June 7, 2003	Saturday	Rabi-us-Sani 6, 1424

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Pindi faces 9.8MGD water shortage RAWALPINDI, June 6: The water shortage situation has worsened in the city with the shooting up of murcury. The water shortage increased by over three million gallons a day (MGD), during...		Plan soon to check medical institutions ISLAMABAD, June 6: The government is likely to devise a policy to check the mushroom growth of medical institutions in the private sector....
EU may send team to Okara farms ISLAMABAD, June 6: The European Union (EU) will consider the idea of undertaking an independent fact-finding mission to Okara military farms to ascertain the truth about the state of affairs prevailing...		Extra fee for summer classes resented ISLAMABAD, June 6: Parents have expressed their concern over the charging of additional tuition fee for extra coaching classes being held for students of classes 9th and 10th during summer vacations....
Cashier looted at gunpoint RAWALPINDI, June 6: A cashier of a CNG station was looted at gunpoint while two robberies were committed in different parts of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Friday, police said....		Air pollution major threat to environment: survey ISLAMABAD, June 6: Air pollution remains the major threat to environment of major cities of the country, Economic Survey 2002- 03 of Pakistan says....
PTV, PBC to air filtered budget speech ISLAMABAD, June 6: Pakistan Television and Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) have made special arrangements to telecast and broadcast budget speech of Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz live from the National Assembly without...		Transporters delay protest march RAWALPINDI, June 6: The public transporters of the twin cities have delayed their protest march on the capital scheduled to be held on Saturday....
CBR asked to withdraw notice ISLAMABAD, June 6: The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has been asked to withdraw a notice issued to a person in violation of income tax law....		PPP, PML-N to continue protest : Anti-LFO stance ISLAMABAD, June 6: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-N on Friday vowed to continue their protest in the National Assembly and Senate against the Legal Framework Order...
Senator complains of victimization ISLAMABAD, June 6: Pakistan Muslim League-N Senator Saadia Abbasi on Friday complained of political victimization and alleged that some unidentified persons had ransacked her house and harassed the inmates....		4 Afghan soldiers released QUETTA, June 6: Pakistani border authorities released four Afghan soldiers late on Friday evening, who had crossed into Pakistani area along with some dead bodies....
Activists deface billboards in Multan MULTAN, June 6: Shabab-i-Milli Pakistan activists defaced the pictures of female models on some of the billboards here on Friday as part of their “anti-obscenity campaign”....		Qesco agrees to restore power QUETTA, June 6: The Quetta Electricity Supply Company (Qesco) has agreed to restore power to around 13,000 tubewells in the province after an understanding reached here on Friday with the Zamindar...
Plots at bus stand demanded QUETTA, June 6: Balochistan transporters have demanded of the government to cancel the plots illegally allotted by the Quetta Development Authority (QDA) at the new bus stand of Hazarganji....		Seminar on Pushto in Quetta soon QUETTA, June 6: The Pushto Literary Movement has announced that it would organize a seminar in the provincial metropolis to promote the Pushto language and literature....
SC suspends LHC order on medical exams ISLAMABAD, June 6: The Supreme Court on Friday suspended the operation of a Lahore High Court order passed on the petition of students of Allama Iqbal Medical College, demanding that the...		8 Mujahideen gunned down in Kashmir SRINAGAR, June 6: The Indian army on Friday gunned down eight freedom fighters in an encounter in southern Kashmir, an army spokesman said....
Houses collapse in shelling SKARDU, June 6: Two houses and several cattle-pens were destroyed and several livestock killed by Indian shelling in Shyoke sector near the Line of Control in Baltistan, sources said on Friday....		Hot weather persists ISLAMABAD, June 6: Sizzling weather continued to grip all parts of the country, especially plains on Friday forcing the people to stay indoors and affecting business activities. The highest temperature was...
Shujaat opposed to Shariat bill ISLAMABAD, June 6: President and parliamentary leader of PML-Q Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has taken exception to the passage of Shariat bill by the NWFP Assembly....		NA committee takes notice of bungling ISLAMABAD, June 6: National Assembly Standing Committee on religious affairs has taken serious notice of the accommodation scam, involving bungling of millions of dollars, during the last Hajj season....
