June 22, 2003	Sunday	Rabi-us-Sani 21,1424

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MMA sets up force to fight obscenity GUJRANWALA, June 21: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal organized a special force comprising 1,000 youths, including activists of Shabab-i-Milli, to combat the obscenity and gambling....		Two sisters strangled over money SAHIWAL, June 21: A youth on Saturday strangled two daughters of his maternal uncle over monetary issue in a nearby Harappa town....
Maqbool lays IUB engg college’s foundation BAHAWALPUR, June 21: Governor Khalid Maqbool on Saturday laid the foundation stone of the Islamia University’s engineering college building at Baghdadul Jadid campus....		Two labourers shot dead SHEIKHUPURA, June 21: Two persons were shot dead by unknown assailants at a village here on Saturday....
‘Traffic control’ technique creating problems FAISALABAD, June 21: The local traffic police have invented a novel technique for maintaining a smooth flow of traffic on two-lane roads, according to which one of the lanes is reserved...		Students beat up bus driver, helper TOBA TEK SINGH, June 21: A bus driver and his helper were thrashed by the students of a local college, on Toba-Chichawatani Road on Saturday....
Recruitment of teachers, other staff cancelled MIANWALI, June 21: In compliance to Punjab government’s orders, the district government has cancelled the recruitment of teachers and other staff without assigning any reason....		Rao hints at relief package for tenants OKARA, June 21: Defence minister Rao Sikander Iqbal said on Saturday that the tenants on military farms could not be granted the ownership rights. However, he hinted at a possible relief...
Two Italians shifted to Multan DERA GHAZI KHAN, June 21: The district police picked up on Saturday two Italians and set them free in Multan....		Seminar on hepatitis awareness LAHORE, June 21: The federal ministry of health, the Punjab health department and the World Health Organization is set to arrange a seminar on hepatitis awareness here on Monday (tomorrow)....
Three of a family injured LAHORE, June 21: Three members of a family were injured by unidentified outlaws at Munshi Ladha Bagh, the Shafiqabad area, here on Saturday....		Heirs of blast victims to get cheques tomorrow SIALKOT, June 21: National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Ameer Hussain will distribute cheques among heirs of Sialkot dryport blast victims in a ceremony at Sambrial in Daska tehsil on June 23....
Doctor held for ‘teasing’ girl BAHAWALPUR, June 21: Police claimed on Saturday to have held Dr Saleem Manzar, an employee at Bahawal Victoria Hospital’s emergency ward, for allegedly teasing a girl admitted there for treatment....		TC approves Rs226m uplift plan GUJRANWALA, June 21: The city tehsil council approved Rs226.3 million development plan for 2003-04 at a meeting here on Saturday....
Case against 7 policemen ordered SARGODHA, June 21: A special judge of the Anti-Corruption Establishment ordered registration of a case against seven policemen of Sillanwali, including its SHO, for allegedly taking bribe from a person for...		Another political party on the cards LAHORE, June 21: A meeting of the Awami Jamhoori Forum held here on Saturday organized a coordination committee to consult various parties and groups for forming another political party....
Kot Momin made tehsil LAHORE, June 21: A town in Sargodha district, Kot Momin, has been made tehsil....		No-trust ‘setback’ LAHORE, June 21: Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam) Senator Kamil Ali Agha has said by tabling a no-confidence motion against the National Assembly speaker, the opposition has dealt a setback to the...
Bus driver booked FAISALABAD, June 21: Nishatabad police have registered a case against a bus driver who crushed to death a minor boy on Faisalabad-Sheikhupura Road....		AJK govt foils bid to siege assembly MUZAFFARABAD, June 21: The AJK government on Saturday foiled the plans of People’s Party to lay siege of the legislative assembly building by blocking the entry of PP activists into Muzaffarabad...
Former PCP chief remanded to NAB ISLAMABAD, June 21: Syed Peer Mukarram-ul-Haq, former managing director of the Printing Corporation of Pakistan (PCP), Islamabad, was arrested on Saturday, and an accountability court remanded him to the National Accountability...		Pakistan may send another judge to ICTR ISLAMABAD, June 21: Justice Khalida Rachied, a Peshawar High Court judge, is all set to take Pakistan’s seat on International Tribunal for Rawanda....
