July 13, 2003	Sunday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 12, 1424

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Rs51.2m Haripur funds lapse HARIPUR, July 12: Divers reasons caused an unnecessary delay in completing or commissioning of a number of development schemes during the 2002-3 financial year in the district resulting into the lapse...		Rumours about Torkham border closure quashed LANDI KOTAL, July 12: Government officials at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham quashed speculation about border closure and deployment of additional security force in the area....
Town Council-III budget presented PESHAWAR, July 12: The Town Council-III presented on Saturday Rs250 million budget for the financial year 2003-4 with lots of errors and mismatched figures....		Wazir Bagh lacks management PESHAWAR, July 12: Wazir Bagh, a famous garden in the city, looks more like a desolate wasteland with ill-managed fountains, pavements and ponds....
Lower Dir budget approved TIMERGARA, July 12: The district council approved on Saturday Rs710 million budget for Lower Dir for the financial year 2003-4....		Philanthropists arrange tickets to deport foreigners PESHAWAR, July 12: At least 13 foreigners detained under the Foreign Act in Central Prison Peshawar have been provided with a travelling package by a welfare organisation to facilitate their early...
Drive against tobacco cess MARDAN, July 12: The Tobacco Dealers Association, NWFP, has announced a drive against the levy of tobacco cess by the provincial government....		Violence against women on the rise PESHAWAR, July 12: Domestic violence against women is on the rise in the NWFP as several women admitted to local hospitals for treatment happen to be the victims of their in-laws’ inhuman behaviour, a survey...
Transformer’s installation LANDI KOTAL, July 12: Bara subdivision of Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) in Khyber Agency has begun work on the installation of an additional 20/26mva transformer to overcome problems caused by low voltage in...		PM promises privileges to overseas Pakistanis ISLAMABAD, July 12: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said that special concessions and privileges will be granted to overseas Pakistanis, who can substantially invest in Pakistan....
NWFP govt partners discuss strategy ISLAMABAD, July 12: The top leaders of the JUI-F and the Jamaat-i-Islami — the two key component parties in the MMA which rules the NWFP — held an in-house consultative meeting...		Newsman harassed, deprived of cellphone KARACHI, July 12: A Dawn staffer was deprived of his cellular phone and cash late Saturday night by unidentified motorcyclists near the Schon Crossing in Clifton....
Council for enforcement of Shariat established QUETTA, July 12: Balochistan government has established a council for the enforcement of Shariat under the patronage of the chief minister to propose amendments in the provincial, local and special laws...		Medium flood in Indus expected SUKKUR July 12: There will be a medium flood in the River Indus in the next 72 hours if the water level continued to increase at the the present pace....
Saarc nations cannot set preconditions, says Kasuri ISLAMABAD, July 12: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri has said that no country, including India and Pakistan, is authorized to set preconditions for holding the Saarc meeting....		Canal to irrigate 700,000 acres, governor told QUETTA, July 12: Over 700,000 acres would be irrigated in Balochistan with the completion of the Kachhi Canal project at a cost of Rs32 billion, Governor Abdul Quadir said during a...
Indian singer offers help to ailing Pakistani baby NEW DELHI, July 12: A young Indian singer offered help on Saturday to raise funds for a two-year-old Pakistani girl with a hole in her heart who arrived here for treatment...		Rockets fired at FC post QUETTA, July 12: Unknown persons fired five rockets at a Frontier Corps checkpoint in Kohlu on Saturday. The rockets exploded near the checkpoint in the morning. No loss was reported....
Ord criticized ISLAMABAD July 12: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal Vice-President Qazi Hussain Ahmed has said that it was for the judiciary to prove itself worthy of respect and it could not be established by ordinances....		Campaign launched to improve standard of education HYDERABAD, July 12: In order to bring reforms in the educational sector, a campaign for improving the standard of education and literacy rate has been launched by the district government, Hyderabad,...
Outlaw killed in ‘encounter’ HYDERABAD, July 12: An outlaw was killed in an encounter with personnel of the Crime Investigation Cell and the Anti-Dacoity and Robbery Cell in the jurisdiction of the Cantonment police station...		Anti-flood measures reviewed JACOBABAD, July 12: A meeting here on Friday reviewed the contingency plans in the wake of flood at the Guddu Barrage....
Karachi blast aimed at destabilizing govt: adviser THATTA, July 12: The Karachi blast is part of a wider conspiracy aimed at destabilizing the government and the building in which the explosion occurred belongs to Dawood Ibrahim, said the...		Sanitary conditions worsen LARKANA, July 12: The caving in of the main line of the sewerage system at two places on Bakrani Road has further aggravated the sanitary conditions in Larkana, where a PPP-backed...
49 arrested in anti-bandit operation SUKKUR, July 12: As many as 49 suspects have been picked up for interrogation in the ongoing operation against outlaws in RD-109 area on the Sindh-Balochistan border....		Crops flooded in Indus catchment KHAIRPUR, July 12: The cotton and banana crops sown on the bed and catchment areas of the Indus river had been submerged by flood water....
Water shortage adds to people’s woes MIANWALI, July 12: The scorching heat along with the absence of drinking water due to the closure of water supply schemes has created havoc in this district, and helpless people of...		PMA demands action against NGO men GUJRANWALA, July 12: The Pakistan Medical Association and the DHQ Hospital’s paramedical staff have asked the police and district administration to take action against NGO members within a week otherwise they...
Bashir not wanted by US: FIA LAHORE, July 12: The Federal Investigation Agency has no plan to extradite Malik Bashir, allegedly involved in human trafficking, to the US....		Child’s body found OKARA, July 12: An eight-year-old boy, who went missing from his house a few days ago, was found strangled here on Saturday....
Three-day mango show opens in RYK RAHIM YAR KHAN, July 12: State Minister for Trade and Commerce and Export Promotion Bureau chairman Tariq Ikram inaugurated a three-day district mango show here on Saturday....		Senator’s car retrieved GUJRANWALA, July 12: Wazirabad police claimed on Saturday to have retrieved a Senator’s car, which was driven away by four highwaymen on the GT Road a week ago....
Traders blame SHO for brawl FAISALABAD, July 12: Satiana Road Rex Market traders who gave an “eye-witness” account of a brawl between an ASP and the People’s Colony SHO, held the latter guilty....		EPA seeks cancellation of power plants licences MULTAN, July 12: The local office of the Environment Protection Department has recommended cancellation of licences of two power plants working in the Khanewal district for not doing the required afforestation....
Two indicted in church attack case GUJRANWALA, July 12: An anti-terrorism court chargesheeted two men for attacking a church in Chianwali, Sialkot, and issued notices to the prosecution and witnesses here on Saturday....		Waris Shah’s Urs begins from 23rd SHEIKHUPURA, July 12: The 205th annual Urs of Pir Waris Shah, the creator of Heer, will begin here from July 23....