February 2, 2003	Sunday	Ziqa’ad 29, 1423

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Transporters begin strike for fare hike PESHAWAR, Feb 1: The Muttahida Transport Association on Saturday started an indefinite strike to pressure the government to increase the intra-city minimum bus fares from Rs3 to 5....		50 irrigation channels to be built in Dir: Nazim TIMERGARA, Feb 1: District Nazim of Dir Lower, Alamzeb Khan, has said that work on the multi-purpose Balambat irrigation scheme, estimated to cost Rs200 million, would start in the current financial...
Swat people lack health facilities MINGORA, Feb 1: Despite spending some Rs30 million on construction and repair of the Civil Hospital, Khwazakhela, building the authorities of the health department are yet to provide staff and install...		Probe into custodial death ordered PESHAWAR, Feb 1: The head of the city police has ordered an inquiry into the alleged killing of a 25-year-old man in police custody....
Nadra to set up swift centre in Chitral CHITRAL, Feb 1: The ‘swift centre’ of National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) will start functioning in Chitral by the end of April to provide computerized identity cards to the people....		Status of university director challenged PESHAWAR, Feb 1: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court has sought comments from the provincial government and the management of Iqra University, Karachi, on a writ petition challenging, among...
Villagers call for basic amenities MINGORA, Feb 1: The inhabitants of Baidara Matta have expressed their anguish over lack of basic amenities in their area and demanded of the government to solve the problems being faced...		No-trust clause for N. Areas demanded GILGIT, Feb 1: Local leadership of the PML-Q have asked Northern Areas Chief Executive Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao for the insertion of a no-confidence motion clause in the Legal Framework Order...
Afghan CJ’s son seeks friends’ release PESHAWAR, Feb 1: The Frontier Region (FR), Kohat, authorities are holding three persons for allegedly recovering an official car of the Afghanistan Chief Justice Fazal Hadi Shinwari, said his son Khalilur...		Two killed in accident SWABI, Feb 1: Two people were killed and three others injured when a trailer overran a Datsun pick-up near the Karnel Sher Khan Killi on Saturday....
Foreign minister asked to attend UN session on Iraq WASHINGTON, Feb 1: US Secretary of State Mr Colin Powell has asked Foreign Minister Mr Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri to attend the Feb 5 session of the UN Security Council, diplomatic sources...		Pakistan for return of ill-gotten wealth: UN moot against corruption ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: Pakistan has demanded freezing, confiscation and return of all ill-gotten wealth at the earliest at a meeting of ad hoc committee of United Nations Convention Against Corruption being...
Red tapism may deprive many of Haj ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: Thousands of intending pilgrims may not perform Haj this year due to delayed scrutiny of applications under the Open Haj scheme by the Ministry of Religious Affairs....		UK secretary due on 17th ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: British Secretary of State for Overseas Development Clare Short is scheduled to arrive here on Feb 17, to assess increased financial support for Pakistan....
Five more die in two Kandahar explosions QUETTA, Feb 1: At least five persons, including a commander of the Afghan Army, and two other personnel were killed and seven others injured in two more explosions in the outskirts...		Qadir pledges to help resolve tribal feuds QUETTA, Feb 1: Governor Abdul Qadir has said that he would extend all out help and cooperation to Chief Minister Jam Yousaf....
Two INS workers indicted WASHINGTON, Feb 1: Two INS workers have been indicted on charges of deliberately destroying thousands of documents that were being processed at the Immigration and Naturalization Service’s California office, it was...		World Wetlands Day today ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: The World Wetlands Day will be celebrated on Sunday (today) to raise awareness of the importance of sustainable freshwater use, a resource vital for human survival....
PPP decries ‘intimidation’ ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: Mian Raza Rabbani, Acting Secretary-General of the Pakistan People’s Party, has said that the government has once again started intimidating members of provincial assemblies to change their loyalties....		Four more Hujjaj die ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: Another four Pakistani pilgrims, including two women, have died of heart attack in Makkah and Madinah....
Woman’s ‘killers’ abandon home LARKANA, Feb 1: The persons, who are believed to have killed the 22-year-old health worker, Sajida Leghari, on Thursday, are reported to have moved out of their houses, it was learnt...		Tribal disputes condemned SHIKARPUR, Feb 1: A token hunger strike was observed by the activists of the Sindh Taraqqi Passand Party (STPP) in front of the press club on Friday to protest against the...
