August 30, 2003	Saturday	Rajab 1, 1424

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PRM for discontinuation of pro-IFI policies ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: The People’s Rights Movement (PRM) has called on country’s financial managers to discontinue the agreements with International Financial Institutions (IFIs)....		Over Rs7m spent on ministers visits abroad ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: As many as 21 ministers and advisers cost the nation Rs7.17 million by visiting different countries soon after the installation of the Jamali government, the National Assembly was...
Politicians urged to help strengthen democracy ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: Former federal minister for information Javed Jabbar says the present parliament is very important, as the country is passing through a phase of “redistribution of powers”....		Intending Hajis issued 13,721 CNICs ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has issued 13,721 computerized national identity cards (CNICs) to the intending Hajis, an official of the authority said here on Friday....
Opposition gets 13 times less coverage than govt on PTV ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: The opposition got a total coverage of seven hours and 47 minutes against 92 hours and 45 minutes given to the government officials in the PTV Khabarnama and...		QAU syndicate to take up hiring, student issues today ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: Quaid-i-Azam University’s syndicate will meet on Saturday to discuss a number of issues ranging from endorsement of appointments, recommended by the university’s selection board, to students’ affairs, official...
‘Illegal’ commercial units to be removed after 31st: CDA ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has set August 31 as the deadline for removal of all commercial units established in residential areas, including private schools set up after...		85 under-trial prisoners released RAWALPINDI, Aug 29: As many as 85 under-trial prisoners were released from jail on the directives of the district and sessions judge, a prison official said on Friday....
Chinese envoy donates $200,000 ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: Chinese Ambassador Zhang Chuxiang handed over $200,000 to Pakistan government at a ceremony here on Thursday....		PIA plane grounded after door damaged RAWALPINDI, Aug 29: A Karachi-bound Boeing 737 of the national flag carrier was grounded at Islamabad International Airport when one of its front doors was damaged by a catering van on...
Robbers strike at three places in Pindi RAWALPINDI, Aug 29: Three robberies were committed in different parts of the city, police and victims said on Friday....		Seats in ICT colleges to be increased: Zobaida ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: The government is considering increasing the seats for students in the colleges of the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), Federal Education Minister Zobaida Jalal said here on Friday....
Musharraf exploiting judiciary, says SCBA LARKANA, Aug 29: President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan Hamid Ali Khan on Friday accused President Gen Pervez Musharraf of exploiting judiciary and raising non-issues like Kalabagh dam...		AI asks president to pardon juvenile offender PESHAWAR, Aug 29: The Amnesty International (AI) has urged upon President Gen Musharraf to accept the mercy petition of a juvenile offender on death row, Muhammad Ameen, hailing from Peshawar. He...
Donors urged not to fund Kalabagh dam project PESHAWAR, Aug 29: The Awami National Party (ANP) has announced to launch a nationwide anti-Kalabagh dam movement from September 14 and appealed to the international lending agencies not to fund construction of the controversial project....		‘Sindh will not accept controversial projects’ DADU, Aug 29: The people of Sindh will not accept projects that are being built against their will and the wishes like the greater Thal canal and the Kalabagh dam, says...
Electricity Breakdown disrupts life MIRPURKHAS, Aug 29: The power breakdown badly affected the water supply to the residential areas of the city as a result of which life was paralyzed on Friday....		LG system contains flaws, says minister PESHAWAR, Aug 29: NWFP Minister for Science and Technology Hussain Ahmad Kanju has said that the existing local government system contains flaws that need to be removed immediately....
Charas haul; three arrested SUKKUR, Aug 29: The excise police on Friday recovered 6,000kgs of charas from a truck on the Nation Highway, Naushahro Feroze district....		Electioneering picks up in Mingora MINGORA, Aug 29: Electioneering for the election of district Nazim and Naib Nazim here is gaining momentum day by day....
Pakistan needs pro-poor water plan: UN ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: Pakistan needs a water management strategy comprising pro-poor, affordable technologies such as small-scale water harvesting instead of the conventional focus on formal irrigation systems, says the UN Food...		Inquiry holds irrigation department responsible : Flood havoc in Badin ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: The recent floods that played havoc with life and property in Badin have been attributed to the mismanagement of provincial irrigation and planning department in an inquiry report...
PML-N warns govt against unseating MNAs ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: ARD’s parliamentary leader Makhdoom Javed Hashmi said on Friday that treasury members had moved a resolution and a reference in the National Assembly to disqualify some of the...		Fifty-fifty chance of talks success ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Thursday said the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) had made “indirect” contacts with the government for negotiations on the LFO, and Islamabad was...
