January 15, 2003	Wednesday	Ziqa'ad 11, 1423

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Decision on Hudood law in a month ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: The federal government is set to decide whether to repeal or amend the Hudood Ordinance within next one month, Nilofer Bakhtiar, advisor to the prime minister on women...		1,200 teachers awaiting salaries for 4 months RAWALPINDI, Jan 14: About 1,200 recently-appointed teachers of the schools affiliated with the Punjab government have not been paid any salaries for the last four months since their recruitment, it has...
NAB not pursuing cases against ministers: Faisal ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is not investigating any corruption case against the sitting ministers, said Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat while talking to the reporters after inaugurating...		Govt urged to adopt leader pricing policy on drugs ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturer’s Association (PPMA) has asked the government to follow a uniform drug pricing by adopting leader price policy....
23 polling stations declared sensitive RAWALPINDI, Jan 14: About 231,962 voters will cast their votes in the NA-56 by-elections here on Wednesday. The seat was vacated by Federal Minister of Information and Media Development Sheikh Rashid...		Ex-army man’s house ransacked RAWALPINDI, Jan 14: Four robbers ransacked the house of a retired army officer in Lalazar on Tuesday night....
2 drug smugglers get one-year RI RAWALPINDI, Jan 14: The district and sessions judge, Dost Mohammad Khemta, on Tuesday awarded one-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) to a person convicted of smuggling drugs....		Minister stresses fair distribution of Zakat RAWALPINDI, Jan 14: Federal Minister of Information and Media Development Sheikh Rashid Ahmed Tuesday asked the chairmen of the local Zakat committees to distribute Zakat among the deserving people by rising...
Shaukat links poverty with less farm produce ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: Prime Minister’s Adviser on Finance Shaukat Aziz has said that the battle against poverty can only be won if contribution of agriculture to growth is enhanced....		50 Al Zarrar tanks to be exported this year TAXILA, Jan 14: Pakistan has started the commercial production of the Al Zarrar tank, and it will manufacture about 50 tanks by this year to export to other countries, defence sources...
Eritrea to open mission ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: President Gen Pervez Musharraf thanked the Eritrean Government for its consistent support to Islamabad on the Kashmir dispute and assured of Pakistan’s full cooperation to Eritrea in the...		1.4 tons drug, arms seized in Balochistan QUETTA, Jan 14: Law-enforcement agencies have seized over 1.4 tons of drugs and arms and ammunition from Chaghai and Makran areas, official sources told Dawn on Tuesday....
SC rejects claim on Miani land ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a claim of three Lashari brothers that management of the Miani Sharif graveyard had encroached on their land, which should be restored...		Development to continue, assures Mengal QUETTA, Jan 14: Governor Amirul Mulk Mengal has said that the elected provincial government will push forward the development process which was initiated during the last three years and hoped that...
No consular access yet to Australian suspect ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: Australian embassy officials on Tuesday had yet to be granted access to an Australian man held for 10 days by Pakistani authorities for suspected Al Qaeda links....		Trade unions federation stage protest QUETTA, Jan 14: Hundreds of activists and supporters of the All Pakistan Federation of Trade Unions on Tuesday staged a protest rally to support the demands of government workers....
Investors invited to Azerbaijan ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: Azerbaijan Ambassador to Islamabad Dr Eynulla Madatli expressed the hope on Tuesday that enhanced economic cooperation between the two countries would boost volume of bilateral trade and investment...		Few Pakistanis turn up at INS offices LOS ANGELES, Jan 14: In southern California, where nearly 25,000 Pakistanis are living, few showed up the whole day on Monday, leaving officials of Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) just sitting...
SC permission sought ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: Four more politicians including Asfandyar Wali have approached the Supreme Court to get a provisional permission for contesting the Senate elections....		JUI, JI develop row over Bajaur Senate seat BAJAUR, Jan 14: Differences have cropped up between the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI) and the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), two major components of the MMA, over the nomination of candidates for the sole Senate...
Sindh PPP boycotts by-elections SHIKARPUR, Jan 14: The People’s Party Parliamentarians candidates for PS-10 (Shikarpur-II), PS-12 (Shikarpur-IV), PS-76 (Khairpur Nathan Shah) and NA-201 (Ghotki) have announced to boycott the by-election, scheduled on Wednesday....		Concern over water shortage MINGORA, Jan 14: The residents of Malookabad have expressed their concern over the non-availability of drinking water in the locality and threatened to stage protest demonstrations if the problem was not...
Two killed in encounter SHIKARPUR, Jan 14: Two outlaws were killed in an encounter with the police on the Chak-Sui Gas Link Road, near the Bango Labano village, Lakhi Taluka, on Tuesday....		Teachers slam EDO’s transfer PESHAWAR, Jan 14: The All Teachers Association (ATA), Karak, has criticized the provincial minister for industries, law and parliamentary affairs, Malik Zafar Azam, over the recent transfers in the district education...
