March 11, 2003	Tuesday	Muharram 7, 1424

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Policy for elderly people’s welfare being prepared ISLAMABAD, March 10: The Ministry for Women Development, Social Welfare and Special Education is formulating a national policy on aging for the welfare of elderly population....		Complex rent row causes over Rs4m loss to TMA RAWALPINDI, March 10: The Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) has been suffering a loss of Rs4.2 million annually due to a controversy over the rent of the TMA shopping complex, it has...
Man killed, three injured as oil tanker catches fire RAWALPINDI, March 10: One person died and three others sustained injuries when an empty oil tanker caught fire at Soan on Monday, the police said....		CM orders early completion of underpass in Rawalpindi RAWALPINDI, March 10: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has asked the government departments to expedite work on the Committee Chowk underpass and Airport Road expansion projects by completing the codal...
Pillion-riding: police accused of fleecing motorcyclists RAWALPINDI, March 10: The ban on pillion-riding during Muharram has not only provided an excuse to the local police to fleece the public but also opened a Pandora’s box for the...		QAU students stage demo against US ISLAMABAD, March 10: Students of Quaid-i-Azam University on Monday staged a protest demonstration on the varsity’s premises against the possible US attack on Iraq....
Woman sent to jail on kidnapping charge RAWALPINDI, March 10: The civil judge, Azfar Sultan Syed, on Monday remanded a woman to jail on charges of kidnapping women and forcing them into prostitution....		Bodies formed to promote sectarian harmony RAWALPINDI, March 10: The district government has constituted four committees, comprising members of the district peace committee, to visit sensitive areas during Muharram and promote sectarian harmony, provincial minister for law...
Faisal to approve transfers in CDA ISLAMABAD, March 10: Interior ministry has directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) administration to get approval of the federal interior minister, Faisal Saleh Hayat, before issuing transfer orders of officials of...		Development scheme for QUEST ISLAMABAD, March 10: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) of the federal government has approved a scheme submitted by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) for development of Quaid-i-Awam University of Engineering,...
Rs63m released for NAs, AJK under FSP RAWALPINDI, March 10: Pakistan Baitul Mal has released an instalment of Rs63 million for the beneficiaries of its Food Support Programme (FSP) in Islamabad, Northern Areas and Azad Kashmir....		Provinces to get help for growth: Shaukat ISLAMABAD, March 10: The federal and provincial finance ministers on Monday decided to create an environment conducive to overall increase of economic growth in the country....
MMA nominates Noorani as Senate chairman ISLAMABAD, March 10: The supreme council of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal nominated alliance president Maulana Shah Ahmed Noorani as its parliamentary leader in Senate....		Salary raise for MNAs proposed ISLAMABAD, March 10: The government is considering a proposal to enhance pay and allowances of parliamentarians, the National Assembly was informed on Monday....
Cabinet reviews Iraq situation ISLAMABAD, March 10: The federal cabinet held an emergency meeting here on Monday and discussed the latest situation on Iraq....		OGDCL chief removed ISLAMABAD, March 10: The federal government has removed Maj-Gen Pervez Akmal from the office of OGDCL managing director with immediate effect and sent him back to the general headquarters....
AJK election tribunal’s order set aside MUZAFFARABAD, March 10: The Supreme Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Monday accepting the appeal of People’s Party legislator Chaudhry Maqbool has set aside the order of the election tribunal...		Peace body formed in Gilgit GILGIT, March 10: Lawyers, politicians, citizens and newsmen here formed a Gilgit Citizens Forum primarily to deal with sectarian issues in the region....
480 Al Qaeda men handed over to US ISLAMABAD, March 10: The Pakistan government has handed over to the US authorities 480 suspected Al Qaeda operatives since the beginning of the anti-terror operation, sources told Dawn on Monday....		MLA takes oath MUZAFFARABAD, March 10: The member-elect of the AJK Legislative Assembly, Deewan Ali Chughtai, took oath of his office on Monday, which was administered to him by Speaker Sardar Siab Khalid at...
Four die GILGIT, March 10: Three children and a woman died of cold and lack of medical facilities in Astore Valley, police sources said on Monday....		Earthquake GILGIT, March 10:# A quake of mild intensity damaged four houses in Astore Valley on Monday at around 3:30 am. No casualty was reported as the people had abandoned their houses...
Govt fails to revive magisterial system PESHAWAR, March 10: The NWFP government has failed in its bid to revive the defunct executive magisterial system since the Peshawar High Court has turned down its request to confer magisterial powers on executive officers....		Headscarf for girl students urged PESHAWAR, March 10: The Nifaz-i-Shariat Council has recommended to the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal government to declare wearing of scarf compulsory for female students in the province, it is reliably learnt....
