17 October 2004 Sunday 02 Ramazan 1425 KARACHI: Powerless officials fail to check prices KARACHI, Oct 16: Prices of essential commodities appeared out of all proportions on the first day of Ramazan and consumers felt the trend a real burden on their hard-earned money. ... KARACHI: Police raid Liaquatabad town nazim's house KARACHI, Oct 16: Tension prevails in the city and people fear clashes between Jamat-i-Islami and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement after police registered a case against Dr Pervez Mehmood on Friday ... KARACHI: Two die of diarrhoea caused by tainted water KARACHI, Oct 16: At least two people died of diarrhoea and more than a hundred fell seriously sick on Saturday in Nek Mohammad Goth, situated in the Surjani Town, ostensibly after consuming contaminated water. ... KARACHI: FTC flyover opened KARACHI, Oct 16: The FTC Flyover, recently constructed at a cost of Rs109.4 million, was inaugurated by City Nazim Naimatullah Khan on Saturday and was opened for traffic. ... KARACHI: MBBS merit list today KARACHI, Oct 16: The provisional lists of candidates selected for admission to first year MBBS classes at the Dow Medical College (DMC) and the Sindh Medical College (SMC) would be displayed at the admission centre on Sunday. ... KARACHI: Aquarium in zoo opens for public KARACHI, Oct 16: The newly renovated aquarium was opened for general public by the zoo department of city district government at Karachi Zoo on Saturday. ... KARACHI: Hamida terms SPLA protest unjustified KARACHI, Oct 16: The Sindh Minister for Education, Dr Hamida Khuhro on Saturday lashed out at the Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA), saying at a time when the problems and demands of college teachers are being sorted out ... KARACHI: Majnoon Gorakhpuri remembered KARACHI, Oct 16: After 16 years of his death in 1988, noted writer and intellectual Prof Majnoon Gorakhpuri was remembered by Idara-i-Adbiyat Pakistan at KDA Club on Saturday. ... KARACHI: Jundullah man remanded in convoy attack case KARACHI, Oct 16: Judge Feroz Mehmood Bhatti of the Anti-Terrorism Court in Karachi on Saturday remanded an activist of the Jundullah to police custody till Oct 24. ... KARACHI: SHC issues notice to town nazim KARACHI, Oct 16: A division bench of High Court of Sindh on Friday issued notices to City Nazim, Nazim of Gadap Town and SHO of Surjani for Oct 21 in a constitutional petition filed by the KMC United Workers Cooperative Society. ... KARACHI: Woman, among 3 shot dead in city KARACHI, Oct 16: Three persons were shot dead in separate incidents in the city on Saturday. A man in his mid-30s was kidnapped, tortured and shot dead in the Old City area. ... LAHORE: CDG asked to check prices LAHORE, Oct 16: District Coordination Officer Khalid Sultan on Saturday directed the City District Government officials to ensure that commodities were sold at the Sunday and Ramazan Bazaars at Re1 per kg below the open market rates. ... LAHORE: PAC seeks transfer of food officials LAHORE, Oct 16: The Public Accounts Committee-II of the Punjab Assembly on Saturday directed transfer of three district food controllers (DFCs) who had failed to comply with the directions of the body. ... LAHORE: ROs for by-polls named LAHORE, Oct 16: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has nominated district and sessions judges of five districts to act as district returning officers for conducting by-elections to vacant seats of union council Nazims and Naib Nazims. ... LAHORE: Water crisis can be solved by building mega projects LAHORE, Oct 16: Wapda chairman Tariq Hameed has said the issue of water scarcity can be resolved through developing mega water resources. ... PESHAWAR: Govt slams Peshawar Nazim statement PESHAWAR, Oct 16: The provincial government on Saturday strongly condemned a press statement of Peshawar Nazim Azam Afridi for accusing the government of turning local governments into testing laboratories and challenging the government for an open debate. ... PESHAWAR: Music school to be set up in Peshawar PESHAWAR, Oct 16: A local musician has planned to open a cultural school in the city to impart training to the aspirants. ... PESHAWAR: Jirga briefs governor about problems PESHAWAR, Oct 16: A 40-member representative delegation comprising prominent elders of the Khogakhel Tribe of the Mohmand Agency called on NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah at the Governor's House here on Saturday. ... PESHAWAR: 