June 4, 2003	Wednesday	Rabi-us-Sani 3, 1424

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Women ministry, commission’s role need to be defined: draft ISLAMABAD, June 3: The controversy between the women development ministry and National Commission on Status of Women (NCSW) over their designated roles needs to resolved on urgent basis....		Cut in military spending urged: Pre-budget seminar ISLAMABAD, June 3: Two non-productive expenditures — debt- servicing and military spending — have always dominated the budget and until these expenditures are drastically reduced, it will be impossible to meet...
President vows to protect local government system RAWALPINDI, June 3: President Gen Pervez Musharraf here on Tuesday reiterated his resolve to protect the system of local governance, saying all threats to the system would be foiled....		Teachers stage demo in front of Parliament House today RAWALPINDI, June 3: Teachers are all set to stage a protest sit-in in front of the Parliament House on Wednesday against what they said the government’s apathy towards their problems....
Transporters march today RAWALPINDI, June 3: Transporters have threatened to march on Parliament on Wednesday against what they called franchizing of routes initiated to benefit an individual, the owner of a private bus company....		NWFP govt’s action unfortunate: Sherpao RAWALPINDI, June 3: Federal Minister for Water and Power Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao on Tuesday termed the political developments in NWFP unfortunate and detrimental to the interests of the province and...
Rs2.7m released for Pindi water plans RAWALPINDI, June 3: An amount of Rs2.7 million has been released for the construction of water supply schemes in different areas in the jurisdiction of the tehsil municipal administration (TMA)....		Musharraf hails Al-Shifa Trust’s role ISLAMABAD, June 3: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday presided over a meeting of the board of governors and trustees of Al-Shifa Eye Trust at the Aiwan-i-Sadr in his capacity as...
Fate of D-12 to be decided soon ISLAMABAD, June 3: Capital Development Authority (CDA) will decide the fate of sector D-12 in its next board meeting....		ICCI team meets Chinese ambassador ISLAMABAD, June 3: Chinese ambassador to Pakistan Zhang Chunxiang on Tuesday said Pakistan had been offered the biggest ever financial assistance by his country....
Over 17pc pass CSS exams ISLAMABAD, June 3: The Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) has announced the results of the competitive examination 2002, in which 476 candidates were declared pass out of 2,769 with a pass...		RCB’s bank account frozen RAWALPINDI, June 3: Civil Judge Hidayatullah Khan has froze the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board’s (RCB’s) bank account for recovering Rs8.9 million in accordance with a decree issued by the Supreme Court....
Water filtration plants for Capital soon: minister ISLAMABAD, June 3: Federal Minister of State for Environment Mohammad Tahir Iqbal has said water filtration projects will soon be launched to provide clean drinking water to the residents of the...		Govt faces penalty in power row with IPP ISLAMABAD, June 3: The government is facing a Rs3 billion penalty for the sovereign guarantees it had given to a US-based independent power producer for the smooth fuel supply and power...
Balochistan’s share to be reviewed: Jam QUETTA, June 3: Chief Minister Jam Muhammad Yousuf has said that the federal government would redress the province’s grievances over the issue of distribution of resources in the National Finance Commission...		Dubai to ignore ban on expats DUBAI, June 3: The authorities in Dubai have decided to ignore the six-month ban rule recently imposed on those expatriates who change jobs or sponsors. According to the rule any expatriate,...
Tax base to be broadened ISLAMABAD, June 3: The government has decided not to introduce any new tax in the budget for 2003-4 and mobilise resources by broadening the present tax base and lowering tax rates....		US wants Pakistani peace force in Iraq WASHINGTON, June 3: The US and Britain have asked Pakistan to send a brigade to join peacekeeping forces in Iraq, Foreign Secretary Riaz H. Khokhar told reporters on Monday....
Heatwave grips country ISLAMABAD, June 3: The whole country faced the hottest day of the season on Tuesday with mercury rising to 51 degrees centigrade in Jacobabad, the highest temperature recorded in any city....		No change in stand on LFO, says MMA ISLAMABAD June 3: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) is expecting an immediate reshuffle in top bureaucracy as a first step under the administrative actions that have been proposed by a top level...
Four of a family killed over Karo-kari LARKANA, June 3: Armed men killed four members of a family in the jurisdiction of the Qubo Saeed Khan police near Shahdadkot on Monday night....		Military govt ruined economy: PPP ISLAMABAD, June 3: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) said on Tuesday the economic indicators show that the military government has ruined the country’s economy during the past three years due to...
Balochistan governor’s younger brother dies QUETTA, June 3: The younger brother of Balochistan Governor, Mohammad Khan, died in Karachi on Tuesday after a prolonged illness. He was 55....		18,000 Afghan DPs to be shifted from ‘waiting area’ camp QUETTA, June 3: The federal government has decided to abandon Afghan refugee camp in “waiting area” at Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman and has asked the refugees to vacate the area within...
