February 20, 2003	Thursday	Zul Hijjah 18, 1423

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Power supply to govt depts suspended: Action against defaulters RAWALPINDI, Feb 19: Iesco has snapped power connections of several departments, including the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board, for failing to pay outstanding dues....		Women MPs call for abolition of discriminatory laws ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: There is urgent need to abolish all discriminatory laws against women, which are impeding their march towards emancipation....
Simly Dam spillways opened to discharge excess water ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: The spillways of Simly Dam were opened on Tuesday night to discharge excess water and maintain the level in the reservoir at a comfortable position keeping in view...		ADB offers $50m assistance: Environment improvement project RAWALPINDI, Feb 19: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has offered $50 million assistance for the Rawalpindi Environment Improvement Project, officials said here on Wednesday....
Over 7,000 women, children languishing in jails: study ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: Over 7,000 women and children, including under-trial and convicted, are languishing in 75 jails of the country, says a study....		Burglars, auto-thieves strike at nine places RAWALPINDI, Feb 19: Burglars and auto-thieves struck at nine different places in the twin cities, and made off with six vehicles, cash and other valuables, police said on Wednesday....
RCB’s top officer transferred RAWALPINDI, Feb 19: The Directorate of Military Lands and Cantonments (ML&Cs) has transferred Additional Executive Officer of Rawalpindi Cantonment Board Hassan Akhtar Mirza to Cantonment Board, Mardan, with immediate effect....		A sunny day forecast today ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: The Met Office has forecast a bright, sunny day in most parts of the country after four days of persistent rains, mini-tornadoes and flash floods, which resulted in...
HEC approves Rs34m IT project for Peshawar varsity ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has allocated Rs34 million for upgradation and enhancement of IT and networking facilities at the University of Peshawar....		Drug-trafficker awarded two-year RI RAWALPINDI, Feb 19: The additional district and sessions judge, Mian Mohammad Shafi, awarded two years of rigorous imprisonment to a person for drugs trafficking....
Arrest warrant issued RAWALPINDI, Feb 19: The additional district and sessions judge, Syed Pervez Ali Shah, issued warrant for the arrest of three policemen of Murree police station for not complying with the court’s...		Two die as roof caves in RAWALPINDI, Feb 19: Two persons were killed and another suffered injuries after roof of their house caved in due to rain in Dhoke Rajgan, Chakri Road, on Wednesday....
Plan ready to curb human trafficking ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: Government has chalked out a comprehensive plan to control human trafficking along Pakistan’s border with Iran, an interior ministry official said....		Compensation for rain victims okayed QUETTA, Feb 19: The Balochistan government has decided to pay compensation to rain and snowfall victims....
Devolution plan to be discussed today ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: The government and the National Reconstruction Bureau are quite anxious about some changes proposed by the provinces in the devolution plan and the Police Order 2002, says a...		Implementation of jail reforms stressed ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: An inadequate number of jails and staff, and the slow disposal of criminal cases are the main hurdles in the implementation of jail reforms....
Embassy claims treatment of Pakistanis in US improves WASHINGTON, Feb 19: The Pakistan embassy in Washington has denied a news report suggesting that “dozens of Pakistanis” have been arrested during the registration process and that “bail bonds up to...		Lawyers hold anti-war march in Quetta QUETTA, Feb 19: The lawyers community marched through the streets of Quetta in protest against the US plan to attack Iraq here on Wednesday....
Cantts’ delimitation for LB polls soon ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: The process of delimitation of cantonments will be started within a couple of months for holding local government polls, it was decided at a meeting held at National...		Three children killed in fire GILGIT, Feb 19: At least three children of a family were killed in fire that erupted at Harcho refugee camp, Astore valley, on Tuesday, police sources said....
SC adjourns hearing of ex-naval chief’s pleas ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned hearing of the petitions of former naval chief Mansurul Haq till Feb 26, on plea of the prosecutor-general, accountability, that he required...		Body formed to look into appointments MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 19: The government on Wednesday appointed a three-member house committee to look into the appointments made allegedly against rules or quota in the AJK Hydro Electric Board....
PML leader LAHORE, Feb 19: Ishaq Dar is likely to replace Makhdoom Javed Hashmi as acting president of PML-N, informed party sources said on Tuesday....		District council wants NWFP name changed PESHAWAR, Feb 19: The city district council adopted a resolution on Wednesday, asking the government to change the name of the province from North-West Frontier Province to Pukhtunkhawa....