Pakistani child dies HYDERABAD, Aug 29: Amna Siddiqui, a girl who had undergone a successful heart surgery in Bangalore, India, died after passing the first 48 critical hours after the operation without any complications....		Pakistan seeks UN role along LoC UNITED NATIONS, Aug 29: Pakistan on Thursday asked the UN Security Council to expand the role and mandate of the UN Monitoring Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP)....
Diplomats seek release of Pakistanis in Canada TORONTO, Aug 29: Pakistani diplomats in Ottawa have approached Canada’s foreign office to seek the release of 18 Pakistanis, mostly students, who were arrested here on Aug 14 with police suspecting...		Opposition continues protest in NA ISLAMABAD Aug 29: On Friday the Treasury Benches had 87 members on its side, the exact number of lawmakers needed to maintain quorum....
CPNE demands withdrawal of cases KARACHI, Aug 29: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) on Friday protested against the sedition and other heinous charges registered against seven journalists by the Hyderabad Police and termed the...		Two killed HARIPUR, Aug 29: One person was killed in an accident here on Thursday, police said....
Ex-official held ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday arrested former federal secretary Safdar Hussain Kazmi on corruption charges, a NAB official told Dawn....		Criminals’ DNA database faces inordinate delay LAHORE, Aug 29: An inordinate delay in amending the rules for the Identification of Prisoners Act 1920 is in turn delaying the development of a DNA database of convicted criminals, suspects...
Multan dist council backs Kalabagh project MULTAN, Aug 29: The district council unanimously approved a resolution here on Friday to support construction of Kalabagh dam....		Electioneering picks up in Gujrat GUJRAT, Aug 29: Electioneering for the slots of Gujrat district Naib Nazim and tehsil Nazim is gaining momentum with each passing day....
Embezzlement in Dera TMA DERA GHAZI KHAN, Aug 29: The convener of the special sub-committee of the Dera tehsil council on Friday recommended that the rent embezzlement case of the tehsil municipal administration should be...		SHO becomes a ‘rolling stone’ GUJRANWALA, Aug 29: A Wahando police station SHO has become a rolling stone between the PML-Q’s rival heavyweights in connection with the election of the Kamoki tehsil Nazim, it is learnt...
MMA to support ARD candidate SIALKOT, Aug 29: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has announced its support for ARD candidate Malik Ashraf for the office of district Naib Nazim....		Two arrested for selling spurious pesticides GUJRANWALA, Aug 29: A joint raiding team of agriculture and police departments arrested on Friday two pesticide dealers in Wazirabad and Kamoki for selling spurious products to farmers....
US envoy calls on Pervaiz LAHORE, Aug 29: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi said on Friday all political issues would be resolved amicably through talks and the present democratic system come up to the people’s expectations....		Farmers’ plea to save them from ‘excesses’ LAHORE, Aug 29: The Kissan Board Pakistan urged the government on Friday to save farmers of Rahim Yar Khan from what it alleged the highhandedness of officials....
90 delinquents set free SHEIKHUPURA, Aug 29: Ninty prisoners involved in petty crimes were released from the district prison here on Friday....		Final report on judges’ murder submitted LAHORE, Aug 29: The fact-finding commission of Lahore High Court submitted its final report on the killing of four judges at the Sialkot jail to LHC Chief Justice Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry...
Human Resource Management picking up steam LAHORE, Aug 29: The Human Resource Management is fast gaining ground in the domain of organizational structure and enterprise development in the country....		GCU claim on seats rejected LAHORE, Aug 29: Refusing to accept the Government College University’s statement in which it claims to have increased 10 per cent seats in intermediate classes, the Punjab education department has again...
International gang of drug-pushers busted LAHORE, Aug 29: The Punjab Anti-Narcotics Force claimed on Friday that it had arrested 10 members of an international gang of drug-peddlers, including a British and a Danish national, and recovered...		Zafar optimistic about LFO solution LAHORE, Aug 29: The committee of the PML-Q and the MMA on the LFO is trying to find a “political solution” to the contentious issues without going into constitutional niceties, ruling...
Three held for software piracy LAHORE, Aug 29: The city district police claimed on Friday to have arrested three unauthorized software sellers and seized 2,554 CDs during a raid....		Indian boy to be sent home today LAHORE, Aug 29: Pakistan is sending home an Indian teenager, who was detained after he had illegally crossed the border. Ranjit Kumar, a resident of occupied Jammu and Kashmir, will be...
CM orders teachers’ training LAHORE, Aug 29: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi on Friday directed the education department to devise a comprehensive training programme for teachers, stressing that those undergoing training would be given promotions and...		Water samples sent for analysis VEHARI, Aug 29: Following the death of five people due to cholera in Chak 511-EB, Burewala, a district health team collected samples of drinking water on Friday and sent the same...