January 7, 2003	Tuesday	Ziqa’ad 3, 1423

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CDWP okays fellowship scheme for teachers ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Monday approved the “post-doctoral fellowship for university teachers” scheme piloted by the Higher Education Commission (HEC)....		No attempts being made to reunify PML factions: Nisar RAWALPINDI, Jan 6: The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz group) parliamentary leader, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, has said no attempts are being made for the reunification of the PML factions....
Country put on road to progress: minister ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: Minister for Information and Media Development Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Monday said Pakistan had been put on the road to progress and the government was striving for a...		PTDC asked to file proposal for easing visa policy ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: The minister of state for tourism, Rais Munir Ahmad, has directed the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) to put up a proposal to him for easing the visa...
PML-N accuses NAB of bias ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: The secretary information Pakistan Muslim league (N) Siddiqul Farooq on Sunday accused the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) of partiality and criticized it for not acting against the former...		PP-8 by-polls: independent Candidate joins PPP TAXILA, Jan 6: Faisal Iqbal, who was contesting the by-polls as an independent candidate from PP-8, has joined People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP)....
CM accused of favouring candidate ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman, Imran Khan, has alleged that the Punjab chief minister was using government funds to influence the coming by-elections in Mianwali....		First Haj flight leaves Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: Haj flights to airlift intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia has begun....
Concern over deteriorating law and order in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, Jan 6: The local trade bodies and the Mutahidda Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) have expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in the district....		District govt fails to check overcharging FAISALABAD, Jan 6: The district government has failed to control overcharging and blackmarketing of consumer goods as national and multi-national companies have raised the prices of their products by 20 to...
5,000 join AIOU Autumn semester MIANWALI, Jan 6: The distant and formal system of education is one of the blessing for the poor and in-service people who cannot afford costly formal system....		59 PTCL employees sacked GUJRANWALA, Jan 6: At least 59 employees of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited, including clerks, supervisors and linemen, were dismissed from service here on Monday....
Debate over cotton crop size MULTAN, Jan 6: The latest cotton arrival figures released by the Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) have sparked a debate over the expected crop size at the end of the season....		Markets closed to protest jeweller’s murder BAHAWALPUR, Jan 6: Sarrafa bazaar and all other markets remained shut on Monday in protest against the murder of a jeweller....
CM visits Gujrat today GUJRAT, Jan 6: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi will inaugurate several development projects here on Tuesday (today)....		Commission briefed on impact of health Ord LAHORE, Jan 6: Punjab Health Secretary Hassan Wasim Afzal on Monday completed his statement before the Mujaddid Mirza commission constituted by the chief minister to review the matters pertaining to the...
Incentives for teachers LAHORE, Jan 6: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has said that remuneration and special increments would be given to schoolteachers on account of their outstanding performance....		Three killed KASUR, Jan 6: Three people were killed and another sustained serious wounds on Monday in a road accident in Muftpura, Sarai Mughal....
5,000 Haj applicants refused permission: Victims of dubious agents QUETTA, Jan 6: More than 5,000 intending Hajis, all from Balochistan, were refused permission to perform Haj this year merely because they applied through the group leaders with dubious credentials....		Construction of three dams on time promised ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: Water and Power Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Monday assured Balochistan and Northern Areas that Mirani, Sabakzai and Satpara dams would be completed in time to meet...
MMA to finalize Senate candidates ISLAMABAD Jan 6: The supreme council of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) in its meeting here on Wednesday will discuss constitutional issues and decide on requisitioning of the National Assembly session for a...		PM to visit quake-hit areas soon ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali will shortly visit earthquake-hit northern areas in the Astore valley to see for himself the suffering of some 24,000 affected people....
Three injured in police firing PESHAWAR, Jan 6: The police opened fire on a van carrying Afghan refugees and injured three persons on Ring Road on Monday....		PML-Q leaders discuss general council meeting ISLAMABAD Jan 6: The parliamentary leader and acting president of PML-Q Chaudhry Shujat Hussain presided over a meeting of the party top brass on Monday to finalize the arrangements for Jan...
Benazir urges Bush to review decision ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: Former prime minister and chairperson of the PPP, Benazir Bhutto, has urged President George Bush to review the decision of including Pakistan in the list of countries whose...		12 countries rescheduled $6.2bn debt in 2002 ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: Pakistan managed to get its debt amounting to $6.2 billion rescheduled under the Paris Club bilateral agreement with twelve countries during the year 2002....
