August 26, 2003	Tuesday	Jumadi-us-Sani 27, 1424

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Toxic milk on sale, says study RAWALPINDI, Aug 25: Raw milk and some of the local brands of pasteurized milk, being marketed in the city, have been found to be ‘very harmful’ for human consumption....		Over Rs209m allocated for NA during 1997-03 ISLAMABAD, Aug 25: A total amount of Rs209.9 million was allocated for the maintenance of Parliament House by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) from 1997 to 2003, out of which Rs155.8...
Career development scheme launched ISLAMABAD, Aug 25: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has decided to launch a Rs30 million project entitled ‘science, technology, engineering, and mathematics career development (STEM)’....		616 cases pending before courts ISLAMABAD, Aug 25: Police have failed to submit charge sheets of 616 cases in the district courts of the Islamabad Capital Territory during the past more than seven months....
Speakers for decolonization of tribal areas ISLAMABAD, Aug 25: Pakistan and Afghanistan have more commonalities than those among the European countries, and there is no reason why in this age of globalization the two brotherly countries should...		PPP holds protest demo outside NA ISLAMABAD, Aug 25: Activists of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) held a protest demonstration outside the National Assembly on Friday and demanded resignation of the state minister for parliamentary affairs, Raza Hayat...
Water shortage complaints rise after start of rationing ISLAMABAD, Aug 25: The number of complaints about water shortage has increased by 100 per cent in the federal capital as a total of 400 complaints are being received every day...		Pims facing shortage of nursing staff ISLAMABAD, Aug 25: Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) is facing shortage of nursing staff, while those serving at the hospital lack professionalism....
Kashmir rally case politically motivated, says Zafar RAWALPINDI, Aug 25: The central vice-president of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Syed Zafar Ali Shah, has said the Kashmir rally case against the PML-N workers was politically motivated....		Tobacco growers block traffic SWABI, Aug 25: Tobacco growers held a march on Monday from Kernal Sher Chowk to Tarbela Dam and then to Islamabad to apprise President Gen Pervez Musharraf of their problems....
Four accused granted bail: Vehicle snatching case PESHAWAR, Aug 25: The Peshawar High Court on Monday granted bail to four people accused of belonging to an inter-provincial gang of vehicle snatchers....		No trust move against Nazim, Naib adopted HARIPUR, Aug 25: A union council Nazim and a Naib Nazim have been voted out of their office in Haripur....
Bloodshed in Afghanistan planned: MMA leader QUETTA, Aug 25: MMA provincial chief Maulana Mohammad Khan Sherani MNA has accused the American CIA of planning bloodshed in Afghanistan in collusion with local intelligence agencies in the name of...		LB employees being deprived of allowance PESHAWAR, Aug 25: The government employees serving in district departments have not been getting conveyance allowance, though their counterparts in provincial departments are getting it, an official said....
Workshop on statistics inaugurated PESHAWAR, Aug 25: The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Peshawar, Dr Zulfiqar Hussain Gilani, has stressed the need for an educational system in which the views of teachers should be considered...		3 timber smugglers held HARIPUR, Aug 25: Police foiled an attempt to smuggle timber and arrested three persons here on Sunday....
Bone treatment GILGIT, Aug 25: The health department has arranged surgical facilities for the injured people of Giyal blast that left 47 people dead and injured 80 on Aug 2 in the Diamer...		Afghan websites’ provocative claim ISLAMABAD, Aug 25: Two Afghan-based websites have posted maps showing a large number of Pakistani cities, including Peshawar and Quetta, as part of Afghanistan, claiming that the Durand Line no longer...
Govt plans to float $300m euro bonds ISLAMABAD, Aug 25: Pakistan has decided to float euro bonds worth $300 million by November this year to have additional fiscal space to prepay debt of $1 billion to the multilateral...		PPP to expose ‘corruption’ of army generals ISLAMABAD, Aug 25: Leaders of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) have expressed their complete confidence in the leadership of Benazir Bhutto and decided to expose what they called the “corruption” of...
Bickering mars Pakistan Day parade in NY NEW YORK, Aug 25: More than 10,000 Pakistanis attended the Pakistan Day parade on Sunday in New York which was marred by incidents of political bickering....		17 wounded in Indian shelling along LoC MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 25: Indian Shelling injured at least 17 people, mostly women and young girls, during the past 24 hours in different villages of Kotli district of Azad Kashmir, police sources...
Wapda asked to consider delayed filling of dam KARACHI, Aug 25: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has directed the Wapda chief to look into the proposal of commencing filling of the Mangla Dam in July instead of March, to meet...		Law against money laundering urged ISLAMABAD, Aug 25: Pakistan urgently needs a law against money laundering to fight the financial war on terror and endemic corruption, a UN-organised seminar heard on Monday....
