September 3, 2003	Wednesday	Rajab 5, 1424

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Literacy project in districts started ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: USAID has launched Whole District Initiative (WDI) to make district-level education system fully functional with a view to ensuring 90 per cent enrolment of children....		Fibre optics to link universities ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: All the public sector universities of the country would soon be linked through fibre optics network whereby students and teachers could be able to interact on subjects of...
Framework for malaria warning system designed ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: A framework for malaria early warning system (MEWS) has been designed to predict the outbreak of the deadly disease at an early possible stage....		Girl killed by college bus RAWALPINDI, Sept 2: One student of Waqarun Nisa College for Women was killed and another injured after being run over by their college bus on Tuesday, police said....
Water supply project likely to be delayed RAWALPINDI, Sept 2: The second phase of the Khanpur Dam Water Supply Project is unlikely to be completed due to unavailability of funds....		Tenants stage demo in front of parliament ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: An-juman Mazarain Punjab (AMP) staged a demonstration in front of the Parliament House here on Tuesday to raise the issue of landless tenants working on state farms in...
‘HR awareness project to be introduced in schools’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: The government is introducing a new system in schools, under a project titled Human Rights Mass Awareness and Education, to create an understanding among the students through syllabus...		Country faces shortage of nurses ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: The public sector hospitals throughout the country are facing a shortage of about 100,000 nurses which is further aggravating owing to the migration of trained nurses to the...
‘No one in control in Iraq’ RAWALPINDI, Sept 2: The Islami Tahreek Pakistan chief and vice president of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Allama Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi, has said the martyrdom of the Syed Mohammad Baqir Al-Hakim and his...		Govt should respect provinces’ will: JWP QUETTA, Sept 2: The Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) warned the government on Tuesday that implementation of controversial projects, include the Gwadar port, Thal canal, Kalabagh dam and construction of new cantonments...
Opposition not serious in talks: Shujaat ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said on Tuesday that opposition was not showing any signs of maturity and seriousness in resolving contentious issues through talks and instead was...		Passport project’s cost doubled ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: The cost of the machine-readable passports project was revised by the interior ministry from Rs500 million earlier quoted by National Database Registration Authority to $20 million, translating to...
MQM to raise Thal canal issue in NA ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement still opposes the construction of the Thal canal and it will raise the issue in the ongoing session of the National Assembly, says MNA...		Indian court seeks details of detained Pakistanis NEW DELHI, Sept 2: India’s Supreme Court has asked the federal government to furnish details about the whereabouts of 11 Pakistani prisoners who are in Indian jails despite serving their sentences,...
Kidnapped FC men released QUETTA, Sept 2: Three Frontier Corps men who were kidnapped by a group of the Sulemankhel tribe of Afghanistan were released with the efforts of a spiritual leader and handed over...		Three Afghan soldiers held QUETTA, Sept 2: Border security authorities arrested three Afghan armymen and a mortar shell was fired on a Pakistani checkpoint near Chaman from across the border on Tuesday....
‘Full-time army chief needed’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: The country needs a “full-time army chief” to look after the military affairs without any distraction whatsoever....		Fake currency machines seized MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 2: Police raided a house on Tuesday and seized five machines used for making fake currency, 30 packets of fake 100-rupee notes, 3kg of counterfeit gold, a 30-bore pistol...
Visa delay hits Indian judges’ plan NEW DELHI, Sept 2: Eight former Indian judges who had their bags packed and ready for a planned goodwill mission to Pakistan were still without visas at the 11th hour on...		Suspects have links with gangs in Sindh: police: Murder case FAISALABAD, Sept 2: Those allegedly involved in the dacoity-cum-murder in which four people were killed on Sunday confessed to having links with gangs in Sindh, and committing a number of dacoities...
Bus kills six jeep riders SARGODHA, Sept 2: Six jeep riders were killed and as many bus passengers injured in a...		120 dacoities in Gujrat in a month GUJRAT, Sept 2: More than 120 dacoities were reported in different parts of the district during the month of August, according to a survey....
Three killed,five hurt in accident SAHIWAL, Sept 2: Three people are reported killed and five injured in an accident here on Monday night on the Lahore-Multan road near Sahiwal bypass....		PML-Q man moves LHC against rival GUJRANWALA, Sept 2: The PML-Q’s candidate for Kamoki tehsil Nazim’s slot, Sajjad Ahmad, on Tuesday moved the Lahore High Court against the ruling party other group’s nominee Rana Muhammad Asif, accusing...
Work on sport complex starts SADIQABAD, Sept 2: Federal Minister of State Rais Muneer Ahmed Khan opened work on the Ghazi sport complex here on Monday night....		SHO accused of misusing powers: Naib Nazim’s polls JHANG, Sept 2: As many as 20 councillors have accused Massan police station SHO Rana Rustam Ali of abusing his authority to muster support for the PML-Q’s candidate for the district...
