August 14, 2003	Thursday	Jumadi-us-Sani 15, 1424

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‘Electronic media should not project smokers as heroes’ ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: The electronic media should discourage advertisements depicting cigarette smokers as heroes....		22 schools declared illegal ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has declared 22 private schools illegal for operating in residential areas of the capital and ordered their early removal, a source in the...
National policy on youth demanded RAWALPINDI, Aug 13: Speakers at a seminar on Wednesday demanded of the government to announce its youth policy, start exchange of youth delegations, both at national and international levels, and provide...		Rs1bn environment project deferred ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) has deferred an over Rs1 billion project of the federal environment ministry for setting up air and water monitoring...
RTA to take action against bus co RAWALPINDI, Aug 13: Secretary Regional Transport Authority (RTA) Tariq Mehmood has decided to take action against a private transport company for violating rules on franchised routes and indulging in overloading and...		Internet services: accord signed ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) here on Wednesday entered into a service level agreement (SLA) with IT concerns to provide improved internet services to its customers....
Rescue-15 to check obnoxious calls ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: Rescue-15 is planning to disconnect the telephones of persons making obnoxious calls to the emergency cell....		Movement if LFO not settled, says MMA RAWALPINDI, Aug 13: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) leader, Liaquat Baloch, on Wednesday said the opposition would soon launch a movement if the government continued to adopt delaying tactics on the LFO...
Probe ordered RAWALPINDI, Aug 13: Punjab Governor Lt-Gen Khalid Maqbool (retired) on Wednesday ordered probe into the alleged manhandling of two journalists by the staff of Barani Agriculture University’s vice-chancellor....		Concern over poor quality of road ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: The residents of street-6 of Industrial Area, I-10, have expressed their concern over the poor condition of the newly-constructed I-9/I-10 road....
Khoagakhel Jirga announces loyalty to Pakistan MOHMAND AGENCY, Aug 13: A jirga of Khogakhel tribesmen, a sub clan of Mohmand tribe announced their allegiance to Pakistan here on Tuesday....		Poor response of farmer to water project PESHAWAR, Aug 13: Farmers community of NWFP and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) meted out a lackluster response to the multi-billion rupee foreign funded on-farm-water- management project, under which farmers’ associations...
Health centre opened for Afghan refugees PESHAWAR, Aug 13: The Aga Khan Family Health Centre was inaugurated here on Tuesday to provide healthcare services to the local people as well as Afghan refugees, a press release said....		Sugar mills facing problems DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Aug 13: Sugar mills are going through a critical period and will not begin new crushing before disposing of their  surplus stock.  ...
Three killed over petty issues DARRA ADAMKHEL, Aug 13: Three people have been shot dead and a woman injured in different incidents....		SQI candidates for by-polls MINGORA, Aug 13: Swat Qaumi Ittehad (SQI) has announced that Arshad Khan of the Awami National Party (ANP) and Malik Barkat Ali of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) will contest by-polls...
Sending troops to Iraq opposed CHITRAL, Aug 13: The Islami Jamiat-i-Talaba on Tuesday opposed sending of troops to Iraq....		Protest against loadshedding MINGORA, Aug 13: Residents of Malakand have criticized Wapda authorities for unscheduled loadshedding in their city....
Jail officials, captives clash in Gujranwala: Shifting of ‘criminals’ GUJRANWALA, Aug 13: Some district jail officials and prisoners suffered bruises during their clash over shifting of hardened criminals to separate barracks, here on Wednesday....		Canvassing on for Naib Nazim’s slot BAHAWALPUR, Aug 13: Electioneering for the office of the Naib Nazim, Bahawalpur tehsil, began with the filing of nomination papers by the aspirants here on Wednesday....
Sialkot jail football factory head freed SIALKOT, Aug 13: The in-charge of the district jail’s football factory, Fayyaz Ali, was absolved by the police investigation team of charges of involvement in the jail tragedy....		By-polls: two file papers in Sargodha SARGODHA, Aug 13: Only two candidates filed their nomination papers for by-polls of the Naib Nazim till the filing of this story here on Wednesday....
Protest: case against 250 rickshaw drivers OKARA, Aug 13: Around 250 rickshaw owners/drivers and their union president were booked on the charge of blocking the GT Road here on Wednesday....		Girl ‘raped’ for 2 months VEHARI, Aug 13: The daughter of a labourer has been raped by two landlords for two months....