No soldier killed on LoC: ISPR ISLAMABAD, Aug 25: The Army on Monday denied that five of its soldiers were killed at the Line of Control in Rajauri-Poonch sector as a result of Indian firing....		Doctor shot dead QUETTA, Aug 25: A prominent doctor and in charge of the Leprosy Centre, Zhob, Dr Naimatullah, was gunned down by an armed man in the main Gang Bazar on Monday, police...
Govt-MMA team’s talks today ISLAMABAD, Aug 25: A second meeting of constitutional experts of the government and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal due on Sunday was put off to Tuesday on a request from Pakistan Muslim League-Q...		PPP candidate withdraws MARDAN, Aug 25: A People’s Party Parliamentarian candidate for the office of Mardan tehsil Nazim, Syed Khan Ghawas advocate, on Monday withdrew in favour of Haji Mohammed Shafi.—Correspondent...
Recommendations to amend pesticides’ rules ignored MULTAN, Aug 25: The Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (Minfal) is reportedly doing things by halves against the recommendations of its Agricultural Pesticides Technical Advisory Committee (Aptac) to remove...		28 robberies in Faisalabad in 24 hours FAISALABAD, Aug 25: Robbers made off with cash, gold ornaments and other valuables besides 16 motorcycles, a car, a wagon and a bus in 28 strikes in the district during the...
Governor displeased at slow pace of work BAHAWALPUR, Aug 25: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool has uttered his disquiet at the slow pace of construction work of a new highway bridge over river Sutlej near here....		Parking contract cancelled TOBA TEK SINGH, Aug 25: After raising an objection by some tehsil council members in its meeting on Monday over auctioning of a parking contract worth Rs3.9 million, the house cancelled...
UAF awards three PhDs FAISALABAD, Aug 25: The University of Agriculture has awarded PhD to three men in various disciplines....		Two killed as car rams into tree NAROWAL, Aug 25: Two youth were killed and six other people were injured when a car rammed into a roadside tree on the Narowal-Muridke Road near Aino Bajwa village on Monday....
Two prison Officials suspended GUJRANWALA, Aug 25: Two assistant superintendents of the local central jail were suspended from service and another transferred by the DIG prisons on charges of negligence and inefficiency on Monday....		‘Disciplined force’ GUJRANWALA, Aug 25: The Railways police will be transformed into a disciplined force by providing it modern arms and better facilities....
Teenage girl gang-raped SAHIWAL, Aug 25: A thirteen-year-old girl, stated to be mentally ill, was gang-raped by two vagabonds on Monday at Chak 76/5-L....		Two slain, eight hurt as rivals trade fire SHEIKHUPURA, Aug 25: Two persons were killed while eight others, including a woman sustained bullet injuries, two of them serious, when two rival groups traded fire over a land dispute in...
Robbers kill two jewellers, take away Rs4.2m gold LAHORE, Aug 25: Gunmen shot and killed two jewellers in a Rs4.2 million robbery on Lawrence Road on Monday....		JAC opposes immediate appointment of judges LAHORE, Aug 25: The Joint Action Committee of lawyers on Monday demanded that the proposed appointments of the Lahore High Court’s eight judges, approved by Gen Musharraf, should be deferred till...
13,000 educators to be recruited on contract LAHORE, Aug 25: The Punjab education department will recruit 13,000 elementary and secondary school educators for school-specific posts on five-year contract basis....		Govt urged to resolve labourers’ problems LAHORE, Aug 25: The All-Pakistan Federation of Trade Unions has appealed to the prime minister to resolve the core issues faced by the labour class by holding purposeful talks with the...
Law soon to improve livestock marketing LAHORE, Aug 25: The federal government will soon enact a law to improve marketing system of livestock sector....		Rules for BoMs to be notified soon LAHORE, Aug 25: Rules for the boards of management of autonomous medical and health institutions will be notified soon after the arrival of the Punjab chief minister from his foreign tour....
BoR Educational Endowment Fund LAHORE, Aug 25: The Board of Revenue Educational Endowment Fund established from Rs550 million provided by the Punjab Land Commission has become operational and will start awarding scholarships within two weeks....		Probe into leaking out of LLB paper LAHORE, Aug 25: Punjab Education Minister Imran Masood has ordered an inquiry into leaking out of the LLB Part-I paper-IV, Law of Torts and Easement....
50 houses collapse in Badin downpour BADIN, Aug 25: Two people were injured and 50 houses collapsed and 18 cattlehead perished as heavy rain, coupled with storm, lashed Badin and its surrounding areas on Monday....		Power supply to 100 villages cut DADU, Aug 25: Power supply to 100 villages of the district was disconnected on Monday for non-payment of the Hesco bills....