April 7, 2003	Monday	Safar 4, 1424

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Imran slams govt’s stance on US invasion of Iraq ISLAMABAD April 6: Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf Imran Khan on Sunday warned that the government’s soft stand on the US- led aggression against Iraq was not going to spare Pakistan from becoming...		5 plaza owners arrested for poor construction RAWALPINDI, April 6: The district police, in a crackdown on Sunday, arrested five plaza owners for allegedly carrying out substandard construction, while the owner of Bano Arcade which collapsed on Friday,...
Increase in police salary recommended ISLAMABAD, April 6: The pay structure of police department needs to be revised to improve its performance....		Sales boy still under debris of collapsed plaza RAWALPINDI, April 6: The search for a sales boy, who is presumed to be still under the debris of the collapsed building in Commercial Market, resumed on Sunday morning after suspension...
Benazir shocked over building collapse tragedy ISLAMABAD, April 6: Former prime minister and Chairperson of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Benazir Bhutto has expressed her grief over the death of six persons and injuries to two dozens people...		Local numbers for diplomatic vehicles ISLAMABAD, April 6: The government has allowed allocation of local registration numbers for vehicles being used by the diplomats and staff of the US embassy and the British High Commission in...
No check on rates, quality of items at Sunday bazaars RAWALPINDI, April 6: There is no official check on the sale of substandard commodities at the local Sunday bazaars....		Scholarship exams on 12th RAWALPINDI, April 6: The scholarship examination for class fifth and eighth students will be held on April 12....
Fire erupts at Bhara Kahu phone exchange RAWALPINDI, April 6: A fire that erupted at Bhara Kahu telephone exchange on Sunday night completely gutted an electric generator plunging the building into darkness, eyewitnesses said....		NARC issues notice to security agency for poor performance ISLAMABAD, April 6: A deputy director of the National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) has served notice on a private security agency for the failure of its guards to perform according to...
Demos against invasion of Iraq held RAWALPINDI, April 6: The activists of Anjuman Janesaraan-i- Ahl-i-Bait on Sunday took out a rally against the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq....		HEC launches support scheme ISLAMABAD, April 6: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has launched a scheme entitled ‘young talent support programme in higher education’ for all public sector universities and institutions in Pakistan....
Quetta to get Rs6bn for water project ISLAMABAD, April 6: The government has approved Rs6 billion for a Quetta water supply project, out of which Rs300 million have already been released to cover the cost of its first...		2 die, 4 wounded in Indian shelling MUZAFFARABAD, April 6: A man and a woman died and four people were wounded in Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday in Indian shelling from across the Line of Control....
President to be briefed on meetings about LFO ISLAMABAD, April 6: President General Pervez Musharraf will be formally apprised of the outcome of the MMA-PML-Q meetings on the issue of Legal Framework Order....		PPP accuses govt of harassing MPA ISLAMABAD, April 6: The People’s Party Parliamentarians has alleged that one of its Sindh Assembly members is being harassed and asked the provincial government to stop victimization of political opponents....
Agricultural plan on the cards ISLAMABAD, April 6: The federal government is expected to announce an agricultural package any time soon including flat power rates for tubewells to reduce input costs so that the local produce...		Eight killed in Kashmir violence SRINAGAR, April 6: Indian troops shot dead seven Muslim Kashmiris in separate encounters in occupied Kashmir, while a civilian died in a mine explosion, police said on Sunday....
‘Iraq war a clash between forces of war, peace’ HYDERABAD, April 6: Noted historian and intellectual Dr Mubarak Ali has said the US-led attack on Iraq is a clash between forces of peace and war....		Privatization to be discussed ISLAMABAD, April 6: The first meeting of the newly constituted Privatization Commission Board will be held on Monday to formulate recommendations for accelerated privatization of public sector entities....
US, UK urged to help resolve Kashmir issue ISLAMABAD, April 6: Information and Broadcasting Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said of Sunday that the United States and United Kingdom should play their role in seeking resolution of the Kashmir issue...		‘CII to study laws made during mly rule’ ISLAMABAD, April 6: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has said it will examine all the enactments made in the last three years to determine if the legislative measures of the...
Gulf ministerial meeting today KUWAIT CITY, April 6: Kuwait has called for an extraordinary meeting on Monday of Gulf foreign ministers to discuss “regional developments and concerns,” the state KUNA news agency reported....		Two workers killed by colleagues PESHAWAR, April 6: Two employees of a glass factory were killed by their colleagues in Hayatabad Industrial Area on Saturday night....
