July 25, 2003	Friday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 24, 1424

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HEC to award 300 PhD scholarships ISLAMABAD, July 24: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has launched a scheme to award 300 scholarships to those working in public sector, research and development organizations, universities, colleges in the country...		Youth key to economic uplift, says Shaukat ISLAMABAD, July 24: Youth are the most important resource and represent Pakistan’s prospects for socio-economic development....
IPU offers technical assistance to Senate ISLAMABAD, July 24: The Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) has offered to extend technical assistance to the Senate after a proper need assessment from the secretariat....		Unprecedented security at PML-Q meeting ISLAMABAD July 24: The unprecedented security measures adopted for Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali during the two-day meeting of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) at its secretariat marred the impression...
Protection of women rights sought ISLAMABAD, July 24: The government should not only chalk out comprehensive policies for the protection of women rights but also ensure their implementation in letter and spirit....		Loi Bhir housing scheme termed anti-environment RAWALPINDI, July 24: Rawalpindi Development Authority’s proposed housing scheme for middle class and low income segments at Loi Bhir is in doldrums as the forest department has termed it an anti-environment...
HSSC part-II exam results on 28th ISLAMABAD, July 24: The Federal Board of Intermediate ansd Secondary Education (FBISE) will announce result of higher secondary school certificate (part-II) examination on July 28, says a press release of the...		City planners held responsible for Leh degradation ISLAMABAD, July 24: Planners of the capital city and the municipal authorities of both Rawalpindi and Islamabad are responsible for environmental degradation and floods in Nullah Leh....
Farmers hold protest demonstration against WTO ISLAMABAD, July 24: Hundreds of farmers from all over the country staged a protest demonstration here on Thursday to express their apprehensions on the World Trade Organization (WTO)’s agreement on agriculture....		PPP resents sacking of PIA stewards ISLAMABAD, July 24: The central secretary information of the PPP, Taj Haider, has expressed concern over the sacking of flight stewards in the PIA and the move to recruit new ones...
Minister calls for promoting tourism ISLAMABAD, July 24: Minister for Tourism, Culture and Youth Affairs Rais Munir Ahmad has said facilities will be provided to the private sector to promote tourism in the country....		Afghan team returns ISLAMABAD, July 24: The Afghan delegation headed by Interior Minister Ahmed Ali Jalali returned to Afghanistan after completing its two-day visit to Pakistan on Thursday....
‘Britain can facilitate peace process’ MUZAFFARABAD, July 24: A two-member delegation of British diplomats met Kashmiri politicians here on Thursday....		Help against human smuggling offered ISLAMABAD, July 24: Australia has assured Pakistan of cooperation in controlling human smuggling and facilitating immigration through legal means....
Accord covers downstream Kotri: official KARACHI, July 24: A spokesman for the Sindh Irrigation and Power Department has said that the statement made by the Punjab secretary, Irrigation and Power, regarding downstream Kotri flows appeared in...		Rain lashes N. Areas GILGIT, July 24: Heavy rain on Thursday lashed Gilgit and parts of the Northern Areas for an hour....
ARD to finalize strategy today ISLAMABAD, July 24: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) will chalk out its strategy for talks with the government on the controversial Legal Framework Order (LFO) in a meeting of...		34 Afghans arrested QUETTA, July 24: The law enforcement agencies on Thursday arrested 34 Afghan nationals for entering Pakistan illegally....
President, PM briefed RAWALPINDI, July 24: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali attended a briefing here on Thursday on the prevailing regional and international situation....		Joint Kashmir parliament proposed WASHINGTON, July 24: Azad Kashmir and occupied Kashmir should elect a joint assembly on the pattern of the European Parliament while maintaining their own separate status, says Dr Subramniam Swamy, an...
JUI-F blames US for terrorist attacks QUETTA, July 24: Leaders of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl), Balochistan, on Thursday alleged that the United States was behind the terrorist attacks in the province and they were carried out to...		Villagers protest police failure to check crime KHAIRPUR, July 24: A large number of villagers of Bozdar Wada held a protest demonstration for the second consecutive day on Wednesday against the police for not controlling lawlessness in the...
Inquiry ordered into grid station fire LARKANA, July 24: The chairman of the Water and Power Development Authority has ordered an inquiry into the fire incident at the Kashmor grid station....		Tharparkar receives more rain HYDERABAD, July 24: It rained throughout Tharparkar district on Thursday disrupting the civic life....
Judicious water distribution to be ensured: minister MIRPURKHAS, July 24: Sindh Food and Agriculture Minister Arif Mustafa Jatoi has said efforts are being made to ensure judicious distribution of water among growers....		Hospital without orthopaedic surgeon NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, July 24: The district hospital, Naushahro Feroze, has been running without an orthopaedic surgeon for more than two months....
