May 12, 2003	Monday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 9, 1424

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Tenant shot dead on Okara farms OKARA, May 11: A tenant was shot dead and two others injured allegedly by the Rangers in Chak 5/4-L on the military farms here on Sunday morning....		Five fall prey to accidents GUJRANWALA, May 11: Five people were killed and 24 others injured in separate road accidents in and around the city on Sunday....
Two injured in landmine blast SIALKOT, May 11: Two villagers sustained serious injuries on Sunday in another landmine blast in a village of the Sialkot Working Boundary’s Shakargarh-Narowal sector....		Probe begins into use of substandard material BAHAWALPUR, May 11: A four-member committee constituted by the district council began probing into the use of substandard material in the laying of sewerage pipelines in Model Town C here on...
Bodies of dacoits handed over to heirs KASUR, May 11: The bodies of dacoits, Safdar Ali Joyia and Ghulam Rasool, were handed over to their families on Sunday night....		Panchayat head shifted to jail TOBA TEK SIGH, May 11: On the orders of a local civil judge, Chuttiana police on Sunday shifted the lumberdar of Chak 345-GB from police lock-up to jail on judicial remand....
Land dispute claims 2 lives SARGODHA, May 11: Two people were killed in a clash over possession of state land in Kot Momin on Saturday night....		Two murdered in Okara OKARA, May 11: A woman and a man were murdered in separate incidents in different parts of the district in the last 24 hours....
ADB to give $2.6bn for development ISLAMABAD, May 11: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provided $2.6 billion to Pakistan during the next three years, besides coordinating regional trade from Gwadar via Afghanistan to Central Asian Republics....		AJK SC accepts teachers’ plea MUZAFFARABAD, May 11: An AJK Supreme Court bench here on Friday accepted nine appeals filed by teachers against a high court judgement and directed the government not to sack any of...
NALC members back interim constitution ISLAMABAD, May 11: Twenty of the 28 Northern Areas Legislative Council (NALC) members have supported the proposed Interim Constitution Act for the Northern Areas, sources told Dawn on Thursday....		PPP’s provincial structure approved QUETTA, May 11: PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto has approved the provincial structure for the party in Balochistan....
China welcomes Islamabad’s support BEIJING, May 11: The People’s Republic of China will welcome Pakistani scientists to help developing anti-Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome vaccine and drugs, said Zhang Fei, a senior medical scientist in Chinese...		Laleka due in Kuwait today KUWAIT CITY, May 11: Minister for Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis Abdul Sattar Laleka is due to arrive here today (Monday) on a two-day official visit to deliver a special letter...
Cultural show on 19th in Canada TORONTO, May 11: Pakistani community will join Canada’s South Asian Heritage celebrations next week by organizing a colourful programme which will include grand dinner, national songs, folk music and dances....		Balochistan Assembly session on 16th QUETTA, May 11: Governor Abdul Quadir has summoned the provincial assembly’s session on May 16....
Rashid Qureshi posted as DG National Guards RAWALPINDI, May 11: Major General Rashid Qureshi, director general of the ISPR, has been posted as the director general of the National Guards....		Punjab PA to discuss health bill this month RAWALPINDI, May 11: The Punjab government will be taking the Punjab Medical and Health Institutions Bill 2003 to the provincial assembly for debate and approval in the last week of the...
Phone bugging likely to be legalized RAWALPINDI, May 11: The federal government is considering amending the Telegraph Act to improve intelligence surveillance of the crime investigation departments (CIDs) in the country, an official source said on Sunday....		Rs350m fire equipment project in doldrums ISLAMABAD, May 11: A Rs350 million project to procure equipment for the Fire Brigade Department is stated to be in the doldrums due to procrastination of the government departments, sources told...
Mother’s Day celebrated in Capital ISLAMABAD, May 11: Mother’s Day was celebrated in the federal capital on Sunday like other parts of the world with traditional expression of love and reverence for the mothers....		Sports complex, school, BHU in Adiala soon RAWALPINDI, May 11: A mini sports complex, school and basic health centre will be built on the Punjab government’s land located in Adiala....
End to nuclear arms race in S.Asia sought ISLAMABAD, May 11: Activists of Citizens Peace Committee (CPC) on Sunday held a demo at Aabapara Chowk on Sunday to express their outrage against the nuclear explosions conducted by India on...		Hockey team manager buried RAWALPINDI, May 11: Col Shahid Hamid Jaffery, manager of the Pakistan hockey team, who died of cardiac arrest in Lahore on Saturday, was laid to rest at the Army graveyard, Racecourse...
Romanian ambassador stresses need for tolerance ISLAMABAD, May 11: Shakarparian Hills near Islamabad sometimes still take you to the freshness of a pre-Islamabad life, and the short cultural presentation organized at the Lok Virsa by the Ambassador...		HEC launches IT project at FJWU ISLAMABAD, May 11: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved a project of computerization and networking enhancement at Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, at a cost of Rs34 million....
MMA may give call for march on Islamabad LAHORE, May 11: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal may give a call for a march on Islamabad in case government-opposition talks on the controversial LFO issue fail, warned MMA vice-president Qazi Husain Ahmad...		ARD’s plea to C’wealth LAHORE, May 11: ARD deputy information secretary Munir Ahmad Khan has urged the Commonwealth secretary-general to restore Pakistan’s membership of the body after confirming that the military authorities have restored real...
Musharraf to be briefed on LG progress LAHORE, May 11: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will once again be briefed on the implementation of the local government system in Punjab at the Governor House here on Monday....		Peace with India ‘a must’ for progress LAHORE, May 11: PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Husain has underlined the need for the settlement of all outstanding disputes between Pakistan and India, including the core issue of Kashmir, to bring...
Ownership rights soon for kutcha abadi dwellers LAHORE, May 11: The residents of 23 kutcha abadis in Lahore will be awarded ownership rights by the chief minister within a couple of months....		12 schemes for labourers LAHORE, May 11: The Punjab human resource department announced 12 schemes for the working class on Sunday, which included two new labour colonies and 10 schools....