June 30, 2003	Monday	Rabi-us-Sani 29,1424

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US sees new phase of relations WASHINGTON, June 29: Pakistan and the United States have entered “a new phase” of their “long-term predictable relationship,” director, South Asia, US state department, Jerry Feirstein, said on Saturday....		Govt urged to hold talks with Benazir ISLAMABAD, June 29: Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPP) on Sunday urged the government to hold dialogue with party’s chairperson Benazir Bhutto to help improve the domestic political situation....
Opposition asked to shun agitation QUETTA, June 29: Acting President Muhammadmian Soomro has urged the opposition to abandon politics of agitation and use parliament for the resolution of people’s problems....		Chinese team due today ISLAMABAD, June 29: A delegation comprising senior management officials of Chinese oil and gas exploration company, Sichuan Petroleum Administration (SPA) will arrive here on Monday for a week-long tour to participate...
Bridge player dies KARACHI, June 29: Veteran bridge player and founding member of Pakistan Bridge Federation Sharif Chaudhry died during Super Bowl Bridge at Aslam Memorial Hall due to cardiac arrest on Sunday evening....		HC to India leaves today ISLAMABAD, June 29: The high commissioner designate to India, Aziz Ahmed Khan, would leave for New Delhi on Monday to take up his responsibilities, said a spokesman on Sunday....
PM condoles with Bugti QUETTA, June 29: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali visited Dera Bugti on Sunday to condole with Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Bugti over the demise of his son Salim...		Shujaat ISLAMABAD, June 29: PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain left here on Sunday for a two-week visit to France and Germany for medical checkup....
Political activities pick up steam: Nazims’ election SARGODHA, June 29: Despite awaiting denotification of Bhalwal tehsil, political activities have gained momentum in Kot Momin and Bhalwal tehsils for the elections of Tehsil Nazims and Naib Nazims....		Gang-rape victim ‘being forced’ to strike a deal MULTAN, June 29: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan’s Multan Task Force has alleged that some influentials of Mailsi (Vehari district) are forcing a 20-year-old girl to reach at a compromise...
Pervaiz keen to develop Sargodha SARGODHA, June 29: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi is keen to develop the district....		Three killed, nine hurt as coaster overturns GUJRANWALA, June 29: Three people were killed and nine others suffered injuries, two of them serious, when a coaster overturned near Kamoki on Sunday....
200 meters burn out in rain VEHARI, June 29: More than 200 electricity meters have burnt in the rain because of what people claim poor quality of wires and wrong installation by Multan Electric Power Company....		Canal breach damages crops SADIQABAD, June 29: Hundreds of acres of standing cotton crop were inundated and wood-cutting and flour machines damaged in a breach that erupted at Lamma distributary on Sunday....
Drive against sale of acid launched BAHAWALPUR, June 29: To check the rising incidents of acid attack, DPO Sikandar Hayat has announced launching a campaign against the illegal sale and business of acid across the district....		Okara farms: Manto for judicial probe TOBA TEK SINGH, June 29: National Workers Party (NWP) president Abid Hasan Manto has said that instead of eradicating feudalism from the country, the rulers are creating military feudalism by snatching...
Collision leaves three dead OKARA, June 29: Three people were killed and four others injured in a head-on collision between two buses on the Kasur-Deepalpur Road on Saturday evening....		Dist council opposes Thal canal project LARKANA, June 29: The Larkana District Council, after winding up the budget discussion on Saturday, unanimously adopted a resolution against the Thal canal construction....
Four of a family among six killed KHAIRPUR, June 29: Six persons, including four of a family, were shot dead and two others injured by unidentified assailants in Gul Mohammad Khorkhani village, Kingri taluka, on Sunday....		Pharma company put on notice PESHAWAR, June 29: A senior civil judge has put a leading national pharmaceutical company on notice for expelling one of their field managers without serving any show-cause notice....
Anti-police protesters block highway SUKKUR, June 29: Hundreds of residents of the Ghulam Qadir Chachar village blocked the Indus Highway on Saturday following the death of a landlord and arrest of eight villagers....		Uplift funds for desert area demanded MIRPURKHAS, June 29: The district council members have demanded special funds to carry out development works in the desert area of the district....
11 hardened criminals held; arms seized PESHAWAR, June 29: In a midnight operation against outlaws, the city police arrested 11 alleged hardened criminals and 52 others for possessing illegal weapons and seized a large quantity of arms...		Tribal clash claims four lives SHIKARPUR, June 29: Four persons were killed and two others were injured in an armed clash between two groups of the Jafri tribe in the Jafri village, Garhi Yasin taluka, here...
