January 24, 2003	Friday	Ziqa’ad 20, 1423

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New Cantt Act by end of month: NRB chief ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: Chairman National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) Daniyal Aziz has said the government will hold local government (LG) elections in all cantonment boards in near future....		Tehsil council members stage walkouts against TMO RAWALPINDI, Jan 23: The Tehsil Council members Thursday staged two walkouts from the House in protest against the insulting attitude of the tehsil municipal officer and failure of the TMA officials...
US envoy’s statement meant to please India: Rashid ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: Federal Minister of Information and Media Development Sheikh Rashid Ahmed Thursday rejected the Indian allegation of cross-border terrorism by Pakistan, and said the people of Indian-held Kashmir were...		PML-Q, allies to get 54 seats in Senate, says Wasim Sajjad ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: Former Senate chairman Wasim Sajjad has predicted that Pakistan Muslim League(Q) will emerge as majority party in Senate....
Two killed in separate incidents RAWALPINDI, Jan 23: Two persons, including a woman, were killed and several people injured in separate incidents in Islamabad on Thursday....		Kutcha abadi residents seek end to housing scheme ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: The residents of Kutcha abadi, Sector F-6/2, staged a demonstration on School Road to protest against the low-income housing scheme being launched in the area....
Operation by foreign agencies ruled out: No Al Qaeda presence in AJK: LA speaker MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 23: AJK Legislative Assembly Speaker Sardar Siab Khalid on Thursday said Al Qaeda did not have any presence in Azad Kashmir and no foreign agency would be allowed to...		SC issues notice on APNS plea ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: A Supreme Court bench on Thursday issued notice to the Attorney-General on the constitution petition of All Pakistan Newspapers Society, challenging the Seventh Wage Board Award, and fixed...
‘Mangla royalty according to president’s directives’ ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs, Northern Areas, States & Frontier Regions and Water & Power has said that the royalty of Mangla Dam shall...		Scrutiny of papers for Senate polls begins ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: Provincial election commissions in Lahore, Karachi and Peshawar started scrutiny of nomination papers for Senate election on Thursday....
Emirates urged to invest in Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: The government has invited the crown prince of Dubai and defence minister of UAE Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum to visit Pakistan along with a team of...		Corruption case record summoned ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the NAB to produce record of the case pending against PPP leader Jehangir Badar who has sought bail from the apex court....
Ex-minister’s wife passes away DHAKA, Jan 23: Begum Syeda Fatina Rahman, wife of Fazlur Rahman, who was commerce minister in Pakistan’s first cabinet and later education minister, died here on Monday after a prolonged illness....		In-camera parliament session proposed ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: The US registration law is not going to change and as such Pakistan needs to evolve a strategy to ensure Pakistani expatriates are not discriminated against....
3 Mandokhel elders shot dead QUETTA, Jan 23: Three elders of Mandokhel tribe were gunned down near Zhob on Thursday....		Benazir calls for Geelani’s release ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has expressed concern over the deteriorating health of imprisoned Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Geelani....
AG Punjab replaced ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: Maqbool Ellahi Malik, Advocate General Punjab, was relieved of his duties on Thursday, and Shabar Raza was appointed in his place....		Powell assures Kasuri of cooperation NEW YORK, Jan 23: US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Wednesday assured foreign minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri of President Bush’s commitment to further strengthen ties and cooperation with Pakistan....
PM due in Kuwait on Monday KUWAIT, Jan 23: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali is due to arrive here on Monday on a visit to discuss regional and bilateral issues with the Kuwaiti leadership....		Hashish seized QUETTA, Jan 23: The Anti-Narcotics Force during an operation in Gulistan, Killa Abdullah district, seized 141kg of raw hashish from a house and arrested its owner, Azizullah....
Alliance to decide about joint NA opposition leader LARKANA, Jan 23: General secretary of the Muttahida Majlis-i- Amal Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that the alliance was studying the mood of the leaders prior to entering into parleys for...		Three try to commit suicide in lock-up NAWABSHAH, Jan 23: Three accused — Ghous Bux, Rahim Bux, and Abdul Latif — who were being kept at the Sakrand police station in a case under section 337, 148, 149,...
AT criticizes role of establishment KHAIRPUR, Jan 23: Awami Tehrik chief Rasool Bux Palijo has alleged that the establishment and Punjab were working on an agenda to paralyse the Sindhi people by snatching their mineral resources,...		Protest held against police SUKKUR, Jan 23: Hundreds of Golo tribesmen blocked the Indus Highway, near the Kandhkot Bypass, here on Thursday morning to protest against police for failing to nab bandits who raided their...
