May 20, 2003	Tuesday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 17, 1424

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Pakistan must adopt health safety system: expert: Entry into EU market ISLAMABAD, May 19: Pakistan must implement Occupational Health Safety (OHS) system if it desires to gain entry for its exports to the European Union market....		More than 100 schools to be upgraded in Pindi: Nazim ISLAMABAD, May 19: Around 100 public-sector schools in Rawalpindi district will soon be upgraded from primary to middle level and middle to secondary level....
Capital lacks flood forecast equipment ISLAMABAD, May 19: The Federal Flood Commission (FFC) has said that the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) lacks equipment required to forecast flood in the Nullah Leh....		Transporters hold rally RAWALPINDI, May 19: Local transporters on Monday protested against franchise of routes to a private transport company....
Courts to get financial autonomy ISLAMABAD, May 19: The government has decided that it will give full financial autonomy to district courts in the federal capital....		Summit meeting on LFO likely on 25th ISLAMABAD, May 19: A proposal has been launched from the highest quarters to shortlist politicians for participation in the next meeting to discuss the Legal Framework Order (LFO) in the light...
ARD parliamentary group formed in NA ISLAMABAD, May 19: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) has formed a parliamentary party group in the National Assembly comprising all the MNAs belonging to the component parties....		Water ministry barred from comment ISLAMABAD, May 19: The ministry of water and power has been stopped from issuing statements on Pakistan’s dispute with India over the controversial construction of Baglihar Power Project in the occupied...
Confusion persists over high commissioner’s appointment ISLAMABAD, May 19: The confusion created over the appointment of Pakistan’s high commissioner to India after Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali’s interview with the Doordarshan still persists....		Petition against MPs put off ISLAMABAD, May 19: The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned hearing of a petition challenging academic qualification of 65 legislators belonging to the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal till June 12, as the petitioner sought...
No curbs on Hizb leaders movement: minister ISLAMABAD, May 19: Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat said on Monday that Pakistan has banned the activities of Hizbul Mujahideen, but there was no restriction on the movement of its leaders...		PFUJ demands implementation of wage award ISLAMABAD, May 19: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has demanded implementation of the Seventh Wage Board Award....
BNP demands rights for province QUETTA, May 19: Balochistan National Party (BNP-Awami) central leaders have stated that party has apprehensions about the mega projects in the province, stressing that people’s interest should not be jeopardized....		Haj officials to be quizzed ISLAMABAD, May 19: The opposition-government deliberations on the Legal Framework Order may have blocked the proceedings of the National Assembly, its standing committees are very much in a functional mode, holding...
Balochistan PA session adjourned QUETTA, May 19: The Balochistan Assembly session of Monday was adjourned till Thursday due to a lack of its quorum. Speaker Jamal Shah Kakar was presiding over the session....		PM orders audit of funds given to local govts ISLAMABAD, May 19: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has ordered an audit of all the funds given to local governments by the federal government in the last two years....
Morphine seized QUETTA, May 19: The Chaghai Militia, a wing of the Frontier Corps, has seized 2.3 ton morphine from an old Afghan refugee camp in Chaghai district....		Hospital short of staff, equipment PESHAWAR, May 19: Lack of staff, equipment and drugs have been adversely affecting the performance of the Emergency Satellite Hospital Nahaqi, doctors told Dawn here Monday....
Nazim warns govt officials MINGORA, May 19: The Swat district government on Monday admonished government officials for being absent from meetings of the district council and threatened to transfer them if they did not regularise...		WB-funded project inaugurated MUZAFFARABAD, May 19: A local community-based organization on Monday signed an agreement with the AJK local government and the rural development department, inaugurating the development work in their area under the...
Negotiations on LFO in final stages, says Yaqoob MANSEHRA, May 19: National Assembly deputy speaker Sardar Mohammad Yaqoob has said the government-opposition talks on the Legal Framework Order are in the final stages and it is expected that both...		Hospital to be upgraded DERA ISMAIL KHAN, May 19: An amount of Rs160 million will be spent on the upgradation of the DHQ teaching hospital, D.I. Khan....
