February 7, 2003	Friday	Zul Hijjah 5,1423

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Allied hospitals’ BoGs chairman resigns RAWALPINDI, Feb 6: The chairman, board of governors, Rawalpindi Medical College and allied hospitals, Air Marshal Arshad Chaudhry (retired), on Thursday resigned from his office in protest against Chief Minister Pervez...		Burn unit likely to be opened in Capital hospital ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: The government is considering different options and suggestions for opening a ‘burn unit’ in one of the two major hospitals of the federal capital....
Water shortage serious threat to agriculture ISLAMABAD Feb 6: Water shortage is posing a serious threat to the sustainability of agriculture sector, warned an expert here on Thursday....		Residents to become flats’ owners at G-6 ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: The government will give proprietary rights to the inhabitants of government quarters in Sector G-6 after construction of flats in place of dilapidated houses, a housing ministry official...
Wasa recovers Rs10m from defaulters RAWALPINDI, Feb 6: Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) has recovered Rs10 million from illegal connection holders and defaulters, an official spokesperson told Dawn on Thursday....		Notices served on SSP, hospital MS RAWALPINDI, Feb 6: The judicial magistrate, Hidayatullah Shah, on Thursday issued contempt of court notices to the SSP Rawalpindi and the medical superintendent (MS) of District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital for not...
Govt asked to oppose US attack on Iraq ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) has asked the government to oppose US-led military action against Iraq even if the UN Security Council adopts a resolution justifying the attack....		NIC applicants told to provide correct data ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: Federal Interior Minister Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat on Thursday inaugurated Islamabad’s first Swift Registration Centre (NSRC) of National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) to expedite issuance of computerized national...
Bomb hoax RAWALPINDI, Feb 6: More than 700 students were forced to vacate their classrooms on Thursday after an anonymous caller threatened the principal that a bomb had been planted in the school...		SSGC told to pay employees’ lawyers ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Sui Southern Gas Company Ltd to pay Rs10,000 each to eight lawyers representing the employees for the failure of the company’s...
Consumers oppose gas price hike ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: Gas consumers from Karachi and the southern region on Thursday opposed a Rs19.71 per thousand cubic feet (MCF) increase in price with effect from July 1, 2002....		Losers case may be concluded today ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: The Supreme Court, which took up twenty-five petitions challenging the bar on those who were defeated in general elections from running for the Senate, would conclude the case...
President returns ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: President Gen Pervez Musharraf returned home on Thursday night after a three-day state visit to Moscow at the invitation of the Russian President Vladimir Putin....		‘Pakistan-France ties to grow’ ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin on Thursday said he was convinced relations between Pakistan and France would be further strengthened under the new Pakistani civilian government....
Resolution moved for new NFC award formula PESHAWAR, Feb  6: Deputy speaker of the NWFP Assembly, Ikram Ullah Shahid, on Thursday moved a resolution in the assembly secretariat, seeking distribution of resources among the provinces and the federation...		US accused of interference SWABI, Feb 6: Former Awami National Party (ANP) president Asfandyar Wali Khan on Thursday alleged that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is under immense influence of Americans, and it would not take...
Ex-MNA’s sentence commuted to 3 years PESHAWAR, Feb 6: An accountability appellate bench of the Peshawar High Court commuted here on Thursday the sentence of a former MNA of the Pakistan Muslim League-N, Haji Kabir Khan, to...		High-level reshuffling in police department PESHAWAR, Feb 6: The NWFP government  has shuffled senior police officials in the province after relaxing the ban on the  transfers and postings, a notification issued on Thursday said....
Disqualification of Nazim upheld PESHAWAR, Feb 6: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court upheld here on Thursday the disqualification of Swabi Nazim Sher Zaman Sher by an election tribunal and ordered re-election for...		Two die GHAZI, Feb 6: Two students of 6th class at FG Public School, Tarbela, died while four others sustained  injuries when a heavy vehicle belonging to a foreign construction firm hit a school van here...
PMAP demands new constitution PESHAWAR, Feb 6: Pakshtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) chief Mahmood Khan Achekzai has stressed the need for inking a new constitution addressing the grievance of the smaller nationalities....		Hospitals facing paucity of funds PESHAWAR,  Feb  6: Allocation of inadequate funds have been affecting the performance of the district health facilities, doctors told Dawn here on Thursday....
