September 4, 2003	Thursday	Rajab 6, 1424

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NoC must for mosque construction: Nazim RAWALPINDI, Sept 3: The district government on Wednesday announced that no mosque would be constructed in future without official permission....		PTV to start two new channels soon ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: ‘Kashmir Channel’ and ‘PTV Home Channel’ will start transmissions in which special programmes concerning Kashmiri women and children will be aired, said the PTV managing director, Akhtar Waqar...
Food security issues discussed ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: The steering committee of Pakistan Food Security Analysis (FSA), comprising government officials and representatives of the United Nations, in its first meeting held here on Wednesday discussed its...		Baitul Mal axes 60pc staff in two years ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: The management of Pakistan Baitul Mal (PBM) has axed 60 to 70 per cent of its total staff over the last couple of years to transform it into...
PSEB asked to set up IT centres ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) was asked on Wednesday to establish libraries and information centres to boost the local Information Technology (IT) industry....		Performance of police satisfactory, says IGP RAWALPINDI, Sept 3: The performance of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) police is satisfactory despite being overburdened with protocol and security duties....
Senate deputy chief honoured in Philippines ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: The Senate deputy chairman, Khalilur Rehman, has been given the highest medal by the Philippine House of Representatives, says a message received here from Manila on Tuesday....		45 police officials face criminal charges RAWALPINDI, Sept 3: At least 45 policemen of the district police have been booked this year on different charges ranging from torture and embezzlement to robbery and illegal detention, source told...
Tribute paid to Begum Sarfraz ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: Islamabad paid its tribute of tears and love to the late Begum Sarfraz Iqbal, (who died last month due to a heart ailment in America), its well-known citizen,...		New Nepra chief appointed ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: Abdur Rahim Khan on Wednesday took over as acting chairman of National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra)....
Lapse in PM’s security detected RAWALPINDI, Sept 3: A ‘security lapse’ came to light on Wednesday when a car appeared on the road from the wrong side when Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali’s convoy was...		PPP rejects threats of treason case ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has rejected “threats of the military regime” that former prime minister Benazir Bhutto could face treason charges for divulging “state secrets.”...
‘MMA-govt talks success unlikely’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) has very little hope that the ongoing talks between the government and the Muttahidda Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) would be successful in resolving...		Non-issuance of visas disappoints SCBA: Indian jurists’ visit LAHORE, Sept 3: Pakistan’s diplomatic mission in New Delhi has refused to issue visas to the nine-member Indian Jurists Council’s team that was to arrive here on Wednesday, Supreme Court Bar...
3 killed, 5 injured in Indian shelling ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: Three civilians, including a girl, were killed and five others were injured in shelling by Indian troops in Olding sector along the Line of Control in Baltistan on...		SSGC can’t reinstate employees: official ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: Sui Southern Gas Pipelines Limited Managing Director Munawar Baseer on Wednesday said the absorption of over 1,200 employees was not possible and the company had gone back to...
APHC calls for early Indo-Pakistan negotiations NEW DELHI, Sept 3: Emphasizing the need for taking Kashmiris into confidence, the Hurriyat Conference on Wednesday said India and Pakistan should initiate talks in right earnest to put an end...		Another Pakistani held in Canada TORONTO, Sept 3: Canadian authorities have arrested a 21st man in connection to the recent detention of mostly Pakistan-born men as potential national security threats, an immigration official said on Wednesday....
FM to visit three South Asian capitals ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri will embark on the first leg of his tour to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) capitals on Tuesday to deliver invitations...		Anti-polio drive begins in AJK MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 3: A three-day polio vaccination campaign was launched in Azad Jammu and Kashmir here on Tuesday, as some 0.564 million Kashmiri children under five years of age will be...
Education’s role stressed ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: Parliamentary leader of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal Qazi Hussain Ahmed on Tuesday said the ruling classes, led by feudals, had deliberately kept the youth away from education in the...		Soomro in Cuba ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: Senate Chairman Mohammedmian Soomro is leading Pakistan’s delegation to the “fifth round table of parliamentarians on desertification” in Havana, Cuba. Inter-Parliamentary Union Secretary-General Anders B. Johnson had invited...
Opposition vows to continue struggle ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: The opposition in the National Assembly on Tuesday expressed concern over “character assassination” of its leadership by the treasury benches in the house by hurling allegations of corruption....		Govt criticized for not taking action: House bodies’ recommendations PESHAWAR, Sept 3: Opposition in the NWFP Assembly took the government to task on Wednesday for not acting on the reports and recommendations prepared by the house committees on health, education...
PML-Q, PPP-S lawmakers stage walkout PESHAWAR, Sept 3: The members of PML-Q and PPP (S) staged a walkout from assembly proceedings on Wednesday over alleged irregularities in the government departments and posting and transfers despite a...		Two die as windstorm hits Bajaur KHAAR, Sept 3: A man and his wife were killed and two others were injured in roof collapse incidents when a strong windstorm lashed Bajaur Agency on Tuesday night....
