May 6, 2003	Tuesday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 3, 1424

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Doctors licences to be renewed after 3-5 years ISLAMABAD, May 5: Consultants in different disciplines of medicine will be evaluated and their licences renewed every three to five years under the Continued Medical Education (CME) and Continued Professional Development...		US war on Iraq aimed to dominate world: Shahi ISLAMABAD, May 5: The casus belli for US war against Iraq was geostrategic and geopolitical and an attempt to dominate the world, former foreign minister Agha Shahi said....
Cantt General Hospital to be restructured RAWALPINDI, May 5: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board has prepared a plan to restructure the Cantt General Hospital and appoint specialist doctors in various sections, sources said....		Freight policy hampers export: RCCI RAWALPINDI, May 5: The Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) president, Osman Khalid Waheed, has asked the national carrier to improve its services in freight sector....
Artisans Society to train young artists ISLAMABAD, May 5: Laila Zuberi and Farooq Qaisar of ‘Uncle Sargam’ fame has said the Artisans Society is launching a programme to train young and talented artists to promote art and...		Eid-i-Milad procession arrangements finalized ISLAMABAD, May 5: A high level meeting on Monday reviewed and finalized security and traffic arrangements for Eid-i-Milad- un-Nabi procession in the federal capital....
Notice issued to ministry for not implementing court decision ISLAMABAD, May 5: The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the finance ministry regarding non-implementation of a judgment directing it to pay salary to the police personnel working in...		Four killed in road accidents RAWALPINDI, May 5: Four people, including a couple and a minor girl, died and five injured in three different traffic accidents in Islamabad and Rawalpindi on Monday, police said....
World Asthma Day today ISLAMABAD May 5: The World Asthma Day will be observed in the country on Tuesday to create public awareness of the disease....		Nazim for provision of health cover to people RAWALPINDI, May 5: The district Nazim, Raja Tariq Kiani, has said it falls within the responsibility of the district government to provide health facilities to people in every nook and corner...
LG officials to give feedback on flaws in system RAWALPINDI, May 5: The government has decided to get feedback from the local bodies’ elected representatives and officials about the flaws in the local governance system, the director-general, Local Government Punjab,...		SC adjourns Hakim Said, Asif cases ISLAMABAD, May 5: The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearings till Tuesday in two separate cases concerning PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari and murder of Hakim Said....
Equipment sent to Sost post for screening SARS ISLAMABAD, May 5: The National Institute of Health, following the health ministry’s directives, has dispatched lab items to Khungrab at Pakistan-China border to deal with any suspected cases of Severe Acute...		Balochistan seeks NFC moot before budget QUETTA, May 5: Balochistan Finance Minister Syed Ehsan Shah has stressed the need to convene the National Finance Commission meeting before budget to determine a new award, saying that the existing...
Punjab to oppose power tariff subsidies ISLAMABAD, May 5: The Punjab government has decided in principle to oppose to subsidise power consumers in three other provinces where Wapda’s breakaway distribution companies are facing heavy line losses, a...		MMA gives list for opposition leader slot ISLAMABAD, May 5: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Monday submitted to the National Assembly speaker a duly-signed list of 68 MNAs to claim the slot of leader of the opposition in the...
PML-N body to Discuss LFO today ISLAMABAD, May 5: A meeting of the constitutional committee of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) on Legal Framework Order will be held here on Tuesday....		EC approves over Rs1bn for education development ISLAMABAD, May 5: The European Commission has okayed Euro 20 million (about Rs1.28 billion) grant for Pakistan’s educational development to be undertaken by the Aga Khan Foundation over the next five...
6 die, many injured in N. Areas’ snowfall ISLAMABAD, May 5: Six of a family died and two sustained injuries on Friday when their house in Momin Pi Groung, Kharmang Valley, 69 kilometres off here, collapsed in unprecedented snowfall...		No compromise on LFO: Qazi QUETTA, May 5: Qazi Hussain Ahmed, the central leader of the MMA, has categorically declared that there will be no compromise on LFO as no individual or institution except Parliament has...
Pakistanis in BD to be included in voters’ list DHAKA, May 5: The High Court of Bangladesh directed the Election Commission on Monday to enrol 10 stranded Pakistanis, including three women, living at the Geneva Camp, in the voters’ list,...		Embassy in US offers internship WASHINGTON, May 5: The Pakistan embassy in Washington on Monday announced an internship programme for Pakistani undergraduates in the United States....
Bajaur’s poppy growers held in Afghanistan: Dispute on wages BAJAUR, May 5: Afghan poppy growers have held about 40 workers belonging to the Bajaur tribal agency over a dispute on wages for harvesting poppy in Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province and...		DPs a burden on economy, delegates told PESHAWAR, May 5: The NWFP governor, Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah, has said that the province has not only undergone tremendous economic pressure due to the influx of the Afghan refugees during...
