July 1, 2003	Tuesday	Rabi-us-Sani 30, 1424

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District govt unable to pay Rs381m loans RAWALPINDI, June 30: The district government has expressed its inability to repay two loans, amounting to Rs381.8 million, to the provincial government....		Tehsil council status sought for cantonment boards ISLAMABAD, June 30: All the cantonment boards will have a status of Tehsil Council and work under district Nazims, a senior official of National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) told Dawn on Monday....
FGSH doctors hold demo against power disconnection ISLAMABAD, June 30: Trainee doctors at the Federal Government Services Hospitals (FGSH), commonly known as Polyclinic, held a protest demonstration against disconnection of power supply to the doctors’ hostel, in front...		Watchman strangled RAWALPINDI, June 30: A watchman was found strangled in F-10/1 on Monday, the police said....
Man carrying 2.8kg heroin offloaded RAWALPINDI, June 30: Customs authorities at the Islamabad International Airport on Monday seized 2.85kg heroin and off- loaded a passenger from an Emirates flight....		RCB elected body restored RAWALPINDI, June 30: The Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi bench, has restored the 12-member Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB)....
New aircraft to be inducted into PAF ISLAMABAD, June 30: The government is considering at least four alternate options to modernise its air force through induction of new fighter aircraft as no progress is expected on securing F-16s...		Opposition flays action against Sharif family PESHAWAR, June 30: Three opposition lawmakers and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s 12 women lawmakers staged a token walkout to denounce harassment of the Sharif family women and police raids on their houses...
Wapda to expedite work on Thal canal ISLAMABAD, June 30: The Water and Power Development Authority has decided to expedite work on the controversial Thal canal project and complete it one year before schedule....		Sost border opens today GILGIT, June 30: The Pakistan-China border will be opened for trade and tourism on Tuesday at 12 noon, an official told Dawn late Monday night....
Russia offers help on Kashmir issue ISLAMABAD, June 30: Russian Ambassador Edward S. Shevchenko offered on Monday his country’s assistance in talks between Pakistan and India on the lingering issue of Kashmir....		Troops along Afghan border exchange fire PESHAWAR, June 30: An exchange of fire took place on Monday between the Pakistani and Afghan troops at the Mohmand tribal region border with Afghanistan, 100km to the northwest of here,...
Explosion at Sonmiani kills two KARACHI, June 30: At least two labourers were killed and another two injured in an explosion when they were collecting scrap from designated Sonmiani Range, 60km off Karachi in Balochistan province,...		15pc raise in basic pay, pension notified ISLAMABAD, June 30: The government notified on Monday a 15 per cent increase in the basic pay and pensions of federal government employees and armed forces and civil armed forces personnel...
Irregularities in disbursement of Zakat detected THATTA, June 30: Gross irregularities have been reported in disbursement of Rs29.1 million Zakat funds meant for the deserving people of Thatta district....		Rs1.4 billion Nawabshah budget approved NAWABSHAH, June 30: A tax-free budget of Rs1.43 billion was presented and approved for Nawabshah district by the District Council on Monday....
Protesting growers block road LARKANA, June 30: A large number of growers held a demonstration and blocked the Ratodero-Shahdadkot Road for two hours on Monday to protest against shortage of water....		Two killed in feud SHIKARPUR, June 30: Two persons were shot dead and another was injured in the ongoing dispute between Qambrani and Essani tribesmen on Monday....
Accused in Wahid Bhutto murder case acquitted LARKANA, June 30: Samad Bhutto alias Gippi, one of the main accused in the murder of Bhutto clan chief Sardar Wahid Bakhsh Bhutto, was acquitted and released on Monday in the...		Rs223m allocated for Thar uplift MITHI, June 30: The Tharparkar District Council on Monday approved its Rs1.117 billion budget for 2003-2004....
MMA not to move SC against verdict PESHAWAR, June 30: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has described the election tribunal’s verdict disqualifying MNA Mufti Ibrar Sultan as politically-motivated and declared that it would fight politically....		Anti-corruption steps assured SWABI, June 30: Provincial Senior Minister Sirajul Haq has said corruption was the biggest enemy of the country, claiming that after the passage of Shariat Bill and the budget, the MMA...
