March 22, 2003	Saturday	Muharram 18, 1424

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One killed as fire erupts in Raja Bazaar RAWALPINDI, March 21: At least one rescue worker was killed, while a number of other people, including two fire fighters, were treated for suffocation at a hospital after being trapped in...		CDA drops plan to recruit 4,500 new workers ISLAMABAD, March 21: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has dropped its plan to recruit some 4,500 fresh employees on vacant posts, a source told Dawn....
Minister warns to replace Pims, Polyclinic administrations ISLAMABAD, March 21: Federal health minister Mohammad Nasir Khan has warned the administrations of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) and the Federal Government Services Hospital (Polyclinic) to improve performance...		MMA warns US citizens, FBI personnel to quit Pakistan ISLAMABAD, March 21: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Friday warned the Americans and personnel of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Pakistan to immediately quit the country....
PTCL, NTC cause delay in underpass completion RAWALPINDI, March 21: The inordinate delay in removal of the cables by the PTCL and NTC authorities is affecting the completion of the underpass on IJ Principal Road near Pir Wadhai,...		Minister urges people to preserve water ISLAMABAD, March 21: The minister of state for environment, Maj Tahir Iqbal (retired) on Friday urged people to preserve water to meet future needs....
‘Excessive use depleting water reserves’ ISLAMABAD, March 21: Pollution, over consumption and poor water management are responsible for depletion and contamination of available water resources, the director-general of Pakistan Meteorological Department, Dr Qamaruz Zaman Chaudhry, said....		‘Saarc countries should develop SPS measure’ ISLAMABAD, March 21: The SAARC-member countries should develop mutual consultation on the application of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures for maintaining quality and standard of consumer goods....
Pakistan ranks 8th among TB affected states ISLAMABAD, March 21: Federal health minister Nasir Khan on Friday said Pakistan ranked 8th among the 22 high burden tuberculosis-affected countries in the world....		Alys Faiz, great woman behind great poet ISLAMABAD, March 21: Alys Faiz, the great woman behind the great poet, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, was remembered at a meeting organized by the Islamabad Cultural Forum at the Trust for Voluntary...
Four officers of defunct DMG transferred ISLAMABAD, March 21: The services of four senior officers of defunct district management group were handed over to Balochistan government on Friday, a notification of Establishment Division said....		Balochistan observes strike against US attack QUETTA, March 21: Complete shutter down strike was observed here and in other cities of Balochistan on Friday and provincial minister Hafiz Hussain Ahmed Shoradi led a protest demonstration staged by...
ISI criticized at US Senate hearing WASHINGTON, March 21: Pakistan and ISI faced severe criticism at a Senate briefing on Thursday on the drug trade....		JI leader meets president ISLAMABAD, March 21: The vice-president of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and the alliance’s parliamentary leader in the National Assembly, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, held a detailed meeting with President Gen Pervez Musharraf at GHQ...
SC to take up Wage Award case on 24th ISLAMABAD, March 21: The Supreme Court will take up on Monday the constitutional petition of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society, challenging the Seventh Wage Award for newspaper employees....		40,000 may arrive from Gulf ISLAMABAD, March 21: The government said on Friday up to 40,000 Pakistanis might have to return home from the Gulf region because of the US-led war against Iraq and they would...
PPP deplores Iraq war ISLAMABAD, March 21: The Pakistan People’s Party has all along stood for a political settlement of the Iraqi issue within the framework of the UN, urging the Iraqi government to implement...		Journalist dies WASHINGTON, March 21: Dr Hasan Ali Shahzeb, a leading Pakistani American activist and frequent contributor to Pakistani newspapers, including Dawn, died in a hospital near Washington on Friday....
WB to extend anti-drought programme QUETTA, March 21: The World Bank has agreed to extend its anti-drought “Dara Programme” for one more year and held out assurance to consider Balochistan’s request for the conversion of loans...		Punjab govt under fire in PA: Poor law and order LAHORE, March 21: The Punjab government came under severe criticism in the provincial legislature for its failure to maintain law and order in the country’s biggest province where nobody, from deputy...
