July 28, 2003	Monday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 27, 1424

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Women urged to strive for higher positions ISLAMABAD, July 27: Women mayors and councillors have called for a multi-dimensional national plan of action to solve the problems being faced by women in the local governments through awareness raising,...		CDA releases dues to contractors: Under-investigation projects ISLAMABAD, July 27: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has given a new turn to an inquiry conducted into the alleged irregularities in Rs51 million projects, a source in the CDA told...
BD foreign secretary calls on FM ISLAMABAD, July 27: Bangladeshi Foreign Secretary Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury called on Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri here on Sunday....		Job-seekers warned against fake agencies ISLAMABAD, July 27: The Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis Division and Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment has informed the overseas employment seekers that no person, agency or promoter had been...
Inadequate security at Adiala Jail, says official RAWALPINDI, July 27: The district police officer (DPO) has so far failed to provide additional police force to beef up security at Adiala Jail in the backdrop of Sialkot prison tragedy,...		Lawyers to observe black day on 30th RAWALPINDI, July 27: The bar associations and bar councils of the four provinces and Azad Kashmir would observe July 30 as a ‘black day’ against the Sialkot Jail tragedy and failure...
Five looted RAWALPINDI, July 27: Thieves and pick-pockets deprived five persons of their money, while three vehicles were stolen in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, police said on Sunday....		Autarky in S&T uplift stressed ISLAMABAD, July 27: The Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) has played a leading role not only in the field of sophisticated defence-related technology but also in development of science and technology in...
Negligence led to grid station fire: report: Seven Hesco officials suspended LARKANA, July 27: Water and Power Development Authority chairman Zulfikar Ali Khan has said the inquiry held into the incident of fire at the Kashmor grid station has revealed that it...		Four FC men hurt in landmine blast SUKKUR, July 27: Four FC personnel were injured in a landmine blast near a Sui gas pipeline on the border of Balochistan and Punjab on Sunday....
Triple murder case shrouded in mystery PESHAWAR, July 27: The killing of three persons here in Rashid Town area of Gulbahar Colony has become a mystery as what police officials claim about the latest findings in a...		Shariat: JI women thank MMA govt MINGORA, July 27: The women wing of Jamaat-i-Islami, Swat, has appreciated the steps taken by the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal government for the enforcement of Shariat and Hisba acts....
2 illegal gas connections detected HARIPUR, July 27: The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines authorities on Saturday evening unearthed two direct connections illegally taken from the main supply line and installed at an industrial concern in Hattar....		Mutilated body found HARIPUR, July 27: The body of a six-year-old girl was recovered from a well in Talokar village who went missing some 45 days ago....
Environmental education workshop concludes ABBOTTABAD, July 27: A three-day training workshop on environmental education concluded at Changla Gali here on Saturday....		APHC chief calls for truce SRINAGAR, July 27: The chief of the All-Parties Hurriyet Conference on Sunday called on Indian troops and Kashmiri freedom fighters to declare a truce to set the stage for talks between...
Major parties boycott meeting with PM ISLAMABAD, July 27: Key secular and moderate opposition parties boycotted a meeting on Sunday with Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali to end a bitter constitutional row over President Pervez Musharraf’s powers....		Dadu Nazims plan protest movement DADU, July 27: The Nazims, Naib Nazims and councillors of different union councils...
Change in agenda opposed QUETTA, July 27: Opposition leader in the Balochistan Assembly, Kachkol Ali Baloch, on Saturday urged the provincial government to table the Gwadar development authority bill on Monday according to the agenda....		Edhi’s son goes missing in Badin BADIN, July 27: Two boats carrying Faisal Edhi and some press photographers have gone missing near the Bhadni area of the Badin district on Sunday....
Cancellation of AJK-centre agreement demanded ISLAMABAD, July 27: Major opposition parties of AJK on Sunday threatened to hold protest rallies on Aug 9 if the government did not take the leadership and people of Kashmir into...		Govt’s probe team visits Sialkot jail SIALKOT, July 27: A probe body constituted by the Punjab Chief Minister visited the Sialkot District Jail on Sunday after attending a meeting at the DCO office....
