19 February 2005 Saturday 09 Muharram 1426 KARACHI: Eight revenue officials held KARACHI, Feb 18: Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim said on Friday that eight of the revenue officials involved in the land scam that led to the sacking of revenue minister Imtiaz Ahmad Shaikh had already been arrested ... Infrastructure in Balochistan ruined, says Sherpao KARACHI, Feb 18: The interior minister, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, has expressed concern over the extensive damage done to the infrastructure in Balochistan due to the recent flash floods ... KARACHI: Security forces put on high alert - Terrorist attack feared KARACHI, Feb 18: Security forces have been put on high alert in the city on account of Ashura amid intelligence reports indicating a possible terrorist attack. ... KARACHI: Subsidy on power for tube-wells demanded KARACHI, Feb 18: Leader of the opposition in Sindh Assembly, Nisar Khuhro, has demanded that assurance given for subsidy on electricity bills on tube-wells used for agricultural purposes in the province should be implemented without any further delay. ... KARACHI: Traffic plan for Ashura KARACHI, Feb 18: The Traffic Police have finalized traffic plan for Karachi for Ashura. The following arrangements have been made to cope with the expected rush during the 9th and 10th of the Muharramul Haram. ... KARACHI: 30,000 children of workers being given free education KARACHI, Feb 18: The Sindh Workers' Children Education Board is providing free education facilities to 30,000 children of workers in the province. ... KARACHI: Equipment worth Rs13.2m for KIHD approved KARACHI, Feb 18: The city nazim, Niamatullah Khan, on recommendations of the Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases' (KIHD) purchase committee on Friday approved the acquisition of medical equipment worth Rs13.2 million for the institute. ... KARACHI: Leprosy control programme KARACHI, Feb 18: The Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre will celebrate 50th anniversary of Leprosy Control Programme, Pakistan, from August 2005 to August 2006 commemorating the journey that was initiated in 1956. ... KARACHI: Temperature to drop further KARACHI, Feb 18: A cold weather snap gripped the city on Friday as cold winds blew and, in a chilly announcement, the Met Office said the mercury would drop further on Saturday. ... QUETTA: Boy killed, five hurt in blast QUETTA, Feb 18: A boy was killed and five people were injured in an explosion on the Haji Ghabi Road on Friday. ... KARACHI: New health policy expected in March KARACHI, Feb 18: The new health policy of Sindh will be announced in the first week of March, said a senior official of the health department here on Friday. ... KARACHI: Emergency declared in hospitals KARACHI, Feb 18: The provincial health department has enforced emergency in all its major units in Karachi as well as in rest of the province on account of 9th and 10th Muharram. ... KARACHI: Boy killed, body found in drain KARACHI, Feb. 18: A teenager was killed by unknown persons, and his trussed up body was recovered from a drain in Surjani on Friday. ... ISLAMABAD: Envoy for raising women's status ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: Norwegian Ambassador Janis Bjorn Kanavin on Friday emphasized that raising women's status should be top priority of the civil society as well as the state-level initiatives. ... KARACHI: SHC grants interim bail to engineer in corruption case KARACHI, Feb 18: The Sindh High Court on Friday granted interim bail to co-accused Javed Akhtar Memon in the vegetable market corruption case. ... LAHORE: Security for foreigners beefed up in city LAHORE, Feb 18: Security of foreign missions and installations have been beefed up besides other arrangements made for Ashura. "There are more than 200 places housing foreigners, especially the Americans ... LAHORE: Department store fire kills guard - Valuables worth millions gutted LAHORE, Feb 18: A guard was killed and valuables worth millions of rupees were gutted when a multi-storey shopping plaza caught fire at Liberty Market on Friday. ... SIALKOT: Plan to install radars SIALKOT, Feb 18: The federal government has approved a plan for installing ultramodern radars in the district at a cost Rs200 million. ... GUJRANWALA: Division of Gujranwala opposed GUJRANWALA, Feb 18: A group of union council Naib Nazims belonging to the Jamat Islami opposed the administrative division of the city into city government and district government ... LAHORE: Wapda hospitals to be built by June LAHORE, Feb 18: Wapda will establish 50-bed hospitals in all big cities by the end of June this year and give its employees the option of availing the medical facilities or drawing a medical allowance at the rate of Rs375 per month. ... PESHAWAR: Crisis centre for women PESHAWAR, Feb 18: The federal government plans to set up a crisis centre in the provincial city to provide free counselling and legal facilities to women facing serious problems, a source said here on