29 September 2004 Wednesday 13 Shaban 1425 KARACHI: City govt's cleanliness drive from October 5 KARACHI, Sept 28: The city government will launch a campaign for improvement of sanitary conditions, elimination of stray dogs and erasing graffiti in all 18 towns, and 178 union councils of the metropolis from Oct 5 to 15. ... KARACHI: City govt to fix retail flour price KARACHI, Sept 28: The city government is going to fix the retail price of wheat flour this week, which it would monitor throughout Ramazan. ... KARACHI: K-III water project may be completed by 2005 end KARACHI, Sept 28: The K-III water supply project, a lifeline of Karachi, is now expected to be completed by the end of 2005, ahead of its scheduled time of completion i.e. in June 2006. ... KARACHI: Wapda to buy power from Thar plants - CS KARACHI, Sept 28: The Water and Power Development Authority will be purchasing electricity from the plants established and managed by Chinese firms at Thar from January next at significantly low rates, initially coming to less than five cents per unit. ... KARACHI: Importance of nuclear engineering highlighted KARACHI, Sept 28: The Chief Controller of Karachi Building Control Authority, Brig A.S. Nasir has said that there is a vast room for human welfare in nuclear engineering ... KARACHI: SPLA slams student wings of political parties KARACHI, Sept 28: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association has criticized the city administration for its failure in prevention of clashes between students wings of political organizations at colleges and called for reclaiming buildings of educational institutes from their control. ... KARACHI: Media ethics on women issues discussed KARACHI, Sept 28: Sensational and unethical approach of a section of print and electronic media towards reporting of rape cases reduces chances of getting justice for these victims. ... KARACHI: Centralized museum planned at KU KARACHI, Sept 28: The University of Karachi will establish its own museum of science, natural history and art on campus for the benefit of university students and visitors, said the university vice-chancellor on Tuesday. ... KARACHI: EDO asked to make closed schools functional KARACHI, Sept 28: Sindh Education and Literacy Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro expressed dissatisfaction and annoyance on the poor performance of education department officials ... KARACHI: Teachers' training programme ends KARACHI, Sept 28: The week-long environment education programme for city government school teachers, organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Pakistan) in collaboration with environmental education unit of Sindh Local Government Department ... KARACHI: Microbiologists' role in health sector stressed KARACHI, Sept 28: The vice-chancellor of Karachi University, Prof Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui, has said that the department of microbiology would be expanded with construction of more rooms ... KARACHI: 280 FCS employees not paid salaries for 12 months KARACHI, Sept 28: Nearly 280 newly-appointed employees of the Fishermen Cooperative Society have not been paid salaries for the last 12 months. ... KARACHI: Amenity plot being used as school KARACHI, Sept 28: An amenity plot allotted for construction of a women's complex was being used as school, the Sindh High Court nazir submitted on Tuesday. ... KARACHI: Six killed in road accidents KARACHI, Sept 28: Six persons died in separate road accidents in different parts of the city on Tuesday. A van belonging to the Civil Aviation Authority hit two men on a motorcycle in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Tuesday. ... KARACHI: ATC puts off hearing against LJ man KARACHI, Sept 28: An anti-terrorism court adjourned on Tuesday the hearing of a murder case against a worker of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi after recording the deposition of four prosecution witnesses. ... ISLAMABAD: PAC seeks report within ten days - Over Rs57m theft in Wapda ISLAMABAD, Sept 28: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has taken serious note of the theft of material worth Rs57.857 million in different formations of Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) ... LAHORE: Proposal for SME financing LAHORE, Sept 28: The National Small and Medium Enterprises Development Task Force Working Committee on Finance will submit its final draft proposal on SME financing by the end of October. ... LAHORE: DSP taken into custody, freed LAHORE, Sept 28: A DSP from Faisalabad was taken into custody by police when the Lahore High Court dismissed on Tuesday an application for pre-arrest bail of his son involved in a double murder case. ... LAHORE: Subsidized flour bags for Ramazan LAHORE, Sept 28: The Punjab government would provide 50,000 flour bags of 20kg to people during Ramazan at a rate Rs30 to 40 less than open market. ... PESHAWAR: City govt under pressure to raise bread price PESHAWAR, Sept 28: The Peshawar City District Government is under pressure from tandoor owners to increase the price of Roti before Ramazan, market sources said. ... PESHAWAR: Tesco suffering monthly loss of over Rs800 million PESHAWAR, Sept 28: Tribal Electric Supply Company's (Tesco) Chief Executive Officer Hidayatullah Kundi has said the company was facing a loss of Rs800 million to Rs850 million every month due to the law and order situation in Fata. ... PESHAWAR: New variety of mustard approved PESHAWAR, Sept 28: The NWFP Provincial Seed Council has approved a new variety of mustard called Nifa-Raya and recommended it for general cultivation in the province. ... HYDERABAD: SHC judge declines to hear petition HYDERABAD, Sept 28: Justice Amir Hani Muslim of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, on Tuesday declined to hear a petition seeking judicial inquiry into an alleged fake police encounter ... HYDERABAD: Drainage plan rejected HYDERABAD, Sept 28: Activists of various NGOs and affected people of the Manchar lake, Chotiari, LBOD and RBOD held a protest demonstration outside a local hotel where an international workshop on water and drainage was being held. ... QUETTA: Rally against extra-judicial killings QUETTA, Sept 28: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan organized a protest demonstration in front of the press club on Tuesday against extra-judicial killings by police and unsatisfactory law and order situation in Balochistan. ... FAISALABAD: Govt rejects proposal for new taxes FAISALABAD, Sept 28: The Punjab government has turned down the move of Tehsil Municipal Administration (City) for the imposition of 121 taxes and 41 fees and asked it to withdraw them immediately. ... GUJRANWALA: 11 policemen booked for killing cattle GUJRANWALA, Sept 28: Eleven policemen were booked on Tuesday on charge of killing 40 buffaloes of a landlord at the behest of his rivals in Mehtab Singh village, Alipur Chattha. ... TOBA TEK SINGH: Amjad's family files application TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 28: The elder brother of Amjad Farooqi, the alleged brain behind the two attempts on the life of President Gen Pervez Musharraf, failed even on the second consecutive day on Tuesday to talk to government higher-ups to demand his body. ... DADU: Probe ordered into embezzlement DADU, Sept 28: The district nazim has constituted a six-member committee to investigate into charges of embezzlement in GP funds, increments, salaries and allowances of employees of the agriculture department and illegal appointments in the department. ... SUKKUR: Karo-kari claims two lives SUKKUR, Sept 28: A married woman and a man were shot dead after the husband of the woman branded them karo-kari in Hasil Shar village, near Daharki, on Monday. ...

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