February 1, 2003	Saturday	Ziqa’ad 28, 1423

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Govt seeks extension in ADB loan for Leh expansion RAWALPINDI, Jan 31: The government has requested the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for extension in the Rs850 million loan for the Nullah Leh expansion project as it is certain of missing...		ILO official receives threatening e-mails ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The Cyber Crime Unit and the newly- established Diplomatic Protection Department (DPD) of Islamabad police are trying to locate Sajjad Haider, who has allegedly sent more than one...
LHC admits petition against sale of animals at open spaces RAWALPINDI, Jan 31: The Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi bench, has admitted a petition filed by a citizen against “infringement of fundamental rights” by allowing sale and purchase of animals at open...		235 plots allotted to kutcha abadi dwellers ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Capital Development Authority (CDA) has allotted as many as 235 plots to kutcha abadi dwellers under the Model Urban Shelter Project in Alipur Farash, said an official statement....
Hiraj for provision of IT services at tehsil level ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The minister of state for information technology and telecommunications, Mohammad Raza Hayat Hiraj, has asked Paknet to prepare for new challenges posed by the changing telecom and IT...		PTI, MMA hold anti-US demonstration ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) held a demonstration against the possible US attack on Iraq, on Friday....
Efforts on to repatriate 1,600 jailed Afghan DPs ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The government is trying to repatriate around 1,600 Afghan nationals most of whom are detained in two jails of Rawalpindi and Jehlum....		110 prisoners freed from Adiala Jail RAWALPINDI, Jan 31: The additional district and sessions judge, Rafiuz Zaman, on Friday visited Adiala Jail and set free 110 prisoners, who had been convicted of minor offences....
National afforestation programme formulated ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The ministry of environment has formulated a proposal entitled ‘national afforestation programme’....		CBR asked to check issuance of show cause notices ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) Justice Saleem Akhtar (retired) has asked the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) to direct tax officials to stop the practice of issuing show cause...
Two awarded death penalty, life-term ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Two murder convicts were awarded death penalty and life imprisonment here on Friday....		Over Rs2 billion to be spent on AIDS awareness ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The government intends to spend Rs2.85 billion to raise awareness against HIV/AIDS, including launching of Life Skill Education programme in schools, specially in rural areas....
FO, CBR to curb abuse of diplomatic licence ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The Central Board of Revenue and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have joined hands to clamp down on the misuse of diplomatic privileges to smuggle high value dutiable...		National moot of lawyers today ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Pakistan Bar Council, the supreme body of the legal practitioners in the country, will hold a National Conference of Lawyers Representatives on Saturday to discuss the restoration of...
Rifts blocking Afghan judicial revival ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Deep factional divisions in war-shattered Afghanistan have blocked a planned rebuilding of the country’s judicial system destroyed by 23 years of conflict, according to an international think-tank....		Army, ISI have no Al Qaeda backers WASHINGTON, Jan 31: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri has said that there are no Al Qaida or Taliban supporters within the ranks of the Pakistani military and the country’s intelligence agency,...
Kasuri warns US of backlash NEW YORK, Jan 31: Following a meeting with US President Mr George Bush and National Security Adviser Ms Condoleeza Rice on Thursday, Foreign Minister Mr Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri warned that a...		Only local firms to get channel licences ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Chairman of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), Mian Mohammad Javed said on Wednesday that the Pemra would only issue licences to Pakistani firms to set up private...
8 members of kidnappers’ gang held in Waziristan SOUTH WAZIRISTAN, Jan 31: Political authorities of the South Waziristan Agency arrested eight members of a gang of kidnappers and two others, and recovered two vehicles, besides six Kalashnikovs, in a...		2 Afghans killed in Quetta QUETTA, Jan 31: An Afghan girl, 15, and her two-year-old brother were killed by two men in Muslim Ittehad colony on Friday, police said. The killers also injured Roohullah, 8, who...
Five Pakistani pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Another five Pakistani pilgrims, including four women, died of cardiac arrest in Makkah and Madinah....		PIA to dispose of Fokker KARACHI, Jan 31: Pakistan International Airlines has finally decided to dispose of its ageing aircraft, including all of its 11 Fokker-27s, beginning with inviting bids for two of the Fokker....
Shahbaz keeps US visit secret NEW YORK, Jan 31: Former Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif, who arrived here two days back ostensibly for medical treatment, has gone incognito, refusing to meet journalists or the Pakistan Muslim...		Jabbar flays SCBA chief’s remarks KARACHI, Jan 31: Former senator and senior vice-president of the Millat Party, Javed Jabbar, has questioned the remarks made by the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association....
