27 September 2004 Monday 11 Shaban 1425 KARACHI: Facilities for private schools ordered KARACHI, Sept 26: The Governor, Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan, has directed concerned authorities to provide all possible facilities to private schools situated in low and middle class areas ... KARACHI: Work on three park projects delayed KARACHI, Sept 26: The city government, in a bid to provide lungs to the badly planned city of concrete high rises, has left behind the army when it comes to developing parks. ... KARACHI: HIV situation is getting alarming, says expert KARACHI, Sept 26: With Pakistan entering the 'concentrated epidemic' category, the situation in the country vis-a-vis Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is getting alarming ... KARACHI: Ozone depletion threat to people KARACHI, Sept 26: Deputy Director General, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Pakistan), Dr Ejaz Ahmed has told APP that human beings will have to face many threats during the next 46 years due to increased depletion of the ozone layer. ... KARACHI: Parents urged to inculcate healthy habits in children KARACHI, Sept 26: Obesity, poor diet, smoking and physical inactivity are among the leading causes of heart diseases and stroke, and the process starts in childhood. ... KARACHI: No health risks for kidney donors: moot KARACHI, Sept 26: Approximately 140,000 people are suffering from kidney diseases in the country, of them only 40,000 can get dialysis treatment and only 800 avail transplant facility. ... KARACHI: Youth urged to work hard KARACHI, Sept 26: The Sindh Minister for Youth Affairs and Culture, Qamar Mansoor, has urged for inculcating the spirit of competition among students so they learn to strive hard and achieve their goals. ... KARACHI: Ban on fire crackers welcomed KARACHI, Sept 26: People from different walks of life hailed the orders regarding ban on fire works, crackers and other explosive materials. ... KARACHI: Arrest of killers demanded KARACHI, Sept 26: The provincial chapter of the All-Pakistan Minorities Alliance on Sunday held several events to mark the second anniversary of the killings at Rimpa Plaza. ... KARACHI: Traffic mess in Lea Market persists KARACHI, Sept 26: Regular violation of traffic rules by the transporters in Lea Market area is causing immense hardships and inconvenience to other commuters as well as residents of Lyari Town. ... KARACHI: Three die in different incidents KARACHI, Sept 26: Driver of a Suzuki pickup was killed and his companion was injured when they tried to dodge some armed men intending to rob them in Sachal police limits on Saturday night. ... ISLAMABAD: Varsity asked to remove deficiencies ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: Prof. Dr Atta-ur-Rahman, Chairman of HEC, has informed the Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology (SUIT), Peshawar, that it does not meet the minimum criteria laid down by the cabinet for grant of the charter. ... ISLAMABAD: Committee on water resources meets today ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: The technical committee on water resources led by ANG Abbasi will hold its two-day meeting on Sept 27 and 28, to decide whether to submit a consolidated report or separate reports on various issues. ... LAHORE: 'OIC needs joint strategy on water' LAHORE, Sept 26: A steering committee should be constituted to formulate guidelines for OIC member states for sustainable utilization of saline land and water resources, especially in water scarcity regions. ... LAHORE: Housing schemes for expats in eight cities LAHORE, Sept 26: The Punjab government will develop housing colonies for overseas Pakistanis in eight big cities at a cost of Rs2 billion. ... PESHAWAR: Tribes will honour pacts, says Iftikhar PESHAWAR, Sept 26: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has expressed the hope that Ahmadzai tribes of Wana will honour their agreements and fulfil their collective responsibilities ... PESHAWAR: Migratory birds start arriving PESHAWAR, Sept 26: Birds that migrate from Siberia to Pakistan and India from September to November have started arriving here and the NWFP wildlife department has begun organizing communities along rivers Kabul ... PESHAWAR: Durand Line unacceptable to Pukhtuns, says ANP PESHAWAR, Sept 26: The central deputy secretary-general of Awami National Party Afrasyab Khattak has said that unnatural demarcation line between Pakistan and Afghanistan is unacceptable to the Pukhtuns living on both sides of the border. ... PESHAWAR: NWFP police disregard prosecution directorate PESHAWAR, Sept 26: The investigation police in the province continue to violate the law by taking opinion from its legal branch despite the establishment of an independent Directorate of Prosecution, legal circles say. ... PESHAWAR: Need stressed to safeguard youths' rights