PML-N observes hunger strike PESHAWAR, June 29: The Pakistan Muslim League-N on Sunday observed a token hunger strike to denounce police raids on the residence of party president Shahbaz Sharif in Lahore....		Chitral’s power problem to be resolved PESHAWAR, June 29: Federal Minister for Water and Power Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao and Federal Minister for Telecommunications Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari have assured MNA Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali that the...
Oil firms urged to recruit local people DADU, June 29: On the call of the Pakistan Human Rights Foundation, many people, NGOs, Nazims, Naib Nazims and councillors held a protest demonstration in Dadu town on Sunday against the...		Deportation: opposition to work out strategy today LAHORE, June 29: Leaders of the PML-N, the PPP and the MMA are scheduled to meet here on Monday to examine the possibility of requisitioning a session of the Punjab Assembly...
Punjab govt to set up public safety commissions LAHORE, June 29: A letter from President Gen Pervez Musharraf has stirred the provincial authorities to move towards constitution of public safety commissions for Punjab, Lahore, Okara and Sargodha....		Poultry farms’ construction near residential areas banned LAHORE, June 29: The Punjab government has imposed a ban on the construction of poultry farms near residential areas in the province....
Sunday Bazaars: exercise in futility LAHORE, June 29: Sunday Bazaars in the provincial metropolis have failed to achieve their objectives, as these have become weekly markets for vendors and traders instead of being developed into outlets...		Free Quran classes being organized LAHORE, June 29: The Punjab Auqaf Department has started free teaching classes of the Holy Quran for students at its 11 central mosques in the province....
Provincial flood cells established LAHORE, June 29: The Punjab Livestock Department established on Sunday provincial flood cells to protect animals from epidemics during the forthcoming monsoon season....		SSP defies instructions LAHORE, June 29: Faisalabad SSP Zafar Iqbal Lak who was found creating a housing society with police welfare fund without any authority or permission has allegedly issued an advance cheque despite...
Rain, gale lash Lahore LAHORE, June 29: A strong windstorm and rain lashed city on Sunday morning, uprooting trees and billboards, and inundating several streets....		Syndicate okays Rs57m QAU deficit budget ISLAMABAD, June 29: The syndicate of Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) on Saturday approved Rs57.57 million deficit budget for the year 2003-04. The deficit would be met through government grants and university’s own...
Rs2.9bn fixed for Baitul Mal ISLAMABAD, June 29: The federal government has allocated an amount of Rs2.892 billion for Pakistan Baitul Mal (PMB) for the financial year 2003-04....		LGs’ financial autonomy still major issue: Devolution of power BHURBAN, June 29: Pakistan is not the only country in the world that is facing problems in transfer of financial and administrative powers to the grass-roots level but countries like Poland,...
Attock DC approves Rs1.4bn budget ATTOCK, June 29: The District Council here unanimously approved a Rs1.435 billion budget for the year 2003-2004....		Disabled workers pension raised ISLAMABAD, June 29: The government has decided to increase pension of disabled industrial workers by 53 per cent which will cost an additional expenditure of Rs5.45 million to the national exchequer....
Contraband items seized RAWALPINDI, June 29: Customs and Excise officials have seized a huge quantity of contraband goods worth Rs1 million during checking of a Rawalpindi-bound bus on G.T. Road near Sang Jani....		Integrated analysis key to effective policy: expert ISLAMABAD, June 29: What is the best policy? The question might have defied definition since times immemorial. Social scientists, reformers, managers and visionaries, nevertheless, continue to find ways to improve it....
TMA budget today RAWALPINDI, June 29: The Tehsil Municipal Administration will present its annual budget 2003-04 amounting to Rs607.9 million on Monday....		Punjab, Sindh artisans dominate folk festival ISLAMABAD, June 29: The artisans from Punjab and Sindh provinces clearly had a dominating influence on the Artisans-at-Work Festival organized by Lok Virsa....
Shortage of life-saving drugs at PIMS ISLAMABAD, June 29: A severe shortage of life-saving drugs has hit the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), creating concern among the poor patients....		Ukiyo-e traditional Japanese art goes on display ISLAMABAD, June 29: A fascinating exhibition of traditional Japanese Woodblock Prints Ukiyo-E (literally meaning the pictures of the floating world) which opens from June 30 to July 9, at the Pakistan...