September 2, 2003	Tuesday	Rajab 4, 1424

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Compensation paid to building collapse victims RAWALPINDI, Sept 1: Provincial minister for local governments and law Raja Basharat on Monday said the government was taking steps to ensure standard constructions in the province....		Colleges perform poorly in degree exams RAWALPINDI, Sept 1: More than half of the city’s degree colleges are among institutions that have shown poor results in this year’s annual BA/BSc examinations of University of the Punjab....
Police seek grant to buy 20 VIP escort vehicles RAWALPINDI, Sept 1: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) police have sought an additional financial assistance from the federal government for purchase of 20 vehicles to escort the VIPs, an official source...		Schools to be exempted from commercial water tariff RAWALPINDI, Sept 1: Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) will soon exempt small and low income generating private schools of commercial water charges, the agency’s managing director, Aslam Sabzwari, told Dawn....
PML-N claims credit for JF-17 aircraft ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: The construction of JF-17 aircraft with Chinese participation is the successful completion of the project launched by the exiled prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, with the signing of the...		Compliance with WTO standards stressed ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: Under the World Trade Organization regime, only those countries will have access to global markets that comply with the international standards agreed upon by its member states....
Three houses robbed RAWALPINDI, Sept 1: Two robberies were committed and a house burgled in different parts of the city, police said on Monday....		Public sector not to import cars from China: minister ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: Federal Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan on Monday told the National Assembly that the government was not considering to import cheap cars from China....
Two killed in road accident RAWALPINDI, Sept 1: Two persons were killed and three injured in a road accident in Westridge on Sunday....		Rs2.5bn still stuck up with Taj co, NA told ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: The National Assembly was told on Monday that Rs2.5 billion was still stuck up with Taj company, which needs to be distributed among 23,078 affected persons....
Anti-polio drive starts in Pindi today ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: Rawalpindi District Nazim Raja Tariq Kiani has reiterated the government’s commitment to eradicate polio from the district....		Drug-peddler gets 3-year RI RAWALPINDI, Sept 1: A drug-trafficker on Monday was awarded three-year rigorous imprisonment by the additional district and sessions judge, Sanaullah Malik....
Taliban suspects to be quizzed QUETTA, Sept 1: The Balochistan government has detained 19 suspect Taliban for 30 days for joint interrogation who had been arrested in border town of Chaman by the district administration of...		Ittefaq, Redco, AWT among top defaulters, NA told ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s Ittefaq Foundries, former Ehtesab Bureau chief Saifur Rehman’s Redco Textile Mills, Uch Power, Army Welfare Trust and Bayindir Construction Tourism Trade and Industries...
28 arrested for crossing border illegally QUETTA, Sept 1: Border security authorities on Monday arrested 28 Iranian and Afghan nationals in Taftan area along Iran’s border for crossing into the country illegally....		Bhasha dam termed technically viable ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: The consultants of Bhasha dam have submitted their draft report declaring the $3.75 billion project with power generation capacity of 3,660 MW as “technically and financially viable”....
Two girls killed in Indian shelling MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 1: Indian shelling across the Line of Control on Monday killed two teenage girls while injuring four others, police officials said....		Three drown in Kotli MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 1: Two women and a girl drowned on Monday in Ban nullah in Kotli district while washing clothes....
Notice issued to SHO QUETTA, Sept 1: A division bench of the Balochistan High Court has issued a notice to the SHO Industrial police station asking him to produce a man, Abdul Majid, before the...		Ministers to review NA proceedings ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: The government has formed a six-member ministerial committee to review the parliamentary activities and assembly proceedings on a day-to-day basis....
Saudi entrepreneurs willing to invest in Pakistan: CM PESHAWAR, Sept 1: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said that Saudi entrepreneurs are willing to invest in various parts of the NWFP....		SC allows auction of property QUETTA, Sept 1: Mr Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry of Supreme Court Quetta Bench has allowed Saudi Pak Commercial Bank to auction remaining properties of Shaikh Abdul Sattar Lasi Group, mortgaged with...
NWFP to seek release of WB loan PESHAWAR, Sept 1: A team of the NWFP government will negotiate with the World Bank authorities in Islamabad on Tuesday in a bid to persuade them to release the second tranche...		JI leader extends support to govt MINGORA, Sept 1: MNA Amir Muqam has announced his full support to federal government and termed its policies very positive for the betterment of the people....
Drugs seized PESHAWAR, Sept 1: Law enforcers on Sunday night seized 125 kilogrammes of charas and 45 kilogrammes of heroin, besides 54 kilogrammes of chemical used in the manufacturing of heroin that was...		Warlord blamed for attack PESHAWAR, Sept 1: Former Kashmiri guerilla commander Mast Gul has blamed an Afghan warlord for an attempt on his life, claiming the assassination bid was plotted with Indian agents, police said...
