March 29, 2003	Saturday	Muharram 25, 1424

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MPs ask US, UK to pull out forces from Iraq ISLAMABAD, March 28: Pigeons were released and a “peace” torch was lit during a joint protest demonstration of politicians and human rights activists on Friday to condemn the US-led forces attack...		Drive against educational institutions’ privatization RAWALPINDI, March 28: On the call of Punjab Professors and Lecturers Association (PPLA), the teachers community on Friday launched a protest campaign against the privatization policy of the Punjab government till...
Transfer order of TMO issued RAWALPINDI, March 27: The Punjab government has issued transfer order of Tehsil Municipal Officer Col Najam (retired)....		Rind vows to eradicate fatal livestock diseases ISLAMABAD, March 28: The federal minister for food, agriculture and livestock, Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind, has vowed to eliminate diseases in livestock as it is the backbone of agriculture sector and...
Setting up of bodies to regulate NGOs suggested ISLAMABAD, March 28: The Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy (PCP) has recommended setting up of autonomous commissions both at national and provincial levels for regularization of civil society organizations....		Water pollution aggravates in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, March 28: Direct disposal of human waste and garbage into water channels by the dwellers of Kutcha Abadis in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) is aggravating water pollution....
PML-Q sending relief goods to Iraq ISLAMABAD, March 28: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-i-Azam (PML-Q) will collect relief goods including medicines from all over the country to forward these to Iraqi people who are sufferings due to US-led attack....		Driving training mandatory for rules violators RAWALPINDI, March 28: The drivers of public transport vehicles, found violating traffic rules, will soon have to undergo a mandatory two-week reformative driving training at a traffic school, officials of traffic...
PPP kept away from LFO body: Rabbani ISLAMABAD, March 28: Pakistan People’s Party acting secretary-general Raza Rabbani on Friday said his party was intentionally kept away from a parliamentary committee formed to settle the controversial LFO....		CBR facilitates capital-based industrialists ISLAMABAD, March 28: The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has shifted ‘Range 5’ Rawalpindi Branch to Islamabad to meet the demands of firms based in the federal capital....
Bush revived American imperialism: Noorani RAWALPINDI, March 28: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) president, Maulana Shah Ahmed Noorani, has said US president George W. Bush has revived American imperialism by invading Iraq....		Court orders chopping of convict’s hand, foot RAWALPINDI, March 28: The judge of anti-terrorists court No 1, Manzoor Ahmed Mirza, on Friday ordered chopping of a hand and foot of a person who had escaped with four other...
LFO not part of Constitution, insist senators: Heated debate continues ISLAMABAD, March 28: The controversial Legal Framework Order again generated heat in the Senate on Friday, when some pro-Musharraf senators tried to defend the document as a legitimate piece of legislation....		Pakistan wants Iraqis be given resources’ control UNITED NATIONS, March 28: Deploring the use of force to resolve the Baghdad crisis, Pakistan on Thursday underscored the need for planned and coordinated humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people....
PPP to increase mass contacts DUBAI, March 28: The Pakistan People’s Party has decided to organize anti-war demonstrations in the country and strengthen its campaign against the Legal Framework Order (LFO) in and outside the parliament....		Anti-war demos held in Balochistan QUETTA, March 28: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, a key component of Muttahida Majlis Amal, and Federation of Non-governmental Organizations (FNGO) staged protest demonstrations against US-led invasion of Iraq, here on Friday....
15 TNSM leaders released TIMERGARH, March 28: Fifteen members of the Tehrik-i-Nifaz-i-Shariah Muhammadi (TNSM) including some of its key leaders were released from the central prison D.I. Khan on Friday....		Musharraf visits NDC ISLAMABAD, March 28: President Gen Pervez Musharraf visited the National Defence College on Friday, where he attended an exercise ‘Qaumi Baqa’ by the participants of the national defence course....
Nabi Jamali laid to rest QUETTA, March 28: Former Balochistan minister and member of Senate Mir Abdul Nabi Jamali was laid to rest in the ancestral graveyard of the Jamali family in Rojhan Jamali, on Friday....		Cabinet expansion in first week of April likely ISLAMABAD, March 28: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali is set to expand his cabinet in the first week of April, informed sources told Dawn on Thursday. “It could even be...
Fata reforms stalled after 9/11: governor PESHAWAR, March 28: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said the government had already completed a package aimed at effecting drastic changes in the Frontier Crime Regulations in Fata, but...		Citizen Information centres to be set up PESHAWAR, March 28: The NWFP government in collaboration with donor agencies will set up citizens information centres in all districts of the province, officials said....
