03 November 2004 Wednesday 19 Ramazan 1425 KARACHI: Classes suspended in five institutions: Colleges in the grip of tension KARACHI, Nov 2: Classes remained suspended in about five educational institutions of the city on Tuesday following clashes between student groups during the last few days. ... KARACHI: Master-plan submitted for approval: Sabzi Mandi affairs KARACHI, Nov 2: The master plan of the New Sabzi Mandi on Super Highway has been submitted by the EDO, Master Plan Department, Atiq Baig, to the Governor Sindh, Dr Ishratul Ibad. ... KARACHI: Ranger shot dead KARACHI, Nov 2: A Rangers official was shot dead at Nipa intersection on Tuesday night. Police said Inspector Mubeen of Abdullah Shah Ghazi Rangers suffered five bullet wounds when unknown people opened fire on him. ... KARACHI: Private varsities serve elite class: report KARACHI, Nov 2: The chartered educational institutions in the private sector in the province are catering mainly to the elite class, the charter inspection and evaluation committee of the Sindh education department had observed. ... KARACHI: Ibn-i-Qasim project hits snags KARACHI, Nov 2: The US$ 250 million Bagh Ibn-i-Qasim Project in Clifton seems to be heading towards failure owing to scores of reasons. ... KARACHI: Ticket system planned to recover fines KARACHI, Nov 2: The City Government will introduce the ticket system for recovery of fines imposed on violation of municipal laws. ... KARACHI: PPP demands release of Orangi town nazim KARACHI, Nov 2: National Assembly members of the People's Party Parliamentarians on Tuesday denounced the detention of Orangi Town Nazim Shahid Alam, who has been behind the bars for about 20 months. ... KARACHI: Aiwan-i-Riffat yet to get grant pledged by president KARACHI, Nov 2: The city government is preparing answers to the queries recently raised by a senator about the fate of Aiwan-i-Riffat. ... KARACHI: Local govt commission summons nazim: MDA, LDA devolution issue KARACHI, Nov 2: The Sindh Local Government Commission has asked City Nazim Naimatullah Khan to appear before it on Nov 18 along with all relevant record in connection with the failure to withdraw his notifications regarding defunct Malir and Lyari Development authorities. ... KARACHI: FIA's powers in bank probe challenged KARACHI, Nov 2: A privatized bank has challenged in the Sindh High Court the Federal Investigation Agency authority to investigate its affairs. ... KARACHI: Yaum-i-Ali arrangements reviewed KARACHI, Nov 2: District Coordination Officer Mir Hussain Ali visited Nishtar Park and reviewed the arrangements made for Yaum- i-Ali to be observed on Ramazan 21. ... KARACHI: Four-year programme at KU KARACHI, Nov 2: The University of Karachi would be expanding its graduation programmes to four years period from the current three years. This was stated by the Vice-Chancellor, University of Karachi, Prof Dr Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui, while talking to APP on Tuesday. ... KARACHI: KTI demands compensation for vehicles torched KARACHI, Nov 2: The Karachi Transport Ittehad has demanded the administration for payment of compensation for buses, minibuses and coaches, which were recently put on fire by miscreants in the city. ... KARACHI: Compensation to heirs of blast victims ordered KARACHI, Nov 2: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad has directed the officials concerned to make payment of compensation amount to heirs of the martyrs of blasts at Hyderi mosque and Imambargah Ali Raza till Nov 3. ... KARACHI: Notice issued on bail plea of doctor brothers KARACHI, Nov 2: A division bench of High Court of Sindh, comprising Justice Wahid Bux Brohi and Justice Rehmat Hussain Jaffery, on Tuesday issued notice to the state for Nov 12 on a bail plea filed by Dr Akmal Waheed and Dr Arshad Waheed. ... KARACHI: Security beefed up as Eid approaches KARACHI, Nov 2: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui has said that activities of security agencies in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Monday evening was part of training exercise for action in residential areas in case of any emergency. ... KARACHI: Asthma cases on the rise KARACHI, Nov 2: Changing weather conditions in the city is aggravating plight of asthmatic patients