June 28, 2003	Saturday	Rabi-us-Sani 27,1424

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Devolution plan yet to deliver, say speakers BHURBAN, June 27: Devolution plan has yet to deliver the desired results due to lack of political will and awareness of the Local Government Ordinance 2000 among the stakeholders....		Rs509 million RCB budget presented RAWALPINDI, June 27: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board presented its Rs509 million budget for the fiscal 2003-2004 before the mini board on Friday, sources said....
AMP seeks UN intervention ISLAMABAD, June 27: A delegation of Anjuman Mazarain Punjab, (AMP) and People’s Rights Movement (PRM) activists on Friday sought immediate intervention of the United Nations in the ongoing conflict between the...		Rain turns weather pleasant RAWALPINDI, June 27: The twin cities on Friday received pre- monsoon shower which brought down the mercury level and turned the weather pleasant....
‘5,000 women burnt to death in five years’ RAWALPINDI, June 27: As many as 5,000 women were burnt to death during the last five years in the twin cities and surrounding areas, Progressive Women Association (PWA) president Shehnaz Bukhari...		National Alliance to oppose no-trust motion: Leghari ISLAMABAD, June 27: The opposition’s no-confidence motion against the National Assembly speakers is bound to fail since the onus to bring members is with the opposition, parliamentary leader of the National...
Degrees of five district courts employees termed fake RAWALPINDI, June 27: The Punjab university has declared the bachelor degrees of five employees of the district courts fake, an official source told Dawn on Friday....		All set to build judicial complex in Rawalpindi RAWALPINDI, June 27: Arrangements have been finalized for setting up a modern courts complex near the old jail building, sources told Dawn on Friday....
Attock Tehsil Council unveils Rs170 million budget ATTOCK, June 27: The Attock Tehsil Nazim, Qazi Khalid Mehmood, on Friday presented a Rs170.929 million budget of the tehsil for fiscal 2003-2004 with major emphasis on water, sanitation and other...		New envoys to Iran, BD named ISLAMABAD, June 27: Iqbal Ahmad Khan has been appointed Pakistan’s ambassador to Iran....
Introduction of IT in all public varsities soon ISLAMABAD, June 27: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) will introduce IT education in all public sector universities, according to the Economic Survey of Pakistan....		Education termed key to development ISLAMABAD, June 27: Education plays an important role in the overall socio-economic development of a country....
One killed, two injured ISLAMABAD, June 27: One person was killed after being hit by a passenger bus near Faizabad, while a man and his daughter were injured in a road accident at Haidri Chowk...		Subvert mainstream to produce real art: Sarmad ISLAMABAD, June 27: Poet, screen writer and film director, Sarmad Sehbai, wants the artist to subvert the “mainstream” to produce the real art....
Restrictions hit Pushto film industry PESHAWAR, June 27: Pushto films seem to have lost their fans due to restrictions on their publicity through banners and posters of film stars....		Frontier PA okays supplementary budget of Rs9.3bn PESHAWAR, June 27: The NWFP assembly on Friday passed a Rs9,370 million supplementary budget to meet the expenditures borne by its government during 2002-03....
Bar association condemns closure of its offices PESHAWAR, June 27: The Peshawar District Bar Association here on Friday condemned the closure of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) offices and libraries in different cities and termed it an illegal act on the part of the...		Tribal terror claim challenged PESHAWAR, June 27: The Chairman, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Mr Afrasiab Khattak, has termed President Musharraf’s claims about the presence of Al Qaeda in tribal region a propaganda aimed at...
Two killed over marriage row MINGORA, June 27: A young couple has been killed over a marriage dispute, while returning home from a local court in Matta, Swat....		Swat Nazim laid to rest MINGORA, June 27: Swat Nazim Dr Mehboobur Rehman, who died from cardiac arrest on Thursday evening, was laid to rest here on Friday at his ancestral graveyard in Farhatabad, Khwazakhela....
Relief goods reach Iraq ISLAMABAD, June 27: The first consignment of Pakistan’s $3.3 million relief package for the people of Iraq arrived in Baghdad on Thursday, a Foreign Office statement said here....		Teachers’ shortage CHITRAL, June 27: Government girls college Chitral is badly affected by the shortage of teaching staff and lack of hostel facility.  ...
PM to review Steel Mills expansion plan ISLAMABAD, June 27: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali is due to visit Pakistan Steel Mills on July 2 to review its performance and expansion programme....		No change in India’s stand, says Qayyum MUZAFFARABAD, June 27: Former AJK prime minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan on Friday stated that there had been no change in India’s stand and attitude about Kashmir as there was no...
