19 September 2004 Sunday 03 Shaban 1425 KARACHI: Mills told to make payment to growers: Question hour KARACHI, Sept 18: The Sindh Assembly was informed on Saturday that four agricultural training centres are imparting technical knowhow to farmers in the province on modern cultivation and for proper use of its input. ... KARACHI: Protest against KESC action KARACHI, Sept 18: Motorists and commuters suffered worst traffic jam as protesters staged a demonstration at Habib Bank chowrangi in SITE, on Saturday, against the discontinuation of electricity supply to their locality. ... KARACHI: Bandits kill man on resistance KARACHI, Sept 18: Bandits shot dead a man on Saturday near the Mazar-i-Quaid and fled with his mobile phone. Witnesses said two bandits had intercepted a motorcyclist and tried to snatch his cell phone. ... KARACHI: Delay in FCS board meeting resented KARACHI, Sept 18: The seven elected directors of the Fishermen Cooperative Society (FCS) have warned that they would convene the meeting of the Board of Directors of the society ... KARACHI: Exhibition held at KU campus KARACHI, Sept 18: The students of the Economics department, Karachi University, organized an exhibition in connection with their course requirements in the varsity's gymnasium on Saturday. ... KARACHI: DCET protest continues KARACHI, Sept 18: Students of Dawood College of Engineering and Technology after holding a detailed meeting with DCET Principal Saleem Chaudhry in presence of senior police and Rangers officials ... KARACHI: Cameras for currency dealers, banks KARACHI, Sept 18: Sindh government will direct all banks and money-changers to install close-circuit cameras with recording and printing facilities, besides jammers for cell phones, in their premises. ... KARACHI: Review mechanism proposed for devolution plan KARACHI, Sept 18: Speakers at a seminar on Saturday said that the local government system was working as effectively as it could in the given circumstances, however, there was still room for further improvement. ... LAHORE: Public-private concept awareness 'a must' LAHORE, Sept 17: Participants in a dialogue on public-private partnership on Saturday emphasized the need for creating awareness among the stakeholders so that the idea could be fully utilized to develop society and consequently reduce poverty. ... LAHORE: New C&W department division for projects LAHORE, Sept 18: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi said on Saturday a road construction division had been established in the communication and works department to monitor the implementation of ongoing projects. ... LAHORE: Concern over adulteration complaints LAHORE, Sept 18: District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood has expressed concern over the rising number of complaints about food adulteration despite continuing crackdown on adulterators. ... LAHORE: PU okays engineering college LAHORE, Sept 18: Using his emergency powers, the Punjab University vice-chancellor has approved establishment of the College of Engineering and Emerging Technologies (CEET) in anticipation of approval of relevant bodies. ... LAHORE: PSM asked to cut steel prices LAHORE, Sept 18: The Pakistan Steel Re-rolling Mills Association has demanded review of the oppressive purchase conditions dictated by the Pakistan Steel Mills and adoption of a user-friendly sales policy instead. ... ISLAMABAD: Tribute paid to Eqbal Ahmed ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: Speakers at a book launch ceremony here on Friday paid glowing tributes to Dr Eqbal Ahmed, an internationally acclaimed scholar, teacher and revolutionary, who died in 1994. ... ISLAMABAD: Work on Lowari rail tunnel from May ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The construction of abandoned Lowari tunnel will begin in May and the project will be completed in four years, MNA Abdul Akbar Chitrali told Dawn. ... GILGIT: 3,487 to contest N. Areas local bodies' polls GILGIT, Sept 18: As many as 3,487 candidates have been declared eligible for taking part in the Northern Areas local bodies elections to be held on Oct 13. ... PESHAWAR: Blind girl students facing problems PESHAWAR, Sept 18: Many of the blind girls have been unable to get even primary education in the wake of non-existence of special educational institution for them, interviews with blind