05 February 2005 Saturday 25 Zilhaj 1425 KARACHI: DCOs soon to replace nazims - CM KARACHI, Feb 4: Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Raheem on Friday said that District Coordination Officers will soon replace district nazims as administrators in the province before local bodies' election this year. ... KARACHI: Two crackers exploded in high security vicinities KARACHI, Feb 4: Two explosions occurred in different parts of the city on Friday but caused no casualty or damage. Police believed the blasts were caused by crackers. ... KARACHI: HEJ lab complex inaugurated KARACHI, Feb 4: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz declared on Friday that the government is pursuing the goal of a growth rate of seven to eight per cent for the next several years. ... KARACHI: Direct action if KESC privatized - workers KARACHI, Feb 4: Speakers at a meeting on Friday condemned the selling of the Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation at a fraction of its actual price, demanding that the decision be withdrawn. ... KARACHI: Trauma management training stressed KARACHI, Feb 4: Health experts at Primary Trauma Care Workshop, referring to the changing pattern of trauma in the metropolis, underscored the need for establishment of more trauma centres in Karachi. ... KARACHI: Exams for class I-III abolished KARACHI, Feb 4: The Sindh Education department on Friday decided to abolish the system of examinations for the students of classes I to III of governmentand private schools from this year. ... KARACHI: Action plan focuses on welfare of rural women KARACHI, Feb 4: President Pervez Musharraf has given a sum of Rs100 million for a fund created by the federal women development ministry for social uplift and economic empowerment of rural women. ... KARACHI: Women now aware of their rights - minister KARACHI, Feb 4: The contemporary woman is more aware of her rights than she was in the past as she is now no more a silent spectator towards the treatment meted out to her. ... KARACHI: Bodies set up to monitor school funds KARACHI, Feb 4: The City Nazim, Niamatullah Khan, has set up six monitoring committees to monitor the attendance of teachers and students of schools run by the city government ... KARACHI: PTC, CT results declared KARACHI, Feb 4: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, on Friday declared the results of annual examinations 2004 of the Certificate of Teaching (CT) and Primary Teaching Certificate (PTC). ... KARACHI: City round of spelling contest concludes KARACHI, Feb 4: Three teams qualified for the national championship round after a neck and neck fight of the Dawn in Education National Spelling Bee competition on Friday. ... KARACHI: SSP's son, 5 others get death in ransom case KARACHI, Feb 4: An anti-terrorism court sentenced on Friday six accused, including son of a senior superintendent of police, to death on two counts in a kidnapping-for-ransom case. ... KARACHI: Elderly man found murdered KARACHI, Feb 4: An elderly man was found killed in is apartment in Jehangir Kothari Building, Pakistan Chowk, on Friday. Police said that the man, Manik Dinshaw, 68, was hit with a blunt weapon in his head by unknown assailants. ... KARACHI: NAB notice on ex-Olympian's plea issued KARACHI, Feb 4: The Sindh High Court on Friday issued notice to Deputy Prosecutor General NAB for Feb 9 on application seeking suspension of sentence of former Olympian and national hockey team captain in corruption and embezzlement case. ... KARACHI: ICAP probe against member set aside KARACHI, Feb 4: The Sindh High Court set aside on Friday inquiry proceedings instituted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan against one of its members. ... KARACHI: Builder restrained KARACHI, Feb 4: The Sindh High Court restrained a builder and developer on Friday from cancelling allotment of an apartment booked by a plaintiff in a Defence Phase V housing project. ... ISLAMABAD: Accused in jail riot case granted bail ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to three senior police officers and two doctors after they had surrendered before the apex court. ... LAHORE: Lahore wears bridal look for Basant LAHORE, Feb 4: Preparations for Basant reached their zenith in Lahore on Friday, as hundreds of thousands of people from outstation and abroad have reached here for the 24-hour festivities beginning on Saturday night. ... PESHAWAR: Bail plea of former MPA admitted PESHAWAR, Feb 4: The Peshawar High Court on Friday admitted for full hearing