June 6, 2003	Friday	Rabi-us-Sani 5, 1424

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USAID to provide $100m for education programmes: Nancy ISLAMABAD, June 5: USAID will provide $100 million during the next five years to support the education programmes in Pakistan, US ambassador to Pakistan Nancy Powell said on Thursday....		570,000 housing units needed annually ISLAMABAD, June 5: The country is suffering from a shortfall of 270,000 housing units per annum and the backlog is increasing every year, the Economic Survey Report 2002-03 showed....
EU gives Rs67m for combating Aids/HIV, drug abuse ISLAMABAD, June 5: The European Union through the European Commission will provide Rs67 million for combating drugs abuse and HIV/Aids in Pakistan....		Franchise post offices allowed to collect Wapda bills ISLAMABAD, June 5: The chairman of Pakistan Postal Services Management Board, Maj-Gen Agha Masood Hasan (retired), on Thursday said the selected franchise post offices in the twin cities had been allowed...
No plan to cut defence budget, says minister RAWALPINDI, June 5: Defence Minister Rao Sikandar Iqbal has dispelled the impression that there was any plan to cut defence spending in the forthcoming budget....		CDA asked to remove encroachments ISLAMABAD, June 5: Interior Minister Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat has directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to remove encroachments from all areas outside the municipal limits of the Capital....
Judge overturns own verdict on RCB restoration RAWALPINDI, June 5: The judge of Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi Bench, Justice Maulvi Anwarul Haq, who had restored the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board on Wednesday has changed his verdict and called both...		Capital LB polls plan submitted to govt ISLAMABAD, June 5: A plan has been presented to the federal government for holding local government elections in the capital territory....
Only one doctor for 1,466 people: survey ISLAMABAD, June 5: In Pakistan there exists only one doctor for a population of 1,466, one dentist for 29,405 people, one nurse for 3,347 and one hospital bed for 1,517 people,...		Opposition poised to shout down federal budget ISLAMABAD, June 5: As there has been no accord to settle the controversy on sweeping presidential powers, the opposition parties on Thursday seemed poised to shout down the federal budget for...
Minister refuses to solve Okara farms dispute RAWALPINDI, June 5: Defence Minister Rao Sikandar Iqbal has refused to help bail out the army of the deadlock confronting it in Okara Military Farms, said reliable sources here on Sunday....		WB okays $3.63m for education ISLAMABAD, June 5: The World Bank has approved a $3.63 million credit to support the implementation of a National Education Assessment System (NEAS) in Pakistan....
Newsmen, workers stage demos across country ISLAMABAD, June 5: Journalists and newspaper employees held demonstrations in major centres of the country on Thursday to demand implementation of the Seventh Wage Board award and early hearing of the...		JI activist missing ISLAMABAD, June 5: Commander Abdul Aziz Mirza (retired) has alleged that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the US has picked up his son, Ahsan Aziz, from Mirpur....
PM to meet allied parties ISLAMABAD, June 5: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali is expected to discuss the forthcoming budget for fiscal 2003-4 at a meeting of the parliamentary party of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q...		Plea hearing against NWFP PA on 12th ISLAMABAD, June 5: A constitutional petition challenging NWFP Assembly’s competence of enacting passing the Shariat Bill will come for preliminary hearing on June 12....
7 rockets fired at Kohlu QUETTA, June 5: Kohlu was rocked on Wednesday evening when seven rockets fired from the nearby mountains exploded on the outskirts of the township, police said....		PPP leader released SUKKUR, June 5: A leader of People’s Party Parliamentarians, Ghotki, Abdul Latif Shah, who was arrested by the Ghotki police on the Sarhad bypass on Wednesday, was released at 2am on...
BISE to be established in Mirpurkhas: Ibad: Ombudsman office inaugurated MIRPURKHAS, June 5: Government is making allout efforts to redress grievances of the masses, which is evident from allocation of huge amount of funds for development works....		Army asked to return to barracks LARKANA, June 5: The chief organizer of the Millat Party, Balochistan, Taj Mohammed Jamali, has advised the opposition to rise above the issue of the Legal Framework Order for the solution...
Frequent power outages flayed KHAIRPUR, June 5: Electric supply remained suspended for about 20 hours from Wednesday night in Sobhodero town....		Body found in lake SANGHAR, June 5: The body of a man was found in Dhamanwari Lake in Achhro Thar on Thursday....
Growers stage sit-in KHAIRPUR, June 5: Scores of growers staged a protest sit-in on the Sagiyoon road in Hingorja against the shortage of water in the Siyal minor on Thursday....		Development funds not utilized DADU, June 5: The Dadu district administration has not utilized a fund of Rs562 million, allocated for development schemes in the district during the current financial year....
