August 27, 2003	Wednesday	Jumadi-us-Sani 28, 1424

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A lifetime chance to see Red Planet RAWALPINDI, Aug 26: The fascinating Mars is finally ready for its closeup and tonight (Wednesday night) one can easily have a lifetime encounter with the Red Planet that has long captivated...		Funds not yet released for Capital under KPP ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration will not be able to initiate any new project in the current fiscal year since the government has so far not released...
Army doctors get more allowance than civilian ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: Federal Health Minister Mohammad Nasir Khan has conceded before the National Assembly that the doctors of federal government hospitals were being paid Rs500-700 per month as non-practising allowance,...		Action against toxic milk sellers sought ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: The Consumer Rights Commission of Pakistan (CRCP) has demanded of the authorities concerned to take measures to check the sale of toxic milk in Rawalpindi....
British Council scholarships for peace studies ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: The British Council is seeking applications from interested individuals to attend a peace and conflict studies programme in UK....		Death of girl in CGH: inquiry body formed RAWALPINDI, Aug 26: The Cantonment General Hospital has formed an inquiry committee to investigate the cause of death of a class 9th student, Zara, allegedly due to the hospital staff’s negligence....
Steps for transfer of technology stressed ISLAMABAD, 26 Aug: A one-day seminar on transfer of technology was held at the Air Headquarters, Chaklala, on Tuesday....		MPs cannot be dictated on crucial issues: PPP ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: Assemblies are constitutional institutions and the people’s representatives cannot be dictated to change the resolutions that have been passed on crucial issues like Kalabagh Dam and Thal Canal....
Provinces asked to implement police order in letter, spirit ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: The interior ministry has directed the provinces to ensure the implementation of Police Order-2002 in letter and spirit before the end of September, sources said....		‘Cable operators strike uncalled for’ ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: The Network for Consumer Protection on Tuesday described the recent strike of cable operators as unilateral, immoral and uncalled for, and called for ending it immediately....
Chinese team visits Nust RAWALPINDI, Aug 26: An eight-member delegation of Nanjing Command and Staff Academy, China, led by commandant of the academy, Maj-Gen Chen Yong, visited the National University of Science and Technology (Nust)...		US sponsoring police training programme: Nancy ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: US instructors and directors have been invited to Pakistan to give training and improve the professionalism and performance of the local police officers....
Speaker’s move fails to pacify opposition ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: A belated move by the speaker on Tuesday to delete objectionable remarks made in two previous sittings of the National Assembly failed to pacify opposition parties, which walked...		ARD to apprise C’wealth of democracy in Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: The opposition ARD has compiled a report containing details of the incidents that occurred in the National Assembly on Friday and Monday to inform the Commonwealth and International...
AJK blast was an accident, say police MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 26: A senior police official said on Tuesday that the explosion in a fireworks shop that left six people dead and over a dozen wounded in the AJK capital...		Bid foiled to destroy gas pipeline QUETTA, Aug 26: The law-enforcement agencies on Monday foiled an attempt to destroy a gas pipeline supplying gas to Punjab and the NWFP and defused a landmine planted near the pipeline...
9,000 Pakistanis in jails of 52 countries: NA told ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: There are over 9,000 Pakistanis in the jails of 52 countries, with largest number in Saudi Arabia for committing fraud or for being involved in drug smuggling, the...		Rs56.7m allocated from Zakat profit MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 26: The AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan here on Tuesday approved Rs56.7 million for different social works from Zakat Profit Fund for the year 2003—04....
Probe against Abbasi begins ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has started investigation against Shahid Khakan Abbasi, the former federal minister and chairman of Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIAC), to investigate alleged payment...		Court moved against Jam QUETTA, Aug 26: PML-Z provincial chief Mir Zarak Zehri has moved the Balochistan High Court against Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yousuf for holding two public offices at the same time....
Balochistan High Court restores plea bargain QUETTA, Aug 26: A division bench of the Balochistan High Court has restored a plea bargain between a contractor of the food department and the National Accountability Bureau....		PFUJ, APNEC condemn govt moves LAHORE, Aug 26: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists and the All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation have condemned government moves to set up a press council, and demanded the withdrawal...
Two Pakistanis executed RIYADH, Aug 26: Saudi Arabia beheaded on Tuesday two Pakistani men convicted of smuggling heroin into the kingdom, an interior ministry statement said....		Tidal wave refuses to accept Badin drain water BADIN, Aug 26: Due to high tides, the sea is not accepting water of the catchment area of Badin drainage as the tidal link is in a dilapidated condition and the...
IBA declines to award degree: students SUKKUR, Aug 26: A group of 17 students of the Institute of Business Administration, Sukkur, held a protest demonstration and staged a sit-in in front of the press club on Tuesday...		PM calls for speedy relief operation JACOBABAD, Aug 26: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Tuesday directed authorities concerned to monitor and ensure speedy delivery of relief goods to the rain victims....
