June 19, 2003	Thursday	Rabi-us-Sani 18, 1424

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Cell to facilitate private schools, colleges soon ISLAMABAD, June 18: A facilitation cell will be set up in the education ministry for private schools and other educational institutions....		Proper policy for migrants’ protection urged ISLAMABAD, June 18: A proper framework for the policies and programmes to provide protection to the immigrants is urgently needed in view of enhanced level of migration....
Imran opposes any deal struck at Camp David ISLAMABAD, June 18: The chief of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, on Wednesday warned that any deal struck at the Camp David by Gen Pervez Musharraf would have no legal, political...		Private sector asked to help check cyber crime ISLAMABAD, June 18: The government alone cannot check the growing cyber attacks especially on the information resources in sensitive organizations unless the private sector extended its help....
ADB to provide $100m for livestock sector ISLAMABAD, June 18: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $100 million for livestock sector and to mitigate drought effects in Balochistan....		Ethnology museum building near completion ISLAMABAD, June 18: Civil work on the under-construction building of the Museum of Ethnology and Folklore has almost been completed while work on the galleries will be finalized next year....
AIOU wants plots for campuses ISLAMABAD, June 18: The Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has demanded of the federal as well as provincial governments to allot it plots for building regional campuses all over the country....		PPP leader for debate on defence budget in parliament ISLAMABAD, June 18: Like other budgetary provisions, the defence budget should also be discussed in parliament so that the people could know about the use of national kitty....
15pc GST on dairy processing machinery withdrawn ISLAMABAD, June 18: The government has decided to withdraw 15 per cent general sales tax on agricultural processing machinery to link up production of agricultural commodities with the industry....		Police officials booked for detaining man RAWALPINDI, June 18: A suspended station house officer (SHO) along with his four subordinates and a councillor were booked on charges of allegedly keeping a citizen in illegal detention, official source...
Design contest for Blue Area extension plan ISLAMABAD, June 18: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has arranged an architectural competition to get best design and plan of Blue Area’s extension project....		Waste-dumping site for Capital planned ISLAMABAD, June 18: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) will launch a solid waste management project with the financial assistance of Japan in the fiscal year 2003-2004, a source told Dawn on...
Senate proceedings illegal, says PPP ISLAMABAD, June 18: The Parliamentary party leader of the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) in Senate, Mian Raza Rabbani, has said the resolution presented in the Upper House of the Parliament assuring...		Rs72bn uplift fund to be released next month ISLAMABAD, June 18: The federal government has decided to release Rs72 billion in July to accelerate the development process in all the four provinces....
President against MMA, says Fazl PESHAWAR, June 18: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) Secretary General Maulana Fazlur Rehman here on Wednesday said President Pervez Musharraf had become a party against the MMA government in the NWFP and was...		Overflight curbs hurt Pakistan more: CAA RAWALPINDI, June 18: Overflight sanctions on Indian carriers were hurting Pakistan more, Civil Aviation Authority Director-General Air Marshal Salim Arshad (retired) said here on Wednesday....
Musharraf’s remarks on Kargil: media questions slant NEW DELHI, June 18: The Indian prime minister’s statement on Tuesday warning Pakistan against trying another Kargil and saying President General Pervez Musharraf was preparing for a fourth defeat appears to...		Pakistani expats urged to invest in country LONDON, June 18: President Gen Pervez Musharraf urged Pakistanis in Britain to take part in the economic advancement of the country by investing in an attractive, secure and financially improved environment....
BHC CJ takes suo motu action over widow’s plea QUETTA, June 18: The Balochistan High Court Chief Justice, Raja Fayyaz Ahmed, taking a suo motu notice, ordered the staff concerned to admit for hearing an appeal of a widow seeking...		Six Pakistanis arrested for illegal money transfer NEW YORK, June 18: Six Pakistani men were arrested on Monday for illegally sending tens of millions of dollars to Pakistan through unlicensed money transmitting businesses, the US attorney’s office in...
Justice Abbasi to be new law secretary ISLAMABAD, June 18: Justice Mohammad Nawaz Abbasi of the Supreme Court will be new federal law secretary....		British defence staff general arrives ISLAMABAD, June 18: Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff General, Sir Michael Walker, arrived here on a two-day visit to discuss issues concerning world war against terrorism....
Arms seized QUETTA, June 18: A large arms cache was seized by Pishin Scouts from Pakistan-Afghanistan border, here on Wednesday night....		Pirzada to join president in US ISLAMABAD, June 18: Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada, senior adviser on foreign affairs and law, has been asked to accompany the president in the United States....
