April 26, 2003	Saturday	Safar 23, 1424

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HEC revises rules for documents’ attestation ISLAMABAD, April 25: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has revised rules for attestation of degree, diplomas and certificates of those people, who want to visit foreign countries for studies and employment...		Hunting quota for Markhor increased ISLAMABAD, April 25 : The Convention on International Trade of Indigenous Species (CITES) has increased the hunting quota of Markhor for Pakistan....
PML-N leader booked in another case after acquittal RAWALPINDI, April 25: The Islamabad police booked former MPA Chaudhry Tanvir on charges of occupying a piece of land in the jurisdiction of Sihala police station after the accountability court number...		Altaf calls for shunning politics of confrontation ISLAMABAD, April 25: The London-based chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Altaf Hussain has called for national integration instead of politics of confrontation at a time when the country was passing...
Report against pilot sent to PIA chief RAWALPINDI, April 25: Inquiry report concerning a PIA pilot, who had allegedly helped a passenger bypass immigration check at Islamabad Airport, has been sent to the airline’s chairman, a source said...		Demo staged against seizure of LPG kits RAWALPINDI, April 25: Rickshaw Drivers Revolutionary Union and activists of Shabab-i-Milli on Friday held a protest demonstration against the confiscation of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) kits by traffic police and the...
Meeting with prisoners in judicial lockup banned ISLAMABAD, April 25: The district administration has banned meeting of prisoners with their relatives in judicial lockup at the district courts....		Rs1 billion PTCL fund to be offered for S&T projects ISLAMABAD, April 25: Federal Information Technology Minister Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on Friday said Rs1 billion research and development fund of the PTCL would be made available to fund projects with...
Youths asked to preserve heritage ISLAMABAD, April 25: United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) launched an Urdu version of a book, “World Heritage in Young Hands”, here on Thursday to familiarize the teachers and...		Practical strategy stressed to combat smoking ISLAMABAD, April 25: Tobacco industry contributes Rs36 billion to the national exchequer but also accounts for the death of 98,969 people in Pakistan annually....
Stamp carrying anti-drug message issued ISLAMABAD, April 25: Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) in collaboration with Pakistan Post has issued a commemorative postage stamp with an anti-drug message to create awareness among the general masses....		Justice Qazi Gul dies ISLAMABAD, April 25: Justice Qazi Mohammad Gul (retired) expired here on Friday. He was 92....
Coordination needed for LG system: NRB QUETTA, April 25: The Chairman of the National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB), Mr Danyal Aziz, has underlined the need for close coordination and cooperation among all institutions of the government for the...		Musharraf sees serious problems if LFO changed ISLAMABAD, April 25: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Friday that changes being demanded by opposition in the Legal Framework Order would lead to serious internal and external problems....
Benazir directs partymen to reactivate PPP ISLAMABAD, April 25: Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto has issued policy guidelines for revitalization of the PPP....		Bugti terms talks with opposition fruitless QUETTA, April 25: Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) chief Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti has said opposition parties’ meeting with the prime minister after president’s statement on the LFO and uniform was a...
Mobile phone service to be extended to AJK, N. Areas ISLAMABAD, April 25: Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has said the government wants to extend modern means of communications to Azad Jammu and Kashmir...		Army urged to strengthen parliament QUETTA, April 25: Nawabzada Lashkari Khan Raisani, a PPP leader and former Balochistan minister, has said that army rulers must accept supremacy of parliament to strengthen democratic institutions in the country....
Australian HC, envoys of France, Turkey meet Soomro ISLAMABAD, April 25: Australian High Commissioner Howard Brown, French Ambas-sador M. Yannick Gerard and Turkish envoy H. Kemal Gur separately called on Senate Chairman Muhammedmian Soomro here on Friday in the...		Children take out peace procession QUETTA, April 25: Hundreds of schoolchildren on Friday took out a peace procession led by Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousaf....
Nicop cards being issued to Pakistanis in UAE DUBAI, April 25: More than 4,500 applications for National Identity Cards for Overseas Pakistanis (Nicop) have been received here and almost...		Opposition wants say in govt decisions QUETTA, April 25: The opposition parties in the Balochistan Assembly have urged the government to consult them on important government affairs and stated that soon a requisition would be filed with...
PDF team leaves for Iraq on Tuesday ISLAMABAD, April 25: A delegation of Parliamentarian Doctors Forum (PDF) will leave from Karachi for Iraq on Tuesday for a three-week visit....		Cable TV operators assured of protection QUETTA, April 25: Balochistan Minister for Information Hafiz Hussain Sharody has...
