April 18, 2003	Friday	Safar 15, 1424

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18 polio cases reported in current year ISLAMABAD, April 17: About 18 cases of polio have been reported from 14 districts of Pakistan this year as compared with 93 cases from 35 districts in the previous year....		Cheques distributed among fire-affected stallholders RAWALPINDI, April 17: The cantonment board on Thursday distributed cheques amounting to Rs0.64 million among the fire-affected people of Sasta Bazaar, Chungi-22....
Satellite Town residents face civic problems RAWALPINDI, April 17: The residents of Satellite Town, which the municipal authorities consider as one of the well-planned areas of the city, are faced with the problems of ever-sprouting encroachments, poor...		CBR asked to release complainant’s refund ISLAMABAD, April 17: Federal Tax Ombudsman Justice (retired) Saleem Akhtar has asked the Central Board of Revenue to immediately release the withheld refund of a complainant....
Law on NGOs regularization in final stages ISLAMABAD, April 17: The ministry of women development, social welfare and special education and Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy (PCP) are in the final stages to introduce Non-Profit Public Organizations (Governance and...		Milkman drowns in Nullah RAWALPINDI, April 17: A milkman drowned in a Nullah in Sihala on Thursday, police said....
Senate deputy chairman calls on Jamali ISLAMABAD, April 17: The Senate deputy chairman, Commander Khalil (retired), called on Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali at the Prime Minister’s House on Thursday....		Afghan woman creates panic at airport RAWALPINDI, April 17: An Afghan woman created panic at the Islamabad International Airport on Thursday when she claimed that she was carrying a time bomb in her belly, official sources said....
PIA flights to DG Khan from tomorrow ISLAMABAD, April 17: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has introduced two weekly flights from Islamabad to Dera Ghazi Khan. These flights will start operating from Saturday....		Burglar gets three-year RI RAWALPINDI, April 17: The judge of family court, Shazia Zafar Raja, on Thursday awarded three-year rigorous imprisonment to a burglar. The convict, Mohammad Ali, was also fined Rs2,000 and in case...
Badr denies deal with govt for release ISLAMABAD, April 17: Secretary General Pakistan People’s Party Jehangir Badr on Thursday denied that his release was part of an under-hand deal with the government....		UNFPA gives mobile unit for Chakwal ISLAMABAD, April 17: The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) handed over a Mobile Service Unit (MSU) to the Ministry of Population Welfare here on Thursday to provide Reproductive Health and Family...
PM opens Jaafer Express RAWALPINDI, April 17: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Thursday inaugurated Jaafer Express at Rawalpindi Railway Station....		Rain expected in 24 hours ISLAMABAD, April 17: The Met office has predicted rain and dust/thunderstorm at scattered places throughout the country within the next 24 hours....
Cantonment bans commercial buildings RAWALPINDI, April 17: The Rawalpindi and Chakala cantonment boards have imposed a ban on construction of commercial buildings in residential areas....		G8 may urge Pakistan, India to respect LoC ISLAMABAD, April 17: The top leadership of Group of Eight (G-8) is likely to urge Pakistan and India to respect the “sanctity of the Line of Control” at the June summit,...
Plea against merit list upheld MUZAFFARABAD, April 17: The AJK High Court has directed the nomination board to prepare merit list for admission to the medical colleges in Pakistan on the basis of aggregate marks obtained...		Tarar still president, says PML-N ISLAMABAD, April 17: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Makhdoom Javed Hashmi said on Thursday that deposed president Mohammad Rafiq Tarar was still the country’s legal president under article 44 of the...
PP activists block roads in AJK MUZAFFARABAD, April 17: The activists of People’s Party Azad Kashmir (PPAJK) blocked traffic at several busy points in the AJK capital on Thursday by burning tyres and placing other obstacles to...		Afghan refugees to leave by 2005 QUETTA, April 17: All Afghan refugees would be repatriated to their country by 2005 under the accord signed by Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees last month...
FM stresses Iraqis’ right to govern ISLAMABAD, April 17: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri on Thursday told the United States presidential envoy to Iraq and Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, that the governance of Iraq was the right of...		Poppy crop over 100 acres destroyed QUETTA, April 17: The Anti-Narcotics Force has launched an operation for destroying poppy crop in Gulistan area of Qila Abdullah district with the help of law enforcement agencies....
Pakistanis’ release from Afghanistan likely ISLAMABAD, April 17: Pakistani officials are optimistic that the pending issue of release of Pakistanis detained in Afghanistan will be resolved during President Hamid Karzai’s visit here next week....		Two commit suicide MUZAFFARABAD, April 17: Two persons committed suicide in Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, police said....
