June 11, 2003	Wednesday	Rabi-us-Sani 10, 1424

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Rs1bn fixed for social welfare under PSDP ISLAMABAD, June 10: An amount of Rs1 billion has been earmarked in the federal budget 2003-04 under Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for women development, social welfare and special education....		Construction work begins today: I. J. Principal Road phase-II ISLAMABAD, June 10: The government has allocated an amount of Rs400 million under the Public Sector Development Programme for the second phase of reconstruction of the I. J. Principal Road, the...
Gap widens in male, female literacy rate: report ISLAMABAD, June 10: Although women’s education witnessed a major improvement in the 1990s, still Pakistan is considered to have a largest gender gap in literacy ratio....		AMP strike continues ISLAMABAD, June 10: The Anjuman-i-Mazarain Punjab (AMP) continued its symbolic hunger strike for the 24th day outside the G-7 kutchi abadi on Tuesday....
PPP condemns killings of policemen ISLAMABAD, June 10: The People’s Party Parliamentarians has condemned the killing of police trainees in Quetta....		Microsoft firm on assisting Pakistan in IT, says official ISLAMABAD, June 10: The vice-president of Microsoft Europe, Middle East and Africa, Emre Berkin, on Tuesday said the Microsoft had long-term plans for Pakistan and was committed to assist the country...
EU envoy to review uplift projects in N. Areas ISLAMABAD, June 10: The ambassador and head of the European Commission Delegation in Pakistan, Ilkka Uusitalo, would be visiting Skardu, Hunza, Gilgit and Chitral from June 11 to 14....		More facilities at cantonment hospital soon RAWALPINDI, June 10: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board has prepared a comprehensive plan to refurbish the Cantonment General Hospital (CGH), it is learnt....
PIA upgrades reservation system RAWALPINDI, June 10: Pakistan International Airlines has upgraded the Sabre reservation network to improve the seats reservation system and check irregularities on the part of some travel agents....		Hot, dry weather likely ISLAMABAD, June 10: Hot and dry weather is likely to prevail in most parts of the country during the next 24 hours....
NWFP govt to withdraw contentious notifications: Durrani assures Musharraf ISLAMABAD, June 10: North West Frontier Province Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani assured President Pervez Musharraf in a meeting on Tuesday that he would withdraw all the notifications designed to reduce...		Pakistan to send team next week: Bus service to India ISLAMABAD, June 10: Pakistan has formally conveyed to India that it is ready to send a delegation next week to discuss and finalise details of resuming Lahore-New Delhi bus links, official...
Opposition increasing demands: Shujaat ISLAMABAD, June 10: The hopes for a government-opposition patch-up were dashed on Tuesday when the combined opposition linked its returning to parliament to a decision on the LFO issue in the...		PM attends defence ministry’s briefing ISLAMABAD, June 10: Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali Tuesday urged the people — whether in uniform or not — to forge unity for a stronger, more stable and prosperous Pakistan....
‘No legislation till LFO settlement’ ISLAMABAD, June 10: Opposition parties protesting against the controversial Legal Framework Order stormed out of both houses of parliament on Tuesday to boycott a simultaneous debate on the federal budget for...		Quetta police officials transferred QUETTA, June 10: The Inspector General Police Balochistan has transferred Superintendent of Police and a DSP of Sariab area where 11 under-training recruits had been gunned down by some unknown armed...
Four FC men detained, released in Afghanistan QUETTA, June 10: Afghan authorities on Tuesday released four Frontier Corps men who had been detained in Spin Buldak area on Monday night....		SC to hear plea against Noorani ISLAMABAD, June 10: The Supreme Court will take up a contempt of court petition against Maulana Shah Ahmad Noorani on Thursday....
‘Women held in Dhaka not Pakistani’ ISLAMABAD, June 10: The customs authorities have denied a foreign news agency report that three women detained at Dhaka airport last month for carrying three kg of heroin, were Pakistanis. A...		Former judge withdraws from lawyers’ case ISLAMABAD, June 10: Malik Mohammad Qayyum, a former judge who now practises law, on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that he wanted to withdraw as a counsel for lawyers in a...
Uplift aimed at: PM ISLAMABAD, June 10: The government is committed to the economic uplift of the country, and is trying to bring the backward areas of the country at par with the developed ones....		Tunnel to reduce travel by 20km PESHAWAR, June 10: The 1.9-kilometre-long Kohat tunnel, named as the Pak-Japan Friendship tunnel, would reduce distance between Peshawar and Kohat by 20 kilometres, making journey easy for those travelling between Peshawar...
Subsoil water level of dam colony rises SWABI, June 10: Increase in the level of Ghazi Barotha Hydro-power reservoir has raised the underground water level at the Tarbela Dam Colony, forcing many residents to leave their houses....		Chitral council holds budget session CHITRAL, June 10: The budget session of Tehsil Council Chitral took a strange turn when its convener abstained from the house, saying that he was unaware of the session, which had...
