March 13, 2003	Thursday	Muharram 9, 1424

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Stone Age colonies discovered in tribal areas PESHAWAR, March 12: Archaeologists have discovered Middle Stone Age colonies and stone tools in the tribal areas of Bajaur and Mohmand agencies, officials claimed on Tuesday....		Security measures for Ashura PESHAWAR, March 12: Elaborate security measures have been taken by the provincial administration to ensure peace and harmony on 9th and 10th of Muharram....
Court orders action against corrupt staff PESHAWAR, March 12: The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed concern over the performance of the NWFP education department and directed the government to take stern action against the officials involved in...		321 Afghan DPs leave for home PESHAWAR, March 12: The first batch of refugees left for Afghanistan on Wednesday under the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees repatriation programme....
Work on cantt uplift schemes soon PESHAWAR, March 12: The execution of Rs30 million development projects in Cantonment Board areas will begin from Monday, officials told Dawn on Wednesday....		Mourners to get medical aid PESHAWAR, March 12: Arrangements have been made at the Lady Reading Hospital to provide aid to mourners on Ashura day, says a press release on Wednesday....
Products’ display in Kenya planned PESHAWAR, March 12: Pakistan’s high commission in Kenya would establish a warehouse to exhibit Pakistani products in an effort to promote the country’s export....		Service structure sought PESHAWAR, March 12: Directors of physical education (DPE) and librarians have appealed to the provincial government to provide them with a proper service structure....
Proper Zakat distribution urged PESHAWAR, March 12: District Zakat committees have been directed to expedite distribution of Zakat funds among the deserving people to ensure 100 per cent utilization of the amount allocated for 2002-3....		AJK University students continue boycott MUZAFFARABAD, March 12: The strike by the students of the AJK University entered the eighth day on Wednesday with the striking students vowing to continue the boycott of classes till the...
Pakistan will press for more time, says Kasuri: Proposed war on Iraq ISLAMABAD, March 12: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri has said Pakistan is behind the scene trying to get an action against Iraq delayed to give the weapon inspectors more time to...		Firms to give jobs to tribal people QUETTA, March 12: Gas companies working in Dera Bugti gas fields have agreed to give jobs to the children and relatives of retired and dead employees of the companies who were...
Decision on Iraq at right time: Rashid ISLAMABAD, March 12: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has said that keeping in view the fluid situation at the UN Security Council, Pakistan will take a decision at an appropriate time...		Balochistan, Sindh to exchange outlaws’ lists QUETTA, March 12: Sindh will exchange lists of criminals with Balochistan before conducting an operation against anti-social elements and dacoits in both the provinces....
NFC award issue to be solved soon: Jam ISLAMABAD, March 12: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Muhammad Yusuf expressed the hope on Wednesday that the National Finance Commission (NFC) award’s issue would be resolved amicably in the upcoming meeting of...		US pledges $30m to control crime ISLAMABAD, March 12: US Ambassador to Pakistan Nancy J. Powell and the Secretary for Economic Affairs Division, Dr Waqar Masood Khan, on Wednesday signed letters of agreement to initiate three US...
Pakistan relaxes visa policy for Chinese BEIJING, March 12: Pakistan has relaxed its visa policy for Chinese tourists and businessmen to strengthen people-to-people contact between the two countries....		PPP leader wants LFO tabled in NA MIRPURKHAS, March 12: Pakistan People’s Party has rejected LFO saying that nothing could be made part of the Constitution unless passed by two-thirds majority of the National Assembly....
Iraqi doctor freed after five months QUETTA, March 12: An Iraqi doctor arrested by the FBI and Pakistani agencies for suspected Al Qaeda links has been released after five months of detention and interrogation....		GAIE exempted of certain taxes: SC ISLAMABAD, March 12: A Supreme Court bench on Wednesday dismissed a review petition filed by Central Board of Revenue against the decision of Peshawar High Court to give exemption of Customs...
Expelled ANP MPA threatens lawsuit KOHAT, March 12: Syed Qalb-i-Hassan, Awami National Party MPA from Kohat, who was expelled from the party for allegedly selling his vote during the Senate elections along with other two members...		Saline water ruins Sindh arable land LARKANA, March 12: Highly saline water from the Heerdin Drain in Balochistan, which enters into Sindh near a place called Chukhee, has ruined thousands of acres of arable land in Shahdadkot...
Missing Chitralis’ recovery sought PESHAWAR, March 12: Some 100 residents of Chitral, who left Peshawar for home in a motorcade three days back via Kunar province in Afghanistan, are feared to have gone missing....		Endowment fund for patients soon PESHAWAR, March 12: The provincial cabinet on Wednesday decided to establish an endowment fund with initial funding of Rs500 million for helping poor patients at government hospitals....
Kohat Tunnel to be opened next month ISLAMABAD, March 12: The Kohat Tunnel project is expected to be commissioned by the middle of April for traffic....		Tarbela tunnel to be closed PESHAWAR, March 12: Tarbela Dam’s tunnel number-1 would remain out of function for 10 days starting March 15 for annual repairs and maintenance....
