February 26, 2003	Wednesday	Zul Hijjah 24, 1423

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Independents make dent: NEWS ANALYSIS PESHAWAR: The affluent independent candidates who ran for the Senate elections from NWFP have not only made a dent in the political parties, but shattered the confidence of the parties’ leaders....		Minister for checking cyber crimes ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: The government has set up a National Response Centre for Cyber Crimes to combat high-tech offences....
Drug-pusher gets 5-year RI RAWALPINDI, Feb 25: The additional district and sessions judge, Qazi Waqar Hussain, awarded five-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) to a drug-peddler and also imposed a Rs50,000 fine on him....		Two suspected victims of Congo Virus die at HFH RAWALPINDI, Feb 25: Two brothers, suspected to be suffering from Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), died at the Holy Family Hospital on Tuesday, hospital staff told this reporter....
‘Regulatory system needed to ensure quality under WTO regimes’ ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: The government will have to establish a strict regulatory system to ensure the quality and standards of goods for consumers following the implementation of WTO regimes....		BD naval chief meets defence officials ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: The Bangladeshi naval chief, Rear Admiral Shah Iqbal Mujtaba, met the senior defence minister, Rao Sikander Iqbal, on Tuesday and exchanged views on matters of mutual interest....
Provinces told to form peace committees ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: The federal government has directed all provinces to form peace committees at district level to maintain law and order during Muharram....		European Commission donates 9 vehicles ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: The ambassador of European Commission (EC) delegation to Pakistan, Ilkka Uusitalo, handed over nine project vehicles to the Trust for Voluntary Organizations (TVO)....
‘Illicit drug production has negative impact on economy’ ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: Debunking the popular belief that illicit drug production fosters economic development, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) has said a mere one per cent of the money ultimately...		Tehsil council okays several contracts RAWALPINDI, Feb 25: The Tehsil council, in its session on Tuesday, approved several contracts and passed a number of resolutions. The members, however, targeted the Nazim for not relieving the Tehsil...
US describes mly ties with Pakistan as vital WASHINGTON, Feb 25: The United States recognizes the position the military enjoys in the Pakistani society and wants to work with it, observed a senior State Department official at a recent...		Provinces can’t amend LG law, says Faisal ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat on Tuesday said Local Government Ordinance and Police Order-2002 have a complete legal cover under Legal Framework Order (LFO) and as such no...
BD responsible for stranded people: FO ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: Pakistan on Monday clarified that the repatriation of “all Pakistanis” from Bangladesh was complete, and it was “now for Bangladesh to settle them (described as Biharis) in Bangladesh.”...		Senate poll step towards democracy: Washington WASHINGTON, Feb 25: The Senate election was another step towards the full restoration of democracy in Pakistan, a State Department official told Dawn on Tuesday....
Renegade PPP MPAs face stern action PESHAWAR, Feb 25: The Pakistan People’s Party has decided to take a stern action against nine of its MPAs who, it says, betrayed the party nominee during the Senate elections....		PML-Q leader joins JI PESHAWAR, Feb 25: Dejected by the results of the Senate elections, central additional secretary-general of the PML-Q, Fazal Hussain has resigned from the basic membership of the party and has announced...
Non-transfer of power resented CHARSADDA, Feb 25: The Charsadda Councillors Ittehad has criticised the federal government for its failure in transferring power to the grassroots level, as pledged in the Devolution Plan, and decided to...		Four museums to be set up in NWFP, workshop told PESHAWAR, Feb 25: The NWFP government has devised a plan to establish four museums in as many cities in next six months to preserve cultural heritage, officials said on Monday....
UC Nazims demand captives’ recovery PESHAWAR, Feb 25: The Nazims of 10 union councils are demanding that privileges enjoyed by the elders of Jumak-hel Khwezai tribe responsible for the alleged abduction of Malik Nawab Khan Atmerkhel...		Man dies in accident PESHAWAR, Feb 25: A man was killed and nine people, including four women, injured when a passenger van going to Akbarpura hit roadside trees after its tyre burst and the driver lost control...
Teachers plan strike PESHAWAR, Feb 25: Teachers of the universities and affiliated school and colleges will observe strike on Wednesday against the universities model ordinance, said a press release on Tuesday....		Wapda goes for costly meters LAHORE, Feb 25: Wapda on Tuesday scuttled a legal tender to place an order for 1.2 million single-phase meters to a group of local manufacturers at a higher price of Rs90...
Pakistani killed in US buried in Kamalia TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 25: A Pakistani, who was killed by a black American last week, was laid to rest at Kamalia graveyard on Monday night....		One killed, two hurt in landmine blasts SIALKOT, Feb 25: A villager was killed while two others hurt in three landmine blasts in the 220-kilometre Sialkot working boundary’s Bajwat, Bajragarhi-Merajkey and Shakargarh-Narowal sectors on Tuesday....
Conservation of Eidgah soon MULTAN, Feb 25: The city government is going to launch a Rs20 million project for conservation of the historic Eidgah here as part of an overall plan for beautification of the...		Lensman thrashed by cops FAISALABAD, Feb 25: The Kotwali SHO and three constables thrashed a news photographer in Jhang Bazaar here on Monday night....
CPLC transforms police stations FAISALABAD, Feb 25: Citizens-Police Liaison Committee chief Khurram Iftikhar said on Tuesday the body had started transforming police stations in the first phase of the programme....		Insanitary condition plagues Hafizabad HAFIZABAD, Feb 25: The tehsil municipal administrations are paying no heed to deteriorating sanitary conditions in Hafizabad and Pindi Bhattian, according to district council Nazims....
PA flays armymen’s induction in Tevta LAHORE, Feb 25: Induction of retired military officials into Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (Tevta) against huge salaries and other benefits came under criticism in the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday...		37 official residences ‘illegally’ occupied LAHORE, Feb 25: The Punjab Assembly was informed on Tuesday that 37 official residences of the Punjab government were under ‘illegal’ occupation of various officials and measures were being taken to...
Govt will procure all wheat: Pervaiz LAHORE, Feb 25: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi announced on Tuesday that the government would procure all the wheat to be offered by the farmers this season under the supervision...		PPP factions at odds with each other LAHORE, Feb 25: An impromptu controversy broke out between two factions of the PPP in the Punjab Assembly on which one is the genuine follower of Ms Benazir Bhutto....
Resolution against ‘wani’ adopted LAHORE, Feb 25: The provincial legislature on Tuesday recommended to the Punjab and federal governments to outlaw ‘wani’, a tribal custom under which the girls of a family have to pay...		Sindh investors have interest in Punjab LAHORE, Feb 25: Many Sindh industrialists are willing to establish factories in the Punjab....
PCP LAHORE, Feb 25: The Pakistan Christian Party has criticized President Gen Pervez Musharraf for not fulfilling its promise made in Lahore on Jan 27 about seats for minorities in the Senate....		MMA divided over seat LAHORE, Feb 25: Two major components of six-party religious alliance, the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, have developed differences over the fielding of a candidate for general seat of Senate from Islamabad....