04 March 2005 Friday 22 Muharram 1426 KARACHI: Demolition of six-storey building ordered - KBCA plea rejected KARACHI, March 3: Justice Syed Zawwar Hussain Jaffery of the Sindh High Court dismissed on Thursday a review petition moved by the Karachi Building Control Authority and ordered demolition of a ground-plus-five floor building ... KARACHI: KESC man awarded 3-year jail KARACHI, March 3: An executive engineer of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation was sentenced to suffer a three-year term in a corruption case by an accountability court. ... KARACHI: KWSB cuts expenses KARACHI, March 3: The financially-starved Karachi Water and Sewerage Board whose 60 per cent revenue is spent under the head of electricity charges has initiated an economic drive by curtailing its expenses by 30 per cent, excluding salaries and pensions. ... KARACHI: Speed-breakers pose threat to motorcyclists, motorists KARACHI, March 3: The lives of motorcyclists and motorists are at grave risk due to ill-designed speed-breakers recently constructed at the junction of two roads near Sohrab Goth intersection. ... KARACHI: KU unable to arrange gold medals KARACHI, March 3: A good number of the top position holders at Karachi University are not awarded gold medals as the university has been unable to spare money or arrange some endowments for the purpose. ... KARACHI: Study for new PA house finalized KARACHI, March 3: The provincial Works and Services Department has finalized a feasibility study for Sindh Assembly's proposed new building. ... KARACHI: Fusion destroys cultures - expert KARACHI, March 3: Those who set out to fuse cultures, ashamed of or undervaluing their unique and distinct characteristics, end up producing an unconvincing and undigested mess of modish, cultural gestures. ... KARACHI: DHA told to complete projects in time KARACHI, March 3: The Corps Commander, Lt-Gen Syed Athar Ali, has directed the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) to go ahead with its strategic plans and complete mega projects within the scheduled timeframe ... KARACHI: A collection of resistance poetry launched KARACHI, March 3: Harf-i-Mazahemat, a collection of quatrains by elderly poet Mohammad Azeem Aaqil Barelvi, was launched on Wednesday. ... KARACHI: Police arrest six men for links with RAW KARACHI, March 3: Six suspects, having alleged links with an Indian intelligence agency, RAW, and involved in bomb explosions and other terrorist activities in the interior of Sindh ... KARACHI: Police recover victims, kill 3 kidnappers KARACHI, March 3: An employee of a multinational company and his driver were recovered after an encounter in which three suspected kidnappers were killed and a policeman wounded on the city outskirts near Hub on Thursday. ... KARACHI: Banned outfit's activist acquitted KARACHI, March 3: An Anti-Terrorism Court on Thursday, allowing an acquittal application filed by an activist of the banned Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan, exonerated him in a sectarian killing case. ... LAHORE: Shopkeepers arrested for high helmet prices - 800 more violators fined LAHORE, March 3: Six city district government teams on Thursday arrested 20 shopkeepers and booked another 35 for selling helmets at exorbitant prices while 800 people were fined for violation. ... LAHORE: LHC reserves judgment LAHORE, March 3: Chief Justice Iftikhar Husain Chaudhry of the Lahore High Court on Thursday reserved judgment on the Punjab government directive making helmets mandatory for motorcyclists. ... LAHORE: Hundreds visit Education Expo LAHORE, March 3: Hundreds of students visited the two-day Education Expo 2005 and sought information about the programmes being offered by different local and foreign universities. ... LAHORE: Allotment of Afghan royal family land challenged LAHORE, March 3: Five scions of Nadir Shah Durrani, the great grandson of founder of Afghanistan Ahmad Shah Abdali, have moved the Lahore High Court against the allotment of their hereditary property in favour of one member of the royal family. ... PESHAWAR: Graduates of AIOU seek jobs PESHAWAR, March 3: The certificate holders of the Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) belonging to Bannu, who had appeared in interviews for the Primary Teacher Course (PTC) teacher posts in 1999 ... PESHAWAR: NGOs activities in schools banned PESHAWAR, March 3: The Peshawar district government has imposed a ban on activities of non-governmental organisations in public-sector primary and secondary schools, sources told Dawn here on Thursday. ... PESHAWAR: EPB to help SCCI organize trade fair PESHAWAR, March 3: The Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) has assured the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) of financial and logistic support for a trade fair the chamber is planning to organize in May. ... HYDERABAD: Payment of stipend to doctors in a week - Ibad HYDERABAD, March 3: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has announced that postgraduate doctors working in the Liaquat Medical University, Chandka Medical College and People's Medical College will get a stipend of Rs6,210 per month ... HYDERABAD: Community policing supported HYDERABAD, March 