27 February 2005 Sunday 17 Muharram 1426 KARACHI: Education expo 2005 begins today KARACHI, Feb 26: The two-day "Dawn Education Expo, 2005", with over 70 stalls by various educational institutions from abroad and within the country, will commence on Sunday at the Karachi Expo Centre. ... KARACHI: KCR to be revived from next week: Ibad KARACHI, Feb 26: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said that the Karachi Circular Railway would be made functional from the next week saying that the facility would be revived on modern lines. ... KARACHI: Milk-sellers preparing for shutter down strike KARACHI, Feb 26: Milk-sellers are preparing for a shutter down strike from Monday against a crackdown launched by the city government against them. ... KARACHI: City govt seeks powers KARACHI, Feb 26: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has again urged the law department, government of Sindh, to confer magisterial powers to officials for price checking. ... KARACHI: College heads urged to use authority to restore peace KARACHI, Feb 26: Sindh Education and Literacy Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro on Saturday asked principals of the government-run colleges to play role and use their authority in restoring peace and continuation of teaching process. ... KARACHI: Annual day of DHA college celebrated KARACHI, Feb 26: The annual parents day of the Defence Authority Degree College was held on Friday evening. Speaking on the occasion, DHA Administrator Brig Maqsood Hussain asked the students concentrate all their energies towards achieving excellence in academics. ... KARACHI: 80pc women health projects completed KARACHI, Feb 26: Sindh Chief Minister's Adviser on Health Faisal Malik has said that lady health workers and lady doctors can play very important role in containing maternal mortality and morbidity in remote areas of the province. ... KARACHI: Encroachment removed KARACHI, Feb 26: The anti-encroachment cell of the Revenue Department, city government in collaboration with the police, officials of the Lyari Development Project (LDP) and the Keamari Town on Saturday removed encroachments from the journalists' colony in Hawkesbay. ... KARACHI: Govt urged to promote organ transplants KARACHI, Feb 26: The Sindh Institute of Urology Transplantation director, Prof Adibul Hasan Rizvi, has stressed on the government, NGOs and private sector to promote organ transplantation not only in kidney but also in other parts of the body to save patients lives. ... KARACHI: ATC reserves judgment in petrol pump blast cases KARACHI, Feb 26: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday reserved judgment in two petrol pump blast cases against two workers of the banned Harkatul Mujahideen Al-Aalmi. ... KARACHI: Shoro files petition in SHC KARACHI, Feb 26: Hafeez Shoro, an estate agent, allegedly involved in a land scam concerning sacked Sindh Revenue Minister Imtiaz Shaikh on Satruday filed a constitutional petition before High Court of Sindh. ... LAHORE: DPO asked to submit report on 'vani' LAHORE, Feb 26: The Punjab chief secretary has sought a report from the Bahawalnagar district police officer on the decision of a panchayat at Minchanabad village to give a two-year girl into marriage of a 42-year-old man in 'vani' last week. ... LAHORE: 'Law not confined to statute books' LAHORE, Feb 26: Justice Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmad has observed that law is not confined to statute books but is used in its generic sense as connoting all that is treated as law which includes even judicial principles as laid down by superior courts. ... LAHORE: Torture in custody a violation of Constitution LAHORE, Feb 26: Justice Shabbar Raza Razvi of the Lahore High Court has observed that police torture in custody is a violation of the Constitution whose article 14 enunciates dignity of human beings. ... PESHAWAR: 5.5 million children to be vaccinated PESHAWAR, Feb 26: NWFP Health Secretary Abdus Samad Khan on Saturday asked officials of his department to make all out efforts for the success of the three-day polio vaccination campaign commencing on March 1. ... PESHAWAR: Hearing capability restored PESHAWAR, Feb 26: Doctors at the ear, nose and throat department of the Khyber Teaching Hospital on Saturday restored the hearing capability of a girl through an operation performed for the first time in the NWFP. ... PESHAWAR: Efforts to meet tea output target fail PESHAWAR, Feb 26: Government efforts to make the country self-sufficient in tea production have not produced noteworthy results, it is learnt. ... PESHAWAR: Power supply to 88 govt offices stopped PESHAWAR, Feb 26: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) on Saturday disconnected power supply to 88 offices of district, provincial and federal governments on non-payment of dues. ... SWABI: Calamity-hit status sought for Swabi district SWABI, Feb 26: Elected representatives from Swabi have demanded that the district be declared calamity-hit because the recent wet spell had caused unprecedented damage to property and loss of human life. ... LANDI KOTAL: Protest held against routes closure LANDI KOTAL, Feb 26: Smuggled goods carriers took out a procession in Bara on Saturday to protest the closure of smuggling routes by the political administration. ... FAISALABAD: 21 awarded PhD degrees at UAF's convocation FAISALABAD, Feb 26: The 13th convocation of the University of Agriculture was held here on Saturday in which 21 research scholars were given the PhD degrees in different fields of agriculture for the year 2001. ... GUJRAT: 127 policemen punished for poor performance GUJRAT, Feb 26: Acting DPO Javed Iqbal Shami has penalized 127 police officials for negligence and their failure to achieve the target for the arrest of proclaimed offenders and court absconders. ... TOBA TEK SINGH: Two sub-canals to be given to farmers TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 26: The Punjab Irrigation and Drainage Authority (PIDA) will hand over the two sub-canals in the district to the Farmers Organization (FO). ... FAISALABAD: Two constables held for 'fake encounter' FAISALABAD, Feb 26: Jaranwala police claimed on Saturday to have arrested its two constables for killing two villagers and injuring four others in a 'fake encounter.' ... SAHIWAL: Snatched car seized during 'shootout' SAHIWAL, Feb 26: Police recovered a snatched car during an hour-long crossfire with three dacoits near Chak 136/9-L here on Friday night. ... MULTAN: Rs23bn spent on south Punjab uplift plan MULTAN, Feb 26: The government has spent a sum of Rs23 billion on development projects in southern Punjab during the last two years. ... SUKKUR: Four killed in separate accidents SUKKUR, Feb 26: Four people were killed while three others were injured in three separate accidents on the National and Indus highways in Salehpat, Pano Akil and Kandhkot on Friday night and Saturday morning. ... THATTA: Services of 32 workers terminated THATTA, Feb 26: The administration of the Indus Jute Mills, Dhabeji, has terminated services of 32 employees and workers under allegations of sabotaging peaceful administrative atmosphere of the factory on Saturday. ... LARKANA: Irregularities in dist govt spending noted LARKANA, Feb 26: An audit team has found irregularities to the tune of Rs106.920 million in the district government spending, according to Sindh director general (district audit) Nooruddin Shaikh. ... GILGIT: Tension grips Gilgit as injured man dies GILGIT, Feb 26: Tension and fear gripped Gilgit on Saturday when the news spread that the person injured in firing on Friday died in a local hospital in the evening. ... ISLAMABAD: SC tells govt to increase compensation money: Death of young forest officers ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: The Supreme Court has directed the federal government to establish forest training institutions, on the pattern of Peshawar ... HARIPUR: Demand for increasing women's seats HARIPUR, Feb 26: Speakers at a seminar denounced the proposed reduction of seats for women, labourers and peasants' in the district government. ...

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