April 5, 2003	Saturday	Safar 2, 1424

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Minister for revival of dialysis scheme ISLAMABAD, April 4: Health minister Mohammad Nasir Khan on Friday said the government would consider revival of the national dialysis treatment scheme (NDTS) in a cost effective way....		CM announces Rs200m package for Murree MURREE, April 4: The Punjab Chief Minister, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, on Friday announced a Rs200 million development package for Murree, besides Rs5 million for rehabilitation of the affected people of the...
Over 1.3m children suffering from Thalassaemia Major RAWALPINDI, April 4: More than 1.3 million children in Pakistan are suffering from the deadly disease of Thalassaemia Major....		Body formed to probe building collapse RAWALPINDI, April 4: Punjab chief minister Pervez Illahi on Friday constituted a six-member committee, headed by District Nazim Raja Tariq Kiani, to probe the cause of Bano Arcade collapse, which left...
MMA flays US-led invasion of Iraq RAWALPINDI, April 4: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) staged a demonstration here on Friday to condemn the US-led invasion of Iraq. Scores of people joined the procession....		Kutchi abadis’ regularization case sent to govt ISLAMABAD, April 4: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has sent references regarding regularization of kutchi abadis in four sectors and award of proprietary rights to I-9 Park settlers to the government...
Summary for appointment of PTV MD sent to PM Sectt ISLAMABAD, April 4: The information ministry has moved a summary before the Prime Minister Secretariat, proposing appointment of Akhtar Waqar Azim as the managing director of Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV), an...		Punjab teachers call for end to discrimination RAWALPINDI, April 4: Punjab Teachers Union (PTU) has called for end to what it termed the discriminatory treatment being meted out to them and urged that they should also be treated...
Dry weather predicted ISLAMABAD, April 4: The meteorological department here on Friday predicted mainly dry weather in most parts of the country with rain at a few places in Kashmir and adjoining areas in...		CDA amends auction plan ISLAMABAD, April 4: Capital Development Authority (CDA) has made changes in its plots auction plan to facilitate private builders, official sources told Dawn....
Woman alleges father-in-law set her on fire RAWALPINDI, April 4: A woman, who was shifted to the Rawalpindi General Hospital with 90 per cent burn injuries, has alleged that she was set on fire by her father-in-law....		Exams schedule for Kuwaiti candidates ISLAMABAD, April 4: Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) has decided to hold special examinations for the scheduled SSC (part-I) papers, which were not held due to closure of...
PID clarifies news report ISLAMABAD, April 4: The PID of the information ministry has regretted the issuance of a press release based on the information released by the US embassy regarding some procedural changes in...		50 million illiterate people in Pakistan: report ISLAMABAD, April 4: The number of illiterate people in Pakistan has increased from 10 million in 1951 to 50 million at present....
Taxes affect Balochistan industry, says Jam QUETTA, April 4: Withdrawal of tax holiday and imposition of new taxes on industry, including on Gadani ship-breaking industry, badly affected the sector, with scores of units closing as a result....		Doctor killed in Karachi KARACHI, April 4: A child specialist was shot dead at his clinic in New Karachi on Friday....
Gas royalty sought at market rate QUETTA, April 4: Balochistan will make every effort to secure royalty on its gas according to the existing market rates....		One dies in anti-poppy drive MOHMAND AGENCY, April 4: At least one law enforcer died and three sustained injuries when security forces clashed with poppy growers in the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas, officials said....
JWP slams attack on Iraq QUETTA, April 4: Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Bugti has condemned the invasion of Iraq by the US-led coalition....		Passengers’ screening at airports ordered RAWALPINDI, April 4: All international airports and seaports in the country have been told to screen passengers for the mysterious SARS pneumonia epidemic that has killed 80 people worldwide and infected...
Contaminated Imported tea seized QUETTA, April 4: Customs on Friday seized a consignment of contaminated black tea imported from Dubai at the National Logistics Cell’s dry port....		Two shot dead QUETTA, April 4: A police officer and another man were gunned down in Jafarabad and Mastung on Friday....
US attack condemned KOTLI, April 4: The Ittehad Bainul Muslimeen on Friday took out a procession to denounce the US attack on Iraq and show complete solidarity with the Iraqi brethren....		Jamali hails mega projects ISLAMABAD, April 4: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Friday said that the country will benefit immensely from the mega projects under completion in Balochistan....
15 Afghans held QUETTA, April 4: The border security forces on Thursday arrested 15 Afghans in Chaman for entering the country without legal documents....		Pakistan opposed to arms race: Khokhar BERLIN, April 4: Pakistan is opposed to nuclear and conventional arms race in South Asia and its priority continues to be economic revival, poverty eradication, good governance and strengthening of democracy,...
