10 November 2004 Wednesday 26 Ramazan 1425 KARACHI: Ibad inspects security arrangements in city KARACHI, Nov 9: The Governor Sindh, Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan, has said cooperation between police and the public is essential for peace and tranquillity in the city, adding that community policing during the month of Ramazan and eid ... KARACHI: Monetary problems key cause of suicides KARACHI, Nov 9: The cases of suicide have marked a significant decline as a whole in the city but its ratio among women has shown an alarming rise during the January-September this year as compared with the corresponding period of the last year. ... KARACHI: City govt to spend taxes, grants for uplift works KARACHI, Nov 9: The city government will carry out development work in four industrial areas with various taxes as well as grants from federal and provincial governments. ... KARACHI: Clash over mosque claims three lives KARACHI, Nov 9: Three people, including two activists of a religious party, were killed and four others wounded in a clash between two groups over the control of a mosque in Shah Faisal Colony late Tuesday night. ... KARACHI: Doctor found dead KARACHI, Nov 9: A doctor was killed by unknown persons at Sandspit. Police said Dr Nasir Iqbal Shah, 38, was living in his hut N-66 since last one-and-a-half year. On Tuesday morning, dogs started barking outside his hut ... KARACHI: Three shot dead KARACHI, Nov 9: A middle-aged man was killed by unknown suspects late Monday night in Chakiwara police limits. Police said Ramzan alias Dada was sitting near Maula Madad Chowk in Sangulane when unknown suspects on a motorcycle pulled up and shot him. ... KARACHI: Extortion 'business' goes on unchecked KARACHI, Nov 9: Pakistan Qaumi Razakar (PQR) which are a volunteer force and are supposed to supplement and assist the regular police force in cases of emergencies, are also allegedly indulging in extortion. ... KARACHI: Many out of work amid slump in ship-breaking KARACHI, Nov 9: The arrival of a small vessel at the Gaddani ship-breaking yard's plot 45 on Tuesday was a whiff of fresh air for some of the workers whose livelihood depends solely on activity in the ship-breaking area. ... KARACHI: 75,000 students to take degree exams at KU KARACHI, Nov 9: About 75,000 candidates would take degree exams commencing from Nov 25 at the University of Karachi, said a university official on Monday. ... KARACHI: Ombudsman to have nine regional offices KARACHI, Nov 9: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said that the government is expanding the working of provincial Ombudsman and nine regional Ombudsman offices are being set up in the province. ... KARACHI: Lacunas hamper SBTA action against faulty blood banks KARACHI, Nov 9: Delay in the appointment of special magistrates and prosecution lawyers is hampering the Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority efforts to take action against blood banks failing to meet registration criterion. ... LAHORE: Fate of 10,000 food cases still not known LAHORE, Nov 9: Of more than 17,000 cases transferred to the courts of six judicial magistrates at the time of devolution and afterwards, the fate of over 10,000 cases is not known to the City District Government food squad. ... LAHORE: NOCs given for cement plants in Kahoon: Environment issue LAHORE, Nov 9: The Punjab Environment Protection Department (EPD) has issued no-objection certificates (NoCs) for the construction of two cement plants in Kahoon Valley, Chakwal ... PESHAWAR: Rape victim pleads for govt protection: Home set on fire by accused PESHAWAR, Nov 9: An alleged rapist who later set the house of the rape victim on fire in a village of Charsadda district is still at large despite public outcry. ... PESHAWAR: 'Unfriendly' rickshaws adding to pollution PESHAWAR, Nov 9: Despite being declared as an unfriendly vehicle some circles in the province are trying to get the Ching Chee rickshaws regularized. ... PESHAWAR: Campaign for better wheat yield planned PESHAWAR, Nov 9: The government has devised a plan to launch an awareness campaign for farmers and a training programme for its field staff to improve wheat crop yield during the current financial year, according to official sources. ... MINGORA: Traffic jams in Mingora MINGORA, Nov 9: The traffic problem in Mingora has taken a serious turn, as long queues are observed everyday on almost