May 2, 2003	Friday	Safar 29, 1424

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Rs50m grant for Sihala police college announced RAWALPINDI, May 1: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Thursday vowed to transform the police into a public- serving force and announced a grant of Rs50 million for the expansion...		$0.35m ADB assistance to improve Pindi environment ISLAMABAD, May 1: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a technical assistance grant of $350,000 for preparation of an environmental project for Rawalpindi, a statement issued by the bank said....
May Day rallies: more rights for poor, labourers sought RAWALPINDI, May 1: A number of trade unions and civil society organizations held rallies and meetings in connection with the World Labour Day on Thursday, demanding more rights for the poor...		No respite for daily wage earners on May Day ISLAMABAD, May 1: A number of daily wage earners lined up at Peshawar Mor, as usual, early on Thursday morning expecting to be hired but oblivious of the significance of May...
SHO directed to file case against ASP ISLAMABAD, May 1: Additional District and Sessions Judge Qazi Waqar Hussain on Wednesday directed the station house officer of Secretariat police to register a case against assistant superintendent police (rural) Mazharul...		Ex-employee of POF pleads against forced retirement ISLAMABAD, May 1: An ex-employee of the Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that he was compulsorily retired from service for holding a press conference in his...
About 18,580 govt employees await official accommodation ISLAMABAD, May 1: About 18,580 government employees in the country are awaiting allotment of official residences....		UC Naib Nazims voted out GUJAR KHAN, May 1: Naib Nazims of two union councils of Gujar Khan Tehsil have been removed from their offices through no-confidence motion during meetings of the two local council, sources...
Corps Commander asks Iesco to restore power supply to tubewells RAWALPINDI, May 1: The Rawalpindi corps commander, taking serious notice of power disconnection to tube wells and water headworks in Cantonment areas, has asked the Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) to...		Political process to introduce true leadership: speakers ISLAMABAD, May 1: Continuation of electoral and political process is a must to ensure true leadership in the country....
Body found RAWALPINDI, May 1: Police found an abandoned sack containing a mutilated body from Dhoke Hassu on Thursday....		All passengers from states hit by SARS may be screened ISLAMABAD, May 1: The government is considering carrying out complete screening of all passengers coming from the countries affected by SARS virus on the apron before allowing them to disembark....
Hizb regrets US move to place it on watch list MUZAFFARABAD, May 1: Kashmir’s largest and mainly indigenous fighter group, Hizbul Mujahideen, feels dismayed over its placing by the US State Department on a terrorist watch list, and has called upon...		Troops to be sent to Iraq only under UN aegis ISLAMABAD, May 1: Pakistan’s contribution to any peace-keeping force in Iraq will be contingent upon such a force operating under the UN umbrella, say reliable government sources....
SC resolves 53-year-old property dispute ISLAMABAD, May 1: The Supreme Court on Wednesday decided a dispute that began 53 years ago but both the original litigants have died....		AJK villagers threaten demos as policemen torture boy MUZAFFARABAD, May 1: The residents of a southern village of Azad Kashmir on Thursday threatened to disrupt the proposed visit of Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan to district Poonch if...
US gives $50m to fight terrorism ISLAMABAD, May 1: The United States has released a grant of $50 million to Pakistan for border security and eradication of terrorism in the country, Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat told...		Sentence set aside QUETTA, May 1: A division bench of Balochistan High Court on Wednesday set aside the imprisonment sentence awarded by an accountability court to former minister Bismillah Khan Kakar, a leader of...
Labour bodies hold meetings QUETTA, May 1: Labour organizations held meetings on Thursday to commemorate the death anniversary of Chicago martyrs....		Man killed in Indian shelling MUZAFFARABAD, May 1: A man was killed in a southern border village of Azad Kashmir in the small hours of Thursday in unprovoked Indian shelling from across the restive Line of...
Workers demand repeal of IRO-2002: May Day observed HYDERABAD, May 1: The International Labour Day was observed here on Thursday with great fervour and enthusiasm by the workers reaffirming their pledge to continue their struggle for their just rights...		Another policeman killed in encounter SANGHAR, May 1: Another police constable, Mustaqeem, was killed in the on-going police encounter in a banana filed in Saleh Waryal village near Tando Adam on Thursday....
22 booked under sedition charges LARKANA, May 1: The Market police has registered an FIR against 22 people, including Chairman Jeay Sindh Mahaz Syed Zain Shah, Advocate Kalpana Devi and Sobho Gianchandani, under sedition charges for...		Three commit suicide NAWABSHAH, May 1: Three persons committed suicide in the district on Wednesday....
