March 9, 2003	Sunday	Muharram 5, 1424

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Free education to cost NWFP Rs55 million PESHAWAR, March 8: The NWFP government’s decision to provide free education up to matric level involves annual financial implications of about Rs55 million as the move is set to affect the...		Religious leaders pledge to uphold peace MANSEHRA, March 8: The SSP Mansehra, Syed Ahsan Mahboob, has claimed law and order situation in the district is satisfactory. He however stated that anyone found disturbing the peace in Muharram...
SC decision on Wapda dues awaited SWABI, March 8: Cases pertaining to the disputed outstanding Wapda dues of about Rs553.93, against various industrial units of the Gadoon Aamazai Industrial Estate, are pending before the Supreme Court for about last...		Qazi reminds LFO supporters of Article 6 NOWSHERA, March 8: Jam-aat-i-Islami Amir and Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal parliamentary party leader in the National Assembly Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said the MMA will not attend the assembly proceedings till the restoration...
Clerks to launch drive if demands not accepted MINGORA, March 8: The All Pakistan Clerks Association (APCA) has decided to launch a protest movement across the country from March 21 if the federal government did not accept its charter...		Phone subscribers threaten blockade LAKKI MARWAT, March 8: Residents of Kot Kashmir have threatened to block the Indus Highway and observe hunger strike against PTCL development branch’s alleged malpractices....
Annan asked to help Afghans PESHAWAR, March 8: Former Afghan prime minister Gulbadin Hekmatyar has appealed to UN Secretary-General Kofi Anan to get withdrawn all foreign troops from Afghanistan and adopt effective measures to check the...		Asif warns party MPAs of action NOWSHERA, March 8: PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari said on Thursday that disciplinary action would be taken against those party MPAs in the NWFP Assembly who voted against party’s nominees in...
Hunger strike over convener row enters fourth day SWABI, March 8: A three-member committee of the Swabi Tehsil Council has held talks with the district coordination officer and treasury benches on Saturday, as the hunger strike entered the fourth...		Ban imposed on entry of 50 Ulema into D.I. Khan DERA ISMAIL KHAN, March 8: Senior Superintendent of Police Usman Zakria has banned the entry of 50 speakers and Zakireen into the limits of the district during Muharramul Harram, says a...
Drugs, arms seized KOHAT, March 8: The police seized a huge quantity of arms and drugs from a 15-member gang of smugglers and arrested three people late Friday, a police spokesman said....		Poland gives $300,000 to hospitals QUETTA, March 8: The Polish ambassador to Pakistan, Tomasz Kozlowski, has handed over medicines and hospital equipment worth over US$300,000 to four major hospitals in Balochistan for Afghan refugees....
Decision on Iraq to reflect aspirations of nation: PM PESHAWAR, March 8: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali held out assurance that any decision on the Iraq issue would be representative of Pakistan’s interest....		Govt support to women’s empowerment promised MUZAFFARABAD, March 8: AJK Legislative Assembly Speaker Sardar Siab Khalid said on Saturday that the government was taking every possible step for women’s educational, social and economic uplift....
Women’s Day observed in Quetta QUETTA, March 8: United Nations Industrial Development Organization (Unido), Aurat Foundation, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and other organizations held seminars and other functions here on Saturday to mark the Women’s...		Al Qaeda hunters’ focus narrows ISLAMABAD, March 8: US and Pakistani hunters zeroed in on Saturday on the junction of the Pakistani, Afghan and Iranian borders for Osama bin Laden’s sons and his deputy Ayman al-...
Draft asks Iraqis to revolt: Pakistan denies attribution UNITED NATIONS, March 8: Pakistani diplomats at the United Nations were caught by surprise on Friday when an alternative draft resolution on Iraq attributed to Pakistan and Saudi Arabia surfaced....		Qudoos’ remand extended RAWALPINDI, March 8: An anti-terrorists court on Saturday extended the physical remand of Ahmad Qudoos by three days....
West’s policy produced terrorism: Benazir ABUJA, March 8: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on Saturday urged non-Muslims, particularly the Western world, not to confuse Islam with terrorism....		Musharraf lauds minorities’ contribution ISLAMABAD, March 8: President General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday emphasized that being an Islamic state it was our religious and national obligation to look after the welfare of minorities and added...
Blair asked to help avert war LONDON, March 8: A high-powered British Muslims delegation took up Iraq crisis, Palestine and Kashmir issues during its meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair here on Thursday and urged him...		Three kidnapped SUKKUR, March 8: Three villagers were kidnapped by a group of armed bandits from Ahmedpur village near Pir-jo-Goth, Khairpur district on Saturday....
Rs220m Zakat distributed in AJK MUZAFFARABAD, March 8: Out of total Rs440 million receipt of Zakat, some Rs220 million were distributed among the needy people through Zakat committees throughout the Azad Jammu and Kashmir....		Yousaf meets president ISLAMABAD, March 8: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yousaf called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf here on Saturday and briefed him about the ongoing developmental projects in the province....