Shahzadi goes to eternal sleep THE versatile actress Shahzadi, who acted in films, television plays and radio dramas over a period of four decades, died at her home in Karachi on April 24 after a protratced...		Traders flay property tax notices GUJRANWALA, April 25: The Markazi Anjuman Tajran and other trade organizations and citizen councils have resented against the excise and taxation department for issuing property tax notices and the harassment created...
Councillor granted bail TOBA TEK SINGH, April 25: A civil judge of Kamalia ordered on Thursday release of a woman councillor....		Over two dozen bikes taken into custody FAISALABAD, April 25: The local police launched a grand operation in the market of motorcycles and took into custody over two dozen bikes describing them as suspects here on Thursday night....
Two highwaymen killed, SHO hurt in shootout MULTAN, April 25: Two alleged highwaymen were killed and a police official injured in an encounter in Pakpattan here on Friday....		ADB to launch uplift project in Narowal SIALKOT, April 25: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will soon launch a comprehensive development project in the Narowal district....
Shahbaz all praise for workers LAHORE, April 25: Mian Shahbaz Sharif praised the sacrifices rendered by his party workers, saying the leadership valued them most and would reward such workers....		Power supply to Kasur TMA severed KASUR, April 25: Lesco disconnected electricity supply to the Kasur Tehsil Municipal Administration offices on Friday, fifth time in a month, for not paying arrears worth over Rs10 million....
Police fail to recover kidnapped boy DERA GHAZI KHAN, April 25: There was no clue to the minor boy kidnapped by a housemaid even after two days of the incident....		Oath taking SHEIKHUPURA, April 25: The oath taking ceremony of the local press club was held here on Friday....
Inquiry into Sadiqgarh palace theft ordered BAHAWALPUR, April 25: The Ahmadpur East revenue department on Thursday ordered inquiry into alleged theft in the sealed Sadiqgarh palace and torching the railway saloon of the late Bahawalpur amir....		Jury head, aide claim to have been implicated TOBA TEK SINGH, April 25: A lumberdar and his accomplice accused of forcing a woman and her lover to ‘fornicate’ as a punishment claimed on Friday that they had been implicated...
CM rewards blind cricket team LAHORE, April 25: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Friday rewarded the national blind cricket team....		Man shot dead GUJRANWALA, April 25: A trader was killed while his two nephews were injured allegedly by three addicts in Asghar Colony here on Friday night....
PPP observes black day against LFO HYDERABAD, April 25: A ‘black day’ was observed on Friday in Sindh, including Hyderabad, on the call of the People’s Party Parliamentarians against the Legal Framework Order and the construction of...		Death penalty commuted to Diyat payment PESHAWAR, April 25: The Peshawar High Court has ruled that a juvenile offender cannot be awarded death penalty under the Qisas and Diyat law....
Poppy destroyers’ force attacked SADDA, April 25: Personnel of law-enforcement agencies came under fire when they launched an operation against poppy growers in Mosazai, an inaccessible part of Kurram Agency, here on Friday, officials said....		MCPS course discontinued LARKANA, April 25: The College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) council has decided to discontinue the existing courses in MCPS (without FCPS-I) in all disciplines....
Police kill man NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, April 25: A man, Manzoor Ali Korai, 30, was killed when police opened fire on his car (B-0093) on the National Highway, near Moro, on Friday....		Body found GHAZI, April 25: The body of an unidentified young man was found floating in Indus river near the Ghazi Barotha barrage on Friday morning....
Scientific research urged PESHAWAR, April 25: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has called upon the local scientists and researchers to adopt pragmatic approach and effective strategies aimed at strengthening research activities on modern...		Dolphin rescued SUKKUR, April 25: A female Dolphin, which was found stranded in Khirthar Canal near Sukkur Barrage, was released into to River Indus by a wildlife team on Friday....
Unseen forces halt Mangla’s raising: Wapda LAHORE, April 25: “Some invisible political forces are out to kill the Mangla’s raising project and the plan runs the risk of becoming controversial like the Kalabagh dam,” fears Wapda on...		PEOs, deputy deans’ posts to go: Tahir: Autonomous health institutions LAHORE, April 25: Punjab Health Minister Dr Tahir Ali Javed has announced abolition of posts of principal executive officers and deputy deans in all autonomous health institutions in the province....
Punjab to use ADB soft loan to swap CDL LAHORE, April 25: Punjab will use the project-free $350 million soft loan offered by the Asian Development Bank to swap a portion of its high-priced Cash Development Loan obtained from the...		PML-N’s man filed ‘bogus’ degree LAHORE, April 25: The Punjab University claimed in the Lahore High Court on Friday that PML-N’s returned candidate from PP-156 (Lahore) in the last general elections had filed a bogus graduation...