February 5, 2003	Wednesday	Zul Hijjah 3,1423

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Security plan for Kashmir Solidarity Day ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Administration has made fool-proof security arrangements for all the events to be held on the occasion of Kashmir Solidarity Day in the capital....		Minister for implementation of UN resolutions RAWALPINDI, Feb 4: Minister for Information and Media Development Sheikh Rashid Ahmed vowed to transform Rawalpindi into a modern city by initiating various uplift project....
Pre-Haj flight operation concludes RAWALPINDI, Feb 4: Thirteen Haj flights, originally scheduled to depart for Saudi Arabia from Peshawar, were operated from Islamabad airport owing to foggy weather during the pre-Haj operation which concluded here...		PRM backs strike of caddies, ballboys ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: The People’s Rights Movement (PRM) has announced support for the strike of caddies and ballboys at the Islamabad Golf Club....
Rs6.5 million grant for Gordon College renovation RAWALPINDI, Feb 4: Gordon College would be provided a grant of Rs6.5 million for repair of the roof of the hostel and construction of additional classrooms, said District Nazim Raja Tariq...		Teenage girl burnt; house burgled RAWALPINDI, Feb 4: A teenage girl was burnt critically while setting logs alight in her house at Kahuta on Tuesday, police said....
Network to be set up for special people’s rehabilitation ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: A network of volunteers will be established for the rehabilitation of special people in the country....		US, EU assailed for complicity in Kashmiris’ pogrom RAWALPINDI, Feb 4: A function was held at Government Postgraduate College for Women, Satellite Town, in connection with the Kashmir Solidarity Day here on Tuesday....
‘E-bill services to benefit customers’ ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: The newly-introduced electronic bill payment service will ultimately benefit the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) customers....		‘Solution to Kashmir issue must for peace’ ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: Reaffirming Pakistan’s moral, diplomatic and political support to Kashmiris, President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali have asked the world community to defend Kashmiris...
No US demand for mly bases: minister ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: The government is neither under pressure from the United States for giving it military bases for use against Iraq nor it will accept any such demand, Information and...		WB offers assistance for power projects ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: The World Bank on Tuesday offered finance assistance for hydroelectric power projects, provided they do not have negative environmental impact....
US plane misguided by air control: India NEW DELHI, Feb 4: India on Tuesday accused the Karachi Air Traffic Controller of giving wrong instructions to a US transport plane that was forced to land in Mumbai on Monday...		Investigation against Akram dropped NEW YORK, Feb 4: The District Attorney’s office in New York has dropped investigation against Pakistan’s UN Ambassador Munir Akram on assault charges, reliable sources here said....
PM to address AJK assembly today MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 4: Kashmiris are set to observe Kashmir Solidarity Day on Wednesday to express their support for the people struggling for freedom in the Indian-held Kashmir....		Change in LB system unlikely ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: The centre will oppose any change proposed by Sindh and Punjab governments in the police order and the local government system, the spokesman for interior ministry said on...
BUITMS syndicate holds first meeting QUETTA, Feb 4: The syndicate of Balochistan University of Information Technology and Management Sciences (BUITMS) on Tuesday decided to award 10 per cent merit scholarships to the students....		Rs19.71 increase sought in gas price ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: The Sui Southern Gas Company has sought increase in its prescribed price by an average Rs19.71 per 1000 cubic feet (mcf) for the financial year 2002-03....
CEC rejects appeal ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: Chief Election Commissioner Irshad Hassan Khan on Tuesday rejected the appeal of a PML-Q candidate for Senate, Amna Asghar, against the rejection of her nomination papers....		Fake NICs QUETTA, Feb 4: Crime branch police on Monday busted a gang involved in making fake national identity cards for Afghan refugees....
High court officials misplace file: Nazim’s killing case PESHAWAR, Jan 4: Officials of the Peshawar High Court have misplaced a file concerning the killing of a union council’s Nazim, Mr Fayyaz Khalil....		JI-Wapda row causes hardships to consumers TEMERGARAH, Feb 4: The continuing tussle between the Jamaat-i- Islami activists and Wapda authorities over the beating of a Wapda engineer, Sardar Bahadur Khan, has badly  stalled the routine office work...
Sedimentation affecting canals’ capacity PESHAWAR, Feb 4: The sedimentation in the Warsak Reservoir, constructed on the Kabul river, is badly affecting water flow and capacity of the irrigation channels of the district, officials said....		Union offices PESHAWAR, Feb 4: The members of Landi Arbab Union Council are facing difficulties in attending meetings as the Nazim and Naib Nazim offices have been established in a Hujra ....