Mirpurkhas gets Rs53m for uplift MIRPURKHAS, Feb 1: Thirty schemes, costing Rs122 million, have been approved under the Drought Emergency Relief Assistance programme for development works in the drought-affected areas of the district and Rs53 million...		Removal of EDO urged NAWABSHAH, Feb 1: Members of the All-Sindh Education Department Lower Staff Association, the Primary Teachers’ Association, Sindh Professors and Lecturers’ Association, and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Saturday staged a rally to...
Science fair SUKKUR, Feb 1: The Sukkur Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education has announced that the contest for selecting eight science projects for participation in the Sindh Science Exhibition, 2003, will be...		Passengers robbed, van hijacked SHIKARPUR, Feb 1: A group of bandits on Friday night deprived passengers of a wagon (R-0660) of cash and other valuable items after hijacking the vehicle near the Eid Gah, Garhi...
Two men kidnapped near Thul SUKKUR, Feb 1: Two persons were kidnapped early Saturday morning by four bandits from the Mir Khan Bakhrani village, near Thul....		Irrigation workers close canals: Row over bridge construction BADIN, Feb 1: The irrigation employees closed the canals throughout Badin district on Saturday....
Two awarded life term NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Feb 1: The district and sessions judge has sentenced two men to life imprisonment and a fine of Rs75,000 each in a murder case....		Strike observed against killings LARKANA, Feb 1: People in the Dokri town observed strike on Saturday to protest against the murder of two persons in the Rice Research Institute’s colony on Friday night....
Show-cause notice served on DCO MIRPURKHAS, Feb 1: A show-cause notice has been served on the DCO, Mirpurkhas, Qabool Ahmed Shaikh, for transferring an education officer of BPS-18....		Man dies in accident KHAIRPUR, Feb 1: One person, Ali Gulab, 65, was killed on Friday night after being hit by a wagon on the National Highway near Kot Diji....
Ad policy may be reviewed, says official HYDERABAD, Feb 1: The Sindh information department has reviewed its policy of giving advertisements to newspapers and the present situation may be reversed after the provincial cabinet’s approval....		Jirga to decide fate of alleged dacoits BAHAWALPUR, Feb 1: A tribal jirga of Loralai will settle the matter regarding the involvement of four of its residents in the bank dacoity of Rs2.2 million that was committed on...
Students block road, torch bus: Killing of fellow GUJRAT, Feb 1: Students of the Government Science College on Saturday blocked the GT Road for two hours in protest against the killing of a first year student by a speeding...		‘Independent judiciary top govt priority’ MULTAN, Feb 1: State Minister for Law, Justice and Information Technology barrister Raza Hayat Hiraj has underlined the need to exercise Islamic laws and values....
Councillors for implementation of local govt law FAISALABAD, Feb 1: Councillors expressed their reservations about the non-implementation of a number of provisions of the Punjab Local Government Ordinance, 2002, and demanded immediate action from the high ups in...		DHQ doctors go on strike VEHARI, Feb 1: Doctors of the local district headquarters hospital went on strike on Saturday to protest against the treatment meted out to a colleague by a patient’s relatives on Friday...
Man booked for burning Holy Quran HAFIZABAD, Feb 1: Police on Saturday booked a man, who was caught burning the Holy Quran leaves at Jalalpur Bhattian. Ghulam Muhammad Arain, a resident of Kotla Anantan village, was setting...		Annemarie Schimmel remembered BAHAWALNAGAR, Feb 1: The government should include some of the works of Dr Annemarie Schimmel in the syllabus....
Cop, four villagers injured by outlaws GUJRANWALA, Feb 1: Four villagers were injured by a proclaimed offender and his accomplices who later also injured a constable in a shootout on Saturday in Kot Nisar Shah, Naushera Virkan....		Dacoity bid foiled GUJRANWALA, Feb 1: Residents of village along Pasrur Road foiled a dacoity bid on Saturday....
Facility for rinderpest diagnosis at NIBGE FAISALABAD, Feb 1: A Polymerase Chain Reaction-based facility has been provided for detection of morbilli viruses and diagnosis of rinderpest at the National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE) through...		65 prisoners to be released SHEIKHUPURA, Feb 1: The district and sessions judge ordered on Saturday release of 65 prisoners from the district jail....
Student shot dead, millions looted FAISALABAD, Feb 1: Outlaws shot dead a student and made off with hundreds of thousands of rupees in cash and valuables besides eight motorcycles in 12 separate incidents in and around...		Woman, lover convicted of murder SIALKOT, Feb 1: An additional district and sessions judge of Sialkot has convicted a woman and her alleged lover of murder....