25 December 2004 Saturday 12 Ziqa'ad 1425 KARACHI: No official business on first day of PA session KARACHI, Dec 24: The Sindh Assembly on Friday, its first day of the winter session, failed to take up official business due to commotion, which started minutes after the session commenced and continued for more than an hour ... KARACHI: Cold storage in govt hospitals ordered KARACHI, Dec 24: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad on Friday ordered complete overhauling of the prevailing medico-legal system in the province. ... KARACHI: PPP seeks suo motu action on Qambar killings KARACHI, Dec 24: Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has appealed to the Supreme Court and Sindh High Court to take suo motu action against the chief minister's 'ill-advised decision' ... KARACHI: Kidnapped judges to be recovered soon, PA told KARACHI, Dec 24: Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui on Friday assured the Sindh Assembly that he would soon take the house into confidence about the measures being taken for the safe recovery of two kidnapped judges. ... KARACHI: Edhi appeals for release of fishermen KARACHI, Dec 24: Abdul Sattar Edhi on Friday appealed to the governments of Pakistan and India to release the fishermen arrested for violating territorial limits of the two countries. ... KARACHI: Gutters in many areas overflowing KARACHI, Dec 24: Filthy water gushing out from choked sewerage lines and gutters has created unhygienic conditions in different localities of the city, besides hindering smooth flow of vehicular traffic. ... KARACHI: 3,000 contract teachers to be regularized KARACHI, Dec 24: The Sindh Education department has recommended regularization of about 3,000 schoolteachers, whose three-year job contract terminated last month, it was learnt officially. ... KARACHI: Arts Council auditorium KARACHI, Dec 24: A theatre and an auditorium of the Arts Council, which have taken over 12 years to be constructed, were inaugurated on Friday afternoon. ... KARACHI: Liaquat Flyover calls for thorough technical study KARACHI, Dec 24: The development of a depression again in a portion of the Liaquatabad flyover warrants a thorough technical study to detect any further flaw in its remaining portion. ... KARACHI: State seeks enhancement of sentence to Harkat men KARACHI, Dec 24: A division bench of Sindh High Court, comprising Justice Wahid Bux Brohi and Justice Rehmat Hussain Jaffery, on Friday admitted for hearing a state appeal for enhancement of the sentence of Harkatul Mujahideen Al Alami ... KARACHI: Body set up for denationalized colleges KARACHI, Dec 24: The Sindh government has constituted a committee to decide modalities of the handing over of the St Joseph and St Patrick's colleges to the Catholic Education Board. ... LAHORE: 4-stroke rickshaws, CNG buses in three years LAHORE, Dec 24: The Punjab government will give route permits to only CNG buses and four-stroke auto-rickshaws initially in four major cities in the province. The cities are Lahore, Rawalpindi, Multan and Faisalabad. ... LAHORE: Amer Munir declared PO LAHORE, Dec 24: The suspended Ravi Town Nazim, Amer Munir, was declared proclaimed offender by a local Anti-Corruption Court on Friday for not appearing before it. ... LAHORE: LDA notice to Kalma Chowk plaza owner LAHORE, Dec 24: The Lahore Development Authority has served a notice on the owners of Ahad Tower, Kalma Chowk (Ferozepur Road), for the recovery of Rs3 million for covering the cost of sewage line repair and road damaged during careless digging. ... LAHORE: Action against revenue officials ordered LAHORE, Dec 24: Punjab Ombudsman Abdul Rasheed Khan on Friday directed the board of revenue senior member to take action against a tehsildar, gardawar and a patwari of a constituency under the Punjab Removal from Services (Special Powers) Ordinance 2000. ... LAHORE: Bail of SP's brother cancelled after three years LAHORE, Dec 24: Justice Khwaja Mohammad Sharif of the Lahore High Court on Friday observed that the people having links with the police high-ups usually escaped the process of law. ... PESHAWAR: Pesco suffering Rs70m monthly loss - Non-payment of dues PESHAWAR, Dec 24: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco), a subsidiary of Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda), is suffering Rs70 million monthly loss because of non-payment of electricity charges ... PESHAWAR: AG put on notice on terror suspects' plea PESHAWAR, Dec 24: The Peshawar High Court on Friday put the NWFP Advocate-General on notice in a habeas corpus petition challenging continuous detention of five alleged suspects of Al Qaeda by the administration of the Khyber Agency. ... PESHAWAR: Self care system urged for better health PESHAWAR, Dec 24: Public health experts cited poverty, illiteracy, obsolete medical curriculum and lack of political commitment as factors obstructing efforts to improve people's quality of life. ... PESHAWAR: 'Bill soon to ban sale of human organs' PESHAWAR, Dec 23: Federal Minister for Health Naseer Mohammad Khan has said that a bill to ban sale of human organs will be tabled in the next session of the National Assembly to stop this unethical and illegal business in the country. ... HYDERABAD: 5 found in illegal police custody HYDERABAD, Dec 24: In-charge additional registrar of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, Ghulam Mustafa Channa, found five people in illegal detention, four of them hand-cuffed, during a raid at the Matli police station on Friday. ... HYDERABAD: Air chief visits school HYDERABAD, Dec 24: Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat, the Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force, along with Professor Dr Atta-ur-Rehman, Chairman, Higher Education Commission, visited the Sargodhian Spirit Trust Public School ... QUETTA: Strict security for Christmas in Balochistan QUETTA, Dec 24: The Balochistan government has taken strict security measures in the country on the eve of Christmas. Heavy contingents of law-enforcement agencies were deployed around all the churches in the province. ... MUZAFFARABAD: Rape victim sets herself on fire MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 24: Police in Kotli district of Azad Kashmir have intensified hunt for three accused in a rape case. The teenage victim of the crime died on Thursday after setting herself on fire. ... QUETTA: PMA conference begins QUETTA, Dec 24: The 26th biennial conference of the Pakistan Medical Association was inaugurated here on Saturday night. Around 400 doctors from all over the country are participating in the four-day conference. ... KARACHI: KU labs to be fully equipped KARACHI, Dec 24: The laboratories of all teaching and research departments of the University of Karachi will be equipped with the latest scientific equipment so that teachers ...

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