two bail petitions of former provincial minister Bashir Khan Umerzai charged with making attempts on the life of an MPA, Alamzeb Umerzai. ... PESHAWAR: Tribal elders close protest camp PESHAWAR, Feb 4: After assurance from the NWFP governor that proper action was being taken to recover abducted persons as well as to capture the kidnappers, the elders of Lakki Marwat district wound up a protest camp here on Friday. ... PESHAWAR: Blind girls face eviction from welfare home PESHAWAR, Feb 4: The board of governors of the welfare home for orphans has decided to vacate a portion of the which has been used for schooling and accommodating blind girls. ... KOHAT: More police personnel for Kohat sought KOHAT, Feb 4: Dr Ishitiaq Marwat, Senior Superintendent of Police has said that Kohat police had taken extra- ordinary measures to ensure peace during Muharram and called for deploying additional force from other districts at all sensitive places. ... HYDERABAD: SAU plans zoology congress HYDERABAD, Feb 4: The Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, is organising a three-day 25th Pakistan Congress of Zoology (international) to be held from March 1 to 3. ... QUETTA: Three tons of morphine, weapons seized QUETTA, Feb 4: Nearly three tons of morphine worth millions of dollars and a large quantity of arms were seized from a remote south western village of Balochistan near the Afghan border, on Thursday, a security officer said. ... SWABI: Shop-owner accused of killing employee SWABI, Feb 4: Four people were killed and two others seriously injured in four separate incidents here on Friday. ... SKARDU: 34 remanded to judicial custody in arson case SKARDU, Feb 4: A court has remanded 34 persons into judicial custody after a probe for their alleged involvement in the Jan 13 violence. Police accused them of carrying out arson attacks in retaliation for the killing of Agha Ziauddin. ... LARAKANA: Strike in Qambar, protesters demand arrest of killers LARKANA, Feb 4: On a call of the Citizens' Action Committee, a complete strike was observed in Qambar on Friday on the occasion of the Chehlum of four protesters killed in police firing in the town on December 24. ... MITHI: Tharis denied wheat at subsidized rate - MPAs MITHI, Feb 4: Elected representatives of Tharparkar have expressed concern over the failure of government functionaries to provide subsidized wheat to about one million drought-hit people of the district. ... THATTA: Demand for reopening sugar mill THATTA, Feb 4: Former employees of the Thatta Sugar Mills took out a procession here on Friday to put pressure on the authorities to accept their demand to either reopen the mill or offer them a golden handshake package. ... SUKKUR: Two held for selling women SUKKUR, Feb 4: Police on Friday claimed to have arrested two members of a gang allegedly involved in 'slave trade' and freed two women from their costody. Those arrested were identified as Imtiaz Magsi and Haji Mengal. ... FAISALABAD: Five killed, many hurt in Basant-related incidents FAISALABAD, Feb 4: Five people were killed while several others sustained injuries in Basant- related incidents in different parts of the city on Friday. ... GUJRANWALA: Non-bailable warrants of accused re-issued - Sialkot jail case GUJRANWALA, Feb 4: The local Anti-Terrorism Court No 1 on Friday re-issued non-bailable warrants for the arrest of former Gujranwala DIG and other former high ranking police officials and others on the charge of persistent absence from court ... MIANWALI: Students protest thrashing of teacher MIANWALI, Feb 4: Students of the Government MC High School demonstrated against the humiliation and thrashing of a teacher by friends and relatives of an expelled student. ... BAHAWALPUR: Conference, mushaira today BAHAWALPUR, Feb 4: A three-day International Urdu Conference and a mushaira will be held here from Feb 8 to Feb 10 at the Islamia University's Ghotvi Hall. The moot is being hosted by the Writers' Foundation Pakistan. ... ABBOTTABAD: Government's policy on Kashmir criticised ABBOTTABAD, Feb 4: Speakers at a seminar here have criticized the Kashmir policy of the government and accused it of taking a U-turn on the issue. ... ISLAMABAD: Action to curb begging ordered ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: Senior Superintendent of Police Islamabad Captain (retired) Liaqat Ali Khan here on Thursday directed the SHOs of all police stations to take strict action against professional beggars. ...

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