Chitralis not allowed to use Kunar route CHITRAL, Feb 4: Passengers of a Peshawar-bound coach were allegedly manhandled by officials of the Kunar province of Afghanistan on Sunday and were sent back to Chitral when they refused to...		Qalandar Momand passes away PESHAWAR, Feb 4: Qalandar Momand, progressive  poet, journalist,  trade unionist, teacher and linguist, died  here on Tuesday. He was 73....
MMA leaders torch CDs, cassettes HANGU, Feb 4: Leaders and workers of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal took out a procession here on Tuesday and torched hundreds of video cassettes and compact discs (CDs)....		Job-oriented projects urged ABBOTTABAD, Feb 4: Sardar Mohammad Yaqoob, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, has said that work should be initiated on small-scale projects to provide jobs to the youth, especially women in...
Hawkers demand market PESHAWAR, Feb 4: The opposition leaders of the All-Pakistan Federation of Newspaper Hawkers have demanded the establishment of a newspaper market so that they could sell newspapers in an honourable manner....		Two killed as police, robbers trade fire MULTAN, Feb 4: Two persons, one of them a police constable, were reportedly killed in an encounter between police and a robbers’ gang in Bangla Iccha police station precincts in Rajanpur...
Vehari IT zone shifting irks taxpayers VEHARI, Feb 4: The Central Board of Revenue’s decision to dissociate Vehari from the Multan Income Tax zone and shift it to the Sahiwal zone is a glaring example of government’s...		Growers worried at non-payment of dues HAFIZABAD, Feb 4: Growers are worried over the non-payment of dues by the sugar mill owners....
14 declared POs in Farooq’s murder GUJRANWALA, Feb 4: Fourteen alleged killers of former minister Chaudhry Muhammad Farooq were declared proclaimed offenders by an anti-terrorism court for not appearing before the court here on Tuesday....		Food adulteration more than ever FAISALABAD, Feb 4: Food adulteration is more than ever here in the wake of a dispute between the district government and tehsil municipal administration (TMA) over jurisdiction with regard to management...
Teachers’ contract extended SIALKOT, Feb 4: The education department has extended the contract of all science and mathematics teachers performing duties in high and elementary schools for boys and girls throughout the Punjab....		Municipal staff continues strike GUJRAT, Feb 4: The staff of the Kharian Tehsil Municipal Administration continued strike on Tuesday to protest against the beating up of their two colleagues by the musclemen of a former...
Rangers’ weaponry defective MULTAN, Feb 4: Almost half the weapons carried by a Rangers contingent guarding the gas pipelines in Mazari Goth area of Rajanpur district turned out to be out of order in...		Passer-by falls prey to crossfire SHEIKHUPURA, Feb 4: A passer-by was killed in a crossfire between two groups in Amoki village, about eight kilometres from here, on Monday....
Sale of sick animals’ meat on the rise SIALKOT, Feb 4: Residents of the district are falling prey to different diseases as sale of sick animals’ meat was on the rise....		DIGs given a month to check crime LAHORE, Feb 4: Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi asked the senior police officers on Tuesday to improve law and order, and check the crime rate within a month, after which he...
Pakistan can compete with world in IT sector LAHORE, Feb 4: Governor Khalid Maqbool said on Tuesday Pakistan was well-placed to compete with other nations in the field of software development....		LHC wants to know legal status of Al Qaeda LAHORE, Feb 4: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday asked the federal government to clarify the legal status of Al Qaeda in Pakistan and the consequences of harbouring its activists....
Policy package for corporate farming LAHORE, Feb 4: The federal government has offered state land to local and foreign investors on a 99-year lease and given many other incentives for attracting investment in the agriculture sector...		High court orders case against DSP, three cops LAHORE, Feb 4: The Lahore High Court ordered the District Police Officer (DPO) on Tuesday to register a case against a DSP and three police officials for torturing a man during...
Two held for ‘links’ with Al Qaeda LAHORE, Feb 4: Intelligence agencies and police in a joint operation arrested on Tuesday two passengers at the Lahore airport on suspicion of their links with Al Qaeda....		MPs pray for Shahbaz’s recovery LAHORE, Feb 4: The Punjab Assembly prayed for the recovery of PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif, who underwent a surgery in a US hospital on Tuesday....
PIA marketing Conference LAHORE, Feb 4: PIA Managing Director Ahmed Saeed Chaudhry has asked airlines’ officials to adopt a strong and aggressive marketing strategy for generating more revenue....		PA praises CM amid walkout by opposition LAHORE, Feb 4: The opposition members, excluding those belonging to the MMA, walked out of the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday when the Speaker ordered voting on a PML-Q MPA’s resolution to...