June 24, 2003	Tuesday	Rabi-us-Sani 23,1424

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Punjab to cut population growth to 1.8pc by 2004 RAWALPINDI, June 23: The Punjab government is planning to cut the population growth rate in the province to 1.8 per cent by the next year, an official source said here on...		Anti-smoking laws to be enforced from next month ISLAMABAD, June 23: Laws relating to ban on smoking at public places, advertisements and promotion of tobacco products are likely to be implemented from July 1, an official source told Dawn....
Demo against detention of Kashmiri leaders held ISLAMABAD, June 23: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) activists on Monday held a demonstration in front of Indian High Commission to protest against the illegal detention of party leader Sardar Rauf...		Tenants body demand withdrawal of Rangers ISLAMABAD, June 23: The representatives of Anjuman Mazarain Punjab (AMP) and People’s Rights Movement (PRM) on Monday met Federal Minister for Information Sheikh Rashid Ahmad and demanded immediate withdrawal of Rangers...
Awareness drive on Biometrics being launched ISLAMABAD, June 23: The Organization of Islamic Conference Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (Comstech) is launching an awareness campaign on “Biometrics: Identification Technology for a Secure World”....		2 accused in murder case acquitted RAWALPINDI, June 23: The additional district and sessions judge, Chaudhry Abdul Qayyum, on Monday acquitted two persons, who were charged for killing an activist of People’s Students Federation after the prosecution...
Rs29.79m earmarked for museums ISLAMABAD, June 23: An amount of Rs29.790 million have been allocated for the new and on-going projects of museums under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) of Budget 2003-04....		Transporters plan to hold protest again RAWALPINDI, June 23: Transporters are planning to relaunch their protest campaign against the franchise of routes....
Soulful mystic tunes enthrall visitors ISLAMABAD, June 23: Krishan Lal Bhil and his group, hailing from Rahim Yar Khan, enthrals the visitors at the ongoing Artisans-At-Work festival at Lok Virsa on Monday night by beautiful rendering...		Boy having two livers operated upon ISLAMABAD, June 23: For the first time in the medical history, an eleven-year-old boy of Rawalpindi having two livers was successfully operated upon in one of the private hospitals of the...
Minister to be briefed about proposed CDA budget ISLAMABAD, June 23: The interior minister, Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat, will be briefed about a proposed budget of Capital Development Authority (CDA) for the year 2003-2004, a source told Dawn....		Shamim Baig promoted AVM ISLAMABAD, June 23: Air Commodore Muhammad Shamim Baig has been promoted to the rank of Air Vice Marshal, says a press release issued by the PAF public relations directorate issued here...
SSC results tomorrow ISLAMABAD, June 23: The Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) will announce the results of secondary school certificate (SSC) (Class X, part-II) and composite examination on June 25 at...		Musharraf re-writing civil-mly equation: HR being violated: Benazir WASHINGTON, June 23: Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said on Monday that President Pervez Musharraf was re-writing the civil-military equation in Pakistan for all times to come....
MMA plans to march on Supreme Court ISLAMABAD, June 23: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has decided to take its protest against the controversial LFO outside parliament, with the first demonstration being planned in front of the Supreme Court....		Rs4.97bn supplementary budget passed: Opposition walks out of Balochistan Assembly QUETTA, June 23: The Provincial Assembly on Monday passed Balochistan’s supplementary Budget for 2002-03 amounting to Rs4.97 billion while the opposition boycotted the assembly’s proceedings by staging a walkout....
Infrastructure tops priority: minister MUZAFFARABAD, June 23: The annual development programme of Azad Kashmir for the next fiscal year, with a total outlay of Rs3.830 billion, focuses on infrastructure sectors which will get half of...		Shaukat to seek free trade accord with US NEW YORK, June 23: Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Sunday that he would seek a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the United States and Pakistan when he meets top Bush...
Speaker asked to resign ISLAMABAD, June 23: Pakistan Muslim League (N)’s acting president Makhdoom Javed Hashmi has asked National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain to resign “as he has no right to keep the office...		22 missiles seized PESHAWAR, June 23: The paramilitary troops in Kurram Agency have seized 22 Russian missiles from the house of an Afghan refugee in a midnight raid, sources said on Monday....
Scouts major killed in accident QUETTA, June 23: A major of Kalat scouts was killed and five people injured, three of them seriously, when their pick-up overturned near Kalat on Monday....		Reinstated QUETTA, June 23: The provincial government has reinstated 35 employees of the agriculture department on the orders of the Balochistan Services Tribunal, it was announced on Monday....
NA Speaker sure to keep the job ISLAMABAD, June 23: As the clock has begun ticking for a vote on his political future, National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain appears certain to keep his job, but at a...		Irrigation officials accused of selling water DADU, June 23: The growers of the district held three separate demonstrations on Sunday to protest against the alleged sale of water to influential landlords by the officials of irrigation department....