3: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has supported the concept of community policing and said it should be promoted and expanded because it will lead to community-police cooperation. ... HYDERABAD: 23 get plot ownership documents HYDERABAD, March 3: Twenty-three people of Chishtia and Khawja Gharib colonies received lease documents of residential plots at a ceremony held here on Wednesday. ... SUKKUR: Two killed in hotel building collapse SUKKUR, March 3: Two boys were killed and many others injured when a double-storey hotel building collapsed in Rohri town on Wednesday night. The building on the Massan Road belonged to Ishaq Bhutto and it collapsed with a bang. ... QUETTA: Victim of injustice freed at last QUETTA, March 3: A person who had spent nine years in prison without having committed any crime was released on the orders of the Balochistan High Court here on Thursday. ... KASUR: Quacks 'being patronized' in Kasur KASUR, March 3: Citizens are falling a victim to quackery in the length and breadth of the district because of alleged negligence of the health department. ... DERA GHAZI KHAN: Official claim on campaigns 'belied' - Anti-polio vaccination DERA GHAZI KHAN, March 3: The official claim of making the district polio free have been belied by a 10-member evaluation team which indicated some places in the settled area in Dera Ghazi Khan tehsil and tribal belt ... FAISALABAD: Hospitals 'create' pollution FAISALABAD, March 3: The Environmental Protection Agency found 14 major private hospitals of the city involved in polluting the environment and endangering the public health through improper disposal of hospital waste. ... GUJRANWALA: Helmet law to stay - minister GUJRANWALA, March 3: Punjab Transport Minister Rana Shamshad Khan said 'helmet law' would not be repealed as it protected motorcyclists while crackdown would continue. ... GUJRANWALA: 1,795 govt employees held: ACE GUJRANWALA, March 3: The Anti-Corruption Establishment, Punjab, claims to have arrested 1,795 employees of various government and semi-government departments during the last one-and-a-half-year. ... SIALKOT: Robbers kill labourer SIALKOT, March 3: A labourer was shot dead and an ASI of Pasrur police was injured seriously by bandits on offering resistance in separate incidents in the district on Thursday. ... SARGODHA: Trader shot dead in robbery bid - Protest by colleagues SARGODHA, March 3: Traders of almost all the important markets in the city went on strike on Thursday immediately after a fruit and vegetable market merchant was shot dead by two armed men in broad daylight. ... PESHAWAR: Minister urges intensification of anti-polio campaign PESHAWAR, March 3: The NWFP Health Minister, Mr Inayatullah Khan, has expressed satisfaction over polio campaign and has underlined the need for intensifying efforts to wipe out polio from the NWFP. ... KOHAT: Teachers' body wants raise effective from July 2004 KOHAT, March 3: The Kohat Teachers Association has adopted a resolution demanding early presentation of the pay and pension commission report for increase in salary and asked the government to make the raise effective from July 2004 ... MINGORA: Swat hit by new rain spell MINGORA, March 3: A new second spell of rain on Thursday aggravated the situation in the Swat valley where the authorities are already facing problems in reaching the rain-hit people because of damage caused to roads. ... KHAIRPUR: Anti-dam march continues KHAIRPUR, March 3: The anti-Kalabagh dam and greater Thal canal long march passed through different areas of the district on Thursday. ... NAWABSHAH: 76,816 vehicles fined by motorway police NAWABSHAH, March 3: Number of accidents and robberies has decreased after highways were taken over by the Motorway Police. ... SUKKUR: Channel breach floods villages SUKKUR, March 3: Two villages and hundreds of acres of land inundated when a 250-feet breach occurred in Jam Wah near Shahdadpur on Wednesday night. ... SWABI: Sick animals' meat being sold in Swabi SWABI, March 3: Most butchers in the district are selling stale and poor quality meat of sick animals, posing a serious hazard to people's health. ... PESHAWAR: Three professors in the run for principal's post PESHAWAR, March 3: Inordinate delay in the appointment of the principal of the Khyber Medical College (KMC) is creating hurdles in the smooth running of the academic process, senior doctors told Dawn. ... LARKANA: Labourer injured in blast LARKANA, March 3: A worker was injured when a bomb exploded near the Ali Goharabad police post here on Thursday. The half a kilogram bomb went off when Yamin Jatoi was digging the ground for construction of a wall of a house ... KARACHI: Afghanistan urged to improve ties with neighbours KARACHI, March 3: The speakers on the concluding day of a two-day workshop on Thursday urged the Afghan government to unleash a process of reconciliation to bring into the fold all armed resistance groups ... ISLAMABAD: Court confirms bail of police officers and doctors ISLAMABAD, March 3: The Supreme Court on Thursday confirmed bail of three senior police officers and two doctors in the Sialkot Jail killing case. ...

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