March 20, 2003	Thursday	Muharram 16, 1424

Please Visit our Sponsor (Ads open in separate window)

 

Americans demand enhanced security in Islamabad ISLAMABAD. March 19: The US embassy officials in Islamabad are concerned about their security in the wake of their government’s plan to invade Iraq after expiry of the 48-hour deadline, which...		Minister for measures to control pollen allergy ISLAMABAD, March 19: Health Minister Mohammad Nasir Khan on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned to take preventive measures before pollination starts in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad....
Donor aid likely to be symbolic in Afghanistan: report: Lack of policy on gender issues ISLAMABAD, March 19: The lack of a coherent policy on gender issues in Afghanistan means that the result of much of the donor assistance currently being channelled into women‘s project is...		Govt urged to protect small farmers ISLAMABAD, March 19: The government should take measures to protect small farmers, facing increased cost of production due to the removal of subsidies....
Govt, Unicef embark on 2nd plan of action for children ISLAMABAD, March 19: The government, with the assistance of the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), has embarked upon preparation of a the second National Plan of Action for Children (NPA) that...		Ambassadors present credentials to president ISLAMABAD, March 19: Newly designated ambassadors from different countries presented their credentials to President General Pervez Musharraf here on Wednesday....
PU asked to expedite degrees’ verification RAWALPINDI, March 19: The district government has requested the Punjab university and other educational institutions to expedite verification of degrees/certificates of teachers whose salaries have been withheld for the last six...		MNA prepares uplift plan for Islamabad ISLAMABAD, March 19: Member of National Assembly Mian Aslam has prepared a 21-point development plan for the development of Islamabad Capital Territory....
Arrest warrants of four policemen issued RAWALPINDI, March 19: The additional district and sessions judge, Syed Pervez Ali Shah, on Wednesday issued non-bailable warrants for the arrest of four policemen for not complying with court orders....		Gen Musharraf’s remarks endorse Nawaz’s sincerity ISLAMABAD, March 19: General Pervez Musharraf’s remarks on the role of the deposed government of Pakistan Muslim League-N in building the Lahore Airport Terminal are in fact the endorsement of the...
Polls not held under LFO, says SCBA ISLAMABAD, March 19: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Hamid Khan said on Wednesday that parliament had been formed by virtue of Supreme Court judgment and elections were held under the...		Oil reserves can last 3 months: minister ISLAMABAD, March 19: Current reserves of petrol and diesel in the country are enough to meet local demand for over three months in case the supply of fuel is suspended due...
PM urges uplift of backward areas ISLAMABAD, March 19: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Wednesday said the progress of underdeveloped areas was among the top priorities of his government....		Qudoos’ bail plea rejected RAWALPINDI, March 19: A judicial magistrate on Wednesday rejected the bail application of Aqeel Ahmad Abdul Qudoos, who allegedly harboured Al Qaeda activist Khalid Shaikh Mohammad....
PIA to replace aging fleet RAWALPINDI, March 19: Pakistan International Airline would ground half of its Airbus A-300 aircraft fleet by June, sources in the airline said here on Wednesday....		SAF Games may be postponed again ISLAMABAD, March 19: The South Asian Federation (SAF) games are likely to be postponed for the third time due to impending US-Iraq war in the Gulf, sources told Dawn on Wednesday....
Evacuation begins RAWALPINDI, March 19: Evacuation of Pakistanis from Kuwait started on Wednesday as Iraq crisis inches towards an imminent war....		N. Areas education adviser shot dead GILGIT, March 19: The Northern Areas adviser for education, revenue and finance and secretary-general of PML-N Saifur Rahman Khan was shot dead on Wednesday in Gilgit allegedly by one of his...
Security in Balochistan tightened QUETTA, March 19: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousaf on Wednesday directed the law enforcement agencies to tighten security in the province in view of imminent attack on Iraq by...		Bail granted ISLAMABAD, March 19: The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to an official of the revenue department, who was being prosecuted by the National Accountability Bureau for alleged corruption in land...
Nazim seeks meeting to resolve financial dispute PESHAWAR, March 19: Nazim Town-1, Peshawar has requested provincial Local Government Commission (LGC) to convene its meeting so that prevailing financial dispute could be resolved with the city district government....		Steps taken to protect NGOs, missions: US war on Iraq PESHAWAR, March 19: The police and other law-enforcement agencies have chalked out a plan to provide security to foreign missions and NGOs in the city during the impending US attack on...
Rules for security firms finalized PESHAWAR, March 19: The NWFP government has finalised rules and regulations to streamline the affairs of security agencies in the province, and the statutes in this regard will be announced soon....		Children need more health facilities PESHAWAR, March 19: Children are the worst affected due to lack of healthcare facilities at the public sector hospitals in the NWFP....
