August 21, 2003	Thursday	Jumadi-us-Sani 22, 1424

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$5bn WB funds expected: Aziz ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: Pakistan expects the World Bank to provide $5 billion over the next five years for its capacity building, structural reforms and infrastructure support programmes....		Mianwali should be merged into NWFP: MNA ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: People’s Party Patriots MNA Dr Sher Afgan Khan Niazi has supported the construction of Kalabagh dam and proposed merger of Mianwali into the NWFP to remove apprehensions of...
Deportation of Iraqi prisoners likely RAWALPINDI, Aug 20: The government is considering to deport 35 Iraqi prisoners in different Pakistani jails, official source said on Tuesday....		Reforms in power sector urged ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: The visiting World Bank review mission has urged the government to increase growth, undertake more vigorous reforms in the power sector and bring the internal and external debt...
Vacations in Gilgit schools extended GILGIT, Aug 20: The Northern Areas administration on Wednesday announced that the educational institutions in Gilgit district would remain closed till Sept 15 in view of disturbances in the area....		Pakistani vies for governor’s post in US WASHINGTON, Aug 20: A Pakistani, Mohammed Arif, is running for the governor’s post in California, his campaign manager said on Wednesday....
Two NGO men kidnapped, recovered QUETTA, Aug 20: Two members of a non-governmental organization (NGO) kidnapped near the Gulistan crossing on the Quetta-Chaman highway were recovered by the local administration on Wednesday....		PM leaves for S. Arabia today ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: Prime Minster Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali is leaving for Saudi Arabia on Thursday on a four-day official visit....
HRCP calls for inquiry into death in custody MULTAN, Aug 20: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has demanded an open judicial inquiry into the death of a man in custody of Jalalpur Pirwala Saddar police station....		Multan Bar members stage sit-in: Non-representation from south Punjab MULTAN, Aug 20: Members of the High Court Bar Association, Multan bench, staged a sit-in on Wednesday to protest against absence of any representation of south Punjab in the recently-appointed judges...
Low-lying areas in Vehari inundated VEHARI, Aug 20: A strong windstorm followed by heavy rain on Wednesday lashed the town and its surrounding areas, inundating the low-lying areas and choking the sewerage system....		Two widows murder father-in-law, his son TOBA TEK SINGH, Aug 20: Two widows allegedly murdered their father-in-law and brother-in-law on Wednesday morning in Chak 361-GB....
Kidnapping filed case against SHO, ASI SIALKOT, Aug 20: On the orders of a civil judge, Naikapura police on Wednesday registered a case against its suspended SHO, an ASI and other policemen for kidnapping and illegally detaining...		Girl shot dead over matrimonial dispute GUJRANWALA, Aug 20: A girl was shot dead by her friend’s brothers over a matrimonial dispute on Naushera Road on Wednesday....
Islamia Varsity announces B.Com results BAHAWALPUR, Aug 20: Islamia University, Bahawalpur, has announced the results of B.Com (Part-II) First Annual Examinations, 2003....		PSP to oppose Punjabi in educational institutions MULTAN, Aug 20: The Pakistan Seraiki Party has vowed to gear up its ongoing campaign to protest against the introduction of Punjabi language across the province in educational institutions....
Train crushes woman, two children SHEIKHUPURA, Aug 20: A woman and her two children were crushed to death on Wednesday by a Lahore-bound train near Muridke on Wednesday....		40,000 illegal vehicles plying on NWFP roads PESHAWAR, Aug 20: About 40,000 non-custom duty paid vehicles of different kinds have been detected plying on roads in both federally and provincially administered tribal areas, officials conceded....
Concern voiced at delay in project KOHAT, Aug 20: The local business community and transporters have expressed concern over the delay in the approval of the Kohat-Rawalpindi road and a bridge on Indus river due to a...		Tobacco growers’ strike continues SWABI, Aug 20: All political parties and both district and tehsil governments have extended support to protesting tobacco growers as their hunger strike entered the third day here on Wednesday....