CM wants women to help uplift society KOHAT, April 4: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has stressed the need for women’s participation in all fields of life for bringing about positive change in society and promised to...		Doctors’ transfer orders cancelled BAJAUR, April 4: The NWFP secretary health has cancelled recent transfers of senior doctors in the Bajaur tribal agency and also withdrawn the powers of transfers and postings from the agency...
Doctors’ transfers violate LG Ord PESHAWAR, April 4: In apparent contravention of the provisions of the Local Government Ordinance, 2001, the provincial government bypassed director-general health, NWFP, in effecting postings and transfers of more than 290...		PPP asks Arabs to use oil as weapon PESHAWAR, April 4: The Pakistan People’s Party has called upon the Arab states to use oil as weapon against the US and British forces which want to occupy oil-rich lands of...
Boy commits suicide after corporal punishment HARIPUR, April 4: A student of 5th grade, who has attempted self-immolation after repeatedly punished by his teachers, died in village Kamilpur, Hattar on Thursday....		Man, daughter electrocuted DERA ISMAIL KHAN, April 4: A man and his daughter were electrocuted along with their five heads of cattle on Thursday in Rehmanikhel village  near Panyala....
Drug firms urged to use local resources PESHAWAR, April 4: NWFP Governor Iftikhar Husain Shah has stressed upon pharmacists and drug manufacturing companies to explore local resources for the benefit of the people....		PPP calls for end to Iraq war: Z.A. Bhutto’s death anniversary observed LARKANA, April 4: Leaders of the People’s Party Parliamentarians on Friday accused the international usurpers of denying Pakistani people a popular leadership....
Mazari force may be raised to fight against outlaws SUKKUR, April 4: The government of Sindh is considering a proposal to raise a private force, called the Mazari Force, to be deployed along the border between Sindh and Balochistan to...		Three of a family found dead in Larkana LARKANA, April 4: Three members of a family were found dead in mysterious circumstances in the locality of Ali Goharabad on Friday night....
Police staff’s salary deducted for paying compensation SUKKUR, April 4: On the order of a senior police official, Rs150 were deducted from the salary of each policeman of the district on Thursday....		Body formed to probe into Kashmor killings KARACHI, April 4: The Sindh government on Friday constituted a two-member committee, comprising Jacobabad DCO Buxial Khan Gudaro, and Karachi DIG (SRP) Mohammad Bachal Sangri to probe into the Kashmor killings,...
Sugar mills asked to pay growers’ dues THATTA, April 4: The district government has directed managements of the four sugar mills in Thatta district to pay growers within the next week and adjust the sugar cess recoveries so...		Consensus must for key water projects: MNA SHIKARPUR, April 4: Important water projects, including Kalabagh dam and the greater Thal canal, should be implemented after achieving consensus, MNA Dr Mohammad Ibrahim Jatoi said on Friday....
Protest against killing of Naib Nazim SUKKUR, April 4: Hundreds of people including many councillors and Nazims of Thul, Misripur and Mubarikpur areas blocked the Indus Highway as a protest against the murder of UC Naib....		New train JACOBABAD, April 4: Federal Minister for Railways Ghous Bux Mahar has said that people’s confidence towards the rail service has been restored....
Pakistan invincible, says Rashid LAHORE, April 4: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Friday that Pakistan had become invincible and that the government would not compromise national security under any...		Verdict on appeal against LFO reserved LAHORE, April 4: The Lahore High Court on Friday reserved judgment on an intra-court appeal, challenging the Legal Framework Order, when the petitioner failed to convince the court to hear his...
Clerks lock gates of university LAHORE, April 4: The All-Pakistan Clerks Association unit of the Punjab Education Department on Friday locked the gates of the University of Education and did not allow any official to enter...		Road blocked to protest ‘encounter’ killing SHEIKHUPURA, April 4: Residents of Makki 525 village and activists of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Jamaat-i-Islami and Jamaat-ud-Daawa on Friday protested against the killing of a youth allegedly by the Farooqabad Saddar police....
Tenants stage rallies against kidnapping MULTAN, April 4: Tenants of state-run agricultural and livestock farms in Khanewal and Okara districts took out protest processions on Friday to condemn the ‘kidnapping’ of their leaders....		SSPs of Lahore and Okara summoned LAHORE, April 4: The chief justice of the Lahore High Court on Friday directed the SSPs of Lahore and Okara to appear in person before him on April 7 and inform...
Eucalyptus banned in forests TOBA TEK SINGH, April 4: Punjab forest minister Dr Ashfaqur Rehman said on Friday that plantation of Eucalyptus trees had been banned in forests, because it was harmful for the environment....		PML-N slams Iraq policy BAHAWALPUR, April 4: Wrong internal and external policies of the government have led to the country’s isolation in the comity of nations particularly Muslim countries....