12 November 2004 Friday 28 Ramazan 1425 KARACHI: Man dies as mourners attacked in Shah Faisal KARACHI, Nov 11: Yet another man was shot dead and three others were wounded in renewed violence in Shah Faisal Colony on Thursday, bringing the death toll in the three-day disturbances in the area to five. ... KARACHI: Young man, woman killed KARACHI, Nov 11: A man and a women were found murdered in a house in Pirabad on Thursday night. TPO SITE Imran Shaukat told Dawn that the deceased had rented the house a few days back in the Subhani Mohallah, Pirabad. ... KARACHI: Bail granted to security firm owner KARACHI, Nov 11: Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed of the Sindh High Court granted interim bail before arrest to the owner of a security agency whose guards escaped after robbing a foreign currency dealer of Rs 40 million. ... KARACHI: ATC puts off hearing in mosque blast case KARACHI, Nov 11: An anti-terrorism court put off on Thursday the hearing of the Haideri mosque bomb blast case against a worker of the Lashkar-i-Jhangvi after recording statements of two prosecution witnesses, who were injured in the incident. ... KARACHI: Law to replace jirga system next year KARACHI, Nov 11: The Sindh government is considering to issue an ordinance to empower a pious man for resolving disputes in the rural areas of the province. The ordinance is expected to be issued sometime next year. ... KARACHI: Makeshift stalls doing roaring business KARACHI, Nov 11: As the Eid festival draws nearer, excitement among people of all ages appears to be fast rising, and rush is growing at all shopping centres across the city. ... KARACHI: ESRA assures education dept of support KARACHI, Nov 11: The leadership of the Education Sector Reforms Assistance (ESRA) on Thursday assured the Sindh education department of all required technical and managerial support ... KARACHI: Burns centre at CHK to open next month KARACHI, Nov 11: The Burns Centre at the Civil Hospital Karachi, the only public sector facility of its kind in Sindh offering teaching and training services, along with treatment to burns patients, will become operational by the next month (December). ... KARACHI: Road safety education project planned KARACHI, Nov 11: The City District Government Karachi has decided to implement a road safety education park project. The project aims to inculcate among students good road safely habits ... KARACHI: Mistreatment of teacher slammed KARACHI, Nov 11: The acting principal of Government Science and Commerce Degree College, Gulshan-I-Iqbal on Thursday demanded the DO Colleges ... KARACHI: Training of birth attendants in suburbs needed KARACHI, Nov 11: Hundreds of expecting mothers in suburban areas of the city have to rely on traditional birth attendants (TBAs) for medical assistance at the time of delivery ... KARACHI: SHO, two constables held for taking bribe KARACHI, Nov 11: Three police officials, including an SHO, along with a civilian, have been arrested for making a deal with an absconding suspect for his release from custody. ... KARACHI: Police ordered to ensure peace during Eid days KARACHI, Nov 11: IGP Syed Kamal Shah has directed senior police officers to keep a strict watch on the organizations, as well as their members ... KARACHI: FIR of KU student's killing registered KARACHI, Nov 11: The Ferozabad police on Thursday registered an FIR pertaining to the death of 21-year-old Karachi University student, Faraz Ahmed, whose body with torture marks was found in a vacant plot in PECHS on Wednesday morning. ... LAHORE: Prisoners in Punjab to get 4-month remission LAHORE, Nov 11: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi announced a two-month remission for all prisoners in Punjab jails while setting free around 330 from the Camp Jail here on Thursday. ... LAHORE: Non-perennial canals not to be fed in Rabi: Wheat without water LAHORE, Nov 11: The Punjab will not provide water for sowing of wheat crop to fields falling in the non-perennial canals' command area because of persistent drought in the country ... LAHORE: Lahore Zoo acquires 27 new animals LAHORE, Nov 11: Eid will be a joyous occasion for the city zoo goers, especially children, this year following the arrival of 27 new animals of different species from Karachi. ... LAHORE: Decision on building dams soon: Cheema LAHORE, Nov 11: Punjab Minister for Irrigation Aamir Sultan Cheema on Thursday hoped that the federal government would soon take a decision about building dams. ... LAHORE: FSC regrets 8-year delay in verdict LAHORE, Nov 11: The Federal Shariat Court on Thursday took strong exception to the delay of more than eight years in the decision of an appeal against the acquittal of two persons charged with committing gang-rape. ... LAHORE: Sialkot case accused get pre-arrest bail LAHORE, Nov 11: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday allowed bail before arrest of DIG Malik Muhammad Iqbal and 16 others and directed them to join the trial of the Sialkot jail firing case at the Anti-Terrorism Court of Gujranwala. ... PESHAWAR: Fresh appointments being made in Fata Secretariat: 400 surplus employees remain unused PESHAWAR, Nov 11: Despite maintaining a pool of about 400 surplus employees of the defunct Fata Development Corporation ... PESHAWAR: High Court orders production of FC official PESHAWAR, Nov 11: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday ordered production of an official of the Frontier Corps suffering from mental ailment and undergoing life term in prison. ... PESHAWAR: Dynamics of Bara markets change PESHAWAR, Nov 11: Influx of Chinese goods through legal imports has changed the dynamics of shopping malls in the Karkhano foreign goods bazaar, changing complexion of the market, according to trade and business