Slum residents shift to safer places SWABI, Feb 19: Due to unabated rain from Saturday and leakage of their mud-houses, most of the dwellers of the katchi abadies have shifted to the safer places to take shelter....		2 leopards killed in Abbottabad ABBOTTABAD, Feb 19: Two leopards have been killed in the district during the last one week and the carcass of one of them has been found, said officials of the wildlife...
Four die as vehicle falls into ravine BAJAUR, Feb 19: Four Afghan nationals were killed and two other seriously wounded when a pick up plunged into a deep ravine in the tribal area of Bajaur Agency on Tuesday...		Snowfall in Chitral continues CHITRAL, Feb 19: Life in Chitral came to a standstill as a result of continuing snowfall for the last five days....
Parents seek girl’s recovery PESHAWAR, Feb 19: The parents of a Sikh girl who has been held by a tribesman for the last 40 days in the remote Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency and is...		NWFP PA to meet on Saturday PESHAWAR, Feb 19: NWFP governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has convened the 4th session of the NWFP assembly here at the assembly hall on Khyber Road on Saturday....
Twister leaves 4 dead, scores bed-ridden KASUR, Feb 19: Downpour and gales in the last 24 hours left four people dead and several others injured in various parts of the Punjab....		Robbers on the rampage FAISALABAD, Feb 19: Dacoits and robbers remained on the rampage during the last 24 hours despite police pickets on all inter-city roads and highways....
17 revenue officers made magistrates GUJRANWALA, Feb 19: Seventeen revenue officers were given the powers of magistrate first class by the Punjab government....		Plan to foil Basant festivities GUJRANWALA, Feb 19: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Aml (MMA) and the City Tehsil Council have decided to foil the Basant festivities, scheduled for Thursday (today)....
Dacoits open fire on bus, kill one SAHIWAL, Feb 19: One bus passenger was killed and four others were injured when two dacoits opened fire on a bus on the GT Road on Wednesday night....		Two girls raped in Okara OKARA, Feb 19: Two girls were raped by vagabonds in different incidents on Wednesday....
Under-trial escapes from custody FAISALABAD, Feb 19: An under-trial accused escaped from the police custody in Tandlianwala, about 50 kilometres from here, on Wednesday....		20 injured SHEIKHUPURA, Feb 19: Twenty passengers were injured, 11 of them seriously, when a bus fell into Sem Nullah near Javed Nagar on Lahore Road on Wednesday. The injured were taken to...
Bomb hoax RAHIM YAR KHAN, Feb 19: Panic spread at the district courts here on Wednesday when an anonymous caller informed the district coordination officer that a bomb had been planted in the...		PA session to ‘facilitate’ candidates: Senate election LAHORE, Feb 19: A session of the Punjab Assembly is due to begin here on Thursday — more to facilitate the Senate candidates from various parties to approach their electors than...
Khwajas’ trial in jail from 24th LAHORE, Feb 19: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday dismissed an application of Dr Ahmad Javed Khwaja and Ahmad Nadeem Khwaja against their trial in jail and fixed Feb 24 for initiating...		84,000 acres of state illegally occupied LAHORE, Feb 19: Around 84,000 acres of the state land in the Punjab is in the possession of illegal occupants and litigation is going on for more than 44,000 acres....
Contempt petition against govt LAHORE, Feb 19: A contempt petition was filed in the Lahore High Court on Wednesday against the failure of the jail authorities and provincial home department to release three of the...		Pervaiz for dist peace bodies LAHORE, Feb 19: The chief minister ordered on Wednesday the constitution of district peace committees in order to maintain law and order especially during Muharram....
Six rain victims laid to rest LAHORE, Feb 19: The bodies of six people who were killed in heavy rain in the city late on Tuesday night were returned to their families on Wednesday....		Westerly system moving out: Met LAHORE, Feb 19: The rare westerly system currently affecting the country started moving out fast on Wednesday after giving heavy rain to the plains of the Punjab and in the NWFP...
Action against Wasa officials ordered LAHORE, Feb 19: Punjab Housing and Public Health Engineering Minister Syed Raza Ali Gilani on Wednesday ordered punitive action against several Wasa officials for the dereliction of their duties in respect...		MMA hails Saudi decision LAHORE, Feb 19: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal vice-president Prof Sajid Mir has welcomed Saudi Arabia’s announcement of not giving bases to the United States for attacking Iraq....
FJMC trainees given stipends LAHORE, Feb 19: The Punjab government on Wednesday released the stipend of the postgraduate students of Fatima Jinnah Medical College/Ganga Ram Hospital’s gynaecology department, unit II....		New SZH chairman LAHORE, Feb 19: The federal government has posted Prof Anwaar A Khan as new chairman of the Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore....