29 December 2004 Wednesday 16 Ziqa'ad 1425 KARACHI: Nazim seeks doctors' appointment on merit KARACHI, Dec 28: To ensure transparency in appointment of doctors at the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, City Nazim Niamatullah Khan has asked the provincial authorities to involve the Sindh Public Service Commission in the recruitment process. ... KARACHI: Marwat rejects Hamida's claims KARACHI, Dec 28: The Sindh Minister for Mines and Mineral Development, Irfan Marwat, on Tuesday denied any irregularities in the process of appointment of 741 lecturers on contract basis in his tenure ... KARACHI: Emergency steps for Expo-2005 planned KARACHI, Dec 28: Ten ambulances will be deployed at key points across the city to tackle any emergency in traffic jams because of the extreme security measures to be taken during the first week of February ... KARACHI: SBC to discuss future strategy: Judges' kidnapping KARACHI, Dec 28: The Sindh Bar Council decided on Tuesday to convene a meeting of the bar representatives of the province to consider the situation arising from the administration's failure to recover the two additional district and sessions judges kidnapped from Shikarpur. ... KARACHI: Delay in results worries DCET students KARACHI, Dec 28: The delay in announcement of results of various semesters of the Dawood College of Engineering and Technology (DCET) by the examinations department of the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET) is creating problems for DCET students. ... KARACHI: Paucity of funds hits 30 schemes in Lyari KARACHI, Dec 28: Work on more than 30 development schemes in Lyari Town is in doldrums due to paucity of funds. These schemes were prepared by the town administration under the Special Development Plan ... KARACHI: ATC acquits official of corruption charge KARACHI, Dec 28: An accountability court acquitted on Tuesday a former regional director of the Rice Export Corporation of Pakistan in a Rs 67 million corruption case. ... KARACHI: Haqiqi man shot dead KARACHI, Dec 28: An activist of the Mohajir Quami Movement was shot dead on Tuesday morning in Jamshed Quarters police limits by unidentified gunmen. ... LAHORE: HRCP slams attack on NGO office LAHORE, Dec 28: Condemning the attack on the Aga Khan Foundation's Chitral office, killing two staff members and damaging vehicles and property ... PESHAWAR: ADP marred by slow pace PESHAWAR, Dec 28: The NWFP government has not done well in executing development schemes in the Annual Development Programme during the first half of the financial year, according to sources. ... PESHAWAR: Hudood laws not divine - scholar PESHAWAR, Dec 28: The Hudood ordinances can only be repealed after convincing legislators and religious parties that these are man-made laws and not divine, religious scholar Dr Mohammad Tufail Hashmi said at a panel discussion on Tuesday. ... PESHAWAR: Railway network to be expanded PESHAWAR, Dec 28: Pakistan Railways will extend its network to the southern districts of the NWFP, it was decided at a meeting here on Tuesday. ... PESHAWAR: Bail plea in child abuse case dismissed PESHAWAR, Dec 28: A court on Tuesday dismissed the bail petition of a man charged with abusing a five-year-old boy. ... HYDERABAD: Govt accused of creating ethnic rift - Move to divide Hyderabad HYDERABAD, De 28: Members of the district council have termed a proposal to bifurcate the Hyderabad district a conspiracy to divide people on ethnic lines. ... HYDERABAD: MUET holds convocation HYDERABAD, Dec 28: Sindh Education Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro has praised the federal government for taking steps to improve the standard of education. ... QUETTA: Demand to honour SC verdict on judges QUETTA, Dec 28: Balochistan Bar Association President Mohammad Wasay Tareen has called upon the government to implement in letter and spirit the 1996 verdict of the Supreme Court regarding elevation of judges to the apex court. ... SIALKOT: Eight freed from illegal custody of police SIALKOT, Dec 28: Punjab (investigation) SSP Qamaruz Zaman raided the Shah Gharib police station in Shakargarh tehsil and freed eight illegally detained people. ... GUJRANWALA: Public transport 'being impounded' - Musharraf's visit to Gujrat GUJRANWALA, Dec 28: The Regional Transport Authority and the district administration have planned to seize over 500 public transport vehicles to carry the ruling party workers to welcome President Gen Pervez Musharraf in Gujrat on Dec 31. ... FAISALABAD: Police still to trace escaped convicts FAISALABAD, Dec 28: The district police have failed to trace the two convicted prisoners, who had escaped from the central jail three days ago. ... GUJRANWALA: Five robberies in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, Dec 28: Dacoits looted the house of a landlord, two shops and took away a car and wagon in five strikes in and around the city here on Tuesday. ... MULTAN: Traders protest against police MULTAN, Dec 28: Traders of a wholesale cloth market protested on Tuesday against alleged excesses of the Flying Squad of the local police. ... SAHIWAL: Changes in DPSC on the cards SAHIWAL, Dec 28: District Public Safety Commission Chairman Syed Alamdar Hussain Shah in a press conference here on Tuesday said that the National Reconstruction Bureau had decided to make changes in the DPSC. ... CHITRAL: Four detained in Chitral for questioning CHITRAL, Dec 28: Police said here on Tuesday they had detained four suspects, two of them belonging to a banned militant organization, for questioning in a case of double murder and arson attack on the Aga Khan Health Services. ... KOHAT: Workers oppose Wapda sell-off KOHAT, Dec 28: The Wapda Hydro-electric Labour Union has said that the privatization of the organization will create problems for employees and consumers and will not help control the losses as is being claimed by those favouring the sell-off. ... MINGORA: Swat in grip of cold wave MINGORA, Dec 28: A severe cold wave has gripped Swat after the entire valley received rain and snowfall on Tuesday. ... LANDI KOTAL: Detention criticized LANDI KOTAL, Dec 28: The councillors of Bara in Khyber Agency have demanded release of a colleague and an immediate end to load shedding in the Agency. ... LARKANA: Qambar residents plan strike - Demand to arrest killers of protesters LARKANA, Dec 28: The Qambar Citizens' Action Committee has threatened to observe a complete strike on Dec 30 if killers of four people in Qambar, nominated in the FIR, are not arrested in two days. ... MANSEHRA: Carpenter says he was tortured MANSEHRA, Dec 28: A carpenter has complained that officials of the forest department kept him in illegal confinement for a day and tortured him. ...

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