11 February 2005 Friday 01 Muharram 1426 KARACHI: Sindh, city govts ignoring rules: Lease in katchi abadis KARACHI, Feb 10: A vast difference in the lease rates of katchi abadis falling under the jurisdictions of the Sindh and the city governments is likely to create resentment among the dwellers of such katchi abadis, who are being charged much higher rates. ... KARACHI: Security measures for Muharram KARACHI, Feb 10: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim said on Thursday that necessary steps have been taken for maintaining peace during Muharam, and warned of stern action against those disturbing peace. ... KARACHI: President orders removal of Aziz Bhatti PS KARACHI, Feb 10: The President, Pervez Musharraf, has ordered the removal of Aziz Bhatti Shaheed police station and residential quarters on the encroached land belonging to the Export Promotion Bureau. ... KARACHI: Rally against relocation of US consulate KARACHI, Feb 10: A large number of people including women and children held protest demonstrations in Clifton area on Thursday against government's proposal to hand over 77,120 sq-yards of amenity to the US government ... KARACHI: Formalities delay UTP's treatment, post-mortem KARACHI, Feb 10: Body of an under-trial prisoner, who breathed his last at 8pm while waiting for proper medical treatment on Wednesday. ... KARACHI: 21 students selected for national youth moot KARACHI, Feb 10: Karachi University has selected 21 students to represent Sindh at the National Youth Convention to be held at Islamabad in April. ... KARACHI: Media urged to air sign language programmes KARACHI, Feb 10: The city nazim, Niamatullah Khan, has urged the electronic media to start 'language sign programmes' to facilitate special children. ... KARACHI: Expressway resettlement sites to be turned green KARACHI, Feb 10: The forest department, in coordination with the Lyari Expressway Rehabilitation Project, will start plantation of 30,000 saplings at the resettlement sites of the project from next week. ... KARACHI: Dental clinic opens at women prison KARACHI, Feb 10: A dental clinic, established with the assistance from various non-governmental organizations, was inaugurated in the special prison for Women in the city on Thursday. ... KARACHI: KPC demands repeal of Official Secrets Act KARACHI, Feb 10: The general council meeting of the Karachi Press Club held on Thursday demanded repeal of the Official Secrets Act so that people could be kept informed about the affairs of the state. ... KARACHI: Rs3 million saved from fertilizers KARACHI, Feb 10: The city nazim, Niamatullah Khan, on Thursday, inspected the process of getting fertilizer out of offal of sacrificial animals by the Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town at the proposed site of a park in Gulistan-i-Jauhar. ... KARACHI: Man kills wife, youth commits suicide KARACHI, Feb 10: A man killed his wife with the help of his relatives in North Karachi Thursday. Police said that Wali Khan slaughtered his wife Taj Bibi, 30, in the Mohammad Shah graveyard in the limits of Sir Syed police station. ... KARACHI: Poetry session for Kalimi KARACHI: To honour Rasool Ahmad Kalimi, a known poet and a banker based in Canada and at present in Karachi, a She'ari Nashist (poetry session) and dinner was hosted by Yusuf Jamal, Sindh Ombudsman, on Wednesday at the Karachi Gymkhana. ... LAHORE: Intermittent rain makes movement difficult LAHORE, Feb 10: The provincial metropolis and several other cities in the Punjab continued to receive rain for the second consecutive day on Thursday, and the meteorological office forecast that the spell would start breaking on Saturday. ... LAHORE: Cooperatives' laws to be amended soon LAHORE, Feb 10: The laws pertaining to the cooperatives system will be amended to meet the challenges of modern times and facilitate the people. ... LAHORE: PML MPA disqualified for filing bogus degree LAHORE, Feb 10: An election tribunal of the Lahore High Court on Thursday disqualified MPA Shahid Qayyum on the basis that he produced a bogus BA degree while filing his nomination papers ... LAHORE: Plan to check vehicular pollution LAHORE, Feb 10: The Punjab Environment Protection Department and City District Government, in collaboration with the task force on Lahore, is evolving an action plan to control vehicular pollution in the provincial metropolis. ... PESHAWAR: PHC orders release of outlaw's relatives PESHAWAR, Feb 10: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday ordered the release of 10 members of a family, including an infant, who were in prison under the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) for the past nine months. ... PESHAWAR: Food safety practices seen vital for exports PESHAWAR, Feb 10: Appropriate measures to control food quality are vital for enhancing the country's food exports and for food-related businesses to maintain their viability, speakers at a seminar held here on Thursday said. ... PESHAWAR: Ministry unaware of 2 brothers' detention PESHAWAR, Feb 10: The ministry of interior expressed before the Peshawar High Court its ignorance about the illegal detention of two brothers by any of the intelligence agencies. ... ISLAMABAD: Defence Housing Scheme gets authority status ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: The federal cabinet on Thursday gave the status of an "authority" to