July 11, 2003	Friday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 10, 1424

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Closure of 86 private schools ordered: Eleven institutions sealed ISLAMABAD, July 10: The Capital administration has ordered closure of 86 private educational institutions running in different residential areas of the Federal Capital....		Population growth rate declines to 2pc: UNFPA ISLAMABAD, July 10: Population growth rate in Pakistan has declined to two per cent and total fertility rate to 4.5 births per women, however, the maternal mortality rate is still very...
S. Korea for joint venture in IT sector ISLAMABAD, July 10: South Korea is keen to forge partnership with Pakistan and explore possibilities for investment and technology transfer in the field of information technology and telecommunication....		Two killed; body found RAWALPINDI, July 10: Two persons died in separate incidents while a charred body was found in Rawalpindi on Thursday, police said....
Security measures in Capital reviewed RAWALPINDI, July 10: A meeting held between the district administration Islamabad and top police officials reviewed the security measures in the capital to counter any possible terrorist attack as intimated by...		Completion of national monument ordered ISLAMABAD, July 10: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday directed all departments concerned to complete the project of national monument at West View Point, Shakarparian, by 2005....
Scholar criticizes US involvement in wars ISLAMABAD, July 10: Will there be a third war after Afghanistan and Iraq?...		Musharraf for promoting small family concept ISLAMABAD, July 10: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has called upon the people to promote the concept of small family system....
Disappearance of councillor termed conspiracy ISLAMABAD, July 10: The chairperson of the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW), Justice Majida Rizvi (retired), has said the alleged harassment and ‘disappearance’ of a woman councillor from...		Contractors to be paid after inspection: CDA official ISLAMABAD, July 10: Member Engineering of Capital Development Authority (CDA) Ghulam Akbar Bokhari on Thursday informed all the directorates that payments for all the major projects would be released after inspection...
Johar’s death condoled ISLAMABAD, July 10: The chairman Pakistan Academy of Letters, Iftikhar Arif has condoled the death of eminent journalist and intellectual, Johar Hussain....		Drought hits 45pc cropped area: CM ISLAMABAD, July 10: Drought has badly damaged 45 per cent of the cropped area in Balochistan, Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yousaf said here on Thursday....
Pakistan as safe as London: UK filmmaker PESHAWAR, July 10: Movie comic turned adventure traveller Michael Palin wound up a visit to the Northern Areas on Thursday, saying it felt as safe as London and he was saddened...		Power project hits snags in N. Areas GILGIT, July 10: The 18 megawatt Naltar power project on which work was scheduled to start in June has hit technical and financial snags, sources said on Thursday....
Three depts created in Azad Kashmir MUZAFFARABAD, July 10: The AJK government has created three secretariat level departments, raising their number to 17....		Curfew lifted, Sec 144 imposed on Quetta QUETTA, July 10: Curfew was lifted on Thursday morning following return of normalcy to the provincial capital, but Section 144 was imposed....
CJ to consider reopening of Bar offices ISLAMABAD, July 10: The Supreme Court on Thursday said a delegation of lawyers met Chief Justice Sheikh Riaz Ahmad and “condemned the ongoing illegal campaign” of some of the lawyer leaders....		PPP slams ban on SBP trade unions ISLAMABAD, July 10: Pakistan People’s Party Deputy Secretary-General Senator Mian Raza Rabbani on Thursday condemned a ban on trade unions in the State Bank and other banking institutions....
Islamabad-Delhi gestures hailed BEIJING, July 10: China has welcomed the friendly gestures recently shown by Pakistan and India to reduce tension in their bilateral relations....		Accusations flayed ISLAMABAD, July 10: All-Parties Hurriyat Conference Abdul Ghani Bhatt chairman on Wednesday termed Indian accusation of cross border infiltration an attempt to distract world attention from human rights violations by its...
Ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee demands compensation ISLAMABAD, July 10: The first Pakistani released from the United Statet detention centre known as Camp X-Ray at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Cuba is demanding $10.4 million compensation from...		Kasuri sees cooling of temperature ISLAMABAD, July 10: Foreign Minister Khurshid M. Kasuri on Thursday hoped that the holding of SAARC meeting in Islamabad early next year would help create an atmosphere for the initiation of...
Closure of bara shops criticized PESHAWAR, July 10: The bara shopkeepers of Khyber agency  staged a demonstration against closure of their shops by political authorities outside the governor’s house on Thursday....		President, PM aggrieved over BD ferry accident ISLAMABAD, July 10: President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali in their separate messages have expressed grief and sorrow over the loss of life in the ferry accident...
France silent over Mishra’s visit PARIS, July 10: France has for the moment remained extremely tight-lipped with regard to the visit of Brajesh Mishra, described by the Quai d’Orsay as the “personal envoy” to France of...		Governor visits injured QUETTA, July 10: Balochistan Governor Abdul Quadir on Thursday visited the Combined Military Hospital and inquired about the health of the persons injured in the terrorist attack on an Imambargah last...
