: Six women, three of the same family, were killed and two seriously injured when they were hit by landslide in a village here on Saturday. ...		MANSEHRA: Seven shot dead in Kohistan MANSEHRA, Aug 28: Seven people were killed and one injured in remote Kohistan district in three separate incidents of firing during the last 24 hours. ...
KOHAT: Funds for gas supply sanctioned KOHAT, Aug 28: The provincial government has sanctioned the required funds for the supply of gas to Shakardarra and Karak and the survey for laying pipelines will start next month. ...		HYDERABAD: TMA floats tenders despite ban HYDERABAD, Aug 28: The Taluka Municipal Administration, City, on Saturday floated tenders for three commercial schemes amidst reports that the local bodies ministry has banned the launching of any such scheme. ...
DADU: Lake water not to be released into Indus DADU, Aug 28: A special committee, constituted by the Sindh government, on Saturday took samples of water from different parts of the Manchhar Lake for laboratory tests to decide about release of lake water into the River Indus. ...		HYDERABAD: Three killed in truck, car collision HYDERABAD, Aug 28: Three people were killed in a head-on collision between a car and a truck on the National Highway on Friday night. Those killed were identified as Shahid, Rehan and Bahram. ...
LARKANA: Position holders to get Rs25,000 each LARKANA, Aug 28: Sindh Education Minister Dr Hameeda Khuhro has said students who performed well in Board examinations will receive Rs25,000 each a year to continue their studies. ...		LARKANA: Protest against kidnapping of boy LARKANA, Aug 28: Different political and social welfare organizations took out a procession in Shahdadkot on Saturday to protest against kidnapping of a boy, Kapil, in Karachi. ...
SUKKUR: Tribal clash: tension in Ghotki towns SUKKUR, Aug 28: Tension prevailed in several towns and villages of the Ghotki district on Saturday following the bloody clash between Mahar and Pitafi clans in which three people were killed. ...		GUJRANWALA: Construction on park protested GUJRANWALA, Aug 28: Activists of a students organization and citizens took out a protest procession here on Saturday against the proposed construction of a building for a government department at a recreational park in Wazirabad. ...
SIALKOT: Heirs accuse police of staging fake encounter: Peddlers' killing SIALKOT, Aug 28: Around 100 people demonstrated at Sambrial in Daska tehsil on Saturday to register their protest against the killing of two peddlers in, what police claimed, an exchange of fire. ...		MULTAN: Judicious use of irrigation water urged MULTAN, Aug 28: A meeting of the Cotton Crop Management Group held here on Saturday called for judicious use of irrigation water in view of insufficient rainfall this year. ...
SIALKOT: Rs20m approved for girls college SIALKOT, Aug 28: The Punjab government has sanctioned Rs20 million for the construction of Government Girls College, Kapurwali, in Sialkot tehsil. This college has been attributed to late Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi. ...		SHEIKHUPURA: Two held with 100kg hashish SHEIKHUPURA, Aug 28: Muridke Saddar police claimed on Saturday to have seized 100 kilograms of hashish in Ravi Reyan area and arrested two drug pushers. ...
FAISALABAD: Mosques, seminaries to be monitored FAISALABAD, Aug 28: The Punjab government has decided to monitor the activities of mosques and seminaries and prayer leaders, especially contents of sermons, through the union councils. ...		KASUR: Bulleh Shah's Urs concludes in Kasur KASUR, Aug 28: Hundreds of people paid homage to Hazrat Baba Bulleh Shah on Saturday, the third and last day of the 247th Urs of great sufi poet. ...
BAHAWALPUR: Rs40m to be spent on spur in R.Y. Khan BAHAWALPUR, Aug 28: A protective embankment will be constructed with an expenditure of over Rs40 million to stop erosion in River Indus near Chachran Sharif and Rukanpur, Rahim Yar Khan district. ...		GUJRANWALA: 97 UCs without community boards GUJRANWALA, Aug 28: Around 97 union councils out of 188 in the district are running without 'citizen community boards' while the district council has refused to release development funds till the formation of CCBs, it is learnt here on Saturday. ...