Defence Housing Scheme Islamabad (DHSI). ... PESHAWAR: Clinics' registration stressed PESHAWAR, Feb 10: The NWFP Health Regulatory Authority (HRA) has asked medical practitioners to register their clinics, laboratories and investigation centres with it by Feb 28 or face action. ... HYDERABAD: Hyderabad package cost revised to Rs14bn: Ibad HYDERABAD, Feb 10: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said a project director and a consultant will soon be appointed for execution of the Hyderabad Development Package. ... HYDERABAD: Skin disease cases decline HYDERABAD, Feb 10: A team of professors, appointed by the vice-chancellor of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, has noted that cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis have declined in Sindh. ... HYDERABAD: Probe into custodial death demanded HYDERABAD, Feb 10: Family members of Abu Bakar Panwhar, who died in custody of the Satellite Town police on Jan 25, observed a token hunger strike outside the press club here on Wednesday. ... HYDERABAD: MUET teacher honoured HYDERABAD, Feb 10: The chairman of the Department of Electronic, Telecommunication and Biomedical Engineering of the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology ... LANDI KOTAL: Poppy crop destroyed in Landi Kotal LANDI KOTAL, Feb 10: Authorities in Landi Kotal destroyed poppy crop over an area of 216 kanals in two different localities in Loe Shalman, some 25km from here, during a two-day operation, an official said. ... KOHAT: Kohat-Fata entry points sealed KOHAT, Feb 10: All entry points of Kohat and Hangu from Orakzai and Kurram agencies have been sealed in view of fear of terrorism during Muharram. ... GILGIT: Normality returns to Gilgit GILGIT, Feb 10: After month long tensions and panic, normality returned to strife-torn Gilgit city, as large number of shops and business centres gradually opened after the administration lifted curfew a week ago. ... SUKKUR: Rain damages railway signal system: Two killed in Khairpur SUKKUR, Feb 10: Different parts of upper Sindh received rain for the third consecutive day on Thursday, paralysing normal life. ... DADU: 155 teachers, others promoted DADU, Feb 10: A meeting of the departmental promotion committee of the education department was held here on Thursday to review the records of and promote teachers and other staff of the department. ... SUKKUR: Barrage repair work to be completed by April: FWO SUKKUR, Feb 10: Sindh Chief Secretary Aslam Sanjrani attended a briefing on the rehabilitation of Sukkur Barrage here on Thursday. ... MIRPURKHAS: Contractual employment opposed MIRPURKHAS, Feb 10: The labour union of the Nara canal irrigation circle has expressed concern over recruitment of employees on contract basis in the Sindh Irrigation and Drainage Authority. ... NAWABSHAH: Loadshedding of Sui gas in Nawabshah NAWABSHAH, Feb 10: Residents of the city are facing problem of gas loadshedding for the last two days. Restaurants were also closed due the loadshedding. ... ISLAMABAD: National Police Foundation seeks 70 acres land in F-12/3 ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: The National Police Foundation (NPF) is striving to get 70 acres in Sector F-12/3 to extend its housing society being established in Sector E-11, a source in the Capital Development Authority (CDA) told Dawn. ... RAWALPINDI: Clerics urged to follow code of conduct in Muharram RAWALPINDI, Feb 10: Provincial Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Mohammad Basharat Raja has asked Ulema to cooperate with the local administration to avoid any untoward incident during Muharram. ... ATTOCK: Political activities gaining momentum ATTOCK, Feb 10: Political activities in the district are gaining momentum in the wake of local bodies elections scheduled for April. ... BAHAWALPUR: Over 600 phones dead after cable theft BAHAWALPUR, Feb 10: Over 600 telephone connections in Satellite Town and its adjacent areas turned 'dead' on Thursday due to the alleged theft of underground cable. ... SIALKOT: Road show on capital market investment SIALKOT, Feb 10: All is set to hold the district's first-ever 'Road Show' on Investment in Capital Market at a local hotel on Saturday. ... GUJRANWALA: Expat among three friends killed in road accident GUJRANWALA, Feb 10: Three friends, including an expatriate, were killed in a road accident near Kamoki on Thursday. ... GUJRANWALA: SHO faces suspension for breach of duty GUJRANWALA, Feb 10: Aimanabad SHO Khalid Mahmood Afzal was suspended from service on Thursday for reaching several hours late at the encounter site on Wednesday. ... VEHARI: Over three dozen hurt in Vehari, Faisalabad: Rain-related incidents VEHARI, Feb 10: Over 26 people, including women and children, sustained injuries in rain-related incidents in the Vehari district. ... SIALKOT: Bajwat remains cut off as bridge collapses SIALKOT, Feb 10: Bajwat remained cut off from the rest of the district for the second consecutive day as the 36-meter long wooden bridge, recently rebuilt by the villagers on self-help basis ... GUJRAT: Nazim opens nursing school block GUJRAT, Feb 10: District Nazim Chaudhry Shafaat Husain has urged the women associated with the nursing department to perform their duties honestly, dedicatedly and for the betterment of the masses. ...

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