09 September 2004 Thursday 23 Rajab 1425 KARACHI: Ibad reviews pace of work on LEW project KARACHI, Sept 8: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad on Tuesday reviewed the progress of work on the Lyari Expressway project and directed the concerned authorities to adopt a just and coordinated line of action for the removal of legal and illegal structures along the project sites. ... KARACHI: Nazim seeks magisterial powers to check prices - Achievements recounted KARACHI, Sept 8: City Nazim Niamatullah Khan has sought magisterial powers for the officials having responsibility of price control, saying that the city government would not be able to check prices of essential commodities unless such powers were delegated to the officials. ... KARACHI: Bomb scare at US consulate KARACHI, Sept 8: A hoax bomb call at the American consulate on Wednesday afternoon jolted law-enforcers and caused the closure of a busy artery for more than two hours, resulting in traffic jams. ... KARACHI: City govt working for literacy - Naimat KARACHI, Sept 8: The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) has allocated 31 per cent for education in its annual budget with an aim of attaining 100 per cent literacy in the metropolis. ... KARACHI: ADB wants progress on education projects KARACHI, Sept 8: The Sindh Minister for Education and Literacy, Dr Hamida Khuhro, on Wednesday directed concerned authorities of the department to expedited work on the Decentralized Elementary Education Project (DEEP) ... KARACHI: Halt to bulldozing of villages ordered KARACHI, Sept 8: Sindh Minister for Revenue and Political Affairs, Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh, has directed the District Coordination Officer to get the demolition of old villages stopped with immediate effect. ... KARACHI: Notice to city govt on KBCA plea KARACHI, Sept 8: A division bench of the Sindh High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the city district government for Sept 16 when the Karachi Building Control Authority chief executive stated that the city government ... KARACHI: Colleges' placement lists soon KARACHI, Sept 8: The placement lists pertaining to first year admissions at city's colleges are likely to be notified after Sept 12, said a source close to the central admission committee. ... KARACHI: Exposure of children to violence deplored KARACHI, Sept 8: Surge in unchecked programmes showing violence, smut and obscenity through varied TV channels was observed to be jeopardizing mental and physical health of a significant majority of the local children. ... KARACHI: Cultural festival ends with music contest KARACHI, Sept 8: A budding artist, Gulzar of Umerkot, won the first position in a singing competition, part of the Maganhaar Music Show, organized on the concluding day of a cultural festival held at a local hotel late Tuesday night. ... KARACHI: Minister visits KESC centre KARACHI, Sept 8: Federal Minister for Water and Power, Liaquat Jatoi, paid a visit to the KESC complaint centre at Awami Markaz on Wednesday. ... KARACHI: PEC remains hesitant to accredit DCET KARACHI, Sept 8: The Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) is still not willing to grant accreditation to the Dawood College of Engineering and Technology. ... KARACHI: Appointment of district ombudsman under study KARACHI, Sept 8: The visiting Balochistan Local Government Minister, Hafiz Hussain Ahmed Sherwodi, leading a 13-member delegation was briefed about the overall performance of Sindh Local Government Department here on Wednesday. ... KARACHI: Majority of street-children are addicts KARACHI, Sept 8: As many as 27,000 children are estimated to live on streets in four major cities of Pakistan, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta and approximately half of them are addicts of various kinds of solvents, including adhesive glue, petrol and thinner. ... KARACHI: Body formed to check environmental pollution KARACHI, Sept 8: An official scrutiny committee has been constituted to ensure maintenance of environmental standard by private and public organizations. ... KARACHI: Tribute paid to Dr Siddiqui KARACHI, Sept 8: Writer, critic Mohammad Ali Siddiqui was the chief guest at a reception held in his honour by Bazm-i-Kahkashan and the Dhaka Group of Institutions on Tuesday. ... KARACHI: Two SHOs suspended KARACHI, Sept 8: Two SHOs and an investigation officer have been placed under suspension for dereliction of their duty and failure to prevent robberies in their respective areas. ... KARACHI: ATC puts of hearing in murder case KARACHI, Sept 8: An Anti-terrorism Court (ATC) put off on Wednesday the hearing of a murder case after recording the statements of an eye-witness. ... LAHORE: Pervaiz Elahi visits Ashfaque's family LAHORE, Sept 8: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi visited on Wednesday the residence of playwright and intellectual Ashfaque Ahmad to offer condolence. He expressed his condolences with Ashfaque Ahmad's wife Bano Qudsia and sons Anis Ahmad and Asir Ahmad, terming the death of the writer a national loss. ... LAHORE: Notices issued to workshops along Jail Road, PA told LAHORE, Sept 8: The Punjab Assembly was told on Wednesday that notices were being sent to proprietors of workshops along both sides of the Jail Road for spreading pollution in the adjacent residential localities. ... LAHORE: Seven human smugglers held in three days LAHORE, Sept 8: The Federal Investigation Agency's Gujranwala chapter claimed on Wednesday to have arrested seven fake travel agents in Daska and Mandi Bahauddin in the last three days. ... PESHAWAR: Demand to enforce compulsory education law PESHAWAR, Sept 8: A child rights group has demanded that the government implement in letter and in spirit a law concerning compulsory education passed by three provinces. ... HYDERABAD: Water project work delay criticized - Contamination inquiry committee meets HYDERABAD, Sept 8: The head of Sindh chief minister's inquiry committee on the issue of polluted water has directed the DCO to collect details