08 December 2004 Wednesday 25 Shawwal 1425 KARACHI: City govt plans to establish force against encroachment KARACHI, Dec 7: The city government has decided to set up a force to remove illegal encroachments and check their re-emergence in the city. ... KARACHI: Foundation of city's first underpass laid KARACHI, Dec 7: The foundation-stone of the city's first underpass was laid at Gharibabad traffic intersection in Liaquatabad Town by the City Nazim, Niamatullah Khan, on Tuesday. ... KARACHI: Police and dealers move to check cell phone theft KARACHI, Dec 7: Police have constituted an anti-mobile phone snatching team to be headed by SSP Sanaullah Abbasi. He will be assisted by the ASPs of Saddar, Preedy, Garden and SITE town investigation officer. ... KARACHI: KIHD to start work on Jan 28 KARACHI, Dec 7: The 120-bed Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases will start functioning from Jan 28, and it would be equipped with modern diagnostic and treatment facilities. ... KARACHI: Committee to settle academic session issue KARACHI, Dec 7: The steering committee of the Sindh education department will take up the directive of the provincial education minister regarding delaying the commencement of academic session ... KARACHI: CHK's burns centre opens on 13th KARACHI, Dec 7: Provincial Health Secretary Prof Naushad Shaikh has said that the state-of-art burns centre of the Civil Hospital Karachi will start functioning from Dec 13. ... KARACHI: Mandatory refresher course for teachers KARACHI, Dec 7: The Sindh Education Minister, Dr Hamida Khuhro, with regard to about 7,000 teachers to be recruited, said in a meeting on Tuesday that they would be imparted three months training before their posting. ... KARACHI: Vaccination programmes streamlined KARACHI, Dec 7: The Sindh government is streamlining vaccination programmes with particular reference to Polio Eradication Strategy to ensure plugging all possible loopholes ... KARACHI: Offices of JI, ST set on fire KARACHI, Dec 7: Offices of Sunni Tehreek and Jamaat Islami were set on fire by unknown persons in Lines Area early on Monday morning, police said. ... KARACHI: SPLA election results KARACHI, Dec 7: Prof Manzoor Hussain Chishti has been elected as the president of the Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) for the session 2004-05. ... KARACHI: SHC vacates stay against removal of structures - Sohrab Goth terminus KARACHI, Dec 7: The Sindh High Court vacated on Tuesday its stay order against removal of encroachments from the site of the new bus terminus near Sohrab Goth. ... KARACHI: Demo against detention of doctor brothers KARACHI, Dec 7: Joint Doctors Action Committee on Tuesday staged a protest demonstration in front of Karachi Press Club against detention of Dr Akmal Waheed and Dr Arshad Waheed even after their bail from the Sindh High Court. ... KARACHI: Kidnappers of three judges identified, claims Rauf KARACHI, Dec 7: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui said on Tuesday that the authorities had identified the kidnappers of three judges and had reached close to them. ... KARACHI: SHC allows appeal in extortion case KARACHI, Dec 7: An Anti-Terrorism Appellate bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC), comprising Justice Wahid Bux Brohi and Justice Rahmat Hussain Jafferi on Tuesday allowed an appeal in an extortion case and remanded the case for retrial. ... KARACHI: Chemical sciences workshop begins KARACHI, Dec 7: The Acting Director of the International Centre for Chemical Sciences, University of Karachi, Prof Dr Iqbal Choudhry, on Tuesday said expertise in chemical sciences could play a key role in national progress ... KARACHI: BCom exams from 9th KARACHI, Dec 7: The University of Karachi on Tuesday announced that annual examinations of BCom (private/regular) parts I, II, and both old and new courses, will commence on December 9. ... LAHORE: Body to formulate safety standards: Rides, merry-go-rounds LAHORE, Dec 7: District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood has said that only the rides and merry-go-rounds conforming to international safety standards will be allowed to operate in the city. ... LAHORE: Case transfer by IGP challenged LAHORE, Dec 7: Whether the inspector-general of police was competent to transfer the investigation of a case under the Police Order, 2002, was the legal question raised through a writ petition seeking IG's order to be declared illegal. ... LAHORE: Bhat's film screening next year LAHORE, Dec 7: The first India-Pakistan co-production will be screened in Indian cinemas by the end of January or early February next year, subject to censorship. ... LAHORE: Christians to get salary before X-mas LAHORE, Dec 7: The government has ordered payment of December salaries to the Christian employees throughout the country before Christmas, and the accountant general's offices are making arrangements for the same. ... LAHORE: SHO, ASI summoned for torturing