PESHAWAR, Sept 26: Speakers at a media workshop expressed concern over lack of awareness about the rights of the adolescents and urged teachers and journalists to play their role to safeguard the rights of the youths. ... HYDERABAD: Army's role in politics opposed HYDERABAD, Sept 26: Activists of the Labour Party Pakistan held a protest demonstration here on Sunday against the president in uniform and interference of the army in politics. ... HYDERABAD: Recovery of dues from sugar mills ordered HYDERABAD, Sept 26: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has directed the cane commissioner to expedite recovery of dues . ... HYDERABAD: Anti-hepatitis drive planned HYDERABAD, Sept 26: The adviser to the Sindh chief minister on health, Malik Faisal Gabol, has said that a campaign against the spread of hepatitis will be launched from the province's Jacobabad district on Sept 29. ... HYDERABAD: Body formed to inquire into housing projects HYDERABAD, Sept 26: District Naib Nazim Nawab Rashid Ali Khan on Saturday constituted a seven-member committee to look into housing projects launched by the Hyderabad Development Authority. ... SUKKUR: Newly-wed girl killed in custody SUKKUR, Sept 26: An under aged girl, who had of her own free will married a wireless operator of the Ghotki police station four days ago, was killed in police custody in Ghotki on Friday. ... MINGORA: Shortage of teachers in Swat MINGORA, Sept 26: The standard of education in Swat is declining because schools and colleges in the area have shortage of teachers, specially for science subjects. ... SWABI: IT competition concludes SWABI, Sept 26: Special adviser to the prime minister on strategic affairs and ex-chairman of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Dr Ishfaq Ahmad, said on Saturday that Pakistan had great potential to produce high-tech manpower. ... PESHAWAR: Use of traditional drugs stressed PESHAWAR, Sept 26: Speakers on Sunday urged drug manufacturing firms adopt better quality control practices and promote traditional drugs. ... SARGODHA: Shortage of anti-rabies vaccine in Sargodha SARGODHA, Sept 26: The province in general and the district in particular is facing an acute shortage of anti-rabies vaccine. ... SHEIKHUPURA: Police, FC deployed around Sikh buildings in Nankana - 126 booked for Saturday's riots SHEIKHUPURA, Sept 26: Nankana police on Sunday registered cases against 126 people, most of them unknown, for damaging and ransacking Sikh community worship places and other properties during Saturday's protest procession. ... FAISALABAD: Doctors refuse to join PMA's protest drive - Introduction of rural support plan FAISALABAD, Sept 26: The local chapter of the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has divided into two groups over the issue of launching a protest movement against the introduction of the Punjab Rural Support Programme (PRSP) ... GUJRANWALA: 5 policemen booked on murder charge GUJRANWALA, Sept 26: An SHO and four other police officials were booked on murder charges in Wahando here on Sunday. Sardar Muhammad, a landlord of village Botala Sharam Sing, was travelling by car (FDL-2294) on Wahando Road when Eminabad police signalled him to stop near village Khoteray, but he drove on. ... MULTAN: Medical student's death a 'mystery' MULTAN, Sept 26: Karachi police and the administration of Aga Khan Health University have been allegedly keeping in dark the family of a medical student belonging to Multan who was found dead under mysterious circumstances at the AKHU hostel. ... NAWABSHAH: 30,000 maunds of cotton gutted NAWABSHAH, Sept 26: About 30,000 maunds of cotton were reduced to ashes when the Sakhi Jam Dattar ginning factory on the Nawabshah-Sixty Miles road caught a fire the other day. ... QUETTA: Daily wage workers to be regularized - PTCL QUETTA, Sept 26: Pakistan Telecommunication Company has decided to regularise all daily wage workers in Balochistan. "Their regularization will be completed in different phases ... MIRPURKHAS: Increase in fertilizer price deplored MIRPURKHAS, Sept 26: Local farmers have expressed concern over an increase of Rs100 in the price of a bag of the DAP fertilizer instead of reduction according to the agricultural package announced by President Gen Pervez Musharraf. ... LARKANA: Edward Said remembered LARKANA, Sept 26: The world famous scholar Edward Said was remembered by the South Asian Centre for Social Awareness and Development on his first death anniversary observed at the Latif Nizamani Labour Hall here on Sunday. ... LARKANA: Bodies of two children recovered LARKANA, Sept 26: Divers on Sunday recovered bodies of two children from the Lahori regulator of the Rice canal. Nine-year-old Aslam, and his eight-year-old sister Hajran, were allegedly thrown into the canal by their father Ismail Jarwar. ...

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