February 18, 2003	Tuesday	Zul Hijjah 16, 1423

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HEC approves Rs34m networking project for Punjab University ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) in a Departmental Development Working Party (DDWP) meeting approved a project for computerization and networking enhancement of University of the Punjab, Lahore....		Iesco to give immunity to defence depts, AJK govt: Campaign against defaulters ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: The Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) will give immunity to defence departments and Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) Government during its disconnection campaign to be launched against government organizations...
Rainwater inundates city roads, streets RAWALPINDI, Feb 17: Most of the streets and roads remained inundated with rainwater due to poor sewerage system in the city....		More facts surface in thesis scam ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: More facts have surfaced in the PhD thesis scam of Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) wherein a student had allegedly submitted a fake reference letter in support of his research...
Drop box facility for power bills payment ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: A new system of electricity bill collection has been introduced for the first time in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad for consumers’ convenience....		Students hold demo outside Rawalpindi board office RAWALPINDI, Feb 17: More than 100 students from Murree staged demonstrations against the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Rawalpindi, on Sixth Road and Murree Road here on Monday....
School peon found dead RAWALPINDI, Feb 17: A private school peon suffocated to death owing to gas leakage in Lal Kurti on Monday, police said....		FFC’s working lauded ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: Federal Minister for Water and Power Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao has appreciated the working of Federal Flood Commission (FFC)....
Rains not enough for irrigated areas: Irsa ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: Amid fears of heavy damage to wheat crop, the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) would inform the provinces on Tuesday that they would have to depend only on...		Dozens of Pakistanis kept in INS detention SAN FRANCISCO: Feb 17: Dozens of Pakistanis remained in detention after they went to the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service offices for special registration and failed to post high bail...
Govt employees may get raise ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: The government is likely to increase the salaries of its employees in the new budget, Dawn has learned....		Governor calls for proper use of funds QUETTA, Feb 17: Balochistan Governor Abdul Quadir said on Monday that he has no plan to interfere in the administrative powers that the chief minister and his cabinet were enjoying under...
Lawyers to hold protest against LFO ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: Lawyers organizations will observe Black Day on March 8 to protest against introduction of amendments to the Constitution through Legal Framework Order and demand that the judges of...		Jamali’s visit to Karachi postponed ISLAMABAD Feb 17: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali was forced to postpone his scheduled departure for Karachi on a three-day tour of Sindh on Monday due to the heavy downpour...
US team arrives today ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: A four-member US Congressional delegation led by Senator John Warner is due to arrive in Islamabad on Tuesday on a day-long goodwill visit, sources close to the presidency...		Man killed in landmine blast SIALKOT, Feb 17: A villager was killed and another injured seriously in a heavy landmine blast in Kot Nainan village along the working boundary’s Shakargarh sector, on Monday....
‘WB missions not put off’ ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: A World Bank spokesperson here has clarified that bank missions have not been put off, but said clearance is given only to “essential missions”....		Cabinet meets tomorrow ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: The Cabinet will meet here on Wednesday to discuss a number of issues including oil prices....
FBI not involved in raids, says governor: Operation against Al Qaeda in Fata PESHAWAR, Feb 17: NWFP governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has categorically denied any direct involvement of the FBI agents in the operation against the fugitives of Al Qaeda who might be...		Five Arabs handed over to US PESHAWAR, Feb 17: Five workers of a Kuwaiti-funded relief agency, whose detention was challenged in Peshawar High Court (PHC), have been handed over to the US a few months ago, sources...
Steps urged to protect forests MINGORA, Feb 17: The district Nazim of Swat, Dr Mehboobur Rehman, has asked the authorities to make proper arrangements for the protection of forests in the district....		Chitral receives snowfall CHITRAL, Feb 7: Chitral has been receiving intermittent snowfall for the last 24 hours....
Students urged to get modern knowledge KOHAT, Feb 17: General officer commanding of the 7th division, Maj-Gen Nazakat Ali Khan, has asked students to keep themselves abreast with the modern knowledge of computer science and said it...		Need stressed to enforce laws on child rights PESHAWAR, Feb 17: Society for the Protection of Rights of the Child (Sparc) has demanded of the government to implement laws related to child rights in the NWFP....
