May 9, 2003	Friday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 6, 1424

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Health authorities asked to check spread of fatal diseases ISLAMABAD, May 8: Health authorities should address various fatal diseases with as much attention as is being accorded to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)....		50pc education budget to be allocated for girls’ schooling ISLAMABAD, May 8: About 50 per cent of education budget would be allocated for girls schooling at federal as well as provincial levels....
Big cache of weapons seized RAWALPINDI, May 8: Police have seized a large quantity of weapons including anti-tank and mortar guns which the police official believe were to be used in sabotage activities by activists of...		‘Conservation of water, energy a must for self-reliance’ ISLAMABAD, May 8: We will have to adopt modern technologies and invest more in human resources if we want to develop and prosper as a nation, said Dr Mutawakil Qazi, Secretary...
Two clerks of SSP office booked for fraud RAWALPINDI, May 8: The police on Thursday booked two officials of the SSP office on charges of swindling money from an army man and threatening him with dire consequences....		Four awarded life-term in kidnapping case RAWALPINDI, May 8: Four persons were sentenced to life imprisonment in a case of kidnapping for ransom on Thursday....
Minister seeks aid as per priorities ISLAMABAD, May 8: Shaukat Aziz, the federal finance minister, while talking to John Greensmith, International Executive Director of ‘Plan International’, urged the donors to help Pakistan according to country’s priorities and...		Local cos debarred from installing chiller in NA ISLAMABAD, May 8: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has allegedly deprived local air conditioner manufacturing companies of participating in a bidding for installing a chiller plant in the National Assembly building...
Mengal allowed to resume legal practice ISLAMABAD, May 8: The Pakistan Bar Council has allowed Justice (retired) Amirul Mulk Mengal, a former governor of Balochistan, to resume his legal practice in the Supreme Court of Pakistan....		Driver’s plea dismissed ISLAMABAD, May 8: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the appeal of a driver, whose services were terminated on September 12, 2002 by the police department for demanding increase in upper...
Kabul facing uniform curriculum problem ISLAMABAD, May 8: Afghanistan is facing problems in establishing a uniform curriculum due to the prolonged conflict within the society....		RDA’s record to be computerized RAWALPINDI, May 8: The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) is intending to computerize its various projects and has started consultation with the provincial government in this connection, sources told Dawn here on...
Jamali to attend Shah Jewna Urs ISLAMABAD, May 8: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali will attend the annual Urs of Hazrat Shah Jewna, at Jhang on May 10, sources said. The interior minister, Faisal Saleh...		Biotech curriculum for BSc, MSc finalized ISLAMABAD, May 8: A three-day meeting of National Curriculum Revision Committee (NCRC) of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) for the discipline of biotechnology concluded at the HEC campus here....
Production from Saindak to begin next month QUETTA, May 8: Saindak copper project will begin production from next month and initially it will produce 12,500 tonnes of raw copper on a daily basis....		No plan of army action in Dera Bugti: Jam QUETTA, May 8: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousaf has ruled out any possibility of military operation in Dera Bugti and denied reports in this regard....
PML-N asks SBP to ensure staff’s rights ISLAMABAD, May 8: the acting president of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, has asked the State Bank of Pakistan to protect the rights of its employees and ensure...		Pakistan to deport Australian CANBERRA, May 8: An Australian man detained in Pakistan for four months is to be deported with no charges laid after an investigation into his alleged links to Al Qaeda network,...
ARD meets today ISLAMABAD, May 8: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy will hold a meeting on Friday to discuss the peace process between Pakistan and India and the ongoing government-opposition talks on Legal...		AJK assembly passes 2 laws MUZAFFARABAD, May 8: The AJK Legislative Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed two laws while another was referred to the select committee following which the session was prorogued indefinitely....
Nationalists to resist military action QUETTA, May 8: Three nationalist parties of Balochistan have decided to meet on Sunday next to evolve a joint stand on the issues and concerns currently faced by the province....		Train looted SUKKUR, May 8: More than 30 armed dacoits blocked the main railway track between Rohri and Mando Dero railway stations at around 12.30 on Wednesday night, forcibly stopped 7-up Tezgam heading...
Ex-minister cleared of charges ISLAMABAD, May 8: Former railways minister and sitting Senator Javed Ashraf Qazi allegedly involved in a Pakistan Railways’ land scam has been declared innocent by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)....		Pakistan-UK ties RAWALPINDI, May 8: Pakistan and the United Kingdom have said defence relations between the two countries are progressing well, and they could once again see tangible evidence of this in the...
Two die of Congo fever QUETTA, May 8: Two persons died of Congo virus in Loralai, health department officials said at a meeting on Thursday....		Supreme Court grants bail to former MNA in absentia ISLAMABAD, May 8: A bench of the Supreme Court has granted bail to an absconder and restrained the government from arresting him without its prior permission....
