January 18, 2003	Saturday	Ziqa'ad 14, 1423

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No exam fee for special children, says minister ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: Federal education minister Zobaida Jalal on Friday announced that children suffering from any physical disability would soon be given exemption in examination fees while taking Secondary School Certificate...		Inter-cultural dialogue vital to world peace: speakers ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The world is moving towards a clash of civilizations owing to persistent political confrontations throughout the globe, therefore an inter-cultural dialogue is the need of the hour to...
Cell-phone firm chief claims attempt on life ISLAMABAD, Jan. 17: Al Barry, the president of one of the leading multinational GSM cellular telephone companies operating in Pakistan, believes someone made an attempt on his life on the night...		Body of woman found RAWALPINDI, Jan 17: A body of a woman was found lying at a deserted place in Fauji Colony on Friday....
Govt to end class system in education, says Zobaida ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The government intends to end class system that exists in the education sector by providing equal opportunities to all children studying in public, private schools or madaris, the...		MNA warns against FBI raids ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) MNA, Mian Aslam, has warned that any provocation in the form of raids on mosques and Madaris in the federal capital will lead to...
Regulatory framework critical for banks: report ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The regulatory framework for banks is of fundamental importance in developing countries since banks perform a critical function in the process of economic progress....		PPP leader meets PM ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: Nazar Hussain Kiyani, former MNA from Chakwal, and leader of Pakistan People’s Party, called on Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Friday....
AJK wants Ehtesab to continue MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 17: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan on Friday said that the accountability was a consistent process which should continue at all costs, but there should not be...		Sherpao assures IMF of reforms continuance ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: Minister for Water and Power Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has assured the IMF mission that all commitments made with the Fund officials in the past will be honoured...
Embassy directed to help Pakistanis ISLAMABAD Jan 17: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Friday issued fresh instructions to the Foreign Office to help minimise the hardships faced by the US Pakistanis in registration under...		US denies INS laws against any religion NEW YORK, Jan 17: The United States’ State Department on Thursday dismissed the impression that the new registration regulations were directed against any religion including Islam, and asserted that in the...
Dera Bugti without power for four days QUETTA, Jan 17: The entire Dera Bugti district is without electricity for the last four days, while Sui-Kashmore main water supply pipeline has also been damaged by some miscreants....		Pakistan complains of faulty services at Umra RIYADH, Jan 17: The government of Pakistan has officially filed an official memorandum with the Saudi authorities about the repeated violations of the contractual obligations by the Saudi Umra companies and...
Candidates asked to identify affiliations ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: Chief Election Commissioner Irshad Hassan Khan has directed the aspirants for the Senate seats to identify their party affiliation at the time of scrutiny....		PPP to take part in growers protest MIRPURKHAS: Jan 17: Pakistan People’s Party has announced that it supports the strike called by growers and farmers against sugarcane crisis called for Jan 21 and exhorted the party workers to...
Riyadh restricts Haj visa ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The pilgrims who had performed Haj on international passports during the past five years could not proceed for the second time, informed Saudi sources said....		UK, Pakistan sign protocol on abduction of children LONDON, Jan 17: Pakistan and the United Kingdom on Friday signed Judicial Protocol on abduction of children to ease their sufferings and agreed to appoint a special judge to liaison between...
Hayat defends arrest RAWALPINDI, Jan 17: The government would make investigation regarding the arrest of Australian national, said Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat, while talking to newsmen after attending a briefing here at the...		One dies QUETTA, Jan 17: A young man died of gas suffocation while his friend got unconscious in Marriabad on Friday as they forgot to turn off gas heater before sleeping on Thursday...
Thousands rendered jobless by gas cuts SIALKOT, Jan 17: Thousands of workers have been rendered jobless by the prolonged suspension of Sui Gas supply to city’s industrial units....		Demo against doctor who operated on healthy leg GUJRAT, Jan 17: A large number of local residents on Friday staged a protest demonstration on DHQ Hospital premises and demanded action against an orthopedist for giving wrong treatment to a...
Medical colleges test’s results LAHORE, Jan 17: The University of Engineering and Technology (UET) declared on Friday night the results of entry test for admission to medical and dental colleges in the Punjab....		Three die of suffocation GUJRANWALA, Jan 17: Three employees of a poultry farm died of suffocation in Kot Noora, Ghakkhar Town, here on Friday....
PPP to protest in NA at rising crimes FAISALABAD, Jan 17: Local MPAs of the People’s Party Parliamentarians will raise voice on the floor of the House against police failure to check rising incidents of dacoity and other crimes....		Gardezi likely to join the ruling party BAHAWALPUR, Jan 17: MNA-elect Syed Tasneem Nawaz Gardezi is likely to join the ruling PML-Q....
Rs2.2m looted from bank BAHAWALPUR, Jan 17: Four armed motorcyclists on Friday looted Rs2.2 million from a bank at Mauza Musafirkhana, about 20 kms from here....		Two gangs of carjacker busted SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 17: The local police busted two gangs of vehicle lifters comprising 10 members and recovered four stolen cars from their possession....
Two commit suicide OKARA, Jan 17: Two persons committed suicide in Renala Khurd Town on Friday....		Cyclist shot dead by dacoits OKARA, Jan 17: A cyclist was shot dead by three highwaymen on resistance near Haveli Lakha on Friday....
Jirga to settle tribal dispute postponed: Jatois, Mahars trade accusations SUKKUR, Jan 17: The Jatoi-Mahar Jirga, which was scheduled to be held on Friday, could not be held and was postponed indefinitely because of the inordinate delay in arrival of the...		Two education officials dismissed MIRPURKHAS, Jan 17: The provincial secretary, education, Nazar Hussain Mahar, has dismissed two education department officials from service on charges of misappropriation....
MMA leader criticizes army role in politics SWABI, Jan 17: Jamaat-i-Islami leader and MMA candidate for the Senate from the NWFP Dr Murad has urged the army to stop meddling in the political affairs and concentrate on defending...		Four held, alcohol seized KOHAT, Jan 17: Police seized 300 litres of alcohol and arrested four men, three of them Afghans, in a pre-dawn raid on a factory in the Jarma refugee camp on Friday,...
Injured PESHAWAR, Jan 17: The university police on Thursday baton-charged the participants of a Dars-i-Quran at Islamia College and injured at least three students, one seriously....		Inquiry against Nazim under way HARIPUR, Jan 17: An inquiry is being conducted into the alleged misuse of powers and violation of rules in taking certain decisions by the Haripur Tehsil Nazim....
Rally staged to condemn tribal feuds SHIKARPUR, Jan 17: A big rally was taken out by the residents of Garhi Yasin on Friday against tribal clashes in Shikarpur district....		Three killed in accident SUKKUR, Jan 17: Three people were killed and one was injured in an accident on the National Highway, near Gambat, on Friday....