April 4, 2003	Friday	Safar 1, 1424

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Local govt system to stay: Punjab CM ISLAMABAD, April 3: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has said the local government system will not be abolished....		PIA earns over Rs2bn profit after 5 years loss RAWALPINDI, April 3: The Pakistan International Airlines has earned a profit fo Rs2.110 billion in the year 2002 after five consecutive years of suffering losses amounting to more than Rs12 billion....
PPP leader for observing April 4 as black day ISLAMABAD, April 3: The central leader of Pakistan People’s Party and Member of Punjab Bar Association, Habibullah Shakir, has called upon the people to observe April 4, the death anniversary of...		Media persons question viability of devolution plan BHURBAN, April 3: Electronic and print media representatives questioned ‘credibility, viability and evolution of Gen Musharraf’s devolution plan’ and pointed out administrative and procedural loopholes in its implementation at a three-day...
JAS begins long march to protest Iraq invasion RAWALPINDI, April 3: Scores of supporters of Jamaat Ahle Sunnat Pakistan (JASP) began their long march here on Thursday in protest against the US-led invasion of Iraq....		Benazir Bhutto felicitates Jahangir Badr ISLAMABAD, April 3: The PPP chairperson, Benazir Bhutto, has felicitated Jahangir Badr on his release on bail....
SC to conclude hearing of 700 cases ISLAMABAD, April 3: The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would conclude hearing of over 700 cases pertaining to the recruitment of over 1,000 persons, who were inducted in the Sui...		PML-N calls for review of foreign policy ISLAMABAD, April 3: Taking exception to the Indian threat of launching pre-emptive attack on Pakistan, Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) on Thursday said India would have to face a united Pakistani nation...
PID issues US embassy press release ISLAMABAD, April 3: The Press Information Department on Thursday issued a Press release of the US embassy regarding some changes about the non-immigrant visa to the United States of America....		Religious extremism bad omen for S Asia: speakers ISLAMABAD, April 3: Speakers at an open dialogue envisaged a disastrous future for South Asia if growing religious extremism was not checked in the region....
India blamed for arms buildup in South Asia UNITED NATIONS, April 3: Pakistan on Tuesday criticized India for the arms buildup in South Asia, causing growing imbalance in conventional military capability, and stressed that “the principal threats to international...		Shujaat hints at accord with MMA ISLAMABAD, April 3: PML-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said talks with Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on the contentious articles of the Legal Framework Order are close to reaching an understanding....
Benazir asks people to discard LFO ISLAMABAD, April 3: Former premier and PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto has asked all the democratic forces to fight for the sovereignty of the people and the parliament. We all must join...		Shahbaz’s daughters to return from US LAHORE, April 3: The wife and two daughters of exiled PML-N president Mian Shahbaz Sharif are expected to return here from the United States on Saturday or Sunday....
Govt asked to reduce oil prices ISLAMABAD, April 3: The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) has asked the government to let the benefit of low oil prices in the international market trickle down to the public by bringing...		Two Al Qaeda suspects held in Peshawar ISLAMABAD, April 3: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid has said that security agencies Thursday arrested two suspected Al Qaeda operatives in Peshawar....
UAE to deport illegal workers DUBAI, April 3: The UAE authorities are firm not to extend the amnesty period for illegal workers despite a slow progress and a poor response. The amnesty period that started on...		Pakistan-India talks urged LONDON, April 3: Britain on Thursday again urged Pakistan and India to sort out differences through dialogue and engagement....
Man killed QUETTA, April 3: A man was killed and two others injured when a tractor hit a landmine in Chamalang coal mine area in Kohlu district....		Report highlights appalling brick kiln conditions KARACHI, April 3: In its recently-released study on forced labour in Pakistan (Labour, Debt and Bondage in Brick Kilns) the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER), Karachi, has strongly...
Scholarship funds may lapse LARKANA, April 3: Funds sanctioned by the ministry of religious affairs for its scholarship programme may lapse because of the slow pace of work by the local district education and Zakat...		35 booked for Kashmor killings SUKKUR, April 3: A case has been registered against 35 outlaws, including 10 unidentified persons, allegedly involved in the Kashmor killings, in which 15 persons were killed on Monday....
Dacoits fire rockets on house SUKKUR April 3: Dacoits belonging to the gang of Sajan Suhrani fired rockets on the house of a man, Tahir Wasan, as a result of which its roof was blown off...		District council rejects schemes MIRPURKHAS, April 3: The district council, Mirpurkhas, has rejected schemes worth Rs21 million prepared for the Citizens Community Board amidst protest by the council members here on Thursday....
Man kills teenage daughter KHAIRPUR, April 3: A teenaged girl was killed by her father on the pretext of Karo-kari in the Fateh Ali Chandio village, Kingri taluka, on Wednesday....		Demo held against oil companies DADU, April 3: Hundreds of residents of Johi and Sehwan talukas held a demonstration outside the press club here on Thursday to protest against the refusal of the BHP and Lasmo...
