April 17, 2003	Thursday	Safar 14, 1424

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Man gets seven times death for killing relatives ISLAMABAD, April 16: The District and Sessions Judge, Islamabad, Chaudhary Assad Raza, on Wednesday awarded seven-time death sentence to an accused in a multiple murder case....		28 commercial plots sold on third day of auction ISLAMABAD, April 16: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) sold 28 commercial plots on the third day of the auction on Wednesday, fetching an amount of about Rs1.708 billion....
UNFPA signs $2m family planning contracts ISLAMABAD, April 16: The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Wednesday signed two contracts worth over $2 million to provide contraceptives in Pakistan for an effective family planning....		MNAs apprised of textile mill workers’ sufferings ISLAMABAD, April 16: The Peoples’ Right Movement (PRM) on Wednesday met several members of the National Assembly and Senate and informed them about the sufferings of about 1,000 families associated with...
Polish Dy FM terms his visit useful ISLAMABAD, April 16: The Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland, Dr Boguslaw Zaleski, described his visit as “good” and his meetings in Pakistan as “useful” during an address on his country’s perspective...		MNA shifted to ICU ISLAMABAD, April 16: The member of the National Assembly, who had collapsed inside the assembly hall on Tuesday, was shifted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of Pims after his condition...
PTCL to help ISPs improve services ISLAMABAD, April 16: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has announced that it will facilitate the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to shift from Pakistan Internet Exchange (PIE) to FLAG bandwidth within a...		Draft fiscal responsibility law submitted for approval ISLAMABAD, April 16: The government will submit to parliament the draft of a Fiscal Responsibility Law by June 1 this year seeking to eliminate the entire revenue deficit of Rs125 billion...
Abolition of PFC demanded QUETTA, April 16: Nazims and Naib Nazims of Balochistan’s town and Tehsil councils have demanded abolition of the provincial finance commission (PFC) and said it was not giving the just share...		India raised defence budget, US told WASHINGTON, April 16: In a policy paper issued on Wednesday, the Pakistan embassy in Washington reminded US policy makers that India has increased its defence expenditure by 16.6 per cent in...
Four kidnapped KARACHI, April 16: Four people were kidnapped in North Nazimabad on Wednesday night....		Former AJK minister, two officials held for corruption MUZAFFARABAD, April 16: AJK Ehtesab Bureau has arrested a former AJK minister and a main leader of the opposition People’s Party besides two government officials for their alleged involvement in “embezzlement...
‘Opposition fighting for sovereign parliament’ ISLAMABAD, April 16: Parliamentary party leader of PML-N, Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, has said that by opposing the Legal Framework Order, the joint opposition was fighting for the revival of a sovereign...		Speaker asks PPP, MMA for lists of MNAs ISLAMABAD April 16: National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain has written to both opposition groups, who claim majority support in their respective bid for the slot of the leader of opposition,...
Gas companies’ officials hold talks with Bugti QUETTA, April 16: Negotiations were held between the chief of the Bugti tribe, Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, and officials of Pakistan Petroleum Limited and the Sui Southern Gas Company on Wednesday...		Education uplift top priority: Sikandar MUZAFFARABAD, April 16: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan said on Wednesday that measures were being taken for the development of Azad Kashmir and priority was being given to the...
Two die in accident QUETTA, April 16: Two persons were killed and two others injured when a truck overturned in Hanna Urak valley on Wednesday night....		Two killed MUZAFFARGARH, April 16: Two persons were killed and six received serious injuries when a wagon collided with a truck on the National Highway, some 9km off here on Wednesday....
Historical use basis of water sharing rejected HYDERABAD, April 16: The Sindh Democratic Party (SDP) has condemned the decision of the Indus River System Authority to distribute water on the basis of historical use....		PPP accuses Sindh govt of striking ‘covert’ deal: Flow of water downstream Kotri LARKANA, April 16: President of the People’s Party parliamentarians, Sindh, Nisar Ahmed Khuhro on Wednesday accused the Sindh government of striking a clandestine agreement regarding release of water downstream Kotri Barrage....
Lawyers condemn colleague’s murder SUKKUR, April 16: The court proceedings were suspended on Wednesday on the request of the local Bar association as lawyers condemned the murder of one of their colleague, Ashraf Khan, who...		Jirga settles Bugti, Jakhrani dispute SUKKUR, April 16: A Jirga of Bugti and Jakhrani tribes, held at RD-109, near Gashkori Deh, near Jacobabad, on Wednesday, settled the dispute between the two tribes....
Shah Latif Urs begins today HYDERABAD, April 16: Arrangements for holding the three-day 259th Urs of Sufi poet and saint Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai at Bhit Shah, beginning on April 17, have been completed....		Homoeopathic doctor picked up in trade of human organs HYDERABAD, April 16: The Kotri police on Wednesday picked up Dr Shafiq Bhatti, a homoeopathic practitioner, for being allegedly involved in the trade of human organs from the Sonara Bazaar here....
