March 5, 2003	Wednesday	Muharram 1, 1424

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PM announces Rs100 million grant for police academy: 24th passing-out parade held ISLAMABAD, March 4: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Tuesday asked the police force to perform its duties diligently and devotedly keeping the national interest supreme....		Politicians held responsible for army takeovers ISLAMABAD, March 4: Politicians as well as political parties have not been able to exhibit true democratic norms in the country, thus providing opportunity to the ever ready army to grab...
EC launches Rs1.6bn project in civil aviation sector ISLAMABAD, March 4: The European Commission (EC), which is the executive arm of the European Union, has initiated implementation of a project to increase cooperation with Pakistan in civil aviation through...		HEC finalizing Pakistan Studies curriculum ISLAMABAD, March 4: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) is holding a three-day meeting to finalize the curriculum of Pakistan Studies being taught in colleges/universities at graduate and postgraduate level....
MMA for restraining US from endangering world peace ISLAMABAD, March 4: Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the MMA nominee for the leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, on Tuesday said all Muslim countries should restrain the US from implementing...		Govt employees await court decision for plots’ allotment in I-8 ISLAMABAD, March 4: A large number of government employees are still waiting Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi Bench’s, decision with regard to the allotment of 481 plots in I-8 sector by the...
No harm in recognizing Israel, says MC leader RAWALPINDI, March 4: President All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference Sardar Attiq Ahmad Khan on Tuesday underlined the need for foreign policy overhaul in the existing situation....		Ata leaves for Italy to attend workshop ISLAMABAD, March 4: Comstech coordinator-general Prof Attaur Rahman left for Trieste, Italy, on Tuesday to attend a workshop on capacity building of academies in Muslim countries, which would be followed by...
Anti-polio campaign inaugurated ISLAMABAD, March 4: The federal minister for health, Mohammad Nasir Khan, inaugurated the nation-wide campaign by administering polio drops to children at the National Institute of Health on Tuesday....		LHC decides to dispose of all pending cases ISLAMABAD, March 4: Lahore High Court has decided to dispose of all pending cases in the Punjab and federal capital as immediately as possible....
Rally seeks legislation on violence against women ISLAMABAD, March 4: The participants of a rally, organized by the Progressive Women Association (PWA) outside the Parliament House, called for legislation on domestic violence against women....		AG issued notice on ex-judges’ petitions ISLAMABAD, March 4: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the attorney-general on the petitions of eight retired judges of the high court who were refused pension and other benefits...
‘Cabinet posts depend on performance’: Portfolios to be shuffled: AJK PM MUZAFFARABAD, March 4: Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan on Tuesday told the ministers that they could retain their place in the cabinet on the basis of performance and...		Lyari Expressway be expedited: PM ISLAMABAD, March 4: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has directed the federal and provincial authorities of Sindh to remove snags in the Lyari Expressway Project at Karachi, to be completed...
PPP leader demands arrest of murderers MIRPURKHAS, March 4: Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarian leader, Nawab Mohammad Yousuf Talpur, has condemned the murder of Pervaiz Malik, brother-in-law of party’s acting secretary-general in Lahore on Monday and demanded immediate...		Nation urged to forge unity ISLAMABAD, March 4: President Pervez Musharraf has urged the nation to put behind all prejudices and forge unity in its ranks for evolving an ambience of peace, love, harmony and brotherhood...
Court upholds reinstatement MUZAFFARABAD, March 4: The Supreme Court of Azad Kashmir, here on Monday, upheld the judgment of the high court and reinstated Khwaja Nazir Ahmed Qadri as custodian, evacuee property, with all...		Three killed in accident KARACHI, March 4: At least three people were killed and seven injured in a collision between two trucks on the National Highway near Makli on Tuesday night, Edhi sources said....
SC asked to withdraw condition ISLAMABAD, March 4: Pakistan People’s Party leader Jehangir Badar on Tuesday approached the Supreme Court to get its order directing the trial court to complete hearing of his case within a...		400,000 DPs to be repatriated in a year ISLAMABAD, March 4: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers on Tuesday told President Gen Pervez Musharraf that arrangements were being made for voluntary repatriation of about 400,000 Afghan refugees...
Printers may lose contracts: Textbooks for Afghanistan PESHAWAR, March 4: The local printing industry is in danger of losing the contract of publishing textbooks for Afghan schools worth $12 million, after donor agencies refused to award it alleging...		One injured in mosque attack Dera Ismail KHAN, March 4: One person was  injured when  two  masked men opened fire on worshippers outside a  mosque during  fajar prayers here on Tuesday....
