July 4, 2003	Friday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 3,1424

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Contingency plan for Leh flood prepared RAWALPINDI, July 3: Nullah Leh may overflow again during the monsoon, likely to start from Friday. The apprehension was expressed at a meeting, held to review the flood control situation in...		Cantonment’s mini-board decisions quashed RAWALPINDI, July 3: The Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi bench, has declared all decisions and orders passed by the Cantonment’s mini-board since its inception in 1999 null and void....
Pakistan, Turkey to cooperate in higher education ISLAMABAD, July 3: Pakistan and Turkey are discussing to develop an executive protocol for enhanced cooperation in the field of higher education and research for the years 2003-2005....		Enercon earmarks Rs150m for setting up tune-up centres ISLAMABAD, July 3: The National Energy Conservation Centre (Enercon) has earmarked Rs150 million for lending to private sector for establishing computerized automobile tune-up centres in the country....
Man gets death for killing policeman RAWALPINDI, July 3: The judge of the anti-terrorist court number-I, Manzoor Ahmed Mirza, on Thursday handed down death sentence and a fine of Rs100,00 to a person for killing a police...		Golden Jubilee events of Nanga Parbat ascent in Sept ISLAMABAD, July 3: Thursday marked the golden jubilee of the first ascent of Nanga Parbat located in Himalayan range in Northern Areas with the Alpine Club of Pakistan announcing that the...
Woman held for carrying 1kg heroin capsules in stomach RAWALPINDI, July 3: A Thai woman carrying heroin-filled capsules in her stomach was off-loaded from an Emirates flight at Islamabad International Airport on Thursday, the customs authorities said....		ZTBL credit to small farmers from July 7 ISLAMABAD, July 3: The Zarai Taraqiati Bank (ZTBL) will be disbursing production loans to small farmers for Khariff crops under its one window operation throughout the country from July 7....
ITP, PML-N back MMA protest call RAWALPINDI, July 3: Chief of Islami Tehrik Pakistan (ITP) and central vice-president of MMA Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi has extended his support to the protest call made by MMA parliamentarians....		Romanian envoy receives award ISLAMABAD, July 3: Excellence in “cultural diplomacy” has brought an award to the Romanian ambassador to Pakistan, Dr Emil Ghitulescue, a journalist-turned diplomat, by the Writers Union of Romania....
Remote areas to be electrified, says Sherpao ISLAMABAD, July 3: Federal Minister for Water and Power Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Thursday said alternative energy sources such as wind and solar energy would be exploited to electrify remote...		PPP accuses govt of victimizing opponents ISLAMABAD, July 3: Leaders of People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) have criticized the government for ‘victimizing’ the opponents through “political blackmailing” and use of force....
SNGPL, SSGCL lock horns over exclusive rights ISLAMABAD, July 3: The SNGPL and SSGCL are in a dispute over the exclusive rights of natural gas assets, transmission, distribution and sales in Sindh and Balochistan as the government moves...		Bar concerned over Justice Munir’s decision ISLAMABAD, July 3: The lawyers bodies are dismayed at the decision of Justice Munir A. Sheikh to avail of three-year extension in the retirement age under the LFO, the SCBA president...
Pakistan and France agree to deepen economic ties PARIS, July 3: France and Pakistan agreed on Thursday to identify areas of enhancing bilateral trade and economic cooperation....		US court frees four until trial: Lashkar case WASHINGTON, July 3: In a major setback for the US government, a federal judge ordered on Thursday that four men accused of having links to Lashkar-i-Taiba be released until trial....
PPP protests plan to send troops to Iraq ISLAMABAD, July 3: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has criticized the government’s decision of sending troops to Iraq without consulting the parliament or national institutions....		Transporters demand Completion of road QUETTA, July 3: All Quetta-Karachi Coaches Association has demanded early completion of the construction of Wadh-Bela section on the RCD Highway, else it would observe a strike....
Fine imposed on foreigners for overstay ISLAMABAD, July 3: The federal government on Thursday decided to impose surcharge from July 25, on the foreigners overstaying their visas....		Capital punishment awarded QUETTA, July 3: A division bench of the Balochistan High Court converted into death sentence the conviction of a man earlier awarded life imprisonment by a district and sessions judge in...
Six Iraqis arrested for crossing border QUETTA, July 3: Iranian border security forces have arrested six Iraqi refugees, including two women and two children, for crossing illegally into Iran from Pakistan....		President, PM greet Bush ISLAMABAD, July 3: Pakistan appreciate the US role in defusing tensions in the region and in the revival of the Pakistan-India dialogue process....
Officials served notices ISLAMABAD, July 3: Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday issued notice to two officials of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council to explain why contempt proceedings should not...		Sui gas workers threaten self-immolation ISLAMABAD, July 3: The reinstated employees of the Sui Southern Gas Company Limited has decided to start protest demonstrations, as the management of the company has refused to take them back...
