July 5, 2003	Saturday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 4,1424

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Proposals on education, health taxes sought RAWALPINDI, July 4: The finance and planning committee has sought fresh proposals from the district government for imposition of health and education taxes....		‘Discriminatory laws adding to women woes’ ISLAMABAD, July 4: The presence of discriminatory laws in the country has been contributing to the continuous deterioration of the status of women....
Quetta killings condemned ISLAMABAD, July 4: The Pakistan People’s Party on Friday condemned the Quetta sectarian killings and termed it failure of the government to maintain law and order. It demanded judicial proble into...		‘People least concerned about dress code’ ISLAMABAD, July 4: The people are more concerned about the quality of education at an affordable price than dress code in academic institutions, Education Minister Zobaida Jalal said here on Friday....
Is feminism linked to women rights? ISLAMABAD, July 4: Can a writer who generally chooses themes relating to women’s problems and their status in society as her/his themes be called a feminist or can this adjective be...		New city to be built in Murree suburbs: CM MURREE, July 4: The Punjab chief minister, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, on Friday announced that a new city with all modern facilities for tourists would be built in the suburbs of Murree....
Plan to build three new sub-sectors approved ISLAMABAD, July 4: The government has approved a plan to construct three new sub-sectors in Islamabad. The new sub-sectors include G-14/2, G-14/3 and G-14/4. In this connection, the Federal Government Employees...		NWFP to get Rs421 million for higher education ISLAMABAD, July 4: The Centre will provide Rs421 million to the NWFP government during the current financial year for promotion of higher education....
Notices served on 12 prayer leaders ISLAMABAD, July 4: The district magistrate has issued notices to 12 prayer leaders of Islamabad for making provocative speeches against Dr Aslam Khaki, who challenged the Shariat Bill passed by the...		Oil tanker owners vow to relaunch protest drive RAWALPINDI, July 4: The All Pakistan Oil Tanker Owners Association (APOTOA) has threatened to relaunch protest campaign if its demands are not accepted within 15 days....
Talks on US aid package not to begin until Sept ISLAMABAD, July 4: Official consultations on the $3bn aid package which US President George W. Bush announced for Pakistan last month at Camp David will not begin until September this year,...		No-confidence motion on 7th may fail ISLAMABAD, July 4: The National Assembly session, called for Monday to take up an opposition move to vote out Deputy Speaker Sardar Mohammad Yaqub Khan, is likely to meet the same...
Confrontation in politics must end: PM QUETTA, July 4: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has asked the opposition parties to abandon the politics of confrontation as it will harm the smooth functioning of the democratic system....		Politicians flay carnage, call for harmony ISLAMABAD, July 4: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) Vice-president and Islami Tehrik Pakistan (ITP) chief Allama Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi, MMA deputy parliamentary leader Hafiz Hussain Ahmed and Punjab ITP President Allama Abdul...
Sectarian violence toll KARACHI, July 4: Until Friday’s Quetta tragedy, at least 34 people had been killed and dozens injured in sectarian clashes and attacks in different parts of the country this year, according...		Rs100m grant for N. Areas GILGIT, July 4: The federal government has approved a Rs100 million additional grant for the Northern Areas local bodies....
20 hurt in Kashmir SRINAGAR, July 4: A bystander was killed and 20 people were injured on Friday when militants opened fire and launched grenades at the motorcade of a minister in occupied Kashmir’s government,...		Promoted ISLAMABAD, July 4: Commodore Noman Bashir has been promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral with immediate effect, a notification issued by the Ministry of Defence stated on Friday....
Dawn staffer killed QUETTA, July 4: Walayat Hussain, special assistant in the advertisement department at Dawn regional office in Quetta, was killed in an attack on the Imambargah here on Friday. He was 42....		Power failure haunts cities of Sindh SUKKUR, July 4: The people held protest demonstrations against Hesco officials by blocking sections of the Indus Highway in Thal and Mubarak Pur Towns, Jacobabad district, on Thursday....
Doctors hold demos against Thatta DCO THATTA, July 4: The office bearers of the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) and the doctors of the Civil Hospital Makli held a protest demonstration on Thursday against the DCO, Thatta, Usman...		Sindh governor criticized LARKANA, July 4: Sindh Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal president MNA Assadullah Bhutto has criticized the Sindh governor for interfering in the chief minister’s affairs and demanded his removal....
Regularization of doctors’ jobs demanded LARKANA, July 4: Under the flag of the People’s Doctors’ Forum, contractual doctors held a protest demonstration and also observed a token hunger strike outside the local press club on Friday...		Tension in Mohmand Agency persists PESHAWAR, July 4: With continuous exchange of fire between the forces of Afghan Commander Hazrat Ali and the Pakistani forces at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Mohmand Agency, tension continued in the...