of Wasa land ... HYDERABAD: Rs4.5b canal lining, channel repair project launched HYDERABAD, Sept 8: The Sindh agriculture department has launched a project to line 4,000 watercourses, rehabilitate 100 channels, establish 100 demonstration centres for farmers ... HYDERABAD: Ruling classes blamed for Sindh poverty HYDERABAD, Sept 8: The Labour Party Pakistan has held the ruling clique, comprising landlords and capitalists, responsible for poverty, unemployment, economic plight and insecurity in Sindh. ... HYDERABAD: UC nazims asked to submit uplift plans HYDERABAD, Sept 8: District Nazim Dr Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman has asked union council nazims to get development scheme of up to Rs1.3 million each approved from their councils and submit them to the district government by Sept 20. ... LANDI KOTAL: Criminals to be flushed out of Bara, says official LANDI KOTAL, Sept 8: Assistant Political Agent of Bara has vowed to flush out criminals from Bara tehsil and eradicate smuggling from areas under his jurisdiction. ... SWABI: Community funds lying unused for three years SWABI, Sept 8: The Rs45 million allocated for the Citizen Community Board (CCB) has not been utilized during the last three years either by the district government or tehsil municipal administration of Swabi and Chota Lahore. ... HARIPUR: Co-accused denies hand in bid on nazim's life HARIPUR, Sept 8: A co-accused, Khan Afsar Khan, has denied involvement in a recent murder attempt on Tehsil nazim Iftikhar Ahmad Khan and said he suspects Al Qaeda's hand in the incident. ... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Seven health officials suspended NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Sept 8: The provincial adviser on health affairs suspended seven health officers here on Wednesday for buying substandard medicines worth Rs4.8 million for government-run health-care facilities. ... MITHI: Tharis face drought like situation MITHI, Sept 8: More and more people are abandoning Tharparkar due to drought-like conditions but the government is yet to initiate relief measures or declare the district a calamity-affected area. ... LARAKANA: Sindh not getting taxes: Jalil LARKANA, Sept 8: The adviser to the Sindh chief minister on excise and taxation, M. A. Jalil, has said that the PTCL, Wapda, OGDC and other institutions and companies of the federal government are not paying taxes to Sindh and millions of rupees are outstanding against them. ... HYDERABAD: Worker killed in boiler blast HYDERABAD, Sept 8: A factory worker was killed and three others were injured when a boiler in a ghee factory in the Site area exploded on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Bux, resident of Jamali Goth. ... SUKKUR: Privatization of colleges opposed SUKKUR, Sept 8: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association has demanded that the government should not privatize educational institutions. ... KHAIRPUR: Protest against water projects KHAIRPUR, Sept 8: Activists of the Sindh Hari Committee took out a procession against the construction of Thal canal and Kalabagh dam in Thari Mirwah on Wednesday. Peasant leaders Tamachi Shar and comrade Wajud Ali Shar led the protesters. ... FAISALABAD: Man kills wife, mother-in-law FAISALABAD, Sept 8: A man allegedly shot dead his wife and mother-in-law over some domestic dispute in Chak 16 JB of Chak Jhumra tehsil on Tuesday night. ... MULTAN: Police, excise dept men 'patronize bootlegging' MULTAN, Sept 8: District Nazim Riaz Husain Qureshi has accused the officials of police and excise departments of having a role in the bootlegging racket, which has been playing with the lives of people. ... GUJRANWALA: Fine for moving fake petition GUJRANWALA, Sept 8: The district and sessions judge on Wednesday awarded a fine of Rs3,000 to a person and forfeited Rs2,000 bailiff fee for moving a fake petition for the recovery of two women. ... BAHAWALPUR: Steps being taken to save cotton: Water crisis BAHAWALPUR, Sept 8: The irrigation department is making all-out efforts to save cotton in the Bahawalpur zone, as the shortage of water continues to pose a threat to crops. ... TOBA TEK SINGH: Modern lab for poultry planned for Kamalia TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 8: A modern laboratory for diagnosing poultry diseases will be set up soon in Kamalia. This was stated by Governor Khalid Maqbool while speaking to the officials ... VEHARI: Prize winners protest delay in payment VEHARI, Sept 8: Scores of people have protested against what they termed 'delaying tactics' of the Punjab Bank Vehari branch officials in payment of prize money to them. ... FAISALABAD: Wasa rapped for effluent discharge FAISALABAD, Sept 8: The Faisalabad Foundry and Engineering Industries Group has threatened that it would launch a protest drive if the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) failed to stop different units from discharging effluents in the drain and on Samundri Road. ... MULTAN: Healthcare on the decline at Nishter MULTAN, Sept 8: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has expressed concern over the deteriorating healthcare standard at the Nishter Hospital which caters services to the better part of south Punjab and adjoining districts of Balochistan and Sindh. ... PESHAWAR: Two get life-term PESHAWAR, Sept 8: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday convicted two brothers of killing an accused inside a courtroom and sentenced them to life imprisonment with Rs10,000 fine each. ... LAHORE: Govt to abolish entrance test, PA told LAHORE, Sept 8: Education Minister Mian Imran Masood informed the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday that the government had decided to gradually do away with entrance tests for admission to engineering and medical colleges. ... PESHAWAR: Bogus job agency raided in Peshawar PESHAWAR, Sept 8: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested a bogus recruitment agent here on Wednesday, said a senior official. ...

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