April 16, 2003	Wednesday	Safar 13, 1424

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Withdrawal of subsidies to increase poverty, says report ISLAMABAD, April 15: At least one-third of Pakistan’s population is under poverty line owing to the macroeconomic policies regarding withdrawal of subsidies on food, education and health, says an International Labour...		Punjab govt stops special allowance for teachers RAWALPINDI, April 15: The Punjab government has stopped giving Special Additional Allowance (SAA) to about 100 lecturers appointed on contract in eight girls degree colleges in 1999, some of the teachers...
CNG station worker dies in cylinder blast RAWALPINDI, April 15: One employee of a CNG station was killed and two others were injured when a gas cylinder burst at a filling station at Haji Chowk, Sadiqabad, on Tuesday,...		Plots auction: CDA earns Rs53m on second day ISLAMABAD, April 15: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) earned around Rs53 million through the auction of as many as 15 residential plots in sectors G-11/2, G-11/3 and I-10/2 on Tuesday, the...
3 get 5-year RI in bank robbery case RAWALPINDI, April 15: The additional district and sessions judge, Chaudhry Abdul Qayyum, on Tuesday awarded five years of rigorous imprisonment each to three persons for robbing a bank in Rawalpindi....		Opposition member collapses in NA session ISLAMABAD, April 15: An opposition member on Tuesday collapsed inside the National Assembly hall when the opposition was protesting against the Legal Framework Order....
Steps urged to enhance quality of products ISLAMABAD, April 15: Pakistani products cannot be sold in the international market unless their quality is enhanced to the world standard....		PPP asks govt to hold talks with joint opposition ISLAMABAD, April 15: The secretary-general of People’s Party Parliamentarian, Raja Pervez Ashraf, Tuesday demanded of the government to initiate dialogue with the joint opposition, rather than Mutahidda Majlis-i-Amal (MMA)....
Scholarly study of relationship between Sindhi and Urdu languages ISLAMABAD, April 15: If historiography is an art seeking to establish a meaningful order in the chaos of facts and materials then the most recent issue of Akhbar-i-Urdu, published by ‘Muqtadara...		Body formed to franchise different routes RAWALPINDI, April 15: A four-member committee has been formed to conduct a survey of traffic load on Murree Road to decide the franchise of different routes....
PTCL told to improve internet connectivity ISLAMABAD, April 15: Minister for Information Technology Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on Tuesday directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) to draw up a comprehensive plan to address public complaints regarding the...		Punjab wants subsidy on wheat export LAHORE, April 15: Punjab has requested the federal government to give a subsidy of Rs1,000 per ton to wheat exporters. This was informed during a meeting held on Tuesday with Chief...
Wapda companies to seek separate tariffs ISLAMABAD, April 15: All the 12 corporate companies of Wapda would submit to National Electric Power Regulatory Authority their separate bulk power tariff petitions before June 30....		Security issues discussed RAWALPINDI, April 15: The participants of the two-day 56th formation commanders conference were briefed on the concluding day here on Tuesday about the internal and external security environment of Pakistan by...
Change in NFC award proposed QUETTA, April 15: Senior minister Maulana Abdul Wasay has said that the Balochistan government had put forward a proposal for the distribution of resources in the new formula of the National...		Anti-polio campaign begins ISLAMABAD, April 15: Over 30 million children under five years of age will be administered anti-polio drops during a three-day immunization campaign launched on Tuesday....
Nisar warns of crisis if NA is dissolved ISLAMABAD, April 15: PML-N Parliamentary leader Chaudhry Nisar on Tuesday warned of serious consequences if the National Assembly was dissolved....		PTV artistes’ fee doubled ISLAMABAD, April 15: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Tuesday announced 100 per cent increase in fee of PTV artistes with immediate effect....
BHC orders steps to save forests QUETTA, April 15: A division bench of Balochistan High Court on Tuesday directed the provincial government to adopt strict measures to ensure protection of forests in Mehargarh area....		Jirga demands ban on usury business QUETTA, April 15: A tribal Jirga on Tuesday demanded that the provincial assembly should ban the business of giving loans on interest in the province....
Educationist dies QUETTA, April 15: A former provincial education minister and pro vice-chancellor of the Balochistan University, Dr Razia Babar, died on Tuesday. She was 67. She was suffering from cancer....		One killed in Indian shelling MUZAFFARABAD, April 15: A man was killed and another injured in a southern AJK village along the Line of Control in Indian shelling, officials said on Tuesday....
Protection of oil, gas pipelines planned LARKANA, April 15: A comprehensive plan to curb criminal activities in border districts of Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab has been submitted to the Sindh government....		Water shortage stirs strike in Badin dist BADIN, April 15: A complete strike was observed in different parts of Badin district to protest against water shortage in the area canals....
