January 30, 2003	Thursday	Ziqa’ad 26,1423

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Career management skills for students planned ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The federal education ministry is planning to devise a mechanism to impart career management skills to the students starting from 8th class to help them select the right...		CDA may raise water charges by 40pc ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to increase water charges and sewage tax by 40 per cent in the budget 2003-2004, an official of the CDA water...
Need for strengthening democratic groups stressed ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) chairperson Afrasiyab Khattak has said linkages and solidarity between the civil society in Afghanistan and Pakistan is essential for strengthening progressive and...		Counselling cells to be set up at FDE institutions ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) will set up cells in educational institutions for counselling students facing socio-psychological and emotional problems....
Two awarded death sentence RAWALPINDI, Jan 29: The additional district and sessions judge, Mohammad Sarwar Sidhu, on Wednesday awarded death sentence to two persons, who had robbed and later strangled a cab driver....		Women MNAs vow to work for parliament’s supremacy ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: Women parliamentarians at an orientation workshop resolved here on Wednesday to work for the supremacy of the parliament which was the supreme organ of legislation as well as...
Qazi warns govt against support to US on Iraq RAWALPINDI, Jan 29: Parliamentary leader of Muttahida Majlis- i-Amal (MMA) in the National Assembly and Amir of Jamaat-i-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmad Wednesday warned the government of mass protests if it supported...		Plan to set up e-offices at Numl approved ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved a scheme titled “Computerization and Networking Enhancement Programmes” for National University of Modern Languages (Numl) at a cost of about Rs35...
Afghan schools to have syllabus soon ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The Afghan embassy is keen to make a uniform and up to date syllabus for all the Afghan educational institutes set up in the twin cities of Rawalpindi...		Man robbed, assaulted RAWALPINDI, Jan 29: Two women robbed and assaulted an expatriate after abducting him from Islamabad International Airport, police said on Wednesday....
Dr Farrukh’s papers for Senate rejected ISLAMABAD Jan 29: A corporate analyst and eminent columnist, Dr Farrukh Saleem, whose nomination paper for sole technocrat seat of the federal capital in the Senate was rejected, has alleged that...		CBR asked to check illegal acts ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) on Wednesday directed the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) to check tampering of tax returns by officials....
Punjab to undertake Rs3.5 billion project RAWALPINDI, Jan 29: Punjab government will soon undertake a Rs3.5 billion project envisaging installation of tube wells in sweet water zones between rivers and branch canals across the province, official sources...		ARD asks govt to raise Iraq issue before UN SC LAHORE, Jan 29: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy on Wednesday asked the government to raise the Iraq issue before the UN Security Council and use all other possible avenues to...
UNHCR says help for DPs to continue QUETTA, Jan 29: A UN official has pledged that the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) will continue to support efforts that help improve the situation in Afghanistan for a...		Edhi moves for withdrawing case against NGO chief QUETTA, Jan 29: Police have registered a case against Professor Naila Qadri and some others for allegedly shifting women and children to Darul Aman from an Edhi Home, a police spokesman...
Sherpao inaugurates SCO project in Northern Areas GILGIT, Jan 29: The minister for water and power, and Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas (Kana) chief executive, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, has inaugurated a telecommunication project in the area on...		Probe into Cholistan mine blast initiated ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: An inquiry has been ordered into the Cholistan landmine blast in which a member of the hunting party of United Arab Emirates’ finance minister was killed last week,...
31 vie for 22 Senate seats QUETTA, Jan 29: The rejection of the nomination papers of 19 aspirants has left the field for 31 contestants to vie for the 22 Senate seats for Balochistan....		AJK finalizes arrangements for French surgeons MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 29: The technical issues and other relevant aspects regarding the tour of French surgeons to Azad Kashmir to provide humanitarian aid have been finalized, a senior doctor told Dawn...
Hearing against Mansha group adjourned ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed Feb 27 as the next date of hearing of a petition filed by the Adamjee Insurance Company Limited, alleging that the Mansha...		UNDP to give euro 2.2m for forest development PESHAWAR, Jan 29: The United Nations Development Programme has arranged a funding line of euro 2.2m to promote tropical forests in Pakistan during the next five years....
Peaceful solution to Iraq crisis sought RIYADH, Jan 29: Saudi Arabia has urged the world community to explore all alternatives to war in order to resolve the Iraq crisis. Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal was believed to...		Man kills mother DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Jan 29: A man, Zafar Shah, killed his mother over a dispute on her third marriage in the Rangpur village, sources said on Tuesday....
Hospitals lack emergency services PESHAWAR, Jan 29: Inadequate emergency medical services at the public sector hospitals have been adversely affecting the critically-ill patients, doctors told Dawn....		Kohistan growers switch to poppy MANSEHRA, Jan 29: The people of Kohistan district have this season cultivated poppy crop on a vast tract in almost all the valleys of the mountainous landscape....
