March 17, 2002	Sunday	Muharram 2, 1423

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Proposals for drug policy invited LAHORE, March 16: The university of health sciences being established by the Punjab government will have all health-related departments including the faculty of pharmacy to produce much needed qualified pharmacists....		EC to continue support to social sector MULTAN, March 16: The European Commission will continue its support to the social sector in Pakistan, specially in the field of primary health care and education in the rural areas....
Performing arts varsity shortly LAHORE, March 16: The Punjab governor has approved opening of a performing arts university at Alhamra Arts Council....		MMA not insisting on interim govt LAHORE, March 16: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, a coalition of religious parties, will contest the October elections even if no interim government is set up, MMA chairman Maulana Shah Ahmad Noorani said...
Rs2 million jewellery, cash looted LAHORE, March 16: Robbers took away cash and jewellery worth over Rs2 million from different parts of the city on Saturday....		Raise in CAA staff wages approved LAHORE, March 16: The Civil Aviation Authority Board has approved the revision in the pay package of CAA employees....
Audit reports on PIA, four missions in April: AGP LAHORE, March 16: The special audit reports on PIA and Pakistan’s four missions in the US, the UK, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE will be finalized in April....		Two die, 13 injured in road crash TOBA TEK SINGH, March 16: Two people were killed while 13 injured in a road crash between a wagon and a van late Saturday night....
Schools without teachers for14 months MULTAN, March 16: Classes have yet not been started in nine girls middle and primary schools which were built in the city 14 months ago with a cost of Rs8 million....		Girl dies, eight hurt on road VEHARI, March 16: A girl was killed and eight others received injuries in an accident late Friday night near Khanewal on the Lodhran-Faisalabad Road....
Boy killed LAHORE, March 16: A boy was run over by a train in Kot Lakhpat on Saturday....		UN to enforce law to check terrorist funding on April 10 ISLAMABAD, March 16: The International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (ICSFT) would be enforced on April 10, senior UN officials informed Dawn here on Friday....
BCDA to build 10 new jetties HUB, March 16: The Balochistan Coastal Development Authority (BCDA) has planned to build 10 new jetties along the provincial coast at a cost of Rs500 million....		UNHCR to wind up aid programme in two provinces QUETTA, March 16: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has decided to wind up its aid programme for Afghan refugees in the NWFP and Balochistan as its repatriation campaign...
Pakistani family narrates immigrants’ plight WASHINGTON, March 16: The case of a Pakistani truck driver reveals something of the heartbreak and dislocation experienced by more than 1,000 immigrants from the Middle East and South Asia rounded...		SC to take up case of ‘dishonest’ tomorrow ISLAMABAD, March 16: The Supreme Court of Pakistan will take a petition on Monday to decide whether a person declared ghair ameen (dishonest) was disqualified to contest election for all his...
Cabinet to review text of Police Act on 20th ISLAMABAD, March 16: Federal Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider will formally present the text of the new Police Act in the March 20 cabinet meeting to be presided over by President Pervez...		Compensation for accident victims ISLAMABAD, March 16: The Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) has offered compensation and scholarship facility to the legal heirs of 38 Pakistanis, who died in a tragic bus accident at Batha, Saudi...
Launching of Gwadar port work on 22nd ISLAMABAD, March 16: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will perform the foundation stone laying of $248 million Gwadar Deep Seaport on March 22. Chinese Vice Premier Wu Bangguo will also attend the...		EU team meets PML-Q, JI leaders today ISLAMABAD March 16: The European Union mission, which is in the country to see the possibility of sending a group of observers to oversee the general election to be held in...
Officials asked to show patriotism QUETTA, March 16: Quetta Corps Commander Lt-Gen Abdul Qadir has underlined the need for inculcating patriotism, devotion and sincerity in government officials....		Teachers observe black day HYDERABAD, March 16: Black day was observed on Saturday in the educational institutions of Sindh on the call of the Sindh Employees Alliance against the alleged anti-education, anti-students and anti-peoples’ policies...
7 injured in clash over water distribution SUKKUR, March 16: Seven men were injured in an armed clash between two groups of growers near Ubauro, district Ghotki, on Saturday over the distribution of water ....		Two killed KHAIRPUR, March 16: A man, Janib Narejo, shot dead his sister-in-law, Nawab Khatoon, 22, and a villager, Ghulam Abbas Narejo, on the pretext of Karo-kari in village Pir Mohammad Narejo on...
Production of fake fertilizer continues: Thousands of acres rendered barren KOHAT, March 16: Four huge illegal factories manufacturing counterfeit fertilizer in Karak and Lakki Marwat districts operated by convicts from Faisalabad, has rendered thousands of acres of fertile land in Sindh...		Refugee children given school bags PESHAWAR, March 16: Afghanistan needs a multi-million dollar investment to develop essential infrastructure for 1.5 million children who are likely to begin their school education after Nauroz, the Afghan spring festival...
Only two teachers for seven classes SWABI, March 16: The Naro Banda Government Primary School in Maneri Bala, established 45 years ago, has only two teachers for   seven classes....		Unity among religious groups urged MINGORA, March 16: The NWFP Jamaat-i-Islami Amir, Prof Mohammad Ibrahim Khan, said on Friday that the government has failed to meet the people’s expectations and the only solution to the problems lies in...
Training camp held CHITRAL, March 16: More than 80 women participated in the training camp, whose theme was community development, and was organized by Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) here....		Timber seized HARIPUR, March 16: A big quantity of high quality timber was seized near Khalabat Township here on Thursday evening. The value of the contraband was reported to be in millions....