20 September 2004 Monday 04 Shaban 1425 KARACHI: Memons urged to set up industries KARACHI, Sept 19: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has appreciated Memon community for establishing and running welfare-oriented projects in the country and urged other communities to follow its footprints. ... KARACHI: Another bridge sustains damage KARACHI, Sept 19: Yet another overhead bridge among the busiest ones in the city was partially closed to traffic after it developed a huge crater. The Natha Khan overhead bridge, which has developed a wide crater in its deck flap ... KARACHI: Aiwan-i-Riffat project suffering delays KARACHI, Sept 19: Every year the local government earmarks a certain sum of money for the construction of Aiwan-i- Riffat, but at the end of the financial year it either allows the fund to lapse or let it be appropriated for other projects. ... KARACHI: Tight security perturbs book bazaar visitors KARACHI, Sept 19: The visitors of book bazaar, organized at Frere Hall on Sunday, faced problems as the police intensified security measures following the alleged threats of suicide bombing at the US interests. ... KARACHI: Minister vows to reduce traffic problems KARACHI, Sept 19: The Sindh Minister for Transport, Mohammed Adil Siddiqi, taking strict notice of the growing traffic jams in Karachi in recent days ... KARACHI: Officials warned against negligence KARACHI, Sept 19: Acting City Nazim Tariq Hasan has warned all city government officers, assigned the task of supervising development projects, against negligence, lethargy and resorting to unfair practices. ... KARACHI: Govt moves against illegal blood banks KARACHI, Sept 19: The health department is planning to lodge First Information Reports (FIRs) against the unregistered blood banks dealing in dubious products, it was learnt on Saturday. ... KARACHI: Shah Beg Lane UC victim of neglect KARACHI, Sept 19: Availability of basic facilities is still the most urgent problem in the Shah Beg Lane Union Council area of Lyari Town. For years, the locality inhabited by over 58,000 people is devoid of basic civic facilities. ... KARACHI: Habib Jalib remembered KARACHI, Sept 19: Friday evening at Karachi Gymkhana was brightened up by paying tribute to popular awami poet, late Habib Jalib. Jurist and politician Aetzaz Ahsen, a long time friend of the poet and also a jail mate for some months ... KARACHI: Indiscriminate privatization opposed KARACHI, Sept 19: A meeting of the workers here on Sunday condemned the indiscriminate privatization of commercially viable organizations, and demanded that only such organizations which were continuously running in loss be privatized. ... KARACHI: LG dept asked to withdraw notification KARACHI, Sept 19: District Coordination Officer Mir Hussain Ali has asked the Sindh Local Government department to withdraw a notification issued earlier this year ... KARACHI: Six cars, 12 bikes hijacked KARACHI, Sept 19: At least 18 vehicles - six cars and 12 motorcycles - were either hijacked or stolen from different parts of the city on Sunday, an official handout released by the Central Police Office said on Sunday. ... KARACHI: Karachiites to have new burns centre next month KARACHI, Sept 19: In spite of all adversities, Karachi would have its first Burns Centre operational by early October following installation of a three-phase PMT and necessary connection with the support of private donors. ... KARACHI: Setting up of modern institutes stressed KARACHI, Sept 19: The Provincial Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination, Dr Sohrab Khan Sarki, has said no society can progress without education ... KARACHI: Student dies in road accident KARACHI, Sept 19: A student of a religious seminary died in a road accident in Korangi. Police said that eight-year-old Hamza was crossing a main road near Bilal Chowrangi when he was hit by a minibus of route X-23. ... LAHORE: Water shortage may cost power, farm sectors Rs50m LAHORE, Sept 19: The water shortage may cost the power and agriculture sectors around Rs50 billion. According to water managers of the country ... LAHORE: Accidents claim four lives LAHORE, Sept 19: Four people were killed in accidents in various parts of the city on Sunday. Three friends, Abdullah, Qaisar and Ahmad in their 20s, were on their way when a truck rammed into their motorcycle at Shahalam Chowk. ... PESHAWAR: Closure of flour mills hits labourers PESHAWAR, Sept 19: Persistent wheat shortage has dealt a serious blow to the labour market of the NWFP with thousands of labourers losing job as a result of downward trend in business activities across the province, according to market sources. ... PESHAWAR: Full support pledged for talented students PESHAWAR, Sept 19: Governor Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that