Two women among four arrested: Faisalabad dacoity FAISALABAD, Sept 1: Provincial Minister for Communication and Works Zaheeruddin Khan claimed on Monday the police had succeeded in finding a clue to the dacoity-cum-murder and arrested four of the accused,...		Trader’s wife, son killed in robbery GUJRAT, Sept 1: GUJRAT, Sept 1: A trader’s wife and minor son were shot dead on Sunday night by four unidentified bandits during a dacoity in Mohallah Khwajgan.
Man held with opium SHEIKHUPURA, Sept 1: The district prison staff foiled an attempt to supply the contraband in jail on Monday....		Court orders shifting of jail incident accused GUJRANWALA, Sept 1: The local Anti-Terrorism Court No 2 on Monday ordered shifting of three accused involved in the Sialkot jail incident to Gujranwala jail after accepting their plea and adjourned...
Naib Nazim withdraws nomination papers LAHORE, Sept 1: PML-Q’s candidate for Sialkot Naib Nazim’s slot Chaudhry Imranullah Othi announced on Monday his withdrawal from the contest in favour of Arsal Waqar Ghuman after his meeting with...		Strike against killings observed FAISALABAD, Sept 1: A complete strike was observed in the city and its adjoining areas on Monday in protest against the killing of four people in a dacoity incident....
Trader slain SIALKOT, Sept 1: Two unidentified bandits on Sunday night shot dead a trader on resistance during a dacoity in Gunjiyanwali village, Uggoki....		Councillor shot dead SHEIKHUPURA, Sept 1: A general councillor was assassinated by two unidentified persons at Talib Park here early Monday morning....
FWO suspends work on Wasa projects FAISALABAD, Sept 1: The Frontier Works Organization (FWO) has reportedly suspended work on a number of development projects awarded to it by the Water and Sanitation Agency, for default of payment...		Five jails, 86 judicial lock-ups approved LAHORE, Sept 1: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi on Monday ordered the construction of five new district jails and 86 judicial lock-ups at tehsil level in a bid to improve prison conditions...
Wapda defends two-part tariff LAHORE, Sept 1: Water and Power Development Authority defended on Monday the two-part tariff, calling it “revenue neutral” the purpose of which is to encourage higher consumption....		Town nazim moves high court: Bar on financial powers LAHORE, Sept 1: Data Gunj Bakhsh Town Nazim Khwaja Ahmad Hassaan moved the Lahore High Court on Monday for the restoration of his financial powers....
Ecological body finds local silencer fit LAHORE, Sept 1: A silencer manufactured by a rickshaw driver was declared environmentally-friendly on Monday by a committee constituted by the Punjab Environment Department....		Only 10 travel agents netted in Mandi LAHORE, Sept 1: The Federal Investigation Agency has arrested only 10 travel agents from Mandi Bahauddin, who used to send people abroad through invalid documents, during its campaign which started in...
‘People have lost confidence in judiciary’ LAHORE, Sept 1: Senator S. M. Zafar has said that people have lost confidence in judiciary and legislative assemblies were not functioning properly....		Twenty robbers arrested LAHORE, Sept 1: The local police on Monday claimed they had arrested 20 members...
MMA against armymen’s handover to US LAHORE, Sept 1: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal chairman Shah Ahmad Noorani has warned the government that handing over of Pakistan armymen to the United States will result in anarchy and chaos in the...		Exhibition LAHORE, Sept 1: Rare photographs of Madar-i-Millat Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah will be put on display at Alhamra Arts Council from Sept 3....
Shopkeeper held for links with Jihadi group HYDERABAD, Sept 1: A sweet meat shop owner, Ahmed Ali, was picked up by the police here on Sunday for his alleged link with a banned Jihadi group....		Man killed in accident SUKKUR, Sept 1: A landlord, Karim Bakhsh, son of Yakoob Kalwar, resident of the Masoo Wah area, was killed in an accident on the National Highway near Ghotki on Sunday....
MMA calls for resolving LFO issue in parliament: Thal, Kalabagh projects opposed SHIKARPUR, Sept 1: Mutahidda Majlis-i-Amal general-secretary Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said the Legal Framework Order will not be accepted as a part of the Constitution before it is approved by parliament....		Hesco office ransacked LARKANA, Sept 1: The residents of Nadir Shah Paro held a protest demonstration outside the Hesco office in Ratodero on Sunday and damaged office furniture after the removal of power transformer...