Hesco lineman accused of power theft MIRPURKHAS, July 24: Vice-president of Sindh Abadgar Board Haji Abdul Ghafoor Mahar, advocate, has accused Hesco Sindhri sub-division lineman Choudhry Nazim of corruption....		Smuggled goods seized SUKKUR, July 24: Customs Intelligence, Sukkur, seized a huge quantity of generators and other smuggled goods from the bus terminal on Thursday and arrested three persons — Asif, Arshad and Abdul...
20 villages flooded DADU, July 24: Twenty villages were flooded and 16 houses in kutcha area collapsed on Thursday as the water level at the Indus River continued to rise and put pressure on...		Heavy rain destroys crops SANGHAR, July 24: A dust storm, followed by heavy rain, lashed the district on Thursday....
Alan Faqir remembered HYDERABAD, July 24: The third death anniversary of Alan Faqir, an exponent of Sindhi folk music, was observed at the University of Sindh, Jamshoro, on Wednesday....		Unhygienic food sold outside hospitals PESHAWAR, July 24: Unhygienic food items and soft drinks are sold on footpaths across the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) and the Khyber Teaching  Hospital (KTH)....
Traffickers gang busted PESHAWAR, July 24: The local police on Wednesday busted a gang of traffickers in women, arrested its two members and recovered an abducted girl from their possession....		WFP to give oil for pregnant women PESHAWAR, July 24: The World Food Programme would provide 361 tons of vegetable oil to healthcare centres in the remote areas of the province to promote safe motherhood practices, a health...
Nazim, Naib to take oath tomorrow MANSEHRA, July 24: The newly-elected Mansehra district Nazim, Syed Ahmad Hussain Shah, and Naib Nazim Syed Abdulber Shah Sherazi will be administered oath by the District and Sessions Judge, Mohammad Jehangir...		Man shot dead DERA ISMAIL KHAN, July 24: A man identified as Ghulam Sarwar, son of Mohammad Ibrahim, was shot dead on Tuesday allegedly by his cousin Bashir Ahmad over an old enmity....
Girl killed, 4 injured in roof collapse LAHORE, July 24: A girl was killed and another four children of her family sustained injuries when the roof of their house collapsed in heavy rain here on Wednesday....		Rain again paralyzes Lahore LAHORE, July 24: Another heavy spell of monsoon rains in the provincial capital on Thursday submerged most localities, roads and streets in the city, causing a great deal of problems to...
Cell to monitor uplift projects LAHORE, July 24: The Punjab government on Thursday announced establishing a Provincial Monitoring Cell (PMC) at the Planning and Development Department to monitor execution of development projects in the province....		Ex-Passco secretary’s sentence commuted LAHORE, July 24: The Lahore High Court on Thursday commuted the 14-year rigorous imprisonment of former PASSCO secretary, Maj Nawaz Malik (retired), to five years....
MPs threaten action against dist govt LAHORE, July 24: Parliamentarians elected from the city in the October elections have threatened to launch a protest movement against the district government if it continues to ignore problems of Lahorites....		Notices issued to Shahbaz, co-accused LAHORE, July 24: PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif and former SHO Babar Ashraf Ansari, the two proclaimed offenders in a murder case, were issued notices on Thursday by an anti-terrorism court on...
Liaquat named Punjab JI amir LAHORE, July 24: In a bid to get a better result in the Punjab in next elections, the Jamaat-i-Islami has decided to appoint its most active central leader, after amir Qazi...		Three AMP officials acquitted LAHORE, July 24: An anti-terrorism court on Thursday acquitted three Anjuman Mazareen Punjab leaders, including its chairman, and 92 workers of the charge of storming the Renala Khurd police station along...
Indus, Ravi in low flood LAHORE, July 24: The Indus and the Ravi were in low flood on Thursday while other rivers of the country flowed at their normal level....		Crisis over top Wapda post ends LAHORE, July 24: The crisis over appointment of Wapda’s member for power is over after withdrawal of the nominee of the ministry of water and power....
Traders reject TMA’s parking plan FAISALABAD, July 24: Rejecting the parking plan prepared by the Tehsil Municipal Administration (city) for internal bazaars, local trade associations have threatened to come on to roads and observe a strike...		Strike against taxation policies continues FAISALABAD, July 24: Industrial workers, cotton yarn dealers and owners of sizing units staged a protest demonstration against taxation policies of the government here on Thursday....
Youth killed as rival groups trade fire SHEIKHUPURA, July 24: A youth was killed while three others sustained critical injuries when two rival groups exchanged fire near the railway crossing on Gujranwala Road here on Thursday evening....		Killers of armyman arrested GUJRANWALA, July 24: The district police claim to have arrested the killers of an army subedar and recovered illicit arms and looted goods from their possession....