Centre urged to pay NWFP’s dues MINGORA, July 10: Provincial Science and Information Technology Minister Hussein Ahmad Kanju said on Thursday that the NWFP government was facing financial constraints and the Centre should pay it the outstanding Rs309 billion...		Nadra to meet deadline: regional chief PESHAWAR, July 10: National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has set up 33 swift centres in the province and adjoining tribal area....
Police-public cooperation stressed KOHAT, July 10: NWFP IGP Mohammad Riffat Pasha has stressed the need for better public-police cooperation to curb crime....		Swimming ban SWABI, July 10: The district administration has imposed section 144 banning swimming in the Pehur High Level Canal....
Hospital functioning without specialists DADU, July 10: The Taluka Hospital Sehwan is functioning without child, cardio, gynaecologist, ENT and eye specialists since the last many years....		Lawyers observe protest day HYDERABAD, July 10: Lawyers in Sindh, on the call of the Pakistan Bar Council, observed a protest day on Thursday against the sealing of Supreme Court Bar Association offices in Islamabad,...
2 illegally detained villagers freed LARKANA, July 10: A raiding party of the session’s court, Larkana, found two villagers being kept in habeas corpus at two police stations on Thursday....		Irrigation staff asked to be vigilant SUKKUR, July 10: The Sindh chief minister, Sardar Ali Mohammad Khan Mahar, has said the rains would prove to be a boon for the economy of the province....
Over 200,000 children die in Pakistan every year THATTA, July 10: Some 30,000 women out of 100,000 are infected with various diseases during childbirth and over 200,000 children die due to diarrhoea and other diseases every year in Pakistan....		Breach floods seven villages JACOBABAD, July 10: A 70-foot-wide breach developed in the Kalach Canal, near Mohammad Pir, on Tuesday night....
Woman commits suicide NAWABSHAH, July 10: Shehzadi, wife of Ghandhu Magsi, committed suicide here on Thursday due to a domestic problem....		Lawyers flay closure of SCBA offices: Quetta killings condemned LAHORE, July 10: Lawyers observed strike in Lahore on Thursday to protest against the closure of the Supreme Court Bar Association’s two offices and to condemn the killings in a Quetta...
Recruitment process delayed: MPAs for share in jobs LAHORE, July 10: The question of accommodating MPAs without affecting those on merit has delayed the recruitment process in the Punjab, official sources informed Dawn on Thursday....		NICFC directors’conviction set aside LAHORE, July 10: An ehtesab bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday set aside the conviction of seven directors of the National Industrial Cooperative Finance Corporation (NICFC) in a NAB...
MMA calls for sending delegation to Quetta LAHORE, July 10: The MMA has emphasized the need for sending a parliamentary delegation to Quetta to show solidarity with the families of those who were martyred or wounded in the...		Wheat movement ban to go: Punjab LAHORE, July 10: Punjab Food Minister Mohammad Iqbal has reiterated the provincial government stand that the ban on wheat movement is temporary....
‘ANP may rejoin ARD by July-end’ LAHORE, July 10: The ANP is set to rejoin the ARD, being confident that the alliance leaders will allay its reservations about their policies on provincial autonomy, the Afghan issue and...		Wapda accused of ignoring lowest transformers’ bid LAHORE, July 10: Wapda is believed to be getting ready to award the contract for supply of 13 20/26MVA transformers to an Iranian company, ignoring a lower Heavy Electrical Complex (HEC)...
Murder accused shot dead in custody LAHORE, July 10: A murder accused was shot dead by his rival in police custody on Model Town court premises on Thursday....		Nazim joins PML-Q LAHORE, July 10: Burewala Tehsil Nazim Usman Ahmad Warriach joined the PML-Q during a meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi here on Thursday. Mr Warriach said he was joining the...
IG reprimands police officials on scuffle charges FAISALABAD, July 10: IGP Masood Shah on Thursday suspended the Peoples Colony SHO and issued warning to its ASP and directed him to report to the Central Police Office, Lahore....		Probe ordered into police torture case: Sheikhupura incident LAHORE, July 10: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi directed his inspection team on Thursday to probe into alleged police highhandedness in Sheikhupura....
25 health workers resign in protest GUJRAT, July 10: As many as 25 health department employees, including three doctors of Kunjah rural health centre, on Thursday tendered their resignation to protest against humiliation of their three colleagues...		Lawyers take out rallies BAHAWALPUR, July 10: Members of the district Bar associations on Thursday took out rallies across the Punjab to protest against sealing of the Supreme Court Bar Association’s offices in Islamabad, Lahore...