April 10, 2003	Thursday	Safar 7, 1424

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Over 2,800 to get admission to model colleges ISLAMABAD, April 9: The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has offered as many as 2,850 seats for admissions in class I which are being filled through a centralized admission test....		59,000 take part in largest Simultaneous Lesson ISLAMABAD April 9: At least 59,000 children and adults from more than 100 countries in the world participated in the largest Simultaneous Lesson, while breaking the record....
Relaxation in LDR sought for kutchi abadis regularization ISLAMABAD, April 9: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has sent a summary to the government seeking relaxation in Land Disposal Regulations (LDR) 1993 for regularization of the existing kutchi abadis in...		Four die in separate incidents RAWALPINDI, April 9: Two persons were killed in separate incidents, while two bodies were found from different localities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Wednesday....
Women urged to work side by side with men RAWALPINDI, April 9: A network of educational institutions will be established in Rawalpindi to transform the city into a seat of knowledge....		Lawyers boycott courts RAWALPINDI, March 9: The Rawalpindi Bar Association boycotted the court proceedings on Wednesday to show solidarity with the people of Iraq....
Body of sales boy recovered RAWALPINDI, April 9: The body of Omer Daraz was recovered from the debris of Bano Arcade on Wednesday, five days after the incident occurred, rescuers and eye-witnesses said....		Govt stand on LFO illegal, says MMA ISLAMABAD, April 9: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Wednesday reiterated its strong opposition to the Legal Framework Order (LFO) and a president with army uniform....
Removal of LFO will create chaos: PM ISLAMABAD, April 9: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan has said the entire political system will be in jeopardy if the Legal Framework Order (LFO) is removed from the 1973 Constitution....		Pakistan may move UN for protection of holy sites UNITED NATIONS, April 9: Pakistan is consulting with the UN Security Council members to move a resolution or a statement to protect holy places in Iraq and to restore law and...
BNP seeks change in NFC award formula QUETTA, April 9: Balochistan National Party (BNP-Awami) Patron-In-Chief Senator Moheem Khan Baloch has stressed the need to redefine the distribution formula of resources under the National Finance Commission (NFC) award....		HRCP flays killing of women in feuds QUETTA, April 9: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has condemned the killing of innocent women in tribal feuds and termed it against the customs and traditions....
Bodies of woman, Daughter found GILGIT, April 9: People of the Gupis village, some 100km west of here, have recovered bodies of a married woman and her daughter from a lake....		Ban imposed GILGIT, April 9: The Northern Areas administration on Monday banned all the buses illegally plying on various routes in the region from lifting passengers, but allowed their private use, official sources...
Three awarded death for murder QUETTA, April 9: Two session courts of Hub and Sibi awarded capital punishments to three people in two murder cases....		Security for coal miners in Chamalang demanded QUETTA, April 9: Representatives of the Pakistan Mines and Industrial Trade Unions Federation have demanded of the Balochistan government to provide security to the coal miners working in the Chamalang area...
Official gets bail in Ghazi Barotha case PESHAWAR, April 9: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court here on Wednesday granted bail to a land acquisition collector Mohammad Ali Shah in four cases pertaining to the Ghazi...		Peshawar Town-1 given Rs6m for salaries PESHAWAR, April 9: The NWFP government and the Peshawar city district government jointly raised a sum of Rs6 million to help Town-1 pay its staff salaries, ending a stand-off between the...
Embezzlement detected KOHAT, April 9: A large-scale embezzlement has been detected by the district government in the laying of sewerage lines throughout the city with a cost of Rs120 million in 1994, it...		Funds okayed for removing snow from hill roads ABBOTTABAD, April 9: The district council on Tuesday approved Rs2 million to be paid to private firms and contractors for removing snow from roads in Galyat....
Independent foreign policy needed: JUI NOWSHERA, April 9: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI) Deputy General Secretary Hafiz Hussain Ahmad stressed the need for an independent foreign policy which must safeguard the country’s interests....		Mosques exempted from water tax KOHAT, April 9: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has exempted mosques and Madaris in the province from water tax and vowed to make the Zakat distribution system transparent so that...
Medical examination of convict ordered PESHAWAR, April 9: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court here on Wednesday asked the director general health department to constitute a medical board for examining the provincial vice-president of...		Residents fear floods MINGORA: The inhabitants of settlements along the the banks of river Swat fear that the rising water level could cause floods in the areas from Ayub bridge to Hayatabad (Fizagat)....
