June 27, 2003	Friday	Rabi-us-Sani 26,1424

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CDA unveils Rs4.7bn tax-free budget: New ways sought to bridge Rs200m deficit ISLAMABAD, June 26: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Thursday unveiled Rs4.70 billion budget for the fiscal 2003-2004....		Govt departments owe Rs168m to Iesco: 141 defaulters’ supply disconnected ISLAMABAD, June 26: The Islamabad Electricity Supply Company (Iesco) has launched campaign anew against defaulters and disconnected over a hundred lines of government and semi-government departments in the twin cities of...
Protests mar tehsil council session RAWALPINDI, June 26: Protests and walkouts over uneven distribution of development funds marked the proceedings of the Tehsil Council session here on Thursday....		Demand in West blamed for increase in narcotics trade ISLAMABAD, June 26: The increasing use of drugs in the western world is the major cause of narcotics’ production in developing countries, including Pakistan....
ZTE, SCO sign Rs198m telecom accord ISLAMABAD, June 26: Pakistan and China on Thursday signed a Rs198 million agreement for supply, installation, testing and commissioning of an international gateway exchange and satellite earth station to the Special...		Dr Laeeq Babree passes away ISLAMABAD, June 26: Prof Dr Laeeq Babree, a renowned scholar passed away after a protracted illness at the KRL Hospital here on Thursday morning. He was 75....
Musharraf failed to take up vital issues: JI ISLAMABAD, June 26: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) has said Gen Musharraf failed to take up a number of vital national issues during his meeting with President George W. Bush at Camp David on...		Policeman booked RAWALPINDI, June 26: The Waris Khan police have booked an ex-official of its Malkhana on charge of embezzlement....
New envoy to Yemen named ISLAMABAD, June 26: Nawab Amir Abdul Rehman Nousherwani has been appointed ambassador to Yemen, it was announced on Wednesday....		New industrial policy flayed GUJRANWALA, June 26: Leaders of various labour organizations and factory workers criticized the industrial policy announced by the Punjab government and termed it an economic assassination of workers....
Two girls assaulted KASUR, June 26: Two girls were raped and a housewife was kidnapped on Thursday in the district....		Interviews for recruitment in health dept cancelled TOBA TEK SINGH, June 26: Interviews for the recruitment of 150 employees on a three-year contract in the Health department have been cancelled....
Rs2.28bn budget for Vehari presented VEHARI, June 26: The district council on Thursday presented a tax-free budget of Rs2.28 billion for the financial year 2003-4....		Vet medicines being dispensed to humans FAISALABAD, June 26: A team of the health department found a number of veterinary medicines being dispensed to humans in some government dispensaries of the city....
Accused in trader’s murder arrested OKARA, June 26: Police claimed on Thursday to have arrested here a Lahore-based trader’s kidnappers, who had killed him despite receiving Rs1.5 million ransom....		Three workers buried alive MULTAN, June 26: Three people were killed when a well they were plastering caved in near Rahim Yar Khan on Thursday....
Land grabbers accused of harassment SADIQABAD, June 26: A group of people is trying to occupy land that belongs to an elderly couple who have no children, according to local revenue officials....		TMA budget presented SADIQABAD, June 26: Tehsil Nazim Mian Bashir Ahmad presented the council with the budget for the fiscal year 2003-04....
Rain in Sialkot SIALKOT, June 26: All the low-lying areas in the district were flooded after heavy rain, which continued for the second consecutive day on Thursday....		Driver killed KASUR, June 26: A tractor driver was killed when a train hit his vehicle near Rasoolnagar village on Wednesday....
NWFP Assembly passes budget PESHAWAR, June 26: The NWFP Assembly has unanimously approved the annual budget for the 2003-4 financial year on Thursday....		Rs20m allocated for Zaida-Topi road SWABI, June 26: The provincial government has allocated Rs20 million for the construction of eight-km-long Zaida-Topi road, officials told Dawn on Thursday....
PHC asks AGP to assist court: Provincial chief executive issue PESHAWAR, June 26: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday put on notice the attorney general for Pakistan on a writ petition of the Kohistan District Nazim and asked him to assist...		PTI chief slams US aid package MANSEHRA, June 26: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) Chair-man Imran Khan has said the nation will have to pay heavy cost and sacrifice its vital interests for the $3 billion aid package announced...
Women literacy rate in Dir TIMERGARA, June 26: Girls in district Dir have fewer higher education opportunities, keeping the percentage of female literacy amongst the lowest in the province....		Opening of Pehur canal delayed SWABI, June 26: The inauguration of the Pehur High-level canal has been delayed by four months, sources in the irrigation department said on Sunday....
