February 21, 2003	Friday	Zul Hijjah 19, 1423

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Three children among 5 killed in rain-related incidents RAWALPINDI, Feb 20: Seven people were killed, five in rain related incidents, in different parts of the city on Thursday, police and witnesses said....		Faisal directs police, FC to control human trafficking ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: The government will make effective legislation and empower the police and Frontier Constabulary (FC) to control human-trafficking and smuggling on Pakistan border....
Afghan team meets petroleum minister ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: The federal minister for petroleum and natural resources, Chaudhry Nouraiz Shakoor, has said Pakistan can provide technical expertise to boost oil, gas and mineral exploration and development activities...		Clerks body threatens to launch strike RAWALPINDI, Feb 20: The All Pakistan Clerks Association (APCA) on Thursday threatened to launch a country-wide strike against the government if the finance ministry failed to accept their 10-point charter of...
Woman patient suspected of CCHF dies at hospital RAWALPINDI, Feb 20: A woman, suspected to be suffering from Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), died here at the Rawalpindi General Hospital, hospital sources told Dawn on Thursday....		Three women murdered RAWALPINDI, Feb 20: Three women were strangled in their house in Mughlabad on Wednesday night, the police said....
Capital to get additional water ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to increase water supply to the federal capital by about five million gallons of water per day....		Rally against possible US attack on Iraq staged RAWALPINDI, Feb 20: Hundreds of people on Thursday staged a protest rally against the possible US attack on Iraq....
‘Govt to uphold rights of Gwadar people’: CM assures Balochistan Assembly QUETTA, Feb 20: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousaf said on Thursday that the rights of the people of the province will be protected and there will be no compromise...		$100m loan to Kabul converted into grant ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: Pakistan has decided to convert all its $100 million loan into grant for Afghanistan to help build infrastructure projects there specially Kabul-Jalalabad road....
Saarc summit in October: Kasuri NEW DELHI, Feb 20: Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri has said that Islamabad will hold the delayed Saarc summit in late October, The Asian Age newspaper reported on Thursday....		Punjab CM condoles with DG Rangers LAHORE, Feb 20: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi visited the residence of Director General Rangers, Gen Hussain Mehdi on Thursday and expressed deep sense of grief and sorrow over the...
Milestones in Mushaf’s PAF career ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: The following is the bio-data of Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir, who was killed when the F-27 aircraft in which he was travelling crashed...		Record of officials’ assets planned ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: The government will prepare a comprehensive record of assets of its employees by January 2004 to check illegal means of money making by the unscrupulous government servants, an...
PM, president condole with Khatami ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Thursday expressed their grief and sorrow over the loss of lives in the crash involving an...		Hundreds stranded in N. Areas GILGIT, Feb 20: More than 700 passengers travelling between Rawalpindi and parts of the Northern Areas are reportedly stranded in Shitiyal and Barseen areas, where landslides and boulders caused by the...
AJK ministers MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 20: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan will induct four ministers into his cabinet on Friday, raising its strength to 12, it was learnt on Thursday....		Rains to benefit wheat crop HARIPUR, Feb 20: The current rain spell would have a positive impact on the wheat crop in the district, agriculture experts told Dawn on Tuesday....
People asked to help leprosy patients PESHAWAR, Feb 20: Speakers at the Leprosy Day at Lady Reading Hospital here said on Thursday that Pakistan had 50,000 leprosy patients, of which 7,000 were in North West Frontier Province...		Return of children from CAS urged PESHAWAR, Feb 20: The Human Rights Commission of Afghanistan  (HRCA) has urged the United Nations and other human rights organisations  to use their offices to locate thousands of Afghan children who had gone to Russia during the communist...
Investment, research a must for IT boom: minister SWABI, Feb 20: Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari has said that the IT sector needs huge investment and research to catch up with the rapid...		Tribesmen arrested in anti-poppy campaign HANGU, Feb 20: The political administration of Orakzai Agency has launched a crackdown against the Mashti tribe and arrested several people for resisting the anti-poppy drive and firing at the militia...
Bureaucracy flayed for hindering MMA policies KOHAT, Feb 20: A Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal member of the National Assembly Mufti Ibrar said that bureaucracy was creating hurdles in the implementation of Islamic code in the society, despite clear  orders by the NWFP chief...		Two die as houses collapse BAJAUR, Feb 20: Two more people were killed and four others injured in house-collapse incidents here on Wednesday night as torrential rains and snowfall continued for the sixth consecutive day in...
