March 24, 2003	Monday	Muharram 20, 1424

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Public service bodies formed in 58 districts ISLAMABAD, March 23: District Public Service Commissions (DPSCs) have been formed in 58 districts of the country, a local government ministry report said....		New City scam victims seek reimbursement ISLAMABAD, March 23: A delegation of retired government servants, who had applied for plots in Islamabad New City project, has met President Gen Pervez Musharraf and called for early reimbursement of...
RCB purchases 10 mini-dumpers to improve services RAWALPINDI, March 23: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) has purchased 10 mini-dumpers and recruited 70 sanitary workers to improve its sanitation services, official sources told Dawn....		Illiteracy makes under-trial women prisoners suffer ISLAMABAD, March 23: Illiteracy, poverty and lack of awareness about legal procedures are the major handicaps confronting the under-trial women prisoners....
‘Diseases, lack of health care system giving rise to poverty’ ISLAMABAD, March 23: A glaring fact, which has yet to enter the official vocabulary and is absent even in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), is the role of high prevalence...		Autonomous status for Gordon College sought ISLAMABAD, March 23: The Old Boys Association of Gordon College at its meeting held here on Saturday adopted a resolution asking the Punjab government to grant autonomous status to the college....
PTI chief condemns US invasion of Iraq ISLAMABAD, March 23: The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman, Imran Khan, has condemned the US invasion of Iraq....		Hospitals yet to adopt DOTS strategy RAWALPINDI, March 23: Hospitals are yet to adopt Directly Observed Therapy Short-Course (DOTS) strategy for treatment of tuberculosis that claims more lives than any other curable infectious disease....
Pakistan Day ceremonies cancelled RAWALPINDI, March 23: The civic agencies and educational institutional institutions have cancelled all their Pakistan Day ceremonies to express their solidarity with the Iraqi people, it has been learnt....		290MW GBHP unit to start working by June ATTOCK, March 23: The Ghazi Barotha Hydropower Project (GBHP) is nearing completion as the deadline for the commissioning of its first 290 mega watt unit is set as June of the...
PPP calls for end to Iraq war ISLAMABAD, March 23: The acting secretary-general of Pakistan People’s Party,Mian Raza Rabbani, has said the PPP regretted the unleashing of full military might against Iraq as thousands of guided weapons pounded...		Pakistan Day celebrated, awards conferred ISLAMABAD, March 23: The 63rd Pakistan Day was marked on Sunday with enthusiasm and solemnity with the renewed pledge to safeguard the ideological and geographical boundaries of the motherland....
Protesters block National Highway QUETTA, March 23: All kinds of vehicular traffic remained suspend between Quetta and Karachi for more than 12 hours as landlords and growers staged a sit-in on National Highway to press...		Help sought to prevent deportation WASHINGTON, March 23: A prominent Pakistani advocacy group is urging the Pakistani community to help prevent the deportation of a legal immigrant who has been in detention for over a year....
US attack on Iraq condemned QUETTA, March 23: A protest demonstration was held in Pashtoonabad on Sunday by a social welfare organization, Khidmat-i-Khalq, against the United States attack on Iraq....		Pakistani held, released in US NEW YORK, March 23: The Pakistani businessman arrested by the US authorities on Friday on charges of money laundering was released six hours after his arrest....
123 teachers sacked QUETTA, March 23: The Balochistan government has sacked 123 schoolteachers with immediate effect after they were found to have produced fake educational documents for getting job, official sources said....		Accords for Afghan DPs return signed KABUL, March 23: Afghanistan has signed agreements on the repatriation of refugees from Pakistan and the Netherlands, a spokeswoman for the United Nations said on Sunday....
Nusrat improves ISLAMABAD, March 23: Former first lady Nusrat Bhutto is progressing satisfactorily in the Iranian Hospital in Dubai where she underwent surgery last week....		Lawyers march flays US attack MARDAN, March 23: Lawyers community of Mardan took out a protest procession on Sunday to condemn the US attack on Iraq and demanded of the UN to put an immediate end...
Police asked to ensure witnesses’ appearance: Judiciary wants burden reduced PESHAWAR, March 23: Criminal Justice Coordination Committee has directed the police to ensure the appearance of witnesses before courts to reduce the number of pending cases....		Compensation as per WB suggestions demanded HARIPUR, March 23: Tehsil Nazim Haripur Iftikhar Ahmed Khan has rejected the compensation package announced by the former government for those affected by the Tarbela Dam project, and demanded that compensation...
PML-N condemns invasion of Iraq PESHAWAR, March 23: Pak-istan Muslim League (Nawaz) condemning the US invasion has asked the UN to help halt the strikes against innocent people of Iraq, said a press release on Sunday....		One injured in grenade attack DERA ISMAIL KHAN, March 23: One person was injured in a grenade attack here on Saturday night....
Children’s plight highlighted PESHAWAR, March 23: Many children in the third world countries are being used in wars and people consider them heroes and, those who are killed, martyrs, lamented a Sri Lankan doctor...		Recycling needed to save water FAISALABAD. March 23: Scientists should introduce water-recycling technology to meet water shortage, says Prof Dr Khalid Mehmood, Vice-Chancellor of the Barani...
Two women raped OKARA, March 23: Two women were abducted and raped in different parts of the district during the last 24 hours....		Education for All SARGODHA, March 23: District Nazim Malik Amjad Ali Noon has said that the district government will introduce quality education in Sargodha under the Education for All programme in collaboration with Unicef...
Body formed to survey roads FAISALABAD, March 23: The provincial government has constituted a three-member committee for conducting a ‘comprehensive survey’ of all the highways for repair and relaying....		Farmer injured by dacoits TOBA TEK SINGH, March 23: Dacoits injured a farmer on resistance in Chak 323-JB, Qiampur, on Saturday night....
Booked for corruption GUJRANWALA, March 23: The agriculture department’s chief engineer and head cashier were booked by the anti-corruption establishment on charges of corruption here on Sunday....		Killed KASUR, March 23: Two people were killed in as many road accidents here during the last 24 hours....
Transport package for students soon SHEIKHUPURA, March 23: The Punjab government will soon announce a transport package for students....		Ummah bound to wage Jihad: Noorani LAHORE, March 23: Opposition parties on Sunday denounced the US-led attack on Iraq and Pakistan government’s apologetic attitude towards the issue at Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s million-man march....
Transfers, postings banned in Punjab LAHORE, March 23: The Punjab government on Sunday banned transfers and postings of its functionaries to ensure “smooth running of its affairs and discourage MPAs”. The ban will remain effective till...		Million-man march facilitated: Shujaat LAHORE, March 23: Chaudhry Shujaat Husain says since there is no tradition of governments holding protest marches on any issue, the PML-Q government “facilitated” the Sunday million-man march organized by religious...
Annual Mela Chiraghan to start on 29th LAHORE, March 23: The annual Urs of Hazrat Madho Lal Husain, popularly known as Mela Chiraghan, will begin here from March 29....		Pakistan first slogan ‘against’ humanity LAHORE, March 23: PML-N’s Punjab president Zulfiqar Khosa has described the ‘Pakistan first of all’ slogan against the national respect and humanity under the present circumstances....
PhD must for UET professorship LAHORE, March 23: The University of Engineering and Technology syndicate has unanimously decided that the faculty members not having a PhD degree will not be considered for appointment as a professor...		PPP leaders meet Benazir LAHORE, March 23: PPP leaders at a meeting with their chairperson Benazir Bhutto in Dubai on Sunday exchanged views on the Iraq crisis, the Legal Framework Order and party matters....