January 2, 2003	Thursday	Shawwal 28, 1423

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Rs275m to be spent on underpass in Rawalpindi RAWALPINDI, Jan 1: The Committee Chowk underpass will be constructed at a cost of Rs275 million for which designing has already been completed, said the district Nazim, Raja Tariq Kiyani, here...		Pakistan no more a sovereign country, say speakers RAWALPINDI, Jan 1: Military governments in Pakistan have consolidated the role of the US and international financial institutions (IFIs) in state affairs, which poses a constant threat to country’s sovereignty....
Body formed to purchase seats for 3 new jets RAWALPINDI, Jan 1: The Pakistan International Airlines Board here on Wednesday constituted a committee for the acquisition of seats for three recently-purchased Boeing 777 jets....		Funds not available for social sciences: expert ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: The government is not providing enough funds to carry out research and development activity in the social sciences sector whereas natural sciences had received huge financial assistance over...
Powerful shows from Karafilms Festival in Capital ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: You can’t fight nature, they say. And even if you want to change the “system” for yourself, you (inevitably!) may have to “return” to your “situation”....		Drive against Removal from Services Ord likely soon RAWALPINDI, Jan 1: The professors community is preparing to launch a movement against the Removal from Services Ordinance 2000, the union leaders told Dawn....
Need for protecting environment stressed ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must be strengthened for effective enforcement of national environmental quality standards and national environmental act as this agency has a major role to play...		Pakistan Organization of Collaborative Research set up ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has launched a programme to facilitate collaborative research between Pakistani universities and expatriate academics settled abroad by establishing an organization named “Pakistan Organization...
MMA to hold anti-US demo tomorrow RAWALPINDI, Jan 1: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has announced that it will hold protest demonstration on Friday against the possible US attack on Iraq....		PTI urges govt to stop FBI activities in tribal areas ISLAMABAD Jan 1: Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday urged the government to lodge a strong protest with the Washington over the reported clash between the paramilitary forces of Pakistan and the...
Burn victim dies RAWALPINDI, Jan 1: A 20-year-old man, who was critically burnt when fire erupted at a CNG filling station on Tuesday, died at the Rawalpindi General Hospital on Wednesday, police and hospital...		Rate of water wastage highest in Capital: report ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: About 10 to 12 million gallons of water is wasted in the capital every day, which is highest among other cities, says State of Consumer Rights Report 2001....
Govt plans to sell two new licences : Cellular phones ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: The government intends to sell at least two new licences for 1,800 MHz cellular phones through an open bidding....		Crisis management centre begins work GILGIT, Jan 1: A crisis management centre recently set up in Gilgit has started functioning....
AJK PM’s adviser resigns MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 1: AJK Prime Minister’s Adviser on Education Mohammad Yusuf Chaudhry on Wednesday tendered his resignation which was accepted, official sources confirmed....		Protesters block RCD Highway HUB, Jan 1: Hundreds of townspeople blocked the main RCD Highway on Wednesday for over an hour in protest against what said free access of drugs to Hub....
Murderer Executed in Muchh QUETTA, Jan 1: Abdul Sattar, a murderer of two persons, was finally hanged in Machh Jail on Wednesday morning after postponement of his execution for five times....		PIA bans carrying of Aab-i-Zam Zam RAWALPINDI, Jan 1: Pilgrims travelling by Pakistan International Airlines wouldn’t be allowed to bring Aab-i-Zam Zam while returning after Hajj, said Airlines General Manager Public Relations Imran Gardezi here on Wednesday....
Schedule for Senate polls announced ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice Irshad Hasan Khan on Wednesday announced a schedule for the conduct of Senate elections, a day after the president had approved dates for...		AJK cabinet meets today MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 1: Azad Jammu and Kashmir cabinet is scheduled to meet on Thursday. AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayyat Khan will preside over the meeting. Besides other matters, the situation...
NWFP Assembly discusses LFO PESHAWAR, Jan 1: The Frontier Assembly, concluding a debate on unemployment and price hike, opened a discussion on the controversial Legal Framework Order (LFO) and termed it an attack on the...		Graduation of PAF cadets held KOHAT, Jan 1: Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Air Vice-Marshal Abdul Razzaq SI (M) S Bt urged the jawans to concentrate on training and achieving higher standards in computer skills...
JUI-S demands tickets for Senate polls PESHAWAR, Jan 1: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Samiul Haq), a component of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), has demanded of the government to allocate two tickets to the party for contesting the Senate...		MMA undecided on senate tickets PESHAWAR, Jan 1: The component parties of Muttahida Majlis-i- Amal, a bloc of six religious parties remained inconclusive on the distribution of the senate tickets in the Frontier province, sources said....
Consumers bewail low gas pressure PESHAWAR, Jan 1: The residents of Saeedabad on Pajjagi Road have to go without breakfast due to the low gas pressure and continued indifferent attitude of the Sui Northern Gas Pipeline...		‘LB system to be made effective’ HARIPUR, Jan 1: Provincial minister for local government and rural development Sardar Idrees said here on Tuesday that the MMA’s government was seeking to bring about reforms in the present Local...
