February 11, 2003	Tuesday	Zul Hijjah 9, 1423

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Poverty on the rise in rural areas, says report ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: With ever-declining production in agriculture sector, poverty is increasing in rural areas of the country, says a report....		HEC approves Rs39m project for UET Taxila ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: Higher Education Commission (HEC) will establish a centre for industrial information technology (control and automation) at the electrical engineering department in University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Taxila....
IJT activists for lifting ban on student unions RAWALPINDI, Feb 10: The activists of Islami Jamiat Tulaba (IJT) observed a black day on Monday against the ban on students unions imposed by a military dictator about 20 years ago....		Efforts needed to resolve conflicts thru cultural mechanism ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: The conflicts between Muslims and Christians in Pakistan should not be tied with religion and efforts must be made for their resolution through cultural mechanisms, Dr Andrew Jilani,...
PTCL announces Eid package ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: The PTCL is offering NWD calls on reduced rates during Eid days....		Study to find link between TB, AIDS to be conducted ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: The government intends to conduct a study to ascertain whether the high prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) in Pakistan has any link with AIDS as seen in some other...
Salaries of health secy, RMC dean withheld RAWALPINDI, Feb 10: The Punjab government has withheld the salaries of provincial health secretary Hassan Wasim Afzal and Principal Executive Officer and Dean, Rawalpindi Medical College (RMC), Majeed Rajput, on the...		Govt may use force to destroy poppy crop: Official hints at action against cleric PESHAWAR, Feb 10: The NWFP government on Monday warned of using force to destroy poppy in tribal areas and said it might as well proceed against the cleric who had issued...
Contractors’ body chief kidnapped PESHAWAR, Feb 10: President of a local contractors’ association, Abdus Sattar Khan Mohmand, was kidnapped apparently for ransom by unknown persons in the jurisdiction of Badhber police station on Sunday night....		Teachers condemn shifting of varsity PESHAWAR, Feb 10: The Engineering University Teachers Association has expressed concern over the shifting of the university from Peshawar to Mardan, and has asked for spending Rs40 million grant, on the...
NWFP reshuffles bureaucracy PESHAWAR, Feb 10: The NWFP government shuffled the provincial bureaucracy on Monday by relaxing the ban in place on postings and transfers....		Police kill ‘hardened’ criminal PESHAWAR, Feb 10: The Peshawar police killed a hardened criminal after a brief encounter at Chandan Ghari area of Badhber here on Sunday....
39 Afghan prisoners released PESHAWAR, Feb 10: The NWFP government has released 39 Afghan prisoners, including a women who were involved in ordinary crimes from the Central Prison as a mark of goodwill gesture....		Parties urged to honour people’s mandate MARDAN, Feb 10: Federal Minister for Water and Power Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has urged all the political parties to honour the people’s mandate and seriously work for the solution of...
Independence of Kashmir sought MUZAFFARABD, Feb 10: Activists of the Jammu Kashmir National Awami Party (JKNAP) and National Students Federation, the hard-line organisations advocating complete independence of Kashmir, held a motorcycle rally here on Monday...		Kabul releases 130 prisoners KABUL, Feb 10: Afghanistan on Monday released more than 130 prisoners, including 19 Pakistanis, as a gesture to mark Eid-al-Azha....
PPP’s concern ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has expressed concern over deteriorating relations between India and Pakistan. She voiced this concern in a statement issued here on Monday in the backdrop...		Sick girl faces deportation SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 10: A Pakistani family that found medical help at Shriners Hospital in Chicago for their daughter with cerebral palsy has been asked to leave the US after the...
Draft interim constitution for Northern Areas ready GILGIT, Feb 10: A proposed interim constitution for the Northern Areas has been drafted in the light of the Supreme Court’s verdict of May 28, 1999, on the status of the...		Sacrificial animals on instalments SARGODHA, Feb 10: Several animals’ dealers are offering sale of goats, sheep and cows on instalments to find an alternative to high prices in the last two days before Eid....
40 passengers of train fall unconscious BAHAWALPUR, Feb 10: Around 40 passengers travelling in various economy class coaches of the Multan-bound Zakariya Express from Karachi fell unconscious after taking tea at Rohri railway station early Monday morning....		No bar on Benazir’s return, says Faisal TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 10: Federal Interior Minister Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat has said there is no bar on the return of Benazir Bhutto to Pakistan....
