June 29, 2003	Sunday	Rabi-us-Sani 28,1424

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Production of quality seeds stressed PESHAWAR, June 28: Dean of Faculty of Crop Production Sciences Professor Fazal Hayat has emphasized the need for production of good quality seeds so that the farmers could get a better...		Factors behind deforestation explained: Northern Areas GILGIT, June 28: Poverty coupled with flexible legislation, weak civil administration, lenient timber disposal policies, political pressures and lack of awareness among the people of the Northern Areas are main reason...
Rs220m outstanding against govt: Pesco PESHAWAR, June 28: Chief Executive of the Peshawar Electric Supply Company Brigadier Tahir Saeed Malik has said the company would receive gradual increase in funding by Wapda over the next five...		Army will ensure security: governor PESHAWAR, June 28: The NWFP Governor, Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah, has said that the army has been deployed in the tribal agency in order to guard the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and to ensure security....
Woman among four die in incidents PESHAWAR, June 28: Four persons were killed and two others received injuries in different incidents in Swat district on Saturday....		AJK budget approved unanimously MUZAFFARABAD, June 28: AJK Legislative Assembly on Saturday unanimously approved Rs13.202 billion budget of the state for the next financial year....
Committee to check water theft KHAIRPUR, June 28: The growers of Halani have formed a committee to check water theft from the sub-canal....		Two killed in rocket attack KOHAT, June 28: Two people were injured in a rocket attack by unknown terrorists on a telephone exchange in the wee hours of Friday in the remote tribal North Waziristan Agency,...
Man, son drown in canal SWABI, June 28: A man and his young son drowned in the Maira branch canal, while two other people were rescued by the locals when a rickshaw they were travelling in...		Protest demo staged PESHAWAR, June 28: The Public Transport Owners Asso-ciation staged a protest meeting against the tax collection system at the general bus stand here on Saturday....
Refugee camps near border to be closed QUETTA, June 28: The Afghan refugees’ camp in the ‘waiting area’ near the Afghan border would be closed in July and the repatriation of the refugees would be launched on June...		Hostage, bandit killed HYDERABAD, June 28: A hostage and an alleged dacoit were killed in a police encounter in Tando Mohammad Khan area late on Thursday night, police confirmed....
Govt urged not to block former PMs’ return: AJKLA passes resolution unanimously MUZAFFARABAD, June 28: Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Saturday unanimously called upon Islamabad not to obstruct the return of former prime ministers of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif,...		Habeas corpus plea filed LAHORE, June 28: The spouse and four children of PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif moved the Lahore High Court on Saturday through a habeas corpus petition alleging that currently they were illegally...
PBC disputes verdicts given after Oct ’99 LAHORE, June 28: The Pakistan Bar Council on Saturday made public the draft of its white paper, dissenting with the superior courts’ verdicts given in the post-October 1999 period, specially in...		Relations with US satisfactory: Musharraf WASHINGTON, June 28: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has termed Pakistan-US ties as “broad-based and strong.”...
MMA convenes APC on July 6 ISLAMABAD, June 28: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Saturday decided to convene an All Parties Conference (APC) on July 6 in Lahore to chalk out the future line of action to protest...		ADB raises funding by $110m ISLAMABAD, June 28: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has decided to offer additional $110 million to Pakistan during 2003....
Bakhtiar laid to rest in Quetta QUETTA, June 28: Former attorney-general Yahya Bakhtiar, who expired due to cardiac arrest on Friday, was laid to rest here in Kasi graveyard on Saturday....		Indian envoy due in July NEW DELHI, June 28: India’s new envoy to Pakistan Shiv Shankar Menon will reach Islamabad in mid-July while his Pakistani counterpart was expected in India on June 30, an Indian official...
Notices rejected ISLAMABAD, June 28: Defence Minister Rao Sikander Iqbal on Saturday rejected People’s Party Parliamentarians warning to the members of the breakaway PPP-Patriots, saying they have no legal right to issue such...		Benazir pays tribute ISLAMABAD, June 28: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has condoled the death of former attorney-general Yahya Bakhtiar....
Rs1.95bn Sanghar budget approved SANGHAR, June 28: A budget of Rs1.95 billion for the fiscal year 2003-4 was presented in the district council here on Saturday by District Nazim Roshan Din Junejo and approved by...		People’s rights being denied, says Khuhro THATTA, June 28: Opposition leader in Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has said that democracy tailored by Gen Pervez Musharraf is depriving the masses of their basic rights....
Soomro lays wreath on shrine DADU, June 28: Acting President Mohammedmian Soomro arrived in Sehwan on Friday....		Officials suspended KHAIRPUR, June 28: Three irrigation officials were suspended on Friday for their alleged hand in the water theft....
Inquiry against food controller, others begins NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, June 28: Inquiry against district food controller and other officials of the department initiated on Thursday to probe allegations of corruption against them....		Disproportionate allocations flayed: Hyderabad dist govt budget HYDERABAD, June 28: While continuing the debate on the district government budget 2003-4 for fourth consecutive day on Friday, the district council members criticized disproportionate allocations under different heads....
Quran pioneered human rights, seminar told HYDERABAD, June 28: A seminar on “Islam and Women’s Rights” was held at the University of Sindh, Jamshoro, on Saturday....		Muttahida lashes out at feudal lords LARKANA, June 28: Chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Atlaf Hussain held feudal lords and the establishment responsible for the sufferings of Sindh....
Pesticides lose efficacy SANGHAR, June 28: Pesticides have lost their effectiveness due to a thick layer of dust over the leaves of crops, complained growers in the district....		Recovery of social worker demanded HYDERABAD, June 28: The family members of Kirshan Sharma, who was taken away allegedly by personnel of a law enforcement agency, have appealed to the authorities to disclose the whereabouts of...
Rs1.74bn budget approved for DG Khan DERA GHAZI KHAN, June 28: The district government on Saturday approved a budget of Rs1.74 billion after a little debate for the financial year 2003-2004....		SC did consider suo motu after ’99 coup, says ex-judge LAHORE, June 28: Retired Justice Wajihuddin Ahmad said on Saturday that immediately after the military takeover of October 12, 1999, a full court meeting with the then Chief Justice Saeeduz Zaman...
Primary school dropout rate comes down SIALKOT, June 28: The Unicef and the ILO certified in their survey reports that the students’ dropout ratio in Sialkot district’s primary schools has reduced to 0.7 per cent from 45...		Three brothers sentenced to death on three counts GUJRANWALA, June 28: A local court sentenced on Saturday three brothers to death on three counts with Rs300,000 each fine in a murder case....