03 December 2004 Friday 20 Shawwal 1425 KARACHI: 2nd inter-city bus terminal project launched KARACHI, Dec 2: The City Nazim, Naimatullah Khan, on Thursday laid the foundation stone of Karachi's second inter-city bus terminal at Razaqabad on the National Highway. ... KARACHI: Govt cancels plots along KPT flyover KARACHI, Dec 2: The Sindh government has cancelled the offer letter pertaining to several plots on Korangi Road to their potential buyer as the land involved is now required for the construction of a road for the KPT flyover ... KARACHI: Rangers give up possession of maternity home, dispensary KARACHI, Dec 2: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui has said that 50,000 people would be benefited after functioning of the maternity home and dispensary of Nusrat Bhutto Colony. ... KARACHI: Karo-kari culprits deserve no relief: NGOs KARACHI, Dec 2: Various NGOs at a meeting here on Thursday demanded capital punishment to the culprits of Karo-kari, and suggested that the relief under Qisas and Diyat Ordinance should not be extended to a Karo-kari accused. ... KARACHI: Hall restrained from holding parties KARACHI, Dec 2: The Sindh High Court restrained an unauthorizedly constructed marriage hall on Thursday from hosting any wedding function pending hearing of the Karachi Building Control Authority case against it. ... KARACHI: Uplift works suffer KARACHI, Dec 2: Development works in the city were being delayed owing to withholding of their funds by the city government's finance department on the one pretext or the other. ... KARACHI: New meatless days from 8th KARACHI, Dec 2: The Sindh government's order with regard to the meatless days would be effective in the city limits from Wednesday (Dec 8). The provincial government has decided to observe Wednesdays and Thursdays as meatless days. ... KARACHI: Kara Film Festival opens today KARACHI, Dec 2: The fourth Kara Film Festival opens on Friday with feature films, documentaries and short films lined up for showing at the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs Auditorium. ... KARACHI: Man acquitted in pamphlets case KARACHI, Dec 2: An anti-terrorism court acquitted on Thursday a man in a case pertaining to distribution of objectionable pamphlets as the prosecution failed to bring any incriminating evidence against the defendant ... LAHORE: Constitutional infirmity in appointment of addl judges LAHORE, Dec 2: The appointment of eight additional judges for a period of one year suffers from constitutional infirmity because the constitution stipulates that no ad hoc or additional judge can be appointed against permanent vacancies. ... LAHORE: SCBA rejects federal commercial court LAHORE, Dec 2: The Supreme Court Bar Association on Thursday rejected the federal commercial court saying it was not only aimed at establishing a parallel judiciary but also sounded lack of confidence ... RAWALPINDI: Army's control on cantonments defended RAWALPINDI, Dec 2: Corps Commander Rawalpindi Lt-Gen Salahuddin on Thursday defended the army bureaucracy's tight control over cantonments, saying it was necessary to maintain discipline in the organization. ... PESHAWAR: Laws fail to eradicate child labour PESHAWAR, Dec 2: All of laws enforced to end forced child labour in the country have apparently failed to achieve the objective as, according to estimates, there are as many as 22.5 million children still engaged in the practice. ... PESHAWAR: Notice issued to Sindh govt in ANF plea PESHAWAR, Dec 2: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday issued a fresh notice to the Sindh government in a writ petition filed by the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) challenging the suspension of the prison term of a convicted drug trafficker Amanullah Kundi by the NWFP government. ... PESHAWAR: Ex-minister surrenders, gets pre-arrest bail PESHAWAR, Dec 2: Former provincial minister Bashir Khan Umerzai surrendered before the Peshawar district and sessions judge, Hayat Ali Shah, and was granted pre-arrest bail in two murder cases. ... PESHAWAR: NGO to set up Aids testing, counselling centre in jail PESHAWAR, Dec 2: An NGO will set up a voluntary counselling and testing centre in the Central Prison for testing prisoners' blood samples for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Auto-Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). ... PESHAWAR: 'Mid-standard exam system to be restored' PESHAWAR, Dec 2: Director of Schools and Literacy Fazle Manan said that the Middle Standard Examination System which was abolished some time ago would be restored. ... ISLAMABAD: Four new women jails being built: minister ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: The government has a plan to build four