15 December 2004 Wednesday 02 Ziqa'ad 1425 KARACHI: City govt & Saudi firm sign agreement: Low-cost housing units KARACHI, Dec. 14: The Kanooz Group of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday signed an agreement with the city district government to build 7,000 low-cost housing units in Korangi. ... KARACHI: 447 illegal water connections removed KARACHI, Dec 14: The KWSB in its ongoing campaign against illegal hydrants and commercial/industrial connections has disconnected 447 water supply connections, thereby saving four million gallons of water per day. ... KARACHI: Joint body of donors, officials formed: Educational reforms KARACHI, Dec 14: The core group on education being headed by the Sindh Education and Literacy Minister, Dr Hamida Khuhro, at a meeting on Tuesday constituted an Education Sector Steering Committee (ESSC) to resolve problems ... KARACHI: Varsities-industry linkage stressed for progress KARACHI, Dec 14: The Chairman, Pakistan Council for Scientific, Industrial Research (PCSIR), Dr Anwarul Haq, has said universities play a dominant role in the development of a country. ... KARACHI: Foundation for Karsaz flyover laid KARACHI, Dec 14: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of Karsaz flyover to be constructed at the junction of Habib Ibrahim Rehmatullah Road and Sharea Faisal. ... KARACHI: Trucking business on Mauripur Road KARACHI, Dec 14: Trucking business continues as usual on Mauripur Road in Karachi south-west despite a ban imposed on it some years ago by the authorities concerned in a move to improve traffic position. ... KARACHI: First phase of Northern Bypass project inaugurated KARACHI, Dec 14: The first phase of the Karachi Northern Bypass project was formally inaugurated here on Tuesday. Federal Minister for Communications Mohammad Shamim Siddiqui performed the inauguration by unveiling the plaque at the Hub Chowki intersection. ... KARACHI: Cell-phone users irked by faulty service KARACHI, Dec 14: The telecommunication system of a private mobile phone company collapsed on Tuesday rendering its subscribers unable to connect to the networks of other service providers. ... KARACHI: Eye-witness identifies kidnappers KARACHI, Dec 14: An eye-witness in a kidnapping for ransom case against six accused, including sons of three senior government officials, identified three accused who allegedly kidnapped the victim. ... KARACHI: Hearings adjourned KARACHI, Dec 14: A number of cases listed for hearing on Tuesday were adjourned as the court recessed after tea break to mourn the death of Advocate Imtiaz Ahmed Lari. ... LAHORE: First Haj flight leaves tomorrow LAHORE, Dec 14: All is set to begin Haj flights from Lahore for Jeddah from Thursday (tomorrow) that will carry around 35,000 pilgrims up to Jan 15 without any interval. ... ISLAMABAD: Khyber tractors case hearing tomorrow ISLAMABAD, Dec 14: The Supreme Court will take up on Dec 16, a case of the Khyber Tractors Limited for the restoration of its appeal relating to duty exemption. ... LAHORE: Police can't charge for investigation LAHORE, Dec 14: Police investigation chief SSP Chaudhry Shafqaat has appealed to the public not to give a single penny to investigators of their cases (as cost of investigation). ... LAHORE: Cooperative Societies Act 'being amended' LAHORE, Dec 14: Punjab Cooperatives Minister Malik Mohammad Anwar has said the Cooperative Societies Act 1925 is being amended to check its misuse by housing societies and making the societies responsible for a solution to problems faced by plot owners. ... VEHARI: 'Artificial shortage' of DAP in Vehari VEHARI, Dec 14: Growers of the Vehari district and adjoining areas have protested against artificial shortage of DAP fertilizer by stockists and agency holders. ... FAISALABAD: A novel way to check cash snatching FAISALABAD, Dec 14: The Gulberg police have introduced a novel method to arrest the increasing incidents of cash snatching by rounding up the people carrying huge amounts and locking them in the police station. ... FAISALABAD: Two 'outlaws' killed, cop injured in encounter FAISALABAD, Dec 14: Two alleged outlaws were killed while a constable sustained multiple wounds in an encounter near Baqir Pull, about 45 kilometres from here, on Tuesday. ... LAHORE: Increase in meat price 'inevitable' LAHORE, Dec 14: Increase in the meat retail price has become inevitable in the wake of linking of the fee charged for the entry of animals to the city with the price in accordance with the Punjab Local Government Ordinance provisions. ... LAHORE: Unauthorized use