Gilgit SSP sent on leave amid dispute GILGIT, July 4: SSP Faizan Safdar has been sent on a two-week leave and SP Mustafa has taken over in his place, informed sources said on Friday....		Unseating of MMA’s MNA slammed LARKANA, July 4: Responding to the call of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, its component parties took out a big procession here on Friday to protest against the disqualification of its MNA....
Strike observed against Taluka Nazim MIRPURKHAS, July 4: A strike was observed in Samaro on Thursday on the call of the local traders’ association to protest against alleged excesses of the Taluka Nazim, Samaro, Ghulam Mustafa...		Two die in accident DADU, July 4: Two motorcyclists, Hussain Bux Soomro and Allah Dino Narejo, residents of Mitho Babar village, were killed when their bike collided with a rickshaw near Khairpur Nathan Shah town...
Inquiry into illegal confinement demanded LANDI KOTAL, July 4: One of the residents of the Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency on Friday accused the political authorities of detaining his son illegally and called for institution of...		Dams plan to be discussed HARIPUR, July 4: The district and tehsil councils of Haripur will hold a joint meeting on July 7 to discuss the construction of two proposed dams on river Dorr in the...
Bail plea rejected NAWABSHAH, July 4: The district and sessions Judge here on Thursday refused bail to a doctor nominated in a murder case. The judge, Syed Zakir Hussain Shah, also ordered arrest of...		JUI takes out procession LANDI KOTAL, July 4: Activists of Jamiat Ulama-i-Islam (JUI) took out a procession in Bara, Khyber Agency, on Friday to register their protest against Peshawar High Court’s decision of unseating a...
Woman killed LANDI KOTAL, July 4: A middle-aged woman died of bullet injuries at the agency headquarters hospital in Landi Kotal after remaining hospitalised for four days....		College website PESHAWAR, July 4: The Islamia College launched its website here on Friday....
Man killed by motorcyclists KHAIRPUR, July 4: A man was killed by four motorcyclists when he was sitting at a hotel at the new bus stand in Pir-Jo-Goth on Thursday....		Struggle against unjust resource distribution urged ABBOTTABAD, July 4: The decisions and policies of different governments since 1990 have badly affected the state of civic and human rights in the country and contributed to the economic hardships of the...
Govt policy to boost industry GUJRANWALA, July 4: The government’s new labour and industrial policy will improve relations between employers and employees, besides reducing unemployment....		ASI, PO die in armed clash GUJRAT, July 4: An ASI and a proclaimed offender were shot dead while another outlaw and two policemen injured in two encounters which took place here in the last 48 hours....
Lawyers to observe strike on 9th FAISALABAD, July 4: The local District Bar Association announced that it would observe a complete strike and bring out a protest rally on July 9 to press for setting up a...		Four arrested; three cars retrieved SHEIKHUPURA, July 4: The Motorway police on Friday claimed to have arrested four members of an inter-provincial gang of vehicle-lifters and recovered three cars from their possession....
Bandits kill cabman LAHORE, July 4: Dacoits shot dead a cab driver on resistance in Muslim Town on Friday....		Punjab fails to handle hospital waste LAHORE, July 4: The local governments in the Punjab have failed to handle hospital waste in their respective areas despite an action plan provided by the Punjab Environment Protection Department last...
‘UHS should not award degrees for time being’ LAHORE, July 4: The Lahore High Court proposed on Friday that the University of Health Sciences should temporarily return its degree-awarding status to the Punjab University and act as an examining...		AG asked to justify Uniform property tax LAHORE, July 4: The Lahore High Court on Friday directed the Punjab Advocate-General to justify the imposition of uniform property tax in the metropolis under the provisions of the amended Urban...
Balochistan govt ‘inept’ LAHORE, July 4: The Jamia Al-Muntazir on Friday condemned in strongest terms the Quetta Imambargah incident in which more than 40 people had been killed....		Three Bugti outlaws killed, two hurt RAJANPUR, July 4: Three Bugti dacoits were killed and two others sustained injuries in an hour-long armed clash with the Border Military Police (BMP) at Thingu on Thursday....
Police vent anger at newsmen JHANG, July 4: The Jhang Union of Journalists and office-bearers of the local press club have strongly condemned the “high-handedness” of police towards newsmen....		Govt towing US line: MMA GUJRANWALA, July 4: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal activists on Friday took out a procession to flay unseating of MNA Mufti Ibrar Sultan by an election tribunal, alleging that the government was taking...
Contractor ‘fleecing’ transporters SHEIKHUPURA, July 4: Transporters on Friday blamed that the tehsil council’s toll tax recovery contractor was responsible for spoiling their business....		References to jihad ‘being excluded from textbooks’ LAHORE, July 4: Only the spirit of Jihad could strengthen Pakistan’s defence. This was the consensus reached at a seminar on defence requirements of Pakistan held by the Nazaria-i-Pakistan Foundation and...