30 October 2004 Saturday 15 Ramazan 1425 KARACHI: Executives may replace nazims in local bodies - Elections 2005 KARACHI, Oct 29: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad and Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Friday said that appointment of administrators at city and district levels before the 2005 local bodies' election was under consideration. ... KARACHI: KBCA devolved on city govt: AG KARACHI, Oct 29: The Karachi Building Control Authority has been devolved on the city district government, Advocate-General Anwar Mansoor Khan submitted before Justice Ataur Rahman of the Sindh High Court on Friday. ... KARACHI: KESC be placed under technocrat - workers: Anti-privatization rally KARACHI, Oct 29: Speakers at a workers' rally on Friday, opposing the proposed privatization of the KESC demanded that the public utility be placed under some qualified technocrat and that the union activities be restored in the corporation. ... KARACHI: Unauthorized Bachat Bazaars go unchecked KARACHI, Oct 29: The mushroom growth of illegal Bachat bazaars is continuing unchecked all over the city ahead of Eidul Fitr, without the permission of relevant department of the city government. ... KARACHI: Hospitals lack specialized cancer surgery units KARACHI, Oct 29: Although cancer cases are on the rise, there are no fully equipped "specialized cancer surgery units" across the country. Inadequacies on the part of policy-makers to realize the changing disease patterns in the country ... KARACHI: NGO seeks ombudsman on consumer rights KARACHI, Oct 29: A non-governmental organization called for the promulgation and strict implementation of laws safeguarding the interests of consumers on Friday. ... KARACHI: Teachers of KU dept end protest KARACHI, Oct 29: Agitating teachers of the Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Karachi called on the Vice Chancellor, Dr Pirzada Qasim, on Friday and discussed their problems. ... KARACHI: KU board approves DSc, PhD degrees KARACHI, Oct 29: The Board of Advance Studies and Research, University of Karachi in its meeting chaired by the varsity Vice Chancellor, Dr Pirzada Qasim, has approved the award of the DSc (Chemistry) degree to Prof Dr Iqbal Chaudhry, acting director HEJ. ... KARACHI: 100 scholarships for students KARACHI, Oct 29: Sindh Education and Literacy Minister Hameeda Khuhro has called for promotion of merit and talent at all levels along with development of primary and secondary education system in the province for providing new generation a strong base for higher education. ... KARACHI: MBBS, BDS merit list today KARACHI, Oct 29: The final list of candidates selected for admission to MBBS and BDS classes at government-run medical colleges and universities of the province will be displayed at respective centres on Saturday, it was learnt officially. ... KARACHI: SHC overturns acquittals in murder case KARACHI, Oct 29: A division bench of the Sindh High Court overturned acquittals by a sessions court in a murder case and awarded death penalty to one of the accused and life term to another. ... LAHORE: Application fee on farm loan waived LAHORE, Oct 29: On the recommendation of Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool, the federal government has withdrawn application fees on revolving agriculture finance loan and the renewal of loans. ... LAHORE: 20 Hizb activists detained LAHORE, Oct 29: Police on Friday thrashed and detained 20 suspected members of the banned Hizbul Tehrir from a mosque outside Lohari Gate. A Palestinian was among the arrested. ... LAHORE: Farmers plan drive against WTO LAHORE, Oct 29: Various Kissan organizations will launch a drive against the World Trade Organisation (WTO) regime from December this year. Speaking at a news conference in the Kissan Hall here on Friday ... LAHORE: Surveys of canals LAHORE, Oct 29: The Punjab irrigation, minerals and mines departments will conduct joint surveys of canals for excavation of sand during annual closures. ... PESHAWAR: Doctor held for travelling on forged passport PESHAWAR, Oct 29: The passport circle of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is interrogating a doctor for travelling illegally from France to Pakistan. ... HYDERABAD: Workers seek support - Movement against Wapda's privatization HYDERABAD, Oct 29: The Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union has appealed to patriotic forces of the country, including political leaders, Ulema, students, lawyers, workers and peasants ... HYDERABAD: Nazim barred from selling property HYDERABAD, Oct 29: DCO Mohammad Hussain Syed has written a letter to City Taluka Nazim Moinuddin Sheikh, asking him not to enter into any contract or transaction for sale or disposal of the TMA property. ... HYDERABAD: Appointment of principal opposed HYDERABAD, Oct 29: The parents-teachers action committee of the Government Khadija Girls' Higher Secondary School has expressed grave concern over a proposal to appoint a male principal for the school. ... HYDERABAD: Students' protest continues HYDERABAD, Oct 29: A group of the Sindh University students, belonging to the Jeay Sindh Students' Federation, continued their token hunger strike outside the local press club on the fifth day on Friday to put pressure the university authorities to accept their demands. ... HYDERABAD: SHC summons former HDA officials HYDERABAD, Oct 29: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, here on Friday directed the former director-general of the Hyderabad Development Authority ... JACOBABAD: Jacobabad jail clashes leave 61 injured JACOBABAD, Oct 29: Sixty-one people - 20 constables and 41 jail inmates - were injured in clashes between two groups of prisoners and between police in the district jail of Jacobabad on Friday. ... HARIPUR: Treatment plants in industries sought HARIPUR, Oct 29: The Haripur NGO Forum (HNF) has called upon industrialists of the Hattar Industrial Estate (HIE) to set up treatment plants in their industries so that effects of toxic effluents and emissions on the eco system could be checked. ... PESHAWAR: Grade IV employees demand Eid allowance PESHAWAR, Oct 29: The grade IV Government Employees Association has demanded that the government should announce an Eid allowance to help them celebrate the festival with their families. ... PESHAWAR: Banned group stopped from holding demonstration PESHAWAR, Oct 29: Police did not allow activists of Hizbul Tehrir, a proscribed religious organization, to hold a protest demonstration against the US here on Friday. ... PESHAWAR: Hearing of bail plea adjourned till Nov 3: Sexual abuse of students PESHAWAR, Oct 29: Additional District and Sessions judge Farhatullah Khan on Friday extended till Nov 3 the pre-arrest bail granted to nine former employees of a local school in a case of sexual abuse of students. ... LARKANA: Six freed from illegal detention LARKANA, Oct 29: The district and sessions judge, Larkana, on Friday secured release of six people who were illegally detained at the Gaji Khuhawar police station. ... KHAIRPUR: Urs of Sufi saint Sachal begins in Daraza KHAIRPUR, Oct 29: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim inaugurated the 183rd annual Urs celebration of multi-lingual poet and Sufi saint Sachal Sarmast at his shrine in Daraza near here on Friday by laying a wreath on his tomb. ... MULTAN: 12 killed in three accidents MULTAN, Oct 29: Twelve people perished and many others hurt in three accidents in Muzaffargarh and Vehari on Friday. In the worst accident of the three ... SHEIKHUPURA: Six 'POs' arrested after encounter SHEIKHUPURA, Oct 29: Muridke Saddar police claimed on Friday to have arrested six proclaimed offenders, a woman among them, with a huge quantity of sophisticated weapons following a two-hour encounter near Gajar Golla village. ...

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