Silk industry staff observes strike PESHAWAR, Aug 20: Thousands of workers of the Bara Ittehad Silk Industries have gone on strike against what they call exploitative tactics of the silk factory owners....		Married woman commits suicide LANDI KOTAL, Aug 20: A young married woman committed suicide on Wednesday at Mirdadkhel village in Landi Kotal tehsil of Khyber Agency....
ADB loan seen expediting police reforms LAHORE, Aug 20: The second tranche of Asian Development Bank’s loan is reportedly the factor behind police reforms provinces are being forced to implement by Sept 30 despite their reluctance....		MBBS first year admission policy approved LAHORE, Aug 20: The Punjab government has approved the policy for admission to the first year MBBS class in 10 medical colleges, including three newly-established ones, for 2003-04 session. As many...
‘Circumstances call for MMA, ARD alliance’ LAHORE, Aug 20: The MMA should take along other opposition parties in talks with the government as alone it could be easily trapped by the powers that be....		PU refuses to issue forms to four PMC students LAHORE, Aug 20: The Punjab University has expressed its inability to give admission forms to the four students of the Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, who were allowed by the Supreme Court...
Four of a family die in accident LAHORE, Aug 20: Four members of a nomad family were killed while three others suffered injuries in an accident on the Ravi Road, Shahdara Town, on Wednesday....		‘Shish Mahal documentation completed’ LAHORE, Aug 20: Federal archaeology department director-general Saleemul Haq said on Wednesday the documentation and cleaning of the beams of the Shish Mahal had been completed....
FBI raids to be resisted, says MMA LAHORE, Aug 20: The MMA on Wednesday lodged a protest against the raids the FBI had carried out on the houses in Peshawar in the name of arresting Al Qaeda activists...		Governor reviews FIA working LAHORE, Aug 20: Governor Khalid Maqbool inspected on Wednesday the performance of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)....
Tax officials LAHORE, Aug 20: Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Yawar Irfan has said the business community is willing to pay taxes, but undue interference of the tax department needs to...		Nazim moves LHC LAHORE, Aug 20: Data Gunj Buksh Town Nazim Khwaja Ahmad Hassaan on Wednesday moved the Lahore High Court against the no-confidence motion adopted against him....
Workshop LAHORE, Aug 20: The federal ministry of women development will organize a six-day training workshop for women councillors from Friday....		Water rationing in Capital from today ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to start water rationing from Thursday due to insufficient water reserves, a source told Dawn on Wednesday....
Four officials arrested in Rs112m graft case RAWALPINDI, Aug 20: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Rawalpindi, has arrested four persons for allegedly causing a loss of Rs112.82 million to the national exchequer in the construction of Rawalpindi Municipal...		‘Stable democracy vital for viable foreign policy’ ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: Foreign policy cannot operate in a vacuum and a stable functioning democratic system is a sine qua non for a viable and forward-looking foreign policy....
Compensation for oil slick demanded ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: The Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) and the People’s Rights Movement (PRM) have demanded of the government to alleviate the suffering of thousands of fishermen who have been directly...		Jamali calls for politics of understanding ISLAMABAD Aug 20: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said his government firmly believed in the politics of decency and understanding and will continue to strive for the survival and...
4 teams scale GB-I, GB-II, Broad Peak ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: Four mountaineering teams have successfully scaled the Gasharbrum-I, Gasharbrum-II, (8068m), Broad Peak (8047m) and other peaks in the Karakuram range in Northern Areas....		Ministries told to respond quickly ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: Speaker National Assembly Chaudhry Amir Hussain on Wednesday expressed his displeasure at delay in submission of replies by the ministries to the questions asked by the members of...
Golden Loans Scheme to be launched RAWALPINDI, Aug 20: Punjab government would soon launch a Golden Loans scheme for the rural women to make them self-earning members of the society....		Liquor licences to be issued in N.Areas: minister ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: The government is ready to issue licences for sale of liquor to foreigners in the Northern Areas under the relevant rules, Minister of State for Tourism Rais...