July 19, 2003	Saturday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 18, 1424

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‘Private sector’s role vital for provision of health care’ ISLAMABAD, July 18: An average Pakistani spends an equivalent of $17 (Rs986) per head annually on health care, out of which 77 per cent ($13 or Rs754) goes to the private...		Only 3 private varsities in twin cities can award degrees ISLAMABAD, July 18: Only three Rawalpindi-Islamabad based private sector universities have the degree-awarding status, an official source in Higher Education Commission (HEC) told Dawn....
Water level at Khanpur Dam rises TAXILA, July 18: Water level at Khanpur Dam has risen after the recent monsoon rains in the catchment area....		Need for checking eye ailments in country stressed RAWALPINDI, July 18: The Baluchistan governor, Lt-Gen Abdul Qadir Baloch (retired), on Friday emphasized the need for checking widespread eye ailments in the country since one out of every 10 persons...
Three booked, 7,500 liquor bottles seized ISLAMABAD, July 18: The Secretariat police arrested three persons and seized 7,500 liquor bottles from their possession on Thursday night....		Task force on beautification to have change of status RAWALPINDI, July 18: The provincial task force on beautification of urban areas is either being made a full-fledged department or being converted into an authority to look after beautification projects, the...
Assembly secretaries meeting today ISLAMABAD, July 18: Heads of four provincial legislature secretariats arrived here on Friday to participate in secretaries’ conference of legislative houses, which is being held at the Parliament House on Saturday....		Mega housing scheme challenged MURREE, July 18: The Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench on Friday issued notices to the Punjab government, Privatization Commission, district government, Rawalpindi, Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA), Murree, a construction firm and...
Tributes paid to Dr Laeeq Babree ISLAMABAD, July 18: Friends and admirers remembered Pakistani scholar in French language, Punjabi poet, and a link between Urdu and French literature through his translations of Iqbal, Ghalib and Faiz, Dr...		WFP conducts analysis of food situation in Pakistan ISLAMABAD, July 18: The World Food Programme (WFP) and Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) are jointly carrying out an analysis of the food insecurity situation in Pakistan....
Surplus pool employees to be adjusted against vacant posts ISLAMABAD, July 18: The government has decided to absorb the employees currently in the surplus pool into different ministries and divisions and none of them will be sent home or retired...		Foreign-funded projects to be facilitated, says Soomro ISLAMABAD, July 18: Acting President Mohammadmian Soomro on Friday said the government would ensure provision of all facilities for the smooth and successful implementation of foreign-funded projects in the country....
Controversial posters banned in Pindi Tehsil RAWALPINDI, July 18: The Tehsil Municipal Administration has banned wall-chalking or pasting of controversial posters in its jurisdiction....		ADB to give $1bn for promoting trade ISLAMABAD, July 18: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has indicated to make available roughly $1 billion for enhancing regional trade through the creation of road corridors between Pakistan, Iran and the...
Govt’s wrong policies termed cause of terror QUETTA, July 18: The government’s inappropriate steps were termed the root cause of the emergence of terrorism, sectarian strife, ethnic polarization, and disharmony amongst the provinces’ economic disparity at a “consultative...		Thailand extradites Pakistani trafficker SYDNEY, July 18: Thailand extradited a Pakistani national to Australia on Friday to face trial on charges of bringing nearly 400 illegal boat people to the country in 2001, officials said....
Pakistanis, Indians held in Sri Lanka COLOMBO, July 18: Sri Lankan police on Friday arrested 112 Indians and six Pakistanis who had arrived in the island to travel illegally to Europe, officials said....		NHA clarifies position on balance sheet ISLAMABAD, July 18: Apropos a news item headlined as “Minister says NHA maintains no balance sheet,” appeared on July 15 issue of Dawn, a spokesman for the NHA said that preparation...
Five held for issuing fake ID cards QUETTA, July 18: The FIA busted a gang of five persons including a manager of a local bank with bogus identity cards and passports here on Thursday....		Musharraf gets Moroccan civil award RABAT, July 18: President Gen Pervez Musharraf was conferred upon the highest civil award of Morocco “Wisam Al Mohammadi at the Royal Palace on Friday....
Shujaat coming on 23rd ISLAMABAD, July 18: PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain is coming on Wednesday next from London to start the new round of talks with the combined opposition....		Countrymen join strike VILNIUS, July 18: Some 40 illegal immigrants from Asia and the former Soviet Union have gone on hunger strike in a Lithuanian centre to protest the slow processing of their appeals...