‘Judiciary to get more freedom’ GILGIT, Jan 29: Judiciary in the Northern Areas will be given more independence in the light of Supreme Court’s decisions and the school curriculum issue will be decided with consensus....		Rs220m okayed for hospitals, says MPA MINGORA, Jan 29: A member of the provincial assembly and leader of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Swat Muhammad Ameen, has said the government has approved Rs220 million for the construction work and...
Butchers violate official price list SWABI, Jan 29: Butchers are selling meat and mutton across the district Swabi at prices set by themselves and not those fixed by the local administration....		Electricity supply to Bajaur suspended BAJAUR, Jan 29: The people faced difficulties as electricity supply to the tribal agency was suspended on Tuesday night due to a fault in the local grid station....
32 held in anti-poppy cultivation operation BAJAUR, Jan 29: At least 32 people were arrested by the political administration on Tuesday in a crackdown on poppy cultivation in Salarzi and Barang subdivisions....		Rain troubles people of Swat MINGORA, Jan 29: The rain which continued for two days has caused trouble for the people in the urban areas of Swat....
Wapda men protest promulgation of IRO 2002 HYDERABAD, Jan 29: Hundreds of Wapda employees took out a procession from the Gari Khata Labour Hall here on Wednesday to protest against the Presidential Ordinance, 2000, and the Industrial Relations...		187 schools lying closed in Dadu DADU, Jan 29: At least 187 primary schools are lying closed in the seven talukas of the Dadu district because of the apathy of the district administration and the local officials...
Jirga settles sectarian dispute LARKANA, Jan 29: A Jirga on Tuesday night settled a dispute between the Shias and the Sunnis in Shahdadkot after 12 hours of deliberation....		Growers hold demo NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Jan 29: A large number of growers took out a protest procession here on Wednesday against the irrigation department....
Press club occupied NAWABSHAH, Jan 29: The journalists of Nawabshah and Daulatpur on Wednesday held a protest demonstration outside the Nawabshah Press Club against an influential landlord for forcibly occupying the Daulatpur Press Club....		Power supply cut off SHIKARPUR, Jan 29: At least 50 villages and government colonies and offices were deprived of electricity supply due to non-payment of power bills....
Arrest of TU leader flayed MIRPURKHAS, Jan 29: The Pakistan Wapda Employees’ Paigham Union, Mirpurkhas division, has condemned the arrest of its president, Sirajuddin Saqib, who was arrested by the Gujranwala police....		Boycott DADU, Jan 29: Teachers of the primary schools boycotted their respective schools in the district for the second consecutive day on Wednesday to protest against the officials of the district accounts...
604 schools in Lahore without electricity: Minister admits LAHORE, Jan 29: Education Minister Imran Masood admitted before the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday that 604 middle and primary schools in Lahore, working under the administrative control of the district government,...		Hearing in plea against Khwaja’s detention put off LAHORE, Jan 29: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday adjourned hearing of the petition, challenging the detention of Dr Ahmad Javed Khwaja and his four family members....
Pervaiz meets, garlands Qasim LAHORE, Jan 29: In a rare goodwill gesture, unheard of any chief minister in the past, Pervaiz Elahi on Wednesday visited opposition leader Qasim Zia in his chamber, garlanded him and...		No friction between MPAs, local govts, says Raja LAHORE, Jan 29: Punjab chief minister’s special assistant Raja Muhammad Basharat was sworn in as provincial minister for local government and law and parliamentary affairs here on Wednesday evening....
6 killed, seven hurt in road accidents LAHORE, Jan 29: Six people were killed and seven others injured in two accidents in the city on Wednesday....		Minister ready to prove adulthood LAHORE, Jan 29: Many legislators burst into laughter on Wednesday as Education Minister Mian Imran Masood offered that he could take any “test” to prove that he was an “adult”....
Jane Dixon in house! LAHORE, Jan 29: Two female MPAs from the treasury benches were absorbed in the functional art of palmistry as the house was in session on Wednesday....		UHS has ‘obtained approval’ to use INHS building LAHORE, Jan 29: The former director of the Shaikha Fatima Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences has informed the Asian Development Bank that the University of Health Sciences has obtained the...
Hashmi not aware of Shahbaz’s plan LAHORE, Jan 29: PML-N acting president Javed Hashmi said on Wednesday that he was not aware of the purpose of Mian Shahbaz Sharif’s visit to the United States, but it would...		DFO working merely as nursery keeper LAHORE, Jan 29: The absence of forests in the city district and lack of proper devolution of the Forests Department to the district level has reduced the District Forest Officer (DFO)...