Patients pay more at public hospitals PESHAWAR, Sept 3: Patients are being charged high at the public sector hospitals in the provincial metropolis under the head of user charges, sources said on Wednesday....		Body to work out plan next week: Transfer of monuments PESHAWAR, Sept 3: The sub-committee on the decentralization of the federal archaeology department will meet in Quetta on Saturday next to work out a plan for the proposed transfer of monuments...
PHC orders medical check-up of petitioner PESHAWAR, Sept 3: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday ordered constitution of a medical board for examining former excise and taxation officer Abdul Hameed Marwat on his...		Harmony urged HANGU, Sept 3: District Nazim Hangu Pir Haider Ali Shah has said that people from all walks of life wanted to see better law and order situation, terming it essential for...
GPO demanded LAKKI MARWAT, Sept 3: People belonging to different segments of society have demanded establishment of a general post office (GPO) in the district as the existing postal service is insufficient to...		Pakistan-Iran bus service delayed PESHAWAR, Sept 3: The first Iran-bound bus, which was supposed to leave Peshawar for Tehran on Wednesday has been delayed, owing to the non-completion of travel documents of passengers, Pakistan-Iran Bus...
Taluka council opposes disputed water projects SHIKARPUR, Sept 3: The Shikarpur Taluka Council in a unanimous resolution on Monday opposed construction of the Thal canal and the Kalabagh dam....		Four contractors held for charging illegal tax DADU, Sept 3: Police have arrested four contractors of the Manchhar Lake for collecting illegal tax and snatching fish from the Mohanas on Tuesday....
Food employees continue protest SUKKUR, Sept 3: The token hunger strike of the food department employees against non-regularization of their services employees and non-payment of three months salary continued on Wednesday outside the local press...		MMA warns against dissolving parliament KHAIRPUR, Sept 3: Mutahidda Majlis-i-Amal general-secretary Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said the authority does not lie with the elected prime minister but with the president....
Larkana BISE accused of overcharging exam fee LARKANA, Sept 3: A group of students observed a hunger strike here on Tuesday to protest against overcharging of the Secondary School Certificate (supplementary) examination fees by the Board of Intermediate...		Rangers picket attacked JACOBABAD, Sept 3: A gang of outlaws attacked and destroyed a rangers’ picket in Bugti Colony, Kandhkot, on Wednesday....
60 villagers infected with gastroenteritis BADIN, Sept 3: At least 60 people have been infected with gastroenteritis in village Yousuf Bhoot near Shadi Large in the last 48 hours....		Kalabagh dam termed recipe for disaster LAHORE, Sept 3: Dr Mubashir Hasan, an expert on irrigation and provincial president of the PPP-SB, visualises a political disaster in the country if the government goes ahead with the Kalabagh...
Artificial breeding of Mahaser achieved LAHORE, Sept 3: The Punjab Fisheries department released on Wednesday the seeds of different fish species, including Mahaseer (one of the delicious foods in the world), in natural waters....		LHC refuses to grant stay to town Nazim LAHORE, Sept 3: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday refused to suspend the operation of the Punjab Local Election Authority’s notification, debarring Data Gunj Baksh Town Nazim Khwaja Ahmad Hassaan from...
Report on bureaucrats’ residences sought LAHORE, Sept 3: The Punjab Assembly’s public accounts committee-1 on Wednesday sought a report regarding official “castles” of bureaucrats....		LHC chief justice defends LFO LAHORE, Sept 3: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry on Wednesday defended the LFO, saying that it had become part of the 1973 Constitution and any further debate on...
Burn victim dies LAHORE, Sept 3: A teenage boy succumbed to burn injuries in the Mayo Hospital on Wednesday....		Policy for housing loans finalized LAHORE, Sept 3: The Punjab government and the State Bank of Pakistan finalized on Wednesday a policy under which bank loans will be arranged for the construction of houses....
New LHC judges take oath LAHORE, Sept 3: The chief justice of Lahore High Court, Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry, on Wednesday administered oath to the eight newly-appointed LHC judges under the 1973 constitution....		2.5pc industrial units abide by labour laws LAHORE, Sept 3: The managers of only 2.5 per cent of the industrial units in the city district have filed declarations of compliance with labour laws under the new industrial policy...
HRCP flays detention of journalist LAHORE, Sept 3: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the detention of a Khuzdar journalist in flagrant violation of the due process and demanded his immediate release....		Call to build Kalabagh dam BAHAWALPUR, Sept 3: The district council adopted a resolution on Wednesday urging the Punjab government to construct Kalabagh dam immediately to meet the water requirements of the country....