April 15, 2003	Tuesday	Safar 12, 1424

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Quest for prosperity must not be abbreviated: expert ISLAMABAD, April 14: The government must strive for economic and human development as a policy and not as an aim merely incidental to macroeconomic stability....		CDA fetches Rs363m from plots auction on first day ISLAMABAD, April 14: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) earned around Rs363 million from the auction of 50 plots of different sizes on the first day of four-day open auction of residential...
Four killed in separate incidents RAWALPINDI, April 14: Four persons, including two women, were killed in separate incidents in the twin cities here on Monday....		Over 30 projects on environment approved ISLAMABAD, April 14: The NGO fund management committee of the Ministry of Environment on Monday approved more than 30 projects submitted by various NGOs from throughout the country for provision of...
Dawn staffer grieved ISLAMABAD, April 14: Syed Raza Ali Shah, father of Dawn’s Staff Reporter Syed Irfan Raza and Syed Shahzad Raza,...		AJK type of political setup for NAs demanded ISLAMABAD, April 14: The 14-parties Gilgit-Baltistan National Alliance has called upon the federal government to extend an AJK government type of structure to the Northern Areas....
PML-N calls for lowering oil prices ISLAMABAD, April 14: The oil prices should be brought to the 1999 rates, as the crude oil price has come down from US$37 per barrel to US$24 per barrel, said the...		Disputes over dam extension resolved ISLAMABAD, April 14: The federal and Azad Kashmir governments and the Water and Power Development Authority on Monday resolved all disputes over the Rs59 billion project of raising of the Mangla...
Struggle for Constitution’s revival to continue: PBC ISLAMABAD, April 14: The Vice Chairman of the Pakistan Bar Council, Mian Abbas, said on Monday that Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal had informed representatives of legal fraternity that the government was willing to...		PM against rightsizing schemes ISLAMABAD, April 14: Prime Minister Mir Zafaruallah Khan Jamali has taken exception to the idea of sending home a large number of government employees in the name of rightsizing....
438 Afghan DPs leave for home QUETTA, April 14: A group of 89 Afghan refugee families left for Afghanistan on Monday under the voluntary repatriation programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees....		Ghazi Barotha unit to be tested in May ISLAMABAD, April 14: The 1,450MW Ghazi Barotha Hydropower Project would partially begin operation on May 15 with the testing of its first 290MW unit and its commercial operation would begin on...
Govt forms committee to settle tribal row QUETTA, April 14: The Balochistan government has formed a four-member committee to help resolve a dispute between two tribes over coalmines in Chamalang area....		‘President, PM, FO represent foreign policy’ ISLAMABAD, April 14: The foreign office said on Monday that only the president, prime minister, and top officials at the ministry of foreign affairs represented Pakistan’s position on foreign policy issues....
PPP chief pays tribute to Abdullah Malik ISLAMABAD, April 14: Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has condoled the death of renowned journalist Adbullah Malik....		Strike observed in Dera Bugti QUETTA, April 14: A complete strike was observed on Monday in Dera Bugti tribal agency including Sui area, to register their protest against Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) and Sui Southern Gas...
Governor opens Hazara varsity MANSEHRA, April 14: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that the government takes keen interest in promotion of science and technology and as many as five universities have been...		Officials urged to promote education TIMERGARA, April 14: District Nazim Dir Lower Alamzeb Khan Advocate has asked the district authorities to take prompt measures for the promotion of education so that the prevailing literacy rate could...
Facilities for paramedics sought PESHAWAR, April 14: Speakers on the concluding day of a three-day workshop organized by the World Health Organization at Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, on Sunday urged the government to provide paramedics with more facilities and...		Swabi receives heavy rain SWABI, April 14: Heavy downpour accompanied by a severe thunderstorm lashed the district and its surrounding localities on Sunday night and early on Monday, and damaged standing wheat and tobacco crops....
3 women of a family drown in canal SWABI, April 14: Three women of a family drowned on Saturday evening in the Pehur High Level Canal in an effort to rescue each other, as a large amount of water...		Musharraf’s Kohat visit postponed KOHAT, April 14: The scheduled visit of President Pervez Musharraf to Kohat on April 16 to perform inauguration of the Kohat tunnel has been postponed due to security reasons....