Four die in accident HARIPUR, Jan 1: Four people, including three of a family from Rawalpindi, were killed and three others injured seriously on Tuesday evening when their taxi plunged from a bridge into a...		Girl shot dead CHARSADDA, Jan 1: After failing in an attempt to kidnap a girl, the kidnappers shot her dead in Mandani on Wednesday. Pari Begum told police that Amjad with his accomplices...
Weapons seized PESHAWAR, Jan 1: The crime investigation department seized illicit arms and arrested an alleged smuggler on Kohat road on Tuesday....		Khuhro sees positive role of opposition: Sindh Provincial Assembly LARKANA, Jan 1: The opposition in the Sindh Assembly will play a positive role in strengthening the democratic institutions but the chief minister should desist from issuing ‘irresponsible statements’....
Uplift works stopped for want of funds LARKANA, Jan 1 : The district Nazim on Wednesday attributed the stoppage of development works to interruption of funds by the provincial government....		Police attitude annoys DPSC SUKKUR, Jan 1: Members of the District Public Safety Commission (DPSC) on Wednesday expressed their displeasure over the attitude of officials of the C-Section police station and decided to inform higher...
Sugarcane growers hold demo NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Jan 1: A large number of sugarcane growers staged a protest demonstration on the Naushahro Feroze bypass here on Wednesday against managements of sugar mills and the government....		Bus passengers robbed near Pir Jo Goth KHAIRPUR, Jan 1: Four armed men deprived bus passengers of their valuables and cash at the Miani Mor, near Pir Jo Goth, on Tuesday night....
Tension in QUEST: student held NAWABSHAH, Jan 1: The situation has become extremely tense at the Quaid-i-Awam University of Engineering, Science, and Technology (QUEST) Nawabshah where Rangers were called to control the situation and who held...		Growers demand compensation SHIKARPUR, Jan 1: A protest demonstration was held by the growers of Deh Nau Wah, Deh Azeemabad, and Deh Ghari Haleem on Wednesday against the Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) for the...
Three captives rescued JACOBABAD, Jan 1: Three persons have been rescued from the captivity of their kidnappers after an encounter with the police, the DPO, Rana Fateh Sher, said on Wednesday....		Air, rail traffic disrupted: Lahore blanketed with fog LAHORE, Jan 1: Thick fog descended on Lahore for the second time during the current winter on Wednesday night, forcing cancellation of all flights....
Restoration of trade union right stressed LAHORE, Jan 1: The government should restore workers’ trade union rights guaranteed in the 1973 Constitution and the International Labour Organization conventions to end the unrest caused by the promulgation of...		MMA procession tomorrow LAHORE, Jan 1: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has announced that it will hold a procession on Friday (Jan 3) to protest FBI raids in the country and the feared US attack on...
FIA wings’ merger into NAB: plan not yet finalized LAHORE, Jan 1: The committee constituted to work out modalities of the proposed merger of FIA’s crime and economic crime wings with the NAB has yet to complete the task....		PTI, PMM to back MMA nominee for PP-147 LAHORE, Jan 1: The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf and the Pakistan Mazdoor Mahaz have announced that they would support Amirul Azeem, the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal nominee for PP-147....
Call to spare Pakistanis of INS LAHORE, Jan 1: The Hamdard Thinkers Forum has expressed grave concern over the harassment of Pakistanis by the US agencies forcing them to get themselves registered with the INS and demanded...		Parliamentarians hailed LAHORE, Jan 1: Punjab PML-Q Information Secretary Kamil Ali Agha has congratulated parliamentarians who, in the light of their conscience, voted for Prime Minister Jamali in preference to their personal or...
SC suspends LHC order on wagon route LAHORE, Jan 1: The Supreme Court on Wednesday suspended the orders of the Lahore High Court granting exclusive rights for plying 70-seat capacity buses on route 32 (from the Lahore railway...		Revenue record to be computerized LAHORE, Jan 1: The city government will computerize 25 per cent of its revenue record by June to enable its licensed property dealers to issue copies of ownership deeds from the...
Ex-MPA interrogated for links with accused: Killing of Farooq GUJRAT, Jan 1: Former PML-N MPA Malik Hanif Awan, a political rival of slain MPA Chaudhry Farooq, was interrogated in the Sarai Alamgir police station, it was learnt here on Wednesday....		PCRA for Improving drug testing process MULTAN, Jan 1: The Pakistan Chemist Retailers Association (PCRA) has presented an 11-point formula to the government for the improvement in the working of Drug Testing Laboratories (DILs)....
2 ‘thieves’ killed in shootout MULTAN, Jan 1: Two alleged thieves were killed in what Khanewal police claimed a shootout near Kutcha Khuh area on the Sahiwal Road on Wednesday....		Desiltation in Bahawalpur launched BAHAWALPUR, Jan 1: A one-month desiltation campaign has been launched in Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar and Rahim Yar Khan of the Bahawalpur irrigation zone on self-help basis....