01 March 2005 Tuesday 19 Muharram 1426 KARACHI: Notice issued to AG on petition against CM KARACHI, Feb 28: The Sindh High Court on Monday issued notice to the AG Sindh for March 3 on a petition seeking investigation against the Sindh Chief Minister, Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim, and others for illegally confining an estate agent, Abdul Hafeez Shoro. ... KARACHI: Nazim forms committee to determine milk prices KARACHI, Feb 28: Consumers will continue to pay Rs 25-28 a litre as no headway could be made in the talks between the city government, retailers and wholesalers. Instead, a committee has been set up to resolve the crisis. ... KARACHI: No licence for liquor shops issued, PA told KARACHI, Feb 28: No licence for any liquor shop was issued in the province by the excise and taxation department during the financial year 2003-2004, Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui, who was speaking on behalf of the chief minister, stated ... KARACHI: Anti-polio campaign kicks off KARACHI, Feb 28: The governor, senior health officials, artists and media men at a ceremony on Monday pledged to make all efforts to see Sindh and Pakistan free of polio by the end of this year. ... KARACHI: Passport office to work in two shifts KARACHI, Feb 28: The passport office at the Awami Markaz will remain open for public from 8am to 9pm with its staff working in two shifts from March 3. ... KARACHI: Complainant in ransom case indicted for false claim KARACHI, Feb 28: An anti-terrorism court on Monday indicted a complainant in a kidnapping for ransom case for lodging a false case against the defendants. ... KARACHI: Fisher folk Forum to launch struggle KARACHI, Feb 28: Pakistan Fisher folk Forum (PFF) has announced to launch a vigorous struggle for the release of detained fishermen arrested by the Marine Security Forces of India and Pakistan. ... KARACHI: Meeting reviews pace of uplift schemes KARACHI, Feb 28: The Sindh component of schemes under the Taameer-i-Pakistan programme was reviewed in detail at a meeting held here on Monday under the chairmanship of Federal Minister for Local Government Abdul Razaq Thahim at the New Sindh Secretariat. ... KARACHI: Govt's move to set up AKU board criticized KARACHI, Feb 28: Female educationists and senior teachers at a seminar on Monday termed the establishment of Aga Khan University Education Board (AKUEB) as a conspiracy against the ideology of Pakistan ... KARACHI: Workers seek regularisation KARACHI, Feb. 28: Speakers at a workers demonstration on Monday demanded that all the daily wage workers of the Pakistan Telecommunications Company be regularized immediately. ... KARACHI: 10 new colleges for city KARACHI, Feb 28: A 25-member delegation of women councillors from various districts of Punjab, including Multan, Khanewal, Vehari, Bahawalpur, Muzaffargarh and Lodhran... KARACHI: French team leaves for archaeology site today KARACHI, Feb 28: A 12-member team of French archaeologists after living stranded in the city for a month is leaving today, for its destination near Turbat, Kech Makran in Balochistan to carryout excavation work. ... KARACHI: Muslims must purify self to attain peace - Iraqi scholar KARACHI, Feb 28: Iraq-born Muslim philosopher Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri has said that in the modern day world Muslims must refer to their heritage of religion, science, psychiatry and philosophy to illuminate their hearts. ... KARACHI: 101 Indian fishermen sent to jail KARACHI, Feb 28: The judicial magistrate (West) Irshad Hussain on Monday remanded 101 Indian fishermen to jail custody. They were arrested for entering Pakistani territorial waters illegally. ... KARACHI: Two LJ men arrested KARACHI, Feb 28: The police on Monday arrested two activists of a banned sectarian outfit for their involvement in shooting and bombing incidents. ... KARACHI: Several injured in clash KARACHI, Feb 28: About a dozen people were injured when two groups clashed over possession of a mosque in a shopping centre located at Tariq Road. ... KARACHI: 4 bandits killed, 3 nabbed in encounter KARACHI, Feb 28: Four armed suspects were gunned down and three of their accomplices were arrested by police after an encounter lasting half-an-hour in Gulshan-i-Iqbal early on Monday morning. ... ISLAMABAD: Hearing in jail killing case held ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: A judge of the Supreme Court during the hearing in the Sialkot Jail killing case on Monday wondered why a former district and sessions judge of Sialkot had taken so many civil judges ... LAHORE: Modalities mar CCBs' working LAHORE, Feb 28: The Citizen Community Boards' plan, launched to encourage development through direct public participation, has failed to deliver in the provincial metropolis mainly due to its cumbersome procedures ... LAHORE: FIA victimizing citizens - LHC LAHORE, Feb 28: The Lahore High Court on Monday observed that FIA authorities were making a mockery of law and victimizing citizens by detaining them illegally. ... LAHORE: Over 300 experts to attend maths moot LAHORE, Feb 28: Over 300 scientists and mathematical experts from all over the world are expected to participate in the second three-day 'World Conference on 