14 September 2004 Tuesday 28 Rajab 1425 KARACHI: Citizens face another day of traffic chaos KARACHI, Sept 13: Citizens continued to face hardship for the second consecutive day, Monday, as police had blocked many roads for security reasons on the occasion of the inauguration of the defence exhibition 'Ideas-2004'. ... KARACHI: Education dept trying to sabotage devolution - Nazim says... KARACHI, Sept 13: The City Nazim, Naimatullah Khan, said here on Monday that the Sindh education department was trying to sabotage the devolution scheme of the government by issuing notifications ... KARACHI: Unannounced power cuts irk consumers KARACHI, Sept 13: Consumers of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation complained that the power utility carried out unannounced load shedding on Monday. ... KARACHI: Cautious drug therapy for tuberculosis stressed KARACHI, Sept 13: A panel of health experts, registering its serious concern over high incidence of multi-drug resistance (MDR) among the local TB patients, besides a surge in the disease prevalence ... KARACHI: KU decides to establish own power generation system - Campus Round-up KARACHI, Sept 13: In view of the existing electricity problems, the University of Karachi has decided to have its own power generation system. ... KARACHI: Unicef's help sought to reduce school dropouts KARACHI, Sept 13: Sindh Education Minister Dr Hamida Khuro has urged non-governmental organizations and national and international donor agencies especially Unicef to assist the provincial education department ... KARACHI: City govt plans ban on old buses, minibuses KARACHI, Sept 13: All old and rickety buses and mini-buses presently plying on the city roads will be banned, as they have become a source of pollution and discomfort to commuters, City Nazim Niamatullah Khan said on Sunday. ... KARACHI: Placement list for college admission declared KARACHI, Sept 13: The City Nazim, Niamatullah Khan, here on Monday released the details of the placement lists for admissions to city colleges in home economics and commuter science groups. ... KARACHI: Funds to check AIDS not used properly KARACHI, Sept 13: Sindh Health Adviser Faisal Malik has said that the funds provided to prevent AIDS in the country by international donor agencies were not utilized properly due to lack of planning.... KARACHI: Lyari areas get filthy water amid shortage KARACHI, Sept 13: Parts of Baghdadi have been receiving filthy water for quite some time and the affected residents fear that some serious water-borne diseases may break out unless remedial measures were taken immediately. ... KARACHI: ATC records statement of witness KARACHI, Sept 13: An anti-terrorism court put off on Monday hearing of a murder case after recording the statement of a prosecution witness. Judge Haq Nawaz Baloch of the ATC-5 fixed Sept 13 for the next hearing after special public prosecutor Mazhar Qayyum examined sub-inspector Abdur Rauf. ... KARACHI: Man killed in road accident KARACHI, Sept 13: A young motorcyclist died, while another was seriously injured in two road accidents in the city on Monday. Police said that Riasaat Ali, 45, was on his motorcycle when a speeding minibus of route F-18 knocked him down in Quaidabad. ... LANDI KOTAL: Bara faces water shortage LANDI KOTAL, Sept 13: There is an acute shortage of drinking water in the Shalobar and Sipah areas in Bara tehsil as local water reservoirs are filled with mud and the a tube-well in the area has been in a state of disrepair for more than a decade. ... ISLAMABAD: Manganhaar folk singers captivate audience ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: A group of traditional 'Manganhaar' singers from Thar and Cholistan gave a captivating performance at the NIC building auditorium here on Sunday evening. ... LAHORE: Another judge refuses to hear petition - Bail cancellation in Sialkot jail case LAHORE, Sept 13: Justice Rustam Ali Malik, a member of the special division bench of the Lahore High Court, on Monday declined for personal reasons to hear the writ petition ... LAHORE: CPSP gives 'recognition' to trainers LAHORE, Sept 13: College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) chief executive officer Brig Mazhar Iqbal (retired) has said the college gives its trainers "recognition" and no remuneration. ... PESHAWAR: Consultants' absence affects OPDs PESHAWAR, Sept 13: The health department is yet to ensure presence of consultants in evening OPDs in the city's teaching hospitals, officials say here. ... LANDI KOTAL: