June 26, 2003	Thursday	Rabi-us-Sani 25,1424

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Boys outshine girls in FBISE SSC exams ISLAMABAD, June 25: Boys outshone girls by clinching top two positions in the secondary school certificate (SSC-II) and composite examinations, 2003. The Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) annouced...		Industrial policy anti-labour: PPP ISLAMABAD, June 25: People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP), Punjab, has criticized the industrial policy announced by Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and termed it anti-labour....
Mother dies on seeing children held hostage RAWALPINDI, June 25: A woman suffered cardiac arrest and died when she saw her two children held hostage at gunpoint by robbers in her house in F-Block (New Town) on Wednesday,...		Pakistan to be free from ODS by 2010: minister ISLAMABAD, June 25: Minister of State for Environment Tahir Iqbal on Wednesday said by 2010 the country would be free from the Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS), said an official statement....
Institute being set up in remote area MUZAFFARABAD, June 25: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council plans to establish a training institute for the AJK Income Tax Department’s non-gazetted employees in a remote southern district of Azad Kashmir....		SCBA to join MMA’s march on Parliament House ISLAMABAD, June 25: The Supreme Court Bar Association president, Hamid Khan, on Wednesday said the bar would join the protest demonstration organized by Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal against the controversial Legal Framework Order,...
Committee formed to check encroachments RAWALPINDI, June 25: The Union Council 19, Satellite Town, has constituted an anti-encroachment team which would check growing encroachment cases in the area....		Verification of arrested Afghan DPs by elders ISLAMABAD, June 25: The local administration has been asked to contact slum dwellers to verify the character of Afghan nationals booked by the police in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and...
President urges people to fight drug addiction ISLAMABAD, June 25: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has urged the nation to fight the menace of drug addiction with the same zeal and dedication as was done in the case of...		Pakistanis’ release in Italy hailed ISLAMABAD, June 25: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri on Wednesday welcomed the decision of an Italian court to release 15 Pakistanis....
Action against fake housing society ordered RAWALPINDI, June 25: District Nazim Raja Tariq Kiani has directed the district police officer to take action against the proprietors of a fake housing society for defrauding poor people....		HEC approves Rs35m information access project ISLAMABAD, June 25: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved an information access project for the University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar....
Minister for stronger trade ties with Qatar ISLAMABAD, June 25: The government is making all-out efforts to attract foreign investment to Pakistan....		CDA budget ISLAMABAD, June 25: The CDA’s Rs4.6 billion budget for the year 2003-04 will be presented on Thursday. The budget meeting will be presided over by CDA Chairman Chaurdhry Abdul Rauf.—Staff Reporter...
Diplomat concerned over Okara farms situation RAWALPINDI, June 25: The political counsellor of the Swedish embassy has expressed concern over the state of affairs on the Okara military farms, and urged the government to resolve the matter...		Opposition criticizes Balochistan budget QUETTA, June 25: Opposition members on Wednesday criticized the provincial budget but Pakistan Muslim League-Q legislators welcomed the government’s plans to set up an Islamic University besides allocating funds for religious...
MMA not to appear in degree case ISLAMABAD, June 25: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Tuesday night finally decided not to appear as a party in the Supreme Court in the case challenging the qualification of its lawmakers....		Farmers seek relief QUETTA, June 25: A large number of farmers staged a protest demonstration in front of the Balochistan Assembly on Wednesday and demanded relief to the growers of the drought hit areas...
Iran hands over 123 Pakistanis CHAGAI, June 25: Iranian officials handed over 123 people to Pakistani authorities at Taftan on Pakistan-Iran border here on Wednesday, said official sources....		Foreign policy endorsed: FM ISLAMABAD, June 25: The unanimous decision by the Association of South East Asian Nations member countries to endorse Pakistan’s entry into the regional forum is a reflection of the country’s successful...
AJK may be opened to cellphone operators ISLAMABAD, June 25: The government will consider opening up of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Northern Areas to mobile phone operators....		Six held in doctor’s murder case ABBOTTABAD, June 25: The police arrested six people and recovered arms from their possession when a house in Kehal, believed to be the hideout of the killer of a doctor of...
Activists of TNSM reorganizing MINGORA, June 25: The banned Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM) has again started activities for reorganizing the group in different districts. The activities are reported, but the activists are avoiding issuing statements...		NWFP receives Rs1.5bn share: Net hydel profit of 2003-4 PESHAWAR, June 25: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) released Rs1.5 billion on account of net hydel profit share to the NWFP on Wednesday....
Construction work on Gomal dam in full swing DERA ISMAIL KHAN, June 25: The construction work on Gomal Zam Dam project is in full swing and would be completed according to schedule in 2008....		People reluctant to run tubewells PESHAWAR, June 25: The efforts of the provincial government to hand over hundreds of tubewells to community based organizations is not yielding desired results due to reluctance on the part of communities concerned....