Cantt hospital restricts service PESHAWAR, March 19: The Cantonment Board has asked doctors at the Cantonment General Hospital (CGH) not to entertain patients living outside the cantonment, except those needing emergency treatment, officials told...		40 ‘outlaws’ arrested PESHAWAR, March 19: Police arrested eight alleged hardened criminals and 32 other outlaws here on Wednesday in an operation at Badhber and Matani....
Need for objective journalism urged PESHAWAR, March 19: Speakers here at a seminar urged civil society to support the media in strengthening democracy and democratic values in the country....		Decision reserved in SNGPL licence’s re-activation case PESHAWAR, March 19: Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has reserved its decision in an application of the Sui Northern Gas Pipeline limited (SNGPL) for the grant of integrated licence (exclusive)...
No contact with Guantanamo prisoners KOHAT, March 19: All contacts between the families of 48 Pakistani Al Qaeda suspects now detained at Camp X-ray, Cuba, through the Red Cross have ceased since December last, the father...		Woman kills mother-in-law HANGU, March 19: A widow killed her mother-in-law in Orakzai Agency’s Toor Kanary village to ‘avenge’ the murder of her husband on Tuesday night....
Doctors protest LANDI KOTAL, March 19: Electricity load-shedding and water shortage at the agency headquarters hospital for the last one and a half year compelled doctors and paramedical staff to take to streets...		FIA asked to recover money from brokers: Illegal immigration LAHORE, March 19: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday directed the FIA director-general to take notice of the agency’s failure to recover money from those arrested on charges of sending Pakistanis...
Justice Munir to be CJ for LHC Bar LAHORE, March 19: The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) announced on Wednesday that it would now be considering Supreme Court’s Justice Munir A. Sheikh the chief justice of Pakistan rather...		Protest against FCC’s return LAHORE, March 19: The Punjab Professors and Lecturers Association on Wednesday resolved against government’s decision to return FC College to Presbyterian Church and to revive denationalization of educational institutions....
Administrative reshuffle LAHORE, March 19: The Punjab government transferred and posted six senior administrative officers and 16 ASPs and DSPs here on Wednesday....		Punjab PA can discuss a federal agency? LAHORE, March 19: Minister for Agriculture Arshad Khan Lodhi will answer questions about his department in the Friday session of the Punjab Assembly....
Armymen to get awards for brief PU stints LAHORE, March 19: The Punjab University has decided to acknowledge the “meritorious services” of four university officials — including two retired colonels — by recommending them for Sitara-i-Imtiaz....		CM orders action against adulterators LAHORE, March 19: Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has directed the constitution of raiding teams to swoop in on those selling adulterated pesticides in the province....
Four die in bus-wagon collision LAHORE, March 19: Four people were killed in an accident at Begumkot, Shahdara, after midnight on Tuesday....		High Court summons PAT chief LAHORE, March 19: An election tribunal of the Lahore High Court issued on Wednesday notice to Pakistan Awami Tehrik chairman Dr Tahirul Qadri for April 23 on a petition, challenging his...
What police ‘shootouts’ mean to some villagers MULTAN, March 19: How the police-feudal lord alliance can make life miserable for people in rural areas is evident from the fate of Master Khursheed Ahmed, whose son Shahid has been...		Deputy speaker’s two relatives kidnapped RAJANPUR, March 19: Two relatives of Punjab Assembly’s deputy speaker Shaukat Mazari were kidnapped from Indus Highway in Khakhar area on Tuesday night....
Rising petrol prices affecting industry: ‘Made in Gujranwala’ fair GUJRANWALA, March 19: Intermittent increase in the prices of petroleum products is thwarting the country’s industrial development, according to Corps Commander Lt-Gen Faiz Jillani....		Cell phone subscribers face problems DERA GHAZI KHAN, March 19: Subscribers have been facing problems in getting their calls through as the mobile phone companies have provided more connections than their system capacity....
Canal system to be remodelled BAHAWALPUR, March 19: The canal system in the Punjab will be remodelled at a cost of Rs31 billion provided by the federal government....		HBFC sues more Iqbal Colony residents FAISALABAD, March 19: The House Building Finance Corporation (HBFC) has moved the banking court against 32 more residents of Allama Iqbal Colony....
Laws on kiln workers be implemented FAISALABAD, March 19: The Bhatta Mazdoor Faisalabad has demanded that the government should direct the authorities concerned for the implementation of labour laws especially relating to kiln workers....		Elderly man freed from police GUJRANWALA, March 19: A bailiff of the district sessions judge on Wednesday raided Wazirabad police station and retrieved an elderly man, who was detained illegally for the last two weeks....
Jilani becomes DG South Asia ISLAMABAD, March 19: Pakistan’s former acting high commissioner in New Delhi, Jalil Abbas Jilani, has been appointed director-general South Asia, informed government sources told Dawn on Tuesday....		Attack on Rawa staffer flayed ISLAMABAD, March 19: The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (Rawa) has condemned an attempt on the life of one of its employee working in a charity hospital for Afghan...