22 December 2004 Wednesday 09 Ziqa'ad 1425 KARACHI: Awareness of infectious diseases stressed KARACHI, Dec 21: City Nazim Niamatullah Khan on Tuesday underlined the need to launch a campaign to create awareness of infectious diseases to help save precious lives. ... KARACHI: Value of looted valuables still being ascertained KARACHI, Dec 21: The exact worth of valuables taken away by a private security guard from a Faysal Bank branch could not be ascertained on Tuesday as bank staff remained busy contacting the customers. ... KARACHI: Minister claims decline in crime rate KARACHI, Dec 21: Provincial Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui on Tuesday claimed a considerable decline in the crime rate in Karachi and the rest of the province during the past six months due to effective government policies ... KARACHI: Importance of quality education underlined KARACHI, Dec 21: Education has always been a diverse and challenging process. A good educational institution must provide productive and balanced co-curricular activities along with quality education ... KARACHI: Official's son identified in ransom case KARACHI, Dec 21 An eye-witness in a kidnapping for ransom case identified on Tuesday one of the six accused, who included sons of three senior government officials. ... LAHORE: Two rakes for KCR being built in Lahore LAHORE, Dec 21: Two rakes of passenger coaches will be handed to the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) in the second week of January next, it is learnt. ... KARACHI: KBCA receives 7,500 requests for regularization KARACHI, Dec 21: The Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) has, so far, received 7,500 applications for regularization of illegal buildings and the number of such applications may go up by 10,000 by Dec 31. ... KARACHI: Four judges transferred KARACHI, Dec 21: Sindh High Court Chief Justice Saiyed Saeed Ashhad has issued orders for transfer of four judges in the province. SHC Registrar Husain Bakhsh Khoso has been transferred to Khairpur ... KARACHI: CHK gets renovated imaging department KARACHI, Dec 21: The inauguration of the upgraded radio-diagnostic and imaging department was held at Civil Hospital on Tuesday. ... ISLAMABAD: UC by-poll results notified ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: The Election Commission on Tuesday announced results of by-elections of three nazims and five naib nazims held on Dec 15 in Punjab. ... LAHORE: SP called in SHO's case LAHORE, Dec 21: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday directed SP (Operations) Aftab Ahmad Cheema to appear in person on Jan 17 to explain reason for the plea that the conviction of the Harbanspura SHO should be suspended. ... LAHORE: Interim bail of Ravi Town Nazim extended LAHORE, Dec 21: An Anti-Corruption Court on Tuesday extended the interim bail of Ravi Town Nazim Amer Munir till Dec 23 (Thursday). An ACE official told Dawn that the Nazim's bail was extended ... MUZAFFARABAD: Token hunger strike by retired clerk MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 21: A former employee of the AJK education department who had been sent on 'forced retirement' three years ago staged a token hunger strike on the premises of the old Civil Secretariat on Tuesday. ... PESHAWAR: Govt's decision to hike expenditures - Regularizing services of contract employees PESHAWAR, Dec 21: The NWFP government's decision to regularize the services of thousands of contract employees will raise its annual establishment cost in proportion to gross domestic product (GDP) ... PESHAWAR: PHC to hear writ pleas against admission of minister's brother PESHAWAR, Dec 21: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday admitted two writ petitions for to full hearing challenging the admission given to NWFP health minister's brother to Khyber Medical College. ... PESHAWAR: Students call for revival of study tours PESHAWAR, Dec 21: The Pakhtun Student Federation, Islamia College's chapter, has demanded revival of study tours and keeping all college hostel gates open at night. ... PESHAWAR: Modern method urged in teaching science PESHAWAR, Dec 21: Speakers at a workshop here on Tuesday urged heads of public sector colleges in the province to adopt modern techniques for teaching