World Health Day today ISLAMABAD, April 6: The World Health Day will be observed on Monday....		Expansion of Irsa likely ISLAMABAD, April 6: The government is likely to expand the Indus River System Authority by inducting three non-voting members and place it under the cabinet division instead of the existing water...
Shujaat rejects Hafiz Husain’s claim on LFO MULTAN, April 6: The MMA stalwart and JUI-F deputy secretary-general, MNA Hafiz Husain Ahmad, claimed on Sunday that the government had agreed to bring the controversial Legal Framework Order to Parliament...		Education moot for uniform curriculum LAHORE, April 6: The fifth International Education Conference has recommended that a uniform curriculum should be implemented in all educational institutions of the country....
Sargodha Industrial Estate falling apart SARGODHA, April 6: Thirty-two industrial units in the Sargodha Industrial Estate are likely to close down in near future for lack of basic infrastructure — which was supposed to be provided...		Mazaris demand Security beef-up DERA GHAZI KHAN, April 6: The weekly cattle market at Rojhan Mazari Chowk on Indus Highway lacked routine activity on Saturday....
Councillor kidnapped, tortured KASUR, April 6: A labour councillor was kidnapped and tortured on Sunday by eight armed men over an election row in Ladi Illahabad village....		Tenants’ assembly in Okara today OKARA, April 6: The Anjuman Mazareen Punjab has declared all set for Monday’s convention in village 10/4-L on military farms which will also be addressed by ARD leaders, including Nawabzada Nasrullah...
Tribesmen told to hand over kidnapped boy LANDI KOTAL, April 6: The political administration of Khyber Agency in Bara sub-division has set April 7 as deadline for the Shalobar tribe to hand over a minor who was kidnapped...		Govt urged to use tobacco cess for growers uplift SWABI, April 6: Parliamentarians, district government representatives and the Anjuman-i-Kashthkaran have demanded of the government to spend Rs68 million tobacco cess on the development of tobacco cultivating areas of the NWFP....
106kg drug seized KOHAT, April 6: The staff of the Kohat Anti-Narcotics Force seized 106kgs of high quality drugs being smuggled to down country from Darra Adamkhel via Kohat in two separate cases during...		11 arrested, arms seized PESHAWAR, April 6: The local police arrested 11 people and seized arms and ammunition including hand grenades during raids on different premises here at Tehkal Bala on Sunday....
Trade directory ABBOTTABAD, April 6: The director of the Export Promotion Bureau, Hazara, A. R. Jadoon, has said that the EPB will publish a trade directory of the Hazara....		Teachers’ federation rejects transfers CHITRAL, April 6: The All Education Employees Federation Chitral president, Shah Jahan Khan, has given one week to the government to revise the transfer orders of school teachers and threatened of...
Durrani seeks public help to curb crime HANGU, April 6: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said the government would take all necessary steps to curb crime and eliminate elements providing shelter to criminals involved in heinous...		Two cops among four killed in encounter DERA ISMAIL KHAN, April 6: Four people, including two policemen, were killed when some proclaimed offenders travelling in a pickup opened fire on a police party on the Dera-Bannu Road here...
Body formed on new exam system LAHORE, April 6: The Punjab Education Department has constituted a five-member committee to reevaluate the “Examination reforms and internal assessment system” notified on March 22 last year and implemented for the...		Tevta’s BS-19 posts in seven cities downgraded LAHORE, April 6: All BS-19 posts in the Government Commercial Training Institutes (GCTIs) of seven cities of the province have been downgraded to BS-18, it was learnt....
UHS to start operation soon LAHORE, April 6: The University of Health Sciences will soon be made operational, Punjab Chief Secretary Hafeez Akhtar said on Sunday....		Solid waste collection to be privatized on UC basis LAHORE, April 6: After failure of its attempt to devolve sanitation to the union council level, the City District Government has now decided to privatize the solid waste collection on union...
Pervaiz for poor kids’ quota in private schools LAHORE, April 6: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has urged the private educational institutions to reserve seats for talented children of the poor in every class....		Education dept may get Rs70bn every year LAHORE, April 6: The government is working on a plan to inject Rs70 billion every year into the education department for development works alone besides its annual budget of Rs33 billion....