January 13, 2003	Monday	Ziqa'ad 9, 1423

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PM pledges more funds for Pindi’s development RAWALPINDI, Jan 12: Prime minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali on Sunday promised to provide additional funds for the development of the city....		Small farmer should be focus of agri development: report ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: The annual report on Human Development in South Asia will be released here on Tuesday. This year’s report focuses on agriculture and human development. The report emphasizes the...
Industrial show exhibitors complain of mismanagement RAWALPINDI, Jan 12: The stall-holders at the fourth all Pakistan industrial exhibition have termed the first week of the exhibition a total failure owing to low sales, exorbitant rates of stalls...		Horn-happy drivers drive city deaf ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: The people of the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad are no stranger to the half-hearted campaigns launched off and on by the traffic police against pressure horns....
JKLF rejects proposal to change LoC status RAWALPINDI, Jan 12: The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) has rejected the proposal to change the status of the Line of Control into a permanent border between India and Pakistan....		Four die in road accident FATEH JANG, Jan 12: Four persons of a family died in a road accident when the car they were travelling in collided with a truck here on Sunday....
MNA expresses concern over non-availability of medicines ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: The Mutahidda Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) MNA, Mian Mohammad Aslam, has expressed concern over non-availability of life saving drugs to patients in Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims)....		Armyman killed in road accident RAWALPINDI, Jan 12: An armyman was killed in a road accident, while two cars were stolen from different areas of the city, police said on Sunday....
Benazir tells legislators to protest NAB role ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: The former prime minister and chairperson of Pakistan People‘s Party, Benazir Bhutto, has asked the PPP legislators to protest against the manner in which NAB was being used...		Minister sees industrial turnaround ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: The industrial production has shown an upward trend in the last quarter and contributed significantly towards the national GDP....
EU asks Pakistan to cut duties on cars ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: Commerce Minister Hamayun Akhtar Khan has said that the European Commission has demanded of Pakistan to reduce duties on cars which the 15-member bloc considers “very high”....		Former PMs can’t be stopped from coming: QJP RAWALPINDI, Jan 12: Qaumi Jamhoori Party chief Asghar Khan has said that the government has no justification to stop former premiers — Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto — from returning to...
Government destroying Sindh farm sector: PPP MIRPURKHAS, Jan 12: PPP MNA Nawab Mohammad Yousaf Talpur has said that the agriculture sector, especially in Sindh, is being destroyed in a systematic way by the government....		Progressive parties asked to get united QUETTA, Jan 12: The Balochistan National Democratic Party (BNDP) has asked the nationalist and progressive parties to launch a joint struggle for the restoration of real democracy....
‘Sense of deprivation will vanish’ DERA MURAD JAMALI, Jan 12: A leader of the PML-Q and former MNA, Mir Fareedullah Khan Jamali, has said that the sense of deprivation prevailing in Balochistan will be removed during...		Ministry contradicts news report ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: A spokesman for the ministry for religious affairs, Zakat and Ushr on Sunday contradicted a news item that alleged that the prime minister has allowed more than 8,000...
2 robbers killed, one arrested KOHAT, Jan 12: Two robbers were killed and another arrested during an encounter with police on the Kohat-Rawalpindi road on Sunday....		Electricity to Kharan district soon QUETTA, Jan 12: The Central Information Secretary of the Balochistan National Movement (BNM), Dr Ishaq Baloch and member of the provincial assembly, Dr Shama Baloch, met Chief Minister, Jam Yusuf of...
Power supply MIRPUR, Jan 12: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikander Hayat expressing concern over the frequent power-breakdowns has directed the Wapda to ensure the smooth supply of electricity to Muzaffarabad....		PM to address NALC GILGIT, Jan 12: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali during his proposed visit to the quake-hit parts of Northern Areas would address the session of Northern Areas Legislative Council, NALC sources...
144 imposed in Gilgit GILGIT, Jan 12: The administration of Gilgit city has imposed Section 144 and asked the people not to misuse electricity....		US ‘crush-Muslim’ policy flayed GUJRANWALA, Jan 12: A convention of religious parties, including the Muttahida Majlis Amal, has condemned US’s ‘crush-Muslim’ policy and the arrest of innocent people by FBI agents in Lahore, Karachi and...
Robbers’ easy sailing in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, Jan 12: Unidentified bandits remained busy as they looted cash and valuables worth hundreds of thousands of rupees and hijacked a tractor-trolley and a two-wheeler in eight strikes in the...		Rs1.75bn to be spent on cementing watercourses FAISALABAD, Jan 12: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi said on Sunday that Rs1.75 billion would be spent on cementing watercourses to save wastage of canal water....
Police help ‘sought’ in recovering Mepco dues MULTAN, Jan 12: The Multan Electric Power Company (Mepco) has sought police help to expedite its ongoing recovery campaign....		Gas-cuts to affect exports SIALKOT, Jan 12: Local industrialists have protested against the ‘temporary’ suspension of gas supply to their factories....
