April 22, 2003	Tuesday	Safar 19,1424

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Power supply to courts, dist offices snapped: Rs1.6m outstanding dues ISLAMABAD. April 21: The Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) has snapped the electricity supply of the capital district administration offices and the courts due to non-payment of Rs1.6 million bills....		Incentives offered for industrial units: minister ISLAMABAD, April 21: Sixty two manufacturing units of Paper and Paper Board are in operation out of a total of 99....
Crisis centre for women to be set up in Pindi RAWALPINDI, April 21: The government will provide funds to set up a crisis centre for women in the district....		CDA allowed to begin uplift work in D-12: NA told ISLAMABAD, April 21: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has been authorized to initiate development work in sector D-12, the National Assembly was informed on Monday....
Protest against privatization of schools, colleges put off RAWALPINDI, April 21: Teachers on Monday announced postponement of their protest movement against the privatization of educational institutions after holding negotiations with the Punjab government....		Need to prepare for WTO regime challenges stressed ISLAMABAD, April 21: The chairman of Parliamentarians Commission for Human Rights Riaz Fatyana has stressed the need to prepare for the challenges posed by the WTO regime....
Opposition demands referendum on LFO ISLAMABAD, April 21: Opposition leaders in the National Assembly on Monday urged the government to hold a referendum to know the nation’s opinion on the Legal Framework Order (LFO)....		Complaints lodged against PWD ISLAMABAD, April 21: Three complaints were filed with the federal ombudsman’s secretariat against Public Works Department (PWD) during 2001 to 2003, the National Assembly was informed on Monday....
CNG stations observe strike RAWALPINDI, April 21: All 27 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Monday observed strike against the selling of the sub-standard CNG kits....		New sanitation service launched in cantt areas RAWALPINDI, April 21: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) on Monday launched a new sanitation service, designed specially for overpopulated and congested areas....
Sound system in NA put on full volume ISLAMABAD, April 21: The National Assembly secretariat on Monday opened the volume of communication system in the Assembly to the maximum for smooth proceeding of the house during the ongoing rumpus...		Balochistan Bar urges LFO’s withdrawal QUETTA, April 21: President Balochistan High Court Bar Association, Senator Amanullah Kanrani, has demanded that the Legal Framework Order be withdrawn and presidential elections be held under the 1973 Constitution....
TMA to hand over 4 employees to police: Bano Arcade incident RAWALPINDI, April 21: The Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) decided to hand over four of its employees wanted by the police in connection with the Bano Arcade incident, official source said on...		SC grants bail to absconder ISLAMABAD, April 21: The Supreme Court on Monday granted protective bail to an absconder, Haji Nasimur Rehman, a former MNA from Mardan, and issued notice to Prosecutor-General Accountability to explain whether...
PPP rejects Sindh CM stance on Thal project MIRPURKHAS, April 21: The Pakistan People’s Party has said the Sindh government has no authority to give a go-ahead signal to the Thal Canal as the opposition to the controversial canal...		Canal not in violation of accord ISLAMABAD, April 21: Greater Thal Canal Project is not being constructed in violation of the 1991 Water Accord as the Indus River System Authority had already approved water allocation to the...
3 get death for murder QUETTA, April 21: Sessions Court Kech (Turbat) awarded death sentence to three persons for killing a trader from Pasni two years back....		Constitution for N.Areas in doldrums ISLAMABAD, April 21: A Northern Areas Legislative Council (NALC) session has yet to be convened to debate and adopt a draft bill for the enactment of an interim constitution for Gilgit-Baltistan,...
Trainee cops advised to work hard QUETTA, April 21: Balochistan Governor Abdul Qadir has urged upon young police officers to work with devotion and honesty for promoting a new culture in their department....		Balochistan opposes Punjab’s NFC stand QUETTA, April 21: The Balochistan government has opposed the Punjab government’s proposal for the continuation of the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award for another year so that the provinces could determine...
Pakistani beheaded RIYADH, April 21: A Pakistani convicted of smuggling heroin was beheaded here on Monday, the interior ministry said....		Television booster being installed in Bajaur BAJAUR, April 21: Pakistan Television engineers have started work on installing a TV booster on a hilltop in the Barang area in Bajaur Agency on Monday after the political administration removed...
Protest held against MUO PESHAWAR, April 21: Joint Action Committee (JAC) of teachers, students and doctors held protest demonstration in front of the provincial assembly against the proposed Model University Ordinance on Monday....		PML-Q moves court to unseat Qazi PESHAWAR, April 21: The Pakistan Muslim League (Q) filed a constitutional petition in the Peshawar High Court on Monday against the MMA’s vice-president, Qazi Hussain Ahmad, requesting the court to disqualify...