20 colleges to be set up in Fata: Iftikhar LANDI KOTAL, June 18: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah on Wednesday said 20 colleges would be established in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas in two years....		Businessmen reject professional tax KOHAT, June 18: The action committee of local businessmen has demanded cancellation of a contract awarded illegally to a brother of a politician....
Dept fails to maintain road ABBOTTABAD, June 18: The road leading from Abbottabad to Murree, which has cost the public exchequer more than Rs2 billion, is in a bad shape due to the negligence of the...		MPs, Nazim in row over EDO’s posting CHITRAL, June 18: There are two executive district officers (EDOs) of education in Chitral due to the tug of war between the MMA MPs and district Nazim who are in the...
New condition poses problem for visa seekers SWABI, June 18: The matriculation condition for fresh visa-seekers for the United Arabs Emirates is posing problems for the local people in getting work visas....		KKH blocked after doctor’s killing ABBOTTABAD, June 18: The Karakoram Highway remained closed on Wednesday after doctors and students of Ayub Medical College blocked it to press the police for the arrest of the culprit who...
Electrocuted KOHAT, June 18: Power supply to the whole district was suspended here on Tuesday when a passerby stepped onto a live wire and died....		Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas receive monsoon shower HYDERABAD, June 18: Hyderabad and its adjoining areas received the first rain of the season on Wednesday. Power supply to the city was suspended as the rain was preceded by strong...
Taluka council demands halt to Thal canal construction LARKANA, June 18: The Larkana Taluka Council, through a unanimously adopted resolution, has demanded of the federal government to halt the construction of the greater Thal canal....		Consumers irked by loadshedding DADU, June 18: A large number of people from different parts of the town gathered outside the press club and held a demonstration against Hesco for resorting to unscheduled load-shedding on...
Court lacks judge NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, June 18: About 600 cases are pending in the Naushahro Feroze court as the post of senior civil Judge is lying vacant since last 20 months....		30 faint as mercury touches 49ºC SUKKUR, June 18: Thirty people fell unconscious in Sukkur and Rohri on Wednesday due to scorching heat as power remained disrupted throughout the day and the temperature rose to 49 degrees...
Karo-kari claims another life SHIKARPUR, June 18: A woman was killed by her husband and father-in-law on the pretext of Karo-kari in the Jawabpur Chandio village here on Wednesday....		Demo against irrigation official held KHAIRPUR, June 18: A large number of farmers of the Mojai Shakh, fed by the Mirwah Canal, held a demonstration here on Wednesday to protest against the SDO of irrigation, Thari...
Telephone exchange out of order for month MIRPURKHAS, June 18: The general secretary, Shehri Ittehad, Khai town, Zahid Aslam, has expressed concern over the working of the telephone system in Khai where more than 50 telephone lines were...		Suicides SANGHAR, June 18: Two men committed suicide in two villages of the district on Tuesday....
Increase in transfer fee, token tax withdrawn LAHORE, June 18: Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi announced on Wednesday withdrawal of increase in transfer fee and token tax on motorcycles and small cars. The increase had been announced in...		Rivers hit normal base flow after five years LAHORE, June 18: All rivers hit their normal kharif base flow on Wednesday after five years....
Opposition to back ‘positive steps’ LAHORE, June 18: The joint opposition in the Punjab Assembly has announced that it will support all positive steps, including the construction of Kalabagh dam, to be taken by the provincial...		Lawyers to take action against SC officials LAHORE, June 18: The Joint Action Committee of lawyers on Wednesday announced that it would take action against the Supreme Court administration for ‘sealing’ Supreme Court Bar Association’s offices in Islamabad...
Students plea against affiliation sent to CJ LAHORE, June 18: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday referred the petitions of the students of three medical colleges, challenging their affiliation with the University of Health...		Kashmir issue ‘shouldn’t be solved on religion basis’ LAHORE, June 18: Indian parliamentarians’ delegation leader and columnist Kuldip Nayar has said that the Kashmir issue should not be solved on the basis of religion....
75pc farmers ‘satisfied’ with new abiana rate LAHORE, June 18: The Punjab government on Wednesday defended the flat rate of abiana and termed it an attempt at ending farmers’ dependence on corrupt patwaris....		LHC refuses to suspend operation of resolution LAHORE, June 18: The Lahore High Court refused on Wednesday to suspend the operation of the LHC Bar Association’s last week resolution through which the membership of Punjab Bar Council vice-chairman...
Altaf’s statement flayed LAHORE, June 18: The Kashmir Action Committee, Pakistan, has taken strong exception to MQM chief Altaf Husain’s statement of making LoC permanent border....		TDCP men face suspension LAHORE, June 18: Punjab Tourism Minister Mian Muhammad Aslam has ordered the suspension of two officials of the Tourist Information Centre at the Lahore airport....