Privatization vital for competence: Governor: QUEST convocation NAWABSHAH, Jan 23: Engineers are the builders of a country and being technical persons, it is their foremost duty to ensure proper construction and operation of technical systems such as irrigation,...		Protesters demand end to tribal disputes SHIKARPUR, Jan 23: A complete shutter-down strike was observed in Shikarpur on Thursday against ongoing tribal disputes in the district....
Reading habit on decline in Sindh: Manjhi THATTA, Jan 23: The graph of readers is sliding in Sindh with every passing day and the visionaries are required to use their influence to motivate the younger generation to read...		Elderly woman killed JACOBABAD, Jan 23: Eight unidentified armed men killed an elderly woman, Soomri, wife of Mohammad Shaban, in Liaquat Domki Bakhshpur village....
Government urged to implement laws: Children’s rights PESHAWAR, Jan 23: The government should implement the relevant laws on children’s rights to protect them from violence and make them useful citizens of the country....		Three killed in Swat MINGORA, Jan 23: Unidentified assailants shot dead three people, including a writer whose work was viewed as critical of Osama Bin Laden and former Taliban regime in Afghanistan....
Govt recognizes Banochi as tribe PESHAWAR, Jan 23: The NWFP government declared on Wednesday Banochi as a tribe permanently domiciled in Bannu district to be eligible for recruitment in the platoons established for different Pakhtoon tribes...		Tribal elders asked to check infiltration PESHAWAR, Jan 23: The political administration of Mohmand Agency has taken strong notice of the Afghan government activists’ illegal entry into the border areas of the country and asked the tribal...
ANP leader demands royalty PESHAWAR, Jan 23: A leader of the Awami National Party (ANP), Muhammad Jabran Adeel, has demanded that the forthcoming NFC award should include royalty for the NWFP from the net profit...		FBI to keep track of 3m Pakistanis LAHORE, Jan 23: The FBI is going to collect complete information about three million Pakistanis including politicians, industrialists, businessmen and criminals, it has been learnt....
Five arrested D. I. KHAN, Jan 23: Police arrested five prize bond dealers on Tuesday night on the charge of running illegal businesses of bond slips and gambling....		Four cleared for Senate election LAHORE, Jan 23: The provincial election commissioner on Thursday cleared four candidates for Senate polls after scrutiny of their nomination papers....
Tameer funds to be spent by DCOs LAHORE, Jan 23: The funds for Tameer-i-Punjab Programme would be utilized through district coordination officers, official sources said here on Thursday....		Mono rail project for Lahore LAHORE, Jan 23: Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi gave on Thursday a formal approval to the mono rail project for Lahore which, he said, should be completed in one year instead...
PP-147 ballots to be issued by ECP LAHORE, Jan 23: Ballot papers for the by-election in PP-147 will now be issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) rather than the Lahore district returning officer and have already...		Efforts to save JICA water project fruitless so far FAISALABAD, Jan 23: Efforts of government officials to save the Japanese aid of Rs3.5 billion have so far proved fruitless due to Chiniotis’ refusal to allow Wasa authorities to conduct a...
Payment of electricity bills in UC offices LAHORE, Jan 23: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has introduced payment of electricity bills in union council offices on a trial basis in Rawalpindi....		Action against ‘negligent’ officials in the offing: Mazari-Bugti clashes MULTAN, Jan 23: The government has reportedly decided to take action against the ‘negligent’ police and civil administration authorities of Rajanpur in the backdrop of Mazari-Bugti clashes which resulted in suspension...
Orders to disqualify Wattoo overruled LAHORE, Jan 23: An Ehtesab appellate bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday allowed an appeal of former Punjab chief minister Manzoor Wattoo against his 10-year disqualification from public office....		Sabotage plan thwarted, claim police LAHORE, Jan 23: The city police chief claimed on Thursday that the arrest of four men on Wednesday night had thwarted a series of sabotage activities....
CMs to ‘lead’ pro-Iraq rallies DERA GHAZI KHAN, Jan 23: The NWFP and Balochistan chief ministers and their cabinet members will lead rallies in support of Iraq against the likely American attack....		Seven-point APC agenda LAHORE, Jan 23: A seven-point agenda has been finalized for the all-party conference to be held here on Jan 30....