18 January 2005 Tuesday 07 Zilhaj 1425 KARACHI: Govt frames rules for private institutions KARACHI, Jan 17: The new rules pertaining to registration of private educational institutions in the province would be notified soon, said a source in the Sindh education department. ... KARACHI: Stakeholders sign code for hide collection KARACHI, Jan 17: Representatives of various parties and organizations intending to the collect hides of sacrificial animals on Eidul Azha on Monday agreed to follow a moral code ... KARACHI: Expedited work on K-III water project sought KARACHI, Jan 17: Managing director of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board Brig Iftekhar Hyder on Monday directed the board officials and contractors to expedite work on the ongoing K-III 100-mgd bulk water supply scheme. ... KARACHI: Explanation sought on lease regularization KARACHI, Jan 17: Justice Maqbool Baqar of the Sindh High Court asked the provincial chief secretary to appear on Jan 31 to explain why a plaintiff had been denied regularization of his cancelled lease despite approval of his plan. ... KARACHI: Bureaucracy creating hurdles, says Hamida KARACHI, Jan 17: The Sindh Minister for Education and Literacy, Dr Hamida Khuhro, has reiterated her commitment to improve the quality of education in the province ... KARACHI: Saddar traffic re routed KARACHI, Jan 17: In order to ease pressure of the vehicular traffic passing through the Saddar area, it has been decided to re-route the public transport entering into the area via Sharea Faisal and Rafique Shaheed Road. ... KARACHI: Situation at Urdu varsity back to normal KARACHI, Jan 17: Teaching at the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology, Gulshan campus, will resume, after a week's gap on Tuesday, claimed official sources. ... KARACHI: 'Cultural precinct' in Arts Council vicinity proposed - New body takes oath KARACHI, Jan 17: The chief of the newly-established National Academy of Performing Arts, Zia Mohyeddin, has underlined the need for declaring the locality around the Arts Council a cultural precinct. ... KARACHI: Leaking pipeline inundates University Road KARACHI, Jan 17: Drinking water from a leaking pipeline has inundated a vast portion of University Road, creating hindrance in the smooth flow of traffic. ... KARACHI: Three die as air-pump blows up at terminus KARACHI, Jan 17: Three transport workers died and two others were injured when an air compressor exploded at an illegal bus terminus located off M A Jinnah Road on Monday. ... KARACHI: Police criticized for impounding containers KARACHI, Jan 17: The Pakistan Ship Agents Association (PSAA) has taken strong exception to the police act of unilaterally taking away shipping companies' containers for blocking roads or cordoning off areas for security purposes. ... KARACHI: 5 die in road accidents KARACHI, Jan 17: Five people died in road accidents in different parts of the city on Monday. A young woman died and her husband was injured near Aisha Manzil, while the two heavy vehicles involved in the accident were torched by mob. ... LAHORE: PR defends closure of section LAHORE, Jan 17: The Pakistan Railways says the closing down of sections running in loss is an old government policy being implemented since 1991. ... LAHORE: MNA, Naib Nazim 'human smugglers' LAHORE, Jan 17: A ruling party MNA and a District Naib Nazim have been accused of charging up to Rs155,000 each from 10 people for arranging their travel to Kuwait for visit visas. ... LAHORE: UC secys 'fleecing' citizens LAHORE, Jan 17: Union council secretaries are 'fleecing' the citizens approaching them for getting the birth certificates of their children. ... LAHORE: FCPS-II trainees may be sent to DHQ hospitals - CPSP offer to govt LAHORE, Jan 17: The College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) has offered to send FCPS-II trainees to district headquarters hospitals for six months . ... LAHORE: Man dies of injuries; SI shot at LAHORE, Jan 17: A firing victim died and a police official sustained wounds in an encounter in two separate incidents in the city on Monday. ... PESHAWAR: PHC accepts bail petitions of abuse case accused PESHAWAR, Jan 17: The Peshawar High Court on Monday accepted bail petitions of five former employees of a local school allegedly involved in a case of sexual abuse of students. ... PESHAWAR: Varsity to set up TV studio PESHAWAR, Jan 17: A television studio will be established at the University of Peshawar to train students of mass communication in electronic media affairs, says the university's Vice Chancellor Mumtaz Gul. ... PESHAWAR: Plan to cope with disasters PESHAWAR, Jan 17: The provincial health department is working on a disaster management plan with the help of the World Health Organization. ... DADU: JSQM calls for protest strike on 25th DADU, Jan 17: The chairman of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz, Basheer Qureshi, has said that on January 25, a province-wide strike will be observed if the federal government does not end what he called a military operation in Balochistan ... PESHAWAR: Mushaira in memory of Momand PESHAWAR, Jan 