February 8, 2003	Saturday	Zul Hijjah 6,1423

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Media ords should be discussed in parliament: Nasim ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Ordinances relating to print and electronic media should be discussed in the parliament, Justice Dr Nasim Hassan Shah (retired) said here on Friday....		Water supply to Islamabad reduced by 3.63MGD ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has reduced water supply by 3.63 million gallons per day (MGD) as a measure to conserve water in view of the prevailing dry...
Drug-trafficker awarded over two years RI RAWALPINDI, Feb 7: Additional District and Sessions Judge Sayyed Pervez Ali Shah on Friday awarded two-and-a-half-year rigorous imprisonment to a drug-trafficker....		Poverty characteristic of globalization: expert ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Globalization is a process linked with the entire human history, but the contemporary trend is unique in the sense that it is characterized by unprecedented spread of poverty,...
Drug firms told to create awareness about local products ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Pharmaceutical companies should devise strategies for creating awareness among the medical professionals about local cost-effective products, information minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad said here on Friday....		Computer literacy centres for women councillors to be set up ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: The Ministry of Women Development, Social Welfare and Special Education will set up Information Technology Centres (ITCs) throughout the country for the training of women councillors....
SHOs reshuffle fails to deliver as recovery rate drops RAWALPINDI, Feb 7: The recent reshuffle of the station house officers (SHOs) has failed to deliver, as recovery percentage has dropped to 11 per cent in January 2003 compared with 46...		Schimmel: Living counter-argument to ‘clash of civilizations’ ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: The living counter-argument against Samuel P. Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations was how the late Annemarie Schimmel, the German orientalist and friend of Pakistan, was described by the German...
Young boy killed in road accident RAWALPINDI, Feb 7: A 4-year-old boy was killed after being hit by a taxi in Waris Khan area on Friday night, police said....		CBR asked to amend tax laws after consulting stakeholders ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: The federal tax ombudsman (FTO), Justice Saleem Akhtar (retired), on Friday asked the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) to make amendments to tax laws after seeking views of...
TMA chalks out plan to lift animal entrails on Eid days RAWALPINDI, Feb 7: A plan has been chalked out to lift sacrificial animals’ entrails during the two days of Eidul Azha, a Tehsil Municipal Administration spokesman told Dawn on Friday....		Hearing in Asif, Saifullah cases adjourned RAWALPINDI, Feb 7: The accountability courts, Rawalpindi, on Friday adjourned hearing of references against former senator Asif Ali Zardari and former federal minister Anwar Saifullah Khan....
Canadian agency hopes poverty will lessen ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Canadian International Development Agency (Cida) has appreciated the country’s economic performance during the last two years and expressed hope that the social sector would be uplifted soon....		Benazir flays amendment to industrial relations law ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Former prime minister and chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party, Benazir Bhutto, has condemned the proposed Industrial Relations Ordinance (Amendment), 2002, which will deprive the labour of the...
Govt to study other power sources ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Water and Power Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao said on Thursday that the government is trying to make power available at affordable price by selecting from the best...		Musharraf’s Russia visit fruitful, says envoy MOSCOW, Feb 7: The country’s ambassador to Russia, Syed Iftikhar Murshid has described President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s visit to Russia as ‘successful’ and said it would yield positive results....
ADB to give $1.5m loan to Balochistan QUETTA, Feb 7: Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to extend a soft loan of $1.5 million to Balochistan for the construction of 3,000km roads, including farm-to-market roads....		1.9 tons of drugs seized QUETTA, Feb 7: Pishin and Chaghai scouts wing of Frontier Crops have seized around 1.9 tons of morphine and hashish near the Afghan border, sources said....
Man killed KARACHI, Feb 7: A man was killed and another injured at the residence of the former member of the provincial assembly from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Afzal Muneef, in Defence Housing...		EC rejects appeals QUETTA, Feb 7: The Election Commission member, Justice Ahmed Khan Lashari, has rejected the appeals of two candidates, former senator Anwar Khan Durrani of JWP and Bibi Zahida of MMA, on...
38 to contest for 22 Senate seats PESHAWAR, Feb 7: After the withdrawal of nomination papers from the race for Senate, now, 38 candidates have been left to venture for 22 seats of the upper house of Parliament....		Two PML-Q leaders in run for governorship MANSEHRA, Feb 7: Two PML-Q leaders are tipped as favourites for appointment as the NWFP governor to replace Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah after the completion of Senate elections....
