July 23, 2003	Wednesday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 22, 1424

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Dist admin asked to provide flood protection RAWALPINDI, July 22: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) MNA from Rawalpindi Mohammad Hanif Abbassi on Monday warned that traders and people would gherao (surround) the offices of the district and Tehsil Nazims if...		Govt schools to start nursery classes soon ISLAMABAD, July 22: The ministry of education is contemplaing to start nursery classes in government schools to reduce burden on private institutions, a source in the ministry told Dawn on Tuesday....
Rs248.9m fraud detected in Survey of Pakistan ISLAMABAD, July 22: An embezzlement of Rs248.913 million has been unearthed in the accounts of Survey of Pakistan. The Auditor General of Pakistan in its report has highlighted the irregularities involving...		Scheme for hiring foreign teachers approved ISLAMABAD, July 22: The government’s Central Development Working Party has approved a scheme “Foreign faculty hiring programme” that was put forward by the Higher Education Commission....
Pakistani art to go on display in Seoul next month ISLAMABAD, July 22: For the first time, art-lovers in the beautiful South Korean capital city of Seoul would be treated to a bonanza of Pakistani line and colour when an exhibition...		Regularization of 300 NBP employees ordered ISLAMABAD, July 22: The Federal Service Tribunal (FST) has ordered regularization of 300 employees of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) working in different branches in the country on daily wages...
Two killed in separate incidents RAWALPINDI, July 22: Two persons, including a teenaged boy, were killed in separate incidents in Rawalpindi on Tuesday....		Chinese trade delegation due today ISLAMABAD, July 22 : A nine-member delegation of Chinese businessmen led by president of the Daqing Commission is due to arrive here on Wednesday....
Three-day anti-polio drive starts ISLAMABAD, July 22: A three-day special anti-polio campaign started here on Tuesday during which anti-polio drops would be administered to millions of children across the country....		Motivation termed key to boost output ISLAMABAD, July 22: An organization is doomed to disaster if it fails to respond to the changing global requirements....
Constituting community boards urged RAWALPINDI, July 22: District Nazim Raja Tariq Kiani on Tuesday asked the Tehsil Nazims to motivate people to form Citizen Community Boards (CCBs) so that the funds allocated for the purpose...		IPU to help promote democracy: Anders ISLAMABAD, July 22: The Inter-Parliamentary Union is ready to extend its full cooperation and assistance for promoting and strengthening democratic system in Pakistan, said the IPU secretary-general, Anders B. Johnson, while...
ANP to attend APC, says Hashmi ISLAMABAD, July 22: The Awami National Party has decided to attend the all-parties conference convened by the Pakistan Muslim League-N here on July 26, announced PML-N’s acting chief Makhdoom Javed Hashmi...		Govt sincere in peace efforts: minister MUZAFFARABAD, July 22: Pakistan supports the ongoing peace process between Islamabad and New Delhi and sincerely intends to hold dialogue for resolution of disputes with the hope it will be successful,...
Lawyers to hold anti-LFO convention QUETTA, July 22: Lawyers associations decided on Tuesday to hold a convention here on July 26 against the Legal Framework Order and said no amendment to the Constitution would be accepted...		PIA passengers stuck in plane for half-an-hour RAWALPINDI, July 22: A PIA Boeing 737 developed some “technical fault” after landing at Islamabad airport on Tuesday night due to which 125 passengers remained stuck in the plane for some...
FC vacates youth hostel QUETTA, July 22: The Frontier Corps has vacated two rooms of the youth hostel here and shifted to the football stadium and other places provided by the provincial government....		Musharraf gifts horses to Putin ISLAMABAD, July 22: A gift of thoroughbred horses from President Gen Pervez Musharraf for President Vladimir Putin was handed over to Russian officials on Tuesday....
Govt seeks to resolve dispute with Italian firm ISLAMABAD, July 22: The government on Tuesday decided to seek resolution of a $450 million dispute with an Italian firm through Dispute Resolution Board (DRB) as envisaged in the contract clauses...		PML-Q moots have no set agenda ISLAMABAD, July 22: There is no set agenda for either the ruling PML-Q’s parliamentary party meeting scheduled for Wednesday or for the party’s central working committee to be held on Thursday....
US base planned at Jewani, claims Bugti DERA BUGTI, July 22: Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti has claimed that the government plans to construct a naval and air base at Jewani for American Central Command...		42 held for entering Iran CHAGAI, July 22: The Taftan levies arrested 42 people for entering Iranian territory illegally on Tuesday....
Man kills parents QUETTA, July 22: A man killed his father, stepmother and a servant and injured his sister in the Village colony on Sariab Road on Tuesday and fled....		40 rockets seized QUETTA, July 22: The Zhob Militia, a paramilitary wing of the Frontier Corps, on Tuesday conducted a raid and seized 40 rockets, high-explosive material, two shot-guns and thousands of rounds of...
Gandhara’s 688 relics found in godown PESHAWAR, July 22: The management of the Peshawar museum has detected some 688 relics of Gandhara period in the godown of the museum, which remained unregistered since the British period, officials...		Patients suffer due to lack of equipment PESHAWAR, July 22: The non-availability of echocardiograhy machine at the city’s 1200-bed Khyber Teaching Hospital, has been the cause of problem for the patients suffering from cardiac ailments....
