August 3, 2003	Sunday	Jumadi-us-Sani 4, 1424

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PPP demands Asif’s release PESHAWAR, Aug 2: PPP’s parliamentary leader in the NWFP Assembly Abdul Akbar Khan has demanded early release of Asif Ali Zardari in keeping with the demand made by the provincial assembly...		Illiteracy root cause of problems, says governor HARIPUR, Aug 2: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that illiteracy is the root cause of all problems facing the nation....
‘DCO meddling in tehsil affairs’ SWABI, Aug 2: Opposition members in the district council have criticized the district coordination officer for meddling in the affairs of the Swabi tehsil council....		Fazl pledges development of Tank PESHAWAR, Aug 2: Muttahida Majlis-i-Ammal’s secretary-general Maulana Fazlur Rahman has said that all available resources would be utilized for the development...
MMA failed to keep promises, says ANP PESHAWAR, Aug 2: The Awami National Party has accused the MMA of abandoning its position on the Legal Framework Order and accepting the amendments incorporated into the Constitution by a military...		Operation launched against Rabiakhels: Major’s kidnapping HANGU, Aug 2: The political administration of Orakzai Agency arrested nine Rabiakhel tribesmen and withheld incentives being enjoyed by the tribal elders after they failed to hand over a kidnapper to...
Policemen suspended PESHAWAR, Aug 2: All staff of Faqirabad police station was suspended on the charges of providing facilities to a kidnapper here on Saturday....		Landi Kotal faces water shortage LANDI KOTAL, Aug 2: The people in Landi Kotal braved water shortage as tankers’ strike entered its fourth consecutive day on Saturday....
Lawyers protest colleague’s killing PESHAWAR, Aug 2: Lawyers staged a demonstration on Saturday to protest against the killing of one of their colleagues by the Nowshera police, Zahid Jamal, calling on the government to conduct...		Arrest warrants for police officials PESHAWAR, Aug 2: Additional District and Sessions Judge Sabir Khan on Friday issued arrest warrants of 11 police officials for non-appearance in a dacoity case despite repeated summoning by the court....
Tobacco trade cess may stay PESHAWAR, Aug 2: The NWFP government is not likely to review its decision regarding withdrawal of tobacco development cess on open market transactions in view of its commitments with the international...		UN pledges $60,000 aid for flood-hit people ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: The United Nations Disaster Management Team in Pakistan met on Saturday to review the flood situation in Sindh and Balochistan and decided initially to provide $60,000 assistance....
No deadlock in talks: Rashid ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: There is no deadlock in the negotiations process between the government and the opposition, rather talks are progressing, Federal Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed told APP while refuting...		Smooth supply of relief ordered: Jamali monitoring operation ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Saturday said the government was working day and night to ensure smooth provision of food, medicines and shelter to the flood...
Protection to children’s rights demanded QUETTA, Aug 2: No government and society can deny children their legitimate rights. There is a need to create awareness in society about child rights and to mount an effort to...		Efforts on to reach out-of-court deal: Dispute with Turkish firm ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: The governments of Pakistan and Turkey are working for an out-of-court settlement of the dispute between the National Highway Authority and the Turkish company, Bayinder....
APNS rejects information ministry’s contentions KARACHI, Aug 2: The All-Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has rejected four key contentions in the federal information ministry statement published on Saturday....		Afghan security situation fragile ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: The overall security situation throughout Afghanistan remains “fragile and in many areas exhibits signs of deterioration” and factional conflicts and tensions particularly in the north have “taken a...
Demo staged in Chitral against power outage CHITRAL, Aug 2: People, including shopkeepers, from the Shahi Bazaar and Raihankot staged a procession here outside marched on to the offices of the DCO to protest against the 48-hour-long suspension...		Pakistani beheaded in S. Arabia RIYADH, Aug 2: Saudi Arabia beheaded on Friday a Saudi murderer and a Pakistani man convicted of smuggling heroin into the kingdom, the Saudi Press Agency reported....
2 Iranians held QUETTA, Aug 2: Two Iranians were arrested by the Frontier Corps from Mand, a small town at Pak-Iran border on Thursday....		Pakistani boy shifted to welfare centre NEW DELHI, Aug 2: A Pakistani boy who mistakenly crossed into Indian territory was switched to a child rehabilitation centre from a jail in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan, a...
