January 11, 2003	Saturday	Ziqa'ad 7, 1423

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Need-based education policy must be framed, says Zobaida ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: Pakistan must frame its own agenda for education according to its needs and priorities, the education minister, Zobaida Jalal, said here on Friday....		Action against dental colleges for violating PMDC criteria ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has decided in principle not to recognize medical colleges, even provisionally, in future if they failed to adhere to the criteria...
Rs500m fund for Capital schemes not yet released ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: The government has so far failed to release a sum of Rs500 million allocated for the uplift projects, commissioned in the capital under the Khushal Pakistan Programme (KPP),...		Prisoner dies; man attempts suicide RAWALPINDI, Jan 10: A man attempted suicide while an under-trial prisoner died in Adiala Jail here on Friday....
Dr Nafis Sadik calls for breaking taboo on HIV/AIDS ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: Time has come when the people of Pakistan should freely talk about sexually transmitted diseases with special focus on HIV/AIDS, as it is one of the countries with...		People summit to discuss themes for a peaceful South Asia ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: Pious hopes. Determined efforts by “peace activists”, and “well-meaning scholars” in South Asia....
Transporters’ hunger strike continues RAWALPINDI, Jan 10: The transporters continued their hunger strike for the second consecutive day, protesting against the franchise of route no 7....		Commercialization of PR by June: minister RAWALPINDI, Jan 10: The federal minister for railways, Ghous Bakhash Maher, on Friday said the government was interested in turning the railways into a corporation by June, 2003....
Drug company black-listed for selling tabletless blister strips ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: The ministry of health has black-listed a pharmaceutical company following an inquiry report that confirmed certain flaws in the quality control system of the company....		Balochistan tells Wapda to put off dues recovery QUETTA, Jan 10: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousaf has demanded that Wapda and other federal institutions should defer recovery of their outstanding dues from the people of the province...
Centre to give Rs1bn for electrification: 1,300 villages to benefit QUETTA, Jan 10: The federal government has agreed to provide Rs1 billion for completing village electrification work in 1,300 villages across the country, including those of Balochistan....		Sindh’s share of water demanded HYDERABAD, Jan 10: The Sindh Hari Committee has demanded that Sindh should be given its due share of water and the prices of sugarcane, rice, wheat and cotton should be fixed...
Army officers in PR to be relieved ISLAMABAD Jan 10: Federal Minister for Railways, Ghaus Bakhsh Mahar, has said that he had directed to start spadework on the proposed mass train system for Karachi Metropolitan in collaboration with...		Convict in corruption case allowed bail ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the jail authorities to release Abdul Sattar Dero on bail, who was convicted by an accountability court on corruption charges, after he...
Relief sought for a family facing deportation LOS ANGELES, Jan 10: The Council on American-Islamic Relations on Thursday called on the Immigration and Naturalization Service to grant humanitarian relief in the case of a Pakistani family in Delaware,...		AJK PM wants orders followed MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 10: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan was on Friday briefed on the past one-year performance of his Implementation and Inspection Commission by its chairman Raja Farooq Haider...
Transfers, postings banned ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: Chief Election Commissioner Irshad Hasan Khan on Friday temporarily banned all transfers and postings of civil servants in constituencies where by-elections are being held....		Fears about curtailment of local govts dispelled CHARSADDA, Jan 10: District Nazim Naseer Mohammad Khan has said that with the support and cooperation of provincial assembly not only the district governments would be further strengthened but most of...
Zarai Bank to cut interest rate ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: The government is considering reducing by 1 to 1.5 per cent the interest rate of the Zarai Bank, formerly known as Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan, with a...		10 arrested QUETTA, Jan 10: Federal Investigation Agency has arrested 10 persons, including six Afghan nationals, for crossing into Pakistan at Chaman, without legal documents....
Body to assess Tevta performance urged: Teachers challenge chairman’s claim MULTAN, Jan 10: The United Teachers Association (UTA) of the Punjab technical education institutions has demanded constitution of a commission to assess the performance of the Technical Education and Vocational Training...		Pick-up hijacked LANDI KOTAL, Jan 10: A pick-up was hijacked on gunpoint on Friday in the Kum Shalman area, some 25km from here....