circles. ... PESHAWAR: Jirga offers help to stop aerial firing on eve of Eid PESHAWAR, Nov 11: Jirga, a civil society organization of the Peshawar district, has offered its cooperation to the police to stop the menace of aerial firing on the eve of Eidul Fitr. ... HYDERABAD: City council approves shopping mall project HYDERABAD, Nov 11: The City Taluka Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution to construct a city shopping centre at its present building. ... HYDERABAD: Study outlines poets' contributions to people's struggle HYDERABAD, Nov 11: Prof Sahar Imdad in her research study 'Modern Sindhi Poetry: A new classic (1955-1975)' has pointed out that Sindhi poets ... HYDERABAD: Teachers warn of movement HYDERABAD, Nov 11: The district chapter of the Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association held a general body meeting at the Muslim Science College here on Wednesday under the chairmanship of the central vice-president of the association, Prof Khadim Khoso. ... DADU: Call to shelve Thal, Kalabagh projects DADU, Nov 11: District People's Party Parliamentarians president MNA Rafiq Ahmad Jamali has said that Kalabagh dam and greater Thal canal projects will adversely affect the agriculture system of Sindh. ... SUKKUR: Rs2.2m Zakat cheques distributed SUKKUR, Nov 11: Sindh Zakat and Ushr Minister Manzoor Ahmad Panhwar distributed Zakat cheques amounting to Rs2.2 million among 900 deserving people of Sukkur, Rohri, Salehpat and Pano Aqil talukas on Thursday. ... MIRPURKHAS: Worker dies, two injured in accident MIRPURKHAS, Nov 11: A labourer died and two sustained injuries when a truck loaded with sand overturned on the Samaro-Kot Ghulam Mohammad road near Bhagat village on Tuesday night. ... LARKANA: 1,300 teachers not paid salary since June LARKANA, Nov 11: Over 1,300 teachers working under the Middle School Project (MSP) have not received their salaries since July as the Sindh finance department is yet to clear a summary for the purpose. ... THATTA: Royalty for Sindh's resources demanded THATTA, Nov 11: Sindh People's Doctors Forum chief Dr Karim Khwaja has demanded that the province should be paid royalty for its mineral resources. ... SHIKARPUR: Three killed, 13 injured in accident SHIKARPUR, Nov 11: Three persons were killed and 13 others were injured in an accident on the Shikarpur-Garhi Yasin road near the Karan Sharif village on Thursday evening. ... KHAIRPUR: Payment of salary demanded KHAIRPUR, Nov 11: Over 800 employees, including the sanitary staff of the Khairpur Taluka Council, observed a strike here on Thursday on the third consecutive day in protest against non-payment of their salary for the month of October and Eid advance. ... HARIPUR: Vehicles banned in Haripur bazaar HARIPUR, Nov 11: The tehsil municipal administration of Haripur has banned the entry of all kinds of vehicles in the main bazaar from Wednesday. The ban would remain in force till chand raat, officials said. ... GILGIT: Teams set up to check power theft in N.Areas GILGIT, Nov 11: The Northern Areas public works department has formed teams to check power theft and misuse of electricity. Magistrates, police and Frontier Constabulary personnel and PWD staff would be included in the teams. ... ABBOTTABAD: Havelian-Karachi train service from 20th ABBOTTABAD, Nov 11: Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Sardar Mohammad Yaqoob, has said that a train service between Havelian and Karachi via Faisalabad will begin from Nov 20 ... LANDI KOTAL: Khyber Rifles' member killed LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Nov 11: A member of the Khyber Rifles was killed while another sustained bullet injury in an exchange of fire between law-enforcement agencies and anti-social elements during a raid ... QUETTA: Warning against spreading sectarianism QUETTA, Nov 11: District Nazim Mohammad Rahim Kakar said on Thursday that some ulema were spreading sectarian hatred and a few newspapers were encouraging those elements by publishing their statements. ... DERA GHAZI KHAN: Two hurt in tribal clash over girl: Over 7-hour shootout DERA GHAZI KHAN, Nov 11: Two people were reportedly injured in a gunbattle between the Leghari and Khosa tribes over a girl of Khosa tribe allegedly abducted ... FAISALABAD: Water accord with JICA signed FAISALABAD, Nov 11: The government of Pakistan and Japan International Coordination Agency (JICA) formally signed a Rs2.5 billion agreement for the provision of sweet water to the residents of Faisalabad the other day. ... LAHORE: Problems of poultry industry to be solved LAHORE, Nov 11: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said the government will examine the problems of the poultry industry and take proper steps for solving them. ... MULTAN: Desert jeep rally from Jan 7 MULTAN, Nov 11: Organizers of the Cholistan Desert Jeep Rally have finalized holding of the 413-kilometre-long rally from Jan 7 to 9, 2005. ... SIALKOT: Three killed by dacoits in Sialkot SIALKOT, Nov 11: Three people were shot dead by dacoits on offering resistance while cash and valuables were taken away in different strikes here during the last more than 24 hours. ... SIALKOT: Land occupation case against SHO, others SIALKOT, Nov 11: On the orders of the Lahore High Court (LHC), Daska police on Thursday registered a case against its SHO, a sub-inspector, two ASI, and ten policemen for trespassing on the house of a citizen, humiliating his family members and 'occupying' the land. ... LAHORE: Ban on air guns' import resented LAHORE, Nov 11: A local importer of air guns and pistols expressed surprise over the government decision to put the item on the list of banned item despite allowing the import of non prohibited bore arms and ammunition. ...

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