3 acquitted of assault charges ISLAMABAD, April 17: The Supreme Court’s Shariat Appellate Bench on Thursday acquitted three accused of rape giving them the benefit of the doubt, as the FIR was lodged after eight days...		NFC meeting postponed QUETTA, April 17: The National Finance Commission (NFC) award meeting schedule for Friday in Karachi has been postponed and now it would be held on April 26 in Islamabad, Balochistan Finance...
Meeting on LFO put off ISLAMABAD, April 17: The Pakistan Bar Council on Thursday said that the meeting of the Lawyers’ Action Committee with the parliamentary leaders on the Legal Framework Order, slated to be held...		Fake currency notes flood tribal areas BAJAUR, April 17: Fake currency notes of Rs1,000 denomination have flooded the Bajaur Agency and other tribal territories for the last one week, locals and sources told Dawn on Thursday....
Mother, daughter killed in fire LANDI KOTAL, April 17: A mysterious fire killed a woman and her daughter in Jamrud sub-tehsil of Khyber Agency, relatives and elders of the area told Dawn on Thursday....		Doctors seek lucrative jobs PESHAWAR, April 17: A number of doctors are seeking job at the health secretariat in their bid to get lucrative employment in the international health organisations in future, official sources told...
Five die in separate incidents SWABI, April 17: Five people, including a widow and her young daughter, were killed in separate incidents across the district during last 24 hours....		Suspect in Pearl case booked for drug trafficking THATTA, April 17: Fazal Karim, son of Allah Baksh, allegedly involved in the Daniel Pearl murder case, was remanded on Wednesday in the police custody for two days by the district...
Two kidnapped, boy shot dead SUKKUR, April 17: Two men were kidnapped and a 10-year-old boy was shot dead by kidnappers in two separate incidents in different parts of Jacobabad district during the last 24 hours...		LFO termed supra-judicial JACOBABAD, April 17: Former Speaker National Assembly Illahi Bux Soomro on Thursday termed the Legal Framework Order supra- judicial, saying that the government was bound to introduce it in the Assembly...
CM opens Shah Latif’s Urs HYDERABAD, April 17: Sindh Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Khan Mahar on Thursday promised to make efforts for providing better facilities for the devotees visiting the shrine of sufi poet- saint Shah...		Water shortage DADU, April 17: A large number of the residents and NGO activists held a demonstration outside local press club on Wednesday to protest against shortage of water in the city....
PPP condemns martial law threats MIRPURKHAS, April 17: People’s Party Parliamentarians MNA Nawab Mohammad Yousuf Talpur has condemned the threats of martial law by Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali and his cabinet members....		Labourers oppose mill liquidation LARKANA, April 17: Protesting against the liquidation of the Shahdadkot Textile Mills, a group of 50 labourers observed a token hunger strike here at Jinnah Bagh on Thursday....
‘Pampering’ autonomous institutes LAHORE, April 17: As the Punjab government continues to ‘pamper’ autonomous educational institutes, public sector colleges functioning in either rented or borrowed premises have more to complain with their teachers and...		Govt to ensure press freedom LAHORE, April 17: The Punjab government is determined to maintain freedom of the press in the province....
Musharraf cannot address joint session: PPP LAHORE, April 17: Gen Pervez Musharraf cannot address joint session of the parliament as being a non-elected president he will be a stranger in the house, says the Pakistan People’s Party....		Tigress undergoes CT scan LAHORE, April 17: A five-year old white zoo tigress, belonging to a rare breed called Bengal Tigers, underwent CT scan for brain tumour at the Shaukat Khanum Research Centre on Thursday....
Awareness about hepatitis LAHORE, April 17: Media could play an effective role in creating awareness about hepatitis which is claiming a large number of lives annually in the country mainly due to lack of...		Murderer escapes LAHORE, April 17: A murder accused on Thursday fled from the court of Justice Khwaja Muhammad Sharif after pushing aside a DSP when the court refused to confirm his interim bail....
Pervaiz grants Rs975m for Multan uplift MULTAN, April 17: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi on Thursday granted Rs975 million to carry out development schemes in the district....		Civil courts not ‘entitled’ to hear Waqf cases GUJRANWALA, April 17: The district and sessions judge gave an observation that civil courts were not entitled to hear the claim cases of the Waqf Properties Board (WPB) and disposed of...
Road accident leaves one killed, six hurt KASUR, April 17: A man was killed while six others sustained injuries in a road accident near Sarai Chheena village here on Thursday....		Sikandar stole the Wednesday show OKARA, April 17: The visit of Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali to the district on Wednesday divided local politicians into two groups as some of them including district Nazim Syed...
Gepco offers award GUJRANWALA, April 17: The Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco) has offered its consumers that they will be given cash prize on identifying a power thief....		Two kids die of burns in Multan MULTAN, April 17: Two children died from burn wounds while their father received serious injuries on Thursday when their house caught fire reportedly due to short electric circuit in Peoples Colony....