Woman’s bail plea rejected PESHAWAR, March 10: A single bench of the Peshawar High Court here on Monday rejected bail petition of a woman accused of attempting to kill her daughter-in-law by setting her afire....		Court seeks record KOHAT, March 10: The NWFP election tribunal while accepting the application of former law minister Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gilani in which he has challenged the qualification of MNA from Kohat, Mufti Ibrar...
Practice at government hospitals to be abolished PESHAWAR, March 10: The NWFP government is trying to abolish the institution-based practice in public sector hospitals at a time when its benefits have started emerging, said a health department official...		Training to women MPs stressed PESHAWAR, March 10: Speakers at a round-table conference on Sunday urged the government and civil society to impart proper training to women MNAs, MPAs and councillors so that they could effectively...
More efforts needed to curb polio: EPI official PESHAWAR, March 10: The detection of only one positive case of polio in Charsadda district in the first quarter of the current year, has been termed a positive development, by deputy director...		PPP lauds ANP’s decision on MPAs PESHAWAR, March 10: The Pakistan People’s Party has lauded the Awami National Party’s decision against its three MPAs who had violated the party discipline....
Ex-MNA’s petitions accepted PESHAWAR, March 10: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Monday partially accepted two writ petitions of a former MNA and alleged drug trafficker, Haji Ayub Afridi, challenging placement...		Admiral Ramdas for peace process revival: ‘Pakistan, India next after Iraq’ LAHORE, March 10: India and Pakistan should revive the suspended peace process and initiate a dialogue on the basis of the Lahore Declaration “before the international community decides to disarm the...
NAB plea to revoke exemption dismissed: Hashmi’s reference LAHORE, March 10: An accountability court on Monday dismissed a NAB’s application, requesting court to withdraw exemption granted to PML-N acting president Makhdoom Javed Hashmi from personal appearance in a corruption...		Petition against food minister adjourned LAHORE, March 10: The Election Tribunal comprising Justice Mian Hamid Farooq on Monday adjourned the hearing of an election petition against Punjab Food Minister Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal for March 27....
Education dept expands community school network LAHORE, March 10: Extending its Community Partnership Project, the education department has planned to launch an afternoon programme at the graduate level in government schools and colleges in the province from...		Troops take up duties from today LAHORE, March 10: Troops have been called in the city and elsewhere in the Punjab as a precaution, it was learnt on Monday....
Bar sets up camp against LFO LAHORE, March 10: In continuation of its ongoing campaign against the LFO, the Lahore High Court Bar Association on Monday set up a 10-day anti-LFO camp at the LHC....		Police register case against 60 people: Turmoil over lumberdar’s arrest TOBA TEK SINGH, March 10: Pirmahal police registered a case on Monday against more than 60 people, including a lumberdar, his son and gunmen, who fired at officials outside the police...
Medical board confirms torture of Sanaullah FAISALABAD, March 10: A medical board of the Faisalabad DHQ Hospital has confirmed torture of MPA Rana Sanaullah....		Hospitals lack lady doctors for autopsy GUJRAT, March 10: Civil hospitals in Mandi Bahauddin district have no female doctors who could perform autopsies....
Transport department strikes a ‘shady’ deal FAISALABAD, March 10: The Provincial Transport Department has granted a valuable 12-kanal tract to a private transport company through what locals call a shady transaction, which has caused huge financial loss...		High-rise plazas near rly station opposed GUJRANWALA, March 10: The local chamber of commerce and industry has opposed to the construction of multi-storey buildings near railway station here....
Opposition asks CM to resign FAISALABAD, March 10: The opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly, Qasim Zia, on Monday asked the chief minister to resign for his failure to protect the honour and prestige of the...		Mosque attack: no clue to ‘terrorist’ FAISALABAD, March 10: Police have failed to find a clue to the ‘terrorist’ who had opened fire on a mosque injuring two persons, in Gulistan Colony here on Sunday morning....
HRCP flays kidnapping, manhandling of MPA LAHORE, March 10: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on Monday condemned the kidnapping and torture of Rana Sanaullah....		PO killed in ‘encounter’; two held HAFIZABAD, March 10: An alleged proclaimed offender was killed in an encounter with police near Muradian Wali while his two accomplices were arrested on Monday....
Unconscious man dies in hospital LAHORE, March 10: A man, 40, unidentified so far, who had been found unconscious at Lorry Adda, died in the Mayo Hospital on Monday....		Consumers get inflated gas bills SIALKOT, March 10: Gas consumers here protested on Monday against the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines (SNGPL) for issuing inflated bills....
Nasrullah for election to president’s office LAHORE, March 10: ARD President Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan says the office of president has been lying vacant since the ‘retirement’ of Mr Rafiq Tarar on Dec 31 last year and parliament...		Service delivery system reset, says CM PESHAWAR, March 10: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said the government has scored effective points by re-determining the direction of an efficient service delivery system at the gross-roots level....