August 28, 2003	Thursday	Jumadi-us-Sani 29, 142

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Beijing asks Islamabad to undertake construction: Chashma N-power plan unit-2 ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: China has asked Pakistan to undertake over the construction of $730 million Chashma Nuclear Power Project Unit-2 (300MW) before Beijing starts making new commitments for such other projects...		Mega projects to prosper Balochistan: President QUETTA, Aug 27: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that mega projects launched in Balochistan would bring about prosperity in the province besides removing the sense of deprivation prevailing among its...
No illegal movement on border: officials MOHMAND AGENCY, Aug 27: Senior government and military officials on Wednesday said the deployment of over 25,000 troops in the tribal area along the country’s western border with Afghanistan was preventing...		US yet to release 600 Pakistanis WASHINGTON, Aug 27: The United States has not yet decided whether to release more than 600 Pakistanis in jails across Afghanistan, a State Department official told Dawn on Tuesday....
Govt urged to make public ‘secret talks’ on Osama ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: Former prime minister and the chairperson of the Pakistan Peoples Party, Benazir Bhutto, has urged President General Pervez Musharraf to take the nation into confidence on what she...		KESC’s network to be overhauled ISLAMABAD, Aug. 27: The federal government has decided to thoroughly improve the Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation’s generation, transmission and distribution network by June 2006 at a cost of Rs13.7 billion....
Three coal miners killed QUETTA, Aug 27: Three workers die on Wednesday evening when the roof of a coal mine collapsed in the Duki area of Loralai district, some 200km north-east of here....		Begum Sarfraz passes away ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: A writer and the chairperson of Majlis-i-Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Begum Sarfraz Iqbal, died early on Tuesday in the United States....
Attock Ehtesab court abolished ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has abolished the Accountability Court, Attock, which was specially created three years ago to try former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. The court would now...		Protesters block GT Road: Villager killed in police raid NOWSHERA, Aug 27: Angry villagers blocked the GT Road for vehicular traffic after an innocent man was killed during a police raid at Banda Nabi village here on Tuesday-Wednesday night....
Terror, neglect affect tourism CHITRAL, Aug 27: It’s 6.15 in the morning at Peshawar airport and a clerk is using a large screwdriver to prise the padlock off the door of the booking office of...		PHC reserves verdict on trial by ATC PESHAWAR, Aug 27: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday reserved its judgment in a writ petition of a high court’s advocate, Sardar Moazzam, challenging his trial by an anti-terrorism court in the murder...
College’s upgradation delayed HARIPUR, Aug 27: Upgradation of Commerce College Haripur to the degree level might take another year because of shortage of teaching staff and necessary equipments, sources told Dawn here on Tuesday....		Rocket fired at cinema PESHAWAR, Aug 27: Some unidentified persons fired a rocket on the Sakoon cinema in Bannu, the native town of NWFP chief minister Akram Khan Durrani, on Tuesday night....
Four held in Multan for cyber crime MULTAN, Aug 27: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday arrested four men who allegedly withdrew $30,000 by hacking into the computer system of a financial institution....		Robbers strike 16 times in two days in Sialkot SIALKOT, Aug 27: Robbers plundered cash, gold ornaments and other valuables, besides driving away with vehicles worth millions of rupees in 16 strikes here in the last two days....
Electioneering picks up steam: Kamoki Nazim polls GUJRANWALA, Aug 27: Electioneering for Kamoki tehsil nazimship has gained a momentum as heavyweight politicians have jumped into election campaign for their candidates....		Case against three ‘rapists’ BAHAWALPUR, Aug 27: Yazman police have registered a case under Hadood Ordinance against three landlords for raping the daughter of a tenant in Chak 105-DB....
PMC students Protest against PU, UHS FAISALABAD, Aug 27: The Punjab Medical College students blocked traffic and staged a protest demonstration against the Punjab University and the University of the Health Sciences for not accepting admission forms...		Two captives injure each other GUJRANWALA, Aug 27: Two condemned prisoners injured each other in Gujranwala jail on Wednesday....
