25 October 2004 Monday 10 Ramazan 1425 KARACHI: City govt told to set up two more sabzi mandis: Consumer rights body to be formed KARACHI, Oct 24: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has emphasized the need for a coordinated and comprehensive system for supply of essential items at appropriate rates and protection of the rights of consumers. ... KARACHI: New steps to control prices ready for approval KARACHI, Oct 24: While identifying the main hurdles and shortcomings leading to the ineffectiveness of the Ramazan-specific price-control campaign in the metropolis, the city government intends to recommend about a dozen new measures to the higher authorities which ... KARACHI: Tests show well water unfit for consumption KARACHI, Oct 24: Laboratory tests conducted on samples taken from a well in the Nek Mohammad Goth - which was recently hit by a diarrhoea outbreak in which two lives were lost - has revealed that its water is unfit for human consumption. ... KARACHI: Entry passes issued for prayers at SMI mosques KARACHI, Oct 24: People have to get entry pass for offering prayers in the two mosques located on the premises of Sindh Madrassetul Islam, the alma matar of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah. ... KARACHI: DHA defends controversial charges KARACHI, Oct 24: The Defence Housing Authority has strongly defended the controversial development charges levied in the DHA's Phase VIII and in the Phase VII extension. ... KARACHI: Banned drug available in market KARACHI, Oct 24: A drug called Vioxx, which was banned globally some 15 days ago, is still available in medical stores in Pakistan, according to a survey carried out by a consumer interest group. ... KARACHI: Officials told to solve civic problems KARACHI, Oct 24: The Chief Secretary, Mohammad Aslam Sanjrani, taking notice of various civic problems being faced by people in the metropolis during the holy month of Ramazan ... KARACHI: Edhi Village, where people bury truth every day KARACHI: Sixty-year-old Kausar Parveen had never imagined in her wildest dreams that one day she would join her 20-year-old mentally-ill daughter at the Edhi Foundation's Women Shelter Home. ... KARACHI: CBOs, NGOs slam delay in FCS board meeting KARACHI, Oct 24: Over a dozen community-based organizations (CBOs) and NGOs representing fishermen have expressed concern over the inordinate delay in convening the meeting of the 15-member board of directors of the Fishermen Cooperative Society ... KARACHI: Woman, five others die in different incidents KARACHI, Oct 24: A young man was stabbed to death over a petty dispute in Patel Para on Sunday. Police said that the one, Abdul Baseer, had parked his auto-rickshaw in front of a spare parts shop in the locality. ... KARACHI: 170 patients treated at LNH through lethropter KARACHI, Oct 24: At least 170 patients have been treated at Liaquat National Hospital through lethropter during the last three months. ... KARACHI: Equal water supply to be ensured for all: nazim KARACHI, Oct 24: The City Nazim, Naimatullah Khan, on Sunday vowed to ensure equal supply of water to all city areas. Addressing a camp for distribution of application forms for regularization of kutchi abadis ... KARACHI: Tikri village just a course for sewage passage KARACHI, Oct 24: Tikri village, located on the main Hawkesbay Road, has remained neglected over the decades by civic agencies who, instead of developing the locality ... LAHORE: Media blamed for price-hike LAHORE, Oct 24: District Nazim Mian Amer has blamed the media for inducing traders to blackmarket the essential commodities during Ramazan. ... LAHORE: Alleged killer of Narowal DPO shot dead LAHORE, Oct 24: Police on Sunday killed a man allegedly involved in the killing of the Narowal district police officer in an "encounter". ... ISLAMABAD: Ineligible firm included in contract bidding ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: A bid to award a Rs80 million contract to an ineligible firm has been unearthed in the Capital Development Authority (CDA), sources told Dawn on Sunday. ... PESHAWAR: Awareness drive on child, family laws launched PESHAWAR, Oct 24: The Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan has launched a public awareness campaign about the Protocol on Child and Family laws between judiciaries of the UK and Pakistan ... PESHAWAR: Rs165m grid station for Mohmand PESHAWAR, Oct 24: A 132kv grid station will be set up at Ghalanai, Mohmand Agency, and funds for the project would come from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas' annual development programme for 