January 28, 2003	Tuesday	Ziqa’ad 24, 1423

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America’s friendship matters: Kasuri WASHINGTON, Jan 27: “We are not fools that we will act in a reckless manner and jeopardize the interests of our country,” said Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri, who began a...		MMA mass-contact drive on Iraq soon ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has decided to launch a country-wide mass contact campaign against the possible US military action on Iraq....
Lawyers say LFO not part of Constitution ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: President of Supreme Court Bar Association Hamid Khan and Mohammad Kazim Khan, the chairman of Executive Committee of PBC, on Monday said lawyers community would not accept the...		13 more allowed to contest polls ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: The Supreme Court on Monday allowed 13 more politicians who were defeated in the October elections to contest Senate polls....
Seven more pilgrims die in S. Arabia ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: Another seven Pakistani pilgrims including three women, died of heart attack and other ailments in Makkah Al Mukarma and Madina Al Munawara....		Fingerprinting: US team to discuss plan RAWALPINDI, Jan 27: The government is planning to begin “finger printing” of foreigners coming to Pakistan to check the movement of terrorists and boost immigration control, official sources told Dawn on Monday....
PPP condemns ‘harassment’ ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: The Pakistan People’s Party said on Monday its workers in Sindh are being forced to change loyalties....		Plan to set up leather stitching centres GUJRANWALA, Jan 27: The Punjab government will set up leather stitching centres in Sialkot, Gujrat, Gujranwala and other cities to boost export of leather products....
Mazari chief calls for tribal jirga DERA GHAZI KHAN, Jan 27: Former MNA and Mazari chief Mir Balakh Sher Mazari wants the government to demarcate the provincial border between the Punjab and Balochistan....		Three of a family shot dead SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 27: Three members of a family were shot dead on Monday over an old enmity in Abbas Chowk, Imamia Colony, some 36 kms from here....
Workshop on ultrasound MULTAN, Jan 27: A six-day workshop on ultrasound will open at the Multan Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy, Nishtar Hospital, here on Feb 3....		LHC for probe into farm loan fraud BAHAWALPUR, Jan 27: The Bahawalpur bench of the Lahore High Court has directed the general manager of the Allied Bank to hold an inquiry into agriculture loans scandal....
False complaint lands man in jail JHANG, Jan 27: A man who filed a false complaint against a police inspector was sent to jail by a local civil judge on Monday....		Cash, jewellery taken away FAISALABAD, Jan 27: Robbers and thieves made off with hundreds of thousands of rupees in cash, gold ornaments and drove away two motorcycles and a wagon in 11 strikes during the...
UN observers visit border villages SIALKOT, Jan 27: The Sialkot-based permanent UN observers on Monday visited Pakistani border villages hit by Indian shelling in both Sialkot and Narowal districts....		One killed SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 27: The driver of a coaster was killed while 13 occupants sustained injuries in a road accident in Chak 25....
19 POs held with illegal arms GUJRANWALA, Jan 27: The range police claim to have arrested 19 proclaimed offenders from their hideouts in Chenab Bela during a four-hour operation and recovered a huge quantity of illegal arms...		Rs7 million set aside for BHUs repair, maintenance: Sanitation week starts in Pindi RAWALPINDI, Jan 27: The district Nazim, Raja Tariq Kiani, has said Rs7 million has been allocated for the repair and maintenance of grass-roots health care facilities in the district....
Water supply to Pindi from Khanpur Dam cut by half RAWALPINDI, Jan 27: Water supply to the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board has been reduced to half, owing to the depletion of water level in the Khanpur Dam, sources told Dawn....		Going to Karachi? Take the bus ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: Got some urgent business in Karachi or vice-versa and need to reach there on time. Forget PIA, take the bus if you want to keep your schedule....
Robbers strike at four places RAWALPINDI, Jan 27: Three persons have snatched Rs0.5 million at gunpoint from the cashier of a soap factory located in I-9, the police said....		QAU staff rejects model university ordinance ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: The newly-elected executive council of the Academic Staff Association (ASA), Quaid-i-Azam University, has rejected the ‘Federal Universities Model Ordinance’ enacted by the military government in its last days....
More steps to be taken for empowerment of women: official ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: The women development ministry is working with various government department to provide more institutional cover with a special focus on providing women equal representation in terms of jobs...		Computer labs set up in 25 colleges, schools ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: As many as 25 educational institutions of the federal capital have been equipped with computer labs out of a total of 377 F.G. institutions and 19 model colleges....
Body found in Capital ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: A body of a man was found in Tarnol, police said . Azeem Khan reported to the Tarnol police that a body was lying in the fields of...		Extension in retirement age of judges challenged LAHORE, Jan 27: The three-year extension in the retirement age of the superior courts’ judges was challenged before the Supreme Court on Monday....
PA session to take up ordinances LAHORE, Jan 27: Transfer of a number of governor’s powers with respect to the removal of officials from service and matters concerning the Bank of Punjab to the “provincial government” will...		Education board for private students LAHORE, Jan 27: The Punjab government is considering to establish a separate education board for the students of private educational institutions....
Weather helps SNGPL meet domestic demand LAHORE, Jan 27: The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) expects repair of both the damaged lines by Tuesday (today) noon that will enable it to restore supply to CNG stations...		Steps likely to protect Iran-India gas line LAHORE, Jan 27: Learning a lesson from the vulnerability of the Sui-Guddu gas pipeline, which was twice sabotaged during the past few days, the federal government has started thinking of taking...
Situation to worsen, says Mazari leader LAHORE, Jan 27: An important leader of the Mazari tribe said on Monday that some criminals were exploiting the situation under the cloak of Mazari-Bugti tribe and the situation would worsen...		No medicine for TB patients in IDH LAHORE, Jan 27: Tuberculosis patients admitted to the 145-bed Infectious Diseases Hospital have not been provided medicines for the past seven months reducing their number from 100 to 60....
Separate transport facility for women LAHORE, Jan 27: The Punjab government has decided to provide separate transport facility for women and girl students in all big cities of the province, including Lahore....		Robbers shoot watchman LAHORE, Jan 27: Robbers shot dead a watchman at Sahowari in Mughalpura on Monday. Badshah Khan told police that his uncle Naseer Khan was a locality watchman. He said he stopped...
Light rain in Lahore LAHORE, Jan 27: There was a drizzle and light rain in Lahore and several other cities in the NWFP and the Northern Areas on Monday....		Notice to state on Azam Tariq’s plea LAHORE, Jan 27: The Lahore High Court issued on Monday notice to the state on Maulana Azam Tariq’s petition, seeking the lifting of ban on banned Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP)....
PAT stages demo LAHORE, Jan 27: The Pakistan Awami Tehrik staged a demonstration on Monday to condemn the threat of war on Iraq....		Concern over US envoy’s statement LAHORE, Jan 27: The Kashmir Action Committee Pakistan has observed that Kashmiris were struggling for the liberation of their homeland....
PPP meeting today LAHORE, Jan 27: A meeting of the PPP parliamentary party in the Punjab Assembly will be held at the residence of Qasim Zia on Tuesday....		PML-N for APC on national issues LAHORE, Jan 27: Punjab PML-N secretary-general Khwaja Saad Rafiq on Monday demanded the government call an all-party conference to discuss problems facing the country as well as the Ummat....