Bahawalpur central jail security inadequate BAHAWALPUR, July 27: Security arrangements in the new Central Jail Bahawalpur are inadequate and unsatisfactory....		DSJ did request for army commandos SARGODHA, July 27: Sialkot district and sessions judge Chaudhry Zafar Hussain said that he had repeatedly asked the police administration to prolong negotiations and seek the help of army commandos to...
Youth slain in Greece buried in Dhaunkhel GUJRANWALA, July 27: The body of a youth, who was killed by outlaws in Greece on resistance during a dacoity bid, reached Wazirabad on Sunday....		Govt to go ahead with Forest School closure BAHAWALPUR, July 27: Despite the strong public protest, the Punjab government has decided to go ahead with its plan to wind up the Punjab Forest School, Bahawalpur, in the near future....
Sizing units body to hold talks with CBR today FAISALABAD, July 27: Representatives of the All Pakistan Sizing Industries Association (APSIA) will hold talks with the Central Board of Revenue high-ups in Islamabad on Monday (today), it was learnt....		Sugar mill owes Rs40m to farmers TOBA TEK SINGH, July 27: The Kissan Board has warned that if the management of the Chaudhry Sugar Mills did not clear outstanding dues, Gojra area farmers would be forced to...
Doctors’ apathy SIALKOT, July 27: People are suffering due to apathy of doctors at the THQ hospital in Daska....		Accused dies from ‘torture’ FAISALABAD, July 27: The Gulfishan Colony police allegedly tortured to death a man here on Saturday night....
Butchers arrested GUJRANWALA, July 27: At least half a dozen butchers of Wazirabad and Dhaunkhel were arrested by a joint raiding team of the police and district administration on Sunday....		Case against ETO RAHIM YAR KHAN, July 27: The Anti-Corruption Establishment registered a case against an ETO for ‘misplacing’ registration documents of vehicles from the district excise and taxation office....
Constable given the air KASUR, July 27: District Police Officer Mian Ghulam Mohammad Kalyar has dismissed a sub-inspector and suspended four other policemen on charges of carelessness and negligence....		Fourth serious jail incident in two years: official LAHORE, July 27: The Sialkot jail tragedy is the fourth incident that took place in the past two and a half years for lack of security....
Indus in medium flood at Chashma LAHORE, July 27: Indus was in medium flood at Chashma, Ravi was in low flood at Sidhnai while all other rivers were flowing normal on Sunday....		Seats in PU’s IER depts may be cut LAHORE, July 27: The Punjab University may slash 50 per cent of the seats in three departments of the Institute of Education and Research (IER) in the academic session starting in...
Split exam system to continue: Class-IX, X LAHORE, July 27: Contrary to federal government’s instructions, the Punjab Education Department has decided to continue with its policy of split system —- offering two full subjects each in Class-IX and...		Fazl accused of violating MMA’s Kashmir policy LAHORE, July 27: MMA secretary-general Maulana Fazlur Rahman’s visit to India has generated a ‘huge’ stir within the six-party alliance....
Weapons search in jails ordered LAHORE, July 27: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi on Sunday ordered thorough search of all the jails in the province to find weapons or other prohibited items, if any....		MS, surgeon suspended LAHORE, July 27: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi on Sunday suspended the Medical Superintendent of Allama Iqbal DHQ Hospital, Sialkot, and a surgeon....
Industrialists blamed for not complying with labour laws LAHORE, July 27: A majority of industrialists are reluctant to accept the declaration forms proposed to be filed by them under the industrial policy of the Punjab government....		Murder LAHORE, July 27: A security guard allegedly shot dead a neighbour over a monetary dispute on Bogiwal Road in Shalamar here on Sunday. The police said Farhat Ali (26) exchanged harsh...