Illegal bus, wagon stands closed FAISALABAD, Aug 13: Traffic police and district administration closed on Wednesday over two dozen wagon and bus stands in Abdullahpur which were declared illegal by the Lahore High Court....		As many in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, Aug 13: Two candidates filed nomination papers with the additional district and sessions judge on Wednesday for the Sept 8 byelection for the post of the District Naib Nazim....
Two killed VEHARI, Aug 13: Two people, including a woman, died of heat. Zainab, 40, fell unconscious while working in fields in Mauza Bilarajan and died before getting any medical aid.		People suffer as relief operation suspended BADIN, Aug 13: Suspension of distribution of relief goods following a boycott by Nazims has compounded the miseries of rain victims of the district....
Four of a family shot dead SUKKUR, Aug 13: A villager, his wife and two sons were shot dead by five assailants in the Qazi Wah village near Humayoon, Shikarpur district, on Wednesday....		HSC exam results LARKANA, Aug 13: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education announced results of HSC Part-II annual examination- 2003 of pre-medical and pre-engineering groups on Wednesday....
Girl among two commit suicide NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Aug 13: Two youths, including a girl, committed suicide by taking pesticides in two separate incidents in Bhirya taluka on Tuesday....		Benazir’s conviction resented NAWABSHAH, Aug 13: The activists of Pakistan People’s Party staged a rally here on Wednesday against the conviction of Benazir Bhutto and Asif Zardari by a Swiss Magistrate....
Sukkur IBA admissions continue SUKKUR, Aug 13: The Institute of Business Administration has announced schedule for preparatory classes admissions in BBA, BCS, MCS and MIT....		Two die in accident SUKKUR, August 13: Two elderly women, Hakimzadi and Zar Khatoon, were killed in an accident on the Indus Highway near Rustum More, Shikarpur district, on Wednesday....
Man killed in court premises NAWABSHAH, Aug 13: A man, Jumo Bhangwar, was killed in the premises of district and session court here on Wednesday....		Independence Day with simplicity LAHORE, Aug 13: Independence Day will be celebrated with simplicity in the provincial metropolis in view of the loss of human lives and property in Sindh during the recent rains....
FCC management ‘flouts’ court order LAHORE, Aug 13: The one-man commission informed an additional district and sessions judge on Wednesday that the FC College management was carrying out construction work on the campus despite the issuance...		ARD starts its mass contact drive today LAHORE, Aug 13: The ARD will celebrate the Independence Day on Thursday (today) by launching a mass contact campaign to revive among the electorate spirit of the Pakistan Movement and prepare...
LHC moved for appointment of acting CJ LAHORE, Aug 13: The Lahore High Court was moved on Wednesday for the appointment of an acting chief justice as the office fell vacant after the departure of Justice Iftikhar Husain...		Monuments’ transfer opposed LAHORE, Aug 13: A federal archaeology department’s official at a recently-held meeting in Islamabad opposed the move to transfer its monuments to the provinces....
Indus, Ravi in low flood LAHORE, Aug 13: The Indus is in low flood at Guddu, Sukkur and Kotri, and the Ravi at Balloki, according to a report of the Flood Forecasting Division....		MMA backs ARD on parliament’s supremacy LAHORE, Aug 13: PML-N acting president Makhdoom Javed Hashmi says the MMA is with the ARD on the issue of supremacy of parliament and the alliance headed by Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan...
PMA unhappy at minister’s statement LAHORE, Aug 13: The Pakistan Medical Association, Punjab, has resented health minister’s statement that retired professors were being given extension as the department was facing dearth of experienced people....		President, PM call for unity ISLAMABAD, Aug 13 : President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, on the occasion of the 56th anniversary of country’s independence, felicitating Pakistanis shared aspirations of the...
Jamali says nobody is indispensable ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said nobody is “indispensable” and without sacrificing our ego contentious issues cannot be resolved....		Army-written constitution to be rejected, says Benazir ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has said some individuals have taken upon themselves to re-write the Constitution disregarding the elected parliament and were seeking to foist...
No army role in politics, says Nawaz ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: Former prime minister and chief of his own faction of PML Nawaz Sharif said there was no contribution of army generals in the creation of Pakistan....		Bid to blow up bridge foiled QUETTA, Aug 13: Police on Wednesday foiled an attempt by terrorists to blow up a bridge and high voltage power supply line by detecting and defusing an 11 kilogram anti-tank mine....