June 8, 2003	Sunday	Rabi-us-Sani 7, 1424

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Pakistanis’ deportation from US doubles: 13,000 Muslims likely to leave NEW YORK, June 7: Over 13,000 Arab and Muslim men who came forward to register during the recent immigration registration programme (NSEERS) are likely to be deported, said the New York...		Bomb attack condemned ISLAMABAD, June 7: Pakistan on Saturday condemned a suspected suicide car bomb attack which killed four German peacekeepers in the Afghan capital Kabul....
Convention of lawyers disallowed on SC premises ISLAMABAD, June 7: The Supreme Court on Saturday asked the lawyers to change the venue of their convention as it would not permit them to hold it in the premises of...		Mixed reaction on budget from Balochistan QUETTA, June 7: The business community has given mixed reaction over the national budget on Saturday....
Solid waste problem an ecological hazard GILGIT, June 7: Environmental activists on Wednesday said that inadequate solid waste disposal system in Gilgit and adjoining areas posed major health and ecological hazards....		Benazir condemns political victimization lSLAMABAD, June 7: Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto has condemned the victimization of PPP MNA Aijaz Jakhrani....
15 arrested QUETTA, June 7: Police claimed to have arrested around 15 activists of two defunct religious parties during raids late on Friday on various seminaries in connection with the killing of the...		Arms seized GILGIT, June 7: The Northern Areas police, during the previous quarter, arrested 28 proclaimed offenders and recovered 52 weapons from the possession of various persons, Mubarak Jan, a spokesman for the...
19 UC Nazims also threaten to resign HARIPUR, June 7: Nazims and members of 19 of the 44 union councils of the Haripur district on Friday threatened to resign en masse if resignations of the 24 district Nazims...		Banking court’s decrees upheld PESHAWAR, June 7: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Saturday dismissed 17 identical appeals filed by an international firm in connection with the defunct prime minister’s transport scheme,...
Two killed, 18 injured in accident MINGORA, June 7: Two persons died and 18 others sustained serious injuries when a pick-up overturned in the Gashkor area of Khwazakhela tehsil on Friday....		Medical camp PESHAWAR, June 7: The Abaseen Foundation organized a free medical camp for the patients suffering from Asthma here at the Emergency Satellite Hospital, Nahaqi, on Saturday....
Raise welcomed PESHAWAR, June 7: The ANP has welcomed the 15 per cent increase in the salaries and pension of government employees announced in the budget speech. Talking to newsmen ANP Vice-President Haji...		Line losses PESHAWAR, June 7: Chief executive of the Peshawar Electricity Supply Company Brig Tahir Malik on Saturday urged officials to reduce line losses and improve the recovery of dues by June 30....
Lawyers demand arrest of TPO SUKKUR, June 7: The Sindh High Court Bar Association and the District Bar Association, Sukkur, have demanded arrest of the TPO, SITE area, Shaukat Ali Shahani, for obstructing a raid on...		Water rotation plan ends: CM MIRPURKHAS, June 7: Sindh Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Mahar has said sufficient water is available in canals and the government has put an end to the water rotation programme in canals....
Dozens faint as mercury hits 50ºC NAWABSHAH, June 7: Dozens of people fell unconscious as the temperature in the district rose to 50 degree Celsius on Saturday....		Four tribesmen handed over to Edhi centre LARKANA, June 7: Four relatives of the accused of murder of Nawabzada Ali Nawaz Chandio, were handed over to the local Edhi Centre after being released from the psychiatry ward of...
Dutch firm Declares Pakistan ‘unsafe’: Winds up business FAISALABAD, June 7: A Dutch firm announced winding up of its operations and projects in Pakistan declaring the country ‘unsafe’ for the foreign investment adding that “powerful personalities” are threatening its...		Wasa suspends supply to 100 localities FAISALABAD, June 7: The Water And Sanitation Agency (Wasa) suspended water supply to its over 100,000 consumers in over 100 localities without any prior information or formal notice and realizing the...
Acid-attack Suspect still at large BAHAWALPUR, June 7: Police have not yet arrested the landlord who allegedly threw acid on a woman last week....		Passengers faint in Stranded train SIALKOT, June 7: Several passengers fainted in the sizzling heat when the engine of Lahore-Narowal 217-Up developed a fault leaving the train stranded for five hours in the Kala Khatai-Badomalhi section....
Fire engines’ shortage in Multan MULTAN, June 7: The local fire-brigade is facing shortage of fire engines to conduct its operations, Fire Officer Muhammad Sharif Qureshi said on Thursday....		Man dies while saving child OKARA, June 7: An aged man lost his life by diving in front of a train to save a child here on Saturday night....
Nazim pledges electrification of all villages SIALKOT, June 7: District Nazim Mian Naeem Javaid has promised to provide electricity in all the 1,065 villages in the district by the year 2004....		Constable held SAHIWAL, June 7: The Anti-Corruption Establishment on Saturday raided a police post and arrested a constable with Rs8,000 bribe amount handed over to him by the absconding sub-inspector....
Journalist passes away FAISALABAD, June 7: The managing editor of local daily Saadat died here of kidney failure on Saturday. He was 61....		Call girls ‘killer’ pleads not guilty GUJRANWALA, June 7: A serial killer of call girls pleaded not guilty before a court while the complainant and an eyewitness changed their statements on Saturday....
Canal breach Damages crops TOBA TEK SINGH, June 7: Standing crops on hundreds of acres of land in Chak 387-JB Alhar Pind and its adjacent villages were damaged when a 24-foot wide breach occurred in...		SHO suspended, SI demoted GUJRANWALA, June 7: An SHO was suspended from service while a sub-inspector was demoted by the DIG on Saturday over different charges against them....
Hazrat Ghulam Farid’s Urs begins DERA GHAZI KHAN, June 7: The festivities have begun in Kot Mithan Sharif (Shehr-i-Farid) with Ghusal and Chadar-laying ceremonies on the eve of Hazrat Khwaja Ghulam Farid’s Urs....		Arrest warrants SAHIWAL, June 7: Multan Electric Power Company on Saturday issued non-bailable arrest warrants of 50 defaulters, who owed Rs60 million to the company. The local revenue department has been asked for...