Plea to restore power supply DADU, Aug 26: Residents of the Mehar taluka held a demonstration outside the Hesco sub-office in Radhan on Tuesday, demanding restoration of power supply to 50 villages....		MMA opposes water projects SHIKARPUR, Aug 26: The people of Sindh will not allow any government to construct the Kalabagh dam and Greater Thal Canal and will oppose all tactics to pave the way for...
Students observe black day NAWABSHAH, Aug 26: The activists of the Jeay Sindh Students Federation (JSSF), Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering Science and Technology, observed black day and held a demonstration at the B-sector on Tuesday...		Demo against police held KHAIRPUR, Aug 26: Residents of the Hindari Union Council held a protest demonstration in Thari Mirwah against the police on Tuesday....
Row between ginners, farmers resolved SANGHAR, Aug 26: Cotton ginners will not deduct 1kg Phutti per 40kgs and charge Rs6 as excise till it is notified by the secretary for agriculture....		Growers demand water MIRPURKHAS, Aug 26: Growers of Samaro, Kunri, Kot Ghulam Mohammad, Pithoro, Digri and Mirpurkhas talukas have demanded that the Sindh government should take notice of water shortage at tail-ends of distributaries....
Bandit’s house bulldozed SUKKUR, Aug 26: Rangers raided the residence of a most wanted dacoit, Ganjoo Marhata, at RD-109 on the Sindh-Balochistan border and bulldozed it completely late Monday night....		Injured in clash KHAIRPUR, Aug 26: A man was injured in an armed clash between two groups in the Waryo Phulpoto village near Ahmadpur the other day....
Food workers hold demo NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Aug 26: The employees of the food department held demonstrations in Mehrabpur, Darbelo, Padidan, Noorpur, Kandiaro and Naushahro Feroze on Tuesday to demand regularization of daily-wage workers....		Boy electrocuted KHAIRPUR, Aug 26: Five-year-old Mohammad Hanif was electrocuted in the Sodho Khan Khaskheli village near Thari Mirwah on Tuesday....
DPSC for local policing plan LARKANA, Aug 26: The District Public Safety Commission at a meeting held here on Tuesday underlined the importance of a local policing plan....		Money meant for jail diverted to park plan PESHAWAR, Aug 26: Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has diverted money raised from the sale of jail land in his native district Bannu and ordered that it be spent on construction...
ANP demands shelving of Kalabagh project PESHAWAR, Aug 26: The Awami National Party on Monday asked the government to shelve the Kalabagh dam project to promote harmony among the  federating units and ensure national cohesion....		Separate meetings of town council held HANGU, Aug 26: A decision on a motion of no-confidence against the Hangu Town Council’s Nazim and Naib Nazim could not be taken here as the two rival groups held separate...
Farm sector uplift targeted: minister TIMERGARA, Aug 26: The NWFP government is concentrating on developing education, health and agriculture sectors....		Industrial credits puzzle Ishrat: ‘Where has all money gone?’ LAHORE, Aug 26: State Bank Governor Dr Ishrat Husain has expressed his surprise at industrialists’ reluctance to invest in the country though the amount of loan drawn from banks increased from...
48pc passengers hit by PR fare hike LAHORE, Aug 26: The Pakistan Railways will earn Rs590 million through 10 per cent fare hike made effective from Monday (Aug 25)....		Cable operators to decide action by tomorrow LAHORE, Aug 26: A divided lot of cable operators in the Punjab called off its strike for two days on Tuesday when the government agreed to resolve the dispute through talks....
Hassaan stopped from using financial powers LAHORE, Aug 26: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday restrained Data Gunj Buksh Town Nazim Khwaja Ahmad Hassaan from exercizing financial powers till Aug 29 on a petition filed by 30...		LHC orders cinema’s desealing LAHORE, Aug 26: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday ordered the desealing of Nagina Cinema, which had been closed down by the Lahore DCO on the charges of screening blue prints....
Jail tragedy Lawyers not to defend accused at ATC GUJRANWALA, Aug 26: The District Bar Association announced on Tuesday that none of its members would pursue the Sialkot jail incident accused’s case at an anti-terrorism court....		Three BEd students denied taking test MIANWALI, Aug 26: Three regular BEd students of the University of Education will be at the mercy of fate after being refused to take their test for reaching 15 minutes late...
Kasuri condemns Mumbai blasts KASUR, Aug 26: Foreign Minister Mian Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri on Tuesday condemned the Mumbai bomb blasts that left 47 people dead and many others injured....		Nadra to raise fee for cards from Oct 1 FAISALABAD, Aug 26: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) will increase the fee for the issuance of computerized identity cards from October 1....