Drought relief funds go Unutilized in Frontier PESHAWAR, June 5: The Drought Emergency Relief Assistance (Dera) programme, financed by international donors, has yet to take off in the NWFP where utilization of funds under it remained at the...		Assembly adopts eight resolutions: •Cut in drug prices •provision of gas, power PESHAWAR, June 5: The NWFP Assembly adopted a record eight resolutions on Thursday. Lawmakers sought a reduction in drug prices, provision of gas and electricity to villages, implementation of the Juvenile...
Judge summons officials for not complying with orders PESHAWAR, June 5: An additional district and sessions judge here on Thursday summoned the director-general, health services; superintendent, Peshawar Central Jail; and medical superintendent, police hospital, for not conducting medical examination...		‘Afghans with fake NICs get passports’ PESHAWAR, June 5: Pakistani missions in the Middle East have been accused of issuing green passports to Afghan nationals on fake national identity cards....
Road, school inundated MINGORA, June 5: Water level in Swat river has risen alarmingly, submerging the main Mingora-Matta and Kabal road. As a result, traffic has been suspended and authorities have diverted it to...		Pesco work stopped PESHAWAR, June 5: Work for improvement of power supply to Dara Adamkhel has been stopped due to interference of the inhabitants of Shekhan village, a press release issued by the Peshawar Electricity Supply Company...
Eye-care centre upgraded HARIPUR, June 5: The recently-upgraded district eyecare center began functioning here on Tuesday, officials said here on Thursday....		80 stripes awarded under Qazf PESHAWAR, June 5: An additional district and sessions judge convicted a person under the Qazf law for accusing his sister-in-law of fornication and sentenced him to whipping of 80 stripes....
Budget will be people-friendly, says Pervaiz LAHORE, June 5: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has said the Punjab budget will be ‘people-friendly’....		Seven medical stores sealed: Minister leads raid LAHORE, June 5: The Punjab health department on Thursday sealed seven medical stores where expired, defaced and stolen medicines were on sale and qualified pharmacists not present. All the medical stores...
President, PM urged to resolve LFO issue LAHORE, June 5: The Pakistan National Forum, an NGO of retired army generals, intellectuals and political analysts, has urged the president and the prime minister to resolve the LFO issue by...		Six courts shifted to complex LAHORE, June 5: Six subordinate courts have been shifted from different places in the city to the district courts complex, where they are likely to start functioning from June 9....
Draft bill ready to regulate private health institutions LAHORE, June 5: The Punjab health department, in collaboration with the Walker Martineau and Salim Associates, has finalized the first draft bill to regulate private medical colleges, hospitals, clinics and laboratories....		‘Media trial’ of Sharifs condemned LAHORE, June 5: The Punjab PML-N expressed on Thursday anguish over the media trial of exiled leaders Mian Nawaz Sharif and Mian Shahbaz Sharif....
Talib Nakai directed to file reply LAHORE, June 5: An election tribunal of the Lahore High Court on Thursday directed PML-Q MNA Sardar Talib Nakai to file his reply to a petition challenging his election....		Call for close ties between Pakistan, BD LAHORE, June 5: Bangladesh will never allow India to use its territory to take its army and ammunition to fight against the rebellion people in eastern provinces....
Cases against 12 tenants withdrawn MULTAN, June 5: The Muzaffargarh police on Thursday disposed of cases allegedly registered against some 12 tenants of the provincial lands in Chowk Sarwar Shaheed area at the behest of MPA...		Four of a family murdered SIALKOT, June 5: Four family members, including two women, were brutally murdered by some unknown killers in their house late Thursday night in Khokhar Town, Shatabgarha (Uggoki)....
Tehsil councillors threaten to quit FAISALABAD, June 5: Over 100 opposition members of the Tehsil Municipal Administration have threatened to resign and launch a protest movement against the city Nazim, Mumtaz Ali Cheema, for his “misdeeds...		Rs120m tax-free budget approved GUJRANWALA, June 5: The Saddar tehsil council gave an approval for the tax-free annual budget of Rs120 million for the fiscal year 2003-04 at a meeting here on Thursday....
18 Apca leaders booked BAHAWALPUR, June 5: On the report of the Irrigation SE, Civil Lines police on Thursday registered a case against the Bahawalpur Apca president and 17 other office-bearers for allegedly visiting his...		Emergency ward short of doctors OKARA, June 5: The District Headquarters Hospital’s emergency ward has the only doctor to treat patients, a survey conducted by this correspondent revealed on Wednesday....
Banned paddy varieties being sown SIALKOT, June 5: Growers are openly sowing the banned paddy varieties in both Sialkot and Narowal districts....		Eight PPP women released MULTAN, June 5: Eight women activists of the PPP, jailed for protesting against LFO and torture of opposition members in the Punjab Assembly, were released on Thursday from the local women...