June 3, 2003	Tuesday	Rabi-us-Sani 2, 1424

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Punjab govt to retire Rs15bn debt of Centre ISLAMABAD, June 2: The Punjab government has decided to retire around Rs15 billion debt of the federal government in the next fiscal year to create fiscal space and reallocate funds for...		Need stressed for making budget poor-friendly ISLAMABAD, June 2: Acting Senate chairman Commander Khalilur Rahman (retired) has advised the government to make the forthcoming budget a more democratic document with inputs from the neglected segments of the...
New health bill comes into effect RAWALPINDI, June 2: Punjab Governor Lt-Gen Khalid Maqbool has assented to the Punjab Medical and Health Institutions Bill 2003, provincial Minister for Law Raja Basharat said here on Monday....		AIOU officials accused of selling fake degrees ISLAMABAD, June 2: A network consisting of officials at the Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) is selling fake degrees, reliable sources told Dawn ....
Provincial govts directed to computerize prisons’ record RAWALPINDI, June 2: The federal government has directed all provincial governments to computerize prison record, an official source said on Monday....		Awareness of cyber crime need of hour, says official ISLAMABAD, June 2: Federal Investigation Agency’s National Response Centre for Cyber Crime is playing a vital role in creating awareness about cyber crime as it is the need of the hour....
Centre set up to computerize development plans record ISLAMABAD, June 2: The planning commission has developed a computer centre to computerize country’s whole development and implementation programme, including past record and future planning material....		Asghar flays law makers interference in LBs’ affairs ISLAMABAD, June 2: Qaumi Jamhori Party (QJP) chief Air Marshal Mohammad Asghar Khan (retired) has condemned parliamentarians’ interference in local bodies which led to resignations of all 24 district Nazims in...
Govt striving to make education accessible to all: Zobaida ISLAMABAD, June 2: Pakistan is making considerable progress in promoting education in the country....		79 schools upgraded RAWALPINDI, June 2: The district government has ordered upgradation of 79 schools, officials said here on Monday....
Regularization of teachers sought RAWALPINDI, June 2: Ittehad-i-Assataza Pakistan (IAP) has asked President Gen Pervez Musharraf to regularize the services of lecturers working on contract basis in the country....		Children’s vaccination against polio urged ISLAMABAD, June 2: Unicef has asked people to ensure that every child under five years of age in their house or neighbourhood is vaccinated against polio....
Share demanded on population, poverty: NWFP PA adopts resolution PESHAWAR, June 2: The NWFP Assembly, through a unanimously adopted resolution here on Monday, demanded of the federal government  to increase provinces’ share from the  federal divisible pool to 60 per...		Registering fake FIR made crime: NRB ISLAMABAD, June 2: Registering a fake FIR will be an offence under Police Order-2002, National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) Chairman Daniyal Aziz told reporters at a press briefing on Monday....
Congress body adopts move on infiltration WASHINGTON, June 2: India and Pakistan may be making peace moves in Kashmir but in the US Congress they are engaged in a fierce battle for influence. And like in...		UC Nazims resign HANGU, June 2: Union Council Nazims have tendered resignation, as a mark of solidarity with the district Nazims, against what they called undue interference of the MMA-led provincial government in the...
Literary awards for 3 writers KARACHI, June 2: Three senior Urdu fiction writers have been awarded a literary prize worth $10,000 each for the year 2003. The writers are Bano Qudsia, Shaukat Siddiqi and Intezar Husain....		Terror, C. Asia guiding force in ties: report KARACHI, June 2: President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s recent visit to Russia, the first by any Pakistani leader in 33 years, was part of an effort to blunt the effect of Moscow’s...
ARD in touch with C’wealth over LFO ISLAMABAD, June 2: The Commonwealth is constantly in contact with the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) to know about the developments on controversial LFO, the correspondence that took place between...		Budget to be presented in NA on 7th ISLAMABAD, June 2: The government would present the federal budget for year 2003-4 on June 7, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad announced on Monday....
Two sworn-in as ministers ISLAMABAD, June 2: Senator Ahmed Ali and MNA Syed Safwanullah were sworn-in as federal ministers at a ceremony held at Aiwan-i-Saddar on Monday....		Black day observed QUETTA, June 2: The jewellers community observed black day here on Monday to protest the murder of a leading jeweller, Abdul Ghafoor....
LJ man sent to jail MULTAN, June 2: A Dera Ghazi Khan anti-terrorism court sent Qari Abdul Hayee alias Qari to jail to serve the sentence, awarded to him in absentia for killing six people....		Arrest warrants for 800 people GUJRAT, June 2: A local court issued arrest warrants for some 800 persons for disobeying court orders, Dawn learnt here on Monday....
