February 19, 2003	Wednesday	Zul Hijjah 17, 1423

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Rain continues on third day in twin cities: Heavy snowfall in Murree ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: Rain in Islamabad continued without a break for the third day running on Tuesday while Rawalpindi and surrounding areas also continued to receive intermittent shower or drizzle throughout...		Water level increases in Simly, Khanpur and Mangla dams RAWALPINDI, Feb 18: The water level in Simly, Khanpur and Mangla dams has risen by 27, 11 and 42 feet, respectively, after the continuous rains for the last three days, sources...
Commitment to WTO unlikely to be fulfilled: Issuance of new telecom licenses ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: Pakistan’s commitment to the WTO that new telecom licenses will be given to operators before January 1, 2004 is not likely to be fulfilled as 10 to 15...		$137m Unicef grant for youth uplift ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: Unicef will provide $137 million to Pakistan during the next five years under the Country Programme of Cooperation 2004-2008, which primarily focuses on the development of youth....
Flood relief cell put on high alert ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: The chief commissioner and chairman of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), Mir Laiq Shah, put on high alert the flood relief cell in the authority and an emergency...		Faiz Ahmad Faiz — the symbol of cultural identity ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: Faiz Ahmad Faiz was called a symbol of Pakistan’s cultural identity, as glowing tributes were paid to the great poet at a conference jointly organized by the National...
FO academy building damaged due to explosion RAWALPINDI, Feb 18: Foreign Office Academy building was damaged in an explosion caused due to gas leakage on Tuesday afternoon, police and eyewitnesses said....		Need to set up IT varsity in Capital stressed ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: Information Technology Promotion Society (ITPS) president Munawar Iqbal has highlighted the need for setting up an IT university in the capital....
Aali appointed chairperson of Urdu university ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has appointed Urdu poet, critic and educationist Dr Jamiluddin Aali as the deputy chairperson of the Senate of Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences...		Murderer gets life imprisonment ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: The district and sessions judge on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to a murder convict and fined him Rs300,000....
Decision on Iraq crisis after consultation: Rashid ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: Federal minister for information and media development Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that there were strong indications of the United States initiating military action against Iraq in second...		SC takes notice of Badar’s retrial ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: The Supreme Court on Tuesday took notice of Jehangir Badar’s retrial in a case he had been acquitted in 1990, and directed the registrar to produce record of...
PPP to seek action against defectors ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: The People’s Party Parliamentarians says it has prepared a case to seek legal punishment for 21 National Assembly members who have defected from the party to back Prime...		Opposition walks out of AJK LA MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 18: The opposition in the AJK Legislative Assembly staged a walkout on Tuesday to protest against a ruling of Speaker Sardar Siab Khalid, who refused to entertain its demand...
Rains, snowfall cut off N. Areas GILGIT, Feb 18: Heavy rain and snowfall on Tuesday cut off the road and aerial link of the Northern Areas....		Nation’s interest supreme: Jamali ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali said on Tuesday that Pakistan would keep national and Muslim nations’ interest supreme vis-a-vis the US-Iraq standoff....
Pakistanis’ evacuation from Gulf under study ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: Auth-orities in Islamabad are preparing contingency plans to evacuate some 1.7 million Pakistanis working in Gulf countries in the event of a war in Iraq, an official said...		Accord for $500,000 ADB grant signed ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will offer $500,000 technical assistance grant to help prepare an Early Childhood Development Project....
China to help develop Circular Railway BEIJING, Feb 18: China has agreed to help revitalize the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) and China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation will send a team on Feb 25 to study...		Qadri elected architects’ body chairman KARACHI, Feb 18: Architect Syed Ali Zafar Qadri, a senior controller of buildings in Karachi Building Control Authority was elected as chairman of the Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners...
Implementation of Police Order discussed ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat said on Tuesday that the interior ministry would take all necessary steps for the early implementation of the Police Order 2002....		Embassy staff in India being harassed ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: The Indian intelligence agencies are continuing to harass Pakistan’s diplomatic staff in what the diplomatic circles believe an attempt to downgrade diplomatic ties with Pakistan....
Heavy snowfall disrupts power supply to Chitral PESHAWAR, Feb 18: Power supply to several parts of the Chitral district was disrupted on Tuesday due to heavy snowfall, adding to the miseries of the people of the remotely-situated valley....		City council asks govt not to ban co-education PESHAWAR, Feb 18: The city district council adopted on Tuesday a unanimous resolution asking the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) government in the NWFP not to ban co-education in the province till the...
