10 March 2005 Thursday 28 Muharram 1426 KARACHI: City govt's price control exercise may prove futile KARACHI, March 9: Price of milk, sugar and flour remained on higher side despite the city government's hectic efforts to convince market players on providing some relief to consumers. ... KARACHI: Management boards to run govt hospitals KARACHI, March 9: Health management boards will be established in all government hospitals in the province. This was decided at a meeting, chaired by Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad, held at the Governor's House on Wednesday. ... KARACHI: SHC allows accused to go abroad KARACHI, March 9: The Sindh High Court allowed an accused involved in the Alliance Motors reference to go and stay abroad for a month subject to his furnishing security amounting to Rs 10 million. ... KARACHI: Call to raise women's awareness of rights KARACHI, March 9: Speakers at a seminar held here to commemorate International Women's Day called for a countrywide campaign to sensitize women about their social, domestic, property and religious rights. ... KARACHI: Teachers demand salary increase KARACHI, March 9: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers' Association has demanded of the government to double the salary of teachers and other government employees in view of the hike in prices of commodities and utilities. ... KARACHI: Drive against narcotics launched KARACHI, March 9: In light with the decision taken recently in Islamabad to uproot narcotics from provinces, Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui on Tuesday announced launching of "Sindh Free from Narcotics" campaign. ... KARACHI: Task force for execution of health policy KARACHI, March 9: A task force has been constituted to ensure the implementation of Sindh Health Policy and to furnish further recommendations and strategies according to provincial needs. ... KARACHI: Boy, 6, brutally beaten in school KARACHI, March 9: A six-year-old boy was badly beaten by his school principal in Malir on Wednesday. Mohammad Ashar, son of Mohammad Ashraf, and student of class one was taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre by his father. ... KARACHI: Two MQM activists shot dead in Liaquatabad KARACHI, March 9: Two activists of the Muttahida Quami Movement were shot dead near Muttahida's Al-Karam Square office in Liaquatabad on Wednesday evening. ... KARACHI: Meera back home KARACHI, March 9: Noted film actress Meera returned from India on Wednesday night after playing a role in Indian Director Mahesh Bhutt's movie 'Nazar', which generated controversy back home. ... KARACHI: Nine injured in clash at Karachi University KARACHI, March 9: At least nine student activists were injured after two groups clashed at the University of Karachi on Wednesday. ... ISLAMABAD: Sindh revenue official arrested in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, March 9: The Aabpara police on Wednesday arrested a Sindh revenue department official from the premises of the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Press Club camp office. ... LAHORE: KEMC plans trauma courses LAHORE, March 9: With rising number of road accidents and gun-related violence, the trauma has emerged as the top killer disease. On a single day last month, the Mayo Hospital south surgical unit's doctors had treated 85 stray bullet injuries. ... LAHORE: Contempt plea against traffic police LAHORE, March 9: Advocate M.D. Tahir on Wednesday moved the Lahore High Court in a contempt of court petition against the traffic police in Lahore for continuing to book motorcyclists without helmet in defiance of court instructions. ... LAHORE: Farmers to protest on 23rd LAHORE, March 9: Farmers from all over the country will protest on March 23 to highlight their plight. The decision was taken by the Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee, a conglomerate of nine farmer bodies, on Tuesday. ... LAHORE: Three more human smugglers arrested LAHORE, March 9: The Federal Investigation Agency claimed on Wednesday to have arrested three employees of a private school for sending people to Finland under the garb of scouts and teachers. ... PESHAWAR: Importance of merit underscored PESHAWAR, March 9: Speakers attainding a workshop on education has stressed the need for making merit the main criterion of admission to professional colleges to provide a sound base for social and industrial development ... PESHAWAR: Islamic collections section completed - Peshawar museum's extension PESHAWAR, March 9: The first phase of Peshawar Museum extension project has been completed. In this phase, a new block for Islamic collections with two galleries, two new halls and a conservation laboratory have been built. ... PESHAWAR: Minister orders action against spurious drug dealers PESHAWAR, March 9: NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah Khan has said he has taken notice of spurious drugs being sold in the local market and directed his department to launch a crackdown on the hazardous business. ... PESHAWAR: UET signs accord with UK firm PESHAWAR, March 