March 10, 2003	Monday	Muharram 6, 1424

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MMA leaders blast US war against Iraq RAWALPINDI, March 9: The leaders of opposition parties in the parliament blasted the United States for its plans to launch a war against Iraq at a huge rally held here on...		Minorities urged to work for democracy ISLAMABAD, March 9: The National Minority Conference, held at the Christian Study Centre in Rawalpindi on Sunday, approved a charter to chalk out a strategy for the participation of religious minorities...
Plan to cope with bush fires being prepared ISLAMABAD, March 9: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is making preparations to cope with bush fires on Margalla Hills during summer season....		New telecom policy soon: PTCL chief ISLAMABAD, March 9: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) chairman Akhtar Ahmad Bajwa has hinted at introduction of new telecom policy within a few weeks....
Two murdered in different incidents RAWALPINDI, March 9: Two persons were murdered in two different incidents here on Sunday, police said....		Tributes paid to Jilani Kamran ISLAMABAD, March 9: Prof Jilani Kamran, poet and literary critic, who died last month, was remembered at a reference organized in his memory by the Halqa-i-Arbab-i-Zauq, Islamabad, on Saturday....
Transporters fleece commuters RAWALPINDI, March 9: The owners of public transport vehicles, that ply on the general bus stand, Pirwadhai, Kalar Syedan route, are fleecing commuters under the very nose of the Regional Transport...		Russian envoy for improving ties with Pakistan RAWALPINDI, March 9: The Russia Federation will further improve its bilateral relations with Pakistan....
Foreign agent’s tip led to Khalid’s arrest ISLAMABAD, March 9: Twelve Pakistani intelligence operatives conducted the March 1 pre-dawn operation to capture Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden’s alleged right-hand man, Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, investigations into the two-hour...		LFO not acceptable in present form: PPP ISLAMABAD, March 9: National Assembly member Naheed Khan, political secretary of Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto, said on Sunday that there was no question of the PPP accepting the Legal...
Media’s help for healthy society sought MUZAFFARABAD, March 9: AJK Minister for Health, Sardar Mohammad Yaqoob Khan, has stressed upon the print and electronic media to play an active role for the development of a healthy society...		WB wants Barotha project cases settled ISLAMABAD, March 9: The World Bank wants to have a time-bound commitment from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for the settlement of corruption-related issues of the $2.5 billion Ghazi Barotha Hydropower...
LFO issue to be resolved: PM SARGODHA, March 9: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said that the LFO issue would be resolved within two days....		Envoy meets president ISLAMABAD, March 9: Ambassador designate of Pakistan to Turkey Sher Afghan called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf here on Saturday....
Senate chairman election on 12th ISLAMABAD, March 9: The election for the Senate chairman and deputy chairman will be held on Wednesday, with PML-Q appearing to be certain to grab both the offices....		New Chinese flight planned BEIJING, March 9: China Southern Airlines has decided to introduce another flight to Pakistan from March 30 to carry the increased number of passengers between the countries....
Need stressed to check noise pollution: Unfit vehicles main cause PESHAWAR, March 9: The persistent noise pollution in the city, crossing the international standard of 85db (Decibel) from the last few years, requires...		Stranded Chitralis reach home CHITRAL, March 9: More than 500 stranded passengers reached Chitral from Peshawar, led by district Nazim Shahzada Mohyuddin, via Kunar province of Afghanistan....
ANP expels 3 MPAs for betrayal in Senate poll PESHAWAR, March 9: The Awami National Party (ANP) has expelled three of its MPAs for betraying the party in Senate elections on Feb 24, and selling their votes to independent candidates....		Transporters asked not to raise fares CHARSADDA, March 9: Acting district Nazim Haji Mohammad Ibrahim has asked transporters not to charge extra fare from commuters unless an official notification about increase in fare rates is issued....
Women trafficker’s gang busted KOHAT, March  9:  The authorities have busted a gang of women traffickers, arresting three people, after raiding a den in Darra Adamkhel, in the Frontier region of Kohat, officials reported on Sunday....		Shopkeepers concerned at demolition notices CHARSADDA, March 9: Shopkeepers at a meeting held here on Sunday expressed concern over the notices issued by the DHQ hospital authorities about the demolition of their shops....
Passport office needs its own building PESHAWAR, March 9: The regional passport office is to the day functioning in a rented building since it was set up in early 1960s and is also short of staff, despite...		Security tightened in D. I. Khan DERA ISMAIL KHAN, March 9: Security has been beefed up throughout the Dera Ismail Khan district and army troops have started flag march in sensitive areas in the city to maintain...
Tech, commerce colleges need professional heads GUJRANWALA, March 9: Students of technical and commerce colleges have demanded that only M.Com degree holders should be inducted into technical and commerce colleges as principals instead of master degree holders....		Naib Nazims entry into TMA offices banned FAISALABAD, March 9: City Nazim Mumtaz Cheema has banned entry of Naib Nazims of union councils into the offices of Tehsil Municipal Administration (city)....
Punjab govt seeks report LAHORE, March 9: The Punjab government has sought a report on the alleged use of torture against deputy opposition leader MPA Rana Sanaullah....		Two injured in Faisalabad mosque attack FAISALABAD, March 9: Two people were injured when a masked terrorist opened indiscriminate fire on a mosque in Gulistan Colony on Sunday morning....
Two hurt in landmine blasts SIALKOT, March 9: Two youths were injured in as many landmine blasts in Ikhlaspur and Karol Ranga villages of working boundary’s Shakargarh-Narowal sector on Sunday....		Money minting in the name of scheme SARGODHA, March 9: A local real estate dealer has been accused of minting money from villagers seeking residence in urban areas under the garb of a prize scheme....
Rana Sanaullah tortured FAISALABAD, March 9: The deputy opposition leader of the Punjab Assembly, Rana Sanaullah Khan, who had been picked up on Saturday night, was thrown on the service lane of the Motorway...		Girl killed in blast OKARA, March 9: A scrap collecting girl was killed in a blast near Chak 22/4-L here on Sunday.Some children were collecting scrap near the restricted area when Rizwana, 9, picked up a shell....
Nadra ‘playing’ with facts and figures HAFIZABAD, March 9: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) is issuing the computerized identity cards with insertions full of mistakes....		Rocky road ahead for Pakistan, says Assef LAHORE, March 9: Former foreign minister Sardar Assef Ahmad Ali says Pakistan is at the horns of a dilemma as far as its vote in the UN Security Council on the...
Pervaiz’s advice to opposition on LFO LAHORE, March 9: Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has urged the opposition not to agitate the issue of the Legal Framework Order and play its due role for the resolution of...		Charge against PTV LAHORE, March 9: The Pakistan Television (PTV) has appointed telephone operators, typists and personnel officers as producers, with the aggrieved candidates threatening to go to court....
President to open new airport on 17th LAHORE, March 9: The City District Government officials reviewed on Sunday the arrangements for the inauguration of the Allama Iqbal International Airport....		Women workers stage rally LAHORE, March 9: Women workers staged a rally on Nisbet Road on Sunday to press for an end to gender discrimination in employment and at the workplace....
Over 85pc private schools substandard LAHORE, March 9: Over 85 per cent of private schools in the Punjab have neither devised quality syllabi nor hired trained teachers and are running on a purely commercial basis....		Rana Sana’s torture condemned LAHORE, March 9: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal vice-president Prof Sajid Mir has condemned the kidnap and torture of PML-N parliamentary leader in the Punjab Assembly Rana Sanaullah....