06 January 2005 Thursday 24 Ziqa'ad 1425 Govt defends creation of new dists KARACHI, Jan 5: New districts were legally and rightfully created under the Sindh Land Revenue Act, 1967, and notified under the Sindh Local Government Ordinance, 2001 ... KARACHI: Newspapermen demand wage award KARACHI, Jan 5: Journalists staged a sit-in on Wednesday near the main offices of the Jang Group of Publications as part of their campaign for implementation of the Seventh Wage Board Award. ... KARACHI: Rangers say Badin fishing handed over to govt KARACHI, Jan 5: Rangers in Badin have formally announced their withdrawal from the fishing zone of the district and handing over the administrative charge of the zone to the fisheries department. ... KARACHI: Vocational training to labourers promised KARACHI, Jan 5: The Ministry of Labour and Manpower will impart vocational training to 0.3 million people in one year to meet the demand of skilled labour at home and abroad. ... KARACHI: Class-based education system feared KARACHI, Jan 5: The establishment of the Aga Khan University Board is a US agenda, which will give rise to a class-based educational system. ... KARACHI: SPLA takes up teachers' problems KARACHI, Jan 5: Arrangements are being made on urgent basis for filling over 1,500 vacant posts of lecturers. This was announced by the Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) in a statement on Wednesday. ... KARACHI: Relief in land-grant to disabled, widows KARACHI, Jan 5: The Adviser on Local Government, Waseem Akhtar, has directed that widows and handicapped people should be granted lease in katchi abadis on reduced rate as per law. ... KARACHI: Anti-obscenity campaign launched by Pemra KARACHI, Jan 5: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Sindh Region has launched a province-wide campaign against cables operators ... KARACHI: Indian scholar praises Lughat work KARACHI, Jan 5: Visiting scholar Dr Khaliq Anjum has expressed great admiration for the work done by the Urdu Lughat Board, says a press release. It says: "Two good things happened to Urdu after partition. ... KARACHI: Candidates resent move to bypass SPSC - Lecturers' appointment KARACHI, Jan 5: Candidates aspiring to teach at government colleges have been annoyed by the exercise undertaken by the Sindh Education and Literacy department parallel to that of the Sindh Public Service Commission (SPSC), for appointment of 486 lecturers. ... KARACHI: Coaches allotted route numbers KARACHI, Jan 5: The District Regional Transport Authority has done away with the names of the coaches plying in the city and approved to allot them three-digit numbers, starting from 101. ... KARACHI: Two bandits killed by policeman KARACHI, Jan 5: A policeman on Wednesday shot and killed two motorcycle snatchers and wounded their accomplice in North Nazimabad. ... KARACHI: Blast case hearing KARACHI, Jan 5: An Anti-Terrorism Court in Karachi on Wednesday recorded statements of three more prosecution witnesses in a trial against Gul Hasan, an activist of he banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, in Imambargah Ali Raza blast case. ... ISLAMABAD: Book on Masud Mufti launched ISLAMABAD, Jan. 5: Masud Mufti Fun Aur Shakhsiat, a book written by Dr Maqsooda Hussain, was launched here on Wednesday under the auspices of Daira. Adviser to the Prime Minister on Women Development Nilofar Bakhtiar was the chief guest. ... LAHORE: Advance payment to kiln workers 'illegal' LAHORE, Jan 5: Advocate Rabbiya Bajwa submitted in the Lahore High Court on Wednesday that payment of remuneration to brick kiln workers in advance was unlawful and this plea could hardly justify their detention. ... LAHORE: Lawyers' black day on 19th LAHORE, Jan 5: The Lahore High Court Bar Association and the Lahore Bar Association are joining hands to observe Jan 19 as black day over the dual offices of General Pervez Musharraf. ... LAHORE: Punjab govt plans to improve schools LAHORE, Jan 5: The Punjab education department has developed a school manual, academic calender and a checking proforma to ensure systematic improvement in standard of education in public sector schools. ... LAHORE: Cement prices maintain upward trend LAHORE, Jan 5: Cement prices in the Punjab capital refuse to come down even after the passage of two and a half months, hitting the small consumers hard. ... PESHAWAR: Move to privatize Wapda opposed PESHAWAR, Jan 5: Speakers at a seminar have opposed the privatization of Wapda and assured their support to workers of the organization in their struggle against the plan. ... PESHAWAR: NWFP govt approves waste recycling plant PESHAWAR, Jan 5: The NWFP government has approved a proposal to establish a solid waste recycling plant between Mansehra and Abbottabad to help improve environment in the two cities, Galyat and the surrounding areas. ... PESHAWAR: Kidnapped man rescued after exchange of fire PESHAWAR, Jan 5: The city police recovered a man after an exchange of fire