Portfolios of new ministers ISLAMABAD, June 3: The two ministers inducted into the federal cabinet on Monday have been given portfolios, says a cabinet division notification....		Release ordered QUETTA, June 3: A court of the judicial magistrate Quetta ordered on Tuesday to release 170 illegal Pakistani immigrants handed over to the FIA by Iranian border authorities the other day...
MMA pledges fight against ‘obscenity’ GUJRANWALA, June 3: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and some other religio-political parties have vowed to continue campaign against obscenity....		TMA’s bid to make standing bodies void FAISALABAD, June 3: The Tehsil Municipal Administration (city) has decided to appoint coordinators for all its wings for what its Nazim claims to run the affairs smoothly and effectively....
Acid attack: boy succumbs to injuries BAHAWALPUR, June 3: A boy who sustained burns in an acid attack near Mauza Mubarakpur on May 10 succumbed to his injuries in the Bahawal Victoria Hospital here on Tuesday....		12 kiln workers recovered MULTAN, June 3: A bailiff deputed by district and sessions judge recovered 12 members of a family on Tuesday from a kiln in the city’s suburbs on a habeas corpus petition....
Teachers to stage sit-in today SIALKOT, June 3: Teachers from all over the country will stage a sit-in in front of Parliament House in Islamabad on Wednesday (today) on the call of Muttahida Mahaz Asatiza Pakistan....		Woman burnt in acid attack SADIQABAD, June 3: A local landlord allegedly threw acid on a woman on her refusal to develop illicit relations with him....
Ex-SHO’s bail plea rejected TOBA TEK SINGH, June 3:An Anti-Corruption court rejected on Tuesday the bail application of the former SHO of Pirmahal police....		Strike SARGODHA, June 3: More than 200 motorcycle-rickshaws’ drivers went on an hour’s strike on Tuesday in front of the Tehsil Municipal Administration office for closure of the College Road route for...
GCCI flays amend to IT Ordinance GUJRANWALA, June 3: The local chamber of commerce and industry officials on Tuesday protested against an amendment to the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, under which the commissioner had been empowered to...		Two boys die in accident GUJRAT, June 3: Two young motorcyclists were killed in an accident on Rahman Shaheed Road on Tuesday....
Six women activists shifted to Multan jail SAHIWAL, June 3: Six women activists of the PML-N and PPP were shifted to the Women Jail in Multan on Monday night on the orders of the Punjab home secretary....		Private schools urged to admit poor children FAISALABAD, June 3: Provincial Culture and Youth Affairs Minister Chaudhry Shaukat Ali Bhatti has urged private educational institutions to accommodate the poor and deserving students....
No water shortage in Sindh, says Mahar SUKKUR, June 3: Chief Minister of Sindh Sardar Ali Mohammad Khan Mahar has said that the Sindh government was taking effective measures to solve the unemployment problem by setting up a...		Week’s deadline for recasting syllabus GILGIT, June 3: The religious leaders have given a week long deadline to the administration of the Northern Areas to settle the dispute of the syllabus and redesign it according to...
Change in RBOD layout demanded DADU, June 3: Experts, agriculturalists and Nazims, at a seminar held on Tuesday, demanded that the federal government should change the design of the Right Bank Outfall Drain at Bhago Thoro...		Rs20 million allocated for police lines SWABI, June 3: The district government has allocated Rs20 million for the construction of district police lines at Shah Mansoor Town and its construction is expected to be started very soon....
Situation critical, says PML-N KOHAT, June 3: The acting president of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, said on Monday that the PML-N and its allies had agreed not to compromise on the...		‘Education must to meet future challenges’ MANSEHRA, June 3: Lt-Gen Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai, corps commander of Peshawar, has said imparting education to younger generation is the need of the hour to meet challenges of the 21st...
Protest against Indian shelling MUZAFFARABAD, June 3: Over 600 protestors, including women and children, from the Neelum Valley on Monday urged the United Nations to persuade India to stop the relentless shelling from across...		Tribal clash claims two lives LANDI KOTAL, June 3: Two persons were killed and another was seriously injured on Tuesday in an armed clash between two rival tribal groups in a remote village in the Tirah...
Border closure may hit trade GILGIT, June 3: The closure of the border with China at Sost entry point in the Khunjerab valley will badly hit the trade and mega projects in the Northern Areas....		NA, PA budget sessions Opposition to resume protest LAHORE, June 3: Opposition parties will resume their protest in both houses of parliament during the budget session, beginning on June 6, as the Jamali government failed to utilize the period...
Distribution formula being changed: Fiscal resources LAHORE, June 3: The Punjab government is changing the existing formula for the distribution of fiscal resources among 34 districts of the province, significantly increasing the weightage of their respective populations...		EPD still without surefire remedy LAHORE, June 3: The Punjab Environment Protection Department will observe the World Environment Day tomorrow (Thursday) with no surefire remedy to fight environmental degradation....