May 14, 2003	Wednesday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 11, 1424

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Farmers asked to sell wheat to food dept GUJRANWALA, May 13: The food department will conduct raid on secret godowns of farmers and forfeit earnest money deposited for gunny bags if they do not sell wheat to the department...		Police fail to arrest culprits: Brothers’ eyes gouged out MULTAN, May 13: Khanewal police failed to apprehend the alleged culprits who had made three people blind in a village of Kabirwala tehsil on Monday to settle on old score....
Living conditions miserable at Darul Aman DERA GHAZI KHAN, May 13: Members of some NGOs found a girl living in miserable conditions at Darul Aman here the other day. The DCO has ordered an inquiry into the...		Surgical forging units’ strike continues SIALKOT, May 13: The surgical forging industry continued their agitation against the sales tax department on the fifth successive day on Tuesday....
Five of family, driver die in accident SHEIKHUPURA, May 13: Five members of a family and a driver were killed while 18 others injured in a road accident near Kot Abdul Maalik, about 30 kilometres from here on...		Six ‘rapists’ booked BAHAWALPUR, May 13: Uch Sharif police claimed on Tuesday to have registered a case against six people, who allegedly raped a woman and her mother-in-law five days ago....
MA student abducted SAHIWAL, May 13: Six armed people abducted a girl from Mohalla Bilal Ganj on Tuesday....		Wheat purchase KASUR, May 13: About 26,600 metric tons of wheat has so far been purchased by the government against a target of 550,000 metric tons for the district....
Tenant buried in house courtyard MULTAN, May 13: Amir was buried in the courtyard of a house in Chak 5/4L on Tuesday for the time being....		Three shot dead by rivals FAISALABAD, May 13: Three people were shot dead allegedly by rivals in Chak 213-GB, Samundri tehsil, on Monday night....
Dera TMA fails to complete schemes DERA GHAZI KHAN, May 13: The Dera tehsil administration has failed to complete various schemes despite the release of funds by the district government....		Three killed MULTAN, May 13: Three people, including a woman, were killed in a road accident on the Multan-Kabirwala Road on Tuesday evening....
No relief work in fire-devastated village undertaken SUKKUR, May 13: No relief operation has been started in the Mohammad Umer Kandrani village, near Thull, that was devastated by fire on Monday....		Growers protest water shortage NAWABSHAH, May 13: The growers of Jamal Shah Minor held a protest demonstration and observed a token hunger strike against the irrigation officials opposite the Nawabshah Press Club on Tuesday....
Irrigation employees hold demo SANGHAR, May 13: Over 200 employees of the irrigation department, Nara circle, on Monday staged a protest demonstration against the manager of a local landlord....		Dist council seeks jobs for local people: Gas exploring company KHAIRPUR, May 13: The Khairpur District Council, by adopting two resolutions here on Tuesday, demanded immediate transfer of the DCO and urged the OMV gas exploring company to recruit local people....
Two killed in tribal clash SUKKUR, May 13: Two Teghani tribesmen were killed and two others injured in an armed clash between Teghani and Chachar tribesmen in Miran-Ji-Deh on Tuesday....		JSQM leader’s house raided LARKANA, May 13: A police party from Hyderabad, headed by the ASP, raided the house of Muneer Shahani, district president of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM), Larkana, and picked his...
Seven hurt in accident MIRPURKHAS, May 13: Seven people, including two women, were injured when a jeep collided head-on with a rickshaw at Mirwah road near Chandni Chowk here on Monday....		Rs602m sanctioned for uplift plans in AJK MUZAFFARABAD, May 13: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s cabinet development committee on Tuesday sanctioned nine development schemes costing Rs602.1 million....
Poverty up by 25pc, says PML-N ISLAMABAD, May 13: Acting president of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Makhdoom Javed Hashmi has said that Gen Pervez Musharraf’s claim of reduction in poverty incidence “is a blatant misrepresentation of facts.”...		Leghari urges change in NFC formula QUETTA, May 13: Former president Sardar Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari on Monday held the bureaucracy responsible for creating suspicion among the provinces on the National Finance Commission issue and stressed that...
Iraqi DPs demand repatriation QUETTA, May 13: Iraqi refugees living here for the last 10 years on Tuesday asked the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Sates and the government to make arrangements...		Chinese border to remain closed RAWALPINDI, May 13: The government has decided to keep the Pakistan-China border closed till the normalization of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome situation, official sources revealed here on Tuesday....
BHC orders arrest of woman’s murderers QUETTA, May 13: A division bench of Balochistan High Court on Tuesday directed the Saddar police station SHO and Mastung Tehsildar to arrest the accused nominated in the FIR for killing...		Musharraf accused of betraying Kashmiris ISLAMABAD, May 13: Three women legislators belonging to the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) on Monday criticised Gen Pervez Musharraf, saying he had betrayed the trust of the Kashmiri Mujahideen....
