January 29, 2003	Wednesday	Ziqa’ad 25,1423

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Bari Imam shrine uplift work cost up by over 700pc ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: The cost of Bari Imam shrine uplift project, prepared by the development committee of the shrine, has escalated by over 700 per cent owing to a long delay...		Hailstorm, rain hit Islamabad: Streets covered by ice ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: The roads and streets were blanketed with a thick layer of ice after a severe hailstorm hit the federal capital late Tuesday evening....
Capitalism has damaged human values: expert ISLAMABAD Jan 28: The capitalism has damaged the human and ethical values in the world due to which humanity is facing many problems, conflicts and confusions....		Eid likely on Feb 12: Met Office ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) Tuesday announced that Eid-ul-Azha was likely to be observed in the country on February 12 (Wednesday)....
PTCL directed to block porno, blasphemous sites ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari has directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) to place ‘content filters’ at all internet exchanges to block...		Senate is a review chamber to scrutinize bills: Wasim ISLAMABAD, Jan. 28: The Senate is not the upper house and more likely, it is a review chamber for scrutinising the texts of legislative bills and giving them a positive direction,...
Pims to move ministry against lab for wrong diagnosis ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) management will lodge a complaint with the health ministry against a renowned pathology lab for an erroneous diagnosis which created unnecessary panic...		RCB cancels Rs20m contracts RAWALPINDI, Jan 28: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) has cancelled all contracts worth about Rs20 million for the current year, it has been learnt....
New force to protect transnational gas pipeline demanded ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: The Asian Development Bank on Tuesday called for establishing a multilateral security agency to ensure the protection of the proposed gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to Pakistan via Afghanistan....		Washington asked to silence war drums ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Secretary-General of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), an alliance of the six religious parties, said here on Tuesday a report by United Nations inspectors had quashed...
US seeks greater mly cooperation ISLAMABAD: US Central Command chief Gen Tommy Franks sought greater military cooperation from Pakistan in his meeting with President Gen Pervez Musharraf at the GHQ on Monday, informed sources told Dawn...		One killed in Indian shelling SIALKOT, Jan 28: A Pakistani villager, Mohammad Jamshaid (32), was martyred in Indian shelling in border village in sector Sucheetgarh of Sialkot working boundary, here on Tuesday....
Talks being held with Bugtis for cops release ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: The government has so far been unable to secure the release of three police officials who were allegedly kidnapped by the Bugti tribesmen from Rajanpur....		Rallies staged against Larkana police LARKANA, Jan 28: Venting anger against police inefficiency and violence, the protesters on Tuesday staged two big rallies in Nasirabad and Warah, observed strike in the former town, and observed a...
Primary teachers boycott classes DADU, Jan 28: Primary teachers boycotted classes in the district’s seven talukas on Tuesday to protest against officials of the district accounts office....		Active role of women representatives urged PESHAWAR, Jan 28: Speakers at a seminar on Tuesday urged women councillors and parliamentarians to play an active role for the empowerment of women and solution of the problems confronting the nation....
Govt to solve people’s problems: Durrani PESHAWAR, Jan 28: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said that the MMA leadership belonged to middle-class and it could better understand and feel problems faced by the people....		Genuine democracy needed: Achakzai SWABI, Jan 28: The president of Pakhtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party, Mahmood Khan Achakzai, said on Tuesday that there was need to rewrite Pakistan’s Constitution to prevent the army from meddling in...
Woman, daughter killed in accident KHAIRPUR, Jan 28: A woman and her daughter were killed and two men were injured in two separate accidents in different parts of Khairpur district on Tuesday....		Kabul releases Pakistani prisoner PESHAWAR, Jan 28: The Afghan government set free a Pakistani prisoner from Kabul prison and handed him over to border security forces at the Torkham checkpoint on Monday....
MMA asked to enforce Shariat NOWSHERA, Jan 28: Former federal minister and leader of Awami National Party, Azam Khan Hoti, demanded on Monday that the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal government should announce enforcement of Shariat in the province....		21 held in raid DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Jan 28: Police arrested 21 workers of Jamiatul Ansar, previously known as Harkatul Mujahideen, and recovered weapons and literature in a raid on its offices in the Tank...
Audit of Sukkur Public School accounts ordered SUKKUR, Jan 28: The acting district Nazim, Sukkur, Iqbal Dawood, taking serious notice of the large-scale misappropriation of funds in the Public School, Sukkur, asked the authorities concerned for carrying out...		Anarchy in Rojhan Mazari DERA GHAZI KHAN, Jan 28: Anarchy prevailing in Rojhan Mazari, in Rajanpur district, is the outcome of neglect shown by the government and law-enforcement agencies during the last eight years....
