July 21, 2003	Monday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 20, 1424

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100,000 jobs to be created in Punjab, says Pervaiz ISLAMABAD, July 20: Punjab Chief Minister Ch Pervaiz Elahi on Sunday said the provincial government would provide 100,000 jobs to the people in next two years....		Pakistani seeks $10m from US for detention ISLAMABAD, July 20: Mohammad Sagheer, a Pakistani who has sent a legal notice to the US government seeking $10.4 million in compensation for his 10-month detention in Guantanamo Bay, on Sunday...
15pc raise for all govt employees sought: House rent ceiling ISLAMABAD, July 20: The ministry of housing and works has demanded of the finance ministry to allow 15 per cent increase in hiring of private houses for all government employees, a...		MMA legislator for funds release RAWALPINDI, July 20: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal MNA, Mohammad Hanif Abbasi, has urged the government to release all the funds announced during the election campaign in NA-56 constituency....
Beautification plan for Rawalpindi chalked out RAWALPINDI, July 20: The tehsil municipal administration has chalked out a comprehensive plan for beautification of the city, including its rural areas, official sources told Dawn....		Work underway on only 4 housing societies in Capital ISLAMABAD, July 20: Out of 30 registered housing societies in the federal capital, work is being carried out on only four due to the faulty policies of the organizations concerned and...
Petroleum engineering curriculum finalized ISLAMABAD, July 20: The final meeting of the National Curriculum Revision Committee (NCRC) of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of the discipline of petroleum engineering has concluded at HEC Regional Office,...		‘Deregulation of PTCL to enhance investment’ ISLAMABAD, July 20: Federal Minister for Information Technology Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on Sunday described as unfounded the apprehensions and misgivings about the telecom de- regulation policy....
Two killed RAWALPINDI, July 20: A 20-year-old girl was strangulated by her brother in Sadiqabad, while a teenage boy was killed in a roof collapse in Dhoke Munshi on Sunday, police said....		‘UNDP report exposes tall claims of govt’ ISLAMABAD, July 20: The PML-N has criticized the government’s policies and said the report prepared by the UNDP has exposed the tall claims of the government regarding economy....
Rs9.2m recovered as traffic rules fine RAWALPINDI, July 20: Islamabad police have fined 50,204 people for violating traffic rules and recovered Rs9,244,200 as fine in the last six months, a spokesman for the police said on Sunday....		Food security in N. Areas demanded ISLAMABAD, July 20: The Pakistani government should renegotiate the Agreement on Trade and TRIPS with the World Trade Organization (WTO) to ensure food security, livelihood security and equitable development in the...
Benazir, Arafat discuss ME ISLAMABAD, July 20: Palestinian President Yasser Arafat talked to former prime minister Benazir Bhutto by telephone. During the conversation they discussed the Middle East situation....		Jirga of Balochistan tribal elders convened on 23rd QUETTA, July 20: Chief minister Balochistan Jam Mohammad Yousuf has convened a Jirga of various tribal elders of Baloch, Pakhtun and Hazara tribes here on Wednesday to evolve a strategy to...
Interested parties blamed for attack GILGIT, July 20: The Northern Areas Administration and Northern Areas Development Project (NADP) officials have stated that the attack on the Northern Areas Development Project (NADP) offices by two unidentified persons...		Special seed packets ISLAMABAD July 20: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has ordered ministry of finance to release Rs4 million for providing special seed packets to the farmers in Balochistan for the coming...
President arrives home LAHORE, July 20: President Gen Pervez Musharraf arrived here on Sunday morning after a successful week-long visit to three Maghreb states....		‘Pakistan not pushing for road link with Tajikistan’ GILGIT, July 20: The government of Pakistan is not pushing for a road link with Tajikistan as there are hurdles in the project....
Bus baby may leave hospital in a week BANGALORE, July 20: A two-year-old Pakistani girl may be discharged within a week from an Indian hospital following complex heart surgery, a doctor said on Sunday....		Doctor kidnapped in Khyber Agency LANDI KOTAL, July 20: Unidentified men on Sunday kidnapped a doctor at gunpoint near Bara in the Khyber Agency....