Funds shortage mars KPP plans PESHAWAR, Feb 6: Lack of resources and capacity on part of district governments have, apparently, created doubts about the sustainability and effectiveness of over....		MMA man allowed to contest Senate poll PESHAWAR, Feb6:..The member, Election  Commission of Pakistan,  Justice Qazi Ahsanullah Qureshi, on Thursday set aside an order of the.
Punjab, Sindh agree to forge consensus on all issues LAHORE, Feb 6: Sindh and the Punjab have decided in principle that all inter-provincial issues, like distribution of national resources, would be resolved only with a consensus of opinion....		Delegations from India due next month LAHORE, Feb 6: Groups of Indian parliamentarians and writers and poets will visit Pakistan next month.This was announced at a press conference that marked the reactivation of People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy (PFPD) for resolving...
Punjab teachers get Rs370m waiver LAHORE, Feb 6: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has announced a waiver of Rs370.7 million due from 350,000 teachers, who simultaneously got promotions and increments in salaries, in the province and stopped...		Tevta allowed to recruit teachers LAHORE, Feb 6: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has allowed the Technical Education and Training Authority (Tevta) to recruit teachers in its own scales....
Benazir flayed LAHORE, Feb 6: PML-Q’s Punjab Information Secretary Kamil Ali Agha has criticized former prime minister Benazir Bhutto for her anti-Pakistan propaganda....		Body to improve LG Ordinance LAHORE, Feb 6: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has formed a special committee to improve the Local Government Ordinance 2001, according to Provincial Law Minister Raja Muhammad Basharat....
Russia, US visits ‘failed’ LAHORE, Feb 6: PML-N’s Punjab Secretary-General Khwaja Saad Rafiq says President Musharraf’s visit to Russia and Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri visit to the United States have failed to bring desired...		VU to start TV channels LAHORE, Feb 6: The Virtual University will begin broadcasting educational programmes on its own TV channels within three months....
Plan to appoint chief financial officers LAHORE, Feb 6: The federal government intends to appoint chief financial officers (CFOs) in all federal ministries and divisions for strengthening internal audit controls and fostering prudent utilization of funds....		Attack on Iraq to ‘strengthen’ Israel LAHORE, Feb 6: Iraqi deputy ambassador Adnan Ahmad Al-Rubai on Thursday said the US wanted to attack Iraq to strengthen Israel in the region....
Basant set to scatter colours of spring LAHORE, Feb 6: The three-day Basant festival commences in the provincial metropolis with a colourful buggy parade to be inaugurated by National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Husain outside the Nasir Bagh...		Transporters protest bus crew’s thrashing FAISALABAD, Feb 6: Scores of drivers and conductors plying buses on inter-city routes on Thursday blocked traffic outside the Chiniot bazaar to protest against torture of a bus crew by some...
Faisalabad TMA helpless against encroachers FAISALABAD, Feb 6: Landgrabbers and encroachers have disfigured the city’s commercial and residential areas in the teeth of the fact that the Tehsil Municipal Administration has its own anti-encroachment squad....		Blasphemy accused shot dead LAHORE, Feb 6: A blasphemy accused was shot dead on Turner Road on Thursday afternoon. Quoting Raza Ahmad, the son of Mushtaq Zafar, 55, police said he (Mushtaq) was on his way home....
Govt to enact laws to check illegal imports: Sambrial blast SIALKOT, Feb 6: National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Husain said on Thursday the federal government would enact laws to avert any Sambrial-like tragedy in future....		Girl electrocuted catching kite SHEIKHUPURA, Feb 6: A young girl was electrocuted on Thursday in a bid to catch a stray kite in Imamia Colony....
Robber dies, constable injured in encounter SIALKOT, Feb 6: A robber was killed while a constable sustained injuries late Thursday night in an encounter near Dugri village, Head Marala....		Water scarcity to affect wheat crop DERA GHAZI KHAN, Feb 6: The wheat production will affect greatly due to the scarcity of water as only 5,500 cusecs of water is being discharged in three main canals from...