Shepherdess killed KHAIRPUR, May 1: A shepherd girl was killed near a village of Babarloi area on Wednesday....		Anti-bandit drive demanded SUKKUR, May 1: Lawlessness and tyranny of outlaws has turned a large swathe of land into a no-man’s land and there is a need for the government to establish the rule...
765kg hashish seized PESHAWAR, May 1: The city police have seized 765 kilograms hashish and one Kg opium from a vehicle after fire exchange with smugglers at Lala Killi in Chamkani limits....		Protest against Hesco continues SUKKUR, May 1: More than 100 people here on Thursday observed a hunger strike for eight hours to protest against Hesco officials for resorting to load-shedding....
Sherpao asks opposition not to exploit LFO KOHAT, May 1: Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, Federal Minister for Water and Power, has said that the Legal Framework Order is the part of the 1973 Constitution under which the present...		Man killed, three women injured in explosion FAISALABAD, May 1: A man was killed while three women members of his family sustained serious burn injuries when explosive material in their home exploded in Chak 229-RB on Makuana-Khurrianwala Road,...
Rallies, seminars mark May Day GUJRANWALA, May 1: Various labour organizations held rallies and seminars in connection with the international ‘Labour Day’ throughout the Punjab here on Thursday....		Sealing of Gujrat chamber challenged GUJRAT, May 1: Eight office-bearers, including president, of the sealed local Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday filed a writ petition in the Lahore High Court against the GCCI’s sealing....
Huge wheat quantity drenched in rain GUJRANWALA, May 1: A huge quantity of wheat lying open at the grain market in Naushera Virkan was drenched in the rain two days ago....		Rs35m for arts council auditorium GUJRANWALA, May 1: The City Tehsil Council has allocated Rs35 million for the construction of Arts Council auditorium at Gulshan Iqbal Park on GT Road....
Daughters’ killer courts arrest BAHAWALPUR, May 1: The alleged killer of four daughters surrendered before Civil Lines police on Wednesday night....		Priority to workers’ welfare FAISALABAD, May 1: The labour community is the backbone of our economy and the government was committed to protect their legitimate rights without any political consideration....
Wheat purchase target in Toba TOBA TEK SINGH, May 1: The food department will purchase 80,000 tons of wheat from Kamalia and Toba Tek Singh tehsils while Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Supplies Corporation 30,000 tons from...		Rs2.5bn for new roads SIALKOT, May 1: The Punjab government will spend Rs2.5 billion on the construction of new and repair of existing roads in the province....
Four-year-old boy killed KASUR, May 1: A four-year-old boy was killed in a road accident at Khara Road here on Thursday....		Chik-making — a business in decline NAROWAL, May 1: Chik-making, once a roaring business in and around Narowal, suffers following excessive taxes and apathy of the authorities concerned....
Drama festival over DERA GHAZI KHAN, May 1: A three-day drama festival was held for the first time in Divisional Public School and College from April 28 to 30....		Multan sizzles MULTAN, May 1: Temperature shot up to 43.8 C in Multan and its suburbs on Thursday, making it the hottest day of current summer so far....
Govt moves to check attack on websites LAHORE, May 1: The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology on Thursday went into a frantic damage control exercise to contain effects of the virus attack on government websites and subsequent...		Benazir to Return after ‘homework’ LAHORE, May 1: Secretary general Jehangir Badr has said PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto will be advised to return home only after doing proper homework by the central committee....
Data hospital’s doctors given service structure LAHORE, May 1: The Data Darbar Hospital doctors have finally been given a service structure, saving many of them from retiring on the same pay scale in which they were recruited...		PHA asked to submit accounts LAHORE, May 1: The income tax authorities have directed the Parks and Horticulture Authority to submit its accounts along with all receipts of income and expense for the determination of income...
Anti-SARS Measures ordered LAHORE, May 1: District Nazim Mian Amer has directed that a small X-ray machine should be installed at Lahore airport in collaboration with the Civil Aviation Authority to detect patients carrying...		Kenyan envoy, daughter hurt in accident LAHORE, May 1: The Kenyan ambassador to Pakistan and his daughter were injured while their driver was killed in an accident on the Lahore-Islamabad Motorway on Thursday....
Funds for judicial complex withheld LAHORE, May 1: The Lahore High Court administration has withheld funds for the construction of a judicial complex after refusal of the Punjab Printing Press to hand over its land for...		New month begins with hottest day LAHORE, May 1: People in the provincial metropolis on Thursday witnessed the season’s hottest day when temperature touched 41.2 degrees C. It was 39 degrees C on Wednesday....