Country faces serious crisis: Ghafoor HYDERABAD, June 6: Senator Prof Ghafoor Ahmed has said that the failure of parleys between the opposition and the government would disappoint the people and embolden anti-Pakistan elements....		Flood-hit people await relief PESHAWAR, June 6: The NWFP government’s repeated requests to the federal authorities concerned for the provision of funds to help it pay compensation to scores of families affected by the torrential...
‘NWFP govt wants to destroy LB system’ SWABI, June 6: District Naib Nazim Mohammad Jamil said on Friday that the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal government was taking steps to curtail the powers of the Nazims and destroy the local government system....		Three freed from illegal detention KHAIRPUR, June 6: Three persons were freed from illegal detention after two separate raids conducted on the orders of a Sessions Judge Khairpur, on Thursday and Friday....
Power supply to seven villages cut off KHAIRPUR, June 6: The electric supply to seven villages in Seth Areja sub-division was disconnected on Friday by the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco) following a scuffle between villagers and the...		Border closure causes Rs156m loss GILGIT, June 6: Traders and national exchequer have suffer an estimated loss of Rs156.78 million owing to the closure of border with China at Sost due to fears of severe acute...
Lawyers protest MPAs beating BAHAWALPUR, June 6: Lawyers observed partial strike on Friday against the police manhandling of the members of the Punjab Assembly in Lahore....		7pc of people suffering from thalassaemia SIALKOT, June 6: At least seven per cent people in the country have been suffering from Thalassaemia due to lack of awareness among people....
Bid to kidnap Solangi foiled SADIQABAD, June 6: The Rajanpur police foiled the “Bugti” outlaws’ bid to kidnap Sardar Shah Jehan Solangi, chief of the Solangi tribe of Machk....		Cities on GT Road to have underpasses GUJRANWALA, June 6: The National Highway and Motorway Police (NH&MP) would construct underpasses in all towns and cities on the GT Road from Kharian to Lahore....
PML-N, PPP activists freed MULTAN, June 6: Five PML-N and a PPP women activists, who were arrested in Lahore and jailed in Multan for protesting against LFO and torture of opposition members of the Punjab...		Apca member held, others go into hiding BAHAWALPUR, June 6: Civil Lines police on Friday arrested only one APCA office-bearer out of 18 against whom the Irrigation chief engineer, Bahawalpur zone, had lodged a complaint that they had...
Fatima Jinnah’s services hailed LAHORE, June 6: Federal Shariat Court’s former judge Mian Mahboob Ahmad has said that the Madar-i-Millat had played important role during and after the Pakistan Movement for Pakistan....		DC members to submit welfare schemes lists FAISALABAD, June 6: The district council members have been asked to submit the list of development projects of their respective areas with the government up to June 15....
DPO clarifies JHANG, June 6: The district police officer has clarified that he is not boycotting his office after losing a tug-of-war over the posting of a subordinate....		Policy for special people today LAHORE, June 6: The Ministry of Women Development, Social Welfare and Special Education’s National Trust for the Disabled (NTD) will launch the ‘National policy for the rehabilitation of disabled persons’ at...
Man confesses to killing family SIALKOT, June 6: The Uggoki police on Friday arrested the alleged killer of four members of his family....		LHCBA gives strike call for today: LBA’s invitation to Musharraf LAHORE, June 6: The Lahore Bar Association’s invitation to President Gen Pervez Musharraf for a dinner has elicited a mixed response among bar representatives as the Lahore High Court Bar Association...
India not serious, says JI leader LAHORE, June 6: Jamaat-i-Islami secretary-general Syed Munawwar Hasan has alleged that India is not serious in holding talks with Pakistan, notwithstanding Prime Minister Vajpayee’s statements to the contrary....		Safety commission polls schedule withdrawn LAHORE, June 6: The district and sessions judge on Friday withdrew the schedule issued earlier by him for the election of District Public Safety Commission on grounds that he did not...
Indian MPs due in Pakistan on 17th LAHORE, June 6: The Pakistan-India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy announced on Friday evening that a delegation of Indian parliamentarians would arrive here on June 17 for an eight-day visit....		Wholesale Chemists on strike LAHORE, June 6: The Wholesale Chemists and Druggists Association on Friday kept their medical stores closed to protest against the raid by the health department....
No respite from heat in sight LAHORE, June 6: Steaming heat continued in the city and other parts of the country for the sixth day running on Friday....		Reception for PPP women LAHORE, June 6: Eight PPP women workers reached Lahore on Friday after their release from Multan prison....