January 16, 2003	Thursday	Ziqa'ad 12, 1423

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Low turnout in Rawalpindi by-elections RAWALPINDI, Jan 15: The turnout in the by-polls for the national (NA-56) and provincial (PP-8) assemblies in the district remained low at 23.97 per cent....		Minister for development of new sectors within 40 days ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat on Wednesday asked the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to develop four new sectors within 40 days....
EFA plan to be implemented in every district, says Zobaida ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: The education minister, Zobaida Jalal, has said each district will soon have a comprehensive and feasible 15 years “Education For All” (EFA) perspective plan duly approved by the...		Pakistan likely to train Afghan eye specialists ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: Afghanistan has one of the highest rate of blindness prevalence in the world, which is about two per cent....
Rs150bn to be spent on water, power projects: Wapda chief ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: Projects worth Rs150 billion have been planned to meet the water and power requirements of the country....		Collective efforts stressed to face globalisation RAWALPINDI, Jan 15: Federal Minister of Labour and Manpower Abdus Sattar Lalika on Wednesday said the government could amend the Industrial Relations Ordinance (IRO) 2002 into a more labour- friendly law...
Funds not released for RCB bifurcation RAWALPINDI, Jan 15: Delay in release of funds is impeding the bifurcation process of the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board, well-placed sources told Dawn....		Energy at affordable rates helps in economic growth: report ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: Rise in supply of energy to consumers at affordable prices is an important factor for economic growth in the country....
Drug trafficker gets 18-month imprisonment ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: The additional district and sessions judge, Sanaullah Malik, on Wednesday awarded one and a half year rigorous imprisonment to a drug trafficker....		HEC body to revise biotech curriculum ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: The National Curriculum Revision Committee (NCRC) of Higher Education Commission (HEC) will revise the curriculum of the discipline of Biotechnology being taught at the universities and institutes of...
One killed, 8 injured in road accident RAWALPINDI, Jan 15: One person was killed, while eight others were injured in a head-on collision between a car and a passenger wagon at Kalar Syedan on Wednesday, police said....		‘PTA set to face deregulation challenges’ ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: Deregulation of the telecom sector will offer attractive opportunities to the prospective investors and provide easy access to telecom systems and services in the far flung areas of...
Pakistan urges UN to protect children’s rights UNITED NATIONS, Jan 15: Pakistan on Tuesday called on the UN Security Council to take concrete steps for the “amelioration of suffering of children affected by armed conflicts around the world...		PPP flays ‘rigging’, workers’ killing ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) President Makhdoom Amin Fahim has flayed the alleged massive rigging in the by-elections, and the killing of party workers in Sindh....
INS issue discussed at highest level: Qazi WASHINGTON, Jan 15: The Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, during his visit to Chicago on Tuesday said that the president and foreign minister have raised the...		US urged to help Kashmiris MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 15: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan has said that the Americans should pressurize the United States to play its role in providing relief to the nations which...
AJK PM, president agree to iron out differences MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 15: AJK President Sardar Mohammad Anwar Khan and Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan held a detailed meeting here on Wednesday and “resolved to settle the differences between them...		PML-Q forms 7-member committee ISLAMABAD Jan 15: President of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q), Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, on Wednesday formed a seven-member committee led by party Secretary-General Salim Saifullah Khan for framing a strategy...
SC issues notice to NAB ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: A Supreme Court bench on Wednesday issued a notice to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on the bail petition filed by former federal minister Jehangir Badar....		Australian has links with Al Qaeda ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: Investigators believe that an Australian man arrested 11 days ago in Karachi has close links with Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda terror network, senior officials said on Wednesday....
Dubai festival launched DUBAI, Jan 15: The Dh78 million Dubai Shopping Festival, that will give away prizes worth more than Dh100 million over the next 31 days, was launched with fireworks, laser show and...		UK invites Kasuri for consultations ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has invited Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri for an official visit to the United Kingdom....
50 Afghans arrested CHAMAN, Jan 15: The Balochistan Frontier Corps (FC) arrested 50 Afghans while they were sneaking into the coun-try....		MMA may change local bodies system MANSEHRA, Jan 15: Muttahidda Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) government in the NWFP is considering bringing drastic changes in the local government system and reducing the powers of Nazimeen in the province....
Primary schools face teachers shortage LANDI KOTAL, Jan 15: Despite the government’s claim that it has opened 126 new educational institutions in Khyber Agency, there are some 28 primary schools, both for boys and girls in...		Chitralis threaten strike CHITRAL, Jan 15: The district heads of all political parties have warned the government of district-wide wheel-jam strike if the passage through the Kunar province was not reopened for Chitrali travellers....
