16 September 2004 Thursday 30 Rajab 1425 KARACHI: Lease rates for kutchi abadis finalized KARACHI, Sept 15: The city government has finalized the lease rates for kutchi abadis and devised a procedure for granting lease to plots in these areas. ... KARACHI: KESC fails to check power cuts KARACHI, Sept 15: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation failed to ensure uninterrupted power supply in many areas of the city despite the fact that weather remained pleasant on Wednesday. ... ISLAMABAD: SC seeks comments on closure of park ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: The Supreme Court on Tuesday served notices on City Nazim Karachi Naimatullah and the owner of an amusement park in Karachi to submit parawise comments by Sept 24 on a petition against the closure of the park. ... KARACHI: Personalized numbers plates made costlier KARACHI, Sept 15: The chief minister's adviser on excise and taxation, M.A. Jalil, has directed the officials of his department to increase the fee of personalized number plates for vehicles so that the trend of using such registration number could be discouraged. ... KARACHI: Officials in passport dept worried over future - Nadra's control KARACHI, Sept 15: Uncertainty prevails in the ranks and files of passport office as their task has been taken over by the National Database Registration Authority (Nadra). ... KARACHI: 2 activists of banned group held KARACHI, Sept 15: Police on Wednesday arrested two activists of the banned Tehrik-i-Jaffaria Pakistan for their alleged involvement in sectarian killings. ... KARACHI: Neuro-surgery dept of ASH facing closure KARACHI, Sept 15: The Abbasi Shaheed Hospital's 30-bed neuro- surgery department which has already stopped attending and treating neuro-surgical emergencies is now on the verge of closure owing to non-provision of qualified neuro-surgeons and other required staff. ... KARACHI: Denationalization not to affect teachers - Hamida KARACHI, Sept 15: The Sindh Education Minister, Dr Hamida Khuhro, on Wednesday assured the Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association that after denationalization of St Patrick's and St Joseph's colleges ... KARACHI: Construction of new OPD at JPMC stopped KARACHI, Sept 15: The construction of out-patient department building at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for eye patients has been stopped. ... KARACHI: Six blood banks sealed after raid KARACHI, Sept 15: Six blood banks were sealed on Wednesday following inspection by a team headed by Faisal Malik, adviser on health to the chief minister. ... KARACHI: DCET students protest KARACHI, Sept 15: Students of the Dawood College of Engineering and Technology on Wednesday in a protest demonstration reproved their college principal for using abusive language against college students especially the female students. ... KARACHI: Allottees to get shops after probe - Minister - Sabzi Mandi frauds KARACHI, Sept 15: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui has said that a high-level inquiry committee would be formed to probe into the issue of frauds concerning allotments of shops at new Sabzi Mandi (vegetable market) and legal allotees would be accorded with their rights at all costs. ... KARACHI: High Court disposes of plea against CBR KARACHI, Sept 15: A division bench of High Court of Sindh, comprising Justice Shabbir Ahmed and Justice Muhammad Mujeebullah Siddiqui, on Wednesday disposed of a constitutional petition filed by the Karachi International Container Terminal against the CBR. ... KARACHI: Al Khadim presses for pay-parking resolution KARACHI, Sept 15: The Al Khadim group in the City Council has deplored the inordinate delay in the implementation of the council's resolution on abolishing charged-parking. ... KARACHI: Students approach KU to leave Petroman KARACHI, Sept 15: Due to prolonged suspension of academic activities at Petroman educational institutes, it is likely that a good number of students will quit them soon to join other private institutions in the city, said sources on the campuses. ... KARACHI: Rs50m mega projects initiated in Malir Town KARACHI, Sept 15: Three mega projects, costing about Rs50 million, have been initiated in Malir Town by the city district government. ... KARACHI: AC dismisses acquittal plea of former FIA dy director KARACHI, Sept 15: An accountability court dismissed on Wednesday acquittal plea