August 8, 2003	Friday	Jumadi-us-Sani 9, 1424

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No increase in allocations for hospitals RAWALPINDI, Aug 7: The much trumpeted promise of the government to double the budget for teaching hospitals has remained unfulfilled, as these healthcare centres have been provided with an unchanged allocation,...		Drive against illegal signboards delayed RAWALPINDI, Aug 7: The local authorities have delayed removing illegal signboards from commercial plazas after receiving threats of litigation from the affected parties, sources close to the beautification plan of the...
Labour ministry asked to return Rs100 million ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: Pakistan Baitul Mal (PBM) has formally asked the federal labour ministry to return Rs100 million which the former had given to the latter to curb child labour in...		‘Only people can solve Pakistan’s problems’ ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: Outgoing Ambassador of France Yannick Gerard has said Pakistan’s internal problems will have to be resolved by the people and politicians themselves and no foreign force can play...
HEC launches Rs19m academic project ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved a Rs19 million project for establishment of a computer networking and telecommunication infrastructure at the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi....		Soomro seeks early completion of Bari Imam shrine project ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: Senate Chairman Mohammedmian Soomro on Thursday directed the authorities concerned to take expeditious measures for the speedy execution of Hazrat Bari Imam Shrine project....
MKP activists held hostage by police ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: A 20-member delegation of the Mazdoor Kissan Party (MKP), who had come to the capital from Lahore to hand over a memorandum to the US Embassy, were held...		Outbreak of diseases in flood-hit areas feared ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: United Nations agencies in Pakistan have feared outbreak of diseases, like measles, malaria, hepatitis A and B, skin disorder, as well as snake-bites cases in the flood- affected...
Expert outlines steps to raise cotton output ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: Pakistan can raise its output of cotton to 15 million bales depending on its ability, among other measures, to check the onslaught of pests, prices and allocate adequate...		UN mediation urged in Kashmir dispute UNITED NATIONS, Aug 7: Pakistan on Wednesday called on the United Nations to play the same role of mediation and facilitation in the Kashmir...
‘Swiss court had served summons on Benazir, Asif’ LONDON, Aug 7: The Swiss court had served summons on former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Ali Zardari in a graft case against them and their lawyers had...		Giyal blast victims assured of medical facilities ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: The government is extending all possible help, including best medical facilities to victims of the recent blast in Giyal village in the Northern Areas’ Diamer district....
Music director Muslehuddin dies ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: Renowned music director Muslehuddin died of heart attack in England on Wednesday night....		LB by-polls ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: The Chief Election Commissioner on Thursday appointed district returning officers, returning officers and presiding officers for conducting by-elections of district Nazim and Naib district Nazims in Punjab and...
Spring water termed unfit for drinking MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 7: Most of the springs’ water within the municipal limits here is unfit for drinking whereas on the contrary tap water being supplied by the public health department is...		NA debate likely on Sialkot incident ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) has submitted an adjournment motion to the National Assembly secretariat for holding a debate on the Sialkot incident, sources told Dawn...
APHC team meets Irish diplomats ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: A three-member All Parties Hurriyat Conference delegation met diplomats of Ireland in New Delhi and exchanged views for the solution of the Kashmir issue....		PM, Shujaat discuss negotiations’ progress ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Thursday held a meeting with PML-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervez Elahi to discuss the ongoing...
Stranded Pakistanis’ repatriation sought DHAKA, Aug 7: Dhaka has requested Islamabad for an early solution to long-standing problems of repatriation of stranded Pakistanis from Bangladesh and apportionment of pre-independence assets between the two countries in...		Rashid hopeful of talks ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad said on Thursday said that the government’s talks with the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal were heading in the right direction and they would yield a...
Quaid’s house made cultural centre NEW DELHI, Aug 7: The Indian government said on Thursday a bungalow in Mumbai Bombay where the Quaid-i-Azam lived has been converted into a cultural centre....		Policemen slain SUKKUR, Aug 7: Two policemen were killed and two others were injured after a group of armed bandits attacked a police outpost located at Raza Mohammad in the jurisdiction of the...
Breast-feeding must for growth of mind: experts PESHAWAR, Aug 7: About a million infants die annually in the world due to feeding of artificial formulas and non-availability of mother’s milk, according to United Nations Children’s Education Fund report,...		PM to visit GIK Institute SWABI, Aug 7: Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali is due to visit the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology on Aug 20....
Two juveniles convicted PESHAWAR, Aug 7: A juvenile court on Thursday convicted two boys of drug pushing and sentenced them to five-year imprisonment each with a fine of Rs5,000 each....		Nazim to face no-trust move KOHAT, Aug 7: District council convener Haji Sardar Khan has summoned a special session of the union council Nazims for voting on a no-confidence motion against District Nazim Malik Asad, a...
