05 December 2004 Sunday 22 Shawwal 1425 KARACHI: PLGC seeks details of city govt contract KARACHI, Dec 4: The Sindh Local Government Commission (PLGC) has asked the City Nazim to furnish details of the contract made by the City District Government Karachi with a local firm. ... KARACHI: Muttahida activists give city festive look KARACHI, Dec 4: The city was buzzing with activities of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement workers, who were criss-crossing every nook and corner on motorbikes with party flag ... KARACHI: Holy Trinity Cathedral cleaned up KARACHI, Dec 4: A large number of the Trinity Methodist Girls High School students on Saturday participated in the cleaning up of the Holy Trinity Cathedral, one of the oldest churches in the city. ... KARACHI: Policeman dies while foiling bank robbery KARACHI, Dec 4: A policeman was shot dead and another was wounded when they resisted armed men in a bank robbery bid in PECHS on Saturday. ... KARACHI: Eight children burnt by chemical waste KARACHI, Dec 4: Eight children of a coastal village Siddique Goth, Bin Qasim Town, received burn injuries as certain chemical factories located at the Export Processing Zone ... KARACHI: Shahrah-i-Orangi to be completed in 24 months KARACHI, Dec 4: The adviser to chief minister, Mumtaz Hameed, on Saturday said that the provincial government wanted to provide all necessary facilities, including fresh water ... KARACHI: Inter exam forms schedule notified KARACHI, Dec 4: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, has announced the schedule for submission of examination forms for HSC (Intermediate) Part-II or parts I and II ... KARACHI: Modernity in literature discussed KARACHI, Dec 4: "Literature and the new age" was the topic discussed by writers at a seminar held under the aegis of Urdu Sindhi Adbi Foundation at the PACC on Friday. ... KARACHI: 118 women prisoners availing free legal aid KARACHI, Dec 4: Out of about 249 under-trial inmates at the Special Prison for Women, more than 118 are availing the free legal aid being provided by the Committee for the Welfare of the Female Prisoners ... KARACHI: STB ordered to publish books on time KARACHI, Dec 4: The Sindh Minister for Education and Literacy, Dr Hamida Khuhro, has directed the Sindh Textbook Board authorities to ensure timely publishing and supply of textbooks ... KARACHI: Disabled job quota to be increased to 3pc: minister KARACHI, Dec 4: The Provincial Minister for Culture and Tourism, Shabbir Ahmed Qaimkhani, has said the government has sent a proposal for enhancement for job quote for special people ... LAHORE: Park agreement: PHA blamed for foul play LAHORE, Dec 4: The Anti-Corruption Establishment, Punjab, has held the Parks and Horticulture Authority responsible for a faulty agreement with a firm for the development of an amusement park at Doongi Ground in Gulberg. ... PESHAWAR: Funds for Wapda cell, reforms unit released PESHAWAR, Dec 4: The NWFP finance department has released about Rs6 million for its special cell established recently to take care of matters pertaining to the Water and Power Development Authority ... PESHAWAR: Customs checkpoints in Chitral demanded PESHAWAR, Dec 4: The traders and business community of Chitral have urged the government to sanction customs and immigration checkpoints at three locations in their area to facilitate cross border ... PESHAWAR: Six accused refused bail in students abuse case PESHAWAR, Dec 4: Six former staffers of the City Government Higher Secondary School No 3 for Boys charged in the sexual abuse case of students were arrested on Saturday ... PESHAWAR Varsity, NTS sign MoU PESHAWAR, Dec 4: NWFP University of Engineering and Technology Vice-Chancellor Syed Imtiaz Husain Gilani on Saturday stressed the importance of engineers in the development of the country's infrastructure. ... PESHAWAR: Newsmen attacked PESHAWAR, Dec 4: Newsmen covering the case of sexual abuse of students in a school were attacked by the supporters of suspects in the premises of sessions courts here on Saturday. ... HYDERABAD: Millers criticized for suspending crushing HYDERABAD, Dec 4: The Sindh Abadgar Board has said the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association has committed a national crime by suspending the crushing of sugarcane and termed the silence of the government on the issue a tragedy. ... SHIKARPUR: Protest against kidnapping of judges SHIKARPUR, Dec 4: Lawyers boycotted court proceedings, took out processions and held meetings across Sindh on Saturday to protest against Friday's kidnapping of two judges by bandits. ... DADU: Two diagnosed with polio in Dadu DADU, Dec 4: Biopsies of two children who were diagnosed with polio here on Saturday will be conducted in a laboratory in Islamabad for confirmation. ... KOHAT: Official accused of misusing authority KOHAT, Dec 4: A tribal leader has accused the assistant political agent of violating human rights and misusing authority. Haji Fazalur Rehman was addressing a press conference in Darra Adamkhel in the Frontier Region Kohat on Saturday. ... KARAK: Network problems affect Nadra work KARAK, Dec 4: People are facing difficulties in getting child registration certificates from the National Database and Registration Authority here as the computer network develops faults frequently, Dawn has learnt. ... MINGORA: Police still chasing bank robbers MINGORA, Dec 4: The police are still chasing the remaining three bank robbers who escaped early Friday morning from a mosque where they had taken shelter. ... LANDI KOTAL: 2 die in Khyber Agency LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Dec 4: A man was killed and a boy committed suicide in Khyber Agency on Friday. A bullet-riddled body was found in a car in Shah Kas area in Jamrud tehsil. ... QUETTA: Protesting jobless graduates briefly held QUETTA, Dec 4: Police briefly detained a group of jobless agriculture graduates who staged a demonstration in front of the main gate of the Chief Minister Secretariat, demanding jobs. ... SIALKOT: Daska TMA accused of corruption SIALKOT, Dec 4: Union council Nazims, Naib Nazims, other elected representatives of Daska have accused the Tehsil Municipal Administration officials of corruption and vowed to purge the area of the menace. ... SHEIKHUPURA: 'Terrorist' remanded in custody: Two accomplices held SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 4: Farooqabad police on Saturday obtained four-day physical remand of alleged terrorist Qari Muhammad Aslam who was arrested from Dera Mehlianwala mosque. ... TOBA TEK SINGH: Running finance to sugar mills ordered TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 4: The National Accountability Bureau has directed the Allied and Habib banks of Gojra to release the running finance to Chaudhry Sugar Mills (owned by Mian Nawaz Sharif family) with immediate effect. ... BAHAWALPUR: Call to enforce child labour laws BAHAWALPUR, Dec 4: Office bearers of the children rights committee have demanded of the government to strictly enforce the child labour laws. ... MULTAN: OSD post created to end confusion MULTAN, Dec 4: The provincial authorities concerned have created a supernumerary post of OSD in BS-18 to end the confusion gripping the local excise and taxation department as two senior officials claim to be the occupant of regional director office. ... GUJRANWALA: Eight injured in armed clash GUJRANWALA, Dec 4: Eight people were injured seriously in an armed clash between two rival groups while police arrested over 25 rioters, including a UC Nazim, in Rakh Kikeranwali village on Ferozewala Road on Saturday. ... FAISALABAD: Steps promised to protect life, property FAISALABAD, Dec. 4: Deputy Inspector General of Police, Faisalabad Range, Sajjad Ahmed says a comprehensive plan has been chalked out to combat the crimes, investigate cases, trace culprits ...

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