April 11, 2003	Friday	Safar 8, 1424

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Govt determined to reduce poverty: Zobaida ISLAMABAD, April 10: Education minister Zobaida Jalal on Thursday said the government was committed to reducing poverty to pave the country’s march towards economic independence....		National water policy draft in final stages ISLAMABAD, April 10: The national water policy draft is in final stages and will be presented before the cabinet shortly for approval, said Riaz Ahmad Khan, the secretary, ministry of water...
42pc children anaemic or underweight: PM’s adviser ISLAMABAD, April 10: About 42 per cent children in the country are either underweight or anaemic due to poor diet and lack of awareness among parents of the nutritional needs of...		100 kanals of land for OPF college announced ISLAMABAD, April 10: Federal Minister for Information and Media Development Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Thursday announced hundred Kanals of land for the construction of a residential institute for the students of...
Left wing for joint struggle against people exploitation RAWALPINDI, April 10: The activists of social movement and left wing parties of the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi have called for launching a joint struggle against the exploitative socio-economic...		‘Intellectual property rights should be renegotiated’ ISLAMABAD, April 10: The World Trade Organization agreement on trade related intellectual property rights (Trips) should be renegotiated in case the developed countries insist on their own interpretation of its provisions....
Artists urged to voice concern over social, political issues ISLAMABAD, April 10: Artists can never be spectators to what is happening in society and the world, and must always voice their concerns over social, political and personal issues....		Body formed to strengthen ties with Azerbaijan ISLAMABAD, April 10: A new cultural forum — to be known as the Pakistan-Azerbaijan Friendship Association — was formed at a meeting of people representing almost all walks of life....
Privatization of education opposed RAWALPINDI, April 10: Ittehad-i-Assataza has warned the government that the privatization of education will be harmful for the country....		4,000 twin cities students join world’s biggest lesson ISLAMABAD, April 10: A record 60,000 students, teachers and parents participated in the world’s biggest lesson as part of the Global Campaign for Education (GCE) activity held all over the world,...
NAB reopens steel purchase reference ISLAMABAD, April 10: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has reopened the steel purchase case in Capital Development Authority (CDA) to know how the persons involved in the case were acquitted, sources told...		Widow of Altaf Gauhar dies ISLAMABAD, April 10: Begum Zarina Gauhar, the widow of Altaf Gauhar, who died here on Thursday, was buried in Islamabad graveyard in the evening....
EC briefing on 16th ISLAMABAD, April 10: The European Commission delegation to Pakistan in collaboration with (Rural Social Development Programme (RSDP) will hold a national convention on “Sustainability Reality or Myth” on April 16, at...		Parties, Bar refuse to change stand on LFO LAHORE, April 10: Parties in the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy, Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and Supreme Court Bar Association have refused to change their stance on the Legal Framework Order even after...
Pakistan to keep fighting terrorism: minister QUETTA, April 10: Interior Minister Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat has said that Pakistan is a responsible state and it will perform its international obligations with the world community to maintain peace...		PM orders arrest of pipeline saboteurs ISLAMABAD, April 10: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has directed officials of the interior ministry to get hold of the saboteurs involved in gas pipeline blast of Monday....
Shaukat to attend WB meeting today WASHINGTON, April 10: Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz and his senior aides will attend the World Bank’s spring meetings in Washington from Friday just as another international delegation — a far cry...		Future of AJK projects in doldrums MUZAFFARABAD, April 10: Indifference and lack of realization on part of the government functionaries is hampering the progress of a World Bank funded project aimed at conservation of bio- diversity in...
Former judge moves SC for benefits ISLAMABAD, April 10: Justice Tariq Mehmood, a former judge of the Balochistan High Court, who had to leave the judicial institution after he had expressed his views that the Election Commission...		APNS rejects government’s media policy KARACHI, April 10: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has rejected the federal government’s policy of centralization of media and termed it “an effort to harm the government-press relations”....
Fahim for end to bloodshed in Iraq ISLAMABAD, April 10: Makhdoom Amin Fahim, President of People’s Party Parliamentarian called for end to killings, lootings and humanitarian disaster in Iraq....		Jamali meets 3 ministers ISLAMABAD, April 10: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali met three federal ministers here on Thursday and asked them to improve the Pakistan’s image abroad to promote foreign investment....
Kidnappings go unchecked PESHAWAR, April 10: The police and political administration of tribal areas have failed to check the increasing kidnappings for ransom in the province....		Accused teachers sent to jail: Sections in boy’s death case changed HARIPUR, April 10: Two schoolteachers were sent to jail after the pre-arrest bail granted to them last month was cancelled by the district and sessions judge here on Thursday....