Seven injured in clash DADU, March 12: Seven persons were injured in a clash between two groups here on Wednesday....		Denial by revenue official: Hesco dismissals KARACHI, March 12: In its issue of Feb 25, 2003, on page 5, Dawn carried a news item entitled, “Three Hesco officials sacked for fraud.” Mr Ghulam Nabi, ex-revenue officer, Hesco,...
Three killed in road accident SWABI, March 12: Three people were killed and nine seriously injured when a pick-up fell into a ravine in the mountainous belt of Gadoon on Tuesday evening....		Musharraf’s welfare grant still a dream MULTAN, March 12: The government has yet to release a grant of Rs500 million, which President Gen Pervez Musharraf had announced during his referendum campaign for the district’s development....
Sectarian clash leaves over a dozen injured SARGODHA, March 12: More than a dozen people sustained injuries in a sectarian clash in Miani near Bhera, 70km from here, on Wednesday afternoon....		Lawyers boycott courts KASUR, March 12: The Kasur, Pattoki and Chunian Bar associations boycotted the courts on Wednesday while the Pattoki bar members kept the Pattoki-Chunian Road blocked for half an hour to protest...
Family protests against police: Death in encounter MULTAN, March 12: The family of Shahid Chandia, who was killed in an ‘encounter’ by Mahmood Kot police a few days ago, staged a protest demonstration against highhandedness of the law-enforcers....		Arrest warrants of five ASIs SAHIWAL, March 12: A special anti-corruption judge, Multan, (camp at Sahiwal) on Wednesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for five ASIs for their alleged involvement in corruption cases....
Sanaullah formally lodges complaint FAISALABAD, March 12: Rana Sanaullah lodged a formal complaint on Wednesday for the registration of a case against the personnel of an intelligence agency for kidnapping and torturing him at the...		2 policemen shot at, injured SIALKOT, March 12: Two policemen were injured when two persons riding a motorbike opened fire on a police picket near the Waan village bridge in Daska Tehsil late on Tuesday night....
Islamia varsity’s MPhil pupils bycott paper BAHAWALPUR, March 12: The candidates of Islamia University’s MPhil (mass communication) programme on Wednesday boycotted the second paper to protest against what they said rules violation....		Pakistan must side with emerging powers: Beg LAHORE, March 12: Former chief of army staff Gen Aslam Beg has criticized government’s decision of abstaining from voting in the UN Security Council on Iraq crisis and feared the decision...
Districts to manage sanitation, water LAHORE, March 12: The Punjab government has decided in principle to hand over the water and sanitation management to district governments while immediately banning the transfer of revenue officers to meet...		Shahbaz, Kulsoom deny wealth tax liability LAHORE, March 12: PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif and Kulsoom Nawaz, wife of Nawaz Sharif, denied in the Lahore High Court having liability for the payment of additional wealth tax imposed by...
Directive to impose ‘curfew’ LAHORE, March 12: Law enforcers have been directed to impose ‘curfew’ to maintain peace on Muharram 9 and 10....		Bar bodies asked to boycott two judges LAHORE, March 12: The Pakistan Bar Council has urged all Bar councils and associations in the country not to invite Chief Justice Sheikh Riaz Ahmad and Justice Qazi Farooq to their...
Drive against expired, spurious drugs to be launched ISLAMABAD, March 12: The government on Wednesday announced to launch a drive against spurious and expired drugs throughout the country....		Proposal to establish cancer research institute rejected ISLAMABAD, March 12: The government has rejected a proposal to establish a separate cancer research institute in the public sector....
Strike at Pindi hospital continues: Beating of doctors, paramedics RAWALPINDI, March 12: A strike staged by house officers of District Headquarters Hospital continued for the second day on Wednesday, however the administration managed to avoid the hospital operations from coming...		Ensure labour rights in tobacco industry: ILO ISLAMABAD, March 12: The International Labour Organization (ILO) has asked Pakistan to preserve labour rights in the tobacco industry of the country....
Awais for stronger ties with Russia ISLAMABAD, March 12: The information technology minister, Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari, on Wednesday called for greater cooperation between Pakistan and Russia in the fields of telecommunications, research and development....		Security plan for Ashura processions chalked out RAWALPINDI, March 12: The district government on Wednesday sought cooperation of the administration of the local Imambargahs in maintenance of peace during the Ashura processions....
Detention of women: SSP told to submit report on 15th RAWALPINDI, March 12: The civil judge and judicial magistrate, Azfar Sultan Syed, on Wednesday directed the SSP Rawalpindi to initiate an inquiry into a matter in which the Airport police allegedly...		Drought-hit areas denied concession LARKANA, March 12: Growers and small landholders in Shahdadkot have accused the revenue officials of collecting taxes despite the fact that their area had been declared a calamity-hit area....