30 January 2005 Sunday 19 Zilhaj 1425 KARACHI: Attack on town nazim condemned KARACHI, Jan 29: The city council, condemning the attack on Malir Town Nazim Naveedul Islam by activists of a political party and registration of cases against some union council nazims, demanded immediate arrest of those involved in the attack. ... KARACHI: Exam results' deadline extended KARACHI, Jan 29: Sindh Education Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro on Saturday allowed secondary and intermediate boards to take one more month for assessment of papers and announcement of results instead of previous schedule finalized by the education department. ... KARACHI: Woman's body found in gunny bag KARACHI, Jan 29: Body of a middle-aged woman was found in a gunny bag at an isolated place in Korangi on Saturday, with her head smashed by a blunt weapon. ... KARACHI: Dawn's spelling contest continues KARACHI, Jan 29: As many as 30 teams of school students from District East have qualified for Karachi finals of the "Dawn in Education National Spelling Bee contest", which would be held on Feb 4. ... KARACHI: Plays staged to create awareness against honour killing KARACHI, Jan 29: Tehrik-i-Niswan Cultural Action Group, in collaboration with the British Council, staged four plays at the FTC auditorium on Friday evening to underline the need for putting an end to the custom of so-called honour killings. ... LAHORE: Teachers asked to play role LAHORE, Jan 29: Punjab Education Minister Mian Imran Masood has said the government wanted the teachers to play a pivotal role for the implementation of Education Sector Reforms Programme. ... LAHORE: Multan's DIG, Gujrat's DPO to be made OSDs LAHORE, Jan 29: The Punjab government decided on Saturday to make Multan DIG Malik Muhammad Iqbal and Gujrat DPO Raja Munawwar officers on special duty. ... LAHORE: Nazim for educating people on CCBs LAHORE, Jan 29: District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood has called upon the Citizen Community Boards committee members to educate people on the utility of the CCBs at the union council level. ... LAHORE: Pervaiz for research on health LAHORE, Jan 29: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has asked the King Edward Medical College faculty to concentrate on research as this is the weak area in medical education so far. ... LAHORE: Wasa drive LAHORE, Jan 29: The Water and Sanitation Agency has decided to launch another campaign for recovery of its arrears worth Rs896 million from 104,904 defaulters from Feb 1. ... LAHORE: CDG bus stand fails to attract transporters LAHORE, Jan 29: The newly-developed City District Government bus stand on Bund Road has failed to attract the transporters despite its better location, facilities and larger area for the passengers as compared to the private bus stands in the area. ... RAWALPINDI: Setting up of info desk at dry port lauded RAWALPINDI, Jan 29: Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) President Najam Rehan has appreciated the establishment of information desk for traders at Rawalpindi Dry Port. ... RAWALPINDI: Appointment of administrators for local bodies opposed RAWALPINDI, Jan 29: The district council on Saturday vowed to oppose appointment of administrators to run local bodies prior to the elections later this year. ... ISLAMABAD: Project to clean up soil on cards ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The University of Arid Agriculture (UAA), Rawalpindi, has envisioned a research project to rectify the contaminated industrial and agriculture land using phytoremediation technology ... PESHAWAR: University cafeteria lawn uprooted to curb political activities PESHAWAR, Jan 29: The University of Peshawar has uprooted the lawn of a student's cafeteria and got registered FIRs against six students for allegedly disrupting the environment of the campus. ... PESHAWAR: Decision in student leaders' case reserved PESHAWAR, Jan 29: A local court on Saturday reserved its order on the bail application of two leaders of the Pukhtun Students Federation (PkSF) charged with sedition. ... HYDERABAD: Nazim decries delay in release of funds: Hyderabad development package HYDERABAD, Jan 29: District Nazim Dr Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman has expressed concern over delay in implementation of the Hyderabad Development Package announced by the president. ... HYDERABAD: Security for president's visits reviewed HYDERABAD, Jan 29: Provincial Police Officer Syed Kamal Shah visited the venues of the president's expected visit in Jamshoro and Dadu areas on Saturday to review security arrangements. ... SUKKUR: Crack widens in Sukkur Barrage SUKKUR, Jan 29: Conditions worsened when a cavity in the pillar of span-1 of the Sukkur Barrage widened further from 1" to 1-3/4" during the rehabilitation work. ... LANDI KOTAL: Power supply disruption in Landi Kotal continues LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Jan 29: Electricity supply in most parts of Landi Kotal remained suspended on Saturday for third consecutive day as most of the power wires and poles were damaged by snowfall on Thursday. ... CHITRAL: Release of wheat demanded CHITRAL, Jan 29: MNA from Chitral Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali has demanded that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz release 15,000 ton of wheat to the rain-hit people of Chitral as per his promise with a delegation hailing from the district on Dec 2. ... MUZAFFARABAD: 'AJK contractors to be scrutinised' MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 29: The AJK government has decided to scrutinise the road and building contractors registered with the public works department so as to ensure quality developmental work across the state. ... SIALKOT: Sialkot city without water for two days SIALKOT, Jan 29: Supply of drinking water remained suspended for the second consecutive day on Saturday in the city's almost all the congested residential and commercial localities ... GUJRANWALA: Non-bailable warrants in Sialkot case GUJRANWALA, Jan 29: The local Anti-Terrorism Court No 1 issued non-bailable warrants for the arrest of former Gujranwala DIG, former Sialkot DPO, Gujrat DPO, former Allama Iqbal Memorial Hospital MS and a surgeon as they failed to appear before court on Saturday. ... TOBA TEK SINGH: SHO, three others booked in torture case TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 29: A local court on Saturday ordered registration of a case under the new police order against the Arrouti SHO, an ASI and two constables for torturing a school teacher. ... GUJRAT: Police cut a sorry figure in ex-MNA's murder GUJRAT, Jan 29: Lalamusa Saddar police have failed to trace the foreign addresses of over 10 people, who are the nominated accused in the murder of former MNA Syed Manzoor Husain Shah and his three aides. ... PESHAWAR: Hepatology institute to be set up PESHAWAR, Jan 29: NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah Khan has disclosed that the provincial government had allocated Rs11 million for the establishment of Hepatology Institute at the Hayatabad Medical Complex ... SWABI: Anaesthesia machine not recovered SWABI, Jan 29: The administration of the district headquarters hospital has failed to recover the anaesthesia machine, which was stolen from the operation theatre three weeks ago. ...

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