Poppy crop must be destroyed: governor PESHAWAR, April 21: The NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said the government is committed to the eradication of poppy cultivation from Fata, saying as in previous years, this year...		Unregistered school closed down HARIPUR, April 21: The deputy district officer, primary, has ordered closing down of a private school established in violation of rules and issued warning to others, sources told Dawn on Monday....
Swiss NGO concerned over Iraq situation PESHAWAR, April 21: International Federation Terre des Hommes, a Swiss NGO has expressed concern about the humanitarian situation in Iraq and called upon the UN Security Council to remind the occupation...		Three killed MINGORA, April 21: Police killed a man in a encounter on Sunday after he had shot dead two people in Dherai village of the Khwazakhela Tehsil....
Bodies of two women found NOWSHERA, April 21: Bodies of two young women were found near the under-construction Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway at the Mera Marhati Banda here on Sunday....		Man shot dead in kidnap bid HANGU, April 21: A man was shot dead when he resisted a kidnapping attempt on Sunday....
AJK refuses to sign dam raising accord MUZAFFARABAD, April 21: The Mangla Dam raising project has suffered another blow after the Azad Kashmir government refused to sign an agreement with the federal government in protest against the omission...		C&W dept, district govts at odds over toll FAISALABAD, April 21: A controversy has cropped up between the communication and works department and the district governments over the issue of levying toll on roads....
Tribesmen detain two over money dispute GUJRAT, April 21: Some tribesmen of Laki Marwat (NWFP) have allegedly detained two persons, one of them a police constable in Gujrat, for the last 10 days over what is claimed...		Five burnt in gas meter fire GUJRANWALA, April 21: Five people, including a Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited sub-engineer, sustained serious burn wounds after a fire in a gas meter in Bhaberianwala Bazaar here on Monday....
Lt-Col to head NAB prosecution wing LAHORE, April 21: An army official of the rank of lieutenant-colonel has been appointed head of the National Accountability Bureau’s Punjab prosecution wing, which had been previously controlled by the civilians,...		PML-N divided in Sahiwal: Nomination of secretary general SAHIWAL, April 21: The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)’s local leaders are divided over nomination of secretary-general, whose seat had been vacated some time ago....
Pre-arrest bail cancelled SAHIWAL, April 21: An additional district and sessions judge on Monday cancelled pre-arrest bail of an accused involved in a dacoity case. The accused escaped from court after hearing it....		Missing youth found dead SHEIKHUPURA, April 21: A youth was found dead in fields near Ambah Kalia village, some 15 kilometres from here, on Monday....
Show-cause notice to DSP RAHIM YAR KHAN, April 21: The Bahawalpur police range DIG has issued show-cause notice to a DSP and suspended an ASI from service for taking bribe....		No discrimination by Irsa: minister LAHORE, April 21: The Punjab has not suffered any discrimination as far as water distribution by the Indus River System Authority is concerned, but it does not mean that the province...
MMA refuses to budge on its stand LAHORE, April 21: The MMA on Monday mounted pressure on President Musharraf in its drive to make parliament as the supreme body of the country and restore the Constitution in its...		Rs121 million Zakat for permanent rehabilitation LAHORE, April 21: The Punjab Zakat Council on Monday sanctioned Rs121.09 million for distribution among 7,221 deserving people under the permanent rehabilitation scheme to enable them to start small scale business....
Biogas plant opens tomorrow LAHORE, April 21: Corps Commander Lt-Gen Zarrar Azim will inaugurate the first-ever compost and biogas generation plant in the country on Ferozepur Road here on Wednesday....		Artificial breeding of endangered fish species LAHORE, April 21: The Punjab Fisheries Department has successfully experimented artificial breeding of an endangered fish species, found abundantly in the rivers of northern Punjab, called Mahasher....
JAC puts off protest LAHORE, April 21: The Joint Action Committee of teachers, doctors and students has called off its protest movement following dialogues with the Punjab government representatives led by Law Minister Raja Basharat....		Maqbool opens Data Sahib’s Urs LAHORE, April 21: The three-day annual Urs of Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh Hajveri began on Monday night after the chaddar laying ceremony at the shrine by Governor Khalid Maqbool....
Health minister visits SZH LAHORE, April 21: Federal Health Minister Naseer Khan on Monday visited Shaikh Zayed Hospital and held a meeting with the members of the board of governors....		LFO issue will be ‘solved’ LAHORE, April 21: PML-Q Senator S M Zafar is sanguine that some solution to the LFO issue will be found by parliament, and a constitutional mechanism devised to implement an agreement...
Musharraf for promoting liberal arts LAHORE, April 21: President Pervez Musharraf has said the ‘country’s economy has become strong enough in the last three years where greater resources can be diverted for the development of its...		Nawaz Khokhar’s co-accused held LAHORE, April 21: The NAB authorities on Monday arrested a co-accused of National Assembly former deputy speaker Haji Nawaz Khokhar from the Lahore High Court premises following the court’s refusal to...