13 January 2005 Thursday 02 Zilhaj 1425 KARACHI: Foundation of Rs23m road uplift project laid KARACHI, Jan 12: City Nazim Niamatullah Khan on Tuesday evening laid foundation stone of a project under which traffic signals are being installed at UP Morr, North Karachi ... KARACHI: Sea festival to be held every year: Ibad KARACHI, Jan 12: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has declared Sindh Festival as an annual event to represent Sindh as Basant represents Punjab. He was speaking at the concluding ceremony of the third annual Sindh Sea festival. ... KARACHI: Progress of watercourse programme reviewed KARACHI, Jan 12: A high-level meeting held here on Wednesday to review the progress of the National Programme for the Implementation of Watercourses (NPIW) decided to appoint the additional secretary ... KARACHI: Joint efforts against polio stressed KARACHI, Jan 12: The WHO representative, Dr Parviz Vazirian, says the government is doing its best to eradicate polio from Sindh, but there is still a need for more consolidated efforts and cooperation of the community to root out the disease. ... KARACHI: Baldia town lacks basic amenities KARACHI, Jan 12: Residents in some parts of the Baldia Town are passing their lives in highly non-conducive conditions for the last some time as far as amenities and environmental standards are concerned. ... KARACHI: Marriage halls may apply for land-use conversion KARACHI, Jan 12: The Sindh High Court allowed the 52 owners of marriage halls in the city on Wednesday to approach the city district government and the Karachi Building Control Authority to seek regularization of conversion of their premises ... KARACHI: Body exhumed KARACHI, Jan 12: A team of doctors along with a judicial magistrate and the police on Wednesday exhumed the remains of a man on a lead given by the alleged underworld don Shoaib Khan. ... KARACHI: 9-year-old girl raped and killed KARACHI, Jan 12: A nine-year-old girl was raped and killed on Tuesday by three men in a shanty town in Orangi Town. Police have arrested two of them and are searching for their accomplice. ... LAHORE: Zakat distribution system paralyzed LAHORE, Jan 12: Inordinate delay in the election of more than 25,000 local zakat committees on account of tug-of-war between the ruling party groups has paralyzed the distribution system in the Punjab. ... LAHORE: Farooq Mir formally resigns LAHORE, Jan 12: District Naib Nazim Farooq Amjad Mir submitted resignation on Wednesday for contesting the National Assembly by election from NA-127 as the candidate of the ruling PML. ... ISLAMABAD: Snowfall cuts off links to remote Chitral areas ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: Life in the remote valleys of Chitral has come to a standstill as the distant areas are still remain cut-off from other parts of the district after last week's heavy snowfall. ... PESHAWAR: MMA lawmakers stage walkout: Minister accused of sheltering official PESHAWAR, Jan 12: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal MPAs from Mardan on Wednesday staged a walkout against their health minister for "providing shelter" to a deputy medical superintendent of the Mardan Civil Hospital against their wishes. ... ISLAMABAD: Impounding of vehicle: LHC summons OGDC official ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: The Lahore High Court's Rawalpindi bench has directed the operation manager of the Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDCL), Toot oil field in Chakwal, to appear before the court ... PESHAWAR: How government employees secure medical leave PESHAWAR, Jan 12: Doctors and health workers at state-owned hospitals give fake medical certificates to government employees to help them secure leave from their departments, officials told Dawn. ... PESHAWAR: Compensation for victims demanded PESHAWAR, Jan 12: The Baltistan Students Forum has demanded here on Wednesday that the government should compensate the families of the victims of Gilgit violence. ... PESHAWAR: Patients forced to buy drugs from doctor-owned stores PESHAWAR, Jan 12: Some doctors at the city's teaching hospitals send patients to their own or designated medical stores to earn extra money, patients and health workers claim. ... HYDERABAD: APC fails to evolve consensus - Bifurcation of Hyderabad district HYDERABAD, Jan 12: An All Parties Conference held here on Wednesday failed to evolve a consensus on the proposed bifurcation of Hyderabad and formation of a city district government comprising three urban talukas of the city. ... PESHAWAR: Woman sent to shelter house PESHAWAR, Jan 12: A district and sessions judge here on Wednesday sent a woman to a shelter home after she refused to accompany her husband. ... PESHAWAR: Govt says it knows nothing about detainees PESHAWAR, Jan 12: The NWFP government on Tuesday expressed ignorance before the Peshawar High Court about the alleged illegal detention of three persons by intelligence agencies. ... SHIKARPUR: Man re-arrested in judges' kidnapping case SHIKARPUR, Jan 12: Rangers have re-arrested a man, Ayoob Kharos, from the Hafizabad Kharos village on Wednesday in connection with a kidnapping case in which two additional sessions judges had been kidnapped. ... LANDI KOTAL: Oil tanker destroyed LANDI KOTAL, Jan 12: An explosive device destroyed an oil tanker near the Pakistan-Afghan border in Torkhum on Wednesday, according to an official source. ... TOBA TEK SINGH: Ruling group wins DBA polls in Toba TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 12: The ruling group led by the Punjab Bar Council member, Mian Muhammad Afzal, defeated the opponent group in the District Bar Association elections here on Wednesday. ... FAISALABAD: BSc (Honours) in home economics FAISALABAD, Jan 12: The University of Agriculture has decided to launch four-year BSc (Honours) Home Economics. The decision had been taken on the instructions of Higher Education Commission (HEC) and the chancellor. ... SIALKOT: Delay in trees' auction denounced SIALKOT, Jan 12: The district council has expressed concern over inordinate delay in the auction of the forest department's trees due to alleged slackness of the officials. ... FAISALABAD: Robber shot dead in 'encounter' FAISALABAD, Jan 12: An alleged robber was killed in an encounter while his four accomplices escaped on Wednesday in Danabad village. ... SADIQABAD: Decay of an institution SADIQABAD, Jan 12: The boys primary school at Chak 165-P has been facing acute shortage of human and material resources for almost two decades now. ... VEHARI: Sacrificial animals in short supply in Vehari VEHARI, Jan 12: The faithful have expressed concern over shortage of sacrificial animal in the district. ... FAISALABAD: Agri varsity students stick to their guns - Expulsion dispute FAISALABAD, Jan 12: Hundreds of students took out a rally and blocked traffic by staging a sit-in in front of the University of Agriculture in protest against the expulsion of 18 students from the campus here on Wednesday. ... GUJRANWALA: Four tax officials suspended for graft GUJRANWALA, Jan 12: Four tax officials were suspended here on Wednesday following a sales tax and central excise refund cases scandal. Reports said some traders filed their refund claims and these officials cleared the cases after 'deals.' ... RAWALPINDI: Five held for helping man to travel on fake documents RAWALPINDI, Jan 12: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested five people including an assistant traffic officer of Saudi Arabian Airlines on charges of helping a man in travelling to London on fake documents ... BADIN: Fishermen urged not to politicize fishing issue BADIN, Jan 12: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that no one will be allowed to politicize the issue of fishing in the coastal area of the district and 600 to 700 fishermen, settled in the area, will soon get fishing rights. ... KOHAT: Religious leaders call for tolerance KOHAT, Jan 12: Speakers at a seminar on Tuesday night said that 9/11 had resulted in clash of civilisations where only humans were suffering in the name of religion. ... TIMERGARAH: Two axed to death TIMERGARAH, Jan 12: Two persons were killed here in what was claimed to be a case of honour killing in Diaron Area, Lower Dir, late Tuesday night. ... SUKKUR: Accident leaves three dead, 25 injured SUKKUR, Jan 12: Three people were killed and 25 others were injured when two wagons collided head-on near Ranjhanpur, situated between Thul and Humayoon, Jacobabad, on Wednesday. ...

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