Mass tourism poses threat to ecosystem GILGIT, July 18: Mass tourism without any proper system in place for the disposal of the debris created and left by tourists is posing a threat to the fragile ecosystem of...		‘No Al Qaeda presence in border areas’ MOHMAND AGENCY, July 18: The political authorities of Mohmand Agency have ruled out the presence of Al Qaeda suspects in border areas....
Haripur tehsil’s budget okayed HARIPUR, July 18: The tehsil council on Friday approved Rs74.769m surplus budget of the Haripur Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) for 2003-4....		Convener dodges no-trust movers SWABI, July 18: The convener of the Swabi tehsil council on Friday dodged members of the opposition, who sought to file a no-confidence motion against the tehsil Nazim Masood Jabar....
Power meters returned in protest CHARSADDA, July 18: The residents of Dalazak district have returned 145 electricity meters to Peshawar Electricity Supply Company (Pesco) on Friday to protest against excessive load shedding....		Death penalty awarded KOHAT, July 18: An additional district and sessions judge awarded death sentence to four persons, including two women, in a rape and murder case of a 14-year-old girl on Friday....
Small dams to benefit Hazara, says governor ABBOTABAD, July 18: Small dams at Harno and Rajoya will provide multiple benefits to the Hazara division, assisting the local tourism industry while the added water storage capacity will help the...		Patients suffer for want of medicines: Rs6.5m funds lapse GUJRANWALA, July 18: The District Headquarters Hospital is without essential medicines, as Rs6.5 million allocated for buying medicines lapsed on June 30, even though the purchase committee invited tenders for this...
Gojra UC Naib Nazim voted out TOBA TEK SINGH, July 18: A majority of councillors on Friday passed no-confidence motion against a Gojra union council Naib Nazim at a special meeting called by District Coordination Officer Karim...		Ahmadpur Sial tehsil status flayed JHANG, July 18: People from different walks of life criticized on Friday the decision to make Ahmadpur Sial town a tehsil on the pressure of a sitting MPA....
Three friends drown in Abbasia canal MULTAN, July 18: Three friends drowned while swimming in Abbasia Canal near Head Panjnad in Uch Sharif area of the Bahawalpur district on Friday....		Two of lady doctor’s ‘abductors’ arrested SHEIKHUPURA, July 18: Narang Mandi police claimed on Friday to have arrested two of the four people, who had abducted a lady doctor on Thursday....
Minority MPs protest against police inaction OKARA, July 18: Various Christian organizations from across the Punjab province and minority MPAs have expressed their dissatisfaction over the investigation into the murder case of Father George Ibrahim....		Minor ‘murderer’ bailed out SAHIWAL, July 18: An additional district and sessions judge granted bail to an alleged nine-year-old killer on Friday....
Widow’s grievance redressed LAHORE, July 18: The Punjab ombudsman has directed the Benevolent Fund Board to pay the financial assistance to a widow according to her husband’s pay scale....		DPO suspends SHO GUJRAT, July 18: The Civil Lines police station SHO was suspended from service by the DPO on Thursday on the charge of helping Gujranwala police in humiliating a union council Nazim...
Shah Nawaz remembered LAHORE, July 18: The PPP observed the death anniversary of Shah Nawaz Bhutto, the younger brother of Ms Benazir Bhutto, on Friday....		ATC declares Shahbaz PO LAHORE, July 18: An anti-terrorism court on Friday declared PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif and a former police official proclaimed offenders owing to their persistent absence from the proceedings of a case,...
Qazi calls for five-nation bloc to counter US LAHORE, July 18: Alleging that the United States poses a serious threat to Islamic countries and wants to take over their oil reserves, MMA vice-president Qazi Husain Ahmed proposed on Friday...		Cars taken away LAHORE, July 18: Gangsters drove away with two brand new Corolla 2Ds worth Rs 2.7million on Friday, raising fears that the model-specific carjackers have resumed their operation in the provincial metropolis....
Video libraries in universities recommended LAHORE, July 18: Higher Education Commission’s National Curriculum Revision Committee (NCRC) in petroleum engineering has recommended establishment of video libraries in all universities to illustrate engineering processes and techniques that are...		Rs2bn paid to acquire land for LDA Avenue LAHORE, July 18: The Lahore Development Authority has paid Rs2 billion to the Land Acquisition Collector for 18,000 kanals of land acquired for the Avenue Housing Scheme and compensation for the...
Three slain in different incidents LAHORE, July 18: Three people were killed in different parts of the city on Friday....		Road-user charges causing resentment LAHORE, July 18: The Road-user Charges are generating less revenue and causing more resentment against the City District Government because a majority of citizens terms the imposition of charges a case...