Pakistani held TORONTO, March 8: A Pakistani wanted for murder by British authorities has been arrested in Toronto, police said on Friday....		Frequency coordination for Paksat-1 achieved ISLAMABAD, March 8: Information Technology and Telecommunications Minister Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on Saturday said the country had achieved frequency coordination for the Paksat-1 communication satellite....
Villagers appeal for provision of amenities BADIN, March 8: Villagers of Chak 30 in Shaheed Fazil Rahu taluka and village Booky in Khoski have appealed to President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali for...		Possible US attack on Iraq slated LARKANA, March 8: The activists of Sunni Tehrik took out a procession here on Friday against the possible US attack on Iraq....
Investigation into land allotment ordered LARKANA, March 8: The DCO here on Friday ordered an inquiry into alleged allotment of peasants’ land to the Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) by revenue officials in Kambar taluka....		Development schemes approved SHIKARPUR, March 8: District Nazim Mohammad Arif Mahar on Saturday presided over two separate meetings of Shikarpur city union council Nazims and Naib Nazims, and the District Mushawarati Committee....
13 bandits arrested in raid THATTA, March 8: The police arrested 13 bandits in a raid in a village near the Takani bus stop, Mirpur Sakro taluka, here on Saturday....		Lawyers protest against LFO SUKKUR, March 8: On the call of the Sindh Bar Council, lawyers observed protest against the Legal Framework Order throughout the province on Saturday. ...
One killed in shootout: Three kidnapped SUKKUR March 8: A man was killed and four others, including three women, were injured on Saturday after bandits kidnapped three bus passengers and used them as human shields in a...		SHC issues notice to motorway police officer HYDERABAD, March 8: The Sindh High Court on Friday served a notice on an officer of the Motorway police for allegedly harassing a man....
World Women’s Day observed SANGHAR, March 8: Seminars were held and dramas were staged on Saturday in connection with the International Women’s Day in the district council hall and at the community centre of the...		Coach looted NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, March 8: A coach (C-2256), heading towards Punjab, was looted by a group of five bandits between Moro and Naushahro Feroze....
Entry of 12 Ulema banned KHAIRPUR, March 8: Entry of 12 Ulema and Zakirs has been banned in Khairpur district while over 30 areas have been declared sensitive in the district....		Would anything be done to save pipelines? MULTAN, March 8: The statements of top government functionaries show that there is no urgency in the federal capital with regard to the need for adopting measures to avert attacks on...
Former PM asks govt to whet its wits: Lawlessness in Mazari Goth RAJANPUR, March 8: Former Prime Minister Mir Balakhsher Khan Mazari on Saturday urged the government to whet its wits to control lawlessness in Mazari Goth, which has seen testing times in...		People gather to slate US threats SADIQABAD, March 8: People of all walks of life on Saturday took to roads and protested against the US threats against Iraq to express solidarity with Muslims....
Police find clue to banker’s death after months GUJRANWALA, March 8: People’s Colony police claimed to have found the clue to the killing of a banker, and arrested his wife and her lover, here on Saturday....		RI for three killers SAHIWAL, March 8: Additional District and Sessions Judge Mian Faiz Muhammad sentenced on Saturday three youths to 25 years rigorous imprisonment each for killing an officer of the Sui Northern Gas...
Faulty X-ray machines at DHQ Hospital GUJRANWALA, March 4: Three X-ray machines at the divisional headquarters hospital here have not been working properly for the last three months....		PTCL Okara main branch goes on computer OKARA, March 8: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited main branch has computerized its data to minimize the consumers’ problems, according to PTCL central communication region’s General Manager Aminur Rahman....
PU essay contest winners rewarded LAHORE, March 8: The Punjab University essay writing competition winners were awarded cash prizes on Saturday....		Gardezi for building more dams LAHORE, March 8: Millat Party’s Punjab president and provincial minister for literacy and non-formal basic education Husain Jehania Gardezi has said that the time has come to give up politics of...
Robbers gangs busted LAHORE, March 8: The city police claimed on Saturday to have busted two gangs of robbers and swindlers....		Imam Ali’s Urs begins today SIALKOT, March 8: The four-day 757th Urs of saint Imam Aliul Haq would begin at his shrine here on Sunday under the supervision of Baba Saeem Ali Ahmad Sabir....
PTCL clarifies OKARA, March 8: The PTCL clarified on Saturday a news item published in Dawn on Friday under the headline ‘PTCL breaches its own rules.’...		Ex-minister hospitalized GUJRANWALA, March 8: A former provincial minister, Sheikh Ijaz Ahmad, was shifted to the Lahore General Hospital on Saturday from the district jail on the recommendations of a medical board as...