Kidnapped PTCL employees freed SHIKARPUR, April 15: Five PTCL employees, who were kidnapped near Abdal Shakh on Shikarpur-Jacobabad road on Monday night, were freed with joint efforts of the Shikarpur, Jacobabad and Balochistan police near...		Skin disease claims two lives KHAIRPUR, April 15: Two men, Ghulam Pathan and Misri Rajar, died of Leishmaniasis in the Nara Thar village on Monday....
FIR registered against murder of five men LARKANA, April 15: The taluka police station on Tuesday registered the murder case of five persons of a family....		Compensation for Jakhranis SUKKUR, April 15: Some Bugti tribesmen have negotiated with the Jakhrani tribe for paying compensation for the death of a Jakhrani tribesman and injuries to another in the Kashmore killing, it...
Demo against insanitation DADU, April 15: A large number of people including shopkeepers and Nazims held a demonstration in Khairpur Nathan Shah on Tuesday to protest against the Taluka municipal administration....		Law against Karo-kari SUKKUR, April 15: Sindh Population Welfare Minister Dr Saeeda Malik has said a law to abolish the custom of Karo-kari will soon be presented in the Sindh Assembly....
Afghan DPs told to register with UNHCR SWABI, April 15: The local administration and representatives of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) have asked the Afghan displaced persons (DPs) to register their families for voluntary repatriation...		Vocalist accuses police of harassment PESHAWAR, April 15: Renowned Pushto singer Gulzar Alam has accused the government and local police for disgracing his family owing to his profession....
Removal of BoK MD exposes MMA differences PESHAWAR, April 15: The removal of the provincial public sector Bank of Khyber’s managing director (MD) on April 5 has exposed differences between the major component parties of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s...		Jirga decides to fine poppy cultivators MANSEHRA, April 15: A Jirga of Kala Dhaka tribal area of district Mansehra has decided that anyone found involved in cultivation of poppy or illegal business of raw opium in the...
PSF demands release of leader PESHAWAR, April 15: The People’s Students Federation has asked the government to release its detained leader within 24 hours, otherwise, it would block the Peshawar-Kohat Road....		Local govts’ defended SWABI, April 15: The Independent Councillors Ittehad has said the ministers and parliamentarians want to deprive the people of their say in decision-making. The Ittehad said in a statement that the local bodies representatives...
Blasphemy accused acquitted RAWALPINDI, April 15: The Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi Bench, on Monday acquitted an accused of blasphemy, who was awarded death sentence by a lower court....		Govt wants Zakat bodies’ dissolution LAHORE, April 15: The Punjab government wants a mid-term dissolution of all 25,418 district, tehsil and local Zakat committees in the province to provide the PML-Q men and women an opportunity...
LHC seeks state’s legal assistance: NAB ordinance LAHORE, April 15: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday sought legal assistance of the state counsel on a proposition as to whether the NAB (Amended) Ordinance 2002 required validation of parliament...		Govt eyes rail link with Afghanistan LAHORE, April 15: The government is considering a proposal to establish rail links with Afghanistan through Landi Kotal-Jalalabad and Chaman-Kandahar routes, according to Railway Minister Ghaus Bakhsh Mehr....
JAC to stop campaign soon, claims Masood LAHORE, April 15: Punjab Education Minister Mian Imran Masood has claimed that the government has settled issues with the Joint Action Committee and it will stop its campaign soon....		Maqbool to open Data Sahib’s Urs LAHORE, April 15: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool will inaugurate three-day Urs celebrations of Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh Hajveri after the Isha prayers on April 21 by performing the traditional chaddar-laying ceremony....
Rain relief LAHORE, April 15: Light rain in Lahore and elsewhere in the Punjab, the NWFP and the Northern Areas on Tuesday broke the week-long spell of hot and dry weather....		PPP team’s assurance to ARD chief LAHORE, April 15: A PPP delegation, led by its secretary-general Jehangir Badr, called on ARD chief Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan here on Tuesday to assure him that the party would follow the...
Police help murderer escape LAHORE, April 15: Police allegedly helped the leader of a gang of robbers escape, who had murdered a woman in Shahdara on Tuesday....		Another bumper wheat crop LAHORE, April 15: With harvesting scheduled to be launched by the prime minister in Deepalpur (Okara) on Wednesday, planners forecast a bumper wheat crop for the fourth year running....
Zardari’s aide LAHORE, April 15: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday accepted a petition against inclusion of the name of Asif Zardari’s friend Baqar Ali Naqvi in Exit Control List, and allowed him...		Anti-polio campaign launched LAHORE, April 15: The Punjab health department on Tuesday started three-day national anti-polio campaign....
PhD awarded LAHORE, April 15: The Punjab University has awarded PhD to Abid Hussain Chaudhry, assistant professor, Institute of Education and Research, after the approval of his thesis — Effects of guidance services...		Case against 41 policemen ordered: ‘Fake’ encounter SHEIKHUPURA, April 15: Local District and Sessions Judge Talib Husain Baloch ordered on Tuesday registration of a case against 41 policemen, including a DSP, and three other people for killing three...