February 25, 2003	Tuesday	Zul Hijjah 23, 1423

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Four new girls degree colleges soon: Rashid RAWALPINDI, Feb 24: Four new degree colleges for girls will be established in the slum areas of the city, the federal information minister, Sheikh Rashid Ahmad, said on Monday....		Ulema assure cooperation to Islamabad police ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: Ulema of Shia and Sunni sects have given affidavits to the police special branch, Islamabad, ensuring their cooperation during Muharram, sources told Dawn on Monday....
Minister for close check on cell phone services ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari has called for vigilant monitoring of cellular companies to ensure quality mobile phone service to the subscribers....		Arrangements for Muharram reviewed TAXILA, Feb 24: The Tehsil Nazim, Sadeeq Khan, has asked the Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) to install street lights, improve sanitary condition and repair roads through which processions will pass during...
8th National Exhibition of Visual Arts to be held in May ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: The 8th National Exhibition of Visual Arts 2002-2003, considered as one of the most prestigious events to recognize the genius of Pakistan’s creative artists who have either excelled...		Comstech to co-sponsor workshop in Italy ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: Organization of Islamic Conference Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (Comstech) will co-sponsor a workshop/symposium on “Science, Religion and Values” next month in Italy....
Asif to be shifted back to Capital ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: Asif Ali Zardari, the detained husband of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, will be shifted to the capital after completing his six-day parole at Naodero, Larkana, Interior Minister...		PML-N to hold anti-war rallies on 28th RAWALPINDI, Feb 24: The Pakistan Muslim League-N would hold anti-war demonstrations throughout the country on February 28 to condemn possible US-attack on Iraq....
Filtration plant razed RAWALPINDI, Feb 24: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) on Monday razed an incomplete filtration plant and suspended an overseer as substandard material was being used in its construction....		Thesis scam: QAU admin trying to hush up inquiry ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: The Quaid-i-Azam University administration is trying to hush up the inquiry report of the PhD thesis scam despite evidences have been provided to the inquiry committee, sources said....
Meeting begins to finalize women studies curriculum ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) is holding a 3-day meeting to finalize the curriculum of ‘Women Studies’ being taught at women study centres in various universities at postgraduate...		RAWA holds anti-US demo ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: The activists of Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) staged an anti-war demonstration against the impending American attack on Iraq....
Contractors demand $450m from Wapda: Ghazi Barotha Hydel Project LAHORE, Feb 24: As the deadline for the commissioning of the Ghazi Brotha Hydel Project draws near, the Italian contractors for civil works have put up claims worth $450 million against...		Changes in LG law to hit provinces’ grant ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: Provinces will be deprived of the annual grant allocated for district governments if they violate Local Government Ordinance and Police Order-2002, an official of National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB)...
Five injured in protest against killings GILGIT, Feb 24: At least five persons including district SP Faizan Safdar were injured on Monday when a procession taken out here to protest against the Karachi killings was pelted with...		Four injured in blast QUETTA, Feb 24: Four persons including three army officers were seriously injured on Monday when a landmine exploded in the Chmalang area of Kohlu district, some 500km east of here....
7 Fata MNAs held ‘hostage’ PESHAWAR, Feb 24: Federal and provincial governments are heading for a row over seven parliamentarians from the tribal areas holed up in the Chief Minister’s House....		Musharraf, Iraqi FM to hold talks ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will meet the Iraqi foreign minister on the sidelines of the 13th Non- Aligned Movement Summit that opened in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur,...
Senators-elect asked to submit returns ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: Returned candidates for the Senate have been asked to submit the details of their expenditures within five days after the election....		Officials death a loss: Karzai KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24: The death of an Afghan minister and four colleagues in a plane crash near Karachi is a “major loss” to the country, President Hamid Karzai said on...
FIR registered KARACHI, Feb 24: Police registered an FIR in the early hours of Tuesday in the Imambargah Muntazar Al-Mehdi firing case in which nine people died and seven others wounded....		Magistrate refuses to try Sherpao in exit case PESHAWAR, Feb 24: The judicial magistrate, Asghar Ali Shah, here on Monday expressed his inability to try federal minister for Water and Power, Aftab Ahmad Sherpao, in a case against him....
Repatriation of Afghans from March 2 PESHAWAR, Feb 24: United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) after a month’s break will restart its repatriation programme for Afghan refugees from Pakistan on March 2, officials said....		Students throng spring carnival PESHAWAR, Feb 24: The students from different schools of the city along with their parents were provided an opportunity of much- needed entertainment at the Bloomfield Hall School by arranging spring...
Wapda tower blown up at Saro Killay PESHAWAR, Feb 24: Unidentified people blew up a Wapda tower on the main 66kv Shabqadar-Ghalanai transmission line at Saro Killay near here on Saturday night, plunging the entire Mohmand Agency into...		Police urged to take action against land-grabbers PESHAWAR, Feb 24: Police have failed to take action against the alleged land grabbers who had also murdered five persons in a property dispute in Nisata Hasanabad village of Mathra locality...
Senate seat for Bajaur Agency demanded BAJAUR, Feb 24: Tribal elders and political leaders of Bajaur Agency have asked the government to ensure a Senate seat for the Bajaur Agency in the elections scheduled for Feb 27....		Disqualified Nazim held KOHAT, Feb 24: A former Nazim of Shahpur union council who was disqualified by the Election Commission for contesting the elections on a fake matriculation certificate, has been arrested and sent...
Pesco asks govt to pay dues HARIPUR, Feb 24: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company has asked the government departments to pay their outstanding bills by Feb 27, otherwise their connections would be disconnected, it is learnt through official sources....		Durrani’s warning PESHAWAR, Feb 24: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani on Monday warned that strict action would be taken against those involved in horse trading in Senate elections....
Two tribesmen die in rocket attack SUKKUR, Feb 24: Two Mazari tribesmen were killed on Monday after armed persons launched a rocket attack on the Ghulam Hussain village, near Kashmor....		SSC examinations HYDERABAD, Feb 24: The annual examinations of Secondary School Certificate , Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Hyderabad, will commence from March 1....
Zardari due in Naudero today LARKANA, Feb 24: Pakistan People’s Party leader and former Senator Asif Ali Zardari will arrive in Naudero on Tuesday after he is released on parole....		Three Hesco officials sacked for fraud DADU, Feb 24: Services of three officers of Hesco, Dadu, were terminated by the Hesco chief on Monday on charges of causing Rs11.958 million loss to the company....
One killed, 24 injured in accident KHAIRPUR, Feb 24: A person, who was critically injured on Monday in a road accident near the Shah Hussain Chowk bypass, succumbed to his injuries in a local hospital here....		Legislation against obscene ads urged SUKKUR, Feb 24: Speakers at a media workshop, organized by the Aurat Foundation at a hotel on Sunday, unanimously passed a resolution calling upon the Parliament for legislation against the negative/vulgar...
Power consumers slam inflated bills NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Feb 24: The people including a large number of shopkeepers on Monday held a protest demonstration against Hesco for issuing inflated bills and electricity detection bills....		Four accused of kidnapping SHIKARPUR, Feb 24: A woman, Ms. Khatoon of Faizabad, on Monday lodged an FIR with the A-section police that her daughter, Ms. Sardaran, had been kidnapped on gunpoint by accused Gulzar,...
Two robbers arrested HYDERABAD, Feb 24: The Husri police on Monday arrested two car snatchers following a brief encounter....		Police law may be changed: Faisal LAHORE, Feb 24: The Police Order 2002 may be changed in the light of provincial governments’ suggestions and recommendations which will come under discussion at a conference on the said law...
Show-cause to home secy on contempt plea: Failure to release Khwajas LAHORE, Feb 24: The Lahore High Court on Monday issued show-cause notice to the Punjab home secretary for failing to comply with the court orders regarding the release of three members...		Shujaat not opposed to Sharifs’ return LAHORE, Feb 24: Pakistan Muslim League (QA) President Chaudhry Shujaat Husain said on Monday the return of Nawaz Sharif or Shahbaz Sharif to Pakistan was a matter between the government and...
Opposition campaign marred by indecision LAHORE, Feb 24: The PML-Q stole the show on Monday as its all candidates returned to Senate, thanks to better planning and coordination by the party bigwigs....		Chattha directed to file reply LAHORE, Feb 24: An election tribunal of the Lahore High Court directed MNA Hamid Nasir Chattha on Monday to file till Feb 26 reply to a petition seeking his disqualification....
Two Mazaris killed in landmine blast: Tribal clashes erupt MULTAN, Feb 24: Two Mazari tribesmen were killed in a landmine blast near the inter-provincial border in Rojhan tehsil, Rajanpur, on Monday....		Nazim accused of favouritism KASUR, Feb 24: District Nazim Rana Imtiaz Ahmad Khan is spending a major chunk of development funds on his own town in Pattoki tehsil besides obliging the PML-Q representatives....
Murder accused dies of ‘police torture’ BAHAWALPUR, Feb 24: A murder accused on Monday was allegedly tortured to death by Tarinda Muhammad Panah police near Liaquatpur....		Sialkot dryport launches online tracking system SIALKOT, Feb 24: Updating information about the location of export consignments in transit, the Sialkot dryport management has launched ‘online tracking system.’...
Lawyers protest against America GUJRANWALA, Feb 24: The District Bar Association took out a procession on Monday to protest against impending US war on Iraq....		Blasphemy Accused arrested DERA GHAZI KHAN, Feb 24: An official of the Dera Ghazi Khan Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education was arrested on Monday on blasphemy charges....