all main roads. In Ramazan the situation has further worsened. ... HYDERABAD: HDA workers assured of dues' payment HYDERABAD, Nov 9: Director General of the Hyderabad Development Authority Tahir Ahmed has directed the managing director of the Water and Sanitation Agency to ensure payment of salaries ... HYDERABAD: Launching of LBOD-II project criticized HYDERABAD, Nov 9: Irrigation experts and farmers, expressing their scepticism on the launching of phase-II of the Left Bank Outfall Drain programme, have demanded that environmental study of phase-I of the programme should be conducted first. ... HYDERABAD: Commercial project at park opposed HYDERABAD, Nov 9: Two women members of the district council belonging to the Al-Khidmat group have condemned the resumption of work on a commercial plaza in Ayesha Park, Latifabad-8, by the taluka municipal administration. ... HYDERABAD: Officials accused of violating court order HYDERABAD, Nov 9: A leader of the Awami National Party has appealed to federal and provincial governments and the chief justice of the Sindh High Court to take notice of violation of a court order by railway officials and police who had dispossessed him of his property. ... FAISALABAD: 42 housing schemes declared illegal FAISALABAD, Nov 9: The Tehsil Municipal Administration (Saddar) has declared 42 private housing schemes, including the Judicial Officers Colony, illegal. TMA Nazim Muhammad Afzal issued notices to the residential colonies ... GUJRAT: Action against DCO, EDOs contemplated: Compliance on CM's directives GUJRAT, Nov 9: The provincial authorities have decided to take disciplinary action against the Gujrat district coordination officer and executive district officers of several departments ... SUKKUR: Wholesalers warn of closing flour shops: Dispute with mills SUKKUR, Nov 9: The supply of cheap flour through mobile vans by the Sindh Flour Mills Association to different localities of the city has caused a dispute between wholesalers of flour and millers. ... SIALKOT: 73 schools provided buildings: nazim SIALKOT, Nov 9: The district government has provided buildings to all the 73 schools in the rural areas. District Nazim Mian Naeem Javaid told newsmen here on Tuesday ... SIALKOT: Fresh probe into Sialkot bomb blast begins SIALKOT, Nov 9: A security agency on Tuesday started a 'probe' into the Oct 1 blast at a local mosque in which 35 people were killed. ... MIANWALI: Drug trade flourishes in Daudkhel MIANWALI, Nov 9: Daudkhel is the second largest wholesale drug market where opium, charas and heroin powders are available in almost pure quality. Drug peddlers across the province have nexus with the local stockists who meet their demands. ... SIALKOT: Sialkot people remember Iqbal SIALKOT, Nov 9: The people of Sialkot, the city of great poet and philosopher Allama Iqbal, observed the Iqbal Day with traditional zeal. People paid homage to Iqbal on his 127th birth anniversary. ... SIALKOT: Villagers concerned over erosion SIALKOT, Nov 9: Continuous erosion due to changing courses of the Chenab have forced the poor villagers residing in Bajwat sector to protest against the negligence of the department concerned. ... GILGIT: Two youths shot, injured in Gilgit GILGIT, Nov 9: A group of unruly youth shot and injured two young men in a market on Monday and stopped people from protesting against kidnapping and alleged molestation of two students. ... DADU: Admissions on fake domiciles alleged: Chandka Medical College DADU, Nov 9: A group of students of the district have alleged that sons of influential people who belonged to other districts but had got fake domiciles have been granted admissions to the Chandka Medical College, Larkana, on reserved seats for Dadu. ... LARKANA: Cut in Bar seats to be challenged LARKANA, Nov 9: The Sindh Bar Council members from here will challenge the decrease in the number of the council members made through an ordinance in the court. ... KARACHI: 64 women in Darul Amans await court verdicts KARACHI, Nov 9: Around 64 women lodged in four government-run Darul Amans (shelter homes) in Sindh are waiting since long for court verdicts to decide their fates ... SKARDU: Woman, four daughters die of suffocation SKARDU, Nov 9: A woman and her four daughters died of suffocation due to leakage of gas in their house in Alamdar Chowk here on Tuesday, police said. ...

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