Rs1m grant for Mardan hospital MARDAN, Jan 15: The NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has announced a grant of Rs one million to improve the working of the operation theatre at DHQ Hospital, Mardan....		Preventable ailments awareness urged PESHAWAR, Jan 15: Doctors here called for strengthening of the health-care system at the district level, where people are provided information on diseases that are preventable....
Suspension of water supply to refugees continues LANDI KOTAL, Jan 15: Water supply to Afghan refugee camp remained suspended on the fourth consecutive day after a row between the political administration and local residents over the construction of...		Education of women stressed HARIPUR, Jan 15: The lack of awareness, illiteracy and self-imposed restrictions in the name of religion are the main reasons for 80pc maternity related deaths particularly in rural areas....
Two PML-Q, one NA candidates win by-polls: PS-10, PS-12, PS-76 SHIKARPUR, Jan 15: Faiz Mohammad Mahar of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) and Abid Hussain Jatoi of the National Alliance on Wednesday won the by-elections on the provincial assembly seats from...		NA-216 by-election claims three lives SUKKUR, Jan 15: Three persons of the same family were killed and two others were injured in the Jam Sahib village, Nawabshaw district, on Wednesday morning....
17 booked in raids NAWABSHAH, Jan 15: Police booked 17 people and recovered 17 receipt books and Rs14,830 in cash from their possession on Tuesday....		Building for school demanded NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Jan 15: A group of people, including students, on Wednesday took out a procession from the Bhorti Road to the Tharushah Press Club against the executive engineer, education works....
913 PPP activists arrested: Qaim KHAIRPUR, Jan 15: PPP leader Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said 913 activists of the party have been rounded up since last night in the Nara taluka and announced to boycott...		PML-N workers baton-charged: By-polls in PP-142 LAHORE, Jan 15: Except for a couple of minor incidents, the byelection in PP-142 was held in a peaceful manner here on Wednesday....
Khwajas admitted to having links with Al Qaeda: Lahore High Court told LAHORE, Jan 15: The interior ministry claimed on Wednesday that Dr Ahmad Javed Khwaja and the four detained members of his family had admitted to having links with the head of...		Farooq’s murder mystery ‘solved’ LAHORE, Jan 15: The Punjab police on Wednesday claimed to have solved the mystery of the murder of MPA Chaudhry Mohammad Farooq and his five aides....
Plea seeking PML-N MPA’s disqualification dismissed LAHORE, Jan 15: A three-member bench of the Lahore High Court dismissed on Wednesday a writ petition, seeking the disqualification of PML-N’s MPA from PP-156....		Joint opposition may be formed after APC LAHORE, Jan 15: Political parties of various shades of opinion will be participating in an all-party conference here on Jan 30 to work out a joint line of action on some...
Top Wasa defaulters LAHORE, Jan 15: The defunct Metropolitan Corporation of Lahore, Lahore Development Authority and 23 government departments have to pay over Rs235.22 million on account of water supply, sewerage and aquifer charges...		Fog lowers maximum temperature LAHORE, Jan 15: Thick fog that persisted almost entire Wednesday lowered the day’s maximum temperature to 9.3 degrees C in Lahore....
By-elections peaceful in Punjab MULTAN, Jan 15: Byelections in two national and three provincial assembly constituencies of southern Punjab remained peaceful on Wednesday....		Sugar mills fleecing growers FAISALABAD, Jan 15: Owners of the sugar mills are fleecing the sugar cane growers by employing different tactics causing huge financial losses to them....
Case against acting Naib Nazim: Donations for banned outfit JHAHG, Jan 15: Kotwali police on Wednesday registered a case under anti-terrorism laws against acting district Naib Nazim for forming a non-governmental organization (NGO) allegedly to generate funds for a banned...		Four killed in collision FAISALABAD, Jan 15: Four members of a family were killed in a head-on collision between a car and a bus near Gatwala, some 14km from here, on Wednesday....
Road blocked to protest at killing of two brothers GUJRANWALA, Jan 15: Heirs and residents of Muafiwala village on Wednesday blocked the Sialkot Bypass Road to protest the killing of two brothers and injuring their father on Tuesday....		Man dies before son’s execution GUJRAT, Jan 15: A telephone operator died due to cardiac arrest just six hours before the execution of his son who was hanged in the district jail here on Wednesday....
Four die as bus rams into tree KASUR, Jan 15: Four people were killed and nine others injured when a bus rammed into a tree near Doleywala on Wednesday....		Nazim held for ‘patronizing’ criminals FAISALABAD, Jan 15: The Nazim of a union council of Mamukanjan was arrested on Wednesday....