April 9, 2003	Wednesday	Safar 6, 1424

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Bail plea of 4 plaza owners accepted RAWALPINDI, April 8: The civil judge and judicial magistrate, Hasnain Qadir Ghillo, on Tuesday granted interim bails to four persons who were booked by the New Town police for substandard constructions....		Pakistan unlikely to meet EFA goals by 2015 ISLAMABAD, April 8: Pakistan is one of the 28 countries that are unlikely to achieve the six goals regarding education for all (EFA) by 2015, set at the Dakar conference....
Soap industry seeks duty concession ISLAMABAD, April 8: The National Tariff Commission chairman, Dr Faizullah Khilji, here on Tuesday directed the authorities concerned to conduct a study on the nature of competition faced by the indigenous...		Code of conduct draft for gender justice revised ISLAMABAD, April 8: The Ministry of Women Development, Social Welfare and Special Education, in collaboration with key stakeholders, has re-drafted “Code of Conduct for Gender Justice at the Work place” for...
Pakistan, China to sign MoU on weather forecast ISLAMABAD, April 8: Pakistan is likely to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) for enhancing cooperation in research, education and training in the field of...		NAB may arrest 2 CDA officials soon ISLAMABAD, April 8: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday informed the Prime Minister secretariat that it would arrest some senior officials of Capital Development Authority (CDA) with a couple of days...
Traders hold rallies to condemn war on Iraq RAWALPINDI, April 8: Traders held rallies in different areas of the city on Tuesday to condemn the US-led attack on Iraq....		11 PWs record statement in Shah-i-Najaf firing case RAWALPINDI, April 8: The judge of anti-terrorist court No. 1, Manzoor Ahmed Mirza, on Tuesday recorded the statements of 11 prosecution witnesses in the Shah-i-Najaf Imambargah case in which 12 worshippers...
Gen Jahandad, 3 others injured in road accident ATTOCK, April 8: Four persons, including Al-Shifa Eye Trust Hospital chairman Lt-Gen Jahandad Khan (retired), were injured in a road accident on main GT Road in the jurisdiction of Saddar police...		Ogra to regulate oil, gas prices ISLAMABAD, April 8: The government has decided to empower the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) to regulate prices of petroleum products and reduce interest rate of 18 per cent being...
Wapda fails to meet loss reduction target ISLAMABAD, April 8: The federal government has expressed dissatisfaction over Water and Power Authority’s (Wapda’s) failure to meet its loss reduction target for the first half of the current fiscal which...		Anti-war rally held in Quetta: Strike in Balochistan QUETTA, April 8: A complete strike was observed in Quetta and other parts of Balochistan and a big anti-war rally was staged to condemn US-led invasion in Iraq, here on Tuesday....
Pakistan, US hold talks this week WASHINGTON, April 8: Pakistan’s economic performance and its efforts to combat terrorism will be the focus of talks in Washington this week when two key delegations arrive here for meetings with...		Hearing in judges’ case adjourned ISLAMABAD, April 8: The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned hearing in the case of benefits and privileges to retired judges for one week....
Committee to investigate pipelines damage ISLAMABAD, April 8: Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Nouraiz Shakoor on Tuesday constituted a committee led by the director (gas) of petroleum ministry for probe into rupture of gas pipelines...		Deputation of competent doctors as MLOs ordered MUZAFFARABAD, April 8: AJK Shariat Court Chief Justice Syed Manzoor Hussain Gillani directed the top officials of the AJK health department on Tuesday to depute experienced, efficient and competent doctors conversant...
Strike observed in Sindh cities: US invasion of Iraq SUKKUR, April 8: A complete strike was observed in Sukkur, Ghotki, Kandhkot, Ubaro, Khairpur, Jacobabad, Shikarpur and other parts of the interior of Sindh and processions were taken out on Tuesday...		Musharraf can’t address joint sitting: Fazl PESHAWAR, April 8: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal secretary-general Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said Chief of Army Staff Gen Pervez Musharraf cannot address the joint sitting of parliament....
Measures against corruption urged DADU, April 8: Members of the Dadu District Council, at its Tuesday’s session, demanded of the Sindh government to take effective measures for eradicating corruption from the education department....		Land of college occupied: SPLA HYDERABAD, April 8: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association has expressed concern over the occupation of six acres of land belonging to the Government Ustad Bukhari College, Dadu....
