05 September 2004 Sunday 19 Rajab 1425 KARACHI: City nazim to ensure smooth holding of book bazaar KARACHI, Sept 4: The city government gears up to hold a book bazaar on the lawns of the Frere Hall on Sunday amid reports that law-enforcement agencies refuse to cooperate. ... KARACHI: Sindh govt to build new office complex KARACHI, Sept 4: The Sindh government is acquiring the State Bank building adjacent to the New Sindh Secretariat to shift its offices from some of the old barracks where a new office complex is being planned. ... KARACHI: Nazim seeks LGs' role in police dept affairs KARACHI, Sept 4: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan said on Saturday that the law and order situation could improve in the country if the police department worked under the district governments. ... KARACHI: Govt asked to respond in church land case KARACHI, Sept 4: The Sindh High Court asked the provincial government on Friday to submit its rejoinder to a suit instituted by the Bishop of Diocese of Karachi for a declaration that the diocese was the rightful owner in possession of all the property comprised in St Andrews Church, Saddar ... KARACHI: Substandard material blamed for cracks KARACHI, Sept 4: Substandard concrete used in construction of Liaquatabad Flyover caused cracks in one portion of the flyover, well-informed sources said on Saturday. ... KARACHI: Constipation causes urinary incontinence, say experts KARACHI, Sept 4: Severe constipation, uncontrolled diabetes, immobility, urinary infections and psychological problems can cause urinary incontinence. ... KARACHI: ATC charges man with killing police officer KARACHI, Sept 4: An anti-terrorism court in Karachi, headed by judge Arshad Noor Khan, on Saturday indicted an accused Qurban Ali Magsi on charge of killing a police officer in an encounter. ... KARACHI: Ban on police recruitment to be lifted soon: Rauf KARACHI, Sept 4: Sindh Home Minister Abdul Rauf Siddiqui has said that the ban on recruitment in police department would be lifted in the next two weeks saying that people would be provided jobs on merit ensuring transparency in the process. ... KARACHI: Free phone connections KARACHI, Sept 4: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd issued over 12,000 demand notes under its free telephone connection scheme during the last three days. ... KARACHI: Rally against anti-veil laws KARACHI, Sept 4: A demonstration was held outside the press club here on Saturday against anti-veil (Hijab) laws enforced by certain Western governments. ... LAHORE: Payment of sugarcane dues ordered LAHORE, Sept 4: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has directed the food department to redress the complaints of sugarcane growers and ensure payment of their dues in time. ... LAHORE: Garment city projects LAHORE, Sept 4: Three proposed garment city projects in Lahore, Karachi, and Faisalabad will be functional in the next 15 months, says commerce secretary Tasnim Noorani. ... PESHAWAR: NWFP to appoint probation officers PESHAWAR, Sept 4: The NWFP home department is contemplating to appoint female probation officers as many juvenile girls and women in jails could not be relieved due to absence of female probation officers. ... HYDERABAD: HEC approves four Sindh varsity projects HYDERABAD, Sept 4: The Higher Education Commission has approved four development projects to be carried out at the University of Sindh at a cost of Rs274.141 million. ... HYDERABAD: Plea to save Sindh's agriculture sector: Shortage of water HYDERABAD, Sept 4: The Sindh Abadgar Board has said that the irrigation water for the Kharif season was released 45 days late and its quantity was 55 per cent less. ... LARKANA: Two doctors served notices for not escorting VVIP LARKANA, Sept 4: The Sindh health secretary has issued show cause notices to two assistant professors for not providing medical cover to a VVIP. ... HYDERABAD: Passerby's death sparks protest HYDERABAD, Sept 4: Residents of Gharibabad on Saturday blocked the National Highway and pelted vehicles with stones following the death of a passerby in exchange of fire between two groups of transporters. ... MINGORA: Nazims refuse to release funds for community boards MINGORA, Sept 4: Performance of the local bodies councils in Malakand division has disappointed area people who complain that these institutions have done nothing to develop backward areas. ... MANSEHRA: Three killed in two firing incidents MANSEHRA, Sept 4: Three people were killed in two seperate firing incidents on Friday. In Lunda village, Sarmad Shah, Assad Shah and Tariq Shah allegedly opened fire and killed Iftikhar Hussain Shah and Naushad Shah over a dispute over extracting sand and gravel from a plot ... SAHIWAL: Fake licence scam unearthed SAHIWAL, Sept 4: Police claimed on Saturday to have found a clue to a gang preparing fake driving licenses. They have seized 43 fake licences from the gang, which includes three constables. ... BAHAWALPUR: 54 villages in Cholistan turn barren: Water shortage BAHAWALPUR, Sept 4: At least 54 Cholistan villages in Yazman tehsil have almost become barren due to the shortage of canal water. ... SIALKOT: School without science teacher for six years SIALKOT, Sept 4: There has been no science teacher at the Kotli Loharan Government Boys High School, Sialkot tehsil for the last six years, causing a great educational loss to students. ... BAHAWALPUR: Bid to smuggle flour to Sindh foiled BAHAWALPUR, Sept 4: Another attempt to smuggle about 715 flour bags to Sindh was foiled by Food department officials deployed at the Punjab-Sindh borders near Kot Sabzal on Friday night. ... TOBA TEK SINGH: Three youths shot dead by theatre gunman TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 4: Three youths were shot dead and five others injured when the gunman of a stage drama company opened fire on the audience late Friday night at Kamalia, some 28kms away from here. ...

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