Demo held against US JACOBABAD, April 16: A big protest demonstration was held by the MMA at Badani, Kashmore, against the American occupation of Iraq on Wednesday and the atrocities committed by the USA against...		NWFP, Iran to sign MoU in tourism sector PESHAWAR, April 16: An Iranian construction company would carry out a Rs6 billion project in tourism sector of NWFP, entering into a joint venture with the provincial government....
Development of Pushto urged PESHAWAR, April 16: Speakers at a seminar have urged concerted efforts for the development of the Pushto language and Pakhtoon culture in the province....		NHA refuses to take over Kohat tunnel KOHAT, April 16: The National Highway Authority has refused to take over the Kohat tunnel from the Japanese construction firm, Taisei, due to absence of trained staff required for handling the...
Steps to create AIDS awareness stressed PESHAWAR, April 16: The people proceeding abroad in connection with seeking job need to be educated regarding the precautionary measures in order not to get infected with the deadly disease of...		Officials asked to clear legislators’ orders CHITRAL, April 16: District Nazim Shahzada Mohyuddin has asked the district coordination officer and executive district officers not to implement instructions of the MNA and MPAs of the district without consulting...
Compensation for blast victim sought LANDI KOTAL, April 16: Relatives of a bomb blast victim in Landi Kotal have demanded compensation, promised to them by the government....		Improvement demanded in civic amenities MANSEHRA, April 16: A joint meeting of four union councils and representatives of traders and hoteliers associations of Mansehra town has decided to stop payment of taxes to the Tehsil Municipal...
Women stay away from anti-tetanus campaign HARIPUR, April 16: As many as 17 per cent women in Haripur in the age group of 15-45 refused to be vaccinated against tetanus, sources in the health department said on...		Rains raise hopes of better Frontier harvests PESHAWAR, April 16: The recent rains in the province have removed the affects of drought prevailing for the last few years, and raised hopes among agriculturists of better production of rabi...
Protection of children’s rights demanded PESHAWAR, April 16: The local government minister, Sardar Mohammad Idrees, has said that the government has pinned great hopes on the local bodies regarding their role in the protection of children’s...		Ban on jobs: decision in next cabinet meeting NOWSHERA, April 16: Senior provincial minister Sirajul Haq has said that the cabinet would review the issue of ban on jobs and take a final decision in its next meeting....
LHC verdict on LFO challenged in SC LAHORE, April 16: The Pakistan Lawyers Forum on Monday challenged before the Supreme Court the verdict of the Lahore High Court on an appeal against the Legal Framework Order (LFO)....		Preparations on for huge WB, ADB investment LAHORE, April 16: The Punjab government has started preparations for availing the recent World Bank and Asian Development Bank offer of investment in mega projects like power plants and development of...
Lawyers firm on anti-LFO stance LAHORE, April 16: The Bar associations and councils iterated on Wednesday that they would strive for the supremacy of parliament and abrogation of the Legal Framework Order....		Ex-MNA acquitted of graft LAHORE, April 16: An accountability court acquitted on Wednesday former MNA Chaudhry Abdul Hameed of corruption charges filed against him in a NAB reference....
SC sets aside service tribunal order LAHORE, April 16: A division bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the provincial service tribunal order dismissing a headmaster, Basharat Ali....		Rally held to protest occupation of Baghdad LAHORE, April 16: The Difa-i-Islam Mahaz, a 15-party Sunni alliance, held a rally on The Mall here on Wednesday to protest against the Anglo-American occupation of Baghdad....
Jamali to inaugurate train today LAHORE, April 16: Prime Minister Jamali will inaugurate a new fast train, Jafar Express, at Rawalpindi station on Thursday....		MQM leaders ‘to be used’ against Pakistan LAHORE, April 16: MMA president Senator Maulana Shah Ahmad Noorani has said the MQM leaders were being helped in Britain to use them against Pakistan....
Punjab to get loan for wheat procurement LAHORE, April 16: The Punjab is expected to obtain credit from commercial banks for its wheat procurement operations this year at less than six per cent interest rate....		Will growers reap what they have sown? MULTAN, April 16: Wheat harvesting is gaining momentum in the plains of the Punjab amid forecast of a bumper production for the fourth consecutive year, but whether the growers will reap...
Cut in fertilizer prices before Kharif: Jamali: Wheat harvesting inaugurated OKARA, April 16: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali said on Wednesday the government would bring down fertilizer prices before Kharif season....		Illegal shops sealed in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, April 16: The Tehsil Municipal Administration (city) on Wednesday sealed a dozen shops in different parts of the city describing them as illegal constructions....
Teachers threaten FA exams’ boycott GUJRANWALA, April 16: The joint action committee of the Punjab Professors and Lecturers Association (PPLA) has threatened to boycott FA annual examinations to be commenced from April 26 throughout the Punjab...		CM may decide Multan Nazim’s fate MULTAN, April 16: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi will spend a busy day here in Multan on Thursday (today)....