September 5, 2003	Friday	Rajab 7, 1424

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Emergency declared in Capital after heavy rains ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: A state of emergency was declared in the federal capital in the early hours of Thursday following heavy rain in Islamabad....		9 under-trial prisoners escape, four caught RAWALPINDI, Sept 4: As many as nine handcuffed under-trial prisoners escaped from police custody after injuring a policeman and two passers-by women at Kahuta on Thursday....
ESRA announces $25m awards ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The USAID-funded Education Sector Reform Assistance Programme (ESRA) has announced the first awards under its $25 million (Rs1,450 million) grants programme....		Defence Day to be observed tomorrow ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: Defence Day of Pakistan will be observed on Saturday to pay homage to the martyrs who rendered sacrifices in defending the motherland against aggression....
Pakistani students to get 31 scholarships: China gifts 40 computers ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: Education Minister Zobaida Jalal on Thursday announced that China would award 31 scholarships to the Pakistani students in the field of advanced studies and languages....		Capital’s meat market project in doldrums ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The project of establishing the first grand meat market in the federal capital is stated to be in doldrums due to the negligence of the Capital Development Authority...
Homage paid to Nisar Osmani ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: Speakers at a seminar paid glowing tributes to late Nisar Osmani for his services for the cause of freedom of press and uplift of newspaper employees....		FDE directed not to refuse admissions to students ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: Education Minister Zobaida Jalal has directed the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) not to refuse admission to any student in the colleges of the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT),...
Man gets death sentence RAWALPINDI, Sept 4: A man was awarded death sentence on two counts by an additional district and sessions judge for killing two persons, while his mother was acquitted due to lack...		Farmers seek protection of interests in WTO moot ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: Hundreds of small farmers on Thursday lambasted the policies of the World Trade Organization terming them pro-developed countries to the ultimate disadvantage of the third world countries....
Call for ban on employing children as domestic worker ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: Society for the Protection of Rights of the Child (Sparc) has called upon President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali to amend the relevant...		MMA vows struggle against US designs QUETTA, Sept 4: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal will continue its struggle against the American hegemonism, strive to liberate the Muslim world from the yoke of imperialism, says MMA leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman....
Punjab asked to consult Sindh on Thal project ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The centre has asked Punjab to discuss with the Sindh government the remodelling of Greater Thal Canal project keeping in view the availability of water....		‘No plans for big US arms purchase’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: Pakistan’s defence ministry said on Thursday it would discuss arms purchases from the United States this month but denied a report that Washington had offered a $9 billion...
Canada releases another suspect TORONTO, Sept 4: A third person taken into custody in August in raids conducted by an anti-terrorism task force has been released, an immigration official confirmed on Thursday....		China to export new fighter jet: media BEIJING, Sept 4: China has conducted the first test flight of a fighter jet jointly developed with Pakistan with combat capability it says rivals the US F-16, state media said on...
PAF defends Mushaf against charge ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The Pakistan Air Force on Thursday defended its former chief, the late Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir, against what it called the baseless allegation that he had...		Return of Afghan DPs steady ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The number of refugees going back to Afghanistan has remained steady at more than 10,000 returnees a week for the last one-and-a-half months, says latest UNHCR brief....
Two judges confirmed ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The President has appointed two additional judges as permanent judges of the Balochistan High Court with immediate effect....		5 parties boycott Shariat council QUETTA, Sept 4: Five parties of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal have boycotted the proceedings of the provincial Shariat council and disowned decisions taken by it so far after differences emerged in the...
Funds for LBOD repair insufficient: Benazir ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: Chairperson Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Benazir Bhutto, in a letter sent to Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, has expressed her concern over the death and destruction of...		Activation of Sindh PML-Q secretariat planned: Nisar ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The convener of the organizational committee of the Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam), Sindh chapter, Senator Nisar A. Memon, has sought reactivation of the party secretariat so that the...
Kashmir talks sought ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: Former All Parties’ Hurriyet Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said on Thursday that India should accept Kashmir as a dispute and initiate dialogue with all the parties concerned...		Frontier Constabulary to guard installations in Balochistan: CM QUETTA, Sept 4: Around 2,600 men of the Frontier Constabulary would take over security of important government installations and places in the provincial capital and help maintain law and order, Balochistan...
NA session to resume today ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The National Assembly will resume its session on Friday morning after a two-day-long recess....		NWFP PA blasts army operation in Bannu PESHAWAR, Sept 4: The treasury and opposition MPAs on Thursday denounced what they called a joint military operation by Pakistan and the US in Bannu district and the adjoining tribal areas...