Remote areas to be electrified soon GUJRANWALA, June 2: Several remote areas in the district will be electrified soon on the proposal of elected representatives, according to Gujranwala Electric Power Company Chief Executive Brig Saifullah Khalid....		Judge accepts Unconditional apology of policeman BAHAWALPUR, June 2: Justice Farrukh Mahmood Malik of Lahore High Court, Bahawalpur bench, accepted the unconditional apology of Shahid Khokhar, senior patrol officer of the motorway police, on Monday....
PO killed in ‘encounter’ BAHAWALPUR, June 2: Police on Monday claimed to have killed a notorious proclaimed offender in a brief encounter near Israni railway station, about 40 kilometres from here....		Police pick up doctor, son FAISALABAD, June 2: A police team forcibly entered the house of a doctor and picked him along with his son for default to pay Rs1.6 million loan here on Sunday night....
Landi Kotal schools lack teachers: Drop-out ratio increases LANDI KOTAL, June 2: Continued absence of teaching staff at various government schools in Landi Kotal sub-division of Khyber Agency has resulted in drop-out of students from these schools....		100 wind power turbines to be installed ISLAMABAD, June 2: As researchers and experts around the globe are working to explore and exploit renewable energy resources, 100 wind power turbines will be installed in coastal areas of Sindh...
Projects for women uplift assured ABBOTTABAD, June 2: National Assembly Deputy Speaker Sardar Muhammad has said the government has planned to set up community and technical trade centres for women in Abbottabad district....		Fata roads atop priority list PESHAWAR, June 2: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that improvement and development of communication facilities in the far-flung and backward areas of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas is...
NWFP districts to get 10pc more funds PESHAWAR, June 2: The district governments in the NWFP would get 10 per cent increased amount of funds in the 2003-04 financial year in comparison with the out-going fiscal year, official...		Swabi jirga rejects property tax SWABI, June 2: A jirga comprises tribal elders and political figures here has rejected the imposition of property tax and asked the people not to pay it....
Organizer nominated PESHAWAR, June 2: The Pakistan Mazdoor Kisan Party has nominated Ejaz Mohmand advocate as the party organizer of Peshawar district....		Pakistani sites not to be put on WHL: Archaeology dept fails to fulfil requirement LAHORE, June 2: The federal archaeology department has failed to follow Unesco’s terms and conditions required to put three new Pakistani archaeological sites on Unesco’s World Heritage List this year....
Farmers seek relief on inputs in budget LAHORE, June 2: Farmers’ bodies on Monday sought relief on prices of diesel, electricity, fertilizer and pesticides in the coming budget, increase in credit limit and improvement in technology and marketing...		Trade unions for increase in pay, allowances LAHORE, June 2: The Pakistan Workers Confederation, Pakistan Labour Confederation and the Muttahida Labour Federation have urged the government to announce an increase in pay and allowances in the federal budget....
Three more firms to run buses in Lahore LAHORE, June 2: Three more private companies will start operating franchized buses, including double deckers, in the provincial metropolis by the end of June....		Japanese found dead LAHORE, June 2: A Japanese was found murdered in North Cantonment on Monday night....
Food dept buys 2.38m ton wheat LAHORE, June 2: The Punjab Food Department had bought 2.38 million tons of wheat till Monday....		Notice to state on MPA’s bail plea LAHORE, June 2: A local magistrate issued on Monday notice to the state for Tuesday (today) on the bail application of PML-N’s MPA Aajasim Sharif in a case of beating up...
Nawabzada Contacting ARD leaders LAHORE, June 2: ARD President Nawabzada Nasrullah has started contacting leaders of alliance components to set a date for a coalition meeting at the earliest possible....		Dawn staffer grieved LAHORE, June 2: Sheikh Mohammad Hanif, former in-charge salaries at the Progressive Papers Limited (The Pakistan Times), passed away here on Monday after a protracted illness. He was 78....
SC seeks AG’s assistance on contempt plea LAHORE, June 2: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Punjab Advocate-General to render assistance regarding the exact derogatory remarks allegedly passed by advocate M.D. Tahir which resulted in his conviction...		PPP holds demos against LFO KHAIRPUR, June 2: Two separate protest processions were taken out under the aegis of the PPP, Khairpur district, here on Monday against the LFO and cases against Asif Ali Zardari not...
Water supply to Pat Feeder Canal resumes SUKKUR, June 2: Water supply to the Pat Feeder Canal was resumed on Monday after negotiations were held among the Irrigation Employees Union, chief engineer of the Gudu Barrage and senior...		Sindh govt raises land issue LARKANA, June 2: Sindh Revenue Minister Altaf Hussain Unnar has said the provincial government has taken up the matter of occupying Sindh’s land by railways with the railways ministry....
IG admits rise in crime rate SUKKUR, June 2: The Inspector-General, Sindh Police, Syed Kamal Shah, said here on Monday that three accused of the Kashmor carnage, in which 14 people had been killed on March 31,...		SHO suspended for illegal detention DADU, June 2: The SHO, Moundar police station, and three police constables were suspended on Monday by adviser to Sindh chief minister on home affairs Aftab Ahmed Shaikh for illegally arresting...