January 22, 2003	Wednesday	Ziqa’ad 18, 1423

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E-money transfer service launched ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance and Economic Affairs Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday said post offices could play a vital role in fast inflow of remittances by providing...		Overcrowding in jail spreading diseases: report RAWALPINDI, Jan 21: Meningitis was the leading cause of death in Adiala jail during 2002, whereas 1,473 detainees were suffering from scabies, says a report....
PU to set up info centre in capital: VC ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: The Punjab University (PU) will establish its information centre in the capital in near future to provide better facilities to the students as well as their parents....		SUNGI rejoinder to Wapda chief ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: A spokesperson for SUNGI Tuesday clarified a news item in a section of the press quoting the Wapda chairman as saying that the SUNGI and late Omar Asghar...
Students urged to excel in academic careers ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: Federal education minister Zobaida Jalal on Tuesday asked students to excel in their academic endeavours as great responsibility rested on their shoulders for being the future leaders of...		PM stresses water resources promotion QUETTA, Jan 21: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Tuesday directed the Balochistan government to give priority to construction of delay action and check dams under the Public Sector Development...
EU to help Balochistan drought victims ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: The European Community’s Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) will offer five million euro during 2003 to help the drought victims in Balochistan....		School education made free in NWFP PESHAWAR, Jan 21: The NWFP cabinet on Tuesday made education up to matric free of cost in the government institutions....
Kasuri apprised of threat to Christians WASHINGTON, Jan 21: Pakistani Christians living in the United States have demanded a meeting with Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri to discuss a recent threat to their community in Pakistan....		Jamali enjoys complete power: Rashid ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: President’s spokesman Maj-Gen Rashid Qureshi on Monday said that no meaningful withdrawal of Indian army had taken place from the Line of Control (LoC)....
India defaming Pakistan, says minister ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has said that India is making every possible effort to defame Pakistan as a ‘terrorist state’ but its dream will never materialize....		37 NA standing committees planned ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: The government has decided to constitute 37 standing committees of the National Assembly besides a special committee on Kashmir....
Four die in accidents KARACHI, Jan 21: Four people, including a mother and her infant daughter, were killed in two road accidents late on Tuesday night....		US ambassador lauds education reforms QUETTA, Jan 21: US Ambassador Nancy Powell called on Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali at his residence here on Tuesday and exchanged views with him on various matters of mutual...
Drone crashes KARACHI, Jan 21: An unmanned United States air force Predator spy plane crashed during a test flight near Jacobabad on Monday, a police official said on Tuesday....		Ikram declines Senate ticket KARACHI, Jan 21: Ikram Saigal, a columnist, has refused to accept the Senate ticket given to him by Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam)....
Asif released on parole RAWALPINDI, Jan 21: Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan People’s Party’s former senator flew into Karachi on Tuesday night after he was released on parole so that he could attend his mother-in-law’s funeral,...		Fog blankets city, brings life to a standstill PESHAWAR, Jan 21: Thick fog blanketing Peshawar Valley for the last five days, has taken a heavy toll on public life, forcing the Civil Aviation Authority to suspend all operations from...
Encroachers disrupting traffic flow in Peshawar PESHAWAR, Jan 21: Free movement of pedestrians and vehicles has become a difficult task in cantonment and city areas, as vendors, hand-cart pushers and double car-parking leave very little space for...		Teachers to boycott classes today PESHAWAR, Jan 21: A joint action committee of the university teachers association has called for a boycott of classes on Wednesday (today) to express anguish over the proposed model university ordinance....
Shariat to be enforced, says MMA leader HANGU, Jan 21: The deputy speaker of the NWFP Assembly, Ikramullah Shahid, has said that the MMA government will soon enforce a true Islamic system in the province and introduce reforms...		Students damage principal’s office PESHAWAR, Jan 21: Students of Islamia College staged a demonstration in front of the college here on Tuesday to protest against non-availability of rooms in hostels, high rates of penalties and...
Kidnapping attempt foiled; car recovered PESHAWAR, Jan 21: The city police on Tuesday recovered the car of a retired army general snatched on Monday and busted an inter-provincial gang of car-lifters....		Fata LG poll homework done PESHAWAR, Jan 21: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that the homework for holding local government elections in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) has almost been completed and...
