May 30, 2003	Friday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 27,1424

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Early approval of bio-safety laws sought ISLAMABAD, May 29: The public sector institutions needed to be strengthened to face the onslaught of multi-national companies (MNCs) in the wake of globalization, Dr Kauser Abdullah Malik, member (Biosciences), Pakistan...		77pc women work under poor conditions: report ISLAMABAD, May 29: As many as 77 per cent of working women are employed in the informal employment sector of Pakistan and getting meagre salaries....
50 ‘illegal’ mosques to be removed ISLAMABAD, May 29: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to remove 50 unauthorized mosques constructed in the federal capital without its approval, a senior official of the CDA’s planning wing...		Cameras being installed at all public places ISLAMABAD, May 29: Cameras are being installed at all important buildings and public places in the capital due to security reasons, sources in the interior ministry told Dawn on Wednesday....
ILO for end to discrimination at work places ISLAMABAD, May 29: The International Labour Organization (ILO) has said all the member states should intensify their efforts to eliminate discrimination at work, terming it indispensable for poverty reduction and sustainable...		HEC finalizes electronic engineering curriculum ISLAMABAD, May 29: A three-day meeting of National Curriculum Revision Committee (NCRC) of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) for the discipline of electronic engineering concluded at the HEC campus here on...
Unhygienic drinks, food sale banned ISLAMABAD, May 29: The Islamabad capital territory administration has imposed a ban on the sale of iceballs, unhygienic drinks and food, ice candy, kulfi, falooda and cut fruits....		PTI condemns arrest of Punjab MPAs ISLAMABAD, May 29: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Thursday condemned the arrest of opposition members of the Punjab Assembly and the baton-charge on journalists in Lahore and said the...
EFA: Pakistan can learn from Sri Lankan experience ISLAMABAD, May 29: There are many lessons that Pakistan can learn from Sri Lanka in improving its education system and achieving the concept of Education for All (EFA) by focusing on...		Province told to restore facility: Health education PESHAWAR, May 29: The ministry of health, Islamabad, has asked the NWFP health department to restore health education units at the provincial and district level to create mass awareness regarding the...
Royalty from Kohat tunnel demanded KOHAT, May 29: The town council Kohat has demanded royalty from the income to be generated from the Kohat tunnel and decided to exempt local transporters from toll tax....		Teachers resent merger decision GILGIT, May 29: The recent decision to merge Post-graduate College Gilgit (PCG) with the Karakuram International University has caused discontent among the academic staff of 12 colleges of the Northern Areas....
Cadets urged to perform well PESHAWAR, May 29: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has urged aviation cadets to make constant endeavours to augment their professional expertise....		Drive against felling of trees launched DIAMER, May 29: Adviser to provincial government on forests and Northern Areas Haji Janbaz Khan said on Tuesday that the government had launched a grand operation against the illicit cutting and...
Govt asked to help destitute women MINGORA, May 29: Participants at a community public meeting have asked the government to set up a crisis centre, community centre and hostel for women in Swat....		Uniform made obligatory for KMC students PESHAWAR, May 29: Wearing of an overall and dupatta has been made obligatory for the girl students of the Khyber Medical College....
Cellular phone users lament poor service PESHAWAR, May 29: The cellular phone users have complained of poor service in various parts of the province....		Madaris receive Rs30m PESHAWAR, May 29: An amount of Rs30 million was distributed among the religious seminaries of the province from the Zakat fund at a ceremony held at Nishtar Hall on Wednesday....
Two killed in road accident HARIPUR, May 29: Two brothers were killed when their tractor-trolley overturned in Pind Hasham Khan, some 15 kilometres from here, on Wednesday night....		IJT warns govt PESHAWAR, May 29: The Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) has warned the government against any compromise on the nuclear programme and issue of Kashmir, says a press release issued here on Thursday....
Cut in uplift schemes withdrawn PESHAWAR, May 29: The NWFP government has announced to withdraw 10 per cent cut in the ongoing developmental projects of district governments in the province....		Man shot dead ABBOTTABAD, May 29: Jehangir, a resident of Narain, was shot dead over a family dispute in village Banda Pugwarian on Tuesday. Police have registered a case against Bilal and Zubair in...
Drought affects 64 villages in Dadu: People shifting to safer places DADU, May 29: Persistent drought has forced half of the population of 64 villages of the Kachho area in the western part of Dadu district to migrate to the barrage areas...		Centre informed about people’s feelings: minister: Thal canal, Kalabagh dam KHAIRPUR, May 29: The Sindh minister for irrigation, Syed Sadaruddin Shah, has said that the Sindh government’s stance on the greater Thal canal was clear and the federal government had been...