Teenaged Pakistani brothers face deportation SAN FRANCISCO, July 3: Two teenaged Pakistani brothers, Hassan and Ahmad Amin, face deportation for a minor visa violation, their mother told a news conference on Thursday....		Presence of army team in N. Areas defended GILGIT, July 3: Northern Areas Deputy Chief Executive Fida Mohammad Nashad on Wednesday defended the existence of the army monitoring team (AMT) in the region and said the Northern Areas were...
Power meter drive begins today DARRA ADAMKHEL, July 3: Wapda chairman Lt-Gen Zulfiqar Ali Khan will inaugurate the power meters’ installation drive in Darra Adamkhel, Frontier Region Kohat, on Friday....		Protesters besiege SSP of Gilgit GILGIT, July 3: A heavy contingent of police and the Frontier Constabulary (FC) helped Senior Superintendent of Police Faizan Safdar 12 hours after his opponents in the Nomal village in Naltar...
Body of ‘outlaw’ recovered HANGU, July 3: Police found the body of an outlaw allegedly involved in the murder of three policemen in Quetta here on Wednesday....		Ex-minister welcomes accord on Mangla Dam MIRPUR, July 3: The recent agreement reached between the federal and Azad Jammu and Kashmir governments on the Rs64 billion Mangla Dam raising project has been welcomed by the AJK people...
Acting Nazim takes oath MINGORA, July 3: Malik Sardar Ali Khan was administered oath as the acting district Nazim of Swat by District and Sessions Judge Alamzeb Khan here on Thursday....		Matric results announced MINGORA, July 3: Over 71 per cent of the candidates of science group have passed the annual matriculation examination according to the results released by the Board of Intermediate and Secondary...
Recognition of Israel to be suicidal: MMA SUKKUR, July 3: President Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (Sindh) and MNA Asadullah Bhutto has accused President Gen Pervez Musharraf of “bartering away the country’s sovereignty at Camp David, only for perpetuating his rule...		Thar, Badin receive rainfall MITHI, July 3: Several villages in Thar received moderate rainfall on Wednesday as a result of which land has been moistened for cultivation....
Farmers observe hunger strike NAWABSHAH, July 3: Several dozen growers of Jheemal minor, Nusrat irrigation division, staged a sit-in and observed a token hunger strike on Thursday outside local press club against water shortage....		Drainage system of Johi collapses DADU, July 3: The drainage system of the Johi town has collapsed due to negligence of the taluka municipal administration....
Remodelling of canal demanded KHAIRPUR, July 3: Scores of growers staged a demonstration on Thursday and demanded remodelling of Faiz Nahar Wah to enhance its water capacity....		Growers to launch protest campaign THATTA, July 3: Growers of Thatta have threatened to launch a protest campaign next week against delay in payment of their dues by four sugar mills of the district....
Demo held against water shortage KHAIRPUR, July 3: A large number of Kot Diji residents staged a demonstration on Wednesday against the non-supply of drinking water in Nabi Hashim, Sadat and other localities....		Six suspects arrested THATTA, July 3: The personnel of law enforcement agencies arrested six persons in Deh Masood, near Mirpur Sakro town, on Thursday and recovered weapons, life jackets and electronic devices from their...
Omar Asghar remembered KHAIRPUR, July 3: The first death anniversary of former federal minister and leader of Qaumi Jamhoori Party, the late Omar Asghar Khan, was observed here on Tuesday....		Task force on tariff cut seeks public assistance LAHORE, July 3: The federal task force on power tariff reduction on Thursday decided to “go to the public for finding out ways and means for reducing the power tariff”....
Parties lend support to MMA protest LAHORE, July 3: MMA vice-president Qazi Husain Ahmad will lead a protest demonstration outside the Masjid Shuhada on The Mall on Friday (today) against “Gen Pervez Musharraf’s anti-national policies and challenge...		Tax pleas against Shahbaz, Kulsoom adjourned LAHORE, July 3: The Lahore High Court on Friday fixed Oct 9 for final arguments on the petitions of tax department, seeking payment of additional income and wealth tax from PML-N...
High-level probe ordered against SSP LAHORE, July 3: The Punjab IGP is said to have taken a serious notice of the release of an advance cheque of Rs10 million for a housing society by the Faisalabad...		10 per cent increase in seats for FA, FSc LAHORE, July 3: Punjab Education Minister Mian Imran Masood has ordered 10 per cent increase in the number of seats for FA, FSc in all the colleges in the provincial metropolis....
PSIC to launch three new finance schemes LAHORE, July 3: The Punjab Small Industries Corporation will launch three new finance schemes for advancing Rs3.5 billion loans for setting up small and medium industrial units on 7 per cent...		Sindh’s fears on Thal will be allayed, says Maqbool MULTAN, July 3: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool said on Thursday all apprehensions of Sindh about the Greater Thal Canal project will be removed....
Legal opinion sought on pesticides rules MULTAN, July 3: The Federal Law Department has been reportedly sitting on amendments to the Agricultural Pesticides Rules proposed about a month ago to remove flaws in the laws regulating the...		Gang-rape victim’s family threaten self-immolation VEHARI, July 3: The family of Mailsi’s gang rape victim has threatened self-immolation if they did not get justice....