reporting in large numbers to local hospitals with shortness of breath, tightness of chest, cough and wheeze - a whistling sound in breathing. ... LAHORE: Heritage foundation act approved LAHORE, Nov 2: The Standing Committee on Culture has approved the draft of the Punjab Heritage Foundation Act 2004 with certain amendments. The draft act will be presented in the provincial assembly in the next session for enactment. ... LAHORE: Feasibility of sewage treatment plants LAHORE, Nov 2: The Spanish Consortium for Water Treatment, Waste and Energy will send its experts to study the feasibility of establishment of sewage treatment plants in the city in two weeks. ... LAHORE: Teams to check utilization of funds LAHORE, Nov 2: Special teams comprising three members each from the Chief Minister's Inspection Team have been constituted for checking quality of work and utilization of funds in mega projects of agriculture, health, irrigation and education departments. ... LAHORE: Grade-21 for senior doctors LAHORE, Nov 2: The Punjab Governor has granted BPS-21 to Allama Iqbal Medical College/Jinnah Hospital principal Prof Dr Sibtul Hasnain and Punjab Institute of Cardiology head Prof Dr Jawad Sajid Khan in recognition of their meritorious services. ... PESHAWAR: Incinerators in govt hospitals underutilized PESHAWAR, Nov 2: The NWFP government has devised a mechanism for the safe disposal of infectious waste generated in small public sector hospitals in and around the city. ... PESHAWAR: Health services centre opens PESHAWAR, Nov 2: A health services centre has been launched in the city to provide services of specialist doctors, consultants and medical facilities to people who get insured. ... PESHAWAR: FC accused of violating law by altering fort facade PESHAWAR, Nov 2: The Frontier Corps has undertaken a project in the centuries-old Bala Hissar fort without taking permission from the archaeological authorities, officials told Dawn. ... PESHAWAR: Prefixes of 13 phone exchanges changed PESHAWAR, Nov 2: The PTCL's Northern Telecommunication Region-I has changed the prefixes of 13 telephone exchanges in the provincial capital and adjoining areas. ... PESHAWAR: Capital punishment commuted PESHAWAR, Nov 2: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of a murder accused to life imprisonment. ... HYDERABAD: Beetle causing mango tree disease identified HYDERABAD, Nov 2: Experts of the Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, working on a fatal mango disease have identified Asian Ambrosia Beetle Xylosandrus Crassiusculus as the cause of the spread of the affliction. ... HYDERABAD: Probe into poor quality construction material urged HYDERABAD, Nov 2: The district council here on Tuesday demanded an inquiry by a National Accountability Bureau team into use of substandard material in development works of millions of rupees. ... SHIKARPUR: 669 youths to get jobs SHIKARPUR, Nov 2: About 669 educated youths will get jobs in the education department, out of 9,143 candidates who had passed written test. ... HYDERABAD: Muttahida activist shot dead HYDERABAD, Nov 2: A Muttahida Qaumi Movement activist, Mohammad Saleem alias Saleem Inqilabi, was shot dead in a Phuleli police station area on early Tuesday morning. ... ISLAMABAD: SC orders release of convict ISLAMABAD, Nov 2: A news clipping saved the life of a convict undergoing capital punishment for the last fifteen years when the Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court acquitted him here on Tuesday. ... HYDERABAD: Traffic hazards deplored HYDERABAD, Nov 2: District council convener Nawab Rashid Ali Khan has deplored traffic hazards in the city and said that besides police, people should also realise their responsibilities and follow traffic rules. ... FAISALABAD: 13 injured in clash over appointment of Imam FAISALABAD, Nov 2: Thirteen people sustained injuries, one of them critical, when two groups traded fire over the issue of control of a mosque in Chak 124 GB of Jaranwala on Monday night. ... SIALKOT: Rs130 million for surgical school SIALKOT, Nov 2: The Punjab government has allocated a grant of Rs130 million for the establishment of a well-equipped surgical training school for producing skilled labour force in the city. ... SIALKOT: Laser land levellers still