August 29, 2003	Friday	Jumadi-us-Sani 30, 1424

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Drive to fight HIV to be launched soon: Nasir ISLAMABAD, Aug 28: The government will introduce self-destructive syringes to discourage needle sharing practices threatening the spread of HIV/AIDS in the country, Federal Health Minister Mohammad Nasir Khan said here on...		‘Country approaching chronic water stress’ ISLAMABAD, Aug 28: Pakistan lacks enough water resources to meet present and future demands and is fast approaching the critical threshold of chronic water stress, generally believed to be 1,000 cubic...
PBM faces shortage of funds: MD ISLAMABAD, Aug 28: With 40 million people living below the poverty line, Pakistan Baitul Mal (PBM) is facing shortage of funds to fulfil the needs of its increasing number of beneficiaries,...		Water table in Pindi declining RAWALPINDI, Aug 28: Water table in the city has fallen from about 50 feet to more than 210 feet in the last 20 years, and it is feared that underground water...
Tributes paid to Sardar Ibrahim ISLAMABAD, Aug 28: Speakers at a reference on Thursday paid glowing tributes to the former AJK president, late Sardar Ibrahim Khan, for his struggle for the freedom of Kashmiri people and...		System to reward outstanding scholars soon ISLAMABAD, Aug 28: The government will soon introduce tenure track appointment system in all the public sector universities of the country to reward the outstanding scholars, announced federal minister and Chairman...
Report on oil spill to be presented to prime minister ISLAMABAD, Aug 28: A complete report about the health hazards due to crude oil spill off the Karachi coast will be presented to Prime Minister soon....		Agri research vital for economy: Soomro ISLAMABAD, Aug 28: Agricultural research is an important component to alleviate poverty and to boost the economy of the country for achieving self-sufficiency to meet the national challenges....
50 computer centres for women to be established RAWALPINDI, Aug 27: The district government would establish 50 computer literacy centres for women in the next few weeks, said district Nazim Raja Tariq Kiani. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of...		1.6 tons hashish seized from fake army truck ISLAMABAD, Aug 28: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) has seized over 1.6 tons hashish from a truck painted as an army vehicle near Kohat....
Tribal chiefs hampering uplift to be punished: Centre finalizes strategy RAWALPINDI, Aug 28: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali attended a meeting here on Thursday in which the government finalised its strategy for opening up Balochistan...		Two petroleum officials held for corruption ISLAMABAD, Aug 28: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday arrested former secretary Syed Naseer Ahmad and ex-director-general Shahid Ahmad of the petroleum ministry for corruption committed in connivance with each...
ADB to give $350m for judicial reforms ISLAMABAD, Aug 28: The Asian Development Bank will provide $350 million grant-in-aid for judicial reforms and implementation of the recommendations made by the National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS), a NAB source said....		Account statements of some parties awaited ISLAMABAD, Aug 28: Major political parties are yet to submit their consolidated account statements to the Election Commission (EC) of Pakistan....
Pakistani held in Canada granted bail TORONTO, Aug 28: One of the 19 Muslims under investigation by Canadian authorities for terrorist links was granted bail on Wednesday as community leaders and defence lawyers describe police charges against...		New PTCL recruitment policy unlawful: BHC QUETTA, Aug 28: A Balochistan High Court division bench has described the changes in the policies of Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) Board of Governors by the recruitment director of the company...
Appointment of judges yet to be notified ISLAMABAD, Aug 28: The appointment of eight judges of the Lahore High Court already approved by President Gen Pervez Musharraf has yet to be notified....		UN closes iris Verification office in Chaman QUETTA, Aug 28: The United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) closed its iris verification centre in Chaman on Thursday after the return of 69,000 refugees to Afghanistan...
Dacoit killed, policeman injured in encounter QUETTA, Aug 28: A dacoit was killed and a police constable injured in an encounter at Killi Bangulzai in Sariab police station area....		Sale of prize bond numbers to be banned ISLAMABAD, Aug 28: The government is preparing a draft law to ban the selling of prize bond numbers and those violating it will be awarded seven-year imprisonment....
Shariat bill in Balochistan Assembly soon: minister QUETTA, Aug 28: Senior Minister for Planning and Development Maulana Abdul Wasay has said the Shariat bill scheduled to be finalized on Saturday will be presented before the cabinet for approval...		206 appointments cancelled GILGIT, Aug 28: The Northern Areas finance and revenue secretary Iftikhar Hussain Malik, who also holds the additional charge of education, health and local government, cancelled at least 206 fresh recruitment...
99 per cent of Zakat fund utilized: minister PESHAWAR, Aug 28: Provincial Minister for Zakat, Ushr, Social Welfare and Women Development Hafiz Hashmat Khan has said that 99 per cent of zakat funds were utilized during 2002-03 in the...		Govt to open 20 colleges in Fata: governor PESHAWAR, Aug 28: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that apart from routine development programmes under implementation for socio-economic development of tribal area people, a special foreign-funded project of...