Khokharapar route reopening urged HYDERABAD, Sept 4: The City Taluka Council at its session held on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution demanding reopening of the Khokharapar route and shifting of the visa office of India...		Strike threatened against salary cut KOHAT, Sept 4: The health staff of the Commissionerate of Afghan Refugees has threatened to go on indefinite strike against the 30 per cent cut announced by the government in their...
Two sisters die as roof collapses in rains SWABI, Sept 4: Two orphan sisters died and their brother received injuries when the roof of a house collapsed due to heavy rains and thunderstorm which hit the district and its...		Award of PhD, MPhil degrees approved HYDERABAD, Sept 4: The University of Sindh has approved the award of 11 PhD and two MPhil degrees to scholars in different disciplines....
Three robbers arrested HYDERABAD, Sept 4: The Kotri police have arrested three robbers and recovered weapons from their possession on the Indus Highway....		Highway workers flay ban on jobs LARKANA, Sept 4: A large number of highway workers, affiliated with the Highways Employees Union, took out a procession here on Wednesday to protest against the continuous ban on recruitments in...
Demo against Hesco held KHAIRPUR, Sept 4: The residents of Gharhi Pul Mohalla, Khairpur, held a protest demonstration against Hesco officials on Saturday for issuing inflated bills....		Robbery KHAIRPUR, Sept 4: Two men were injured by about 15 housebreakers in Malang Mangrio village near Kolab Jial....
Mari gas field dispute: Peasant leader’s son not released SUKKUR, Sept 4: Mari gas field administration officer Jamal Nasir, the son of peasant leader Mandhal Shar who is leading a campaign against the gas field management, was arrested in another...		CM sees conspiracy to destabilize govt: Karachi killings SUKKUR, Sept 4: Sindh Chief Minister Sardar Ali Mohammad Khan Mahar has said that an investigation has been initiated into the recent killing of eight people in Karachi to determine the...
Two more killed as rival groups clash LARKANA, Sept 4: Two people, Faiz Mohammad alias Faizu Unnar and Nazim Abro, were killed and seven others were injured in an armed clash between two rival groups of Abro tribesmen...		Banks charge excessive mark-up: rice millers LARKANA, Sept 4: The president, Sindh-Balochistan Rice Millers and Traders Association said that banks were charging 15 to 17 per cent mark-up on paddy loans, while mark-up on export financing,...
Traders hold demos in Sindh HYDERABAD, Sept 4: Small traders held demonstrations in different cities of Sindh on Thursday to protest against the universal income tax scheme....		WTO laws criticized NAWABSHAH, Sept 4: Millions of people will become unemployed and local industry will be destroyed after the implementation of the World Trade Organization laws in the country....
Protesters block road, demand jobs in BHP DADU, Sept 4: Hundreds of people blocked the Dadu-Johi Road for five hours on Thursday when the prime minister arrived in the area to inaugurate the Zamzama oil field of the...		Medical camps set up BADIN, Sept 4: On the directives of the Sindh Health Services director, a medical camp has been established in Yousuf Bhoot village of Tando Bago taluka where a major outbreak of...
Hesco employee, three others electrocuted SHIKARPUR, Sept 4: Four people, including a Hesco employee, were electrocuted and four others seriously injured when a 132,000KV line fell in the Mohammad Khan Pahore village on Thursday....		Accident HYDERABAD, Sept 4: A bank official, Ghansham Das, was killed here on Thursday when a bus ran over him at Guddo Chowk in the jurisdiction of Hussainabad police station. He died...
Punjab rejects Irsa’s decision: Water availability certificate LAHORE, Sept 4: The Punjab has reportedly refused to accept Irsa’s decision to issue a Water Availability Certificate for the Katchi and PAT-Feeder Extension canals being constructed in Balochistan, describing it...		PLEA given unbridled powers: LHC LAHORE, Sept 4: The Lahore High Court observed on Thursday that it should not be surprising if the recall-motion rules recently framed by the government were aimed at providing unbridled powers...
Communist Party of India for plebiscite LAHORE, Sept 4: The Communist Party of India Marxist Leninist (CPIML) has supported giving right to self-determination to Kashmiris....		Minister told about police interference in town polls LAHORE, Sept 4: A delegation of Democratic Group led by PML-N MNA Khwaja Saad Rafiq called on the Punjab law minister, home secretary, IGP and DPO here on Thursday to complain...
MMA warns of protest if LFO talks suspended LAHORE, Sept 4: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has warned the government of intensifying its mass contact drive if it slammed the doors on the LFO issue....		Claims of UHS inclusion in PMDC Ord ‘misleading’ LAHORE, Sept 4: The University of Health Sciences (UHS) has published announcements in newspapers and written letters to the affiliated colleges that the PMDC and the federal health ministry have notified...