17 posts in girls school lying vacant SADIQABAD, Feb 10: Seventeen posts of teachers in different subjects were lying vacant in the Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Firoza, since long....		Masked men kill two youths FAISALABAD, Feb 10: Two youths were shot dead while another sustained serious injuries when masked men opened fire on them in a house in Pratab Nagar here on Sunday night....
Six teachers suspended VEHARI, Feb 10: Deputy District Education Officer Abdul Majeed on Monday suspended six teachers of various government schools for absence without notice....		Contract of collecting animal tax cancelled GUJRANWALA, Feb 10: The contract of collecting sacrificial animal tax from buyers in Ghakkhar town was cancelled on Monday by District Nazim Fiaz Ahmad Chattha....
Woman hurt in landmine blast SIALKOT, Feb 10: A woman sustained serious injuries in a landmine blast in Musiyaal village along Sialkot working boundary’s Charwa sector on Monday....		LHC told Sharifs rightly penalized LAHORE, Feb 10: The Lahore High Court was informed on Monday that PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif and Begum Kulsoom Nawaz were rightly penalized through additional tax demand....
Zafar for fresh schedule for Senate elections LAHORE, Feb 10: Nawaz League chairman Raja Zafarul Haq has demanded fresh schedule for the election of the Upper House of parliament after the Supreme Court’s decision whereby the law disqualifying...		Commission to record statements from 15th LAHORE, Feb 10: The commission constituted by the Punjab government to review establishment of boards of governors in educational institutions will begin recording statements of stakeholders on Feb 15....
FJMC gynae students denied stipend LAHORE, Feb 10: The postgraduate students of Unit-II of the Fatima Jinnah Medical College/Ganga Ram Hospital’s gynae department have been denied their stipend before Eidul Azha....		Sacrificial animals’ sale gains momentum LAHORE, Feb 10: Buyers thronged over 30 authorized and unauthorized markets in the provincial metropolis on Monday to purchase sacrificial animals for Eidul Azha....
Jamaat to set up five hospitals LAHORE, Feb 10: The Al-Khidmat Foundation will establish five hospitals within a year to provide free medical treatment to poor patients....		Over 2,537 industries prosecuted in 2002 LAHORE, Feb 10: Over 2,537 industrial units and 2,281 shopkeepers were prosecuted during 2002 for violations of labour laws and using defective weights and measures respectively....
Education secretary transferred LAHORE, Feb 10: The Punjab government on Monday transferred education secretary Sibtain Fazl-i-Haleem and posted him as communication and works department secretary vice Brig Shadab Ali Khan on expiry of his...		Khwajas plea for sacrifice in jail dismissed LAHORE, Feb 10: An anti-terrorism court dismissed on Monday the application of Dr Ahmad Javed Khwaja and his brother, seeking permission to sacrifice animals in jail on Eidul Azha....
Good industrial relations key to progress LAHORE, Feb 10: The leader of a Japan International Labour Foundation delegation, Mr. Iwata, has said that good industrial relations were the key to the progress of a country....		Sindh CM’s statement hailed LAHORE, Feb 10: Punjab PML-Q information secretary Kamil Ali Agha has welcomed the Sindh chief minister’s statement that the Kalabagh dam issue could be resolved through mutual consultations....
Bomb hoax delays flight LAHORE, Feb 10: Panic gripped Lahore airport when a bomb hoax was reported in the PK-305 flight, when around 400 passengers had started checking in, to leave for Karachi around 5pm....		MMA discusses Senate polls with PML-Q LAHORE, Feb 10: A four-member delegation of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal called on Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi here on Monday to discuss cooperation with the PML-Q in the Senate polls....
Bar rally LAHORE, Feb 10: The Lahore High Court Bar Association staged a rally on Monday to express solidarity with the people of held Kashmir....		CAA body okays 11 contracts LAHORE, Feb 10: The Merit and Transparency Committee of the Civil Aviation Authority on Monday cleared 11 contracts for commercial ventures at new airport terminal complex....