August 22, 2003	Friday	Jumadi-us-Sani 23, 1424

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Thousands of litres of unhygienic milk seized RAWALPINDI, Aug 21: The district health authorities on Thursday seized thousands of litres of milk being transported from Mandi Bahauddin to Rawalpindi in unhygienic plastic containers used for storing chemicals, officials...		Pims high-ups told to promote doctors ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: Federal Health Minister Mohammad Nasir Khan on Thursday directed the management of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) to maintain financial discipline and weed out corruption from the...
Environment-friendly laws demanded RAWALPINDI, Aug 21: Participants of a workshop here on Thursday asked policy-makers to formulate and implement environment-friendly laws to check environmental degradation in the country....		$350,000 ADB grant for social security ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: The Asian Development Bank has approved a technical assistance grant of $350,000 to the government for a social protection strategy development study....
Amin vows to fight for minorities rights ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: Makhdoom Amin Fahim, the president of the People’s Party-Parliamentarians (PPP-P) vowed to continue struggle for the rights of minorities and abolishing the discriminatory laws against them....		Man shot dead; mill owner looted RAWALPINDI, Aug 21: One person was shot dead while a steel mill owner was deprived of millions of rupees on Thursday, police said....
Three MNAs named FBISE members ISLAMABAD Aug 21: National Assembly has named three MNAs as members of Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Islamabad....		PRCS sends three medical teams to Balochistan ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: In view of the increased threat of water- borne diseases in the country, the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has sent three medical teams to Jhal Magsi, Jafarbad...
Pemra urges cable TV body not to go on strike ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Thursday urged the Cable TV Industry Association members not to press ahead with their strike call rather join hands with...		Services of 642 OGDCL employees confirmed ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: The minister for petroleum and natural resources, Chaudhry Nouraiz Shakoor, distributed confirmation letters among 642 work charge employees of Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) here....
TMA auctions off four contracts RAWALPINDI, Aug 21: The Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) on Thursday auctioned off four contracts for a period of ten months for the financial year 2003-2004....		Govt urged to ensure safety of journalists RAWALPINDI, Aug 21: The president of High Court Bar Association (HCBA), Chaudhry Mohammad Tariq, on Thursday asked the government to ensure the safety of journalists and let them highlight the loopholes...
Inter-Islamic network on IT set up at CIIT ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: An Inter-Islamic Network on Information Technology (INIT) has been established at the Comsats Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) here under the auspices of OIC Standing Committee on Scientific...		Private varsities pressurize HEC for grant of degree-giving status ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: The managers of private universities in the capital are, without fulfilling the preconditions, exerting pressure on the Higher Education (HEC) to grant them degree-awarding status, reliable sources told...
Slow work on projects irks ADB ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is concerned over the slow progress of nine projects being implemented with its assistance but has offered to increase its annual funding provided...		NA body fails to hammer out consensus agenda ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: The house business advisory committee of the National Assembly on Thursday failed to evolve a consensus on bringing a joint agenda for the current session in order to...
Arrest defended WASHINGTON, Aug 21: US Attorney General John Aschcroft said on Thursday that Uzair Paracha was arrested because he tried to facilitate the arrival of an Al Qaeda operative in the United...		MMA holds generals responsible for crisis ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) leaders on Thursday blasted what they described as the constitutional crisis “created by Gen Musharraf-led regime” which they said was threatening the integrity of...
‘Musharraf, Vajpayee meeting not ruled out’ NEW DELHI, Aug 21: Pakistan is not against a meeting between President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on the sidelines of a UN General Assembly meeting next...		Probe initiated KARACHI, Aug 21: An internal inquiry has been initiated into the incident of PIA’s flight PK- 306, which made an emergency landing on Tuesday....
NWFP to lift ban on doctors’ practice PESHAWAR, Aug 21: The NWFP government has decided to amend the law for re-instating doctors who had resigned after the introduction of the Institution-based Practice (IBP) in the province....		Court acquits GTS worker PESHAWAR, Aug 21: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court has ruled that any statement recorded by an accused before a competent customs officer under the Customs Act is not...