Sukkur BISE announces SSC results SUKKUR May 29: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Sukkur, on Thursday announced the results of Secondary School Certificate examinations of 2003....		Man, three sons shot dead SUKKUR, May 29: A man and three of his sons were killed and two other members of the family were injured on Wednesday night when a group of armed men attacked...
Demo held against Karachi police LARKANA, May 29: A large number of protesters carrying the body of Mukhtiar Ahmed Soomro, ASI police, blocked the SSP Chowk on Thursday in protest against the Karachi police for killing...		Protesters block highway NAWABSHAH, May 29: Activists of the Jeay Sindh Mahaz blocked the National Highway on Thursday at Qazi Ahmed and staged a rally against the construction of the greater Thal canal....
Nine polio cases in Lodhran MULTAN, May 29: Nine cases of acute flaccid paralysis have been reported from Lodhran district in the first five months of the current year....		No medicines for women in jail: DPSC LARKANA, May 29: A group of members of the District Public Safety Commission (DPSC), Larkana, on Thursday visited the special prison for women and found that it did not provide any...
China to send eight railway engines next week BEIJING, May 29: China will send eight locomotives to Pakistan next week to help in modernizing the country’s railway system....		Funds distribution on basis of area urged QUETTA, May 29: The Balochistan Assembly on Thursday called upon the federal government to include parameters of area and lack of development for allocation of federal resources under the National Finance...
PML-N fears use of force against MNAs ISLAMABAD, May 29: The acting president of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, on Thursday condemned the PML (Quaid-i-Azam) government for using police force against the opposition provincial assembly...		Security beefed up QUETTA, May 29: Teams comprising senior officials of police and other law enforcement agencies have been formed for investigation into Wednesday night’s bomb explosions here....
Judiciary to be strengthened, says Jamali ISLAMABAD, May 29: Efforts will be made to strengthen judiciary, enabling it to perform its constitutional role effectively, Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan said on Wednesday....		Pakistani troops for Congo peacekeeping NEW YORK, May 29: The UN Security Council is expected to approve a multinational peacekeeping force deployment in the Ituri province of Congo to end strife and unrest in the region,...
Rs14.9bn okayed for health, education ISLAMABAD, May 29: The government has approved an amount of Rs14.9 billion for education, Higher Education Commission, health, information technology and science and technological research division for the year 2003-04 under...		Lawyers told to settle dispute with LHC ISLAMABAD, May 29: The Supreme Court on Thursday advised the lawyers to negotiate a settlement of their dispute on the possession of their offices on evacuee property with the Lahore High...
Funds pledged DHAHRAN, May 29: A group of expatriate Pakistanis living in Al-Khobar pledged $20,000 to ‘The Citizens Foundation’ on Wednesday evening during a fund raising dinner....		Amended MUO rejected LAHORE, May 29: The participants in a seminar on Model University Ordinance organized by the Punjab University Academic Staff Association on Thursday adopted a resolution that the amended ordinance neither considered...
PBC vice-chief may lose LHCBA membership LAHORE, May 29: The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) hinted on Thursday that Punjab Bar Council vice-chairman Arif Chaudhry might lose his bar membership for inviting the provincial chief minister...		Afzal Sahi should quit, says PPP LAHORE, May 29: The PPP has demanded that Punjab Assembly Speaker Afzal Sahi should quit his office for barring 27 PPP and PML-N MPAs from attending the session....
Government, opposition talks fail on MPAs issue LAHORE, May 29: Parleys between the joint opposition in the Punjab Assembly and the government on the issue of barring 27 MPAs from attending the session failed on Thursday....		NAB to argue Mushtaq’s bail plea on 12th LAHORE, May 29: An Ehtesab bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday fixed June 12 for the arguments of NAB’s counsel on a petition of former provincial minister Mushtaq Ahmad...
PA session adjourned amid boycott LAHORE, May 29: The arrests of opposition MPAs, protests by their spared colleagues and the boycott by journalists cornered the government on Thursday as it could not smoothly run the affairs...		Dictatorial attitude of govt flayed LAHORE, May 29: The Joint Action Committee for Peoples Rights has condemned the dictatorial attitude of the Punjab government towards the opposition, journalists and political workers protesting against the Legal Framework...
Work on four mini-dams to start soon LAHORE, May 29: The Punjab Irrigation and Power Department will start work on four mini-dams in the Potohar area during the next fiscal year....		Water in 14 districts injurious to health LAHORE, May 29: The Punjab Environment Protection Department found two-thirds of the samples that it had collected from 14 districts of the province injurious to health, as 64 per cent had...
Two judges transferred LAHORE, May 29: The chief justice of the Lahore High Court on Thursday ordered transfer of two civil judges first class-cum-judicial magistrates (Section 30)....		Action against Makarwal police demanded MIANWALI, May 29: An ugly incident of police excess and highhandedness at the Makarwal police station has stirred the tranquillity of this district and compelled various social circles, Bar Association of...