Tribunal to hear environment cases PESHAWAR, June 26: A three-member tribunal of the NWFP and Punjab will conduct its proceedings in Peshawar instead of Lahore to dispose of cases related to environmental degradation in the NWFP, official sources...		Irrigation officials blamed for not supplying water LARKANA, June 26: A large number of growers, on the call of the Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB), held a protest demonstration in Qubo Saeed Khan on Thursday against water shortage....
Demo against water shortage held DADU, June 26: A large number of small growers held a demonstration outside the office of the SDO, Dadu irrigation sub-division, on Wednesday to protest against shortage of water in Jagir...		Larkana dist govt budget presented LARKANA, June 26: The Taluka Nazim, Larkana, Nazeer Ahmed Shaikh, on Thursday presented a deficit budget of Rs8,225,238 for the year 2003-2004 in the council....
Badin dist council passes budget BADIN, June 26: The district council on Thursday passed unanimously its budget for year 2003-2004....		People not getting Zakat funds MITHI, June 26: The residents of various Dehs of Tharparkar district have urged the senior officials of the Zakat and Ushr department to take notice of the alleged corrupt practices of...
Power supply to 200 houses cut off SUKKUR, June 26: About 200 people blocked the National Highway to protest against local Hesco officials for disconnecting power supply to more than 200 houses in Ali Wahan, Rohri taluka,...		Boy drowns DADU, June 26: A boy drowned in the Indus River, near the Dano Chandio village, on Thursday....
Dacoits kill villager DADU, June 26: Dacoits shot dead a villager, Abdul Wahid Depar, and injured two others in the Siddique Depar village, near Faridabad town, on Thursday. Later, police shot dead one of...		Police refuse to register case SANGHAR, June 26: No case has been registered against the man who had thrown hot water on his wife a few days back in Lohar Street, Tando Adam....
Road-user charge recovery from July LAHORE, June 26: The Lahore District Council has unanimously decided to levy road user charge on the motor vehicles entering the city district limits from next month....		Conviction of health secy, SSP set aside LAHORE, June 26: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday set aside the conviction of provincial health secretary Hassan Waseem Afzal and Lahore SSP Aftab Ahmad Cheema awarded...
VC can’t order affiliation, LHC told LAHORE, June 26: Abid Hassan Manto, amicus curiae to the case against medical colleges’ compulsory affiliation with the University of Health Sciences, told the LHC on Thursday that the UHS vice-chancellor...		New health services DG posted LAHORE, June 26: The Punjab government on Thursday removed Dr Sabiha Khursheed from the office of health services director-general and posted Mayo Hospital principal medical officer Dr Capt Khalid Mahmood in...
Legislators ‘forced’ to stay away from NA LAHORE, June 26: ISI men and police officials of various districts are chasing each and every MNA, pressing them to hospitalize themselves or use some other tactics for abstaining the National...		Exemption granted to KEMC, FJMC LAHORE, June 26: The Punjab government on Thursday issued a notification exempting the King Edward Medical College and Fatima Jinnah Medical College from affiliation with the University of Health Sciences “for...
FBI’s activities criticized ISLAMABAD June 26: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, in a meeting presided over by its parliamentary leader, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, on Thursday expressed deep concern over ‘growing activities of the American Federal Bureau...		135 Sikh pilgrims arrive LAHORE, June 26: As many as 135 Sikh pilgrims arrived here from India on Thursday to attend religious ceremonies in connection with the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Dera...
MPAs accuse Centre of neglecting Balochistan QUETTA, June 26: Opposition and treasury benches on Thursday criticized Islamabad, saying that funds allocated for Balochistan were insufficient for its development requirements....		Efforts under way for govt-opposition talks ISLAMABAD, June 26: Amidst preparations by the government and the opposition to show their strength during voting on the no-trust motion against the National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain, hectic efforts...
AJK urged to form investment board MUZAFFARABAD, June 26: Muslim Conference President Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan on Thursday asked the Azad Kashmir government to set up a powerful investment board and an overseas investment foundation to bring...		N-assets in safe hands, says Musharraf WASHINGTON, June 26: President Gen Pervez Musharraf told Congress on Thursday that Pakistan’s is committed to nonproliferation but it is not going to give up its nuclear assets....
ADB approves $600,000 grant for NTDC ISLAMABAD, June 26: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a technical assistance grant amounting to $600,000 for institutional capacity building of the National Transmission and Despatch Company....		Shahbaz ready to return, face trial ISLAMABAD, June 26: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) President Mian Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday asked the government to make arrangements for his return to the country and said he was prepared to...