Implementation of Fata reforms demanded LANDI KOTAL, May 5: Various political parties have demanded an immediate end to the Malik system and implementation of reforms in the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (Fata)....		3 robbers killed in shootout KOHAT, May 5: Three armed highway robbers who had let loose a reign of terror in the area for the last four months were killed in a police encounter on Monday,...
Demos planned PESHAWAR, May 5: The Joint Action Committee (JAC) formed to protest against the University Model Ordinance (UMO) has planned a series of demonstrations to force the government to revoke the ordinance,...		Party tickets: ANP leader refutes charge KOHAT, May 5: Awami National Party’s provincial secretary general, Aurangzeb advocate, has refuted allegations that his younger brother was involved in selling party tickets to the candidates of provincial assembly....
Neglected hospital LANDI KOTAL, May 5: The ultra sound machine at the agency headquarters hospital Landi Kotal is out of order for the last few weeks....		Nazim asked to supervise distribution of textbooks LARKANA, May 5: The chief minister’s inspection team taking serious notice of the selling of textbooks to the junk-sop, which were supposed to be provided free to students, asked the district...
Anti-US demo held JACOBABAD, May 5: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal took out a procession here on Monday, demanding withdrawal of US personnel from the Shahbaz Air Base, Jacobabad....		PPP demands fair NFC award LARKANA, May 5: Activists of the People’s Party Parliamentarians on Sunday reposed their confidence in the leadership of the party’s chairperson, Benazir Bhutto, called for her safe return to Pakistan and...
Growers block road NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, May 5: Tail-end growers of the Jethi Minor held a protest demonstration against the irrigation officials, Tharushah, for selling water here on Monday....		‘Shortage of water hits Sindh economy’ SHIKARPUR, May 5: Pakistan People’s Party leader Aftab Shahban Mirani has said Sindh is sustaining losses in agriculture products due to the shortage of water....
Provinces urged to enact laws: Honour killing SUKKUR, May 5: The Federal Government has advised the provincial governments of Sindh, Punjab, NWFP and Balochistan for legislation that would leave the courts with no option but award maximum punishment...		Power shutdown continues SUKKUR, May 5: Half the city — and students of secondary schools — endured a 14-hour-long power breakdown, present season’s longest yet, as the power to almost the entire city was...
Malaria cases MIRPURKHAS, May 5: The director general, Health Services, Sindh, Dr Qadir Bux Qadwani, has said that following publication of reports regarding the death of some people due to cerebral malaria, he...		Minimum inspection of traders’ premises: Pervaiz’s assurance LAHORE, May 5: Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has assured traders and industrialists of minimum government interference in their affairs for smooth functioning of their business....
PPP ‘won’t vote’ for Musharraf LAHORE, May 5: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) will not vote for Gen Pervez Musharraf to elect him civilian president of the country....		Pakistan no longer isolated: Kasuri LAHORE, May 5: Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri claimed on Monday Pakistan was no longer isolated diplomatically due to its adherence to principled stand on all external policy issues....
Routine power outages LAHORE, May 5: With summer setting in, frequent power supply interruptions, fluctuations and breakdowns have become a matter of routine in all parts of the provincial metropolis....		LHC office objects to PLF’s plea LAHORE, May 5: The Lahore High Court office on Monday objected to the Pakistan Lawyers Forum’s petition seeking trial of President Gen Pervez Musharraf on treason charges, and refused to fix...
Composition of SC bench in Khwajas case changed LAHORE, May 5: A Supreme Court division bench’s composition, hearing the petition of Dr Ahmad Javed Khwaja and his brother against their preventive detention, was changed on Monday. Hearing could not...		‘Consensus’ NFC Award LAHORE, May 5: Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi said on Monday that the National Finance Commission Award would be based on the consensus of all the four provinces....
Six tenants hurt in Okara farm firing MULTAN, May 5: As many as five women and a tenant, who were protesting against the arrest of nine tenants, were injured on Monday when Rangers and police reportedly opened fire...		Favourites ‘getting’ gunny bags SIALKOT, May 5: Growers of Sialkot and Narowal districts have strongly protested against the acute shortage of gunny bags and ‘unending’ hurdles created by the food department ‘black sheep’ in connivance...
Measures needed to put agrarian economy on track FAISALABAD, May 5: The government has been urged to formulate a comprehensive policy to save the agrarian economy from collapse in the wake of climatic change and conditionalities of World Trade...		No-trust against Toba dist Nazim threatened TOBA TEK SINGH, May 5: Some present and former parliamentarians are reportedly making efforts to form a group of district council members to table a no-confidence motion against the district Nazim...
Labourer’s third son found dead SIALKOT, May 5: The mysterious death of a labourer’s third minor child on Monday created panic in Bhanokey village, Jankey Cheema, Daska tehsil....		Rs1.6m to be given to owners: DCO: 199 kiosks burnt SHEIKHUPURA, May 5: A sum of Rs1.6 million will be distributed among 199 shopkeepers, whose kiosks were burnt at Narang vegetable market about two months ago, according to DCO Muhammad Ayub...