9: The University of Engineering and Technology (UET), NWFP, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the campus Consultancy Services (CCS) ... PESHAWAR: DPO arrested for links with smugglers PESHAWAR, March 9: The National Accountability Bureau has arrested District Police Officer (DPO) Bannu Dilawar Khan Bangash and two other government officials for their alleged connections with a smuggling syndicate of the country. ... PESHAWAR: WFP starts food distribution PESHAWAR, March 9: The World Food Programme has undertaken an emergency operation for distributing foodstuff in rain-hit areas of the NWFP, AJK, Northern Areas and Balochistan. ... HYDERABAD: Ponam gives strike call against water projects HYDERABAD, March 9: The Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement will launch a struggle against Kalabagh dam and greater Thal canal projects, army operation and establishment of cantonments in the smaller provinces ... HYDERABAD: Mobile teams to prepare CNICs HYDERABAD, March 9: Mobile teams of the National Database and Registration Authority, Hyderabad, will prepare Computerized National Identity Cards in Hala and Matiari talukas. ... HYDERABAD: Court issues notices to Sindh govt HYDERABAD, March 9: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad bench, on Wednesday issued notices to the Sindh government through the chief secretary, home secretary and SP investigations, Hyderabad ... RAWALPINDI: Clerks observe pen-down strike RAWALPINDI, March 9: As part of their protest campaign, clerks observed a pen-down strike throughout the country against the increase in prices of petroleum products ... QUETTA: Rs50m sought for rain-hit people QUETTA, March 9: Quetta District Nazim Mohammad Rahim Kakar has demanded of the provincial government to allocate Rs50 million and provide 5,000 blankets and 4,000 tents for helping the rain-affected people in the city. ... LANDI KOTAL: Smugglers take new routes LANDI KOTAL, March 9: The closure of smuggling routes in Bara tehsil has rendered hundreds of carriers jobless and some of them have switched over to alternate and unfrequented routes in Jamrud tehsil. ... HARIPUR: Two killed in road accident HARIPUR, March 9: Two passengers were killed when a truck rammed into a rickshaw on the GT Road in the jurisdiction of the City police station here on Tuesday evening. ... MIRPURKHAS: Education funds embezzled MIRPURKHAS, March 9: A former director, primary education, Mirpurkhas, Abdul Rahim Lakho, allegedly misappropriated Rs30,000 of the education department funds in 2000 in connivance with EDO office accountant Mir Mohammad Rind ... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Registration of FIR against SHO ordered NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, March 9: The district and sessions judge on Wednesday ordered registration of an FIR against the SHO of Moro police station for wrongful confinement of a person. ... SUKKUR: Five injured in police encounter SUKKUR, March 9: An armed encounter between police and bandits near Rohri on Wednesday left five people from both sides injured. Reports reaching here said that a milkman informed police at Arore checkpoint that armed bandits were trying to snatch a motorcycle at gunpoint. ... MIRPURKHAS: 'Sufficient water released for Rabi' MIRPURKHAS, March 9: The director of the Nara Canal Area Water Board has said adequate quantity of water has been released for Rabi season. ... SHIKARPUR: Clerks hold protest rally SHIKARPUR, March 9: Clerks on Wednesday took out a procession and staged a demonstration against delay in acceptance of their demands in response to the call of All Pakistan Clerks Association. ... DADU: Protest against SP DADU, March 9: A large number of people, including activists of different political parties and councillors, took out a rally in the Mehar town on Wednesday ... SUKKUR: 6,932 passengers get relief SUKKUR, March 9: The National Highway and Motorway Police will complete its enforcement from Karachi to Mirpur Mathelo by March 15. This was stated by the SSP of Sector-III (N-5), Syed Shabih Akhtar Shah, in a statement ... BAHAWALPUR: Law and order reviewed BAHAWALPUR, March 9: The law and order situation was reviewed at a meeting held here on Wednesday with CM's Adviser Malik Khalid Mahmood Warren in the chair. ... FAISALABAD: Transporters charge fares at will FAISALABAD, March 9: In the wake of increase in prices of petroleum products, public transport owners have enhanced fares by at least 20 per cent without any formal announcement and the government's permission. ... FAISALABAD: Robbers' gang smashed in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, March 9: A district police team claimed to have smashed an eight-member gang of robbers and recovered a huge quantity of weapons. ... GUJRANWALA: One killed, five hurt in cylinder explosion GUJRANWALA, March 9: A youth was killed and five others injured, two of them seriously, when a gas cylinder exploded in a shop at Alipur bypass intersection here on Wednesday. ...

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