'Women's literacy in Fata 0.15pc' PESHAWAR, Oct 16: The literacy rate among women in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas is 0.15 per cent and among men three per cent. ... HARIPUR: Work on Khanpur dam channel inaugurated HARIPUR, Oct 16: The work on the Khanpur seepage water channel was inaugurated by the NWFP Minister for Sports and culture Raja Faisal Zaman here on Saturday. ... HARIPUR: Three die of dengue fever in Haripur HARIPUR, Oct 16: Three persons including a woman have died while dozens of others have been hospitalized due to an outbreak of dengue fever epidemic in three villages of Khanpur, villagers told Dawn here on Saturday. ... BANNU: Armyman injured in Bannu bomb blast BANNU, Oct 16: Three people, including an army soldier, were wounded when a bomb planted in a motorcycle rickshaw went off near the Garrison Club in the cantonment area here on Saturday. ... SIALKOT: Three members of fake-degree trade ring held SIALKOT, Oct 16: The district administration has smashed an organized gang involved in preparing fake degrees and arrested the ring leader and two other members. ... FAISALABAD: Rapist-killer posts 'confession' letter FAISALABAD, Oct 16: The murder of a minor girl after rape and dropping of 'confessional statement' by the alleged unidentified rapist spread panic in a village of Thikriwala on Saturday. ... MULTAN: Multan blast victims paid compensation MULTAN, Oct 16: Legal heirs of a car bomb blast victims and the injured received compensation cheques from the Punjab government here at Circuit House on Saturday. ... SHEIKHUPURA: Nankana lawyers bailed out SHEIKHUPURA, Oct 16: Nankana lawyers and a civilian, who had been in detention under MPO 3 in the district jail for the last 20 days, were released on bail by the Lahore High Court on Saturday. ... HYDERABAD: Sharp rise in prices of essential items: Advent of Ramazan HYDERABAD, Oct 16: Prices of different edibles, including fruits, mutton and chicken, have registered a sharp increase with the beginning of the holy month of Ramazan. ... BADIN: Appeal for waiving agriculture taxes: Calamity-hit area BADIN, Oct 16: Farmers of the calamity-hit areas of the district have demanded exemption in land revenue and water charges for Rabi-2003 and agricultural loan up to Rs100,000. ... NAWABSHAH: Motorway police to take over Gwadar highway NAWABSHAH, Oct 16: The motorway police will soon takeover the Karachi-Gwadar coastal highway. This was stated by the inspector-general of the motorway police, Mr Ziaul Hassan, after inaugurating the sector-II of the N-5 of the National Highway at Sakrand on Saturday. ... KHAIRPUR: Tribal feud claims three more lives KHAIRPUR, Oct 16: The Jagirani-Solangi tribal feud claimed three more lives on Saturday when 50 armed men attacked the Ghulam Mustafa Jagirani village in the Ghaffar Shah area of Kingri taluka. ... SUKKUR: Campaign against smoke-emitting vehicles launched SUKKUR, Oct 16: The Sindh regional office of the Environmental Protection Agency in collaboration with Sukkur and Jacobabad police started a campaign against smoke and noise emitting vehicles in the two districts. ... NAWABSHAH: Ginners criticized for not paying fixed price NAWABSHAH, Oct 16: Members of the Sindh Abadgar Board, Nawabshah, took out a procession here on Friday to protest against cotton ginners for their refusal to pay the fixed price of Rs925 per 40kg, and illegal deduction of 5kg per 40kg. ... HYDERABAD: Teachers continue boycott of classes HYDERABAD, Oct 16: College teachers boycotted classes throughout Sindh for the second consecutive day on Saturday, according to Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association spokesman Professor Anwar Sagar. ... DADU: EDO refuses to submit record: School management funds DADU, Oct 16: EDO of education Ghulam Mustafa Kalhoro refused to provide record of school management committees' funds to the chairman of a committee constituted by the district nazim here on Saturday. ... QUETTA: Meeting on gasfield dispute planned QUETTA, Oct 16: The Balochistan Government will arrange a meeting between the Gasfield Labour Union and the Pakistan Petroleum Limited management to resolve the labour problems in Sui. ... MULTAN: Five killed in bus crash MULTAN, Oct 16: A minor girl and four passengers died and 16 others were injured when a bus overturned on the Indus Highway near Taunsa Sharif, some 150km off here, on Saturday. ...

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