3 Pakistanis freed from Guantanamo ISLAMABAD, May 13: The United States government has handed over three Pakistanis detained in its detention camp at the Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to the government of Pakistan on May 8....		Two killed in police firing QUETTA, May 13: A truck driver and a cleaner were killed allegedly in police firing on Tuesday on Sariab Road....
SHC restrains ITNE from implementing wage award KARACHI, May 13: A division bench of the Sindh High Court restrained the chairman of the Implementation Tribunal for Newspaper Employees on Tuesday from implementing the Seventh Wage Award for newspaper...		Riyadh blasts condemned ISLAMABAD, May 13: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Tuesday, in their separate messages, condmened the terrorist incident in Riyadh and sympathised with the Saudi...
Condolence ISLAMABAD, May 13: Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has condoled the death of Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s sister....		Students demo QUETTA, May 13: The Students Action Committee of Balochistan University on Tuesday staged a demonstration in front of the vice-chancellor’s office and chanted slogans against increase in hostel charges.—Correspondent...
Tarbela Dam project Rs219 million released for 1,700 affected families PESHAWAR, May 13: The NWFP government has released Rs219.9 million for distribution among the families affected by the Tarbela Dam project in line with the federal government’s directives, sources told Dawn....		Railways’ telegraph system out of order KOHAT, May 13: The railways telegraph system between Jand in Punjab and Kohat in the NWFP is out of order for the last many days, causing long delays in the arrival...
Virtual varsity needs building KOHAT, May 13: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah while expressing concern over the delay in the allotment of a building for virtual university has asked the district Nazim to make...		Unhygienic wheat mixed with fresh yield CHITRAL, May 13: The food department of the district has mixed unhygienic old stock of imported wheat with fresh gatherings....
Teachers to stage rally on 15th SWABI, May 13: Provincial chairman of All Teachers Association (ATA) Mian Ayub Kakakhel has said that teachers will stage a protest demonstration on May 15 against the NWFP government’s intention to...		Kalash festival CHITRAL, May 13: The Kalash festival — Chilim Jusht — will begin on Wednesday to celebrate the arrival of the spring season....
Mega uplift projects in Lahore LAHORE, May 13: The Punjab government will soon launch a number of multimillion-rupee projects in Lahore in an attempt to outmatch previous governments in performance....		One-third budget used in Punjab LAHORE, May 13: The provincial government is taking least interest in executing development schemes in the Punjab as it has so far not utilized even one-third of the funds allocated for...
FIA arrests three more ‘human traffickers’ LAHORE, May 13: The Federal Investigation Agency claimed on Tuesday to have arrested three more travel agents, who had illegally sent people abroad from Gujrat, Gujranwala and Mandi Bahauddin....		Treason trial’s media coverage banned LAHORE, May 13: The Lahore High Court chief justice on Tuesday banned the media coverage of the proceedings of a petition seeking the trial of President Gen Musharraf on high treason...
Milad celebrations tomorrow LAHORE, May 13: Muslims will celebrate Eid Miladun Nabi on Thursday with religious fervour and zeal all over the world....		Anomaly in MPA’s nomination papers LAHORE, May 13: The petitioner challenging the return of PML-N candidate Sheikh Amjad Aziz to the assembly from PP-156 (Lahore) pointed out to the Lahore High Court on Tuesday that Mr...
ARD may delay its meeting LAHORE, May 13: An ARD meeting, scheduled for May 17 in Islamabad, is likely to be delayed for a few days because of the inability of the government-opposition committee on the...		Azhar to hold convention LAHORE, May 13: Mian Muhammad Azhar, who had resigned as PML-Q president following serious differences with top leadership, plans to hold a convention of his supporters in the near future. Sources...
Installation of scanners at airports planned: Anti-Sars steps ISLAMABAD, May 13: The government is considering installing infrared thermal scanners at all major airports in the country to fortify preventive measures against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) with a financial...		Rs6bn to be spent on improvement of education: CM RAWALPINDI, May 13: Punjab government will spend a sum of Rs6 billion during the next fiscal year to bring improvement in education sector, said Chief Minister Pervaiz Illahi here on Tuesday....
Social activists narrate tenants’ ordeal ISLAMABAD, May 13: Social movement activists and farmers leaders while narrating the ordeal of military farms tenants in southern Punjab said that the law enforcement agencies in Okara district are “acting...		RCB okays 150 plans RAWALPINDI, May 13: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB), in its monthly meeting on Tuesday, approved as many as 150 plans for the residential areas....