Bara faces water shortage LANDI KOTAL, Sept 13: There is an acute shortage of drinking water in the Shalobar and Sipah areas in Bara tehsil as local water reservoirs are filled with mud and the a tube-well in the area has been in a state of disrepair for more than a decade. ... HYDERABAD: Uproar in taluka council meeting HYDERABAD, Sept 13: A letter written by the Taluka Municipal Officer and his subsequent remarks against elected representatives were the subject of a heated debate in the TCC's session on Monday. ... HYDERABAD: Work on 77 development projects reviewed HYDERABAD, Sept 13: The status of 77 development schemes, carried out against the allocation of Rs3.7 million in the preceding financial year and Rs1.3 million in the current financial year for each union council of Hala and Matiari talukas ... THATTA: 4,500 water channels to be lined in Thatta THATTA, Sept 13: About 4,500 kutcha watercourses in the district have been selected for concrete and brick lining under national and on-farm water management programmes to overcome the water crisis. ... HYDERABAD: SPLA opposes privatization HYDERABAD, Sept 13: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association has criticized Sindh Education Minister Dr Hameeda Khuhro for privatizing educational institutions. ... BADIN: Employees warn of protest BADIN, Sept 13: The Pakistan Telecommunication Employees Union has threatened to launch a country-wide protest movement against the PTCL management, if their charter of demands was not accepted. ... SANGHAR: Ginning units asked to instal filter plants SANGHAR, Sept 13: Cotton ginning factories operating in the district have been warned of action if they do not instal filter plants within 15 days. The warning to the factories was given at a meeting held at the district council hall on Monday. ... FAISALABAD: Water crisis looms large FAISALABAD, Sept 13: Growers in Faisalabad, Jhang, Toba Tek Singh, Sheikhupura, Gujranwala and Hafizabad districts will have to face at least 40 per cent water shortage during the current season ... QUETTA: Drive to end violence against women QUETTA, Sept 13: Participants of a meeting organized here by Oxfam have called for a joint struggle by all the stakeholders of the society against honour killing. ... FAISALABAD: Salaries of BHU doctors stopped - Opposition to rural programme FAISALABAD, Sept 13: The tug of war between doctors and the Punjab health department took a serious turn when the district government stopped payment of salaries to doctors posted at Basic Health Units. ... SIALKOT: Peddler got freed from police custody SIALKOT, Sept 13: Relatives and accomplices of a drug trafficker beat up a raiding police party and got him freed from their custody late Sunday night in Ranjhai village, Daska tehsil. ... SAHIWAL: Protest rallies in Sahiwal - Student leader arrested SAHIWAL, Sept 13: Three protest rallies were taken out here on Monday in connection with the robbery at two shops at Sauri Gali and consequent alleged implication of PML district president in the case. ... SHEIKHUPURA: DPSC declares police encounter fake SHEIKHUPURA, Sept 13: The District Public Safety Commission after a detailed inquiry declared a police encounter fake here on Monday and recommended registration of a case against four policemen. ... FAISALABAD: Murder accused killed in 'encounter' FAISALABAD, Sept 13: The local police claimed to have killed an alleged murderer and kidnapper along with his accomplice in an encounter in the limits of Peoples Colony police station on Monday. ... GUJRANWALA: Stores 'can't be booked' before test of medicines GUJRANWALA, Sept 13: Medicines seized by drug inspectors in raids at medical stores cannot be declared spurious without examination by testing laboratories and store owners cannot be challaned before that. ... ISLAMABAD: President urged to help stop LHC building demolition ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: The Institute of Architects Pakistan (IAP) has appealed to President Gen Pervez Musharraf to help preserve the historic 117-year-old Lahore High Court (LHC) building, part of which has already been demolished on the orders of the chief justice of the LHC. ... HYDERABAD: TCP blamed for rice purchase delay HYDERABAD, Sept 13: The Sindh Abadgar Board has accused the Trading Corporation of Pakistan of delaying purchase of 25,000 tonnes of the Sugdasi rice and said that it has created a sense of insecurity among the rice growers of Sindh. ...

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