March 31, 2003	Monday	Muharram 27, 1424

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High pollen count to prevail in Capital ISLAMABAD, March 30: Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has started monitoring the intensity of pollen in the air to facilitate allergy victims in the capital....		Boy run over by van; girl sets herself afire RAWALPINDI, March 30: A nine-year-old boy was killed after being run over by a speeding pick-up van in Sihala, while a girl was burnt critically after she set herself on fire...
Teachers to be held accountable for dismal results ISLAMABAD, March 30: The teachers of the federal directorate-run institutions will be made accountable for showing dismal performance, and those coming up with good results will be awarded, the FDE director-general...		Drive against substandard bottled water launched ISLAMABAD, March 30: The Pakistan Council of Research on Water Resources (PCRWR) has launched a campaign against substandard and unlicensed brands of mineral water being sold in the market....
IT projects for BZU, Islamia University approved ISLAMABAD, March 30: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved a Rs30 million project for expansion of existing information technology infrastructure at Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, says an official statement....		Akhtar Waqar Azim likely to be made PTV MD ISLAMABAD, March 30: The deputy managing director of Pakistan Television (PTV), Akhtar Waqar Azim, is likely to be appointed as the next managing director of the corporation, sources told Dawn on...
CDA plot auction begins from 14th ISLAMABAD, March 30: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is organising a four-day open auction of residential and commercial plots in different sectors of the federal capital starting from April 14....		Encroachers trying to build mosque on park site ISLAMABAD, March 30: A group of prayer leaders are trying to grab land, allotted for Children Park in Model Town Humak Zimni, for building a mosque despite the fact that already...
NFC proposals to be consulted: Jam says deal on give-and-take basis QUETTA, March 30: The Balochistan government would finalize its demands and recommendations for the next National Finance Commission (NFC) award in consultation with all its coalition partners and other political parties...		US sees Kashmir massacre as threat to regional peace WASHINGTON, March 30: Avoiding the conflict between Pakistan and India is perhaps the most daunting challenge for the US in South Asia, says Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs...
Fertilizer prices may fall by Rs20 per bag ISLAMABAD, March 30: The fertilizer prices are expected to decrease by Rs20 per bag by the end of this week as the government has accepted an offer from the fertilizer industry...		JUI terms war on Iraq an act of terrorism QUETTA, March 30: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) Secretary-General Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri has demanded a trial against President Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in the International...
Pakistan to help Iraqis: Jamali JAFFERABAD, March 30: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali performed the earth-breaking ceremony of a gas supply scheme for Sohbatpur near here on Sunday....		Request made for return of ex-CM’s daughters LAHORE, March 30: A Sharif family spokesman Farrukh Shah confirmed on Sunday that an application had been sent to President Pervez Musharraf that two daughters of former Punjab chief minister Mian...
Four held for attacking police station TOBA TEK SINGH, March 30: Pirmahal police arrested four accused out of 60 who had attacked a police raiding party and the police station on March 3 at Chak 719-GB....		Envoys visit exhibition GUJRANWALA, March 30: The industrial exhibition of made in Gujranwala is continuing in Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park on the GT Road....
Mukhtaran Mai alleges pressure for patchup MULTAN, March 30: Mukhtaran Mai, the victim of notorious panchayat-enforced Meerwala gangrape, has accused the area police of pressing her family for striking a deal with three sodomy accused who had...		Housing scheme approved TOBA TEK SINGH, March 30: The district housing committee on Saturday approved a housing scheme for citizens of Kamalia on the Kamalia-Harappa road outside Kamalia town....
Three women commit suicide SAHIWAL, March 30: Three women committed suicide in different incidents during the last 24 hours....		Kachhi Canal: govt version LAHORE, March 30: In response to the March 26 Dawn report on Kachhi Canal, the Ministry of Water and Power has sent the following statement:...
Agri College principal dies FAISALABAD, March 30: Professor Dr Muhammad Aslam, Principal, Agriculture College, Dera Ghazi Khan, died of cardiac arrest here on Sunday....		College teachers’ posts vacant CHITRAL, March 30: The three government colleges here are facing shortage of teachers....
Accountability of dictators urged SUKKUR, March 30: Military dictators and the judiciary should be held accountable under Article 6 of the Constitution to restore true democracy in the country, People’s Party Parliamentarians’ MNA Khursheed Ahmed...		Migratory birds losing sanctuary LARKANA, March 30: Environmental degradation has hit one of the wildlife sanctuaries of Sindh, the Drigh Lake, decreasing the presence of migratory birds there in winter....
Water shortage in Gilgit GILGIT, March 30: The residents of Gilgit city have deplored an artificial drought created by the local municipal authorites for the last one and a half months....		Protest over Iraq war continues in Sindh HYDERABAD, March 30: People on Sunday continued to hold protest demonstrations throughout Sindh to condemn the US-led invasion of Iraq....
Kidnapped cops return SUKKUR, March 30: Two police constables, Abdul Wahab Buriro and Rehmatullah Brohi, who were kidnapped by bandits from the Kajli police check-post last week, returned home on Sunday....		Leghari sees no threat to other Muslim states KOHAT, March 30: Former president and chief of the Millat Party, Sardar Farooq ...
Two killed, in accident JACOBABAD, March 30: Two persons were killed and two injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a car on the National Highway near Qadri Darbar here on Sunday....		Three more sites to be put on heritage list LAHORE, March 30: Three more archaeological sites in the country — Harappa in Punjab, Mehrgarh in Baluchistan and Rehman Dheri in the NWFP — are being put on the Unesco’s World...
NGOs for boycott of US, UK products LAHORE, March 30: Over 1,000 members of various NGOs from all over the country took out a procession outside the Lahore Press Club on Sunday to protest against the US-led invasion...		Defectors not to be expelled, says PPP LAHORE, March 30: The PPP is not expelling defecting legislators from its ranks to strengthen its legal case to have them unseated as lawmakers, party’s provincial president said here on Saturday....
Parallel UN urged LAHORE, March 30: Millat Party Information Secretary Brig Muhammad Yousaf (retired) says Asian and African countries should set up a parallel United Nations with the help of anti-US states like China,...		Peace march LAHORE, March 30: Hundreds of women participated in a walk against war on Iraq from the Qadhafi Stadium here on Sunday....
Seminar on Madhu Lal Husain LAHORE, March 30: A seminar in connection with the Urs of Hazrat Madhu Lal Husain was held at Saadat Public High School, Singhpura, here on Sunday....		Sickness allowance up LAHORE, March 30: The Punjab government has decided to enhance the daily allowance payable to the sick registered industrial workers and their families from Rs40 to Rs100....