02 October 2004 Saturday 16 Shaban 1425 KARACHI: Sindh, city govts take joint stand on mass transit - Bargaining with Centre KARACHI, Oct 1: The implementation of Karachi Mass Transit project was discussed at a meeting . ... KARACHI: Ibad calls for struggle against extremism KARACHI, Oct 1: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has stressed on waging a joint struggle against extremism. ... KARACHI: City govt to set up IT varsity KARACHI, Oct 1: A central information technology cell will be set up at the Civic Centre Secretariat of City Government Karachi having link with 18 towns of the City. ... KARACHI: High Court tells LEAs to vacate amenity plot KARACHI, Oct 1: The Sindh High Court asked the police and rangers on Friday to vacate an amenity plot in North Karachi for development as a park by the city district government. ... KARACHI: KESC issuing arbitrary bills KARACHI, Oct 1: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation has issued arbitrary bills to residents of Korangi for allegedly indulging in power theft. ... KARACHI: Medical students may not get degree of their choice KARACHI, Oct 1: The Dow University of Health Sciences is making efforts to get about 3,000 students transferred to it from the University of Karachi ... KARACHI: Rs1bn solid-waste plan gets Centre's approval KARACHI, Oct 1: The federal government has accorded approval to the city government's Rs1 billion Solid-waste Management Plan (SWMP), it was reliably learnt on Friday. ... KARACHI: English to be accorded due status - Minister - Three-day conference opens KARACHI, Oct 1: Speakers at the inaugural session of a conference on English on Friday stressed that a nation could not progress in real sense or keep itself abreast fully with latest developments around the globe ... KARACHI: Steps for safe gas supply in new buildings urged KARACHI, Oct 1: The first meeting of the Oversee Committee of the Karachi Building Control Authority was held on Friday under its chairman and chief minister's adviser on Local Government Waseem Akhtar. ... KARACHI: Art work by special child in Germany KARACHI, Oct 1: Creative art work of a special child artist from Pakistan, Mariam Khan, has been selected by the International Child Art Foundation for exhibition at the Utopia Station project in Munich, Germany. ... KARACHI: City govt's policy on bachat bazaars awaited KARACHI, Oct 1: The draft of the policy aimed at centralizing and streamlining the administrative control of Bachat bazaars, and to make them more cost-effective is lying pending with high-ups of the city government for the last one year for approval. ... KARACHI: Drive against smoke-emitting vehicles begins KARACHI, Oct 1: The arrangements for week long campaign against noise and smoke emitting vehicles to be launched by Sindh Environment Protection Agency from Oct 2 were reviewed at a meeting ... KARACHI: KU announces LLB results KARACHI, Oct 1: The University of Karachi announced the results of LLB (Final) Annual Examination 2004, with a pass percentage of 77.93. ... KARACHI: Builder, doctor wounded in firing incidents KARACHI, Oct 1: A builder and a dermatologist suffered bullet wounds in two separate firing incidents in the city. Armed suspects shot at and injured a builder on Shahrah-i- Liaquat on Friday morning. ... KARACHI: Two die in road accidents KARACHI, Oct 1: Two men died and three others, including Sindh advocate-general, were injured in separate road accidents on Friday. ... KARACHI: Employers-workers amity urged KARACHI, Oct 1: Speakers at meeting on Thursday urged both the employers and employees to fulfil their responsibilities in respective fields. ... KARACHI: PWs record statement in murder case KARACHI, Oct 1: An anti-terrorism court adjourned the hearing of a kidnapping-cum-murder case against two accused after recording the statements of two prosecution witnesses. ... KARACHI: Govt forms body to overcome FCS crisis KARACHI, Oct 1: In a major development, the Sindh government on Thursday constituted a two-member committee to streamline working of the Fishermen Cooperative Society (FCS) in order to overcome the crisis that had badly been affecting the FCS affairs. ... KARACHI: Haris to get land in kutcha area KARACHI, Oct 1: Sindh revenue minister, Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh, has said that land of katcha area would be distributed among land less haris after approval of the federal government. ... ISLAMABAD: Road projects for Karachi discussed ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: Federal Minister for Communications Muhammad Shamim Siddiqui on Saturday said Lyari Expressway and Karachi Northern Bypass projects were of extraordinary importance and their completion would improve traffic flow in Karachi. ... ISLAMABAD: Ministry told to get institute vacated from courts, NAB ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: The National Assembly standing committee on local government and rural development on Friday asked Ministry of Local Government to get the Municipal Training and Research Institute (MTRI), Karachi, vacated ... ISLAMABAD: Preview of Tulip in Sand Dunes today ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: Some of the country's leading artists and art teachers are expected to get together at the Rohtas Gallery on Saturday, along with their works, to attend the preview of 'Tulip in Sand Dunes', a book of poems by Naeem Pasha. ... LAHORE: PHA prepares draft policy on billboards LAHORE, Oct 1: The Parks and Horticulture Authority has prepared a draft policy on billboards which is likely to be submitted for the approval of the