Water problem to be resolved soon: governor DADU, Jan 6: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said the issue of water shortage will soon be resolved....		Stay granted in graveyard case ABBOTTABAD, Jan 6: The district civil judge V on Monday granted a stay to the Ministry of Defence against digging graves in Malikpura Graveyard by locals, and fixed Jan 16 for...
Hesco men accused of nepotism DADU, Jan 6: A large number of degree holders staged a protest demonstration outside the local Hesco office and blocked the Dadu-Sehwan Road for two hours here on Monday against the...		Junejo clan chief’s arrest criticized LARKANA, Jan 6: The MPA from Dokri, Aziz Jatoi, on Monday criticized the arrest of the chieftain of the Junejo clan, Sardar Akbar Junejo, and has termed it a case of...
Two illegal detainees freed in Sukkur SUKKUR, Jan 6: Two persons, who were being detained illegally at the C-Section police station, were recovered on Monday by a judicial magistrate on the orders of the district and sessions...		Musharraf asked to meet MMA demands TIMERGARA, Jan 6: Parliamentary leader of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali would have to accept the MMA’s demands or...
Three brothers shot dead NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Jan 6: Three brothers, Mujahid Khushik, Abdul Majeed and Mukhtiar, were killed on Monday after Syed Manzoor Hussain Shah, Zamir Hussain Shah and Iqbal Shah opened fire on them....		Cyber cafe owners warned of action HARIPUR, Jan 6: The local administration has asked all the internet cafe owners of the district to follow code of ethics....
Yaqoob wants uniform system of education enforced MANSEHRA, Jan 6: The Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Sardar Mohammad Yaqoob, has put his weight behind a uniform system of education, saying the root cause of all evils was...		Nine men injured in clash SHIKARPUR, Jan 6: Nine persons were injured in an exchange of fire between Jatoi and Mehar tribesmen in the jurisdiction of the Lakhi police station on Monday....
Cane growers’ protest on 10th NAWABSHAH, Jan 6: The Sindh Abadgar Board on Monday unanimously decided to block the National Highway on Jan 10 if sugar mills did not pay Rs43 per 40kg to the growers....		Video shops closed in Kohat KOHAT, Jan 6: Following the government directives the local police raided dozens of video shops in the city and arrested 13 people for selling obscene films and sealed their shops on...
Office ransacked HANGU, Jan 6: The students of a local degree college on Monday ransacked the Wapda office here against the unscheduled and prolonged spells of loadshedding in the area....		MMA to resist FBI in NWFP, Balochistan: Sami meets Nasrullah LAHORE, Jan 6: The police force in the NWFP and Balochis-tan will comply with the orders of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal governments there and not the US agency FBI, says MMA vice-president...
Govt plans to rig by-polls, claim PML-N leaders LAHORE, Jan 6: The PML-N alleged on Monday that by-elections scheduled for Jan 15 could not be free and fair as the government was using all possible foul methods to win...		Weather remains foggy LAHORE, Jan 6: Fog that blanketed Lahore for more than 18 hours added to the chilly weather on Monday, dipping the maximum temperature to the season’s record low 10.3 degrees C....
PP-112 by-poll stayed LAHORE, Jan 6: A full bench stayed byelections to PP-112 (Kharian) and admitted the appeal of Tanveer Ashraf Kaira for regular hearing against his disqualification as a member of the Punjab...		Chargesheet in Khwajas’ case likely today LAHORE, Jan 6: An incomplete challan is likely to be filed before an anti-terrorism court on Tuesday against Dr Ahmad Javed Khwaja and Ahmad Naveed Khwaja....
Why didn’t MMA vote for Jamali? LAHORE, Jan 6: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal did not cast confidence vote for Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali because he had refused to support demands of the religious parties’ alliance....		Computers compulsory at secondary level LAHORE, Jan 6: The Punjab government has decided to teach English as a compulsory subject at primary level and computer and other technical subjects at secondary level from the coming academic...
First Haj Flight leaves LAHORE, Jan 6: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool inaugurated on Monday the Haj operation of the national airlines for carrying 35,000 intending pilgrims from the city to Saudi Arabia by 75 flights...		PAT for NA session to discuss situation LAHORE, Jan 6: The Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT) says violation of sanctity of borders by foreign troops, statements about nuclear programme of the country and recent immigration laws introduced by US...
Real estate business boom LAHORE, Jan 6: The real estate business in the provincial capital is expected to continue flourishing through the year 2003 as the land rates keep rising in most localities, particularly in...		Big screens to be installed to telecast World Cup LAHORE, Jan 6: The city district government will set up a control room to redress public grievances on Basant, make arrangements for telecasting the World Cup matches on big screens in...