Pushto service on FM 101 demanded PESHAWAR, Feb 17: District Bar Association has urged the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation to start Pushto language transmission on FM 101 radio channel, Peshawar centre. ...		Vehicle hijacked LAKKI MARWAT, Feb 17: Four armed men hijacked a vehicle at gunpoint near Titterkhel on Sunday....
POL prices’ rise widely flayed GUJRANWALA, Feb 17: People from various professions on Monday condemned increase in petroleum products’ prices....		20 hurt, 50 mud houses awashed VEHARI, Feb 17: More than 20 people were injured and 50 mud houses collapsed when a heavy rain and wind storm hit the city and its surrounding areas on Monday afternoon....
Dryport blast accused’s remand extended SIALKOT, Feb 17: The Daska civil judge on Monday extended physical remand of main accused of Sambrial blast for three more days....		Sargodha spring festival postponed SARGODHA, Feb 17: The continuous drizzling since Sunday night has forced the Tehsil Municipal Administration to postpone the inaugural ceremony of Jashn-i-Baharan till Feb 19....
TCP asked to buy lint from RYK SADIQABAD, Feb 17: The Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association, Rahim Yar Khan zone, has sought government intervention to make the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) to purchase lint lying with ginners....		Security at Faisalabad dryport tightened FAISALABAD, Feb 17: Security at the dryport has been tightened to avoid any untoward incident....
Commuters, crew brawl over fare increase GUJRAT, Feb 17: Up to 15 per cent arbitrary increase in fares by transporters following petroleum prices rise led to scuffles between commuters and crew in various parts of the district...		Hajis faced hardships in Makkah: Piracha LAHORE, Feb 17: Arrangements by the religious affairs ministry were so poor this year that for the first time Haj pilgrims protested outside the Pakistan House in Makkah besides pelting stones...
Police posts along gas installations ordered LAHORE, Feb 17: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi directed on Monday establishment of police check posts along the Sui gas installations to protect them against any act of sabotage....		PML-N forms anti-war fronts LAHORE, Feb 17: The PML-N has started establishing anti-war fronts at town, district, provincial and national levels to check the US “expansionism” and show solidarity with Iraqi people....
ATC ruling on Khwajas plea tomorrow LAHORE, Feb 17: An anti-terrorism court on Monday reserved till Feb 19 judgment on an application of Dr Ahmad Javed Khwaja and Ahmad Naveed Khwaja against their trial in jail....		More rain, snowfall forecast LAHORE, Feb 17: The rare westerly system affecting Pakistan at present is likely to cause more rain and snowfall in Punjab and Northern Areas during the next 12 to 24 hours,...
Cracks in Lohari Gate’s walls LAHORE, Feb 17: The Lohari Gates’ walls have developed cracks, which reflect apathy of the provincial government towards historic monuments....		Govt ‘taking sides’ in Lahore bar polls LAHORE, Feb 17: Awami National Party (ANP) president Ehsan Wyne alleged on Monday that the judicial officers were patronizing the election campaign of one of the candidates contesting the Lahore High...
LDA’s public utility plots will be auctioned LAHORE, Feb 17: Public utility plots in kutcha abadis under the Lahore Development Authority would be allotted through an open auction, LDA chairman Mian Amer Mahmood said on Monday....		Oil-tanker overturns at Cantt LAHORE, Feb 17: Panic gripped a residential area near the Sherpao Bridge in Cantonment when a truck laden with oil overturned on Monday....
PA standing committees at session-end LAHORE, Feb 17: The standing committees of the Punjab Assembly would be set up at the end of the forthcoming session, Speaker Afzal Sahi said on Monday....		Conference LAHORE, Feb 17: The World Punjabi Congress is organizing a two-day national conference in connection with the “World Mother Tongues Day” at Faletti’s from Feb 21....
Stay against purchase of pesticides LAHORE, Feb 17: The Lahore High Court on Monday granted stay against the scheduled opening of a tender for the purchase of certain pesticides and restrained the provincial food secretary to...		Exhibition LAHORE, Feb 17: The Pak-China Friendship Association and the Alhamra Art Council have jointly arranged a photographic exhibition at Alhamra....