NWFP demands uniform Madaris registration policy PESHAWAR, Jan 31: The NWFP government has asked the federal government to formulate a uniform policy for the registration of Madaris, acceptable to the provinces, without affecting the sanctity and freedom of these institutions, or being a...		LFO part of Constitution, says Sherpao PESHAWAR, Jan 31: Water and Power Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao on Friday said that the LFO was part of the Constitution and those who wanted to rescind it can do...
No dist council session held for five months DADU, Jan 31: No meeting of the District Council, Dadu, has been held since the last five months, following the resignation of Sadaqat Jatoi, who had opted for participating in the...		Protest as power to colony cut off SUKKUR, Jan 31: Residents of the Barrage Colony on Friday staged a demonstration outside the HESCO Office after power to the colony was cut off because of non-payment of dues amounting...
Anti-US demos held NAWABSHAH, Jan 31: The activists of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal held a protest demonstration on Friday against the United States and Britain over their intentions to attack Iraq....		PML holds rally against US designs on Iraq PESHAWAR, Jan 31: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) on Friday held a protest rally against the possible US attack on Iraq and called upon the Ummah to unite against what they called...
Winter rains BADIN, Jan 31: The district received the first showers of winter on Friday morning making the weather pleasant....		Woman killed NAWABSHAH, Jan 31: A woman, Haleema Bhand, 30, was killed and a man, Raza Mohammad Bhand, was seriously injured on the pretext of Karo-kari in the Ismail Bhand village, Daulatpur Taluka,...
Growers hold demo BADIN, Jan 31: A large number of farmers of Matli sub-division held a demonstration in Tando Ghulam Ali on Friday to protest against the irrigation officials and shortage of irrigation water...		116 rockets seized SOUTH WAZIRISTAN, Jan 31: Scout forces seized arms and ammunition near Musa Neeka shrine on Thursday....
ANP’s merger with NAPP ruled out CHARSADDA, Jan 31: The Awami National Party’s former provincial president Begum Nasim Wali Khan has ruled out the possibility of the ANP’s merger or alliance with the National Awami Party Pakistan...		Arrest of ex-SHO demanded LARKANA, Jan 31: The activists of some political parties, with the heirs of a victim of police brutality, Qurban Jat, here on Friday held a demonstration outside the district council hall...
Prayer leader among two shot dead: Mosque dispute FAISALABAD, Jan 31: Two persons, including a prayer leader, were shot dead by as many brothers over a dispute involving the possession of a mosque in Bhaiwala, 11km away from here,...		Prince Saeed for probe into saloon fire BAHAWALPUR, Jan 31: Prince Saeedul Rashid Abbasi, son of the late Amir of Bahawalpur and a former minister, has demanded an impartial inquiry into the gutting of the railway saloon of...
British MPs visit border villages SIALKOT, Jan 31: A delegation of British parliamentarians visited on Friday border villages in Sialkot and Narowal sectors hit by Indian shelling....		Naib Nazim, 78 others caught for power theft GUJRANWALA, Jan 31: At least 78 electricity thieves, including a union council Naib Nazim, were caught red-handed from Naushera circle by the Gepco raiding team during the last one week....
Rangers take it out on the Mazaris MULTAN, Jan 31: Law enforcement agencies deputed at Mazari Goth in Rajanpur district to protect the Sui gas pipelines have moved against the Mazaris....		No funds for promotion of sports FAISALABAD, Jan 31: The members of the district council on second day of the session on Friday were told that no funds were provided for the promotion of sports in the...
5 killed, 17injured in accident JOHARABAD, Jan 31: Five people were killed and 17 others sustained injuries in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck near Mauza Botala, 15 kilometres from here, on Friday....		Vehari growers demand increase in wheat quota VEHARI, Jan 31: Growers demanded that the Punjab government should increase the wheat purchase target for the Vehari district....
Inspector jailed for killing youth JHANG, Jan 31: Additional district and sessions judge Chaudhry Jamil Ahmad on Friday handed down 14 years hard jail to an inspector for killing a youth in a staged encounter some...		16 publicly humiliated, beaten up by police JHANG, Jan 31: A member of the Jhang Chamber of Commerce and Industry and 15 other persons were allegedly beaten up by Garh Maha Raja police in the presence of hundreds...
Govt admits failure to regulate health department LAHORE, Jan 31: The Punjab government on Friday admitted its failure in regulating the Health Department working and making it subservient to the masses....		Pervaiz condemns HR violations in Kashmir LAHORE, Jan 31: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Friday condemned the violations of human rights in Kashmir and Muslims’ maltreatment at the hands of Indian forces....
Directive to separate juvenile, adult trials LAHORE, Jan 31: The Lahore district and sessions judge on Friday directed the Lahore SSP to take measures for the separation of juvenile trials from those of adults....		Court binds Faisal to appear on Feb 8 LAHORE, Jan 31: An accountability court trying Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat in a wilful default reference bound him on Friday to appear on Feb 8 and reserved it’s verdict on...