UNHCR, govt will determine number of refugees QUETTA, Aug 21: Country representative of the UNHCR in Pakistan Hasim Utkan has said that the organization and government officials in Islamabad will soon discuss systematic identification of the Afghan refugees...		Ex-Taliban commander shot dead PESHAWAR, Aug 21: A former Taliban commander was shot dead in the tribal district of Bajaur, officials and residents said on Thursday....
Dist council demands suspension of Nara director SANGHAR, Aug 21: The Sanghar District Council in a resolution adopted on Thursday demanded that Nazims of union, taluka and district councils should be included in relief and survey committees....		Rain revisits Sindh; boy dies, four hurt DADU, Aug 21: A boy was killed and at least four people were injured in rain-related incidents as different parts of Sindh received rains on Wednesday night and early Thursday morning....
Campaign against MNCs planned HYDERABAD, Aug 21: The Sindh National Party has announced that it will launch a protest campaign against the multinational companies, exploring oil and gas in Sindh, for not recruiting local people....		Govt urged to release Rs50m relief money BADIN, Aug 21: The District Relief Committee, Badin, has demanded that the government should immediately release Rs50 million or supply ration equivalent to the amount for distribution among the rain victims...
Shortage of water hits cotton crop MIRPURKHAS, Aug 21: Standing crops of cotton and sugarcane were damaged due to non-availability of water at the tail-end areas of the Jamrao and Mithrao canals which needed an adequate supply...		Water projects rejected SUKKUR, Aug 21: Activists of the People’s Party Parliamentarian staged a rally in Thul town on Wednesday against anti-Sindh projects of Thal canal, Kala Bagh and Basha dams....
Two killed SHIKARPUR, Aug 21: Two persons, including a woman, were shot dead by their relatives in Jamalpur village on Wednesday....		Pakistan Bar Council’s vice-chief resigns MULTAN, Aug 21: Pakistan Bar Council vice-chairman Mian Abbas Ahmed has resigned from his office to give opportunity to the smaller provinces to represent the lawyers’ community....
Former Sialkot jail official declared PO GUJRANWALA, Aug 21: The Anti-Terrorism Court No 2, Gujranwala, declared Sialkot jail former deputy superintendent as proclaimed offender and issued non-bailable arrest warrant against him here on Thursday....		Case registered against nine journalists: Interference in official affairs SHEIKHUPURA, Aug 21: Tehsil Nazim Mahmoodul Haq has got a case registered against nine local journalists, including the president and secretary-general of the press club, for their alleged interference in his...
Rift over local body nomination BAHAWALPUR, Aug 21: The local leaders of the Pakistan People’s Party have developed differences over the nomination of Zahid Channar for the by-election for the tehsil Naib Nazim’s slot, it is...		Traders threaten to stage hunger strike FAISALABAD, Aug 21: The All-Pakistan Anjuman Tajiran and over two dozen other trade bodies of the city have threatened to set up hunger strike camps from Sept 11 if the government...
PPP leader calls for talks on LFO GUJRAT, Aug 21: Opposition leader Qasim Zia has said the Punjab government had failed in controlling the law and order situation in the province....		Police official transferred for case registration GUJRANWALA, Aug 21: The Wahando SHO was transferred reportedly for registering a theft case on Thursday against Tasmia Nazir, wife of prime minister’s adviser Rana Nazir Ahmed....
Gepco, Fesco teams beaten up by defaulters SIALKOT, Aug 21: Members of Gepco and Fesco teams were thrashed by villagers when they caught electricity thieves in Sialkot and Faisalabad on Wednesday night....		Two awarded death sentence GUJRANWALA, Aug 21: A local court sentenced on Thursday two men to death for killing one of their rivals....
Ex-MPA papers rejected JHANG, Aug 21: Nomination papers of former provincial fisheries minister Sheikh Hakim Ali, a candidate for the office of Jhang tehsil Naib Nazim, were rejected on Thursday due to his fake...		Conjoined girls die DERA GHAZI KHAN, Aug 21: Rania and Tania, the conjoined sisters, died here on Thursday at a local hospital....