31 August 2004 Tuesday 14 Rajab 1425 KARACHI: Nazim urges cabinet to review decision - Denationalization KARACHI, Aug 30: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has urgedthe provincial cabinet to review its decision of denationalizing St Patrick's and St Joseph's colleges and take appropriate steps in the best interest of citizens. ... KARACHI: Speedy work on Scheme-33 ordered KARACHI, Aug 30: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has called for early rehabilitation of 0.7 million plots in 54 sectors of Gulzar-i-Hijri (Scheme-33). In this regard, a high-level committee was also constituted, headed by DCO Karachi ... KARACHI: Mubarak Dam completed KARACHI, Aug 30: The construction work on much delayed Mubarak Dam project has been completed by city government. City Nazim Naimatullah Khan is expected to inaugurate the dam very soon. It has been learnt that the project has the capacity to reserve water for two years for water needs of this remote and far flung area of the city. ... KARACHI: Case filed against govt over Imambargah blast KARACHI, Aug 30: The Ittehadul Momineen Sadat-i-Jarcha Trust, which manages Masjid-o-Bargah Imam Ali Raza, has filed a case against the government claiming Rs9.1 million in compensation for the damages caused in the bomb blast. ... KARACHI: Seminaries seek status of examining varsities KARACHI, Aug 30: A five-member alliance of all the religious seminary boards of Pakistan on Monday urged the government to grant them charters of examining universities so that their role as educational institutes could be formalized. ... KARACHI: Co-accused claims he abetted under threat - Rs6m ransom case KARACHI, Aug 30: A co-accused in Rs6 million ransom case, involving sons of three senior government officials, stated before a judicial magistrate that he abetted the kidnappers under death threats. ... KARACHI: Release of accused in kidnapping case ordered KARACHI, Aug 30: Judge Arshad Noor Khan of the ATC-3 ordered the release of two accused in a kidnapping for ransom case after the police sought their acquittal as the allegation against them was found baseless. ... KARACHI: Cracks in flyover raise questions about quality KARACHI, Aug 30: The cracks in a portion of the Liaquatabad flyover have developed due to the poor maintenance and avoidance of quality inspection on the part of the city government, sources close to the CDGK said on Monday. ... KARACHI: Denationalization stirs new controversy KARACHI, Aug 30: The controversy over the denationalization of two city colleges has brought to light a wide diversity of opinion within the Christian community on the Sindh government decision ... KARACHI: 5,308 pass HSC private exam - Girls bag top three positions KARACHI, Aug 30: The Board of Intermediate Education on Monday announced the results of the HSC Part-II (private), Humanities annual examinations-2004, with a pass percentage of 46.14 ... KARACHI: Teachers protest against denationalization policy KARACHI, Aug 30: The office-bearers of the Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association, condemning the provincial education department's policy of denationalization of educational institutions ... KARACHI: Varsity's Rs724m budget approved - KU syndicate meets KARACHI, Aug 30: The Karachi University syndicate has approved the varsity's budget estimates for the fiscal year, 2004-05. A varsity spokesman said on Monday that the proposed budget was to the tune of Rs723.60 million. ... KARACHI: Parent-teacher interaction emphasised - Dialogue held at KU KARACHI, Aug 30: In a dialogue held on Sunday night at the Karachi University campus, the teachers, students and parents held that the frequent interaction among them could contribute enormously towards a better environment in the higher education institutions in the country. ... KARACHI: Five suffer acid burns KARACHI, Aug 30: Five persons, including two policemen, suffered acid burns as the brother of a woman, who married against the will of her family, threw acid on them at the City Courts. ... KARACHI: Two men shot dead KARACHI, Aug 30: A middle aged man was killed by armed men during a house dacoity bid in Quaidabad. Police said Sabz Ali, 45, suffered a bullet wound when armed men tried to deprive him of cash and valuables. ... LAHORE: Lahore CPLC notified LAHORE, Aug 30: The Punjab government has notified a 10-member Citizens Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) for Lahore. "The committee shall be autonomous and self-financing," says a notification issued to 14 departments concerned by Punjab Home Secretary Hasan Waseem Afzal. ... LAHORE: Girls keep domination in BA, BSc LAHORE, Aug 30: Keeping up their past academic performance, the girls have this year again clinched five out of six positions in the Punjab University's BA, BSc annual examinations, 2004. ... LAHORE: Plan to reshuffle college principals LAHORE, Aug 30: Punjab Education Minister Imran Masood has said the government is working on a plan to reshuffle principals of all colleges on the basis of their performance. ... LAHORE: New industries to create openings - Pervaiz opens Sundar Estate LAHORE, Aug 30: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has said the government is encouraging industrialization to overcome the problem of unemployment. ... LAHORE: Two drown in BRB canal: Three missing LAHORE, Aug 30: Two picnickers were drowned and three others, including a Rangers personnel, went missing in the BRB canal near Batapur on Monday. ... LAHORE: Official to pay for his 'generosity' LAHORE, Aug 30: The Punjab