Keenjhar Lake may be handed over to dist govt THATTA, May 8: Formalities to hand over the Keenjhar lake to the Thatta district government are being finalised and by the second week of June, the district administration will take over...		NSC a threat to supremacy of parliament, says PPP HYDERABAD, May 8: Sindh People’s Party Parliamentarians president Nisar Ahmad Khuhro has said parliament will lose its supremacy if the “supra constitutional” National Security Council is thrust on the country....
Ten hotels gutted BADIN, May 8: Ten hotels, a medical store and several shops were reduced to ashes when a fire broke out in a bazaar of Lowari early Thursday morning....		Smuggled goods recovered SUKKUR, May 8: The anti-smuggling squad of Jacobabad recovered a huge quantity of smuggled goods from two trucks near Umrani Mor, Jacobabad, on Thursday....
Provinces share in federal jobs demanded LARKANA, May 8: Clerks of different government departments took out a procession here on Thursday, demanding that the government should lift the ban on recruitment and ensure equal share in jobs...		Sanitary workers’ salaries snatched SUKKUR, May 8: The salaries of sanitary workers of the Sukkur Taluka Municipal Council, amounting to Rs200,000, was looted by armed robbers in the office of the sanitary inspector here on...
Man killed by stepson NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, May 8: A man was killed by his stepson in the Juman Rajpar village on Thursday morning....		Gas Cos urged to recruit locals KHAIRPUR, May 8: The chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Altaf Hussain, has said that only the people of Khairpur have right to employment in the gas fields in Nara and...
Opposition demands Benazir’s return PESHAWAR, May 8: The NWFP Assembly, through a resolution, has demanded an early return of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto for her participation in the ongoing government-opposition talks on Pakistan-India relations....		Teachers slam govt’s ‘apathy’ PESHAWAR, May 8: Joint Action Committee, a body set up to press teachers’ demands, has condemned the government for its “cold-shoulder response” to their strikes and protest demos against the Model...
Clerks want salaries doubled PESHAWAR, May 8: All Pakistan Clerks Association (Apca) here on Thursday demanded of the NWFP government to give 100 per cent increase in salaries to public sector employees, abolish the Removal...		More flights for N. Areas urged GILGIT, May 8: People of the Northern Areas have urged PIA (Pakistan International Airlines) and military officials to increase the number of flights between Islamabad, Gilgit and Skardu....
Plea against President to be taken up today LAHORE, May 8: The chief justice of the Lahore High Court will take up the Pakistan Lawyers Forum (PLF) petition seeking trial of President Gen Musharraf on high treason charges on...		CJ again requested to chair PPSC panel LAHORE, May 8: After failing to find any way out, the Punjab government has reportedly once again requested the Lahore High Court chief justice to accept chairpersonship of the provincial public...
Parking lots’ menace LAHORE, May 8: Parking lots’ contractors throughout the provincial metropolis are overcharging under the patronage of the city district government officials....		State given time to produce evidence: ATC judge’s dismissal LAHORE, May 8: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday allowed time to the state for producing the incriminating evidence against the alleged professional misconduct of a dismissed...
Govt told to fill in medical colleges’ quota seats LAHORE, May 8: The Lahore High Court on Thursday directed the provincial government to allow admissions to medical colleges against the 78 seats reserved for students from under-developed areas within two...		Another probe into Millat Park incident LAHORE, May 8: Another probe has been initiated into the alleged clash between a Punjab minister and police....
DPOs asked to take stern action against criminals LAHORE, May 8: The chief minister directed on Thursday all district police officers (DPOs) to arrest proclaimed offenders and take stern action against their harbourers however influential they might be....		Intelligence agencies start monitoring: Wheat procurement SIALKOT, May 8: Taking notice of the distribution of gunny bags among “favourites” of Nazims, MPAs and MNAs, the intelligence agencies have started monitoring the process at official wheat procurement centres...
Nine more tenants arrested MULTAN, May 8: The Okara police have arrested nine more military farms’ tenants during the last 24 hours....		Magistrates to ensure gunny bags’ provision GUJRANWALA, May 8: Judicial magistrates are being delegated executive powers to check wheat procurement centres and monitor the supply of gunny bags process for resolving farmers’ complaints against the Food department,...
PBC allows Mengal to resume practice MULTAN, May 8: The Pakistan Bar Council has allowed former Balochistan governor Ameerulmulk Mengal to resume practice as an advocate of the Supreme Court....		SC dismisses plea against Wapda LAHORE, May 8: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition of the income tax authorities for declaring Wapda an “assessee” with regard to a one-million-rupee tax liability on bank service...