21st Century Mathematics' to be held in the city from March 4. ... LAHORE: Paper merchants' token strike LAHORE, Feb 28: Paper merchants observed a token strike here on Monday to protest against government's apathy towards arbitrary increase in prices of paper by the mills during the past 20 days. ... LAHORE: Youth commits suicide LAHORE, Feb 28: A youth reportedly committed suicide by jumping down from a shopping plaza in Ichhra on Monday. "I couldn't do anything for my sister. I have been trying my best for a job for months, but to no avail. ... PESHAWAR: Widow faces eviction threat, seeks PM's help PESHAWAR, Feb 28: An elderly widow of the Yakkatoot locality is facing eviction from her house, allegedly at the hands of her stepchildren and some officials of the House Building Finance Corporation for a loan she claimed the department had remitted 16 years ago. ... PESHAWAR A: Rs203m Pesco dues recovered PESHAWAR, Feb 28: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) has recovered Rs203 million dues from federal and provincial government institutions in its drive launched last week. ... PESHAWAR: Work on botanical garden begins PESHAWAR, Feb 28: Preliminary work on establishing a botanical garden aimed at conserving endangered species and providing research facilities to students of Peshawar University has started. ... PESHAWAR: Smuggling through carriers goes on unchecked PESHAWAR, Feb 28: A large number of people, mostly youths, are working here for smugglers as carriers of smuggled goods. ... HYDRABAD: Sindh producing country's 56pc oil and gas: expert HYDERABAD, Feb 28: The province of Sindh produces 56 per cent oil and gas of the country from its more than 120 oil and gas fields. This was stated at a conference on "Fossil fuels and mineral resources of Sindh". ... HYDERABAD: Employees observe day of demands HYDERABAD, Feb 28: Hesco employees marched from the Labour Hall, Gari Khata, to the press club here on Monday in connection with their 'demands day'. ... THATTA: 70 PPP workers, MPA booked THATTA, Feb 28: An FIR was registered here on Monday against People's Party Parliamentarians MPA Humera Alwani, district People's Labour Bureau president Nawaz Himayati and 70 party activists for blocking the National Highway ... KHAIRPUR: Power supply to 20 villages cut KHAIRPUR, Feb 28: The Pir Jo Goth sub-division of Hesco has disconnected power supply to 20 villages of the Ahmedpur area for non-payment of bills. ... HYDERABAD: Windmill project to ease power crisis - adviser HYDERABAD, Feb 28: The adviser to the Sindh chief minister on environment and alternate energy, Mr Noman Saigal, has said that a windmill power project will be launched in Gharo ... HYDERABAD: Contribution of province lauded HYDERABAD, Feb 28: President Gen Pervez Musharraf in his message to the University of Sindh on the occasion of a national conference on "Fossil fuel and mineral resources of Sindh" has lauded the theme of the conference. ... HYDERABAD: Call for struggle against human rights abuses HYDERABAD, Feb 28: The chairman of the London-based Peace and Human Rights Trust, Mr Mukhtar Rana, has called for a consistent struggle against human rights abuses, including bonded and child labour. ... RAWALPINDI: Principal, police blamed for accident RAWALPINDI, Feb 28: The tehsil assembly here on Monday held the motorway police and the principal of the school responsible for Sunday's traffic accident on motorway which claimed the lives of at least seven students and injured 57 others. ... DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Village girl's rape accused at large DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Feb 28: Police have failed to arrest any of the three men accused of assaulting a girl some three weeks ago. ... SHIKARPUR: Three of a family killed SHIKARPUR, Feb 28: Three members of a family, including a woman and a minor boy, were gunned down in the Rakhial Ji Wandh village in the Garhi Yasin police jurisdiction on Monday. ... DERA GHAZI KHAN: Dist council discusses traffic jams, encroachments DERA GHAZI KHAN, Feb 28: At the district council session held on Monday, District Nazim Jamal Khan Leghari took serious notice of deteriorating cleanliness ... BAHAWALPUR: Rohi Express service delayed BAHAWALPUR, Feb 28: The resumption of Rohi Express has been delayed for a day. When contacted, railway officials told Dawn that the train was delayed due to technical reasons. ... GUJRANWALA: Protest against 'helmet policy' GUJRANWALA, Feb 28: Motorcyclists have protested against the government's 'helmet policy' terming it violation of human rights and demanded its immediate withdrawal. ... TOBA TEK SINGH: Communist leaders to visit Toba TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 28: Communist Party of India (Marxist) secretary general Harkishan Singh Surjeet and Communist Party of India secretary general A. B. Bhardan have accepted invitation of National Workers Party Pakistan (NWP) to visit the district ... MULTAN: 17 criminals arrested in Multan MULTAN, Feb 28: The police claimed to having arrested 17 members of five inter-provincial gangs of bandits, including the one which had been looting medicine companies. ...

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