Zakat, Ushr to replace tax system: Siraj PESHAWAR, June 23: NWFP finance minister Sirajul Haq has asked the opposition groups to extend a helping hand to the government in its efforts for procuring the provincial dues from the...		Legislators threaten to withdraw support LANDI KOTAL, June 23: Member of the National Assembly from the Khyber Agency Allama Noorul Haq Qadri and Senator Hafiz Abdul Malik on Monday threatened to withdraw their support to the...
Doctors plan token strike today PESHAWAR, June 23: The Joint Action Committee, an organization of doctors, teachers and students, on Monday announced that it would observe a two-hour token strike at all government hospitals in the...		Consumers protest against Hesco: Loadshedding, detection bills Khairpur, June 23: Consumers observed protest against power loadshedding and inflated bills in different parts of interior of Sindh on Monday....
Two bandits killed in encounter SUKKUR, June 23: Two bandits, one of them wanted in 30 cases, were killed in an encounter with police near the Sukkur bus terminus on Monday....		Clerks’ strike continues CHITRAL, June 23: The hunger strike observed by the clerks of different district departments entered its third day here on Monday....
Compensation for damaged crop sought LARKANA, June 23: The residents of Sabo Kartiyo, Pir Mataro and Panjoodero villages blocked Sukkur-Larkana road near here on Monday to demand compensation for their rice crop damaged by water coming...		Promoted PESHAWAR, June 23: Dr Amin Jan Gandapur, assistant professor, paediatrics unit, Khyber Teaching Hospital, has been promoted to the post of associate professor. He is the general secretary of the Pakistan Paediatricians’ Association,...
LJ’s provincial chief, accomplice held MULTAN, June 23: Police claimed on Monday to have arrested the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi provincial chief and one of his accomplices during a raid here....		Shopkeeper, nephew shot dead by rivals GUJRANWALA, June 23: A vegetable market commission agent and his nephew were shot dead while their another relative injured over property dispute by four people at Alipur Chattha, here on Monday....
Breach floods crops TOBA TEK SINGH, June 23: Hundreds of acres of crops were inundated on Monday due to a breach that occurred in Jhang Branch Canal near Chak 303-JB....		Qasim blames govt for talks’ failure FAISALABAD, June 23: Opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly Qasim Zia has blamed the government for failure in talks over the LFO and other disputes....
Over 2,500 phones disconnected in Vehari VEHARI, June 23: Over 2,500 telephone connections were disconnected due to non-payment in the district, an official of the PTCL revenue office said here on Monday....		Rs420,000 cheques given to widows OKARA, June 23: Defence Minister Rao Sikander Iqbal has said the government is making frantic efforts for the alleviation of poverty in the country....
Rain turns weather pleasant KASUR, June 23: The city and its surrounding areas, including Khudian, Chunian, Fatehpur, Kaisar Garh and Kot Radha Kishan, received rain on Monday....		Girl poisons ‘lover’ SAHIWAL, June 23: A girl allegedly poisoned her lover on Monday after being...
One dies in road accident SHEIKHUPURA, June 23: One person was killed and five others injured in a road accident near Gyjiana Nao on Hafizabad Road on Monday....		Opposition to face defeat, says Speaker SIALKOT, June 23: National Assembly speaker Chaudhry Ameer Husain has asked the opposition to withdraw its no-confidence move or be ready to face defeat on June 28....
Rs2.64bn surplus budget approved for Sialkot SIALKOT, June 23: The Sialkot District Council on Monday unanimously approved a surplus budget of Rs2.64 billion for the financial year 2003-04....		Proclamation process against Shahbaz begins LAHORE, June 23: An anti-terrorism court started on Monday the proclamation process against PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif and a former police official for their continuous absence from the proceedings of a...
Meraj Khalid remembered LAHORE, June 23: Speakers at a reference on Monday remembered the late Malik Meraj Khalid for his austere living, straightforwardness, dedication to education promotion, valuing all human beings, irrespective of their...		Seminar on hepatitis LAHORE, June 23: The government needs to come up with a concrete policy to prevent and control hepatitis....
BoR tells LHC Land allotted to 62 army officers LAHORE, June 23: The Punjab Board of Revenue on Monday informed the Lahore High Court that it had allotted agriculture land to some 62 senior army officers, including President Gen Pervez...		Governor upholds ombudsman’s orders LAHORE, June 23: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool on Monday rejected a plea by the Faisalabad Development Authority against the orders of the provincial ombudsman and asked the FDA to pay dues...
PM meets CM, governor LAHORE, June 23: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali held a meeting with Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi and Governor Khalid Maqbool at Lahore airport on Monday....		Ministers barred from issuing statements, Mehr told LAHORE, June 23: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi assured his Sindh counterpart Ghaus Buksh Mehr on Monday that no provincial minister would issue any statement on any inter-provincial matter....