Sit-in against former MNA SARGODHA, Aug 27: Over 100 people, including women and children, hailing from the working class staged a sit-in in front of the DCO’s office on Wednesday to protest the alleged fraud...		44 recovered from kiln SIALKOT, Aug 27: District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Zafar Husain on Wednesday ordered release of 44 people, including five children, from the illegal detention of a bricks kiln owner of Daska...
SECP wants NAB to pursue forex cases LAHORE, Aug 27: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) on Wednesday requested the Lahore High Court to refer the fraud cases filed against illegally formed foreign exchange companies to...		Court without full-time judge for 11 months LAHORE, Aug 27: The court of special judge (central) constituted to hear cases of illegal immigration has been working without a full-time judge for the past 11 months....
Cops suspended in a bid to mint money from ‘hooker’ LAHORE, Aug 27: Six policemen were suspended from service on Wednesday for making attempts to mint money from an alleged hooker and a customer on Jail Road late on Tuesday night....		Exports Touch $11bn LAHORE, Aug 27: Export Promotion Bureau chairman Tariq Ikram has said Pakistan’s exports touching the mark of about $11 billion is, indeed, a national achievement....
13 colleges show zero per cent results LAHORE, Aug 27: Four colleges have shown cent per cent result in the BA, BSc examinations while 13 colleges zero per cent in the results announced by the Punjab University on...		Pass percentage lowers in BA, BSc exams LAHORE, Aug 27: The Punjab University on Wednesday declared the results of BA, BSc annual examinations, 2003....
Suppl exams in October LAHORE, Aug 27: The BA, BSc (supplementary) examinations 2003 will be held in the second week of October, the Punjab University announced on Wednesday....		Polls held on SC’s order: Noorani LAHORE, Aug 27: The Oct 12 polls were held under the Election Order 2002 on a directive of the Supreme Court and not under the LFO as was being stated by...
Underpass to take two and a half months LAHORE, Aug 27: The underpass on The Mall will be completed within two months and a half and encroachments from all its link roads will be removed within 15 days....		Justice is deaf as well? LAHORE, Aug 27: Zahida Parveen’s frailty is not just physical. Her wide eyes, brimming with tears, are desperately seeking for anyone who will help her unbolt the doors to justice. There...
G-sectors exempted from water rationing ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to exempt the thickly-populated G-series sectors from water rationing, a source told Dawn on Tuesday....		Proposals to set up new institutions in Pims ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) administration has submitted proposals to the government, seeking setting up of new institutions in different disciplines on the premises of the...
Draft declaration of WTO meeting spurned ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: The Sustainable Agriculture Action Group (SAAG) has rejected the draft declaration of the 5th WTO Ministerial Meeting to be held in Cancun in September with the note that...		Ata calls for preparing plan to counter climatic change RAWALPINDI, Aug 27: The country’s economy will be affected adversely due to decline in agri produce unless a sustained plan is prepared to counter the climatic change, said the minister in-charge...
6 dams to be built in Margalla foothills ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) will construct six small dams in the foothills of Margalla range to store rainwater, which becomes waste due to lack of conservation system...		Students warned against illegal medical colleges ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) on Wednesday again warned the students and parents against getting admission in the medical colleges not recognised by the Council....
Rs10 million uplift schemes okayed RAWALPINDI, Aug 27: The district development committee on Wednesday accorded administrative approval of development schemes, worth Rs10 million, recommended by the members of the provincial assembly....		Historic peek at glowing Mars RAWALPINDI, Aug 27: People in Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Wednesday had a historic peek at the glowing Mars in its rendezvous with Earth in 60,000 years....
OPF to train 1,200 nurses in four years ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: The Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) has approved a project for training of 1,200 nurses during next four years....		PPP apprises US diplomat of regime excesses ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: Political Officer, the embassy of the Untied States, Richard Snelsire, paid a visit to the central secretariat of Pakistan People’s Party here on Wednesday....
Ratification of convention sought ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: The Network for Consumer Protection on Wednesday wrote a letter to President Pervez Musharraf, urging him to direct the government to ratify the framework convention on tobacco control...		Relief goods donated by Turkey arrive RAWALPINDI, Aug 27: Relief goods donated by Turkish Red Crescent Society for flood victims were handed over to Pakistani authorities at a simple ceremony held on Wednesday....