Rs16m Chota Lahor budget presented SWABI, July 22: Chota Lahor Tehsil Nazim Haji Mohammad Amin presented Rs16.158 million budget for 2003-04 on Tuesday without any new tax....		Bride injures groom on wedding night HARIPUR, July 22: A newly-wed young bride on Sunday night slit the throat of her bridegroom the very first night of their wedding over an unknown dispute in a north eastern...
40 tribesmen held for harbouring criminals KOHAT, July 22: The authorities, in an operation launched in Orakzai Agency, arrested more than 40 tribesmen besides blowing up several houses and shops of harbourers of criminals after the elders...		Team to discuss bank’s affairs in Germany PESHAWAR, July 22: A five-member NWFP government team led by Senior Minister Sirajul Haq is due to leave for Germany on Wednesday to discuss the Bank of Khyber’s affairs with a...
Govt asked to consult OIC on Israel’s recognition MARDAN, July 22: PML (Zia group) president Ijazul Haq on Tuesday said his party was not in favour of the recognition of Israel till the resolution of Palestine and Kashmir problems....		MMA will enforce Shariat,says Sami MANSEHRA, July 22: MMA Naib Amir Maulana Samiul Haq has said that the JUI would continue its struggle for the enforcement of Shariat in the country which is the basis of...
Govt flayed for failing to resolve problems PESHAWAR, July 22: Public representatives came under criticism from the speakers who termed their failure with regard to the solution of their basic problems....		Doctors give strike call MARDAN, July 22: Doctors and paramedics of Mardan have given a 72-hour deadline to the government for the recovery of their kidnapped colleague, Dr Masoodul Haq, failing which they start a...
Braving uncertainties of wild tribal regions CHITRAL, July 22: When the sun set on the British Indian Empire in 1947, one Englishman never left....		Two killed, 50 injured in flash flood in Balochistan SUKKUR, July 22: Two people were killed and more than 50 others injured when a flash flood entered the Head Bagh area of Balochistan in Jafferabad district, some 150 kms away...
Manchhar Lake on its last legs ISLAMABAD, July 22: It is a major source of water in an arid region but Pakistan’s largest freshwater lake in the Sindh province faces an ecological disaster which is endangering the...		Storm, rain hit Larkana, Nawabshah LARKANA, July 22: A strong dust storm hit Larkana on Monday night, uprooting trees and causing suspension of power supply to the district....
Canal breach floods crops NAWABSHAH, July 22: A 80-foot-wide breach occurred between RD-42 and 43 on the right bank of Gujrawah near Busheri 8km off here on Tuesday....		Dadu-Moro bridge bank damaged DADU, July 22: The right guide bank along the Dadu-Moro bridge has been partially damaged as the flow of the Indus River continued to put pressure on the bank of the...
Ban on kites saving Wapda Rs3m every Sunday LAHORE, July 22: The City District Government defended the ban on kite-flying in the Lahore High Court on Tuesday, saying that it had saved Wapda losses to the tune of Rs3...		Malaysia to open consulate in Karachi LAHORE, July 22: The Malaysian government will open its consulate general, immigration centre and tourism offices in Karachi next month, according to Malaysian culture, arts and tourism...
SSP petition against ban fixed for Sept 9 LAHORE, July 22: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday fixed the petition of Maulana Azam Tariq, the president of banned religious outfit Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan, against ban on his party for September...		Punjabi moots in Europe LAHORE, July 22: The World Punjabi Congress will organize four one-day international conferences at Paris, Vienna, Copenhagen and London followed by a grand five-day conference at Lahore in 2005....
Indus, Ravi, Chenab in low flood LAHORE, July 22: Indus is in low flood at Tarberla, Kalabagh, Chashma, Taunsa, Guddu and Sukkur with thunderstorm/rain forecast at its upper and lower catchment areas for next 24 hours which...		Proposal to counter human trafficking LAHORE, July 22: The Federal Investigation Agency has sent a draft proposal to the interior ministry for the establishment of a passport circle office in Mandi Bahauddin to break the network...
WB asks irrigation dept to set deadline: Power transfer to farmers LAHORE, July 22: The World Bank has asked the Punjab Irrigation department to set a deadline for complete transfer of power to farmers for the management and maintenance of water courses...		88pc ignore Nazim’s offer to clear Wasa dues LAHORE, July 22: Over 88 per cent defaulters of the Water and Sanitation Agency of the Lahore Development Authority have ignored District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood’s offer to pay 70 per...
Consolidation delay: Rokhri seeks laws allowing action LAHORE, July 22: Punjab Revenue and Consolidation Minister Gul Hameed Rokhri has called for framing of laws allowing action against the officials, who delay consolidation work....		FIA employees unwilling to join NAB LAHORE, July 22: The proposed merger of Federal Investigation Agency’s crime and economic crime wings with the National Accountability Bureau hangs in the balance, as FIA employees do not want to...