Exclusion of name from ECL sought QUETTA, Aug 2: Former chief minister Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi has filed a constitutional petition in the Balochistan High Court submitting that his name should be excluded from the exit control...		Fahim leaves for Dubai KARACHI, Aug 2: People’s Party Parliamentarians President Makhdoom Amin Fahim has left for Dubai to consult party chairperson Benazir Bhutto to on the situation arising out of the ARD position on...
Two shot dead LANDI KOTAL, Aug 2: Two cousins were killed in Shin Pokh village of Loe Shalman on Friday night....		800,000 people affected by rain: Mahar SUKKUR, Aug 2: Sindh Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Mahar has said the recent rains have affected at least 800,000 people and caused a damage of more than Rs2 billion....
Khirthar still cut off from Kambar,Shahdadkot LARKANA, Aug 2: The recent torrential rains have brought the civic life in villages of the Khirthar range to a standstill and the area is cut off from Kambar and Shahdadkot....		Nawabshah, Dadu receive rain NAWABSHAH, Aug 2: The city and its adjoining towns received heavy rains on Saturday morning....
SAB demands Sindh be declared calamity-hit HYDERABAD, Aug 2: The Sindh Abadgar Board has demanded of the government to appoint a high-level committee comprising representatives of the local government, growers organizations and government functionaries to supervise the...		Four die, 16 hurt in accident NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Aug 2: Four people were killed and 16 injured in a collision between a bus and a pick-up on the National Highway near Moro early Saturday morning....
Jirga called to settle tribal feud SUKKUR, Aug 2: The Jagirani and the Narejo tribes have decided to stop attacking against each other until the holding of a jirga on Aug 4....		Repeal of IRO-2002 demanded HYDERABAD, Aug 2: The Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union has demanded that the president and the prime minister should repeal the Industrial Relations Ordinance, 2002....
‘Unjust’ taxes: traders threaten strike SARGODHA, Aug 2: Friction between the district administration and local traders over imposition of new taxes is growing day by day, as both the parties have refused to show flexibility to...		Trader wins freedom after paying ransom SADIQABAD, Aug 2: A fertilizer dealer has won freedom two months after his abduction and after paying Rs one million ransom....
Poor waste disposal in Dera DERA GHAZI KHAN, Aug 2: The tehsil municipal administration has failed to keep the city clean despite being issued notice by the district Environment Protection Department....		New DIG takes charge GUJRANWALA, Aug 2: Deputy-Inspector General of police (DIG) Altaf Qamar took charge of his office on Saturday....
Robbers loot gold from Nazim’s relative home SHEIKHUPURA, Aug 2: Nine robbers in the guise of NAB officials robbed the house of a relative of the tehsil Nazim in Dera Behlolian near Mananwala early on Saturday morning....		Chachran under threat of flooding BAHAWALPUR, Aug 2: A vast tract of land near Chachran Sharif in the Khanpur tehsil of Rahim Yar Khan is under threat of flooding....
Alleged robber killed in ‘shootout’ FAISALABAD, Aug 2: An alleged robber was killed while a constable was injured in an encounter in Tandlianwala area on Friday night....		Cholera leaves six dead, many hospitalized GUJRANWALA, Aug 2: At least six people died of cholera on Saturday as the epidemic broke out in Kamoki and Tetley while dozens of others were admitted to different hospitals....
Potable water undersupply irks people OKARA, Aug 2: Residents of several localities have been facing shortage of potable water for the past 15 days, as the tubewells and electric motors of the municipal administration are out...		Woman held with Rs10m contraband SHEIKHUPURA, Aug 2: A woman was arrested with contraband worth Rs10 million Bhalkay village on Saturday evening....
Anti-tetanus drive GUJRANWALA, Aug 2: As many as 223,530 women would be vaccinated against tetanus here in the third round of the first phase of vaccination campaign from Aug 4 to 16....		Heaps of garbage all around FAISALABAD, Aug 2: The cleanliness system in the city has become inoperative as to the result of the negligence of the Tehsil Municipal Administration (City)....
Adulterated pesticide TOBA TEK SINGH, Aug 2: An agriculture department team on Saturday recovered a huge quantity of adulterated pesticide from a shop....		Qul LAHORE, Aug 2: Maj Wazeerzada Ataul Haq, son of the late Diwan Sir Abdul Hamid, passed away in Lahore on July 31 and was buried on Aug 1. He was a...