16 October 2004 Saturday 01 Ramazan 1425 KARACHI: Consumers to suffer as prices row persists KARACHI, Oct 15: Consumers may be made to pay higher rates for edibles, such as pulses, dates, cooking oil, wheat flour and meat, on Saturday because of a dispute between the city government and the Karachi Wholesale Grocers Association (KWGA). ... KARACHI: Issuance of lease to kutchi abadis begins today KARACHI, Oct 15: On the directive of City Nazim Naimatullah Khan, the city government will start holding camps for issuance of lease to the residents of 278 kutchi abadis from Oct 16 (today). ... KARACHI: Provinces' control over resources demanded - Moot on rights KARACHI, Oct 15: Provinces must have control over their resources and they should have the final say in their development, said the participants at a round-table conference on rights of the provinces over resources, on Friday. ... KARACHI: Town nazim blames governor for detention KARACHI, Oct 15: Liaquatabad Town's Nazim Dr Pervaiz Mahmood was released late on Thursday after being detained for hours at the TPO office in North Nazimabad. ... KARACHI: Doctor summoned in Justice Nizam case KARACHI, Oct 15: District and Sessions Judge, Central, Syed Pir Ali Shah on Friday summoned Dr Sohrab Anwar, Medical Superintendent of the Services Hospital, Karachi ... KARACHI: Employees of SRTC hold hunger strike camp KARACHI, Oct 15: The action committee of employees of the defunct Sindh Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) set up a hunger strike camp outside Karachi Press Club on Friday ... KARACHI: No classes in city's colleges - Teachers' protest KARACHI, Oct 15: Teaching activities remained suspended at city colleges on Friday after teachers observed a strike in protest to police hostilities, and the provincial government's indifferent attitude towards their problems and demands. ... KARACHI: Speakers call for revision of exam system KARACHI, Oct 15: There is a need to revise the examination system and to introduce career counselling in secondary schools. This was stated by speakers at a seminar held under the auspices of the Hamdard Foundation Pakistan ... KARACHI: Creative writings evaluated KARACHI, Oct 15: It was a lively evening at 'Adbi Mehfil' (literary meeting), sponsored by Mohtasib Secretariat Sindh. The Mehfil was enlivened with poetry from Ahmad Faraz and intellectual discourse from Ahmad Maqsood Hamidi ... KARACHI: Broom-makers on the verge of redundancy KARACHI, Oct 15: The traditional trade of broom-making is dying steadily creating fear of redundancy among hundreds of people, most of them women, engaged in this business for decades. ... KARACHI: Sindh govt gets Rs6m for free textbooks KARACHI, Oct 15: The directorate of literacy and non-formal education, government of Sindh has received Rs6,024,699 for free distribution of textbooks among 41,092 students ... KARACHI: PWA to set up thalassaemia centre at CHK KARACHI, Oct 15: The Patients Welfare Association of Civil Hospital Karachi has embarked upon a project to expand and renovate its blood bank facilities soon to be followed by the establishment of a thalassemia centre at the hospital. ... KARACHI: Civic bodies told to keep people informed KARACHI, Oct 15: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has stressed that the civic agencies should frequently interact with MNAs, MPAs, town nazims and other elected representatives of public to keep the masses informed about problems ... KARACHI: Suspect dies in custody KARACHI, Oct 15: A suspect died in police custody late on Thursday night. Police said that three suspects, Mohammad Arif Bux, 35, Nasir Ali and Qaiser Abbas, were arrested from the jurisdiction of Aziz Bhatti police station ... KARACHI: Accused in Alliance Motors case gets bail KARACHI, Oct 15: An accused in the Alliance Motors scam was enlarged on bail by the Sindh High Court on Friday against a solvent surety of Rs 1 million. ... KARACHI: Protest against ulema's killings KARACHI, Oct 15: Protest day was observed in the city against the killings of Mufti Jameel and Maulana Nazeer Taunsvi in response to a call given by the Aalmi Majlis Tahffuze Khatme Nabuwwat, the Jamia Uloom al-Islamia, Binnori Town, and the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam. ... KARACHI: 12,000 died in accidents since '87 KARACHI, Oct 15: The driver-training programme of the city government still remains in cold storage due to the non-handing over of the defunct KTC's driver training building, in SITE, by the Sindh government to the city government. ... LAHORE: An endless wait LAHORE, Oct 15: It has taken 30 years to reach the pension case of a section officer to the Punjab Accountant-General's office. ... LAHORE: Banks fined for circulating worn-out notes LAHORE, Oct 15: Inspection teams of State Bank of Pakistan, Lahore, recovered Rs500,000 in fine from 161 branches of different commercial banks operating in the city for using and circulating worn-out notes. ... PESHAWAR: Urdu version of French novel launched PESHAWAR, Oct 15: The French Cultural Centre, in collaboration with the Embassy of France, organized the launching ceremony of the Urdu version of French novel L'Amant here on Wednesday. ... PESHAWAR: Schoolboy beaten