Girl commits suicide HARIPUR, May 19: A mentally-retarded girl committed suicide by setting herself on fire in Sikandarpur village on Sunday, family sources said....		Traders call for winding up of fair HARIPUR, May 19: Local shopkeepers took out a procession from main bazaar on Monday to protest against Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) for having permitted an industrial fair in the city....
Pirmahal SHO, ASI held for taking bribe TOBA TEK SINGH, May 19: On the orders of the DPO, Pirmahal SHO Malik Muhammad Aslam, ASI Shaukat Ali and constable Abdul Khaliq were arrested on Monday for taking bribe from...		Farmers protest revenue notices GUJRANWALA, May 19: Farmers, having land holdings up to 12.5 acres, protested on Monday against the revenue department for sending them notices for agricultural tax recovery....
PPP, PML-N allege govt’s raw deal: FIR against Kharian Nazim GUJRAT, May 19: The PPP and PML-N activists have called the FIR lodged against the Kharian tehsil Nazim a rough deal by the provincial government....		Robbers drive away with five rice trucks KASUR, May 19: At least 10 robbers clad in police uniform on Monday drove away with five trucks laden with rice worth Rs1.6 million from Safa rice mills, Illahabad....
Shootout leaves two constables injured SIALKOT, May 19: Two constables sustained serious bullet injuries on Sunday night in an encounter with four dacoits in Glotiyan Khurd village, Daska tehsil....		Three children drown SADIQABAD, May 19: Three children were drowned in minor canals on Sunday in different parts of the district....
Big quantity of narcotics seized in Mianwali MIANWALI, May 19: Kamarmishani police seized a big quantity of narcotics early Monday morning while five alleged smugglers managed to escape....		Postmortem of tenant now on 25th OKARA, May 19: The postmortem on the body of Muhammad Amir could not be conducted on Monday because of the non-availability of the SHO of Okara Saddar police station....
Boy shoots sister FAISALABAD, May 19: A boy shot dead his married sister allegedly for her bad character in Chak 402-GB here on Monday....		Ex-JUP leader dies in road accident TOBA TEK SINGH, May 19: Syed Ayub Shah Gilani, former JUP central leader, was killed on Monday in a road accident near Muridke....
Filling station’s cashier injured by dacoits BAHAWALPUR, May 19: Dacoits took away over Rs500,000 from the cashier of a filling station after injuring him in grain market on Monday....		Budget to focus on poverty alleviation LAHORE, May 19: Hoping that the GDP would grow at a higher rate than the targeted 4.5 per cent in 2002-03, Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Monday the next budget...
55pc duty on imported milk urged LAHORE, May 19: At least 27 million rural people, who mainly depend on milk production for their sustenance, are waiting for action by the authorities concerned to save their source of...		Plan to widen old roads in Punjab LAHORE, May 19: The Punjab government has evolved a plan to lay new and widen old roads throughout the province at a cost of Rs13.3 billion....
PLF plea for Musharraf’s trial dismissed LAHORE, May 19: A bench of the Lahore High Court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking trial of President Gen Musharraf on high treason charges under Article 6 of the 1973...		Commercial plazas to have mini-cinemas LAHORE, May 19: Chief Secretary Hafeez Akhtar Randhawa has said the government is working on proposals for establishing mini-cinemas in all commercial plazas to promote medium of entertainment....
Mahar deplores low standard of education SANGHAR, May 19: Sindh Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Mahar has said the biggest problem confronting the province is the deteriorating standard of education....		Growers flay loan recovery drive: Calamity-hit area THATTA, May 19: Growers of the district have condemned the loan recovery campaign of the Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) and demanded that it should be stopped forthwith....
Jirga imposes fine on policemen LARKANA, May 19: A jirga held here on Sunday night imposed a fine of Rs700,000 on three police officers including the former DSP and two former SHOs after it was proved...		No-trust move against Nazim DADU, May 19: A session of the Khairpur Nathan Shah Taluka Council, held here on Monday, adopted a no-confidence motion against the Nazim and the Naib Nazim of the taluka....
Restriction on arms licences may go SUKKUR, May 19: The Sindh Government is studying a proposal of relaxing the conditions of issuing arms licences to the common people of Sindh for self-protection....		Two polio cases detected THATTA, May 19: Two cases of polio have been detected in the district and two more possible cases of the disease are being examined at local laboratories....