Flag-lowering — a heartwarming sight KASUR, Sept 2: Trumpets and fire shots mark the daily flag-lowering ceremony at a Joint Check Post Col Ghulam Husain Shaheed....		Obituary SARGODHA, Sept 2: Chaudhry Abdul Hameed, the younger brother of PML-Q’s Chaudhry Muhammad Ali died of cardiac arrest in Faisalabad on Tuesday morning....
Anti-polio campaign launched in Landi Kotal PESHAWAR, Sept 2: After strenuous efforts made by the provincial health authorities, the EPI staff on Tuesday successfully launched an anti-polio campaign in some localities of tehsil Landi Kotal in Khyber...		No compromise on Sindh’s interests, says CM SUKKUR, Sept 2: Sindh Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Khan Mahar has said that the provincial government will never compromise on the interests of Sindh. “Let this impression be removed once and...
Army dept ‘occupies’ Parachinar farmland PESHAWAR, Sept 2: The Military Estates Officer (MEO) has allegedly grabbed more than 296 kanals of the agriculture department land in Parachinar, Kurram Agency....		Journalist roughed up in Bajaur KHAAR, Sept 2: Armed guards of a tribal chieftain manhandled Dawn’s correspondent in Bajaur Agency, Anwarullah Khan, on Tuesday....
Hunza hospital lacks facilities GILGIT, Sept 2: The Civil Hospital in Karimabad, Hunza, is facing lack of proper facilities like X-ray and laboratory....		Flour mills facing wheat shortage PESHAWAR, Sept 2: The chairman of the Pakistan Flour Mills Association, NWFP, Mr Niaz Ahmad, said here on Tuesday the food department was continuing to supply wheat short of the demand...
Mahar, ministers criticized SUKKUR, Sept 2: Anti-Greater Thal Canal Action Committee leaders have criticized the Sindh chief minister and ministers and state minister Khalid Lund for supporting the construction of the Kalabagh dam and...		Four killed in attack LARKANA, Sept 2: Four people, including three bystanders, were killed and one person was seriously injured when the members of an opponent party opened indiscriminate fire on their rival in the...
Naib Nazims denied entry to school SUKKUR, Sept 2: At least 35 councillors and Naib Nazims were denied entry to the Sukkur Public School during the visit of Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Mahar on Tuesday....		Teachers accused of drawing salaries illegally GILGIT, Sept 2: The Northern Areas Education Department (NAED) on Monday issued notices to at least two associate professors and three assistant professors of the Karakuram International University (KIU) Gilgit for...
Man held for accusing two children of Karo-kari KHAIRPUR, Sept 2: The Gambat police on Tuesday arrested a man who had accused two minor children of Karo-kari and registered a case against him....		Eight LHC judges take oath today: JAC to boycott ceremony LAHORE, Sept 2: Eight newly-appointed judges of the Lahore High Court will be sworn in on Wednesday under the 1973 Constitution for the first time since May 1999....
No rules for PA bodies’ working LAHORE, Sept 2: The finance committee is the only standing committee of Punjab Assembly that has formulated its rules of procedure during the last 56 years, and the committees have been...		Voting for Hassaan on 30th LAHORE, Sept 2: The Punjab Election Authority has decided to hold Data Ganj Bakhsh Town union council members voting on the recall motion against Town Nazim Khwaja Ahmad Hassaan on Sept...
Rs60m CDG’s IT projects approved LAHORE, Sept 2: The District Development Committee on Tuesday approved Rs60 million information technology projects of the City District Government, including the establishment of a geographical information system lab....		30 more Pakistani deportees due soon LAHORE, Sept 2: The third batch of 30 Pakistanis being deported from Italy is expected to reach here in a few days....
Youth dies LAHORE, Sept 2: A youngster died in the Lahore General Hospital on Tuesday from wounds he had suffered a couple of days ago in Kahna....		Wagon operators plan rallies LAHORE, Sept 2: Wagon operators will stage five protest rallies against the franchised transport scheme in the city on Sept 5, followed by demonstrations in front of the Assembly Chambers and...
Students protest PMC affiliation with UHS LAHORE, Sept 2: The students of the Punjab Medical College demonstrated outside the Lahore Press Club on Tuesday to protest against their college’s affiliation with the University of Health Sciences....		Rind supports building Kalabagh dam LAHORE, Sept 2: Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind said on Tuesday that Kalabagh Dam should be constructed to meet the ever-growing shortage of water in the...
Defence Day arrangements LAHORE, Sept 2: Arrangements are being finalized for holding a warfare demonstration, an air show and an arms display on Defence Day to be celebrated on Sept 6....		PML-J’s advice LAHORE, Sept 2: PML (Jinnah) President Saeed Ahmed Khan Manais advised the ruling party and the opposition on Tuesday that instead of levelling allegations and counter-allegations they should sit together and...