Serial killer of prostitutes arrested GUJRANWALA, Jan 12: A serial killer of call girls, reportedly a religious fanatic, has been arrested dramatically by the Gujranwala police....		Industrial workers for cut in power tariff KASUR, Jan 12: More than 200 owners and workers of powerloom industries on Sunday took out a procession against Wapda and the Central Board of Revenue....
PPP leader supports Amir Rokhari MIANWALI, Jan 12: PML-Q candidate Amir Hayat Khan Rokhari’s chances to win PP-44 by-poll have brightened after Syed GM Shah’s support to him....		Overhead bridge for Bahawalpur approved BAHAWALPUR, Jan 12: The construction work of an overhead bridge at the railway level crossing on the Multan Road near the Small Industrial Estate will soon be taken in hand....
Indian firing SIALKOT, Jan 12: One house was damaged and a goat killed in Indian firing in bordering village Darman-Bhooi here on Sunday....		Former MPA ‘interfering’ in Sillanwali tehsil council SARGODHA, Jan 12: Tehsil Nazim Rana Munawar Ghaus expressed his dismay over the interference by an ex-MPA in the politics of Sillanwali Tehsil Council, alleging that he was taking revenge of...
‘Secret Army’ behind Afghan attacks, say pamphlets ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: A group calling itself the “Secret Army of Muslim Mujahideen” has claimed responsibility for at least 50 attacks in Afghanistan, according to pamphlets distributed on Sunday in the...		New power supply line inaugurated D.I. KHAN, Jan 12: The federal minister for water and power said on Sunday that the government was giving priority to the hydro-power projects for providing low-cost electricity to domestic consumers...
MMA candidate withdraws in PPP’s favour SHIKARPUR, Jan 12: An MMA candidate for PS-12, Khanpur Shikarpur-IV, Alauddin Pechuho, on Sunday resigned from his candidature in favour of PPP candidate Usaid Ahmed Soomro....		Sugar mills urged to accept demands NAWABSHAH, Jan 12: The Sindh Abadgar Board, Nawabshah, on Sunday warned the district sugar mills of dire consequences if they began sugarcane crushing before accepting demands of the growers....
Landlords accused of land grabbing DADU, Jan 12: The district forest officer, Dadu, Mohammad Anwar Baloch, has said that 300 names of big landlords of Dadu district have been sent to the NAB because they have...		AT calls for waiving farm loans BADIN, Jan 12: Awami Tehrik chief Rasool Bux Palijo has demanded of the government to declare Sindh a calamity-hit area and waive agricultural loans in the province....
Moot on social issues NAWABSHAH, Jan 12: A conference was organized on Sunday by the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Nawabshah....		Doctors stage rally SUKKUR, Jan 12: At least 100 doctors from various parts of Sukkur and Larkana divisions staged a demonstration in front of the local press club demanding confirmation of doctors appointed on...
Lahorites give warm welcome to sun LAHORE, Jan 12: Early clearance of fog on Sunday was a relief for the cold-stricken Lahorites who braved the foggy weather for well over a week....		Fire brigade short of everything LAHORE, Jan 12: The fire brigade lacks arrangements for fighting fires in over 200 highrise buildings in the provincial metropolis even more than a year and a quarter after the September...
‘Demands Day’ by Wapda union LAHORE, Jan 12: Over 100,000 Wapda workers observed a ‘Demands Day’ on the call of the Pakistan Wapda Hydro-Electric Central Labour Union to press for the acceptance of their demands....		‘Attacker’ of Daska church arrested LAHORE, Jan 12: The Punjab police claimed on Sunday to have arrested one of the two men who threw hand grenades at a Daska church on Christmas Day....
Mansoor LBA president LAHORE, Jan 12: Mansoorur Rahman Khan Afridi was elected Lahore Bar Association president with a lead of 504 votes over his rival Javed Iqbal Raja who secured 872 votes....		Thriving old books’ business LAHORE, Jan 12: Old books, sold or discarded, get to the shelves of book-lovers again at prices far less than those of the new ones, thanks to the city footpaths....
Real estate agent’s arrest still a mystery LAHORE, Jan 12: The police have again expressed their ignorance about the whereabouts of a real estate agent who was reportedly picked up by plainclothesmen from his house in Cantonment on...		JI amir reiterates demands LAHORE, Jan 12: Jamaat-i-Islami amir Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said that holding of the offices of the president and the chief of the army staff by Gen Pervez Musharraf is a...
Stabbed to death LAHORE, Jan 12: Two brothers stabbed and killed a shopkeeper on refusal to a proposal at Jalal Colony in Hanjarwal on Sunday....		Pervaiz speaks at meeting LAHORE, Jan 12: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has said that his government would continue to work for the betterment of the people....