Representation on curriculum body sought SKARDU, June 30: Hundreds of school students and some senior citizens belonging to the Shia community here on Sunday staged a protest rally against a committee constituted by the Northern Areas...		Sost border not to open today GILGIT, June 30: “The interior ministry has not yet given us any go-ahead signal to open the Sino-Pakistan border at Khunjerab Pass that was scheduled to open on July 1 (Tuesday),...
Importance of education highlighted KOHAT, June 30: Begum Shamim Iftikhar, wife of the NWFP governor, has emphasized that modern education is necessary if we want to be a civilized and developed nation which is self-reliant...		Mobilink pays Compensation to customers PESHAWAR, June 30: A leading cellular company, Mobilink, has paid compensation to its customers in line with the penalty imposed on the company for its poor quality of service....
Road remains closed GILGIT, June 30: The road between Gilgit and Astore valley has remained closed for the past two months due to landslides....		Kite-flying ban effective from today LAHORE, June 30: District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmud has ordered a complete ban on kite flying and all kinds of related business within the revenue limits of the city district for...
Opposition vows to raise issue in PA LAHORE, June 30: Condemning the deportation of the Sharif family women, the PML-N, PPP and the MMA pledged on Monday that they would raise the issue in the Punjab Assembly session....		Sharifs’ deportation challenged LAHORE, June 30: The Lahore High Court is likely to take up on Tuesday a petition, challenging the deportation of the wife and four children of PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif....
Justice Munir turns down Bar’s request: Three-year extension LAHORE, June 30: Justice Munir A. Sheikh of the Supreme Court on Monday turned down the Bar request to reject the three-year extension in his superannuation age under the Legal Framework...		PHC decision has huge implications, warns HRCP LAHORE, June 30: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) says the decision by the Election Tribunal of the Peshawar High Court disqualifying the MNA of the MMA and ordering a...
Mushtaq Awan granted bail LAHORE, June 30: An ehtesab bench of the Lahore High Court on Monday granted an interim bail to former Punjab senior minister Mushtaq Awan in a NAB reference....		MMA’s APC on 6th LAHORE, June 30: The PML-Q and all parties represented in parliament will be invited to the all-party conference to be held under the auspices of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal in Lahore on...
Time to ‘liberate’ country from army rule LAHORE, June 30: ARD President Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan proposed on Monday that a decisive battle should be launched to ‘liberate’ the country from the army rule and establish for good that...		Traders’ strike against killing, abduction SIALKOT, June 30: Traders on Monday continued their agitational strike by keeping their shutters down in Noorkot and Shakargarh....
BZU set to open digital library MULTAN, June 30: The Bahauddin Zakariya University is set to launch in July a digital library established with a seed capital of Rs4.5 million, according to Vice-Chancellor Dr Ghulam Mustafa Chaudhry....		Abbasia link canal opening soon BAHAWALPUR, June 30: Arrangements are being finalized to open the Abbasia link canal of the Panjnad headworks....
Nadra’s centres fails to deliver on promises KASUR, June 30: National Database and Registration Authority’s swift centre has failed to provide computerized national identity cards to the people in time despite receiving fees....		Minority members protest for being ignored TOBA TEK SINGH, June 30: District council’s minority members protested on Monday, the last day of the three-day budget session, for ignoring them in the present as well as the last...
Opposition’s budget proposals rejected GUJRANWALA, June 30: The district government approved the budget of Rs2.8 billion for the fiscal year 2003-04 at a meeting held here on Monday....		PTCL’s open manhole leaves six injured GUJRANWALA, June 30: Six people, including a woman, were injured after falling prey to an open manhole of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd on Ratta Road, Green Town, here on Monday....
Multan TMA expects Rs34m saving MULTAN, June 30: The city tehsil council approved a tax-free budget of Rs547.993m on Monday for the financial year 2003-2004....		50pc budget for salaries in Sheikhupura SHEIKHUPURA, June 30: The district government has approved a tax-free budget of Rs2.2 billion for the financial year 2003-2004....
Sargodha TMA awaits Punjab govt grant SARGODHA, June 30: The tehsil council presented on Monday its surplus tax-free budget for 2003-04, showing income of Rs258.8 million and the estimated expenditure of Rs352.945 million....		Woman moves LHC against uncle, two policemen GUJRAT, June 30: A resident of Daria Kathana village has filed a writ petition with the Lahore High Court against her uncle and the Kunjah police SHO, who had registered a...