girls revealed. ... HARIPUR: PTCL workers rally for acceptance of demands HARIPUR, Sept 18: As part of their countrywide protest against delay in the acceptance of their demands by PTCL authorities, the token strike by the telecom staff working at different telephone exchanges of Haripur, continued for the third consecutive day here on Saturday. ... BADIN: CM wants sugarcane crushing from Oct 1 BADIN, Sept 18: Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that sugar mill owners who failed to start crushing of sugarcane by Oct 4 will not be allowed to start their mills. ... SUKKUR: 30 industrial units in Sindh promised SUKKUR, Sept 18: State Minister for Industries and Production Ali Nawaz Mahar has said 30 new industrial units will be established in Sindh which will help reduce unemployment in the province. ... JACOBABAD: Karo-kari: four shot dead JACOBABAD, Sept 18: Two women and two men were shot dead on the pretext of karo-kari in upper Sindh during the last 48 hours ending on Saturday evening. ... SANGHAR: Tribesmen trade fire SANGHAR, Sept 18: Two groups of Bugti and Burdi clans, at odds over an assault on a boy, exchanged fire for two hours in the Kot Nawab village, six kilometres off here, on Saturday. ... HYDERABAD: Payment of dues to workers ordered HYDERABAD, Sept 18: Justice Sarmad Jalal Usmani of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, has directed the management of the Zeal-Pak Cement Factory to ensure payment of dues to workers under the golden handshake scheme. ... HYDERABAD: Motorcycle scam: accused remanded HYDERABAD, Sept 18: The accused in a motorbike scam, involving over Rs200 million, were remanded in police custody for three days by the judicial magistrate-IV on Friday. ... HYDERABAD: Sindh varsity to introduce solar energy HYDERABAD, Sept 18: The University of Sindh will introduce the solar energy system to provide electricity to its departments, teaching institutes, hostels and residential colony. ... SANGHAR: Fertilizer prices increased SANGHAR, Sept 18: Fertilizer companies have made a mockery of the announcement of President General Pervez Musharraf made in the Kissan Convention a few months back, regarding reduction in the price of di-ammonium phosphate by Rs100 per bag. ... MIRPURKHAS: Water schemes delayed MIRPURKHAS, Sept 18: Many water tank schemes in the district, which were to be executed under quota of MNAs and MPAs, have been delayed because of indifference of the executive engineer of the district public health engineering department. ... SIALKOT: Only one operator for laser land levelling SIALKOT, Sept 18: The district government has introduced the hi-tech laser land-levelling technology for growers without realizing that there is only one trained person to operate it in the entire district. ... GUJRAT: Residents protest 22-hour power suspension GUJRAT, Sept 18: A large number of residents of Karimpura on Saturday strongly protested against the Gepco city sub-division office in Lalamusa for not restoring power supply to their locality for more than 22 hours. ... FAISALABAD: Qasim Zia may be replaced: MPA FAISALABAD, Sept 18: Divisional PPP coordinator MPA Raja Riaz Ahmad said on Saturday there were chances that the provincial president may be changed. ... MULTAN: Contenders for BZU VC's slot interviewed MULTAN, Sept 18: A special committee constituted by the Punjab chief minister interviewed the probables for the slot of the Bahauddin Zakariya University vice-chancellor at the provincial capital on Friday. ... GUJRANWALA: Chargesheet after 14 years GUJRANWALA, Sept 18: The People's Colony police produced the charge sheet to the court here on Saturday after 14 years of registration of a murder case. ... VEHARI: Rise in LPG price irks consumers VEHARI, Sept 18: Abrupt increase in the prices of Liquefied Petroleum Gas has become a cause of concern for its consumers. The district government had recently fixed the price of a 12-kilogram gas cylinders at Rs340. ... SAHIWAL: Road blocked to protest apathetic attitude of MS SAHIWAL, Sept 18: Hundreds of people threw traffic out of gear on Sahiwal-Noorshah Road for about two hours in protest against the DHQ Hospital's acting medical superintendent for his refusal to provide free medical treatment to the seven-year-old son of a labourer. ...

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