Dist govt okays uplift projects SHIKARPUR, April 3: The district government has approved 16 development schemes for Khanpur, Lakhi, Garhi Yasin and Shikarpur, allocating Rs14.71 million under the forth phase of the Khushhal Pakistan Programme, DCO...		Admission DADU, April 3: Admissions to the Army Public School, Dadu, at college level would begin in coming week, said Brig Anwar Ali Khan here on Thursday....
Historian sees changed world after war HYDERABAD, April 3: Noted historian and intellectual Dr Mubarak Ali has said that the people of Iraq are fighting against the invaders not to save Saddam Hussain but to protect their...		CM stresses need to end beggary PESHAWAR, April 3: Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has stressed the need for joint efforts to eliminate beggary, and rehabilitate drug addicts and the women in distress....
US curbs hamper ME charity agencies PESHAWAR, April 3: After the US government’s adoption of measures to curb illegal money transactions among terrorist groups,  charities from the Middle East and other countries have begun to avoid sending cash donations...		Rains destroy crops in Kohat KOHAT,  April 3: Heavy rains lashed Kohat division and adjoining tribal areas for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday, destroying standing crops and guava orchards, the farmer’s main source of income....
‘Govt, opposition united on Iraq’ MINGORA, April 3: Federal Minister for Water and Power and Northern Areas Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has expressed hope that the National Assembly will also follow the Senate and adopt a...		NWFP CM to visit Kohat KOHAT, April 3: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani will inspect the Khandar Dam during on his visit to Kohat on Friday....
2 kidnapped in Khyber Agency LANDHI KOTAL, April 3: An official of the communications and works (C&W) department and a government contractor were kidnapped by unidentified hijackers in Landhi Kotal Tehsil of Khyber Agency on Wednesday evening....		LHC wants it left to parliament’s will: Judges’ retirement-age issue LAHORE, April 3: The Lahore High Court on Thursday proposed that the fate of a three-year increase in the age of superannuation for superior court judges under the LFO, should be...
Five doctors leaving for Iraq with drugs, food LAHORE, April 3: The Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) will send its first mission of five doctors to Iraq in a couple of days....		4 AMP activists ‘picked up’ LAHORE, April 3: The Rangers and police “illegally” picked up two leaders and two workers of the Anjuman-i-Mazareen Punjab here on Wednesday, claimed Farooq Tariq of the Pakistan Labour Party at...
Roads: housing sponsors refuse to pay share LAHORE, April 3: Private housing schemes’ sponsors have brought to halt the construction of two important roads meant for linking the new housing schemes in southern Lahore, by refusing to pay...		A ‘wake-up’ call for Arab, other Muslim states LAHORE, April 3: The Iraq war is a wake-up call for the Arab and other Muslim countries that they should get united to achieve technological advancement to meet future challenges....
Contractor held for substandard meat supply LAHORE, April 3: A Punjab Institute of Mental Health contractor was arrested on Thursday for supplying sub-standard meat for consumption of the patients....		JI, MMA support traders’ demands LAHORE, April 3: Jamaat-i-Islami naib amir and MMA leader Liaquat Baloch has announced full support of his party and the alliance for the demands of all-Pakistan traders convention held in Bahawalpur...
SC adjourns Khwajas’ case until 9th LAHORE, April 3: A full bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing on an appeal against the decision of Lahore High Court upholding the two elder Khwajas’ detention,...		Gakkhar RHC MO suspended: ‘Humiliating’ MPA GUJRANWALA, April 3: Gakkhar Rural Health Centre in-charge Dr Muhammad Akram Bagri was suspended from service on Thursday on the charge of humiliating an MPA....
PSP officers resent delay in promotion FAISALABAD, April 3: Inordinate delay in promotion of police officers of the 1979-80 batch has left the Police Service of Pakistan officers frustrated....		Uproar mars tehsil Council session FAISALABAD, April 3: A session of the tehsil council was prorogued by the Speaker when pandemonium broke out in the house here on Thursday....
Economic crisis to be over soon: minister SIALKOT, April 3: Federal Industries and Production minister Liaqat Ali Jatoi said on Thursday the country would soon come out of economic crisis that had been caused by the US-led invasion...		Naib Nazim kills father, injures brother GUJRANWALA, April 3: A Naib Nazim shot dead his father and injured his brother seriously while another of his brothers shot dead killer’s wife over a property dispute in Sardar Colony...
MMA marches to Multan with a ‘million’ MULTAN, April 3: Taking its million-man march to Multan, the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal is all set to condemn the US-led aggression against Iraq today....		No court help in defectors’ case: Gilani MULTAN, April 3: The Pakistan People’s Party does not want to initiate legal proceedings against its defectors before judges who have yet to take oath under the ‘restored’ Constitution....