Clerk shoots himself after killing colleague FAISALABAD, Jan. 21: A clerk shot dead his colleague before committing suicide at the offices of a textile mills in Chiniot Bazaar here on Tuesday....		Bugti-Mazari armed clash rages on MULTAN, Jan 21: A heavy gunbattle between warring Bugti and Mazari tribes on the Punjab-Baloshitan border in Rajanpur district resulted in damage to two main gas pipelines on Tuesday night....
Nazimeen moot opposes uplift funds for MPs MULTAN, Jan 21: A gathering of Naib Nazimeen of Multan district and its four tehsils has expressed concern over the non-implementation of resolutions adopted by the local bodies....		Govt urged to check acid attacks on women MULTAN, Jan 21: Activists belonging to various political parties and non-government organizations staged a protest demonstration here on Tuesday against the violation of women’s rights in south Punjab....
12 POs arrested GUJRANWALA, Jan 21: The range police claim having arrested 12 proclaimed offenders and recovered illegal arms from their possession in the Pabi border area of Azad Kashmir....		NTU hostels besieged FAISALABAD, Jan 21: The students’ hostel of the National Textile University were besieged by a heavy contingent of police on Tuesday....
Kidnapped TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 21: Two persons, including a boy, were kidnapped from different parts of the district on Tuesday....		Survey of pollution in Muzaffargarh from today MULTAN, Jan 21: The Punjab Environment Protection Department (EPD) is all set to kick off a survey in Muzaffargarh district from Wednesday (today) to gauge severity of the pollution being caused...
Staff set McDonald’s on fire FAISALABAD, Jan 21: Local police have arrested two employees for their alleged involvement in putting McDonald’s restaurant on fire after stealing cash from its locker here on Monday morning....		Cop injured SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 21: A police constable was injured by two robbers near the QB Link Canal on Faisalabad Road on Tuesday....
Rescheduling of IPPs payment under study: Sherpao on power tariff cut LAHORE, Jan 21: Federal Minister for Water and Power Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao on Tuesday said the government was keen on providing relief to electricity consumers and developing long-term policies in...		PRTC depot to be made bus stand LAHORE, Jan 21: The city district government will arrange development of the Multan Road depot of the defunct Punjab Road Transport Corporation into a modern general bus stand for southern Punjab-bound...
DLF calls for increase in pay, allowances LAHORE, Jan 21: The Democratic Labour Federation has demanded increase in pay and allowances of the salaried class commensurate with the increase in cost of living....		Quran Khwani for Mrs Bhutto LAHORE, Jan 21: A number of PPP leaders took part in Quran Khwani for the late Shireen Amir Begum Bhutto, widow of the late Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, at the office of...
Ex-MNA Manj’s appeal adjourned LAHORE, Jan 21: A division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of an appeal of the former member of Narcotics Control Committee, ex-MNA Munawar Manj,...		ARD protests ‘rigging’ in byelections LAHORE, Jan 21: The ARD took out a procession on Tuesday to protest the rigging in the byelections and call upon the government not to resort to the condemnable practice while...
PPP discusses Senate polls LAHORE, Jan 21: The Punjab PPP parliamentary party met here on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Qasim Zia to discuss matters concerning the Senate elections....		Plea for adjournment in Khwajas case dismissed LAHORE, Jan 21: An anti-terrorism court dismissed on Tuesday an application of the prosecution, seeking three months adjournment of a case against Dr Ahmad Javed Khwaja and Ahmad Naveed Khwaja and...
Motors coy directors remanded in NAB custody LAHORE, Jan 21: An accountability court on Tuesday remanded two directors of a motors company into seven-day transit custody of the NAB, following their arrest on Rs3.570 billion corruption charges....		Six PML-Q candidates file papers LAHORE, Jan 21: Six candidates of the PML-Q submitted nomination papers on Tuesday for the Senate polls....
Environmental tribunal still without head LAHORE, Jan 21: The Environment Protection Department (EPD) of Punjab has called upon the Federal Ministry of Environment to expedite the appointment of the chairman, Environmental Tribunal, to strengthen its role...		Heavy workload at underfunded DTL LAHORE, Jan 21: The Drug Testing Laboratory (DTL) is facing problems in coping with a tremendous increase in workload due to lack of facilities and trained personnel, high operational costs and...
‘Make US forces leave’ at earliest LAHORE, Jan 21: Expressing concern over FBI raids and arrest of Pakistanis, Central Shoora of the Jamaat-i-Islami has asked the government to make arrangement for early departure of US forces from...		Respite from biting cold LAHORE, Jan 21: After three weeks of gruelling cold, temperatures have started rising for the relief of the people....