July 24, 2003	Thursday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 23, 1424

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RCB petition against LHC judgment dismissed RAWALPINDI, July 23: The Lahore High Court division bench, Rawalpindi, on Wednesday dismissed an application of the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) seeking suspension of the LHC single bench full order....		PPP reiterates stand on LFO ISLAMABAD, July 23: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has reiterated its position on constitutional issues and declared that no constitutional amendments in the form of Legal Framework Order (LFO) would be...
CDA launches monsoon tree plantation drive ISLAMABAD, July 23: Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) Abdur Rauf Chaudhry formally launched the monsoon tree plantation campaign by planting a sapling in F-9 Park here on Wednesday morning....		Robbers loot cash, valuables RAWALPINDI, July 23: Four robbers looted cash and jewellry from a house in Westridge and escaped, police said on Wednesday....
PPP calls for LG polls in Capital ISLAMABAD, July 23: People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) MNA, Syed Nayyar Bokhari, lashed out at the Capital Development Authority (CDA) for its “inefficiency” and “poor performance” and demanded local government elections in...		Licences issued to 13 new TV channels ISLAMABAD, July 23: Minister for Information Shaikh Rashid Ahmad has said the AJK channel will start working from February 5 next year....
Canadian help sought in water management ISLAMABAD, July 23: Pakistan will benefit from the Canadian experience in managing water resources, Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs, Northern Areas and Water and Power Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao said while...		IPU trying to lessen conflicts: Anders ISLAMABAD, July 23: The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) is trying to minimize international conflicts and maximize cooperation and interaction between the nations by bringing closer their parliaments....
Probe against 5 policemen in rape case ordered RAWALPINDI, July 23: An additional sessions judge here on Wednesday directed district police officer Syed Murawat Ali Shah to conduct an inquiry against five policemen for allegedly abducting and gang-rapping a...		75 Pakistanis deportees from US due today RAWALPINDI, July 23: A group of 75 Pakistanis deported from the United States will arrive here on Thursday afternoon on a chartered flight, immigration sources told Dawn....
75 Pakistanis deported from US WASHINGTON, July 23: A special US flight will reach Islamabad on Thursday evening with 75 Pakistani nationals deported from the United States....		Police to lose role in forensic investigation ISLAMABAD, July 23: The government has decided to introduce a bill in the parliament for withdrawing five major functions from the police, including DNA test, and placing them under the National...
‘Working conditions affect children’ ISLAMABAD, July 23: Adverse environmental conditions at the workplace put negative effects on the health of working children, a report published by the Society for Protection of the Rights of the...		1,236 Indians in Pakistan jails: Delhi NEW DELHI, July 23: India said on Wednesday there were 1,236 Indians in Pakistani jails and it was working for their release....
Attacker identified QUETTA, July 23: The third alleged terrorist who was killed during the attack on a mosque on July 4, which claimed over 50 lives, has been identified, the inspector-general of police,...		Witnesses depose before tribunals QUETTA, July 23: Witnesses, including two religious scholars, on Wednesday made their depositions before the tribunals probing the Quetta killings....
Present setup bound to fail, says PPP ISLAMABAD, July 23: Pakistan People’s Party Secretary-General Jahangir Badar said on Wednesday that the country could not be run under the present “so called” democratic system for long....		‘Bus baby’ reunites with parents BANGALORE, July 23: A Pakistani girl who underwent successful heart surgery in an Indian hospital and emerged as an icon of South Asian peace hopes was reunited with her parents on...
Gulf war victims asked to file claims ISLAMABAD, July 23: Federal minister for overseas Pakistanis Abdul Sattar Laleka on Tuesday asked nearly 50,000 victims of the 1990 Gulf War, who had earlier failed to file their claims, to...		Protesters block KKH GILGIT, July 23: Hundreds of protesters blocked the Karakoram Highway for about four hours on Wednesday against frequent power breakdowns and loadshedding in Danyore, disrupting traffic between Hunza, Nagar and here....
Seven more villages flooded SUKKUR, July 23: Hundreds of villagers, including women and children, who were stranded in the flash flood from upper Balochistan on Tuesday, were rescued on Wednesday. However, sources in Naseerabad said...		People asked to shift to safer places BADIN, July 23: The district coordination officer has advised the residents of coastal villages to shift to safer places in order to avoid possible floods....
Setting up of police station in school building slated THATTA, July 23: The representatives of cross section of society have criticised the establishment of the Mirpur Bathoro police station in a school building....		PM orders inquiry into Moro rape case KARACHI, July 23: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has taken immediate action into the Moro rape case by ordering an inquiry against the Moro police officials involved in the case....