accused LAHORE, Dec 7: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday ordered the Chunian police station SHO and an ASI to submit on Wednesday the reason of torturing an accused who claimed that he had lost his hearing. ... LAHORE: Minister for developing culture of research LAHORE, Dec 7: Federal Health Minister Naseer Khan has called upon the medical professionals to develop a culture of research in the country. ... PESHAWAR: Ambitious plan for tourism in NWFP PESHAWAR, Dec 7: The Sarhad Tourism Corporation (STC), a provincial public sector organization responsible for developing tourism in the NWFP, has proposed promotion of the Gandhara civilization ... PESHAWAR: Call for major changes in Fata system PESHAWAR, Dec 7: Speakers at a seminar here have called for a realistic approach in efforts to bring about changes in the decades-old legal, judicial and administrative set-up in tribal areas. ... KARACHI: Two suspects wounded in encounter KARACHI, Dec 7: Police arrested two suspects after an encounter in North Karachi. Police said that two suspects on a motorcycle (KBC-9887) were depriving two women of gold ornaments ... PESHAWAR: Triple-murder case sent to sessions judge PESHAWAR, Dec 7: An anti-terrorism court transferred here on Tuesday a triple-murder case to the district and sessions judge. ... PESHAWAR: Services of two policemen terminated PESHAWAR, Dec 7: Two police inspectors have been sacked for registering a bogus case against a person and spoiling a state case against the accused during judicial proceedings. ... PESHAWAR: Plan for better health services PESHAWAR, Dec 7: NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah has said that the government is preparing a plan for public-private participation for better utilization of health units. ... HYDERABAD: Workers threaten to stop power supply: Wapda privatization HYDERABAD, Dec 7: The Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union has threatened to suspend power supply to the entire country if a proposal to privatize Wapda is not abandoned and problems of Wapda employees are not resolved. ... HYDERABAD: Four children burned to death HYDERABAD, Dec 7: Four children burned to death in two separate incidents of fire in the city and Latifabad here on Tuesday. Three children of Kamran Yousuf zai were killed when a fire engulfed a room ... SIALKOT: Police clueless about murder of boy SIALKOT, Dec 7: Kotwali police on Tuesday could not find clue to the alleged killer(s) of the son of a local industrialist. Reports said the body of Bilal (13), son of Haji Arif, was found from the bushes on the slopes of Sialkot Fort ... SAHIWAL: Medical education at DHQ hospital SAHIWAL, Dec 7: The Punjab government has approved a 'mini-medical college' at DHQ hospital, Sahiwal, where 50 students would get Part-II education. ... SARGODHA: Sargodha TMA affairs under investigation - Presidential grant SARGODHA, Dec 7: An important officer of the Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) has reportedly been taken into custody by a sensitive institution for investigation into alleged corruption in various TMA contracts. ... SIALKOT: 370 teachers recruited SIALKOT, Dec 7: The district government has recruited some 370 educators to fill the vacant posts in various government schools. District Nazim Naeem Javaid and DCO Tahir Raza Naqvi told newsmen here on Tuesday that all appointments had been made on merit. ... NAWABSHAH: Canal breach damages crops NAWABSHAH, Dec 7: The Sujawal minor canal developed a 30-foot wide breach near Shadi Khan Rind village on Tuesday. As a result, wheat and sugarcane crops standing over 100 acres of land were damaged. ... HARIPUR: Boy flying kite falls to death HARIPUR, Dec 7: A man and a seven-year-old boy died in two different incidents in the district on Monday evening. Family sources told police that the boy, Junaid Hussain, was killed when he fell from the roof of his house ... LANDI KOTAL: Wapda gets fund for repairing power lines LANDI KOTAL, Dec 7: The political administration will provide Rs500,000 to Wapda for repairing damaged electricity lines in the Landi Kotal tehsil. ... BANNU: 25 tribesmen arrested BANNU, Dec 7: Political authorities of the Bannu Frontier Region (BFR) have arrested 25 tribesmen and seized five vehicles in a crackdown on the Mamandkhel branch of the Wazir tribe here. ... MANSEHRA: Kidnap plot: nine held in Mansehra MANSEHRA, Dec 7: The Mansehra police on Monday arrested nine people on the charge of plotting to kidnap an official of the defunct Kund Devli Forest Cooperative Society and members of his family, and seized arms from their possession. ... SHIKARPUR: Kidnapping of judges; 30 held SHIKARPUR, Dec 7: A joint team of police and Rangers arrested 30 people in connection with the kidnapping of two sessions judges. The arrests were made during a raid on village Mahi Khan Shar in the Dakhan area on Tuesday. ...

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