07 February 2005 Monday 27 Zilhaj 1425 KARACHI: First e-govt customer service centre set up KARACHI, Feb 6: The city nazim, Niamatullah Khan, on Sunday inaugurated the first e-government customer service centre of the local government in Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town. ... KARACHI: KESC men refuse to call off strike: Privatization KARACHI, Feb 6: While four more workers of the Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation joined their colleagues in the hunger strike against privatization of the utility on Sunday ... KARACHI: Three die in road accidents KARACHI, Feb 6: Three persons died and five others were wounded in two separate road accidents in different parts of the city on Sunday. ... KARACHI: Steps for release of prisoners ordered KARACHI, Feb 6: Sindh Home Minister Abdul Rauf Siddiqui on Sunday asked his department officials to take measures for the early release of prisoners who were jailed for minor crimes. ... KARACHI: Change in academic calendar opposed KARACHI, Feb 6: The Sindh Professor Lecturers' Association has said it would not accept the change made in the education calendar by the steering committee of the federal minister of education, Lt-Gen (Retd) Javed Ashraf Qazi. ... KARACHI: Coal body to charge $1,500 for feasibility report KARACHI, Feb 6: The Sindh Coal Authority (SCA) will charge $1,500 for its bankable feasibility report about Thar coal mining from local and foreign companies interested in setting up power plants and mining units. ... KARACHI: Drive against illegal weapons ordered KARACHI, Feb 6: Sindh IGP Kamal Shah has directed all the town and district police officers to launch a drive in the province for seizing illegal weapons before the advent of Muharram. ... KARACHI: Election for FCS board chief today KARACHI, Feb 6: The Fishermen Cooperative Society will finally elect a new chairman on Monday when its 15-member Board of Directors will meet at the Karachi Fish Harbour. ... KARACHI: Paediatric unit yet to start functioning KARACHI, Feb 6: A paediatric intensive care unit, completed with a cost of around Rs4 million at the Civil Hospital Karachi, could not be made functional for the last two years due to non-availability of technical hands. ... KARACHI: Japanese delegates, special people take part in health walk KARACHI, Feb 6: More than 4,000 men, women and children from different walks of life participated in the 16th City Marathon and Health Walk 2005 organized by the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), Karachi, here on Sunday. ... KARACHI: M.F. Hussain launches autobiography KARACHI, Feb 6: Well-known artist M.F. Hussain spoke about his early struggle as a young painter and subsequent rise to prominence at the launch of his autobiography in a local hotel on Sunday evening. ... PESHAWAR: NWFP fails to check power pilferage PESHAWAR, Feb 6: The problem of non-payment of electricity dues and illegal connections acquired by people living in the outskirts of the provincial metropolis is attaining serious proportions because of lack of cooperation ... PESHAWAR: Couple seek govt protection PESHAWAR, Feb 6: A man and a woman who got married at their own will are on the run to escape `honour killing', and have sought protection from the government. ... PESHAWAR: Govt to spend Rs680.9m on Waziristan development PESHAWAR, Feb 6: The government will spend Rs680.9 million to complete different pilot uplift projects in the South Waziristan Agency in fiscal 2004-05, under the Annual Developmental Plan. ... HYDERABAD: Varsity teachers reject recruitment policy HYDERABAD, Feb 6: Office-bearers of the Federation of All-Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Associations has rejected the tenure track system and proposed model university ordinance regarding appointment of teachers. ... HYDERABAD: Privatization of KESC criticized HYDERABAD, Feb 6: The Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union has criticized the government for privatizing the Karachi Electric Supply Company. ... HYDERABAD: Call for CCI session on water issue HYDERABAD, Feb 6: The Anti-Greater Thal Canal and Kalabagh Dam Action Committee has said that it will not accept report of the government's technical committee even if it was approved by parliament given the fact it had no constitutional cover. ... SWABI: Jirga intervenes to get school's decision reversed SWABI, Feb 6: The decision by a local school to withhold examination forms of 78 matric students and later expel them from the school has led to a serious row between the teaching staff and a local jirga and the local union council nazim. ... MANSEHRA: Quake and aftershocks spark panic MANSEHRA, Feb 6: Heavy rain, snowfall and an earthquake that jolted different parts of Mansehra and Batgram districts on Saturday afternoon and continued sending aftershocks till Sunday morning have sparked a wave of panick in the region. ... SUKKUR: Work on barrage slowed down SUKKUR, Feb 6: Repair work of the Sukkur barrage has been slowed down following development of cracks in barrage pillars. ... LARKANA: Trader killed LARKANA, Feb 6: A timber merchant, Imdad Ali Sargani, was killed and her sister-in-law, Marooi Shaikh, was injured allegedly by her father and brother on the pretext of karo-kari in Noor Mohammed Shaikh village in the Drigh area on Saturday. ... MITHI: Employees of council not paid for three years MITHI, Feb 6: About 140 employees of the Tharparkar district council have appealed to the Sindh chief minister to issue directives for payment of theirsalary dues of three years. ... DADU: Police blamed for protecting accused DADU, Feb 6: Residents of the Sita Road town held a protest demonstration here on Sunday against the investigation police. They were led by Bakhshal Khan, Arshad and Ghulam Murtaza Solangi. ... THATTA: Programme to help mother and child THATTA, Feb 6: The National Commission for Human Development will launch a programme in collaboration with the Sindh health department in four districts of the province to control infant mortality caused by dehyderation and diarrhoea. ... LAHORE: Basant frenzy ends in Lahore: Ban on firing flouted LAHORE, Feb 6: Lahorites celebrated the Basant with full enthusiasm on Saturday night and Sunday squandering millions of rupees on kite flying, firing, fireworks, music and feasts on rooftops of houses and hotels amid intermittent drizzle. ... LAHORE: Free surgery for kidney patients LAHORE, Feb 6: Indian doctors performed surgical procedures on deserving kidney patients in the Shaikh Zayed Hospital on Sunday. ... LAHORE: Bar council elects its office-bearers today LAHORE, Feb 6: The Punjab Bar Council is due to elect its vice-chairperson, executive committee chairperson and 15 other committees on Monday (today) in a situation where the major alliance faces problems ... QUETTA: Transporters threaten strike QUETTA, Feb 6: Transporters in the province have threatened to go on a strike for an indefinite period from Feb 22, in protest against increase in the petroleum prices and their other problems. ... QUETTA: Six die in cab-coach collision QUETTA, Feb 6: At least six people were killed and two others injured in a collision between a yellow cab and a passenger coach in Kuchlak on Sunday. ... KASUR: Three killed, 17 hurt as bus overturns KASUR, Feb 6: Three people, including a woman, were killed while 17 passengers sustained injuries as a speeding bus overturned here at Phoolnagar by-pass on Sunday. ... TOBA TEK SINGH: Dr Ashfaq to support Toba Nazim TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 6: Reconciliation has been reached between groups of forest minister Dr Ashfaqur Rehman and District Nazim Chaudhry Ashfaq. ... TOBA TEK SINGH: CCBs not formed in many villages TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 6: An amount of Rs100 million could not be spent on development which was allocated by the district government for citizen community boards (CCBs) for the current financial year. ... SIALKOT: PML splits ahead of local bodies elections SIALKOT, Feb 6: After division in the PML, both the rival groups in the Sialkot district have launched membership drive in their separate camps established in various parts of the city ... GUJRANWALA: Six women injured in fireworks explosion GUJRANWALA, Feb 6: Six women suffered burns, two of them seriously, as fireworks exploded at a house in Abdaal village on the Sialkot Road here on Sunday. ...

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