Culprits to be taken to task, says law minister LAHORE, March 21: Law Minister Muhammad Basharat Raja assured the Punjab Assembly on Friday that PML(N) leader Rana Sanaullah Khan would be provided justice and the government would extend him all...		APC on Iraq in a few days: Sikandar OKARA, March 21: The government would convene an all-party conference within a few days to forge a national consensus on the Iraq issue, Defence Minister Rao Sikandar Iqbal said on Friday....
Govt urged not to sack lecturers TOBA TEK SINGH, March 21: The Government College for Women principal has urged the district government not to terminate the services of temporary lecturers which were appointed against vacant posts....		Increase in Reporting of crime, PA told LAHORE, March 21: There is an increase of 6,708 cases in the reported crimes in the last three years in the Punjab....
SHO, ASI suspended for ‘torturing’ elderly man GUJRANWALA, March 21: District Police Officer Saud Aziz on Friday suspended an SHO and an investigation officer for illegally detaining and torturing an elderly man....		Man shot dead LAHORE, March 21: A man was shot dead allegedly by his business partner over a money dispute on Lower Mall here on Friday....
UNHCR suspends relief operation PESHAWAR, March 21: The UNHCR and western relief agencies have suspended their operations in the NWFP and evacuated their expatriate staff from Peshawar due to security reasons, officials told Dawn here...		Thousands take part in anti-US rallies PESHAWAR, March 21: Streets echoed with anti-war slogans here on Friday as several thousand protesters, including university students, chanted slogans like “No war for oil”, and “Crush, crush America.”...
Government urged to solve water shortage problem KOHAT, March 21: The people of Shakardarra, who have been demanding provision of gas from the recently-discovered huge oil and gas reserves near the town, have asked the government to provide...		Tribesmen to observe strike PESHAWAR, March  21: Elders of the Kokikhel tribe of the Khyber Agency have threatened to go on hunger strike unto death, if the government failed to hand over land of Regi Lalma...
Sentence Commuted to 7-year jail term PESHAWAR, March 21: In an honour-related double murder case, a two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court commuted here on Thursday the death sentence of an appellant to seven years imprisonment....		Protest erupts over killing of girl by police van PESHAWAR, March 21: A six-year-old girl playing outside her home, was crushed under the wheels a police pick-up in front of Bhana Mari Police Station here on Friday....
Ex-Kabul police chief shot dead PESHAWAR, March 21: A former Kabul police chief, Nasir Ahmed, was shot dead by unidentified people near Khairkhana, a suburban settlement of Kabul, on March 18....		Demos condemn Iraq invasion SUKKUR, March 21: Processions were taken out in major cities and towns of Sindh on Friday while a strike was observed in some cities to protest against the US attack on...
Housing scheme case disposed of HYDERABAD, March 21: The Sindh High Court on Friday disposed of a constitutional petition after the director of the building control department said that action had been initiated against persons responsible...		MMA slams US-led attack on Iraq HYDERABAD, March 21: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has, in no uncertain terms, condemned the US-led invasion of Iraq and called upon the Muslim Ummah to forge unity to fight against what it...
Hesco decides to restore Moenjodaro’s power supply LARKANA, March 21: Hesco chief Tariq Arshad has agreed to restore power supply to the Moenjodaro archaeological site and reduce its dues from Rs6.3 million to Rs500,000....		Women councillors feel powerless HYDERABAD, March 21: Local women councillors have complained that they are unable to perform their supposed role as they are powerless, which has created a difficult situation for them....
Two policemen kidnapped JACOBABAD, March 21: Unidentified gunmen on Friday kidnapped two policemen, Rahimatullah Brohi and Abdul Wahab Buriro, from the Kajhi police picket in Rasaldar, Kandhkot besides seizing two official-issue sub-machine guns and...		Pest attacks wheat crop KHAIRPUR, March 21: Wheat crop has been infected with pest in Mirwah, Gambat, Kingri and Sobhodero talukas of Khairpur district....