Councillors demand action against DCO QUETTA, Aug 28: The Quetta City District Council budget session was adjourned till Saturday to protest against District Coordination Officer (DCO) Naseer Baloch for violating an order of Quetta City District...		Tribesmen reject ban on arms display LANDI KOTAL, Aug 28: The political administration and elders of the Shinwari, Zakhakhel and Shalman tribes have failed to reach an agreement regarding ban on display of weapons in the tehsil....
Handing over of girls to rival group flayed PESHAWAR, Aug 28: The Civic Awareness Promotion Society has expressed its concern over handing over of two girls in Swara to a rival group for settling a dispute and has asked the government to take...		Shortage of doctors, drugs in Mohmand MOHMAND AGENCY, Aug 28: Patients have been facing problems as there is a shortage of doctors and medicines at the government-run health-care centres in the Mohmand Agency, shows a survey....
Councillors threaten to quit HARIPUR, Aug 28: As many as 35 members of the Tehsil Council, Haripur, have threatened to resign in protest against the recent spate of no-trust motions against Nazims and their deputies...		Fake degrees, NICs detected PESHAWAR, Aug 28: Fake educational degrees and national identity cards have been recovered from locals and Afghans, seeking verification of their documents by the authorities concerned, say official sources....
Commission formed PESHAWAR, Aug 28: The NWFP government has established a provincial public safety commission....		Elections not held under LFO: SCBA SUKKUR, Aug 28: Supreme Court Bar Association president Hamid Khan has dispelled the claim of President Gen Pervez Musharraf that the October 2002 election was held under the Legal Framework Order...
Teenager commits suicide: Arrest of father, brother MIRPURKHAS, Aug 28: Hundreds of villagers blocked the main road of Samaro town after a teenaged boy committed suicide to protest the arrests of his father and elder brother by the...		Nazim links progress with abolition of tribal system KHAIRPUR, Aug 28: District Nazim Nafisa Shah has said that Sindh could not progress without abolishing the tribal system....
SHC orders survey of Larkana’s dirty areas LARKANA, Aug 28: The Sindh High Court, Larkana circuit bench, on Thursday appointed an additional registrar as inspection commissioner to survey sanitary conditions in the city....		Corrupt officials booked SUKKUR, Aug 28: The Anti-Corruption Establishment, Jacobabad, has registered FIRs against 54 persons, including 29 education department and district accounts officials, on charges of corruption....
Teachers Boycott classes THATTA, Aug 28: Teachers, on the call of the Government Secondary Teachers Association, boycotted classes throughout the district on Thursday, demanding payment of their dues....		Demo against kidnapping held DADU, Aug 28: A doctor, Wazir Ali Lashari, was kidnapped by eight armed men from Abdul Samad Lashari village, Mehar taluka on Wedne-sday night....
Dams be built in Sindh: SNF BADIN, Aug 28: The chairman, Sindh National Front, Mumtaz Ali Bhutto, has said the statement of President Gen Pervez Musharraf, claiming that construction of the Kalabagh Dam and greater Thal canal...		No clue to killers of jewellers LAHORE, Aug 28: Police have failed to find any clue to the killing of two jewellers....
Forex firms to return money to depositors: Accounts defreezed LAHORE, Aug 28: The Lahore High Court ordered on Thursday de-freezing of the accounts of eight foreign exchange companies, which had allegedly been carrying out illegal brokerage in the country....		Pervaiz urges opposition to strengthen democracy LAHORE, Aug 28: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has criticized the opposition parties for opposing the president and the LFO....
NFC award before next fiscal year, hopes Dareshak LAHORE, Aug 28: Punjab Minister for Finance Hasnain Bahadur Dareshak has expressed optimism that the new National Finance Commission (NFC) Award will be announced before the next fiscal year....		Sugar mills to delay crushing till Dec 15 LAHORE, Aug 28: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) has decided to commence the crushing season in the Punjab on December 15 in view of surplus sugar stocks in the country....
South Asia labour moot from Sept 1 LAHORE, Aug 28; More than 200 delegates will attend the two-day South Asia Labour Conference being held at the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research, Karachi, from September 1....		Trainee doctors ‘negligence’ claims woman’s life LAHORE, Aug 28: Inexperience and “negligence” of two under-training postgraduate doctors at the Jinnah Hospital’s gynae-II unit has led to the death of a mother of four children....
Committee on industrial policy meets today LAHORE, Aug 28: The committee formed by the Punjab government to monitor implementation of the industrial policy will hold its maiden meeting on Friday (today)....		Two PML-Q aspirants step back: Naib Nazim election BAHAWALPUR, Aug 28: Two PML-Q aspirants for the tehsil Naib Nazim’s slot withdrew their candidature on Thursday, leaving field open for three contestants....
Five killed in road accidents SIALKOT, Aug 28: Five people, including two women, were killed and 14 others suffered grievous injuries in three road accidents in the district on Thursday....		Growers reject officially recommended pesticides MULTAN, Aug 28: The provincial agriculture department has constituted a three-member committee to look into the matter that how some of the pesticides with poor performance in cotton fields are recommended...