22 September 2004 Wednesday 06 Shaban 1425 KARRACHI: Muttahida activist shot dead KARACHI, Sept 21: An activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement was shot dead in Liaquatabad late on Monday night. Police said that Abdul Rasheed, 45, was standing at a shop near Al Karam Square when two suspects on a motorcycle opened fire at him and escaped. ... KARACHI: Water pipeline bursts KARACHI, Sept 21: A six-inch-dia pipeline passing through North Nazimabad's Block-L burst on Tuesday. Water gushing out from the pipeline spread on a couple of streets and the main road causing hindrance in the flow of vehicular traffic and inconvenience to pedestrians. ... KARACHI: SHC orders arrest of man in Nizam case KARACHI, Sept 21: A division bench of the Sindh High Court on Tuesday issued a bailable warrant for the arrest of an accused in the 1996 double murder case of former SHC judge Nizam Ahmed and his son. ... KARACHI: One vet for 77,000 animals in Sindh KARACHI, Sept 21: There are 176 veterinary hospitals and dispensaries in Sindh with the provision of 333 veterinary officers and 717 para- veterinary staff, but at present nine posts of officers and three posts of para-staff are lying vacant ... KARACHI: FIR registration ordered KARACHI, Sept 21: The Sindh High Court asked its Nazir on Tuesday to lodge a first information report with the Civil Lines police station against the people who maltreated a deputy nazir when he visited a violative building in pursuance of its inspection order in a petition. ... KARACHI: Govt may allow private units to treat trauma cases KARACHI, Sept 21: The provincial health department will authorize one private health facility in each town of Karachi to provide first aid to the patients in emergency cases. ... KARACHI: KESC seeks money for removal of PMTs - Manghopir Road KARACHI, Sept 21: The construction of Manghopir Road Phase-I under Tameer-i-Karachi Programme hangs in the balance . ... KARACHI: LJ man indicted in murder case KARACHI, Sept 21: A worker of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, who carried Rs3 million reward on his arrest, was indicted on Tuesday by an anti-terrorism court in the murder case of a passer by woman. ... KARACHI: Experts discuss epilepsy KARACHI, Sept 21: Precise classification of seizure types is very important for selecting the most appropriate anticonvulsant and providing an accurate diagnosis to epilepsy patients. ... KARACHI: 14,097 boys placed in pre-engg group KARACHI, Sept 21: As many as 14,097 male candidates have been placed for admissions to first year pre-engineering, session 2004-05. ... KARACHI: Stolen goods recovered from NWFP KARACHI, Sept 21: The electronic goods, which were taken away from several god owns in Saddar last month, were recovered by the investigation police from the NWFP. ... KARACHI: Transport schemes reviewed KARACHI, Sept 21: A meeting held under the chairmanship of City Nazim Naimatullah Khan reviewed transport projects to ease traffic flow on city roads. ... KARACHI: Floral exhibition opens KARACHI, Sept 21: An three-day exhibition of imported dry flowers and flower arrangements was inaugurated by the Provincial Minister, Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh, at a local hotel on Tuesday. ... KARACHI: Removal of signboards from islands urged KARACHI, Sept 21: The city government has asked advertisers to remove all neon-signboards and billboards installed on islands in between roads within three days or else the CDGK will itself remove them. ... LAHORE: PIAF-Founders win first round of LCCI polls LAHORE, Sept 21: The ruling PIAF-Founders Alliance on Tuesday won the first round of Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry Executive Committee elections by winning all four chamber class seats with a thumping majority. ... LAHORE: Plan to solve water problem LAHORE, Sept 21: The government has prepared a package to help farmers overcome canal water shortage through pumping out subsoil water which will be announced soon by the prime minister, the Punjab Assembly was told on Tuesday. ... LAHORE: Sialkot jail incident investigators summoned LAHORE, Sept 21: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday summoned for Sept 27 a panel of police officers headed by DIG Tariq Saleem Dogar, who investigated the Sialkot jail firing incident. ... LAHORE: Two maids among six murdered LAHORE, Sept 21: An indiscriminate firing at the Garden Town house of caretakers of Hazrat Sultan Bahu's shrine left two housemaids dead. Four other people were murdered in separate incidents in the city on Tuesday. ... LAHORE: Tourism moot soon LAHORE, Sept 21: The Punjab government will soon convene an inter-provincial tourism conference to formulate a strategy for the promotion of inter-provincial harmony through tourism. ... LAHORE: Allowance for data entry operators enhanced LAHORE, Sept 21: The provincial government will pay Rs750 monthly computer allowance to its data entry operators, as a summary in this regard has been moved by the finance department. ... SWABI: UNDP-aided plantation project planned SWABI, Sept 21: A local NGO and the United Nations Development Fund have entered a plantation partnership project to be completed at a cost of Rs6.8 million in three years. ... KASUR: Poor sanitation irks citizens KASUR, Sept 21: Sanitary conditions in the city have reportedly