23 February 2005 Wednesday 13 Muharram 1426 KARACHI: CM can't determine price of land - SHC KARACHI, Feb 22: The Sindh High Court held that there is no provision in the Sindh Urban State Land (cancellation of allotments, conversion and exchange) Ordinance that the chief minister will be the final authority ... KARACHI: Strategies on wetlands, fisheries discussed KARACHI, Feb 22: Sector-specific strategies on water, wetlands and freshwater fisheries in Sindh were discussed at a consultative workshop held here on Tuesday. ... KARACHI: Arbab urged to solve teachers' problems KARACHI, Feb 22: Turning critical over the affairs of the Sindh education department, the Sindh Professors and Lecturers' Association (SPLA), has demanded of the chief minister to take remedial measures. ... KARACHI: Teachers seek deployment of Rangers KARACHI, Feb 22: Teachers at Sindh Muslim Government Arts and Commerce College resolved to continue their boycott of teaching activities till the deployment of Rangers at the college. ... KARACHI: Show-cause notice issued to distillery KARACHI, Feb 22: The excise and taxation department has issued a show-cause notice to a local distillery for evading government dues, and causing a loss of Rs 1,63,03,500 to the government exchequer. ... KARACHI: Sewage floods roads in Lyari KARACHI, Feb 22: Sewerage water gushing out from choked lines have inundated various roads and streets in several union councils of Lyari Town, creating an unhygienic condition ... KARACHI: Moot on kidney stones from 25th KARACHI, Feb 22: The Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) in association with the European Urolithiasis Society is organizing a three-day symposium on kidney stone diseases at the Deewan Farooq Medical Complex from Feb 25 to 27. ... KARACHI: Book fair begins at Sadequain Lawns KARACHI, Feb 22: An overwhelming majority of students belonging to various educational institutions of the city visited the book fair held by the students of the NED University of Engineering and Technology at the Sadequain Lawns. ... KARACHI: Five FIRs lodged in land allotment scam - Six revenue officials picked up KARACHI, Feb 22: The Anti-Corruption Establishment has registered five cases for corruption in land allotment and inflicting billions of rupees losses to provincial exchequer against some individuals ... KARACHI: Another man falls prey to gang-war KARACHI, Feb 22: Another man fell victim to the recent spree of killings in Lyari on Tuesday morning. Police said that a transporter Pir Bukhsh, 50, was passing through Bakhra Chowk in Chawkiwara police limits when he was shot at and wounded. ... KARACHI: Abdul Sattar Mustikhan passes away KARACHI, Feb 22: Abdul Sattar Mustikhan, a prominent Baloch leader, and an activist of the Pakistan Movement, died here on Tuesday morning after a protracted illness. He was 80. ... KARACHI: Homage paid to Mushfiq Khawaja KARACHI, Feb 22: Literary and educational organizations on Tuesday paid tribute to Mushfiq Khawaja, who died on Monday night at the age of 69. ... KARACHI: Bail granted to trader's son in rape, murder case KARACHI, Feb 22: District and sessions judge-East Zafar Ahmed Khan Sherwani granted bail to a 17-year-old boy, Yasin Bawani, who was booked and arrested last month for molesting and killing his 16-year-old maid. ... ISLAMABAD: Jabbar Gul's 'ordinary souls' on display ISLAMABAD, Feb. 22: The first solo exhibition of young sculptor-cum-painter, Abdul Jabbar Gul, opened here at Nomad Gallery on Tuesday. As many as 30 wooden sculptures, 20 paintings ... ISLAMABAD: Govt urged to check water pollution ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: A civil society organization has asked the federal and provincial governments to take urgent steps to safeguard population as well as environment in southern Punjab ... PESHAWAR: Court martial challenged PESHAWAR, Feb 22: Seven civilian employees of military farms in Peshawar have challenged in the Peshawar High Court their proposed court martial in a case of discrepancies in supply of milk. ... PESHAWAR: Plan to boost health care under study PESHAWAR, Feb 22: The government is working on the Health Policy-2010 to improve the sector in the tribal area by upgrading facilities at all tiers, says a statement issued here. ... PESHAWAR: Civic issues of Peshawar discussed PESHAWAR, Feb 22: A delegation of the Save Peshawar Movement called on Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk on Monday and discussed various issues pertaining to degradation of environment and sanitation situation in the provincial capital. ... PESHAWAR: Senior Pesco staff to hear complaints PESHAWAR, Feb 22: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) has asked some senior officers to be at the central complaints cell for some time on some specific days. ... PESHAWAR: Refugee urges governor to help find his brother PESHAWAR, Feb 22: An Afghan refugee has urged NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah to issue orders for immediate recovery of his brother kidnapped in the Mohmand Agency on Jan 30. ... PESHAWAR: Relief package for Chitral demanded PESHAWAR, Feb 22: MNA Abdul Akbar Chitrali has demanded that the federal government should announce an immediate relief package for the avalanche-and rain-hit people of his native district Chitral. ... HYDERABAD: Reduction in Sindh's fertilizer quota criticized HYDERABAD, Feb 22: The Sindh Abadgar Board has expressed concern over reduction in fertilizer quota of Sindh. It also criticized non-availability of fertilizers and their black-marketing. ... HYDERABAD: Three held in bomb blast cases HYDERABAD, Feb 22: The investigation police have arrested three suspects, including Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz leader Asghar Shah from Karachi in connection with the ongoing investigation into bomb explosions cases. ... THATTA: Sea intrusion claims 2.2m acres of land, say experts - Non-release of water below Kotri THATTA, Feb 22: A team of politicians, water experts and journalists, after a three-day study tour of deltaic region in the district, has confirmed wide-spread destruction in the area caused by sea intrusion ... LARKANA: Skin disease spreads amid drug shortage LARKANA, Feb 22: The leishmania skin disease has attained epidemic proportion in the district amid a severe shortage of injections needed to treat it. ... SUKKUR: Two women killed - Karo-kari SUKKUR, Feb 22: Two women were killed on the pretext of karo-kari in two separate incidents in Ghotki and Shikarpur districts on Monday night. ... HARIPUR: Boy killed in cricket quarrel HARIPUR, Feb 22: A teenager and two other people were killed in separate incidents here on Tuesday. The Kotnajibullah police quoting an FIR said that Sharif, 14, son of Shahpur of Afghan refugees camp, Haripur ... TOBA TEK SINGH: Three constables held for negligence TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 22: City police arrested on Tuesday its muharrar head constable Rana Shamshad and two constables Riaz Ahmad and Iftikhar Ali on charges negligence due to which three members of a car-lifters' gang escaped ... GUJRANWALA: Seven shops, house razed: Anti-encroachment drive GUJRANWALA, Feb 22: The city tehsil council razed as many as seven shops and a house on the Kashmir Colony Road during an anti-encroachment operation here on Tuesday. ... DERA GHAZI KHAN: Dera tehsil municipal record seized DERA GHAZI KHAN, Feb 22: Anti-corruption deputy-director (technical) Khwaja Mukhtar on Tuesday raided the Dera tehsil municipal office and confiscated the record related to the annual development programme (ADP) of 2004-05. ... SARGODHA: Varsities to be kept away from influence of politics SARGODHA, Feb 22: Educational institutions, particularly universities, will be kept away from the influence of political parties. This was observed here on Tuesday by Governor Khalid Maqbool while addressing the students of Sargodha University. ... MULTAN: Arrangements for visit of Musharraf finalized MULTAN, Feb 22: The district government finalized on Tuesday arrangements for the proposed visit of President Gen Pervez Musharraf here on Feb 26. The president will address a public gathering at the Multan Cricket Stadium. ...

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