science subjects to prepare their students for the National Science Talent Contest. ... HYDERABAD: Wasa's dues recovery drive criticized - Supply of polluted water continuing HYDERABAD, Dec 21: Members of district council have criticized the dues recovery drive launched by the Water and Sanitation Agency on the ground that it is still supplying contaminated water to people of Latifabad and other parts of Hyderabad. ... HYDERABAD: Call for monitoring fund utilization HYDERABAD, Dec 21: Convener of the district council Nawab Rashid Ali Khan has called for coordinated efforts by different forums and local government representatives to determine the funds so far given to HDA have been properly utilised. ... HYDERABAD: Legal action against defaulters ordered HYDERABAD, Dec 21: Senior member of the Sindh Board of Revenue, Mirza Karim Baig, has directed revenue officials to achieve their recovery target within the stipulated period and take legal action against defaulters. ... HYDERABAD: 34 plazas declared defaulters HYDERABAD, Dec 21: Wasa has declared 34 plazas and multi-storey buildings of the City, Latifabad and Qasimabad talukas as chronic defaulters in the payment of water and sewerage bills. ... LANDI KOTAL: Torkham highway blocked by tribesmen at Sultan khel LANDI KOTAL, Dec 21: Angry tribesmen blocked the Peshawar-Torkham highway at Sultan khel area in Landi Kotal on Tuesday in protest against the killing on Nov 17 of their two persons by highwaymen in Gotki, Sindh. ... KOHAT: PTCL starts wireless phones in Kohat KOHAT, Dec 21: The PTCL launched its wireless loop telephone service in Kohat on Tuesday. The service was inaugurated by divisional engineer Badruzzaman, who announced that initially 250 connections had been released ... LANDI KOTAL: Patients suffer as doctors go on strike LANDI KOTAL, Dec 21: Patients faced a lot of hardship at the agency headquarters hospital here as doctors, medical staff and paramedics association of Khyber Agency went on strike on Tuesday to protest against prolonged power breakdowns in the hospital. ... FAISALABAD: Shoddy deal alleged in land lease FAISALABAD, Dec 21: The Pakistan Railways has leased out its 22.2 kanals land situated in the heart of the city through a shoddy deal to an influential person for 30 years against a 'one-time advance' Rs1.2 million. ... SAHIWAL: Bus driver held for 'injuring' student SAHIWAL, Dec 21: Police on Tuesday registered a case against a bus driver and arrested him for 'injuring' a student. Earlier, the police had booked 19 students for 'looting' the valuables of passengers and damaging the vehicle and arrested nine. ... SHEIKHUPURA: Tehsil council cancels land allotments SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 21: On the demand of members, the tehsil Naib Nazim on Tuesday cancelled all land allotments allegedly made by the tehsil Nazim, TMO and the TO to their favourites during the last three years. ... MULTAN: Two gangs of dacoits smashed MULTAN, Dec 21: Law-enforcers in Khanewal claim to have busted two alleged gangs of highwaymen and dacoits. The police claimed to have recovered Rs6.3 million of the plundered money from one of the gangs. ... DERA GHAZI KHAN: DPO wants Dera tribal area abolished - Alarming crime rate DERA GHAZI KHAN, Dec 21: The special status of tribal area of the Dera Ghazi Khan district should be abolished by including it in settled area where some employees of the Border Military Police are allegedly abetting criminal activities. ... SUKKUR: District nazim officials, summoned: Water contamination case SUKKUR, Dec 21: The Sindh High Court, Sukkur circuit bench, has summoned the Sindh attorney general, district nazim and officials of the irrigation department ... SANGHAR: Call for study of soil fertility SANGHAR, Dec 21: Speakers at a seminar on "Grow more wheat" have demanded that the federal government should analyse the fertility of the soil in Sindh. The seminar was held at the district agriculture office on Tuesday. ... JACOBABAD: Judges' kidnapping - 12 arrested JACOBABAD, Dec 21: Larkana, Shikarpur and Jacobabad police jointly carried out an operation against bandits in Garhi Khero in the jurisdiction of Mohammadpur police station here on Tuesday ...

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