Wanted man shot dead in ‘shootout’ SIALKOT, Jan 28: A proclaimed offender was killed in an encounter on Godhpur-Sialkot Road, police claimed on Tuesday....		Camel-fighting a Cholistani tradition SADIQABAD, Jan 28: A camel-fighting Mela was arranged in Gulshan-i-Fareed (Chak 152/7-R) near Firoza Town along the Cholistan belt from Jan 13 to 15....
Principal for audit of her tenure’s accounts FAISALABAD, Jan 28: The former principal of the Government College for Women, Madina Town, has urged the Education Department to depute special auditors to check the accounts of her tenure and...		PTCL official arrested TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 28: City police arrested on Tuesday Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) Islamabad supervisor Chaudhry Afzal from Faisalabad anti-corruption court....
Industrialists for early restoration of gas FAISALABAD, Jan 28: The All Pakistan Textile Processing Mills Association, the Faisalabad Dryport Trust and the Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers Association have demanded immediate restoration of gas supply to industrial units....		Observers visit villages hit by Indian shelling SIALKOT, Jan 28: The International Human Rights Observers (IHRO) Pakistan has urged the Punjab government to ensure early implementation of the relief packages announced for those affected by Indian shelling in...
Gepco introduces uniform connection charges GUJRANWALA, Jan 28: The Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco) has removed the disparity between domestic connection charges in urban and rural areas....		How did DSP win his freedom RAJANPUR, Jan 28: How Rojhan DSP Rana Tahir secured his release from ruthless tribal outlaws who are notorious for not letting their victims go without getting ransom?...
Warrants for arrest of defaulters GUJRANWALA, Jan 28: The banking court No 1 issued warrants of arrest for 12 defaulters and directed the police to produce them before the court on the next hearing....		Plan to control crime FAISALABAD, Jan 28: District police chief Zafar Abbas Lak claimed on Tuesday that a comprehensive plan has been chalked out to control crime in the district....
Vehari Bar suspended VEHARI, Jan 28: The chairman of the election board suspended on Tuesday the elected body of District Bar Association, Vehari....		Single-dish Valima allowed in Punjab LAHORE, Jan 28: The Punjab cabinet decided on Tuesday to allow single dish in marriages only on Valima and raise the ceiling for exemption from agriculture tax from five to 12.5...
ARD to pave way for Nawaz, Benazir return LAHORE, Jan 28: Leaders of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy reiterated on Tuesday that they did not accept Gen Musharraf as president and the LFO as part of the Constitution....		Munj’s death sentence set aside LAHORE, Jan 28: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday set aside the conviction of former MNA Munawar Munj, who had been sentenced to death and fined one million rupees by an...
Request for evidence in Khwajas case rejected LAHORE, Jan 28: The federal government on Tuesday expressed its inability to submit a file containing evidence against Dr Ahmad Javed Khwaja and others to the Lahore High Court, declaring that...		Changes in transport department ordered LAHORE, Jan 28: Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi ordered on Tuesday necessary administrative changes in the provincial transport department so as to meet the current needs of the people....
Elaborate plan for Basant LAHORE, Jan 28: The city district government has chalked out an elaborate programme of fairs, exhibitions and shows for Basant and spring festival to utilize the occasion as a tourist attraction....		N-technology not transferred to any state, says Samar LAHORE, Jan 28: Pakistan never transferred nuclear technology to any other country, National Engineering and Science Commission (NESCOM) Chairman Dr Samar Mubarakmand said on Tuesday....
Union serves notice on Wapda management LAHORE, Jan 28: The CBA union served on Tuesday a demands notice on Wapda management for negotiations to redress the grievances of the workers....		FAP for lowering interest rates LAHORE, Jan 28: The Farmers Associates Pakistan (FAP) on Tuesday urged the government to lower the interest rates for farmers, increase the wheat support price and ensure that growers get the...
Pakistan to be worst-hit in US war on Iraq LAHORE, Jan 28: Of all the Middle Eastern and Central Asia countries, Pakistan will be the worst hit by the US attack on Iraq due to its political instability and nuclear...		JI white-paper on rigging LAHORE, Jan 28: Jamaat-i-Islami’s Amirul Azeem announced on Tuesday the publication of a white-paper and release of a documentary film to expose, what he alleged, rigging in the byelection to PP-147....