Bajaur border sealed BAJAUR, July 20: The Bajaur political administration and the Bajaur Scouts on Sunday sealed the Pakistan-Afghanistan border barring all movement across it after the occurrence of recent clashes between Pakistani and...		Canal breach floods Thul town JACOBABAD/SUKKUR, July 20: The Thul town with its several government buildings was inundated after a 100-foot-wide breach developed in the Ali Mir Wah near Moosa Allahabad village on Saturday....
Nain Gaj water flow destroys villages DADU, July 20: The Qabil Khan Rodhnani, Rasool Bux Vighio, Hussain Bux Vighio, Koro Vighio, Kaloo Rodhnani, Gul Mohammad Khan Rodhnani and Fatoo Brohi villages were flooded with the water of...		DHQ hospital GILGIT, July 20: The district headquarters hospital here acts as a referral hospital for Gilgit, Ghizer and Diamer districts....
Kutcha area submerged after 7 years SUKKUR, July 20: Seventy five per cent of Kutcha area of the Guddu and Sukkur barrages was inundated after seven years of dry spell as 264,364 cusecs of water were passing...		Convener told to take up no-trust motion SWABI, July 20: Provincial secretary of local government Baz Mohammad Khan has faxed a letter to the district coordination officer and tehsil Swabi naib Nazim, directing the latter to convene a...
Indus changes course DADU, July 20: The River Indus changed its direction near here on Sunday as a result of which 350 feet of the J-spur, near the Dadu-Moro bridge, was washed away....		‘Rs75m allocated for uplift’ DERA ISMAIL KHAN, July 20: Tehsil Nazim Fatehullah Khan Miankhel has said that no new taxes had been imposed in the Rs 150.78 million tehsil budget for 2003-04....
Fort Munro to be developed on pattern of Murree MULTAN, July 20: Fort Munro, the only hill station in south Punjab, will be developed on the pattern of Murree to attract domestic and foreign tourists....		Tableeghi deprives fellow activists of Rs35m SAHIWAL, July 20: A member of tableeghi jamaat has reportedly deprived his companions, including doctors, engineers, bankers, traders and government officers, of at least Rs35 million....
Dacoity case against four policemen, five others BAHAWALPUR, July 20: Nine criminals, including four policemen, were booked by Saddar police in a dacoity case on the orders of a local court on Sunday....		IT graduate crosses border to wed cousin SIALKOT, July 20: Taking the Dosti Bus from New Delhi, an Indian IT graduate has reached Daska via Lahore to marry her cousin, a local trader....
Playing ‘confidence trick’ on cotton growers MULTAN, July 20: Latest reports and data about the ‘attack’ of pests in cotton fields show that the extensive ‘awareness’ campaign of the provincial agriculture department launched against the ‘infestation’ of...		Travel Agencies Act to be amended FAISALABAD, July 20: The government intends to bring changes in the Travel Agencies Act to ensure quality services for the pilgrims and tourists....
Exporters welcome trade policy SIALKOT, July 20: The Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) and other local trade bodies term the new trade policy ‘business friendly’....		Five killed as wagons collide SIALKOT, July 20: Five people were killed and around 22 others sustained serious injuries on Sunday in an accident on Sialkot-Daska Road near Raajokey village, Daska tehsil....
LFO makes MPs’ status doubtful: Nawabzada LAHORE, July 20: ARD President Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan says Gen Musharraf should take back the Legal Framework Order in the same “unconstitutional manner” in which he had promulgated it in the...		Cop killed, PO hurt in shootout LAHORE, July 20: A police constable was killed and an alleged proclaimed offender suffered injuries in an “encounter” at Mahmoodbooti in Baghbanpura on Sunday....
Badshahi Mosque floor deteriorating fast LAHORE, July 20: The floor of historic Badshahi Mosque has been deteriorating for the last couple of years and is in need of repair....		Plan to take Mangla lake level to 1,206 feet LAHORE, July 20: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) plans to take Mangla lake level to 1,206 feet....