of a former deputy director of the FIA, being retried "for amassing huge wealth and assets through illegal and corrupt means". ... ISLAMABAD: Robbers held, stolen car recovered ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: National Highways and Motorway Police have arrested a gang of robbers and recovered a stolen car from their possession, a spokesman for the police said here on Wednesday. ... LAHORE: Resolutions, bills sent to committees LAHORE, Sept 15: The treasury was quite accommodating on the private members day on Wednesday as every bill or resolution that was tabled in the house sailed through to the standing committee concerned without any objection or resistance. ... LAHORE: Water crisis discussed in Punjab Assembly LAHORE, Sept 15: Water scarcity issue again figured in the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday when PPP's Dr Javed Siddiqui complained that southern Punjab was being meted out step-motherly treatment in this respect. ... LAHORE: Light rain in Lahore LAHORE, Sept 15: Light shower in different parts of the city on Wednesday afternoon made the weather pleasant. According to the Met office, a trough of low pressure area lies over the NWFP and Kashmir while Tuesday's westerly wave over the north of Kashmir also persisted. ... PESHAWAR: Centre of excellence to be set up in Bannu - Durrani PESHAWAR, Sept 15: Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani said on Wednesday that the provincial government would set up a centre of excellence for higher education in Bannu. ... PESHAWAR: PHC disposes of PTV petition - Encashment of bank guarantees PESHAWAR, Sept 15: The Peshawar High Court disposed of on Wednesday a civil review petition of the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) filed in connection with encashment of bank guarantees furnished by a private firm to the tune of Rs111.5 million. ... PESHAWAR: Demand for ban on black plastic bags PESHAWAR, Sept 15: The NWFP has directed Peshawar and Mardan districts to impose a ban on the use and sale of black polythene bags in their jurisdiction with immediate effect, official sources told Dawn here on Wednesday. ... PESHAWAR: Jewellers observe strike PESHAWAR, Sept 15: Jewellers in the walled city observed a shutter-down strike and blocked the Hospital Road on Wednesday to protest against the arrest of their colleague by the East Cantonment police. ... HYDERABAD: Low grain production in Sindh feared HYDERABAD, Sept 15: Sindh Agriculture Forum president Noor Ahmad Nizamani has expressed apprehension that the grain output in Sindh will be quite low this year. ... HYDERABAD: SHC orders judge to conduct inquiry - Disappearance of 117 peasants HYDERABAD, Sept 15: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, has appointed the district and sessions judge of Sanghar to conduct an inquiry into disappearance of 117 peasants and submit a report in the court within one week. ... HYDERABAD: Students storm varsity canteen HYDERABAD, Sept 15: A group of students of the Sindh University Jamshoro, known as Kalafi (starched) comrades, beat up the contractor and employees of the central canteen of the university, creating panic on the campus. ... HYDERABAD: Nazim satisfied with uplift work HYDERABAD, Sept 15: District Nazim Dr Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman has expressed satisfaction over completion of 71 development schemes out of 86 of the financial year 2002-03 in Qasimabad and Tando Allahyar. ... RAWALPINDI: Govt striving to promote culture - Minister RAWALPINDI, Sept 15: Minister of State for Culture Mohammad Ali Durrani on Wednesday emphasized the significance of art and artistic pursuits in country's cultural life saying that art is the embodiment and identification of an individual's culture spanning over hundred years in history. ... KAHIRPUR: ZTB staff accused of deducting 10pc of loan KHAIRPUR, Sept 15: District Nazim Nafisa Shah held a meeting with cotton farmers and ginners at the DCO complex here on Wednesday to discuss cotton price, ginning charges and other issues concerning them. ... SUKKUR: Barrage repair resumed SUKKUR, Sept 15: The repair of the Sukkur Barrage restarted here on Tuesday after a break of eight days as the staff of a private company hired for the work returned from Karachi and resumed core drilling. ... DADU: 2,218 water samples being tested DADU, Sept 15: The director planning, monitoring and