new women jails in the country, including one in Rawalpindi at a cost of Rs40.934 million, during the current financial year, says Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao. ... HYDERABAD: Improvement stressed in standard of education HYDERABAD, Dec 2: District Naib Nazim Nawab Rashid Ali Khan has called upon teachers, parents and local government functionaries to undertake joint efforts to improve the standard of education and literacy rate. ... HYDERABAD: Petitioner gets time to study report HYDERABD, Dec 2: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, on Thursday granted time to petitioner Mohammad Ishaq Qureshi advocate to study the report of the water contamination inquiry committee and present his arguments on December 15. ... PESHAWAR: Islamia College to set up institutions in other areas PESHAWAR, Dec 2: Islamia College Peshawar will establish sister institutions in other places of the province. ... QUETTA: Water project work to begin by 15th - Agreement signed in Quetta QUETTA, Dec 2: An agreement was signed on Thursday for implementation of the great Quetta water supply project funded by the federal government. ... GUJRANWALA: Sale of sasta atta begins GUJRANWALA, Dec 2: The provision of 10kg flour bags at the rate of Rs90 has been started at 50 sale points under the Punjab Chief Minister's 'sasta atta scheme.' ... GUJRANWALA: Gujranwala to have nuclear medicine centre GUJRANWALA, Dec 2: The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission has approved the establishment of institute of nuclear medicine and oncology in Gujranwala. ... SAHIWAL: Killer of ex-Nazim held after encounter SAHIWAL, Dec 2: An hour-long encounter between Farid Town police and proclaimed offenders involved in the murder of a former union council Nazim resulted in the arrest of one of the outlaws here on Thursday. ... HYDERABAD: Sugar mills announce closure HYDERABAD, Dec 2: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Owners Association has announced the closure of all sugar mills in Sindh from Friday (today). ... HYDERABAD: Minor girl falls into drain HYDERABAD, Dec 2: There is no trace of a body of a four-year-old girl, who fell into an open drain in Makrani Para here on Wednesday. Komal, daughter of rickshaw driver Qurban, slipped and fell into the drain while walking along with her friend. ... SUKKUR: Two held for trying to assault woman SUKKUR, Dec 2: The Pano Aqil police on Thursday morning arrested two of the six people who had allegedly tried to rape a married woman in the Salhani village on Wednesday. ... BADIN: Loan waiver for rain-hit farmers demanded BADIN, Dec 2: Representatives of agricultural organizations have called upon the president and prime minister to waive off loans of calamity-hit farmers of the district and announce a special package for their rehabilitation. ... JACOBABAD: Doctors' fees will be fixed - adviser JACOBABAD, Dec 2: Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister on Health Affairs Faisal Malik has said that doctors will be registered in the province and their fees will be fixed by the government under a new health policy. ... NAWABSHAH: Karo-kari: man kills wife NAWABSHAH, Dec 1: A man killed his wife on the pretext of Karo-kari in the Haji Mohammad Umer Sethar village, near Daur, on Wednesday. Jamalan, 22, was clubbed to death by her husband, Sudhir Waswano, on the pretext of illicit relations with his brother. ... DADU: Oil company urged to recruit local people DADU, Dec 2: Nazims, councillors and social workers of the Johi taluka held a demonstration outside the press club on Thursday in protest against the BHP oil and gas company for not providing jobs and land compensation to locals. ... MARDAN: Woman shot dead by husband MARDAN: Dec 2: A woman was shot dead by her husband, another committed suicide and a third woman was stabbed by her husband and admitted to hospital in a critical condition here on Thursday. ... KOHAT: Kohat telephone link suspended for hours KOHAT, Dec 2: The telecommunication link between Kohat and the rest of the country remained suspended for 18 hours when unidentified saboteurs reportedly damaged the fibre optics cable near Darra Adam Khel on Wednesday evening, it was learnt. ... HARIPUR: Rs9m schemes approved by council HARIPUR, Dec 2: The Tehsil council has approved Rs9 million worth of uplift projects to be undertaken under the 2004-05 Annual Development Programme. ... JHANG: Traffic police blamed for mess on roads JHANG, Dec 2: Social and political circles have expressed grave concern over the callous attitude of the traffic police for they have completely failed in controlling and regulating the traffic in and around Jhang. ...

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