February 4, 2003	Tuesday	Zul Hijjah 2,1423

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50pc births take place out of hospitals: report RAWALPINDI, Feb 3: Fifty per cent of the births in the district take place either at homes or at places other than hospitals, a study conducted by the district health department...		Six die in separate incidents RAWALPINDI, Feb 3: Six persons, including two women, died in separate incidents in the Rawalpindi District and federal capital on Monday, police said....
Raise voice against another looming injustice: Dr Karmi ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: Attack on Iraq would be another injustice committed in this region....		Qazi to lead rally in Capital ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: In connection with the public rallies organized by the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) to observe the Kashmir Solidarity Day tomorrow, Amir of Jamaat-i-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmed will lead the...
Complaint lodged against lab for wrong diagnosis ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) has formally lodged a complaint with the health ministry against a private pathology lab for producing an erroneous diagnosis report....		Four sentenced to death RAWALPINDI, Feb 3: The judge of anti-terrorist court No. 2, Safdar Hussain Malik, on Monday awarded death sentence on two counts to four persons for kidnapping and killing a medical college...
Intending Hujjaj hold protest demo ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: A large number of intending pilgrims on Monday staged a demonstration against refusal of their Haj applications submitted under Open Haj Scheme (OHS)....		IPCC reactivated ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: The federal minister for inter provincial coordination, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, on Monday issued a directive for reactivation of the inter provincial coordination committee (IPCC)....
Independent Senate candidates’ role flayed ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: The PPP acting secretary general, Mian Raza Rabbani, has said that certain independent candidates belonging to big business groups are “openly flaunting their financial resources to secure seats...		Two nuclear power plants to be built, says PAEC ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) would build two more nuclear power plants at Chashma and Karachi to fulfil the energy needs of the country, said PAEC chairman Parvez...
AJK seeks funds for special branch MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 3: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan’s directives regarding steps to meet the requirements of the special branch have not been implemented by the relevant government departments despite...		PPP alleges breach of IPP contract ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: The Pakistan People’s Party on Monday alleged that the contract of an independent power project (IPP) had been violated and demanded an inquiry into the affair....
British MPs back Kashmiris struggle LONDON, Feb 3: British Muslim parliamentarians have expressed their support to the people of Kashmir in their struggle for gaining the right to self-determination, assuring them that they would continue to...		RO’s decision set aside ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: The Chief Election Commissioner on Monday accepted the appeal of Farrukh Saleem, a candidate for the Senate, against the rejection of his nomination papers by a returning officer....
UN tribunal ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: Law Secretary Justice Mansoor Ahmad has been elected member of United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda for four years....		Families of accused go into hiding: Attack on Frontier MPA PESHAWAR, Feb 3: Families of the former NWFP minister and ANP leader Bashir Khan Omerzai and three other accused have gone underground after an attempt on the life of Pakistan People’s...
Illegal vehicles increase in Malakand MINGORA, Feb 3: The number of non-customs-paid vehicles is increasing in Malakand....		Animal prices shoot up SWABI, Feb 3: The prices of sacrificial animals have shot up sharply owing to shortage of animals in the local markets....
Water problem to be solved, vows CM PESHAWAR, Feb 3: Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said that the economic condition of the people could not be improved only with the provision of water and sanitation facilities to...		54 proclaimed offenders arrested DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Feb 3: Police have arrested 54 proclaimed offenders and recovered huge quantity of arms and ammunition from their possession, official sources said here on Monday....
Dera Bugti admn denies ‘asylum’ to Rajanpur PA MULTAN, Feb 3: The Dera Bugti district administration on Monday sent the Rajanpur political assistant back to the Punjab, denying him ‘asylum’ against what the PA alleges highhandedness of his superiors....		Kharian TMA staff on strike against colleagues’ beating GUJRAT, Feb 3: Sanitary and other staff of the Kharian Tehsil Municipal Administration went on strike for an indefinite period on Monday and staged a protest rally against beating up of...
Robbers plunder cash, gold SIALKOT, Feb 3: Robbers plundered cash, gold ornaments and valuables worth Rs1.2 million in various parts of the district during the last 24 hours....		Mamukanjan subsoil water goes brackish FAISALABAD, Feb 3: Residents of Mamukanjan town have threatened to launch a protest campaign if the owners of industrial units were not prevented from discharging chemical effluents in the local drain....
SCCI flays increase in petrol price SIALKOT, Feb 3: The Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) has rejected the recent increase in prices of petroleum products....		Accused in 49 bomb blasts not yet traced: Jails overcrowded: Basharat tells PA LAHORE, Feb 3: Police have failed to trace the accused involved in 49 out of 69 bomb blasts reported in the Punjab during the past four years in which 97 people...
Police refuse crackdown on kidney sale LAHORE, Feb 3: The provincial police on Monday expressed its inability in the Lahore High Court to proceed against the kidneys’ sale by 400 villagers last November, calling it a ‘voluntary...		Let’s see who deserted parent party: Speaker LAHORE, Feb 3: Punjab Assembly Speaker Afzal Sahi on Monday challenged the opposition, asking it to spare time for discussing the issue that who deserted the parent party at a testing...
Punjab not to surrender its water share LAHORE, Feb 3: Punjab will not surrender even a drop of its water to Sindh or any other province, irrigation and power minister Amir Sultan Cheema told the Punjab Assembly here...		MMA, city govt to hold Kashmir Day rallies LAHORE, Feb 3: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and the city district government will organize Kashmir Day rallies...
Plan to clean Lahore LAHORE, Feb 3: District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood has announced washing of the important provincial metropolis roads by the city district government fire-brigade and recruitment of only non-Muslims as sanitary workers...		CM seeks China’s financial help: Power project LAHORE, Feb 3: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Monday sought financial help from China for a 600 megawatt project, which the province will launch shortly to get more power...
Pervaiz for check on hooliganism LAHORE, Feb 3: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Monday directed the Lahore, Kasur and Gujranwala Nazimeen to impose Section 144 to check hooliganism on Basant....		MPA for ban on Basant LAHORE, Feb 3: PML-Q MPA Samina Naveed urged the government to frame laws at the earliest for banning Basant celebrations....
Facility for children LAHORE, Feb 3: JI amir Qazi Husain Ahmad laid foundation stone of Al-Husain Khidmat Complex here on Monday....		US visit only for surgery: Shahbaz LAHORE, Feb 3: PML-N president Mian Shahbaz Sharif, who is due to undergo surgery in New York on Tuesday (today), says his US visit is exclusively for medical treatment and no...