More powers sought to check accounts MANSEHRA, Feb 20: The local government commission has sought more powers regarding the inspection of accounts of districts and other local institutions working at local level in the entire province....		Teachers’ rally today PESHAWAR, Feb 20: Peshawar University teachers will hold a protest demonstration on Feb 21 to condemn the impending US attack on Iraq....
66 missing children found PESHAWAR, Feb 20: The city police have handed over 66 missing children aged between two to 18 years to their parents during the last 45 days, said a press release issued...		Rs41.4m okayed for Peshawar uplift: Nazimeen stage walkout PESHAWAR, Feb 20: Many Nazimeem and councillors on Thursday staged a walkout from the City District Council session to protest against what they said negligence of the district government towards under-developed...
High Court gives relief to death convict PESHAWAR, Feb 20: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court has commuted death sentence on two counts awarded to an appellant by an anti-terrorism court to life imprisonment....		Truckers demand payment of dues PESHAWAR, Feb 20: The Goods Carrier Association has accused the local log area commander of not paying Rs700,000 as transportation charges, which had been promised to the owners of the vehicles...
Three-day moot on psychiatry from today PESHAWAR, Feb 20: Pakistan Psychiatric Society (PPS) will arrange a three-day international conference from Feb 21 to 23, in order to impart training to doctors and to create awareness among the people regarding the...		People urged to follow Bacha Khan PESHAWAR, Feb 20: Leader of Awami National Party, Asfandyar Wali Khan has extolled the Pukhtuns to follow the philosophy of Bacha Khan to attain their rights....
Proper steps to check crimes ordered PESHAWAR, Feb 20: Provincial law enforcement agencies have been directed to coordinate efforts to curb crimes....		Weapons, fake arms licences seized KOHAT, Feb 20: The Kohat police seized automatic weapons and 13 fake arms licences from four persons travelling in a Karachi-bound coach on the Indus Highway near Lachi Town on Wednesday....
Each MPA to get Rs5m for uplift schemes: Current fiscal LAHORE, Feb 20: The provincial government will, during the remaining period of the current fiscal year, provide a sum of Rs1.855 billion to 371 members of the Punjab Assembly for carrying...		PU confirms appointment despite challenge in LHC LAHORE, Feb 20: The Punjab University syndicate has confirmed the appointment of a professor in the physics department despite the fact that the case is pending with the Lahore High Court....
Fatyana’s conviction set aside LAHORE, Feb 20: An ehtesab bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday set aside the conviction of MNA Riaz Fatyana awarded to him in a NAB reference of illegal recruitments....		HRSP Demo against America LAHORE, Feb 20: Human Rights Society of Pakistan held a demonstration outside Masjid-i-Shuhada on Thursday against the US impending attack on Iraq....
Shaukat joins PML-Q LAHORE, Feb 20: Federal adviser on finance Shaukat Aziz on Thursday joined the PML-Q after meeting Punjab chief minister Pervaiz Elahi here....		Punjab to press ahead with Kalabagh LAHORE, Feb 20: The Punjab plans to press ahead with its demand for Kalabagh dam in “supreme national interest” and take up the issue at the highest level in near future...
Ministers to solve traders’ problems MULTAN, Feb 20: Federal Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan on Thursday underlined the need to constitute an inter-ministerial committee to resolve businessmen’s problems....		Floods wash away 6,000 acres of wheat SIALKOT, Feb 20: Heavy floods near the convergence of rivers Chenab, Jammu and Tavi due to four-day torrential rains washed away on Wednesday night standing wheat crop on over 6,000 acres...
OPF to set up farm training institutes MULTAN, Feb 20: The Overseas Pakistanis Foundation will set up five agricultural training institutes in the country to impart modern knowledge to the farm labour....		20 stranded villagers evacuated GUJRANWALA, Feb 20: The district administration with the help of army boats on Thursday evacuated 20 villagers stranded in Chenab Bela, Wazirabad....
MNA, Nazim claim credit for gas TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 20: The provision of gas facility to Kamalia and Pirmahal has created a tussle between PML-Q MNA Riaz Fatyana and district Nazim Chaudhry Mohammad Ashfaq....		No relief work in gale-hit village SHEIKHUPURA, Feb 20: Despite announcing a grant of Rs1 million by the Punjab chief minister, no rehabilitation work has so far been undertaken in the calamity-hit Makki 460 village....
ST, excise surplus staff to be absorbed GUJRANWALA, Feb 20: The surplus staff of sales tax and excise departments will be absorbed in other departments and in this regard, the Central Board of Revenue has sent a summary...		Three burn brother alive HAFIZABAD, Feb 20: Three men burnt alive their younger brother on Thursday in Kalike Mandi, some 10km from here....