Ex-MPA held for filing fake papers MANSEHRA, March 4: Police arrested a former MPA for submitting a  fake Madressah certificate with his nomination papers filed for PF-57,  Mansehra-V, in the Oct 10 general elections....		Two killed PESHAWAR, March  4: A woman and a man were killed by rivals over old enmities in separate incidents, while another woman was killed by her brothers over a domestic dispute in...
Repatriation of DPs living outside camps postponed PESHAWAR, March 4: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has put off repatriation of Afghan refugees living outside the camps in the NWFP and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata),...		Muharram security plan finalized GILGIT, March 4: Inspector-general police, Northern Areas, Syed Ahsen Mukhtar Ashrraf, observed that the people in the NAs were still traditionalists, having respect for their elders....
Teachers’ demo PESHAWAR, March 4: Various associations of the teachers have decided to hold peaceful protests against the proposed model university ordinance....		Babar says PPP intact NOWSHERA,  March  4: PPP leader and former interior minister, Naseerullah Babar, has said that the party’s MPAs in the NWFP had cast their votes in the Senate elections as desired by...
PA report on IBP on 17th PESHAWAR, March 4: A sub-committee has been constituted by the parliamentary committee of the NWFP Assembly to make final recommendations with regard to the institution-based practice (IBP)....		Probe ordered into police encounter SIALKOT, March 4: District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Zafar Hussain has ordered a judicial inquiry into the death of POs Azam alias Chitta and Akbar alias Pappu in an encounter with...
UNHCR visit to refugee camp cancelled MIANWALI, March 4: The visit of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers to Kot Chandna refugee camp has been cancelled due to bad weather....		Potato price dismally low OKARA, March 4: Growers are sustaining heavy losses due to the very low market price of potatoes — which fetch only Rs300 per 105kg, while as much as Rs100 is spent...
Steps to check dacoities in Rojhan RAJANPUR, March 4: Two platoons each of the Punjab Constabulary and the Rangers have been sent to Rojhan to check dacoity incidents there....		Extraction of oil from eucalyptus leaves FAISALABAD, March 4: The Pacca Anna Bio-Saline Research Centre of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) has developed a cheap technology for extraction of eucalyptus oil....
Man dies in car crash SAHIWAL, March 4: A hotel owner was killed and his friend injured in a car crash here on Tuesday....		Vehari EDO health transferred VEHARI, March 4: District Coordination Officer Imtiaz Tajwar transferred Vehari EDO (health) Dr Dure Shahwar Hamdani on Tuesday and ordered her to report to the Punjab health secretary....
Kidnapping of newsman protested DERA GHAZI KHAN, March 4: Local newsmen held a rally in front of the offices of the Dera senior superintendent of police on Tuesday, seeking recovery of a national daily correspondent...		Textile miller killed, father hurt on road MULTAN, March 4: A textile mill owner was killed and his father injured when a speeding trailer hit their car near Naag Shah Chowk here on Tuesday afternoon....
Cash, gold taken away LAHORE, March 4: Robbers and thieves made off with cash, gold ornaments and vehicles in nine strikes from different parts of the city on Tuesday....		Agri varsity convocation FAISALABAD, March 4: The 11th convocation of the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, will be held here on March 25....
Pillion ban from Muharram 1 to 14: Controversy ends LAHORE, March 4: Ending a controversy between the provincial home department and the IGP, the Punjab government announced on Tuesday a ban on pillion riding from Muharram 1 to 14....		Murder case against PML-Q MPA LAHORE, March 4: A PML-Q MPA and her four relatives were nominated on Tuesday in the murder of the nephew of a local PPP leader....
Accounts Ord not yet amended LAHORE, March 4: The federal government failure to amend the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) Ordinance 2001 as recommended by the National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) several months back is delaying the...		Held people worked for govt, says Qazi LAHORE, March 4: Jamaat-i-Islami amir Qazi Husain Ahmed says allegations that some al-Qaeda operatives have been arrested from the residences of his party leaders are baseless....
50 sensitive Zuljinah routes LAHORE, March 4: Over 200 venues of Majalis-i-Aza and 50 routes of Zuljinah processions in the city have been declared sensitive....		Tariq Aziz grieved LAHORE, March 4: Former principal secretary to the president and National Security Council member Tariq Aziz’s father, Chaudhry Aziz Ahmad Warriach, died here on Tuesday....
More Vario properties unearthed LAHORE, March 4: The NAB informed an accountability court on Tuesday that three more illegal properties of former MNA Akhtar Vario had been unearthed....		Nawab Bahadur Khan tomb in disrepair LAHORE, March 4: The tomb of Nawab Bahadur Khan is crumbling due to negligence of the archaeology department while the Pakistan Railways has leased out land around it to a private...