Clarification ISLAMABAD, June 21: Uch Power Limited in a detailed clarification issued here on Saturday of a news item (Government Faces Penalty in Power Row with IPP) published in Dawn on June...		6 PTCL men convicted QUETTA, June 21: An accountability court convicted six former employees of the Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Limited (PTLC) in a corruption reference here on Saturday....
Body formed to struggle for rights of people QUETTA, June 21: Three main political parties of Balochistan have decided to form a coordination committee to jointly work for the protection of the rights of the people of their province...		Committee to help resolve Nazims’ problems QUETTA, June 21: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yousuf has said a committee comprising assembly members and district Nazims will be set up to suggest proposals for resolution of problems being...
Farooqi made SC Registrar ISLAMABAD, June 21: The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr Justice Sheikh Riaz Ahmad, has appointed Muhammad Amin Farooqi against the upgraded post of Registrar (B-22) with effect from June 14, 2003....		Balochistan suffers Rs400m loss QUETTA, June 21: Balochistan is suffering an annual loss of Rs400 million in its share of the federal divisible pool owing to the lowering of its population ratio from 5.3 per...
PPP pledges to fight for people’s rights :Benazir’s 50th birthday HYDERABAD, June 21: Pakistan People’s Party leaders here on Saturday vowed that they were ready to go to jail for the rights of the people, accusing the rulers of preventing Benazir...		ADP funds to lapse if not used by 30th HYDERABAD, June 21: The funds of Rs151 million for the Hyderabad district government, released under the Annual Development Programme 2002-3, will lapse if they are not utilized before June 30....
Schools to be reopened HYDERABAD, June 21: The government of Sindh has decided to reopen closed schools where local people would be appointed as teachers on permanent basis....		Films on agricultural techniques shown HYDERABAD, June 21: Mobile cinema system of the agriculture information wing of Sindh agriculture department has completed second round of exhibition of films on agriculture-related topics to farmers in the districts...
Substandard material used in repair: Nazims DADU, June 21: The Nazims and inhabitants of the Kachho area have complained on Thursday that substandard material has been used in the repair work of Nain Gaj Nala from Zero...		Plea for protection from police NAWABSHAH, June 21: A widow, Naseem Akhtar, and her relatives, Zaheer Ahmed and Majid Arain, residents of the Aulia village, near Qazi Ahmed, have accused the Qazi Ahmed SHO of atrocities...
Rulers afraid of Benazir, says PPP THATTA, June 21: Pakistan People’s Party leaders here on Saturday claimed that the rulers were afraid of Benazir Bhutto’s worldwide recognition as a great leader and that was why they were...		Demo held against Thal canal project KHAIRPUR, June 21: A large number of activists of Awami Tahreek took out a procession here on Thursday against the construction of Thal canal....
Intruder shot dead NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, June 21: A housebreaker was killed while two others fled as a result of resistance they met in a village near Moro on Friday....		NSF demands Sikandar’s resignation MUZAFFARABAD, June 21: Activists of the National Students Federation (NSF) staged a demonstration on Friday to condemn what they called conspiracies to divide Kashmir....
Sherpao acquitted in Ring Road reference PESHAWAR, June 21: An accountability court on Saturday acquitted Water and Power Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, former senator Haji Gul Sher and three other accused in the Ring Road land...		MMA men again target billboards MINGORA, June 21: Workers of the Mutahidda Majlis-i-Amal on Saturday destroyed signboards in different parts of the Malakand region....
Boy commits suicide HARIPUR, June 21: A teenaged boy committed suicide in Mohallah Asifabad here on Thursday evening, family sources said....		BISE chief to hold inquiry into assault case KOHAT, June 21: The chairman of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education has said that he will hold an inquiry into the incident of manhandling of a principal by an...
21 arrested in pre-dawn raid PESHAWAR, June 21: Police arrested six alleged hardened criminals and 15 proclaimed offenders, and recovered a large quantity of arms, hashish, fake currency notes from their possession in a pre-dawn operation...		Clerks go on strike CHITRAL, June 21: The clerks of different government departments went on hunger strike here on Saturday. They were protesting against the curtailing of budget by the district government....
Tussle to affect uplift work, says minister PESHAWAR, June 21: Water and Power Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao has said the tussle between the district governments and the provincial government will badly affect the development work....		Four file papers for by-polls MANSEHRA, June 21: Four panels of candidates filed their nomination papers on Saturday for the by-elections to the slots of District Nazim and Naib Nazim to be held on July 14....