Cattle movement to Afghanistan banned PESHAWAR, Feb 7: The city district government has banned the transportation of all kinds of cattle to Afghanistan with a view to controlling the prices of sacrificial animals in local markets...		Condolence PESHAWAR, Feb 7: The People’s Oppressed Movement (POM) has condoled the death of Qalandar Momand and prayed for him....
Bandits loot Rs300,000 in Swabi SWABI, Feb 7: Unidentified robbers struck in  different localities, looting a shop and robbing valuables at gunpoint here on Thursday night....		45 ‘outlaws’ held KOHAT,  Feb 7: The law enforcing agencies arrested 45 people and demolished eight houses in a joint operation against the outlaws wanted in the murders of three police officials on Thursday,...
Brigadier replaces Fesco chief ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: The Wapda management has removed Faisalabad Electricity Supply Company chief executive Ijaz Ali Khan and appointed a serving army officer Brig Tariq Rasool in his place....		Recovery officer suspended GUJRANWALA, Feb 7: An income tax recovery officer who humiliated a shopkeeper over the tax issue was suspended from service here on Friday....
Four get death for double murder GUJRANWALA, Feb 7: A local court on Friday handed down death sentence to four convicts on two-count each with a fine of Rs400,000 collectively in a double murder case....		Special education centre opened SIALKOT, Feb 7: Governor Khalid Maqbool has sought the cooperation of private sector and NGOs for improving education and health sectors besides controlling environment pollution....
Transport coy, police reconcile FAISALABAD, Feb 7: The transport company whose officials were beaten up by police agreed to reconcile on Friday after the assurance of district police officer that legal action would be taken...		TI takes out rally against US LAHORE, Feb 7: The Tehrik-i-Istiqlal on Friday took out a rally against the impending US attack on Iraq....
Jeweller robbed of gold, car FAISALABAD, Feb 7: Four armed motorcyclists robbed a jeweller of 1.5kg gold, two mobile phone sets and a car, just a few yards away from the Samanabad police post, here on...		Open kutchery FAISALABAD, Feb 7: The DPO held an open kutchery at Sadhar village on Faisalabad-Jhang Road, about 15 kms from here, on Friday and sought people’s help in arresting criminals....
Sacrificial animals a tough bargain BAHAWALPUR, Feb 7: High prices of sacrificial animals have kept buyers away with less than a week before Eidul Azha....		Girl commits suicide; boy dies in accident TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 7: A girl committed suicide while a boy died in mysterious circumstances here on Friday....
PAEC to establish seed company FAISALABAD, Feb 7: The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission has decided to set up a seed company to market seeds of its ‘disease-resistant and high-yielding’ varieties....		Monitoring cell for abolition of ATCs LAHORE, Feb 7: The cell monitoring anti-terrorism courts (ATCs) has proposed abolition of all 13 ATCs in the Punjab, saying that these courts do not have enough workload to justify their...
Regulatory authority for private schools LAHORE, Feb 7: The Punjab education minister, expressing concern over the mushroom growth of substandard but expensive private educational institutions, has said a regulatory authority will be set up to check...		Rs100m lab to check pesticides’ overuse LAHORE, Feb 7: The government would set up a Rs100 million laboratory to detect overuse of pesticides on fruits and vegetables, provincial agriculture minister Arshad Lodhi told the Punjab Assembly here...
Law enacted to ban wasteful expenses on marriage LAHORE, Feb 7: The Punjab Assembly on Friday enacted a law banning ostentatious displays and wasteful expenses on all marriage ceremonies....		Unauthorized markets of sacrificial animals LAHORE, Feb 7: Sacrificial animals have started pouring in the city in large numbers as a result of which unauthorized markets have been set up in many parts of the city...
Calf meat being sold as mutton LAHORE, Feb 7: The city district government has succeeded in curtailing sale of calf meat as mutton in a campaign launched against the menace....		Formal opening of Basant festivities LAHORE, Feb 7: National Assembly’s acting speaker Sardar Muhammad Yaqub Nasir inaugurated a procession of colourful buggies from Nasser Bagh here after Friday prayers to mark the formal opening of the...