Sukkur BISE announces results SUKKUR, July 23: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Sukkur, on Tuesday announced the results of intermediate pre-medical and pre-engineering group annual examinations 2003....		Arrest of ‘killer’cops demanded DADU, July 23: Residents of the Khairpur Nathan Shah town took to the streets on Wednesday to protest against the delay in the arrest of police officials allegedly involved in the...
Waterway breached SANGHAR, July 23: A 30-foot wide breach occurred in the Shahpur Chakar Minor between RD-40 and 41 near the Tawakalpur village on Wednesday....		Grid station gutted SUKKUR, July 23: The Kashmore grid station was reduced to ashes by a fire on Tuesday night, plunging the town and its adjoining areas into darkness....
Power crisis worsens in Larkana dist LARKANA, July 23: The power crisis, which started on Monday night, has worsened as two sources of power supply to the district from Dadu and Guddu have not been restored as...		German entity seeks to pull out of Bank of Khyber PESHAWAR, July 23: The German development financing institution, DEG, holding a 13-per cent equity share in the provincial public sector Bank of Khyber, wants to dispose of its stake due to...
Trade with Afghanistan will improve, says Durrani PESHAWAR, July 23: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said the provincial government has proposed to the federal government that a consortium of investors from Pakistan and Afghanistan should be formed to boost...		NWFP to take up wheat ban issue with Centre PESHAWAR, July 23: The NWFP government will take up the issue of ban imposed by the Punjab government on the inter-provincial movement of wheat with the federal government....
Class IV employees to launch campaign PESHAWAR, July 23: All Class-IV  Government  Employees Association, NWFP, has decided to launch a province-wide protest campaign in support of their demands from July 26....		No-trust move against Hangu Nazim defeated HANGU, July 23: The no-confidence motion tabled during the budget session on Tuesday against the district Nazim failed on Wednesday as only four of the 17 members turned up for the...
Kohat police awarded Rs100,000 KOHAT, July 23: Kohat District Nazim Malik Asad has announced a grant of Rs100,000 for Rescue-15 police and approved the construction of two additional rooms for the crisis management unit at...		Chitral Scouts centenary celebrations CHITRAL, July 23: The centenary celebrations of Chitral Scouts, a component of the Frontier Corps, started here on Wednesday, which will continue for a week....
Women’s suicide cases on the rise GILGIT, July 23: People in the Bilhunz village in the Ghizer district last week fished out the body from the Ishkomen River of a 45-year-old woman, who had gone missing four...		PPP may launch train march LAHORE, July 23: The Punjab PPP executive at a meeting here on Wednesday discussed the possibility of launching a train march to celebrate the independence of the country, establish direct contact...
APC for ‘supremacy’ of statute book LAHORE, July 23: The all-party conference to be organized by the PML-N on Saturday would be a step towards supremacy of the Constitution, according to the party’s provincial secretary-general....		Labour Party to protest ‘kidnap’ of tenants LAHORE, July 23: The Labour Party will hold a protest rally in the city on Friday against kidnappings for ransom being carried out allegedly by the Rangers on Okara military farms....
CDG asked to explain encroachments LAHORE, July 23: The Lahore High Court directed the City District Government (CDG) on Wednesday to explain the allotment of state land around the walled city to shopkeepers....		Major reshuffle in police LAHORE, July 23: The inspector-general of Punjab police on Wednesday made changes in the provincial set up as a first phase of a major reshuffle....
JUP criticizes JUI-F chief LAHORE, July 23: The JUP (Nifaz-i-Shariat) has criticized JUI-F president Maulana Fazlur Rahman for ‘violating’ teachings of the Quran and Sunnat by suggesting a round-table conference for unification of India and...		Nasrullah accuses West of duplicity LAHORE, July 23: The west was following double standards by waging a war on Iraq for introducing democracy on the one hand and supporting an army dictator in Pakistan on the...
Details of Rs500bn written-off loans sought LAHORE, July 23: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday sought from the State Bank list of the people who got Rs0.5 trillion loans written off during 1992 to 2002....		Ravi in low flood LAHORE, July 23: The Indus and the Chenab are in low flood while the rising water level in the Ravi at Balloki may touch the mark of medium flood in the...
Murder accused shot at in courtroom LAHORE, July 23: A man accused of murder was injured when one of his rivals opened fire in the courtroom of an additional sessions judge here on Wednesday....		Police blamed for security lapse: Shootout in court premises JHANG, July 23: Local district and sessions judge Ikramul Haque Chaudhry has held Jhang police responsible for the security lapse which resulted in the shootout and murder of three people inside...
Case against policemen registered KASUR, July 23: On the order of District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Ahsan Ahmad, a case has been registered against four police officials including an ASI on charges of torturing two...		Secretary revokes Burewala Nazim’s powers VEHARI, July 23: The Punjab local government secretary on Wednesday directed the Burewala tehsil Nazim not to exercise his financial and administrative powers after the approval of no-confidence motion against him...