March 6, 2003	Thursday	Muharram 2, 1424

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War on Iraq to rock world order, says French envoy ISLAMABAD, March 5: The ambassador of France in Islamabad, Yannick Gerard, said a war (in Iraq) would rock the international order by undermining collective security and multilateralism by the primacy accorded...		Punjab CM’s advisor on HR visits Adiala Jail RAWALPINDI, March 5: The advisor to chief minister Punjab on law and human rights, Rana Ijaz Ahmed Khan, on Wednesday visited the Adiala Jail and met the five Iraqi prisoners, who...
TMA facing shortage of sanitary workers RAWALPINDI, March 5: The Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) is facing shortage of sanitary workers as a result of which it has not been able to keep the area under its jurisdiction...		AIOU admission date extended ISLAMABAD, March 5: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has extended the admission date for the spring semester upto April 5....
Five die in separate road accidents RAWALPINDI, March 5: Three persons were killed in separate road accidents, while two others, who were hit by vehicles on Sunday, died on Wednesday, police said....		MMA flays govt’s anti-JI statements RAWALPINDI, March 5: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has termed government’s statements that Jamaat-i-Islami has links with Al Qaeda as failed propaganda....
PPP, PML-N for independent probe into cricket team’s performance ISLAMABAD, March 5: Pakistan People’s Party has demanded of the government to form an independent commission, headed by a Supreme Court judge, to probe into the poor performance of both the...		HEC finalizing Chemical Engineering curriculum ISLAMABAD, March 5: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) is holding a three-day meeting to finalize the curriculum of Chemical Engineering being taught at engineering universities at graduate and postgraduate level....
Good relations with India desired: FM ISLAMABAD, March 5: The government wishes to establish tension-free and good neighbourly relations with India, said Foreign Minister Mian Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri on Wednesday....		Minister slams opposition’s role in NA ISLAMABAD, March 5: Information minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said government was expecting a boisterous response from the opposition on the Legal Framework Order (LFO)....
Envoy hands Blair’s letter to Musharraf ISLAMABAD, March 5: General (retd) Sir Charles Gutherie, former chief of defence staff of the UK and special envoy of Prime Minister Tony Blair, called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf on...		Jobs for locals in gas companies sought QUETTA, March 5: Senator-elect and Jamhoori Watan Party Information Secretary Amanullah Kanrani on Tuesday demanded that the gas companies working in Dera Bugti should recruit the children of retired and dead...
PM stresses welfare of expatriates ISLAMABAD, March 5: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali said on Wednesday that the government accorded high priority to the welfare of Pakistani community abroad and would spare no effort in...		Man kills parents-in-law QUETTA, March 5: A man shot dead his parents-in-law in Kharan on Wednesday over a petty issue....
Bar asks judges to refuse extension ISLAMABAD, March 5: The Pakistan Bar Council on Wednesday wrote a letter to Justice M Ashraf Laghari, Sindh High Court judge, to retire on March 6, and refuse extension of three...		Delhi undermining Saarc’s future: FO ISLAMABAD, March 5: Pakistan on Wednesday, rejecting Indian accusations of “scuttling Saarc”, said that the Indian claim that it intended to participate in the event was nothing but an “exercise in...
PPP Patriots seeks Benazir’s return ISLAMABAD, March 5: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (Patriots) on Tuesday asked President Gen Pervez Musharraf to allow PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto to return to Pakistan....		Qadir calls on president ISLAMABAD, March 5: Balochistan Governor Abdul Qadir called on President General Pervez Musharraf at Aiwan-i-Sadr on Wednesday and discussed matters relating to the province.—APP...
Withdrawal of transfers urged QUETTA, March 5: The Balochistan National Movement on Wednesday threatened to close down all government schools in Turbat if a notification regarding transfer and posting of 170 teachers was not withdrawn...		Police found involved in power theft PESHAWAR, March 5: The Peshawar Electricity Supply Company has found the NWFP police involved in electricity theft in the Mardan district....
Pedestrian killed in crossfire KOHAT, March 5: A notorious ring leader wanted by the police in 37 murder cases and extortion of money was injured, whereas a pedestrian was killed in an exchange of fire...		NWFP gets Rs500m for local govts PESHAWAR, March 5: The NWFP government has received over Rs500 million from the funds the federal government has earmarked for provinces during the year 2002-03 in lieu of octroi and Zila...