92 students seek recognition PESHAWAR, Jan 14: The future of 92 students of Cecos University hangs in the balance as the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) has not yet registered the old students....		Two siblings die of suffocation KHAIRPUR, Jan 14: Two siblings died due to inhaling gas which was leaking from the heater in their room in the railway quarters in the Tando Masti village, near Khairpur city,...
Self-immolation attempt foiled BADIN, Jan 14: The self-immolation attempt by Hanif Bhatti, an employee of the Lower Sindh Mechanical Division, Sida, Badin, was foiled by the district Nazim, Kamal Khan Chang, and others on...		‘Job banks’ at district level soon SIALKOT, Jan 14: The Punjab government will establish job banks at district level under the supervision of human resource boards, besides a central job bank at provincial level for giving necessary...
No postal stamps for arms, driving licences FAISALABAD, Jan 14: The Pakistan Postal Department has failed to issue stamps for driving and arms licences for the new year creating problems for the people....		Tough contest likely in PP-103 GUJRANWALA, Jan 14: A tough contest is likely for the provincial assembly seat PP-103 (Wazirabad tehsil) in the byelection on Wednesday (to-day)....
Tubewell connection quota for Hafizabad GUJRANWALA, Jan 14: The Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco) has allocated tubewell connections quota for the farmers of Hafizabad district....		MDPT reduces charges MULTAN, Jan 14: The Multan Dryport Trust has announced a cut in its charges to facilitate exporters....
Country not self-sufficient in cotton TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 14: The country is producing only 10 million cotton bales a year against a need of at least 12 million, said Punjab agriculture secretary Arif Nadeem at...		US statement on Kashmir hailed LAHORE, Jan 14: The National Kashmir Committee member Justice Raja Afrasiab Khan (retired) has urged USA to exert its pressure on India to hold a dialogue with Pakistan for the settlement...
Brothers kill sister, her father-in-law OKARA, Jan 14: Two brothers along with accomplices killed their sister and her father-in-law in Jandran Kalan near Hujra Shah Muqeem on Tuesday....		Faisalabad DBA elects leaders FAISALABAD, Jan 14: Ch Salahuddin has been elected president of the District Bar Association, Faisalabad, in a triangular battle against Ch Muhammad Mumtaz and Changaiz Khan Kakar....
Holiday GUJRANWALA, Jan 14: The district coordination officer (DCO), Gujranwala, has announced local holiday for Wednesday (today) in connection with PP-103 bypoll....		B.Pharmacy results MULTAN, Jan 14: The Bahauddin Zakariya University on Tuesday declared the results of B.Pharmacy, final professional, first annual examinations, 2002....
Bank looted SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 14: Four dacoits looted Rs700,000 in cash from a bank in main bazaar here on Tuesday....		By-election in PP-147 postponed: Embezzlement of ballot papers alleged LAHORE, Jan 14: The chief election commissioner on Tuesday postponed the by-elections in PP-147 for an indefinite period on a complaint about embezzlement of 5,000 ballot papers and ordered the Lahore...
No cop to produce civilian before AMT: LHC LAHORE, Jan 14: The Lahore High Court chief justice directed on Tuesday that no police official in the Punjab would produce a civilian before any Army Monitoring Team even if directed...		Housing scheme for PU employees LAHORE, Jan 14: The Punjab University will develop a housing scheme for its employees on Raiwind Road, some 2.5km from Thokar Niaz, in three years....
Khwajas’ Al Qaeda link established, LHC told LAHORE, Jan 14: The Punjab home department, in a report submitted to the Lahore High Court on Tuesday, alleged that Dr Ahmad Javed Khwaja and Ahmad Naveed Khwaja had links with...		Plan to build 23 link roads dropped LAHORE, Jan 14: The Traffic Engineering and Transport Planning Agency has dropped the construction plan of 23 link roads in the southern parts of the city because of funds’ paucity....
PHA wasting 5m gallons of water every month LAHORE, Jan 14: The Parks and Horticulture Authority is wasting an average of five million gallons of drinking water every month for growing grass and plants in 516 gardens and parks...		3,300 policemen deputed LAHORE, Jan 14: Some 3,300 police officials have been deployed to maintain law and order during byelection in the city on Wednesday (today)....
Lahore records zero Celsius LAHORE, Jan 14: Dense fog made the minimum temperature in Lahore plunge to zero degree Celsius on Tuesday, making it the coldest day of the current season....		PPP Senate candidates swear allegiance LAHORE, Jan 14: PPP candidates for the Senate declared under oath on Tuesday that after being elected to the Upper House of parliament, they would stay loyal to Ms Benazir Bhutto...
Ahl-i-Hadith parties to protest FBI raids LAHORE, Jan 14: Six Ahl-i-Hadith parties have decided to launch a country-wide protest against the raids being conducted by the FBI. The first protest demonstration will be held in Lahore....		Journalists press for Wage Award LAHORE, Jan 14: The Punjab Union of Journalists took out a procession to press for the implementation of the 7th Wage Award outside the Lahore Press Club on Tuesday afternoon....