04 January 2005 Tuesday 22 Ziqa'ad 1425 KARACHI: Army fails to slash KESC's transmission losses - Report KARACHI, Jan 3: The army has brought down the transmission and distribution losses of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation only by less than one per cent in the past five years that it has been running the power utility. ... KARACHI: Report on incomplete housing project sought KARACHI, Jan 3: The City Council on Monday demanded that the concerned department of City District Government Karachi should submit a report with the council within a month about the details of incomplete housing projects ... KARACHI: Lashkar man identified in sectarian killing case KARACHI, Jan 3: An eye-witness identified on Monday an activist of the banned Lakhkar-i-Jhangvi in the murder case of six Suparco employees. ... KARACHI: City witnesses another day-long traffic jams KARACHI, Jan 3: The city witnessed worst traffic jams on different arteries and thoroughfares on Monday due to the closure of the roads which Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz was to pass trough. ... KARACHI: LERP to improve living conditions - Minister KARACHI, Jan 3: Communication Minister Shamim Ahmed Siddiqi has said the Lyari Expressway Rehabilitation Project has been designed to improve the living conditions of the shifted people of the LERP. ... KARACHI: Efforts on to regularize kutchi abadis KARACHI, Jan 3: Niamatullah Khan, the Nazim of Karachi, has said that he is trying to get all the Katchi Abadis in the city regularized as soon as possible. ... KARACHI: Teachers' training plan finalized KARACHI, Jan 3: The Sindh Minister for Education and Literacy, Dr Hamida Khuhro, on Monday reviewed and finalized a comprehensive and integrated teachers' training plan for capacity building and teaching expertise. ... KARACHI: Education funds continue to lapse KARACHI, Jan 3: Sizeable funds released for colleges and schools by the Sindh government lapses every year as district authorities fail to pass them on in time, said sources in the provincial education department. ... KARACHI: Importance of first-aid underlined KARACHI, Jan 3: More than 90 per cent of patients brought to hospital in unconscious condition due to taking overdoses of drugs or drug poisoning could be saved from major harm if provided emergency treatment ... KARACHI: Help line to check theft of cell phones launched KARACHI, Jan 3: The Citizen-Police Liaison Committee on Monday formally launched a help line to receive and compile a databank of the mobile phone sets which would help check incidents of their snatching, the CPLC chief Sharfuddin Memon said. ... KARACHI: Lyari Town remains neglected by govt KARACHI, Jan 3: No significant development work was carried out during 2004 in Lyari Town due to paucity of funds. ... KARACHI: Moot demands Rs6,500 as minimum wages KARACHI, Jan 3: Various trade union leaders on Monday terming the recent fixation of minimum wages at Rs 2,500 as unacceptable have demanded that at least Rs 6,500 be fixed as the minimum wages. ... KARACHI: Gang leader killed in Lyari KARACHI, Jan 3: A close associate of the notorious gang leader, Rehman Dakait, was killed in an encounter in Lyari while three persons including two policemen were wounded in the encounter. ... LAHORE: Review plea must have new legal points: SC LAHORE, Jan 3: A full bench of the Supreme Court has held that re-agitating the same issue as raised in an appeal does not formulate a review petition which must have new legal points that the court has not discussed or adjudicated earlier. ... LAHORE: Housing loans in 15 days LAHORE, Jan 3: A new procedure for the issuance of House Building Finance Corporation (HBFC) loans in 15 days was approved at a meeting on Monday. It was also decided to immediately introduce the new system as a pilot project in Gujranwala. ... LAHORE: 100 children await liver transplant LAHORE, Jan 3: Safi Khan is among the 100 or so children being treated at the Children's Hospital for advanced liver diseases without much hope for a cure. ... PESHAWAR: Need for improving wheat yield stressed PESHAWAR, Jan 3: The staff of the Agricultural Extension Department must inform growers about principles of increasing wheat yield, including timely sowing, use of quality seeds, balanced fertilizer application and eradication of weeds ... PESHAWAR: Industrialists asked to make use of varsity research PESHAWAR, Jan 3: Vice Chancellor of the Gomal University in Dera Ismail Khan Wazirzada Idress Saddozai has urged industrialists to utilize research of the university scholars for promotion of their products. ... PESHAWAR: Poor sterilization causing infection PESHAWAR, Jan 3: Lack of sterilization facilities in the operation theatres of public sector hospitals has been causing infections to patients, doctors and stricken patients told Dawn. ... PESHAWAR: Three PHC additional judges take oath PESHAWAR, Jan 3: Three newly appointed additional judges of the Peshawar High Court took oath on Monday. Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk administered the oath to Justice Saleem Khan, Justice Muhammad Raza Khan and Justice Jehanzeb Raheem. ... HYDERABAD: Four proposals under study for Hyderabad city district HYDERABAD, Jan 3: Hyderabad is set to become a city district after a proposed bifurcation of the existing district and approval of one of four proposals, according to authoritative sources. ... MIRPURKHAS: Official seeks list of vacant posts MIRPURKHAS, Jan 3: The DCO has directed the EDO, health, to furnish a list of vacant posts of doctors and other staff in the city Civil Hospital and basic health unit, Khadim Ali Shah village, so that approval can be accorded for filling the posts. ... HYDERABAD: Pace of development schemes reviewed HYDERABAD, Jan 3: Progress of work on about 100 ongoing development schemes of the annual development programme 2004-05 undertaken at an estimated cost of Rs2843.465 million in the district was discussed in a meeting ... HYDERABAD: Students demand removal of VC HYDERABAD, Jan 3: The Students' Action Committee of the Quaid-i-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology, Nawabshah, has demanded removal of the university vice-chancellor. ... ABBOTTABAD: Elderly man, woman die of asphyxiation ABBOTTABAD, Jan 3: An elderly man and his 62-year-old widowed cousin died of suffocation after they forgot to turn off gas heater in their room on Sunday night. ... LANDI KOTAL: Teachers without salary for 2 months LANDI KOTAL, Jan 3: About 400 teachers working in community schools in Khyber Agency have been waiting for their salaries for two months, it is learnt. ... LARKANA: Complete strike in Qambar LARKANA, Jan 3: On the call of the Citizens' Action Committee, a complete strike was observed in Qambar on Monday to demand arrest of the killers of four protesting residents. ... PESHAWAR: Union to hold seminar against privatization PESHAWAR, Jan 3: The Pakistan Wapda Hydro-Electric Central Labour Union has decided to hold an anti-privatization seminar at Nishtar Hall on Wednesday. ... LAHORE: Cinema owners want to screen Mughal-i-Azam LAHORE, Jan 3: Lahore Cinema Owners Association Chairman Mian Amjad has offered free screening of historic Indian movie Mughal-i-Azam to promote a healthy competition to help boost "dying film industry." ... LARKANA: IT centre opened LARKANA, Jan 3: Sindh Information Technology Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal has said 800 free IT awareness centres will be set up in the province, says a press release. ... TANK: Flood damages roads in Tank TANK, Jan 3: Flood in different parts of district Tank damaged transport and communication system on Sunday. Three days of heavy downpour flooded various water channels submerging hundreds of acres of cultivated lands in the Jattatar ... SUKKUR: Sukkur facing shortage of drinking water SUKKUR, Jan 3: Residents of the city have been facing a shortage of drinking water since the closure of canals on the night of Dec 31. ... THATTA: Water shortage in Thatta THATTA, Jan 3: A large number of people in Thatta and its outskirts are facing an acute shortage of potable water as the town reservoirs have dried up due to stoppage of water supply from the canals over past ten days. ... QUETTA: Bail plea accepted QUETTA, Jan 3: An anti-terrorism court on Monday accepted the bail application of two people accused in the Nushki bomb blast case and directed that they should be released if they were not required in any other case. ... GUJRAT: 18 named in ex-MNA's murder case GUJRAT, Jan 3: Lalamusa Sadar police on Sunday night registered a case against 18 nominated accused on the charge of killing former MNA Syed Manzoor Shah and his three aides near Theekarian in Lalamusa. ... FAISALABAD: Faisalabad police claim arresting 497 criminals FAISALABAD, Jan 3: The Faisalabad police claimed to have arrested maximum number of proclaimed offenders in a fortnight during a campaign launched on the directives of the DIG. ... SAHIWAL: Load shedding starts in Sahiwal SAHIWAL, Jan 3: The Mepco has started day and night load shedding on the pretext of shutdown in Sahiwal division. At least two hours shutdown is being conducted in the day time and one hour between dusk and dawn. ... RAHIM YAR KHAN: Workshop on 'cardiac life support' inaugurated RAHIM YAR KHAN, Jan 3: Chaudhry Muhammad Munir, Sheikh Zayed Medical College and Hospital's Board of Management chairman, inaugurated a three-day workshop on "Basic/advanced cardiac life support" ... MINAWALI: Widespread damage by flash floods MIANWALI, Jan 3: Flash floods in otherwise dry Kurram river that claimed nine lives on Sunday also caused widespread damage to livestock and farmland, says the Isa Khel tehsil administration. ... GUJRANWALA: SHO, tax inspector held for graft GUJRANWALA, Jan 3: An SHO and a tax inspector were arrested by the Anti-Corruption Establishment on the charge of corruption here on Monday. ... THATTA: Plea to release water below Kotri: Sea intrusion THATTA, Jan 3: People's Party Parliamentarians MPA from Thatta Humera Alwani has called upon the authorities concerned to adopt concrete measures on a war footing and order release of 10 MAF water below the Kotri barrage ... QUETTA: Efforts to protect HR stressed QUETTA, Jan 3: Effective efforts are needed for creating awareness about the importance of human rights and especially women's rights as first step to protect the rights and end their violation. ...

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