of flag cars LAHORE, Dec 14: Many advisers, special secretaries and special assistants in the Punjab are unauthorizedly using flag cars despite clear-cut instructions from the federal and provincial governments. ... PESHAWAR: Security tightened for today's Malakand poll PESHAWAR, Dec 14: Arrangements have been completed for Wednesday's NA-35 by-election in Malakand. Home Secretary Abdul Karim Kasuria said the provincial government had dispatched 25 platoons of Frontier Constabulary ... SUKKUR: PPP MNAs criticize bifurcation of districts SUKKUR, Dec 14: People's Party Parliamentarians' MNA Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani has opposed making Kashmore a new district, instead of Kandhkot. In a statement issued here on Tuesday, he alleged that Kashmore had been made a district to benefit two political figures of the area. ... TOBA TEK SINGH: 40 detained in rape of minor girls TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 14: Gojra city police have detained 40 youth of the town to interrogate them into the alleged rape of five primary schoolgirls. The minor girls were kidnapped and assaulted by unknown people in five different cases in November. ... KOHAT: UC nazims seek road repairs KOHAT, Dec 14: Union council nazims have expressed concern over the sanction of new road schemes and demanded that district governments should first repair old roads instead of going for new ones. ... PESHAWAR: College to start evening classes PESHAWAR, Dec 14: The Edwards College will start evening classes from the next academic year to accommodate larger number of students. ... PESHAWAR: MNA demands wheat for Chitral PESHAWAR, Dec 14: A Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal MNA, Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali, has asked the federal government to provide wheat to people of Chitral. ... PESHAWAR: Women prisoners' children suffering PESHAWAR, Dec 14: A majority of women prisoners are forced to keep their children with them due to lack of support from their families. According to official figures more than 80 children are living in prisons with their mothers. ... PESHAWAR: Notices issued in student abuse case PESHAWAR, Dec 14: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday put the NWFP advocate general on notice in seven identical writ petitions filed by former employees of a local school ... PESHAWAR: Conviction of revenue officials set aside PESHAWAR, Dec 14: An accountability appellate bench of the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday set aside conviction of 27 officials of revenue department and remanded their case back to the trial court. ... PESHAWAR: Stolen drugs being sold openly PESHAWAR, Dec 14: Many wholesale pharmacists are selling drugs stolen from local hospitals in collaboration with health officials, chemists and health workers told Dawn. ... PESHAWAR: Entrepreneurs centre planned PESHAWAR, Dec 14: The NWFP University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, will set up an entrepreneur development centre in collaboration with SMEDA, officials say. ... HYDERABAD: Education boards in private sector opposed HYDERABAD, Dec 14: The Sindh chapter of the Islami Jamiat-i-Tuleba has claimed that 93.02 per cent voters have rejected the affiliation of government-run education boards with privately-run Aga Khan Education Board ... QUETTA: Thai woman arrested QUETTA, Dec 14: Anti-narcotics officials on Tuesday arrested a Thai woman on charge of drug smuggling before she boarded a Duabi-bound flight here on Tuesday. ... SHIKARPUR: Govt determined to curb crimes: Arbab SHIKARPUR, Dec 14: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said his government is determined to curb criminals and ensure peace in the province. ... SUKKUR: 48pc shortage of water in Indus SUKKUR, Dec 14: The River Indus is facing 48 per cent shortage of water and the shortage can increase to 65 per cent by Jan 25 which will severly affect Rabi crops. ... KOHAT: Human resources development urged KOHAT, Dec 14: Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has stressed the need for developing effective human resources and called upon higher educational institutions to improve this aspect because without it no country, having even rich natural resources, can prosper. ... GILGIT: N. Areas flour mills face closure GILGIT, Dec 14: Flour mills in the Northern Areas are facing closure as they are not getting wheat quota in accordance with their production capacity, sources have told Dawn. ...

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