the abolition of the self-finance scheme in universities will give an opportunity to poor and talented students to get highter education. ... PESHAWAR: Risks to miners explained PESHAWAR, Sept 19: Thousands of coal miners in Cherat and Hangu areas are prone to several diseases, including pneumoconiosis, according to pulmonologists. ... PESHAWAR: Five die in road accident PESHAWAR, Sept 19: Five persons were killed and seven others injured in a road accident when three vehicles collided with each other on the Ring Road on Saturday night. ... MINGORA: Community boards in Swat form council MINGORA, Sept 19: The citizen community boards in Swat have formed a coordination council with the district coordination officer as its patron-in-chief. The council will resolve issues being faced by the CCBs. ... RAWALPINDI: Kahuta accident: death toll reaches 18 RAWALPINDI, Sept 19: The death toll in Saturday night's road accident near Kahuta rose to 18 after six of the injured died in the wee hours of Sunday, police said. ... FAISALABAD: Wife, son of mill-owner killed by outlaws FAISALABAD, Sept 19: Unidentified gangsters shot dead the wife and a son of a flour mill owner here on Saturday night in Nisar Colony. Reports said the outlaws forced their entry into the house of Haji Muhammad Yousaf and tried to loot valuables. ... FAISALABAD: Building dynamited: Passer by killed FAISALABAD, Sept 19: An unidentified passer by was killed by the debris of a building destroyed through a dynamite at the GTS Intersection here on Sunday. ... SHEIKHUPURA: 13 POs held, arms seized SHEIKHUPURA, Sept 19: Narang Mandi police claimed to have arrested 13 proclaimed offenders and recovered sophisticated weapons from their possession. ... LAHORE: JUP-N mass contact drive LAHORE, Sept 19: The JUP (Noorani) launched its mass-contact drive from Khanewal by holding a convention there on Sunday. During the drive, the party will hold conventions and conferences in Dera Ghazi Khan ... SWABI: Nazim's bid to meet CM foiled SWABI, Sept 19: Parliamentarians from Swabi belonging to Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal are said to have foiled an attempt by the district nazim to meet Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani. ... SWABI: Softcom 2004 competition at GIK institution SWABI, Sept 19: The Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology will hold a three-day all Pakistan software, multimedia, quiz and speed programming competition (Soft com 2004) from Sept 23 to 25. ... HARIPUR: University rector shot dead HARIPUR, Sept 19: Alkhair University Islamabad's Rector Raja Sheeraz Kiyani was shot dead near village Pind Muneem on the Khanpur Road on Saturday afternoon. ... MULTAN: Emergency declared in measles-hit village MULTAN, Sept 19: District Nazim Riaz Hussain Qureshi has declared emergency in Basti Vaince where three children of a family died of measles in a day. ... SIALKOT: Stolen leather goods worth Rs50m seized SIALKOT, Sept 19: Police have busted an inter-district gang of leather thieves and arrested its five members. Sialkot DPO Nisar Ahmad Saroya told newsmen on Sunday that a team raided Pasrur's rural areas and arrested Akram alias Akku gang's five members. ... GUJRANWALA: Franchized buses being plied on 'fake numbers' GUJRANWALA, Sept 19: Some franchized buses are reportedly being plied with fake number plates on the GT Road between Kamoki and Ghakkhar towns. ... SHAIWAL: Four die, 24 hurt as bus overturns SAHIWAL, Sept 19: Four people were killed and 24 injured in a road accident here on Sunday night near Chak 132/9-L on the Lahore-Multan Road. Reports said a speeding Multan-bound bus (LHO-3855) overturned in a bid to save a donkey cart. ... NAWABSHAH: Tail-end farmers demand water NAWABSHAH, Sept 19: Tail-end farmers of the Bhit Maro pipe- II, 68 Regulator, Nusrat Canal, Shahpur Chakar subdivision, have demanded that the irrigation minister should ensure supply of water to their area. ... SUKKUR: Search for kidnapped trader; 25 held SUKKUR, Sept 19: A strong contingent of police from four districts and Rangers conducted raids in the Golodero area of Shikarpur district on Sunday, bulldozed several houses and picked up more than 25 people. ... JACOBABAD/SUKKUR: Goods train derails JACOBABAD/SUKKUR, Sept 19: Eight coaches of a goods train, carrying wheat, derailed between the Chachar and Chang railway stations, near Garhi Khairo in Jacobabad district on Sunday morning. ... BADIN: Rahim wants report on siphon issue by Dec BADIN, Sept 19: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Sunday visited the 70-Mori Akram Wah where farmers of Badin and Kadhan subdivisions were holding a protest demonstration against proposed removal of a sanctioned siphon. ...

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