18 December 2004 Saturday 05 Ziqa'ad 1425 KARACHI: Musharraf lauds nazim's role KARACHI, Dec 17: President Musharraf has commended the contribution of the City Nazim Naimatullah Khan for the development process of the metropolis. ... KARACHI: City govt to build more flyovers, says Nazim KARACHI, Dec 17: The work on the Shahrah-i-Quaideen Flyover is progressing satisfactorily and it will be opened for traffic in February, says City Nazim Naimatullah Khan. He was talking to journalists at the flyover site. ... KARACHI: KPT-funded two major road projects inaugurated KARACHI, Dec 17: President Pervez Musharraf has said that he foresees Karachi having a very different look within three to four years and it will be a pride for 14 million people living in the metropolis. ... KARACHI: Renovated City Council hall opens KARACHI, Dec 17: The City Council hall, which has been renovated and beautified at a cost of Rs14.464 million, was inaugurated on Friday by the City Naib-Nazim, Tariq Hassan. ... KARACHI: Law on thalassaemia screening proposed KARACHI, Dec 17: The Thalassaemia Federation of Pakistan, an umbrella organization of Thalassaemia societies, in close coordination with parliamentarians is expecting to get through a legislation turning ... KARACHI: Salt-tolerant trees for coastal areas KARACHI, Dec 17: A meeting to review progress with respect to the Rs6.5 million plantations of salt-tolerant trees in the coastal areas of Sindh was reviewed at a meeting held on Friday ... KARACHI: Radio journalists' workshop KARACHI, Dec 17: The three-day workshop highlighting the role of free press, fair and balanced reporting attended by journalists of international radio networks and Radio Pakistan concluded on Friday in Karachi. ... KARACHI: 30pc seats allocated for workers' children KARACHI, Dec 17: The Sindh Workers' Welfare Board on Friday announced that 30 per cent seats in five bachelors and two master programmes at Comset Institute of Information Technology ... KARACHI: Varsities told to keep check on affiliated colleges KARACHI, Dec 17: The Sindh Governor, Dr Ishratul Ibad, has stressed the need for improving the communication skills of students passing out from universities and other institutions of higher learning of the country. ... KARACHI: Body found in snooker club KARACHI, Dec. 17: Dead body of a 50-year-old man, identified only as Anwar, was recovered from a snooker club in Korangi on Friday. ... ISLAMABAD: Journalist Ali Abbas dies ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Veteran journalist Syed Ali Abbas died of cardiac arrest at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) here on Friday at around 12 noon. He developed chest infection and was admitted to Pims. ... LAHORE: NAB may take up PU cheques scandal LAHORE, Dec 17: The National Accountability Bureau has examined facts relating to the Punjab University cheques fraud case and may begin have formal investigation to expose the people behind it as police failed to make any headway ... LAHORE: Swings, rides to be registered LAHORE, Dec 17: All swings and rides in the city parks will be registered under the quality management system, and the law department will frame laws regarding their installation all over the province. ... MARDAN: Wapda men harassed by villagers MARDAN, Dec 17: A group of people Bakhshali village allegedly kidnapped two Wapda men while they were checking illegal connections. ... PESHAWAR: Juvenile offender granted bail PESHAWAR, Dec 17: The Peshawar High Court on Friday granted bail to a juvenile offender in a drug-related case. ... PESHAWAR: Kidnapped baby still not found PESHAWAR, Dec 17: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child has expressed concern over the kidnapping of a new born child from the Lady Reading Hospital and has urged the government to recover the baby ... HYDERABAD: Hyderabad to get city district status HYDERABAD, Dec 17: District Nazim Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman has said that Hyderabad district will soon be upgraded and given the status of a city district. ... SUKKUR: FIR filed against policemen - Prisoners' escape case SUKKUR, Dec 17: Twenty-six policemen were sent behind bars on Friday for their alleged involvement in an incident of firing which resulted in the death of two prisoners and escape of 10 others. ... NOWSHERA: Students block road on passport issue NOWSHERA, Dec 17: Students of a religious school blocked on Friday the Grand Trunk Road for more than three hours to protest against the exclusion of the religion column from the new machine readable passports. ... GUJRAT: Mandi police 'play a dirty trick' GUJRAT, Dec 17: The entire country has become a police state, says a 13-year-old resident of Kuthiala Syedan in Mandi Bahauddin, who had to quit his studies from sixth class due to alleged highhandedness of police. ... GUJRANWALA: 24 charge sheeted in Sialkot jail case GUJRANWALA, Dec 17: The Anti-Terrorism Court No 1 charge sheeted 24 accused involved in the Sialkot jail incident here on Friday. ... MULTAN: Two robbers killed, cop hurt in encounter MULTAN, Dec 17: Two alleged robbers were killed while a constable was injured in an encounter here on Friday night. ... SHEIKHUPURA: Transporters protest driver's killing SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 17: Scores of wagon drivers and transporters staged a protest rally on Friday against the rising incidents of dacoity and robbery. ... GUJRANWALA: Two kidnapped for pursuing double murder GUJRANWALA, Dec 17: An expatriate and an eyewitness to a double murder case were kidnapped by their rivals on the crowded Gondlanwala Chowk on the GT Road on Friday. ...

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