January 6, 2003	Monday	Ziqa’ad 2, 1423

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Kashmiris want role in future talks: Rallies, protests held in Valley MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 5: People across the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Sunday observed the ‘Right to self-determination Day’ by holding rallies and public meetings....		President’s help in INS issue sought WASHINGTON, Jan 5: The Pakistanis living in the United States have urged President Gen Pervez Musharraf to discuss their plight with President George W. Bush and try to get Pakistan removed...
Jam demands more funds from divisible pool QUETTA, Jan 5: The Provincial Chief Minister, Jam Mir Mohammad Yousaf, on Sunday said that Balochistan should be given funds from the federal divisible pool in accordance with its requirements....		Accountability in PPP demanded: 75th birth anniversary of Bhutto HYDERABAD, Jan 5: The central and provincial leadership of the People’s Party Parliamentarians, including MNAs and MPAs, have said that accountability within the party will have to be introduced if it...
AJK MLA dies in accident MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 5: Mohammad Munir Awan, a member of the AJK Legislative Assembly, belonging to the People’s Party died after his vehicle fell several hundred feet down a narrow hilly road...		Lukewarm response to amnesty in UAE DUBAI, Jan 5: A lukewarm response by the Pakistanis, living illegally in the United Arab Emirates, is seen to the four-month amnesty granted by the UAE government....
Renewal of trade pact with China urged BEIJING, Jan 5: The Pakistan-China border at the 16,000-foot high Khunjerab pass in upper Hunza has been closed for travelling and trade via Karakoram Highway due to winter season. It would...		Parties warn of launching drive against workers arrest GILGIT, Jan 5: Nine nationalist parties of Gilgit- Baltistan on Sunday decided to launch a campaign to protest against the arrest of their leaders and activists who had been arrested for...
Smuggling of drugs from Afghanistan increases: ANF QUETTA, Jan 5: Regional director of the Anti Narcotics Force (ANF), Brig Liaquat Ali Toor, said on Friday that the Karzai government had failed to control production of narcotics in Afghanistan....		OGRA public hearing today ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) would hold a public hearing on Monday regarding whether or not to grant exclusive rights of transmission, distribution and sale of...
Weather forecast ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: The Met office has forecast cold and dry weather in most parts of the country but isolated light rain is likely in Northern Areas and scattered fog expected...		Saudi envoy encourages joint ventures with Pakistanis RIYADH: Several Pakistani entrepreneurs are interested in joint ventures in Afghanistan with their Saudi counterparts....
Politics of victimization buried, says Pervaiz Elahi MIANWALI, Jan 5: The present government has buried the politics of confrontation and victimization and set new trends in the politics by promoting fraternity and tolerance....		Tenants demand ownership rights OKARA, Jan 5: Hundreds of tenants of the military farms took out a procession here on Sunday....
Passengers of two buses looted SIALKOT, Jan 5: A gang of eight dacoits looted two buses on Kalassswala-Pasrur-Lahore Road on Saturday night....		PML-Q supporting Gardezi for NA-187 BAHAWALPUR, Jan 5: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-i-Azam (PML-Q) district president Chaudhry Iqbal alias Shair-i-Yazman, a former MPA, has announced the party support for Syed Tasneem Nawaz Gardezi, who is contesting the by-election...
Telegrams being sent through ordinary mail SADIQABAD, Jan 5: Telegraph offices in Sadiqabad, Khanpur, Rahim Yar Khan and Liaquatpur lack basic facilities....		Kasuri meets Christian leader LAHORE, Jan 5: The prevailing Christian-Muslim tension in the world is based on misunderstanding and it can be cooled down through dialogue, Foreign Minister Mian Khurshid Mehmud Kasuri said here on...
More cases against HBFC ‘defaulters’ FAISALABAD, Jan 5: The House Building Finance Corporation has accelerated the campaign of recovery of dues from the allottees of Allama Iqbal Colony and filed 29 more cases against ‘defaulters’....		Two men shot dead KASUR, Jan 5: Two persons were shot dead on Sunday by unidentified assailants in different incidents in the district....
Notice against schools’ heads TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 5: The EDO (Education) has taken a serious notice of complaints against the heads of various government schools who did not send the admission forms of students...		Faisal woos another PPP MNA SARGODHA, Jan 5: Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat paid a brief visit to the city on Sunday to attend the marriage ceremony of daughter of PPP dissident and Punjab Liberal Forum...
Work on sewage treatment plant likely to start next month ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: Capital Development Authority (CDA) will initiate extension of its existing sewage treatment plant during the next month, a source told Dawn....		Teachers body concerned over delay in promotions RAWALPINDI, Jan 5: The executive council of Punjab Professors and Lecturers Association (PPLA) has expressed concern over what it termed, unjustifiable delay, in the promotion of senior lecturers....
Kashmiris vow to continue struggle for freedom ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: Kashmiris on this side of the Line of Control Sunday observed the Self-determination Day, urging the United Nations to take cognizance of the massacre of their brethren in...		BoG’s meeting postponed RAWALPINDI, Jan 5: This year’s first meeting of the board of governors of Rawalpindi Medical College and allied hospitals scheduled to be held on Saturday could not take place due to...
Increase in trainee doctors’ stipend soon ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: The stipend of trainee doctors of the federal government will be raised within a week or so after the approval of the finance ministry, secretary health Ejaz Rahim...		Rs420m to be refunded to intending pilgrims RAWALPINDI, Jan 5: The government will refund Rs420 million to the intending pilgrims due to decrease in the foreign exchange rate, Federal Secretary for Religious Affairs, Zakat and Ushr Jameel Ahmed...
PPP pledges to complete Bhutto’s mission LAHORE, Jan 5: The Pakistan Peoples Party celebrated the 75th birth anniversary of the late Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on Sunday with the pledge to devote all energies to complete the mission...		Anti-interest Campaign from next month LAHORE, Jan 5: The Jamiat-i-Ulema Pakistan-Nifaz-i-Shariat (JUP-NS) would launch a countrywide movement for interest-free economy next month, the party president, Engineer Saleemullah Khan, announced at a press conference here on Sunday....
TI to bring parties on one platform against US LAHORE, Jan 5: The Tehrik-i-Istaqlal has decided to hold a series of seminars for bringing all political parties on a platform against the increasing US interference in the internal affairs of...		MMA for NA session on foreign policy LAHORE, Jan 5: Terming Gen Pervez Musharraf’s foreign policy a failure, the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has urged the need for convening a session of the National Assembly to drastically change it keeping...
Growing crime against property LAHORE, Jan 5: There is a growing sense of insecurity among the general public following a surge in the incidence of robbery and hold-up....		Govt’s free Education decision hailed LAHORE, Jan 5: The Academic Staff Association of the Punjab University has welcomed the Punjab government’s decision to provide free education in all state-run schools up to secondary level....