Assembly Public Accounts Committee on Monday asked the provincial health secretary to identify the official who decided to provide electricity to the employees of a hospital in Faisalabad at subsidized rates. ... LAHORE: Committee on Saleh Kamboh mosque yet to meet LAHORE, Aug 30: In complete violation of the Punjab Special Premises and Preservation Ordinance 1985, the area people in connivance with some Auqaf officials have destroyed the evidence of antiquity by building a structure on the 17th century historic mosque of Mohammad Saleh Kamboh in Mochi Gate. ... PESHAWAR: NWFP govt to press for hydropower profit: Siraj PESHAWAR, Aug 30: The NWFP government will continue to maintain political, moral and legal pressure on Islamabad till it achieves its genuine and constitutional right of net hydel profit, senior provincial minister Sirajul Haq says. ... PESHAWAR: Rs22m allocated for waste treatment unit PESHAWAR, Aug 30: The provincial government has allocated Rs22 million for an effluent treatment plant in the Hayatabad Industrial Estate, official sources said. ... PESHAWAR: Frontier to pay back expensive debt PESHAWAR, Aug 30: The NWFP government is to borrow over Rs3 billion during the current financial year to prematurely retire part of an expensive cash development loan (CDL) to the federal government ... HYDERABAD: Deal for motorcycles - multi-million rupee fraud unearthed HYDERABAD, Aug 30: More than 1,000 people are running from pillar to post to get the money they had deposited with two motorbike dealers. ... HYDERABAD: Experts stress need for human security HYDERABAD, Aug 30: Human security cannot be achieved only through fulfilment of basic economic needs because there are cultural, social and political rights, as well as other needs, which are no less important than economic rights. ... MIRPURKHAS: Council demands inquiry into accident MIRPURKHAS, Aug 30: The district council demanded on Monday a full-fledged inquiry into a road accident near Mirwah Gorchani that claimed nine lives, six of the victims being children, and called for legal action against those responsible. ... RAHIM YAR KHAN: Policemen accused of criminally assaulting singer RAHIM YAR KHAN, Aug 30: A woman alleged that some 10 policemen had kidnapped and raped her in Sadiqabad. Victim 'R' was going to her house from the market by a motor-rickshaw. ... KARACHI: Protest against police torture KARACHI, Aug 30: Fishermen of the Kotri SITE area have accused of killing an innocent man, Nisar Ahmad Mallah. Speaking at a news conference at the press club here on Monday ... QUETTA: Transporters block Quetta routes QUETTA, Aug 30: National highways linking Quetta and other parts of the country were blocked by transporters who parked a large number of buses and coaches on the Bolan Pass and Lakh Pass as their strike entered its third consecutive day on Monday. ... SARGODHA: Detention of water thieves under MPO sought SARGODHA, Aug 30: As many as 91 cases of habitual water thieves have been sent to the chief minister with the request to detain them under Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) 16. ... GUJRANWALA: Survey of illegal housing schemes GUJRANWALA, Aug 30: The cases of illegal housing schemes will be sent to NAB for recovery of construction cost of government from scheme owners. The housing department has started preparing list of owners. ... BAHAWALPUR: Bail sought for blasphemy accused BAHAWALPUR, Aug 30: A two-member reconciliation committee has recommended the release on bail an alleged accused involved in a blasphemy case registered against him last month on the complaint of a lawyer of Chak 23/BC here. ... KASUR: Shopkeepers throw traffic out of gear - Salesman's killing by robbers KASUR, Aug 30: Shopkeepers on Monday threw traffic out of gear for some five hours to protest the killing of a salesman on resistance by two armed robbers at Kot Radha Kishan. ... LARKANA: 380 schools remain closed in Larkana LARKANA, Aug 30: Around 380 schools remain closed in the district and the average drop-out rate among girl students ranges between 19.6 and 23 per cent and that among boys between 15 and 21 per cent. ... MITHI: Dist council wants Thar declared calamity-hit MITHI, Aug 30: The Tharparkar District Council has demanded that the government should declare Thar a calamity-hit area as the district is faced with a drought-like situation. ... GILGIT: Orphanage short of funds, closes hostel GILGIT, Aug 30: The administration of the only orphanage in Gilgit is facing acute financial problems because of the drying up of donations after the Sept 11 terrorist attacks on the United States ... SWABI: Tobacco demand increases SWABI, Aug 30: A rise in tobacco demand has exposed the tobacco firms' contention that they had enough stock after buying surplus tobacco over the last 10 years, in view of which their quotas were reduced. ... LANDI KOTAL: Tribal jirga negotiates ceasefire in Bara LANDI KOTAL, Aug 30: A government-sponsored tribal jirga negotiated a ceasefire between two warring religious groups in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency on Sunday. ... SIALKOT: Two brothers among three shot dead by rivals SIALKOT, Aug 30: Three people, two of them brothers, were shot dead at Buddah Goraya-Uchey Kot village on Monday over rivalry. ... GUJRAT: Case against 176 in wagon stand row - Six arrested in Gujrat GUJRAT, Aug 30: Dinga police on Sunday night registered two separate cases against 176 people, including former chief minister Mian Afzal Hayat ...

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