NGOs meeting called UNITED NATIONS, April 10: Pakistan on Tuesday called a meeting of major non-governmental organizations active in providing relief to Iraqi citizens in the midst of the US-led war....		President’s visit causes traffic jams PESHAWAR, April 10: President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s visit to the city caused a traffic jams on all roads leading to the Governor’s House here on Thursday....
Two AJK officials issued notices MUZAFFARABAD, April 10: The Chief Justice of the AJK High Court/ Shariat Court, Syed Manzoor Hussain Gillani, has served notices on two government officials asking them to show cause as to...		Tribal students stage demo PESHAWAR, April 10: Students of the Landi Kotal Degree College, Khyber Agency, have warned the administration that they would stage a protest demonstration in front of the governor house and encircle...
Affected family waits for relief PESHAWAR, April 10: Provincial authorities have constantly been ignoring the directives issued by the NWFP governor’s secretariat for the release of compensation money to a resident of Haripur, Syed Akbar Ali...		Clerks’ body polls held MINGORA, April 10: The annual elections of the All Pakistan Clerks Association (APCA) education department district Swat were held here on Thursday....
Woman gets 5-year jail term for smuggling PESHAWAR, April 10: A local court on Thursday convicted a woman of drug pushing and sentenced her to five years imprisonment with Rs10,000 fine....		Recovery of car sought MINGORA, April 10: The office-bearers of the Sarhad College Teachers’ Association on Thursday expressed their concern over the failure of the Swat police to recover the car of Prof Afzal Khan,...
TPO, SHO among 19 policemen held: Kashmor carnage SUKKUR April 10: Nineteen policemen, including taluka police officer and the SHO, were arrested on Thursday for negligence of duty and display of cowardice during the Kashmor carnage of March 31,...		Teachers boycott classes LARKANA, April 10: Teachers on Thursday decided to suspend academic activities in the Dokri campus of the Z. A. Bhutto Agriculture College until rustication of students, who had attacked teachers a...
Digital system of PTCL collapses MIRPURKHAS, April 10: Thousands of telephone remained out of order here on Thursday as the digital system of the Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation, Mirpurkhas, suddenly collapsed causing difficulties to...		Fire destroys 200 houses SANGHAR, April 10: A village comprising about 200 houses was gutted by a fire in Qaim Makrani village on Shahdadpur-Tando Adam road 42km from here on Wednesday....
Revival of textile mill demanded LARKANA, April 10: Shahid Hussain Bhutto, Member National Assembly (MNA) from the constituency of NA-207 (Ratodero-Shahdadkot), while opposing the liquidation of the Shahdadkot Textile Mills, has demanded that it be reactivated....		TPO accused of torturing businessman NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, April 10: A businessman has accused the taluka police officer, Naushahro Feroze, of torturing him and taking Rs15,000 for his release....
Two brothers kidnapped KHAIRPUR, April 10: Two brothers, Maula Bux and Shakeel Ahmed, were kidnapped by eight armed men from the Chattan Shah village on Wednesday night....		Naib Nazim, landlord kidnapped SUKKUR, April 10: A union council Naib Nazim and a landlord of Shikarpur area were kidnapped by bandits from Tipul village in Jaferabad district, Balochistan, on Thursday....
Complaint cell to be reorganized LAHORE, April 10: The city police chief on Thursday ordered reorganization of a cell to deal with complaints against police department....		Quality education to be made ‘affordable’ LAHORE, April 10: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has said he is working on a policy to make quality education affordable and available to all classes of people....
UHS runs on ‘ad hoc’ basis LAHORE, April 10: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has said the affairs of the University of Health Sciences are currently running on an ad hoc basis....		Ejaz bailed out; retrial ordered LAHORE, April 10: An Ehtesab bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday sent a NAB reference against former provincial labour minister Ejaz Ahmad Sheikh back to the accountability court for...
Power plants on channels LAHORE, April 10: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi announced on Thursday that power plants would be constructed on different irrigation channels in the province with the help of China....		Anti-LFO appeal dismissed LAHORE, April 10: The Lahore High Court on Thursday dismissed an intra-court appeal against the Legal Framework Order (LFO), and ruled that only the parliament had the jurisdiction to review the...
Dai Anga’s tomb now a pathetic sight LAHORE, April 10: Encroachers have occupied over a kanal of land around the Dai Anga’s tomb despite ban on any construction within 200-foot of a protected monument....		Railway police track down swindlers MULTAN, April 10: The railway police claimed on Thursday to have tracked down the swindlers who allegedly used to loot passengers by delivering intoxicated food items to them at platforms....
ARD asks Musharraf to quit army post FAISALABAD, April 10: Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy chief Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan has asked President Pervez Musharraf to quit the post of chief of the army staff in the interest...		Youth injured in landmine blast SIALKOT, April 10: A Pakistani youth was injured seriously in a landmine blast in a village of the Sialkot working boundary’s Shakargarh-Narowal sector here on Thursday....