2004-05. ... PESHAWAR: Eight killed in Malakand accident PESHAWAR, Oct 24: Eight people were killed and 27 suffered serious injuries when a pick-up fell into a ravine near Dargai in Malakand Agency on Sunday. ... HYDERABAD: SNC opposes giving legal cover to jirga HYDERABAD, Oct 24: The Sindh National Council has stressed the need for projecting issues and concerns of Sindh at the international level. ... HYDERABAD: Call for allotting land to peasants HYDERABAD, Oct 24: The Sindh Hari Committee has demanded that the government should distribute forest lands illegally occupied by feudal lords among landless peasants and poor farmers of respective areas. ... SUKKUR: Remission package announced by bank SUKKUR, Oct 24: The S.M.E. Bank management has decided to launch a category-wise remission package during Ramazan to help the bank borrowers of defunct Small Business Finance Corporation and Rural Development Finance Corporation to settle their long outstanding liabilities. ... HYDERABAD: Epidemic investigation centre planned HYDERABAD, Oct 24: An epidemic investigation and response cell will be established at the office of the directorate-general, health services, Hyderabad, under supervision of the director-general. ... FAISALABAD: 500 held in Faisalabad, Gujranwala: Drive against profiteering FAISALABAD, Oct 24: The district administration teams have reportedly challaned over 300 shopkeepers and vendors and arrested nine shopowners for selling consumer goods at exorbitant rates. ... FAISALABAD: Villager shot dead by robbers FAISALABAD, Oct 24: Armed bandits shot dead a villager, hijacked two cars and as many motorcycles and looted valuables in eight different strikes in the city and its rural areas during the last 24 hours. ... GUJRANWALA: Doctors caught 'stealing' gas GUJRANWALA, Oct 24: A raiding team of the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) on Saturday caught various medical officers and paramedical staff red-handed while stealing gas for domestic purpose at Medical Colony, Wazirabad. ... KASUR: Two brothers killed KASUR, Oct 24: Two brothers were shot dead allegedly by six rivals over a land dispute in Thati Hindoan village, Kanganpur, here on Sunday. ... SARGODHA: Corruption: irrigation SDO transferred SARGODHA, Oct 24: Irrigation chief engineer Usman Akram transferred SDO Chaudhry Abdul Sattar to Bhakkar and ordered against him a departmental inquiry into corruption allegation. ... MANSEHRA: Official gets notice for felling trees MANSEHRA, Oct 24: A show-cause notice has been served on the chairman of a Joint Forest Management Cooperative Society in the Jabbar area of the Seron Forest Division in Mansehra for extensive illegal cutting of immature trees on the pretext of disposing dry and wind-fallen trees. ... MARDAN: MNA claims liberating 12 'slave' families MARDAN, Oct 24: An MMA MNA and chairman of Tafheem Welfare Foundation Dr Attaur Rehman said that he had initiated several projects worth millions of rupees in his constituency with the help from some local and foreign NGOs. ... LARKANA: 'Criminal' killed LARKANA, Oct 24: The person allegedly behind the kidnapping of rice trader Santosh Kumar was killed in an encounter in the Sathi Umrani village, near the central prison, on the outskirts of the city on Sunday while his injured accomplice escaped. ... HYDERABAD: Gas pipeline damaged near Hyderabad HYDERABAD, Oct 24: A 25-foot piece of a gas pipeline was damaged after the 16-inch-diameter pipe exploded in the Pir Abdul Nabi Sarhandi village near Oderolal on Sunday. ... BADIN: Demand for withdrawal of Rangers from fishing areas BADIN, Oct 24: On the call of fishermen, a big procession was taken out here on Saturday in protest against alleged torture of fishermen by Rangers. ... MIRPURKHAS: 2 polio cases found in Umerkot MIRPURKHAS, Oct 24: EDO health Dr Hadi Bux Leghari has said that two cases of polio have been diagnosed in Umerkot taluka while a total of seven cases including three suspected have been detected in Pithoro and Umerkot talukas. ... HARIPUR: 21 uplift schemes approved HARIPUR, Oct 24: Work on 21 uplift projects which were approved under the National Urban Development Project (NUDP) for six union councils of Haripur district are scheduled to begin by the end of the fiscal year ... MINGORA: Prisoner appeals for family's safety MINGORA, Oct 24: A prisoner in the Saidu Sharif jail has appealed to the government and the judiciary to take steps for the safety of his family and for the arrest of the killers of his younger brother Khalid Bacha and cousin Umer Zada. ...

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