Balochistan budget approved QUETTA, June 27: The Balochistan Assembly passed Rs35.08 billion grants for the budget of the fiscal year 2003-04 but rejected 22 cut motions presented by opposition members on Friday....		PPP claims backing of 20 ruling party MNAs ISLAMABAD, June 27: The PPP on Friday claimed that about 20 ruling party parliamentarians would exercise their right of vote in the no-confidence motion against the National Assembly speaker in case...
Preparations made to resume bus service: FO ISLAMABAD, June 27: A Foreign Office spokesman said on Friday that all preparations to resume the Lahore-Delhi bus service had been made....		‘Bakhtiar’s death a great loss’ KARACHI, June 27:The legal community on Friday expressed its sorrow over the death of Mr Yahya Bakhtiar, terming it a great loss....
IMF’s review WASHINGTON, June 27: George Abid, IMF director for the Middle East, informed Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz that the Fund had decided to do a half yearly review of Pakistan’s economic situation....		Rockets fired QUETTA, June 27: Unidentified persons late Thursday night fired seven rockets on Kohlu township, officials told this correspondent while talking over telephone.—Staff Correspondent...
District councils approve budgets in Punjab MULTAN, June 27: The district government on Friday approved a surplus budget of Rs2.17 billion for the fiscal year 2003-04....		Wasa to privatize recovery wing FAISALABAD, June 27: The Water And Sanitation Agency has decided to privatize its billing and recovery wings....
Demonstration staged BAHAWALPUR, June 27: Leaders and activists of the Shabab-i-Milli took out a protest rally and staged a sit-in in front of the SSP office here on Friday....		Gujrat tehsil council elects acting Nazim GUJRAT, June 27: Haji Muhammad Shafi, a naib Nazim of Chak Kamala union council of PML-Q, was elected acting Nazim of Gujrat tehsil council for 30 days amid protest by the...
Jail chief’s residence fired upon GUJRANWALA, June 27: The residence of the district jail superintendent was fired upon on Friday allegedly by a gang of drug pushers....		Minor drowns VEHARI, June 27: An eight-year-old boy drowned in a pond at Union Council No I here on Friday....
Shoe factory gutted SARGODHA, June 27: A fire broke out at a plastic-shoe factory in the Sitara Market of Amin Bazaar here on Friday, and the three-storey building was gutted as a result....		DPO’s remarks flayed FAISALABAD, June 27: The Faisalabad Union of Journalists has strongly criticized the “insulting utterances” of the District Police Officer against newsmen....
Man kills wife outside court DERA GHAZI KHAN, June 27: A man killed his wife outside the sessions court here on Friday....		LHC orders deletion of Kharal’s name from ECL LAHORE, June 27: The Lahore High Court directed the interior ministry on Friday to delete the name of the PPP leader Khalid Kharal from the exit control list....
DSJ calls for arrest of five policemen LAHORE, June 27: The Lahore District and Sessions Judge on Friday ordered immediate arrest of Liaquatabad Police Station SHO and four other policemen, including a DSP and two SIs, for resorting...		UHS undertakes not to hold exam LAHORE, June 27: The University of Health Sciences undertook in the Lahore High Court on Friday not to examine the students of Fatima Memorial College of Medicine and Dentistry on June...
Tax-free Iqbal Town budget approved LAHORE, June 27: The Allama Iqbal Town Council on Friday unanimously approved a tax-free surplus budget of Rs165.186 million for the next financial year, allocating Rs800,000 for funding the schemes of...		PTA sets up lab for tanneries LAHORE, June 27: The Pakistan Tanners Association (Northern Zone) Environment Society has established a laboratory in collaboration with the Royal Netherlands Embassy to provide accurate testing services and help tanneries design...
Grace marks for B.Com students LAHORE, June 27: The Punjab University has decided to give 15 grace marks to the students who attempted B.Com Part-II annual examination ‘cost accounting’ paper and did not resort to a...		Chinese bidders knocked out: Tender for electricity meters LAHORE, June 27: Wapda’s Design Committee on Friday recommended purchase of one million single-phase energy meters from the local manufacturers, knocking five Chinese suppliers out of contention....
City receives light rain LAHORE, June 27: Rain brought a welcome relief from extremely muggy conditions in Lahore on Friday....		JI workers’ workshop LAHORE, June 27: Jamaat-i-Islami Amir Qazi Husain Ahmed will inaugurate a training workshop for the JI workers at Mansoora here on July 11....