Three more envoys meet NA Speaker ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: Ambassadors of Japan, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan called on National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain here on Friday and exchanged views on matters pertaining to bilateral relations....		No clue to Mianwali highwaymen MIANWALI, Jan 10: The police could not find any clue to robbers who looted scores of vehicles, including three vehicles of a marriage party, on the Kalabagh-Shakardara Road near Tibirsir on...
226 polling stations to be set up for NA-187 BAHAWALPUR, Jan 10: At least 226 polling stations (male and female) will be set up for the Jan 15 byelections on NA-187 (Bahawalpur five) seat....		Tariq Cheema replaced LAHORE, Dec 10: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) (Bahawalpur) divisional president Tariq Bashir Cheema has been replaced by Afzal Sindhu and district president Salahuddin Jilani by Riaz Dar on the orders of...
Minister working for candidate DERA GHAZI KHAN, Jan 10: Maqsood Khan Leghari, a rival of Millat Party chief Farooq Khan Leghari, has sent a telegram to the Chief Election Commissioner about the alleged interference of...		Body formed to review ban on doctors’ practice PESHAWAR, Jan 10: The NWFP Health Minister, Inyatullah Khan, has said a committee has been looking into the pros and cons of the institution-based practice (IBP) of doctors and the government...
Frontier music artistes face hunger PESHAWAR, Jan 10: Musicians and instrumentalists are facing hunger following a ban on musical concerts by the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s government in the NWFP....		Further cut in power rates assured PESHAWAR, Jan 10: Federal Minister for Water and Power, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has said the present government has come into power through popular vote and is therefore committed to solving...
Kabul sets free four Pakistanis PESHAWAR, Jan 10: Afghan government set free four Pakistani prisoners from Kabul jail apparently on health ground, official sources said on Friday....		Plea against Qisas Ord pending in FSC PESHAWAR, Jan 10: A Shariat petition challenging the Qisas and Diyat Ordinance has been pending before the Federal Shariat Court for the last five years without any noteworthy progress....
Afghan DPs to get relief today PESHAWAR, Jan 10: Trust for Voluntary Organizations is planning to distribute relief goods including, warm clothes and blankets, among 300 families of Afghan refugees living in Kotki camps of Bajaur Agency...		HRCP flays attack on cable centre PESHAWAR, Jan 10: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed concern over armed attack on a cable centre and damaging equipment in Peshawar some time ago....
Vice army chief meets governor PESHAWAR, Jan 10: Vice Chief of the Army Staff Gen Muhammad Aziz Khan called on NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah at Gover-nor’s House here on Friday evening....		Slab-billing if gas wastage goes on LAHORE, Jan 10: The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited on Friday threatened that it would go for slab-billing — higher tariff for higher consumption — if the consumers continued to take...
Khwajas again not produced in court LAHORE, Jan 10: An anti-terrorism court on Friday again ordered that Dr Ahmad Javed Khwaja and Ahmad Naveed Khwaja be produced in the court and the chargesheet be submitted....		Jamali being ‘dictated’ from presidency LAHORE, Jan 10: PML-N acting president Makhdoom Javed Hashmi has predicted a bleak future for the Jamali government as it is the product of rigged mandate....
Passengers suffer at airport LAHORE, Jan 10: Passengers on Friday continued to suffer because of the disruption of the flight schedule at fogbound Lahore airport....		US urged to review its laws LAHORE, Jan 10: Millat Party President Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari has demanded that the US should review its discriminatory registration laws for Pakistani immigrants as they could create differences between the...
Cold, fog continue to haunt Lahorites LAHORE, Jan 10: Extremely cold and foggy weather continued to haunt Lahorites on Friday....		Commission findings by next week LAHORE, Jan 10: The Mujaddid Mirza Commission is expected to present its findings to the chief minister on the issue of board of governors in autonomous health institutions by the...
ARD writes to Bush LAHORE, Jan 10: ARD deputy information secretary Munir Ahmad Khan on Friday sent a letter to US President Bush drawing his attention to the discrimination the Pakistanis in America were being...		Network of cable operators sealed LAHORE, Jan 10: The Lahore office of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority on Friday sealed the network of two cable operators in the city for showing banned Indian channels....