evaluation, Sindh, Dr Sikandar Panhwar has said that 2,218 samples of ground water taken from nine districts of Sindh are being tested for arsenic quantity. ... HYDERABAD: Banned outfits' activists directed to deposit surety HYDERABAD, Sept 15: Thirty-two local leaders and activists of banned militant outfits were directed by Hyderabad police authorities on Wednesday to deposit Rs500,000 each as surety and two guarantees of notables with the DPO, operations. ... LARKANA: President's package not being offered, complain farmers LARKANA, Sept 15: Farmers, at a meeting with the DCO and agriculture bank and revenue officers held here on Wednesday, complained that the president's package for farmers was not being implemented. ... GILGIT: Villagers reoccupy varsity land GILGIT, Sept 15: Hundreds of villagers of the Nomal valley on Tuesday reoccupied a plot of land in Chilmisdad which had been handed over to the Karakoram International University for construction of its departments. ... QUETTA: Rangers action flayed QUETTA, Sept 15: An alliance of four Baloch nationalist parties on Tuesday condemned the killing of three women on Sept 9 by Rangers in Dera Bugti area and urged the human rights organizations to take up the issue. ... KHAAR: Six die in accident KHAAR, Sept 15: Six people were killed and five others were injured when two pick-up trucks collided in the Mamond area here on Wednesday. ... SIALKOT: Laser land-levellers given to growers SIALKOT, Sept 15: The district government has introduced hi-tech laser land levelling technology, which is expected to enhance per-acre yield of crops. ... BAHAWALPUR: Another held in zoo poisoning case BAHAWALPUR, Sept 15: Kotwali police on Wednesday arrested the third accused, a relative of zoo contractor Ghulam Hussain, in the alleged food poisoning case. ... MULTAN: Nishter trainees decry 'denial' of stipend MULTAN, Sept 15: The post-graduate registrars (PGRs) working at the Nishter Hospital as additional trainees are allegedly not being paid for the services they are rendering for several months. ... SARGODHA: Constable, robber killed in encounter SARGODHA, Sept 15: A constable and a highwayman were killed in an encounter late Tuesday night in Kot Miana, some 45kms from here in the limits of Midh Ranjha police station. ... BAHAWALPUR: Cholistan water scheme this year BAHAWALPUR, Sept 15: The Rs400 million Cholistan potable water project will be completed by Dec 31. This was stated by the managing director and vice-chairman of Cholistan Development Authority (CDA) ... SAHIWAL: Protest strike by lawyers in Sahiwal SAHIWAL, Sept 15: Lawyers observed a strike here on Wednesday against the incident of alleged police violence in the court of local civil judge on Tuesday. They demanded dismissal of the accused police officials. ... THATTA: Team briefed on projects THATTA, Sept 15: A four-member inspection team of the Provincial Local Government Commission on Tuesday held discussions with 38 nazims of union councils of the district on various issues. ... SWABI: Plan to set up EPZ at Gadoon shelved SWABI, Sept 15: Local entrepreneurs have expressed deep concern over a reported decision of the federal government to abandon its plan to set up an export processing zone at the Gadoon Amazai Industrial Estate. ... HARIPUR: Graduation condition for nazims demanded HARIPUR, Sept 15: Haripur District Nazim Dr Raja Amir Zaman has said that an educated person can run the affairs of the district administration more effectively and graduation condition be imposed for the post of district nazim also. ... KOHAT: Land allotted for grid station KOHAT, Sept 15: The Kohat Development Authority has allotted 50 kanals of land to Wapda for installation of a new 132KV grid station in Kohat which has raised hopes for solution of long-standing problem of low voltage in Darra Adamkhel, Hangu ... SUKKUR: Protests against Wana operation SUKKUR, Sept 15: Activists of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) staged sit-ins on Qureshi Road and at the Regent railway crossing here on Wednesday to protest against the Wana operation and over the issue of the president's uniform. ... PESHAWAR: Doctors not visiting private room patients PESHAWAR, Sept 15: Patients in private rooms in city hospitals have been suffering because doctors do not visit them, health workers and relatives of the patients said. ...

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