Teachers protest against education dept officials KHAIRPUR, April 9: Members of the Primary Teachers’ Association and the Masjid School Teachers’ Association on Wednesday took out a rally to press the authorities for removal of the assistant district...		Academic year of 57 students at stake SANGHAR, April 9: At least 57 students of the Government Girls’ College, Sanghar, may lose an academic year as they have not yet received their enrolment cards from the Board of...
Uplift work halted in Sukkur SUKKUR, April 9: The development work in the Kati Bazaar has been halted because of the use of sub-standard material....		US be asked to vacate Pakistan air bases SUKKUR, April 9: The taluka municipal council on Wednesday condemned the US-led invasion of Iraq and called on the government to ask the US to vacate Pakistan air bases, including the...
Concern expressed over police apathy LARKANA, April 9: The citizens action committee, Ratodero, on Wednesday expressed its concern over the police apathy regarding the recovering of two kidnapped victims, Mumtaz Markhyani and Naveed Soomro....		Virus attacks mango crop in Mirpurkhas MIRPURKHAS, April 9: Mango crop has been infected by a virus in the district....
Protest held against excise police DADU, April 9: A large number of passengers held a demonstration and blocked the Indus Highway, near the Marakhpur police check post on Wednesday, to protest against two inspectors of the...		Eight houses gutted MIRPURKHAS, April 9: Eight houses were gutted when fire broke out in the Ghulam Mohammad Brohi village, Mirpurkhas taluka, on Wednesday....
UTP dies in jail SUKKUR, April 9: An under-trial prisoner, Saeed Ahmed, died in the Sukkur Central Jail on Monday....		Invasion of Iraq ‘unjustified’ LAHORE, April 9: Former chief justice Dr Nasim Hasan Shah has said the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq was unjustified and against the norms of international law....
Modern cargo terminal at new airport shortly LAHORE, April 9: Civil Aviation Authority director-general Saleem Arshad has announced that a modern cargo terminal at new Allama Iqbal International Airport terminal will be ready within eight or nine months...		Wasa to get Rs200m to avoid increase in water rates LAHORE, April 9: The Punjab government will provide an assistance of around Rs200 million to the Water and Sanitation Agency of the Lahore Development Authority to prevent an increase in water...
pha ‘vandalizes’ Badshahi Mosque LAHORE, April 9: The Badshahi Mosque’s back wall has been vandalized by the Parks and Horticulture Authority by drilling holes into it to install lights to illuminate the Fort Road’s food...		Call to Repeal IRO LAHORE, April 9: The Industrial Relations Ordinance, 2002, was unanimously rejected as an anti-labour law and its repeal was demanded at a discussion on ‘IRO and workers rights’ at the Lahore...
LHC ruling on defaulters LAHORE, April 9: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday ruled that Pakistani courts had the jurisdiction to order recovery of money from the defaulting business concerns who had wound up operations...		PIA earns over Rs2bn LAHORE, April 9: The PIA has managed to reduce its accumulated losses by around 20 per cent and earned profit of Rs2.11 billion during the last calendar year....
Verdict on anti-LFO plea likely today LAHORE, April 9: A division bench of the Lahore High Court is likely to pronounce its judgment on an intra-court appeal challenging the Legal Framework Order (LFO), on Thursday (today)....		Sikhs arrive in Lahore LAHORE, April 9: A delegation of 50 Sikh pilgrims arrived from the United Kingdom here Wednesday morning by a PIA flight to celebrate Baisakhi festival....
Human trafficking goes on unabated GUJRAT, April 9: Illegal immigration of people, aspiring to go abroad, is more than ever in Gujrat and its neighbouring districts....		Fresh blasts ‘expose’ govt claims MULTAN, April 9: Fresh gas pipelines’ blasts near Sadiqabad have exposed the claims of the federal government and law-enforcement agencies they had made after the Mazari Goth blasts in January this...
Lawyers slate US onslaught MIANWALI, April 9: Honouring the call of the Punjab Bar Council, Lahore, lawyers of the local bar observed a strike to protest the US aggression against Iraq....		No talks on LFO outside parliament: Nasrullah  FAISALABAD, April 9: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy has announced that none of its component parties will hold talks with Gen Pervez Musharraf or the ruling coalition on the...
Dacoits Injure ASI SHEIKHUPURA, April 9: Dacoits shot at and injured an assistant sub-inspector of police in Nadir Bazaar, Mandi Faizabad, on Wednesday....		Hashmi for Benazir’s return KASUR, April 9: Acting Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz president Makhdoom Javed Hashmi has urged the government to allow both Mian Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto to return to the country....