August 31, 2003	Sunday	Rajab 2, 1424

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Rights groups urged to support Kashmiri refugees MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 30: There is a need for international rights organizations and donor agencies to support victims of the Indian-sponsored repression and terrorism, who are migrating to Azad Kashmir to save...		Rs10bn allocated for education, says minister QUETTA, Aug 30: Federal Science and Technology Minister and Higher Education Commission Chairman Dr Attaur Rehman has said that Rs10 billion has been allocated to improve the education standard and provision...
Army takes control of pass: Salarzai tribe gives up resistance KHAAR, Aug 30: The Pakistan army has taken control of a mountain pass along the Durand Line in Bajaur Agency after the Salarzai tribe gave up its two-week-long resistance to the...		Carrying, display of arms banned GHALANAI, Aug 30: The political administration of Mohmand Agency has placed a ban on the display and carrying of arms at marketplaces and towns of the agency....
Research on medicinal plants stressed PESHAWAR, Aug 30: NWFP Science and Technology Minister Hussain Ahmed Kanju has called upon the agriculture scientists and experts to carry out extensive research on crops, medicinal plants and in the...		Body set up to look into journalists’ problems PESHAWAR, Aug 30: A committee has been constituted on the directives of NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani to look into problems faced by journalists and workers of the newspaper industry...
Probe ordered into road project irregularities HARIPUR, Aug 30: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan has ordered the National Accountability Bureau to institute an inquiry into the alleged use of substandard material in the construction of the Hattar-Taxila...		CM urged to settle row MARDAN, Aug 30: District Naib Nazims Forum (DNNF), NWFP, has expressed concern over the confrontation between the provincial and local governments, asking Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani to take steps for...
US Pakistanis asked to contact embassy: Re-registration on entry WASHINGTON, Aug 30: The Pakistan Embassy has urged those Pakistanis who went home without second registration to contact the embassy before returning to the United States to avoid being sent back,...		Rain damages yet to be assessed, NA told ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: The National Assembly was told here on Friday that the detailed assessment and survey of losses and damages due to recent rains in the country was yet to...
Washington defends Islamabad WASHINGTON, Aug 30: In what Pakistan will see as defence of its position regarding the Mumbai blasts, the US state department has said “it has not yet seen any determination from...		Waste treatment plan for six industrial estates ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: The government has planned to set up effluent treatment plants at the six selected high-priority industrial estates and clusters in the country at an estimated cost of $145...
Afrasiab gives up HRCP post LAHORE, Aug 30: Afrasiab Khattak has resigned as chairperson of the HRCP. His successor will be elected by the organization’s executive council at its meeting in October, the commission said in a press release on Friday.		Muslims’ interaction with others urged CHICAGO, Aug 30: Speakers at the North America’s largest annual Muslim gathering emphasised here on Saturday that popular interpretation of concepts like jihad is not necessarily correct....
Benazir demands funds for LBOD ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto criticizing the government for failing to help the rain-hit people has asked it to make funding available for strengthening of the Left...		Minister advocates better education QUETTA, Aug 30: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Dr Attaur Rehman has said Pakistan’s prosperity, economic stability, industrial growth and defence capability in the rapid global technological changing depend on...
2 Pakistanis arrested on drugs charges BANGKOK, Aug 30: Five foreigners suspected of trafficking 40 kilograms heroin out of Thailand were arrested in Bangkok early Saturday in an operation involving US agents, Thai police said....		Prisoner shot dead in front of court QUETTA, Aug 30: A prisoner, Mohammed Saeed, was killed in front of the court of a judicial magistrate here on Saturday....
Quetta City Council continues protest QUETTA, Aug 30: The Quetta City District Council continued its protest against Quetta DCO and Wasa MD for challenging the authority of City Government Nazim....		One killed in accident GILGIT, Aug 30: A man died on Saturday while another received injuries when a vehicle fell into a ravine due to overspeeding....
Govt encouraging nationalists: Fazal BADIN, Aug 30: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal general-secretary Maulana Fazalur Rehman has said the government is encouraging nationalists and introducing regional politics under a plan against national politics in the country and warned...		Sindh to face acute water shortage: Projects on River Indus SHIKARPUR, Aug 30: Leaders of the Anti-Greater Thal Canal Action Committee have said Sindh will face an acute shortage of water if the Kalabagh dam and the Thal canal are constructed....
Musharraf’s statement criticized SUKKUR, Aug 30: A meeting of the Jeay Sindh Mahaz was held here on Thursday in which the speakers regretted the statement of President Pervez Musharraf regarding the construction of the...		Exams schedule HYDERABAD, Aug 30: The Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro on Saturday announced the theory programme of final professional MBBS annual examination 2003 for the candidates of LUMHS and...
PML-Q man for Naib Nazim’s slot changed SIALKOT, Aug 30: The provincial PML-Q leadership has changed the party’s candidate for the post of Sialkot district Naib Nazim....		Housewife killed SUKKUR, Aug 30: A woman was killed by two armed men in Faizabad colony, Khairpur the other day....
Multan Institute of Cardiology’s PC-1 revised MULTAN, Aug 30: The PC-1 (planning commission) for the Multan Institute of Cardiology has been revised to be presented before the provincial planning and development division for final approval....		Political discord tests Wahando SHOs GUJRANWALA, Aug 30: Wahando police station SHO Rashid Sindhu, who was transferred by the DPO on Friday on the charge of favouring the PML-Q’s nominee for the Kamoki tehsil Nazim’s slot,...
Rains leave two dead, many hurt SAHIWAL, Aug 30: Two boys were electrocuted while seven others sustained injuries and 20 mud houses collapsed due to heavy downpour accompanied by strong winds here on Friday evening....		Traffic blocked to protest police inaction FAISALABAD, Aug 30: Hundreds of villagers blocked traffic and staged a protest demonstration on Faisalabad-Samundri Road against the local police for its failure to control the increasing number of dacoities and...
7,200 apply for constables in Faisalabad Range FAISALABAD, Aug 30: At least 7,200 people, including a number of those holding master degrees, have applied for 33 vacancies of police foot constables, according to information gathered by this correspondent....		PMC students continue protest FAISALABAD, Aug 30: The protest movement launched by the students of the Punjab Medical College entered the fourth day on Saturday....
Yazman college upgraded BAHAWALPUR, Aug 30: The Government Intermediate College, Yazman, has been upgraded to the degree level....		President’s stand on Kalabagh lauded KHANEWAL, Aug 30: The Khanewal District Council on Saturday passed a resolution unanimously supporting the announcement made by President Pervez Musharraf for the need to build Kalabagh dam and other water...
Poultry odour poses threat to health SHEIKHUPURA, Aug 30: Foul odour emitting from a local poultry market has become a constant threat to the health of residents and shopkeepers in the vicinity....		Arts council disallowed use of dist govt hall DERA GHAZI KHAN, Aug 30: The district government is claiming exclusive rights over an auditorium that has been used by the Dera Ghazi Khan arts council since its establishment....
Pest situation in cotton fields under control MULTAN, Aug 30: A meeting of the Cotton Crop Management Group has called pest position in the fields “well under control.”...		Murder convict gets death GUJRANWALA, Aug 30: A local court awarded on Saturday death sentence and Rs100,000 fine to a murder convict....