inoperative SIALKOT, Nov 2: The district government could not start laser land levelling acquired about two months ago due to the non-availability of operators and drivers for the machines. ... FAISALABAD: 'No-one will be allowed to create anarchy' FAISALABAD, Nov 2: Governor Khalid Maqbool warned on Tuesday if anyone tried to create anarchy in the name of politics, sectarianism and biradrism, he would be dealt with accordingly. ... JHANG: Flour mill employees looted JHANG, Nov 2: Two bandits snatched cash and cheques amounting to Rs1.5 million from employees of a flour mills in the Saddar area here on Monday. ... FAISALABAD: Agri varsity students protest expulsions FAISALABAD, Nov 2: Students of the University of Agriculture staged a protest demonstration outside the local press club and marched through different city roads in protest against expulsion of 26 students from the campus here on Tuesday. ... GUJRANWALA: 27 MMA men freed in circus fire case GUJRANWALA, Nov 2: A local anti-terrorism court No.1 acquitted 27 MMA activists when two witnesses refused to identify them and changed their statements in circus fire case here on Tuesday. ... BAHAWALPUR: PML-N men court arrest BAHAWALPUR, Nov 2: Fifteen PML-N office-bearers and activists, whose warrants of arrest had been issued, on Tuesday surrendered to the court of the Ahmedpur East judicial magistrate. ... SIALKOT: Student dies in firing by fellows SIALKOT, Nov 2: A student of the Murray College was shot dead on Tuesday when Muslim Student Federation activists resorted to firing in a protest rally held against the murder of MSF divisional president. ... SIALKOT: Garments training institute announced SIALKOT, Nov 2: Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association chairman Ijaz A. Khokhar has announced the establishment of a training institute in the city to produce skilled labour force. ... SAHIWAL: Woman, 7 children kidnapped SAHIWAL, Nov 2: Four gunmen kidnapped a woman and her seven children from Chak 185/9-L here on Monday. Police said Sajjad Safdar had gone to Faisalabad in connection with his job. ... MULTAN: Cardio OPD to start functioning in January MULTAN, Nov 2: The Multan Institute of Cardiology's (MIC) outpatient department (OPD) will start functioning from January, said Nishtar Medical College and Hospital Principal Executive Officer (PEO) Prof Dr Shabbir Ahmad Nasir on Monday. ... NAWABSHAH: Operation to reclaim occupied land begins NAWABSHAH, Nov 2: About 400 Rangers and police personnel launched a joint operation in the Sukhpur forest in Daulatpur here on Tuesday to reclaim 1,500 acres of forest land from illegal occupation. ... THATTA: Shortage of drugs killing snake-bite victims, says judge THATTA, Nov 2: Apart from negligence of doctors, the main cause of deaths of snake-bite victims in hospitals is shortage of anti-snake venom provided by the provincial and federal health departments. ... SANGHAR: Karo-kari: woman, man axed to death SANGHAR, Nov 2: A man and a woman were killed by the brother of the woman on the pretext of Karo-kari in Chak-14 in the jurisdiction of Mangli police station on Tuesday. ... MIRPURKHAS: 10 villages to be electrified MIRPURKHAS, Nov 2: A meeting held here on Tuesday approved Rs3.4 million electrification schemes of 10 villages in the district to be carried out under the Khushhal Pakistan Programme. ... SUKKUR: FIR against nine railway policemen registered SUKKUR, Nov 2: On the orders of the National Accountability Bureau, an FIR was registered on Tuesday against nine railway police officials of the Rohri railway police station. ... LANDI KOTAL: 20 held after row over illegal checkpoint LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Nov 2: Bara political authorities on Monday arrested 20 persons, 10 each from two rival groups, after their failure to reach an agreement over the removal of an illegal checkpost in the Qambarkhel area. ... HARIPUR: Labour rights body formed HARIPUR, Nov 2: A district-level forum, meant to protect the rights of the labour community was formed here on Monday. ... KOHAT: New train service KOHAT, Nov 2: The Pakistan Railway has announced that it will start economy class train service between Kohat and Karachi from Nov 15. ...

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