School faces problems TIMERGARA, June 25: Girl students in the Upper Dir district have few opportunities of higher education and the only high school for them lacks facilities....		Customs official kidnapped LANDI KOTAL, June 25: Unidentified men kidnapped a custom official with his friend from Yousuf Talaab area in Bara tehsil here, on Wednesday....
Nazim relieves TMA chief officer FAISALABAD, June 25: The City Nazim on Wednesday relieved Chief Officer Chaudhry Shaukat Ali Raan from the TMA, with effect from July 1, 2003, and directed him to report to the...		Three kidnappers sentenced to death GUJRANWALA, June 25: The Anti-Terrorism Court No 1 handed down on Wednesday death sentence and Rs600,000 fine to three people, who had kidnapped for ransom a nursery-going boy....
Swedish envoy barred from visiting Okara farms OKARA, June 25: A Swedish counsellor who had come here to visit Chak 45/3R on the military farms in the company of a journalist and representatives of an NGO, was sent...		Four killed, 22 hurt in accident SARGODHA, June 25: Four people were killed and 22 others injured in a head-on collision between a coaster and a truck near Khushab, some 35km from here, on Wednesday....
Inspector shot dead by motorcyclists SHEIKHUPURA, June 25: An inspector was shot dead while two passersby sustained bullet injuries when two unidentified motorcyclists opened indiscriminate fire in vegetables market here on Wednesday....		Two Wapda employees murdered GUJRAT, June 25: Two Wapda employees of Lalamusa sub-division were found murdered on Wednesday in their rented house in Karimpura, Lalamusa....
Doctors, paramedics for action against NGO men: Medical officers’ ‘humiliation’ GUJRANWALA, June 25: The Pakistan Medical Association and DHQ Hospital’s doctors and paramedical staff protested against an NGO for grabbing the labour room and humiliating women medical officers and nurses....		Tax-free budget presented in Bahawalpur BAHAWALPUR, June 25: District Nazim Tariq Cheema presented on Wednesday a tax-free budget for 2003-04 here at the council’s session....
Woman burnt by her former fiance BAHAWALPUR, June 25: A woman suffered burns on her chest when her former fiance allegedly threw acid on her at Basti Horian here on Wednesday....		16 landlords caught stealing power SIALKOT, June 25: sdo (Gepco Sub-Division No 3) Karim Bux Soomro conducted raids at various places in Daska and caught 16 landlords stealing electricity....
Another LJ ‘activist’ arrested VEHARI, June 25: Another ‘activist’ of the Lashkar-i-Jhangvi was arrested by the Multan police on Tuesday night in Noshera Jamlera village, a Burewala suburb, some 65 kms from here....		Wapda issues notices to various govt depts SADIQABAD, June 25: Wapda’s Zahir Pir sub-division has issued notices to various government departments for non-payment of its dues....
Demand for land rejected GUJRANWALA, June 25: Former provincial education minister Barrister Usman Ibrahim has rejected the city tehsil council’s plea for constructing recreation park on the land transferred to the education...		KEMC, FJMC ‘not exempted’: Affiliation with UHS LAHORE, June 25: Punjab Advocate General Syed Shabbar Raza Rizvi informed the Lahore High Court on Wednesday that the provincial government had not exempted the King Edward Medical College and Fatima...
Kite flying: control room to receive complaints LAHORE, June 25: The City District Government on Wednesday established a control room for receiving complaints against violations of ban on kite flying and related business besides arranging necessary action by...		Criminal killed in encounter LAHORE, June 25: An alleged proclaimed offender was killed and another injured in what police claimed an encounter in Manga Mandi here on Wednesday....
Four lawyers hurt in clash with police LAHORE, June 25: Four lawyers and two policemen were injured in a clash among them at the sessions courts on Wednesday....		Corporatizing PR termed a tough task LAHORE, June 25: The task of making the Pakistan Railways a corporation by June-end has been delayed as departments concerned have failed to do the jobs assigned to them....
Plan to preserve, beautify Kallar Kahar LAHORE, June 25: The Punjab forestry, wildlife, fisheries and tourism department has taken up the task to preserve and beautify the Kallar Kahar lake....		Pre-Monsoon rain in Lahore LAHORE, June 25: Lahore received pre-Monsoon rain on Wednesday morning....
No objection if Kashmir discussed first: Indian MPs LAHORE, June 25: Indian parliamentarians peace mission leader Kuldip Nayar has said that they have no objection to give top priority to the Kashmir issue in any future Indo-Pakistan talks....		6 prisoners freed by India LAHORE, June 25: Six Pakistanis released from Indian prisons, including a mentally retarded man, arrived here through Wagah border on Wednesday....