Union Nazim dismissed CHARSADDA, April 14: A no-trust motion against a union nazim was passed and a notification for his dismissal was issued by the district coordination officer....		Gangster found dead MARDAN, April 14: A gangster and an inter-provincial carjacker, Luqman alias Malangey, was found dead in a deserted house behind Bilal mosque on the Mardan-Malakand Road on Sunday morning....
Councillors, ministers criticized SWABI, April 14: The Independent Councillors Ittehad in a statement issued on Monday said ministers and MPAs speaking against local government system were more interested in their own welfare and...		Four of a family among five killed LARKANA, April 14: Three brothers, their uncle and another man were killed in a clash between two groups of the Abro clan in the Baqapur village near here on Monday night....
IT dept seizes dist council accounts NAWABSHAH, April 14: The income tax department has seized all the bank accounts of the district council Nawabshah under section 140 of the new income tax ordinance for failing to pay...		Officials hindering uplift works: Shah KHAIRPUR, April 14: District Nazim Nafisa Shah has said political interference is affecting the performance of the Khairpur district government....
200-foot breach occurs in canal SUKKUR, April 14: A large wheat cultivated area was inundated in the Maleerani village on Monday after a 200-foot-wide breach occurred in the Nolakhi Canal at RD-18 near Ranipur....		Demo against Hesco held THATTA, April 14: Hundreds of power consumers from various towns including Laiqpur, Daro, Bannu, Khorwah and Jhok Sharif held a protest demonstration at the Taluka headquarter town, Mirpur Bathoro, against the...
Water shortage deplored NAWABSHAH, April 14: Bashir Khan Qureshi, chairman, Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM), has said that acute water shortage is destroying the economy of Sindh....		Four escapees surrender SUKKUR, April 14: Four of the six escapees — who were freed from lockup of the Abad police station, Sukkur, by their associates on Sunday — have surrendered before the police....
Legality of Khwajas’ detention questioned LAHORE, April 14: The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the legality of the state’s decision to detain Dr Ahmad Javed Khwaja and his brother for another two months on March 29...		LHC Bar withholds resolution against chief justice LAHORE, April 14: The Lahore High Court Bar Association on Saturday withheld its proposed resolution at the eleventh hour against the ‘conduct’ of the LHC chief justice while convicting Advocate M...
Okara police admit AMP leaders’ arrest LAHORE, April 14: Okara police admitted on Monday the arrest of the four Anjuman-i-Mazareen’s leaders before the Lahore High Court chief justice, who disposed of the habeas corpus petition filed for...		Paper markets remain closed LAHORE, April 14: The city’s paper markets remained closed on Monday in protest against the arrest of a paper merchant by the Customs authorities in Karachi....
Women congress flays US LAHORE, April 14: The third world congress of the International Muslim Women Union has condemned the unabated US aggression against Iraq, and demanded convening of the UN General Assembly to adopt...		Pervaiz’s assurance to Nazims LAHORE, April 14: Claiming that the PML-Q government wants to strengthen the existing local government system by removing flaws in it, Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has said those trying to create...
Faisal Express opening today LAHORE, April 14: Federal Railways Minister Ghaus Bakhsh Khan Mehr will inaugurate a new train on Lahore-Faisalabad section on Tuesday....		SNGPL worried about Uch-Jalalpur line MULTAN, April 14: Local authorities of the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd are apprehensive about the safety of the transmission line between Uch in Bahawalpur and Jalalpur Pirwala in Multan districts,...
Baloch warns of further US strikes SIALKOT, April 14: The US has lost its superiority and claim to be an exponent of democracy, freedom and human rights, after occupation of Iraq....		Three minors drown in Chenab GUJRAT, April 14: Three minor boys drowned in the river Chenab near the bridge on Monday....
Nominations for TMA standing committees FAISALABAD, April 14: At least 113 members of the Tehsil Municipal Administration (city) filed their nomination papers for the nine seats of chairmen of standing committees scheduled to be held on...		CM to visit Multan on Thursday MULTAN, April 14: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi will pay his first visit (as CM) to Multan district on Thursday (the 17th)....
PTBB fails to provide books in time FAISALABAD, April 14: The Punjab Textbook Board has once again failed to ensure availability of books in time for the students of new classes despite announcement of fresh academic session about...		Two shot dead by rivals GUJRANWALA, April 14: Two persons were shot dead allegedly by rivals in Sherpur, Ahmadnagar, here on Monday....