POF scheme helps curb illegal arms production ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: In a campaign to curb illegal arms manufacturing in the tribal areas, authorities are attempting to lure weapon manufacturers into the Pakistan Ordinance Factories (POF)....		Two doctors sacked ABBOTTABAD, Aug 7: The Ayub Medical Complex (AMC) administration has terminated services of two doctors after they were found guilty of serious negligence that led to the death of a patient....
Land dispute leaves one dead, five injured SUKKUR, Aug 7: Two people were killed and 20 others injured in an armed clash between two groups of the Shambani tribe in the Punjoo Shambani village over a piece of...		ADP rejects dist relief committee SANGHAR, Aug 7: The People’s Party Parliamentarians-backed Awam Dost Panel members of the Sanghar District Council at a session of the council held here on Thursday rejected the district relief committee,...
Khairpur receives downpour again KHAIRPUR, Aug 7: The rain coupled with strong winds again lashed the district on Thursday, inundating crops, residential areas, roads and streets....		Rains perish cattle, crops in Thar MITHI, Aug 7: The recent heavy rains have inundated nine Dehs of Mithi and Diplo Talukas as a result of which many cattle heads were killed and crops were destroyed....
IG deplores murder by cop in Badin: Compensation announced BADIN, Aug 7: Sindh Inspector General Syed Kamal Shah has deplored the recent killing of a villager by the police near here and announced Rs100,000 compensation for the heirs of the...		Two more die BADIN, Aug 7: Two more people have died in different areas of Badin district....
Man killed LARKANA, Aug 7: A man, Manthar Buriro, was killed while he was sleeping in his fields near the Jani Bund village in the limits of the Nasirabad police on Wednesday....		Two electrocuted SUKKUR, Aug 7: A 16-year-old girl, Sachal Mirbahar, was electrocuted on Wednesday. She was taken to the Civil Hospital Sukkur where she died....
HSC results today SUKKUR, Aug 7: The result of higher secondary certificate part-II (class-XII), annual examination, 2003 (humanities, commerce and home economics groups) of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Sukkur will be...		Shahbaz challenges PO status LAHORE, Aug 7: PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday challenged the orders of an anti-terrorism court that declared him a proclaimed offender in a murder case....
Call for CDG Nazim’s impeachment LAHORE, Aug 7: Thirty-six members of the district council have demanded impeachment of Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood for interfering in Data Ganj Bakhsh Town affairs and victimizing the UC Nazims affiliated...		Rain in parts of Lahore LAHORE, Aug 7: Rain in some parts of the city provided a temporary relief from humid weather on Thursday....
CDG proposes new cattle market LAHORE, Aug 7: The City District Government Livestock department has proposed utilization of 3,500 kanal barren forest department land near Karol Ghati for the development of a ‘bakkar mandi’ for northern...		226 lecturers regularized LAHORE, Aug 7: The Punjab Public Service Commission on Thursday recommended 121 male and 106 female ad hoc lecturers for regularization of their services....
PPP meeting LAHORE, Aug 7: PPP-Parliamentarians chairman Amin Faheem will preside over a meeting of three organizations of the party at the residence of Jehangir Badr here on Friday....		ARD public meeting at Mochi Gate LAHORE, Aug 7: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy will hold its Aug 14 public meeting at the historic Mochi Gate and an information in this regard has been sent to...
Ban on varsity fee hikes imposed LAHORE, Aug 7: Governor Khalid Maqbool on Thursday imposed a ban on increase of any kind in the existing fees being charged by all public sector universities and autonomous education institutions...		Consensus ‘a must’ for water strategy LAHORE, Aug 7: Speakers at a meeting on Thursday stressed the need for an inter-provincial agreement before developing any national strategy on water....
Judgment of Swiss magistrate in SGS, Cotecna case: Text ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: Following is the text of the judgment of Swiss investigating magistrate, Mr Daniel Devaud, in the SGS, Cotecna case against Ms Benazir Bhutto:...		Robbers strike 17 times in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, Aug 7: Robbers plundered cash and valuables worth hundreds of thousands of rupees, besides driving away with a motorcycle in 17 strikes here in the last 48 hours....
Flood situation improving GUJRANWALA, Aug 7: As there has been no rain in the district and its suburbs for the last three days, the water level kept receding in the Chenab and all the...		Karachi police in search of ‘dacoits’ BAHAWALPUR, Aug 7: A Clifton police party raided a number of places in Bahawalpur and Uch Sharif on Thursday in search of two suspects involved in a dacoity in the house...