unconscious by teacher PESHAWAR, Oct 15: A student was hospitalized after being severely beaten up by a teacher at the Government Higher Secondary School, Hathian, Mardan, on Friday. ... PESHAWAR: FCR assailed as tool of rights violation PESHAWAR, Oct 15: Condemning the detention of children and women under the Frontier Crimes Regulations, participants at a seminar here on Friday asked the government to release them immediately. ... PESHAWAR: Campaign against stray dogs planned PESHAWAR, Oct 15: The Pakistan Rabies Eradication Scientific Society on Friday stressed the need for vaccination of pets and announced that it would launch a drive against stray dogs. ... PESHAWAR: Police told to be vigilant PESHAWAR, Oct 15: NWFP police chief Raffat Pasha on Friday directed the Kohat region police to enhance their vigilance, ensure protection of foreigners, maintain sectarian harmony and take steps to foil the designs of saboteurs and miscreants. ... HYDERABAD: Teachers' strike call gets mixed response - TPO's suspension demanded HYDERABAD, Oct 15: A strike call given by the Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association in protest against arrest of college teachers in Karachi on Thursday received a mixed response in the province on Friday. ... HYDERABAD: Poverty takes toll of 750,000 children each year HYDERABAD, Oct 15: Every year in Pakistan, around 750,000 children die due to abject poverty, 30,000 women die during delivery and about 1,000 women are killed on the pretext of karo-kari. ... QUETTA: Five killed in coach-tractor collision QUETTA, Oct 15: At least five persons, including a woman and a six-year-old girl, were killed and five others injured after a Karachi-bound passenger coach collided with a tractor parked on the RCD Highway near Uthal on Friday night. ... DERA ISMAIL KHAN: 20 dams to be built in NWFP, says Durrani DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Oct 15: Chief Minister Akram Durrani has said that 20 new dams would be constructed in the NWFP and for agricultural revolution work on projects like lift canal and Tank Zam would soon begin. ... SWABI: Rumpus mars Swabi council session SWABI, Oct 15: Pandemonium broke out in the Swabi district council session after opposition members accused the treasury benches of receiving six per cent commission in all contracts granted by the district government. ... MARDAN: Ramazan in Mardan began on Friday MARDAN, Oct 15: A large number of people in the Mardan district observed Friday as the first fasting day of Ramazan. Ulema in the district remained silent on Thursday evening and did not entertain witnesses about moon sighting. ... FAISALABAD: Degree programmes in banking, finance FAISALABAD, Oct 15: The Government College University, Faisalabad, is launching two degree programmes in MS and BS in Banking and Finance in collaboration with the Institute of Bankers Pakistan and the Bank Alflah. ... GUJRANWALA: Four students arrested for rioting GUJRANWALA, Oct 15: Police on Friday booked 30 students and arrested four of them for setting a bus on fire after the death of one of their fellows on the GT Road. ... KASUR: Councillors asked to submit uplift plans KASUR, Oct 15: All district assembly members have been directed to submit their uplift schemes amounting to Rs400,000 each and projects on other heads to the office of EDO (Works) within two days. ... FAISALABAD: Eight-year RI for Naib Nazim FAISALABAD, Oct 15: The Faisalabad anti-terrorism court on Friday sentenced two people, including a Naib Nazim of a union council, to eight years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs100,000 fine each for taking law into their hands ... SHEIKHUPURA: Case against policeman for misbehaving with colleague SHEIKHUPURA, Oct 15: A-division police on Friday registered a case against a constable for misbehaving with a woman colleague while drunk. ASI Shazia, who is posted at A-division police station, came to stadium for shopping along with her husband. ... SIALKOT: Rs11.5m to be given to blast victims today SIALKOT, Oct 15: Compensation cheques of Rs11.5 million will be distributed among the heirs of 35 deceased and 68 injured of Zainabia Mosque blast. ... DADU: Woman, daughter commit suicide DADU, Oct 15: A girl and her mother committed suicide in the Garibi village of Johi taluka on Thursday night because of refusal of the girl's father to let her marry the man of her own choice. ... THATTA: Rs3.3bn projects proposed for coastal districts THATTA, Oct 15: The Coastal Development Authority, in coordination with the Asian Development Bank, has prepared feasibility reports of eight development schemes worth Rs3.3 billion for the coastal belt of Thatta and Badin ... MIRPURKHAS: TCP starts cotton purchase MIRPURKHAS, Oct 15: The Trading Corporation of Pakistan has started purchase of cotton bales in Sanghar and Mirpurkhas districts. The government had fixed the rate of cotton at Rs925 per 40 kilogram but the factories were offering Rs700 per maund. ... DADU: Cotton crop hit by disease DADU, Oct 15: The red-leaf and other diseases have infected the cotton crop in the district, causing damage to crop on hundreds of acres of land. ...

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