Protesters divert irrigation water THATTA, March 28: Hundreds of protesters, accompanied by a Muttahida MPA, Heer Soho, on Friday forcibly released water in six distributaries of the Ganj Bahar Canal by raising regulator gates at...		Strategy finalized to strike against bandits SUKKUR, March 28: The Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab police have finalized the strategy for launching an intensive anti- bandit operation, Sindh IGP Syed Kamal Shah said on Friday....
Demo held against Iraq war HYDERABAD, March 28: An anti-war rally was brought out here after the Friday prayers here....		Govt to crack down on land grabbers: Pervaiz GUJRAT, March 28: The government will take action against land grabbers and those who have unlicensed arms, Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi pledged on Friday....
Food dept closes 8 purchase centres VEHARI, March 28: The provincial food department has closed eight wheat purchase centres in the district....		Five food officials summoned: Gunny bags scam SARGODHA, March 28: An anti-corruption court has summoned five officials of the district food department with relevant record of the gunny bags allegedly sold by them....
People complain of poor PTCL service SARGODHA, March 28: Telephone subscribers of the Iqbal Colony have complained of poor service provided by the exchange....		MPA’s men ‘beat’ health centre in charge GUJRANWALA, March 28: The medical officer in charge of the Ghakkhar rural health centre was beaten up allegedly by the men of an MPA for not attending to the patients and...
Businessmen to fund 500 schools FAISALABAD, March 28: Local traders and industrialists have pledged to support a plan to improve infrastructure in 500 schools of the district....		Minor’s heirs protest against furnace owners GUJRANWALA, March 28: The heirs of a minor girl, who died after inhaling furnace emissions, demonstrated on the Muslim Road against the furnace owners here on Friday....
Foreign investment needs security MULTAN, March 28: Germany, China, Russia and France are not forming a bloc though they share identical views on certain international issues, including the Iraq crisis....		SHO removed for registering fake case LAHORE, March 28: Sattukatla SHO was suspended from service on Friday on the charges of registering a fake case against a man and keeping him in illegal detention....
Man injured by robbers dies LAHORE, March 28: A man, who was shot at and wounded by robbers on Wednesday, died in the Mayo Hospital on Friday....		Protest LAHORE, March 28: The Joint Action Committee of teachers, doctors and students on Friday launched its protest movement by hoisting black flags on educational and health institutions against privatization, boards of...
IT: ‘unversed’ teachers sent to America LAHORE, March 28: Two Centre of High Energy Physics (CHEP) teachers having no degree or experience in the field of Information Technology (IT), have been sent to the US by the...		Punjab village census LAHORE, March 28: The seventh five-yearly village census will be conducted in the Punjab from April to June....
PBC members not to boycott SC judges LAHORE, March 28: Punjab Bar Council vice-chairman Muhammad Arif Chaudhry on Saturday withdrew a PBC decision to boycott the Supreme Court judges for their acceptance of a three-year extension in their...		Leghari opposes US, UK plans LAHORE, March 28: The Millat Party President, Farooq Leghari, has opposed the Anglo-American move to install a government of their choice in Iraq after ousting President Saddam Hussein, saying no country...
PPAF has helped over 2m LAHORE, March 28: More than two million people in 80 districts have so far benefited from the $107 million Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund’s micro credit and infrastructure schemes during the last...		Mela Chiraghan begins today LAHORE, March 28: The three-day annual Urs of Hazrat Madho Lal Husain, popularly known as Mela Chiraghan, will begin here on Saturday....
PML-Q must end ‘confrontation’ LAHORE, March 28: MNA Hamid Nasir Chattha proposed on Friday that the PML-Q government should play the role of a bridge between President Pervez Musharraf and opposition parties to bring an...		Govt depts owe Rs540m to Lesco LAHORE, March 28: The Water and Sanitation Agency and the Ravi Paper Mills are among top 20 government and private defaulters of the Lahore Electric Supply Company who owed it Rs.834.64...
Inquiry LAHORE, March 28: Federal Railways Inspector will hold an inquiry into the derailment of 20-Up Shah Rukne Alam Express between Mirpur Mathelo and Dharki at the Mirpur Mathelo Railway Station on...		MMA observes black day LAHORE, March 28: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal observed a black day on Friday to protest against the US invasion of Iraq....