provincial cabinet next week. ... PESHAWAR: Customs collector put on notice PESHAWAR, Oct 1: The Peshawar High Court on Friday summoned the collector customs, Peshawar, in person for violating a court's order. ... PESHAWAR: One held for human trafficking PESHAWAR, Oct 1: The passport cell of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested a fake travel agent on the charges of human smuggling and seized six passports and other bogus documents from his possession, an FIA official said. ... PESHAWAR: Mehsuds told to help restore peace PESHAWAR, Oct 1: Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah told a 21-member committee of Mahsud tribe that the government would not tolerate acts of terror in their areas ... PESHAWAR: High court acquits convicted man PESHAWAR, Oct 1: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Friday acquitted a person earlier convicted by a trial court in a case of drug peddling. ... HYDERABAD: Plan to reopen closed schools HYDERABAD, Oct 1: Sindh Education Minister Hameeda Khuhro has said she has asked district authorities of the department to undertake surveys of non-functional schools in their areas ... HYDERABAD: Federal govt backs Sindh's stance - Sugarcane crushing HYDERABAD, Oct 1: The federal minister for food and agriculture, Mr Sikandar Hayat Bosan, has sent a clear massage to owners of sugar mills to start crushing sugarcane from Oct 15 in Sindh and from Nov 1 in Punjab. ... HYDERABAD: Activists of banned outfits issued notices HYDERABAD, Oct 1: DPO (operations) A. D. Khawaja on Friday issued notices to 14 activists of banned militant organizations to appear before him in person on October 4 with one surety of Rs500,000 and two personal sureties, a police source said. ... RAWALPINDI: 2nd suspected Congo virus case in RGH RAWALPINDI, Oct 1: A man suspected of suffering from Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) was admitted to the Rawalpindi General Hospital (RGH) on Friday, hospital authorities said. ... HARIPUR: Hudood laws criticized HARIPUR, Oct 1: Speakers at a seminar said Hudood laws were in direct conflict with the basic teachings of the Holy Quran and they needed to be reviewed and amended by the parliament. ... HARIPUR: Search launched for father defying court - Children's custody case HARIPUR, Oct 1: The local police have launched a search for a British national of Pakistani origin, Tanveer Ahmad, in connection with the removal of his two children from the UK without the court permission. ... GILGIT: 143 polling stations declared sensitive GILGIT, Oct 1: The Northern Areas administration has declared at least 143 polling stations as sensitive before the forthcoming elections for Northern Areas Legislative Council and the local bodies. ... HARIPUR: Consumer rights body formed HARIPUR, Oct 1: A group of social workers here on Friday formed an association with the objective to protect the rights of consumers in the district. ... SIALKOT: Two days of mourning in Sialkot - Blast victims' funeral today SIALKOT, Oct 1: Local business community on Friday announced two-day mourning after a bomb blast left over two dozen people dead. ... KASUR: ASI among eleven policemen booked KASUR, Oct 1: Sadar police on Friday registered a case against 12 policemen, including an ASI, for trespassing and kidnapping a man and torturing him and his family besides keeping him in illegal detention for three days at CIA Model Town, Lahore. ... BAHAWALPUR: Cholistan heritage festival begins BAHAWALPUR, Oct 1: Corps Commander Lt-Gen Syed Pervez Shahid inaugurated a two-day Cholistan heritage festival at Noor Mahal Palace of the late Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Abbasi V here on Friday. ... FAISALABAD: Textile industry to have trained manpower FAISALABAD Oct 1: A comprehensive training programme will be launched to overcome the shortage of trained professionals to face the challenges of WTO and bring a qualitative and quantitative improvement in the textile sector. ... MULATN: Governor opens Multan College of Arts MULTAN, Oct 1: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool inaugurated Multan College of Arts here on Friday hoping that the institution would play a pivotal role not only in promoting creative activities ... BAHAWALPUR: Dacoit shot dead in 'encounter' BAHAWALPUR, Oct 1: An alleged dacoit was shot dead in an encounter with police near Musafirkhana, about 20 kilometres from here, on Friday. ... SHEIKHUPURA: Councillors, Nazims threaten to resign SHEIKHUPURA, Oct 1: The Nazims of nearly 100 union councils, headed by District Naib Nazim Zahid Yasin, took out a rally on Friday against alleged excesses and nepotism of DCO Tariq Najeeb Najmi. ... BAHAWALPUR: Teachers boycott papers' marking BAHAWALPUR, Oct 1: Teachers of a local college boycotted on Friday the marking of answer sheets of intermediate supplementary examination candidates for not increasing their honorarium by the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education. ... KHAIRPUR: Crops hit by water rotation KHAIRPUR, Oct 1: The irrigation department has announced a water rotation programme for the Khairpur West Feeder and Nara Canal from October 1 to 15 because of water shortage in the River Indus. ... SUKKUR: Three killed in accidents SUKKUR, Oct 1: Three people were killed and eleven others injured in separate road accidents near Sukkur on Friday. ... PESHAWAR: PR to reduce travel time PESHAWAR, Oct 1: The Pakistan Railway has agreed to effect a 45-minute reduction in the travelling time of a railcar between Kohat and Rawalpindi. ...

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