with kidnappers in Qilla Shah Beg area near Mohmand tribal region on Wednesday. ... PESHAWAR: Appointment criteria for KMC principal questioned PESHAWAR, Jan 5: As the government is in the process of selecting a new principal for the Khyber Medical College, senior doctors have expressed concern over the selection criteria. ... PESHAWAR: Steps to check drop-out rate stressed PESHAWAR, Jan 5: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has expressed concern over the high drop-out rate, particularly at the primary school level, in tribal areas and asked the education department to take corrective measures. ... PESHAWAR: District govts yet to get uplift funds PESHAWAR, Jan 5: Local governments' failure to ensure speedy utilization of development funds given to them during the current financial year has forced the provincial government to stop releasing more money ... PESHAWAR: FIA's ad hoc employees likely to be regularized PESHAWAR, Jan 5: The federal government is learnt to have decided to regularize the services of all ad hoc and contract employees in the Federal Investigation Agency and a notification to this effect would be issued ... PESHAWAR: Transfer of diploma course irks students PESHAWAR, Jan 5: Students have voiced concern over transfer of diploma courses from the Postgraduate Paramedical Institute, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, to Abbottabad, Swat and Dera Ismail Khan. ... HYDERABAD: Fund lapse threatens development work HYDERABAD, Jan 5: Once again development schemes in the district to be executed under its annual development programme have been jeopardized following transfer of funds under components of the ADP ... HYDERABAD: Plea to repeal Hudood laws - Theatre festival ends HYDERABAD, Jan 5: Speakers on the concluding day of a six-day theatre festival have resolved to continue struggle against discrimination and violence against women in all its manifestations and demanded repeal of the Hudood Ordinance. ... QUETTA: Seven officials convicted QUETTA, Jan 5: Accountability Court Judge Mohammad Naeem Kakar has convicted seven former officials of the provincial education department in various corruption references. ... HARIPUR: Employers accused of torturing girl HARIPUR, Jan 5: An 11-year-old maid was subjected to severe physical torture by her employers and admitted to hospital here on Wednesday. ... SUKKUR: Water shortage hits Sindh SUKKUR, Jan 5: In the wake of annual canal closure, an acute shortage of water for drinking and irrigation purposes has hit large parts of Sindh. ... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Commerce college without teachers NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Jan 5: Teachers for commerce subjects are not available in the Government Degree College, because of which, the principal has advised students to either change their group or get transfer certificate ... FAISALABAD: Jica team inspects water project sites FAISALABAD, Jan 5: A team of Japanese engineers and consultants, amid tight security, inspected the sites for laying pipelines to supply sweet water to citizens under a mega project involving Rs2.1 billion of foreign aid. ... SAHIWAL: 1,900 govt employees 'held for graft' SAHIWAL, Jan 5: The Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment arrested around 1,900 government employees, including 104 gazetted officers on corruption charges during the year 2004. ... DERA GHAZI KHAN: Bosan gang kidnaps landlord, constable - Rs5m ransom for former DERA GHAZI KHAN, Jan 5: The Bosan Gang, which is notorious for kidnapping for ransom in katcha areas of Muzaffargarh on the eastern side of the Sindh river, Rajanpur on its western side, and Dera Ghazi Khan ... MULTAN: Killers of five yet to be arrested MULTAN, Jan 5: Khanewal police could not arrest till Wednesday any of the nominated accused involved in the killing of five people, including an infant. ... FAISALABAD: Clash between two DBA groups intensifies FAISALABAD, Jan 5: The tug of war going on between two groups of the District Bar Association intensified on Wednesday as they suspended membership of each other over a housing society. ... DERA GHAZI KHAN: Tribesmen's protest plan frets Chinese workers DERA GHAZI KHAN, Jan 5: Members of the Qaisrani tribe are set to launch protest on Thursday for what, they claim, non-acceptance of their demands. ... KASUR: Two Lesco men die in road accident KASUR, Jan 5: Two Lesco officials were killed while five others, including two girls, sustained injuries in a road accident on Wednesday on the Ferozepur Road near the shrine of Hazrat Baba Shah Kamal Chishti. ... MIRPURKHAS: Municipal workers observe strike MIRPURKHAS, Jan 5: Employees of the taluka municipal administration, Mirpurkhas, on Wednesday observed a strike and closed all offices when the incharge of the vehicle section of the TMA was assaulted by a councillor of the City union council-3. ...

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