Parliament can amend LFO, says Rashid ABBOTTABAD, April 8: Information Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmed has said that if someone does not like the Legal Framework Order then courts are there to challenge it. The LFO, he said,...		Compensation announced PESHAWAR, April 8: Peshawar Electric Supply Company will pay compensation to the family of two persons who were killed after Wapda’s low transmission line fell on them in Dera Ismail...
Govt urged to make primary education compulsory PESHAWAR, April 8: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) urged the government to make primary education compulsory for all children of school going age in...		Industrialists upset over yet another gas-cut GUJRANWALA, April 8: The local chamber of commerce and industry and manufacturers of export items have protested against the suspension of gas supply to industrial units following destruction of pipelines in...
Traders go on strike against US attacks MULTAN, April 8: Traders in many cities of the Punjab observed strike on Tuesday on the call given by the Pakistan Traders Alliance to protest against Anglo-American invasion of Iraq....		Bahauddin Zakariya’s Urs begins MULTAN, April 8: The three-day annual Urs of Hazrat Bahauddin Zakariya Multani began here on Tuesday....
Inquiry ordered against EDO DERA GHAZI KHAN, April 8: The convener of district council has ordered an inquiry against the education EDO on charges of making illegal recruitments....		Murder case against four policemen SIALKOT, April 8: The Kotwali police have registered a murder case against four police officials, including the Hajipura SHO, for torturing to death a proclaimed offender during investigation....
Road blocked to protest dacoities GUJRAT, April 8: Traders of Lalamusa main bazaar on Tuesday observed a complete strike and blocked the GT Road for more than two hours against the rise in theft incidents and...		Birds die in gas fire SADIQABAD, April 8: Hundreds of birds perished in Tuesday’s gas pipeline blaze in Bhutta Wahan, 20km from here....
CM gives Rs1m to Gujrat Bar GUJRAT, April 8: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi on Tuesday gave a cheque of Rs one million to the Gujrat bar...		Four held for ‘anti-state’ activities SAHIWAL, April 8: Four people were picked up allegedly by an intelligence agency from Tibbi Qasim, Harappa, on Tuesday....
ADBP defaulters want relief JHANG, April 8: The local Kissan Board and Anjuman Kashtkaran have urged the government and the Agriculture Development Bank to extend the date of relief package for defaulters from April 12...		Ghafoor fears ‘deep crisis’: Gulf between Musharraf, politicians LAHORE, April 8: Senator Prof Ghafoor Ahmad fears that the country may plunge into deep crisis if differences between Gen Musharraf and political parties on important issues persist....
Verdict on Ejaz’s plea reserved LAHORE, April 8: An accountability bench of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday reserved judgment on an appeal of former provincial labour minister Ejaz Ahmad Sheikh, seeking the suspension of sentence...		Fresh report on AMP leaders sought LAHORE, April 8: The chief justice of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday expressed dissatisfaction over the submitted report on the arrest and alleged illegal confinement of four Anjuman-i-Mazareen leaders, and...
Guidelines set to check SARS LAHORE, April 8: The Punjab Directorate General of Health Services has taken pre-emptive measures and prepared instructions for air travellers and crew to check the incidence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome...		Lawyers threaten ‘direct action’: Judges’ retirement age LAHORE, April 8: The lawyers action committee on Tuesday announced that it would resort to “direct action” against those judges of superior courts who availed a three-year increase in their retirement...
Region to remain sensitive LAHORE, April 8: The entire region will remain ‘sensitive’ during the coming years as a result of aggression on Iraq, Senator Mushahid Hussain said on Tuesday....		Bar on ARD presence in tenants’ moot flayed LAHORE, April 8: The ARD and the Labour Party have condemned the bar on their leaders’ participation in an Anjuman Mazareen Punjab convention in Okara on Monday....
CDG plans check-up of school students LAHORE, April 8: The city government has decided to start screening of all the students studying in its 1,500 schools for ear, eye and heart problems....		Zaki’s joining PML-Q ‘political suicide’ LAHORE, April 8: Punjab PML-N secretary-general Khwaja Saad Rafiq has termed his colleague Akram Zaki’s decision to join the PML-Q “political suicide”....
26 held for burning rubber, fat LAHORE, April 8: Twenty-six people have been arrested from Sabzazar for burning rubber and fat for the preparation of poultry feed....		Adopt building laws: Maqbool LAHORE, April 8: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool urged on Tuesday the need for the application and adoption of the building laws so as to avoid faulty construction which could lead to...