Swat Nazim demands construction of roads MINGORA, March 5: The District Nazim of Swat, Dr Mehboobur Rehman, has asked the authorities of the Malakand Rural Development Project (MRDP) to start construction of roads in its jurisdiction to...		Swabi council declares Swara unjust custom SWABI, March 5: The district council members have unanimously declared Swara as an inhuman and unjust custom through which innocent girls are married to settle murder cases of their family members....
Women commission complains of being ignored PESHAWAR, March 5: The National Commission on the Status of Women and the Ministry of Women Division lack coordination on various issues and the former is not even informed about the...		Teachers’ posts PESHAWAR, March 5: Education and Literacy Minister Maulana Fazl Ali has said that the problems of teachers teaching Arabic and Islamic studies would be resolved soon....
PHC seeks comments on Arabs’ arrest PESHAWAR, March 5: The Peshawar High Court directed here on Wednesday the director-general of Inter Services Intelligence to positively file comments within one week in five writ petitions challenging the detention...		Budget of schools’ body okayed PESHAWAR, March 5: The board of directors of Frontier Elementary Education Foundation on Tuesday approved an administrative structure and budgetary provisions for the organization at its first meeting....
JI march PESHAWAR, March 5: The Jamaat-i-Islami NWFP chapter has discussed arrangements for the “million march” scheduled to be held in Rawalpindi on March 9, a press release said....		Two arrested for killing policemen PESHAWAR, March 5: Police claimed to have arrested two killers of three police officials on Wednesday and recovered an official pistol which they said was snatched by the accused from...
MMA accused of horse-trading PESHAWAR, March 5: Awami National Party information secretary Haji Mohammad Adeel has claimed that the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) failed to secure at least 12 votes of its MPAs, “who had sold...		Punishment for buying stolen items enhanced: Rs1bn for Punjab police LAHORE, March 5: The Punjab government on Wednesday decided to increase the punishment for purchasing stolen property from three to seven years of imprisonment so as to counter the rising incidence...
Khwajas plea against trial in jail rejected LAHORE, March 5: A division bench of the Lahore High Court upheld on Wednesday the verdict of an anti-terrorism court challenged by Dr Ahmad Javed Khwaja and his brother....		MMA invites leaders to march on 9th LAHORE, March 5: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has extended invitations for its March 9 million-man Rawalpindi march to political leaders and prominent figures belonging to other walks of life....
Lawyers clash with police LAHORE, March 5: Participants in a Lahore Bar Association procession taken out to express solidarity with the Iraqi people, had a scuffle with police on Wednesday....		Condolence with Tariq LAHORE, March 5: NA Speaker Chaudhry Amir Husain, PML-Q president Shujaat Husain, Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi, Information Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmad, former president Rafiq Tarar and many cabinet ministers visited the...
HRCP critical of Khalid’s arrest LAHORE, March 5: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan criticized on Wednesday the arrest of Khalid Sheikh and his handing over the US authorities....		Bus stand — a picture of neglect FAISALABAD, March 5: Negligence of the Tehsil Municipal Administration (city) and National Logistic Cell has made the life of transporters and commuters at the general bus stand miserable....
Three women abducted OKARA, March 5: Three women were abducted in different incidents on Wednesday in the district....		ASI, three cops held for accepting bribe SAHIWAL, March 5: The Anti-Corruption Establishment arrested an ASI, a headconstable and two constables of a Lahore anti-car lifting squad red-handed while accepting illegal gratification here on Wednesday....
Bodies of cops, dacoits, woman recovered GUJRANWALA, March 5: The bodies of three dacoits, as many Elite Force officials and a woman who were killed in an encounter late Tuesday night in Khiali Shahpur locality were recovered...		MPA’s brother, two gunmen booked: Entering exam centre GUJRANWALA, March 5: An MPA’s brother and his two gunmen were booked on Wednesday for entering an examination centre in Ghumanwala village and for providing printed material to candidates during the...
Book fair FAISALABAD, March 5: A three-day book fair will be held at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad from Thursday....		74 ‘troubled spots’ in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, March 5: In their security plan for Muharram, the local police have identified 74 “troubled spots” in the district and declared 40 of those as “most sensitive”....