Friday. ... PESHAWAR: 3 foreigners killed in Waziristan PESHAWAR, Feb 18: Three foreigners were killed and another escaped when aman opened fire on them in the Hisukhel village, three kilometres to the west of Mirali town in the North Waziristan Agency on Thursday. ... PESHAWAR: Incineration of private hospitals' waste urged PESHAWAR, Feb 18: The NWFP health department has been asked to take steps to make full use of incinerators installed in three city hospitals for safe disposal of waste. ... PESHAWAR: Women, children more vulnerable to Aids - experts PESHAWAR, Feb 18: Speakers at a seminar here have cited social discrimination as the main obstacle in the way of creating awareness about HIV/Aids. ... PESHAWAR: Plan to improve health units PESHAWAR, Feb 18: NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah Khan has said that a comprehensive plan has been prepared to improve the healthcare outlets and more than 50 per cent of funds for the health sector ... PESHAWAR: Flag march PESHAWAR, Feb 18: Flag marches by troops in five sensitive districts of the NWFP are continuing with a view to averting any untoward incident during Muharram. ... HYDERABAD: Project proposals for poverty alleviation sought HYDERABAD, Feb 18: The district administration has invited project proposals from the government and non-governmental organizations by the end of March to prepare an integrated plan for poverty alleviation. ... HYDERABAD: NGOs to coordinate on bonded labour HYDERABAD, Feb 18: A group of non-governmental organizations has decided to increase and improve coordination among them to effectively tackle the issue of bonded labour in the agriculture sector. ... HYDERABAD: Ashura processions to be monitored HYDERABAD, Feb 18: Police have established control rooms in offices of TPOs with the main control centre working at office of the TPO city to monitor Ashura processions through close circuit TV cameras. ... HYDERABAD: Three held, foreign currency seized HYDERABAD, Feb 18: The FIA officials arrested three men and seized Indian and Pakistani currency in a raid at Qasim Chowk here on Friday. ... QUETTA: Temperature in Kalat drops to minus 11 QUETTA, Feb 18: Residents of Quetta and Kalat experienced the coldest night of the season on Thursday. Mercury in Kalat dropped to minus 11 Centigrade while in Quetta it was minus 9 Celsius. ... GILGIT: Gilgit accord for sectarian harmony GILGIT, Feb 18: Two religious organizations have signed an agreement for keeping peace in Gilgit city. The deal was brokered by members of the Northern Areas Legislative Council. ... DADU: Reservoirs won't make Sindh suffer - minister - Dam's foundation stone laid DADU, Feb 18: Federal Minister for Water and Power Liaquat Jatoi has said that water of the Nain Gaj and other streams in the Khirthar range of mountains and adjoining Balochistan area will be stored in the Nain Gaj dam. ... KHAIRPUR: Tube-well repair urged KHAIRPUR, Feb 18: Residents of the Mudd village took out a procession in Sobhodero town on Friday in protest against officials of the Salinity Control and Rehabilitation Project. ... MIRPURKHAS: Three killed in accident MIRPURKHAS, Feb 18: Three people were killed and two others were injured in an accident near Umerkot on the Ratnor-Umerkot road on Thursday. ... THATTA: Workers attacked, highway blocked THATTA, Feb 18: Traffic on the National Highway remained suspended for over two hours as activists of the People's Party Parliamentarians and labour organizations with residents staged a sit-in ... HARIPUR: Four die as pick-up falls into ravine HARIPUR, Feb 18: Four people, including a woman, were killed and 11 injured when an overloaded pick-up fell from a bridge on the Chappar road, some 21 km from here. ... MUZAFFARABAD: Assault accused to be charged soon - AJK IG MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 18: AJK Inspector General Police Shahid Hasan has said that culprits involved in the recent criminal assault on a teenage girl in the Bhimber district would be charged soon in court. ... BAHAWALPUR: Police make no headway in five murders BAHAWALPUR, Feb 18: The district police have failed to glean any solid evidence against killers of five members of a family despite the passage of a week. ... GUJRAT: Fraud case against four bank officials GUJRAT, Feb 18: The Civil Lines police on Thursday registered a case against four employees, including a manager of Muslim Commercial Bank, Fruit Market branch, on the charge of fraudulently withdrawing Rs3.6 million ... GUJRANWALA: Sialkot jail case hearing adjourned GUJRANWALA, Feb 18: The local anti-terrorism court No 1 on Friday continued the hearing of Sialkot jail incident case, and summoned three prosecution witnesses ... FAISALABAD: Probe against TMA official ordered FAISALABAD, Feb 18: The Punjab Local Government and Rural Development Department has ordered an inquiry against the tehsil officer (finance), tehsil municipal administration (city), Mujeeb Zaman Shami, on charges of inefficiency ...

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