exposed the tall claims of the tehsil municipal administration. In spite of the availability of 337 sanitary workers and a special squad having the facility of tractor-trollies ... VEHARI: Millers protest GST on cotton seed oil VEHARI, Sept 21: More than 200 representatives of oil mills' associations went on strike across the Punjab on Tuesday against the imposition of 15 per cent general sales tax on cotton seed oil. ... PESHAWAR: Artist wants gallery set up in his name PESHAWAR, Sept 21: Artist Arbab Mohammad Sardar, a recipient of the presidential award for his achievements, has offered to gift his rare pieces of art if the government establishes an art gallery in his name. ... PESHAWAR: Plea bargain helping economy, seminar told PESHAWAR, Sept 21: The concept of plea bargain existed in old tribal societies and the recovery of money would have been impossible without the provision of plea bargain in the National Accountability Ordinance. ... PESHAWAR: 101 projects remain incomplete PESHAWAR, Sept 21: The NWFP government agencies' are facing pressure after their failure to achieve the target of completion of development projects by June 30, sources told Dawn on Monday. ... HYDERABAD: Improvement in parks' condition sought HYDERABAD, Sept 21: The district council on Tuesday deplored the pathetic condition of women's parks in the city and called for their improvement since the city already lacked recreational facilities, especially for women and children. ... HYDERABAD: Three officials punished for obeying SHC order HYDERABAD, Sept 21: The Kotri taluka nazim has prevented three municipal officials from working on their posts for removing encroachments on the order of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench. ... HYDERABAD: Police officers summoned on petition alleging fake encounter HYDERABAD, Sept 21: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, issued on Tuesday notices to the RPO and DPO of Hyderabad, the TPO of Latifabad ... HYDERABAD: Call for making water scheme functional HYDERABAD, Sept 21: People's Party Parliamentarians MNA Nawab Abdul Ghani Talpur on Monday said if the Sindh government did not make the Shah Awais pumping scheme operational, he would raise the issue on the floor of the National Assembly. ... HYDERABAD: Taluka council approves shops' auction HYDERABAD, Sept 21: The City Taluka Council here on Monday unanimously approved the auction of eight shops on rent at the Baldia Shopping Centre. The town officer, regulation, submitted a report before the council meeting in this regard. ... PESHAWAR: 'Staff's share in hospital income to be restored' PESHAWAR, Sept 21: The provincial health department has, in principle, agreed to restore the share of staff in income from user charges in public hospitals, officials said here on Tuesday. ... HARIPUR: Norwegian MPs briefed on local govt system HARIPUR, Sept 21: District Nazim Dr Raja Amir Zaman said on Tuesday that the foremost benefit of the local government system was that it ensured good governance, which the previous systems lacked. ... HARIPUR: Education vital for progress, says minister HARIPUR, Sept 21: No country can make progress in any field without education, says the provincial deputy parliamentary leader of the Pakistan Muslim League Faisal Zaman. ... KHAIRPUR: Tribal row claims two lives KHAIRPUR, Sept 21: Two men were killed and two others, including a police constable, injured in the continuing violence involving the Solangi and Jagirani tribes in the Kingri taluka on Tuesday. ... SUKKUR: EPA to launch drive against smoke-emitting vehicles SUKKUR, Sept 21: The Environmental Protection Agency has approved a plan to launch a campaign against smoke-emitting vehicles in the province from Oct 1. ... SUKKUR: Two women killed in attack SUKKUR, Sept 21: Two women were killed and three injured when two rival factions of the Jatoi tribe clashed near the Dr Ibrahim Jatoi village in the Rustum area of Shikarpur district on Tuesday. ... SANGHAR: Robbers at large SANGHAR, Sept 21: Police are clueless about Rs3 million robbery which took place on Sindhri-Khipro road, near Tagoosar, on Monday when the money was being shifted from the Mirpurkhas branch of the United Bank Limited to its Khipro branch. ... SUKKUR: Arrest stirs row between excise, police teams SUKKUR, Sept 21: Hundreds of shopkeepers of Ghouspur and Kandhkot held a demonstration on Tuesday to protest against the excise police of Larkana for arresting a shopkeeper on the charge of illegal sale of liquor. ... GUJRAT: Youth killed despite payment of ransom GUJRAT, Sept 21: Unidentified kidnappers murdered the teenage son of an expatriate even after taking Rs2.9 million ransom. Saddar police said the kidnappers reportedly demanded Rs3 million ransom for the release of Aitzaz Qalandar alias Bobby Shah of Seedhari village. ... FAISALABAD: Nigerian woman held with heroin FAISALABAD, Sept 21: The Anti-Narcotics Force caught a Nigerian woman and recovered nine kilograms of heroin from her possession here on Monday night. flight to Dubai. ... SAHIWAL: Case against seven policemen - Torture of trader SAHIWAL, Sept 21: On the orders of judicial magistrate, police on Tuesday registered a case against the Kassowal SHO, an ASI and five constables for illegally detaining a trader and subjecting him to torture. ...

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