Teachers’ moot at Peshawar varsity PESHAWAR, Feb 18: The teachers community would hold a countrywide convention on Feb 22 at the Peshawar Univer-sity to discuss the pros and cons of the proposed Model Univer-sities Ordinance, said...		Jirga demands compensation SWABI, Feb 18: Parents of students of the government high school, Mansabdar, have ann-ounced that they would not send their children to the school, unless the families of those children who...
100 students to be sent abroad for IT training PESHAWAR, Feb 18: NWFP Science and Technology Minister Hussain Ahmed Kanju has said that the government would send abroad 100 students this year for getting training in information technology....		Rain to benefit farm sector PESHAWAR, Feb 18: Heavy rain in rain-fed regions of the province, forming 60 per cent of the total NWFP cultivated land, would positively impact the area under wheat crop in addition...
Students beaten PESHAWAR, Feb 18: The police resorted to a baton charge here on Tuesday when students of the Islamic Centre, University of Peshawar, wanted to lodge a protest against the administration which...		MMA to hold pro-Iraq rallies PESHAWAR, Feb 18: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal will organise pro-Iraq rallies in Karachi and Rawalpindi on March 2 and 9, respectively....
Torrential rain, gales take Punjab by storm FAISALABAD, Feb 18: Downpour and gales on Tuesday paralyzed life in most parts of the Punjab, turning low-lying areas into puddles....		Dera Nazim’s scathing attack on legislators DERA GHAZI KHAN, Feb 18: District Nazim Alhaj Jamal Khan Leghari strongly condemned the alleged interference of MNAs and MPAs in the affairs of the district government....
700 Vehari teachers not paid for four months VEHARI, Feb 18: About 700 teachers appointed on five-year contract have not been paid salaries for the last four months....		Transporters raise fares ‘arbitrarily’ BAHAWALPUR, Feb 18: Transporters have enhanced fares unilaterally after the recent increase in petrol prices, hitting the common man hard....
Robbers strike nine times FAISALABAD, Feb 18: Robbers took away cash, gold ornaments and hijacked a car and two motorcycles in nine strikes in the city and its rural areas during the last 24 hours....		Woman, friend kidnapped TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 18: Eight men kidnapped a woman and her lover from Chak No. 289 JB (Chando Badala) on Tuesday....
PML-N calls for ‘peace’ on 28th MULTAN, Feb 18: The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) has urged people from all walks of life to observe February 28 (Friday) as a ‘Peace Day’ to join the world against war....		DPO says he was misunderstood SIALKOT, Feb 18: DPO Shahid Iqbal has tendered his apology to Sialkot’s journalists for passing disgraced remarks and threatening them with dire consequences for ‘reporting against the police interest’....
Suspended GUJRANWALA, Feb 18: Two SHOs and an investigating officer were suspended from service for failing to control crime....		BZU declares MBBS first prof results MULTAN: The Bahauddin Zakariya University on Tuesday declared the result of MBBS first professional (Part-II), second annual examination, 2002....
Thunderstorm, rain lash Lahore LAHORE, Feb 18: Thunder-storms with heavy and torrential rain continued to lash several Punjab cities, including Lahore, the NWFP and the Northern Areas on Tuesday, inundating low-lying areas and creating problems...		Shahbaz to stay in US for three months: Dar LAHORE, Feb 18: PML-N President Mian Shahbaz Sharif will stay in the United States for some three months needed for recovery and some post-surgery check-ups, after which the party will decide...
Rs2.8m Zakat to be given to the needy LAHORE, Feb 18: The Punjab Zakat Council will distribute Rs2.8 billion among 125,000 deserving people during the current financial year under the Permanent Rehabilitation Scheme....		MNA’s ordeal in Makkah LAHORE, Feb 18: MNA Tahira Asif has accused the haj duty staff in Saudia of creating ‘immense’ problems for Pakistani hajis....
Cell for expats guidance ordered LAHORE, Feb 18: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi directed on Tuesday the establishment of a special cell for the guidance and counselling of overseas Pakistanis interested in investment in the...		SCBA countrywide protest from 28th LAHORE, Feb 18: The Supreme Court Bar Association announced on Tuesday that a countrywide movement would be launched from Feb 28 to protest against the extension in the retirement age of...
Room for investment in housing, oil sectors LAHORE, Feb 18: The Punjab governor said on Tuesday it was time to materialize the new chances of investment created as a result of long-term reforms by the Musharraf government....		Help centre The City District Government on Tuesday set up a control room for providing relief in rain related emergency....
Khwajas case: contempt plea against state likely today LAHORE, Feb 18: A contempt of court petition against the State for not releasing the three members of Khwaja family despite the Lahore High Court’s orders is likely to be filed...		PA session from 20th LAHORE, Feb 18: A session of the Punjab Assembly has been called from Feb 20....