17: The Cultural Committee of the Peshawar Press Club has decided to organize a Mushaira and musical concert on the second death anniversary of the late poet, journalist and intellectual Qalandar Momand on Feb 4. ... HYDERABAD: Changes in academic calendar opposed HYDERABAD, Jan 17: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association has expressed concern over reports about changes in the academic session, saying the step will be extremely harmful for Sindh. ... HYDERABAD: Adviser denies role in plot allotment HYDERABAD, Jan 17: Sindh Health Adviser Faisal Malik has denied any role in the allotment of 4,125 square yards land of the Sir Cowasjee Jehangir Institute of Psychiatry to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan by the health department ... MUZAFFARABAD: Four killed in AJK accident MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 17: Two men and two women were killed and nine others wounded when a passenger jeep they were travelling in veered off the road and fell into a ditch on Monday. ... HYDERABAD: Step-daughter arrested - Murder of woman, four children HYDERABAD, Jan 17: The Market police on Sunday night detained 17-year-old girl Safia, step-daughter of a policeman whose second wife, Naseem, and her four children were found murdered in their house in Sarfaraz Colony on Sunday morning. ... DADU: Women maltreated - protesters surround Johi police station DADU, Jan 17: Residents of village Hafiz Khush Muhammad Panhwar in the vicinity of the Zamzama oil and gas field surrounded the Johi police station on Sunday night ... BADIN: Tribute paid to Fazil Raho BADIN, Jan 17: Tribute was paid to peasant leader Fazil Raho at a public meeting held in Rahoki here on Monday to mark his 18th death anniversary. ... ISLAMABAD: Tax officials to pursue IBA degree ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) and the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) allowing a two-year MBA degree in taxation management for the serving tax officials. ... BAHAWALPUR: Rape case accused arrested BAHAWALPUR, Jan 17: Yazman police arrested two of the three accused involved in the gang-rape case of a married woman here on Monday. ... MULTAN: Bahawalnagar also gets single dialling code MULTAN, Jan 17: Bahawalnagar becomes the eighth district in the PTCL's Multan region when it gets the system of new and single dialling code with new telephone number plan from Tuesday (today). ... FAISALABAD: Procedure for new housing schemes being amended FAISALABAD, Jan. 17: The Punjab Board of Revenue has amended the procedure for developing housing schemes in urban areas which will be made public soon. ... MITHI: Demand for setting up water-testing laboratories MITHI, Jan 17: Speakers at a seminar on "arsenic contamination in groundwater and its mitigation measures" on Monday demanded that water-testing laboratories should be established in Sindh districts. ... KHAIRPUR: 40 booked for firing on police KHAIRPUR, Jan 17: The Sobhodero police on Monday registered a case against 40 villagers for allegedly firing on a police party. SHO police station Sobhodero lodged the FIR against the villagers, including Mazhar Ali ... PESHAWAR: Three die in accidents PESHAWAR, Jan 17: Three persons were killed in separate road accidents in the city, while some unknown armed persons snatched a car from a person in Hayatabad Township here on Monday, police said. ... LARKANA: Qambar killings - ministerial committee's report after Eid LARKANA, Jan 17: A five-member committee, headed by Sindh Irrigation Minister Nadir Akmal Leghari which is conducting an inquiry into killing of four protesters in Qambar, will submit its findings and recommendations to the provincial chief minister ... GUJRANWALA: Youth stages kidnap for ransom drama GUJRANWALA, Jan 17: A drama of kidnap of a college student for Rs2 million ransom planned by himself flopped when police recovered him from a restaurant along with his friends on Monday. ... MULTAN: Distributors threaten to stop supply of medicines MULTAN, Jan 17: The Pharmaceutical Distributors Association has warned that they will stop supplying the life saving drugs if the government cannot provide them security to do the business. ... TAXILA: Rs40m to be spent on project: governor - UET Taxila sub-campus in Chakwal TAXILA, Jan 17: Punjab government plans setting up of sub-campuses of major universities in major districts and cities of the province. ... MULTAN: Death toll in tainted alcohol case rises MULTAN, Jan 17: Death toll rose to five in toxic liquor case when a man died at the Nishtar Hospital on Monday, said Deputy Medical Superintendent (emergency) Dr Imran Rafiq. ... GUJRANWALA: Suspension of gas supply hits manufacturers GUJRANWALA, Jan 17: Manufacturers are facing loss due to suspension of gas supply to industrial units which is affecting the national economy. ... NAROWAL: Power failure hits DHQ hospital NAROWAL, Jan 17: Patients at the DHQ hospital faced life risk due to the electricity failure on Sunday while the electrician was not available for operating the generator. ...

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