Two groups of outlaws trade fire in Dana MANSEHRA, June 10: Intense fighting has been continuing between two groups of proclaimed offenders in the upper Tanawal area, Dana, for the last 36 hours, with both sides using heavy weapons....		Growers oppose cess contract PESHAWAR,  June 10:  The Tobacco Dealers Association,  Mardan has criticized the director-general of the excise & taxation department for what he called the illegal award of the contract for tobacco cess...
Officials fail to assess damage to RBOD DADU, June 10: With the increase of 20,000 cusecs of water in the Indus river on Tuesday, the water flow in the river has reached 80,000 cusecs....		Three bandits, hostage killed THATTA, June 10: Four people, including three bandits, were killed in an encounter with police in village Ayub Mallah near Jhoke Sharif on Tuesday....
ADB official hold talks with SCCI SUKKUR, June 10: The consultant, Asian Development Bank, Christopher David, while talking to members of the Sukkur Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said that he was undertaking a tour of Quetta,...		Mirpurkhas faces water shortage MIRPURKHAS, June 10: The residents of several areas in Mirpurkhas have been facing an acute shortage of water for the last 10 days as they were not being supplied any water...
Budget dictated by IMF, says PPP LARKANA, June 10: The Pakistan People’s Party, Larkana district, has termed the federal budget for fiscal 2003-04 a jugglery of figures....		Woman killed by brothers MIRPURKHAS, June 10: A woman, Fatima Shaikh, 38, was shot dead by her brothers in the Mir Hayat Talpur village, Digri Taluka, on Tuesday for embracing Islam....
No-trust move tabled against Naib Nazim JACOBABAD, June 10: A no-confidence move was tabled on Tuesday against the Naib Nazim, Union Council-2, Mohammad Ali Lashari....		Anti-police demo held KHAIRPUR, June 10: Scores of the Arain clansmen held a demonstration outside the press club here on Tuesday to protest against the Thari Mirwah and Tando Meerali police....
Three die in accident SHIKARPUR, June 10: Three motorcyclists were killed in a crash involving a motorcycle and a pickup near Khanpur town on Monday....		Wapda reduces power meter rate: 14 companies particpated in tender LAHORE, June 10: The price of the single-phase electricity meter was reduced to Rs650 from Rs830 when Wapda opened its latest tender (2735) on Tuesday....
Second phase of sports complex to cost Rs65m LAHORE, June 10: With the completion of Wapda Sports Complex, the citizens of Lahore will have a much-needed sports infrastructure. Lahore, also the Punjab capital having a population of around 65...		Flat rate Abiana to be charged in province LAHORE, June 10: The Punjab cabinet decided on Tuesday to introduce flat rate and land-based water cess collection system in the province after finding the existing crop-based mechanism helpful for tax...
PU’s deficit budget okayed LAHORE, June 10: The Punjab University finance and planning committee has approved Rs73.043 million deficit budget for the year 2003-04....		Food samples of past 10 years found adulterated LAHORE, June 10: An average 45.99 per cent of food samples collected from the provincial metropolis during the past 10 years were found adulterated or sub-standard on analysis....
River flow increases LAHORE, June 10: The combined river flow witnessed a healthy increase on Tuesday, touching a substantial 500,600 cusecs —- almost 200,000 more than the total withdrawal capacity of the country’s irrigation...		President’s visit termed an insult to lawyers LAHORE, June 10: The Supreme Court Bar Association on Monday termed President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s appearance in military uniform at the Lahore Bar Association’s gathering on June 8 an insult to...
Fast-track plans to meet power needs LAHORE, June 10: The fast-track water development plans would be able to generate sufficient power to meet country’s requirements for the next five years....		Handknotted carpets’ exhibition from Aug 28 LAHORE, June 10: Over 200 importers, wholesale dealers, and retailers from across Europe, the US, Japan, Middle East and other places of the world are expected to participate in the four-day...
Warrants for Shahbaz Sharif issued LAHORE, June 10: An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday issued bailable arrest warrants for PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif and three police officials, including a former Lahore SSP for June 17, in a...		Museum’s acting chief censured LAHORE, June 10: Punjab Chief Secretary Hafeez Akhtar Randhawa has censured Lahore Museum former acting director Dr Anjum Rehmani and exonerated four other employees of the charge of the theft of...
Chemists to observe strike on July 2 LAHORE, June 10: The Pakistan Chemists Retailers Association has announced a strike on July 2 to press the government to accept their demands....		Bar to burn effigy on 13th LAHORE, June 10: The Lahore High Court Bar Association on Monday announced that they would remove calenders bearing the photograph of the chief justice of Pakistan from the bar room, library...
Zahoor Shaikh passes away LAHORE, June 10: Senior bureaucrat and Punjab Management and Professional Development Department secretary Zahoorul Haq Shaikh died at a local hospital on Tuesday morning. He was 54....		India urged to hold talks LAHORE, June 10: The Pakistan Aman Anti-War Committee has urged the government of India to hold dialogue with Pakistan to promote peace in the region....