September 6, 2003	Saturday	Rajab 8, 1424

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Rs1bn being spent on Madaris: Zobaida ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: An amount of Rs1 billion is being transferred to the education foundations, departments and divisions for mainstreaming of Madaris in the country....		Better IT training for govt workers urged ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: The Pakistan Computer Bureau (PCB) was asked on Friday to launch training of government employees to equip them with information technology (IT) skills....
PLA chief calls on PM, VCOAS ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: Chinese Chief of General Staff Gen Liang Guanglie heading a high level delegation called on Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Friday and discussed matters related to...		Nust plans to set up new campus in Capital ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: The National University of Science and Technology (Nust) is planning to establish its campus, having engineering and medical colleges, at Sector H-12 of the capital....
‘Undertaking not needed to file tax return’ RAWALPINDI, Sept 5: The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) will now accept tax return forms without the oath undertaking and other relevant details, the board’s member (tax), Wakil Ahmed Khan, said....		600 Iesco officials axed for corruption ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: About 600 officials of Islamabad Electricity Supply Company (Iesco) were terminated on corruption charges during last three years. This was stated by the chief executive of the company,...
Arrest warrants for 4 PML-N activists issued RAWALPINDI, Sept 5: Civil Judge Iqbal Haral on Friday issued arrest warrants for four Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) activists for not appearing in the court during the hearing of an anti-...		Three held for producing fake soft drinks ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: The capital territory police arrested three persons on the charge of manufacturing spurious soft drinks, a police spokesman said on Friday....
Effects of Iraq conflict discussed ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: A number of experts have said the recent Iraq war has brought media images of raw blood and catastrophe in our drawing rooms creating revulsion in the public...		Two die in accident RAWALPINDI, Sept 5: Two passengers were killed and 20 injured, two of them seriously, in a head-on collision between a passenger wagon and a coach near Jatli on Friday, police said....
Minister assures action ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: Interior Minister Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat informed the National Assembly on Friday that he had instructed the inspector-general of police, Punjab, to ensure registration of a case against...		Repeal of Hudood ordinance opposed ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: Veiled women activist of Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) on Friday staged a protest demonstration outside the Parliament House against the recommendation of the National Commission for the Status of Women...
Expats entry on Pakistan Origin Card allowed ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: Pakistanis having dual nationality must have Pakistan Origin Card (POC) for entry into Pakistan without visa, Interior Minister Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat told the National Assembly on Friday....		ARD may invoke Article 6: Javed ISLAMABAD Sept 5: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy’s parliamentary group in the National Assembly is likely to invoke Article 6 of the Constitution against those responsible for the suspension...
Nawaz criticizes role of generals ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has said that the 1965 war was the result of “incompetence and political ambitions of those adventurer generals” who had “usurped power in...		Gang involved in sectarian attacks busted QUETTA, Sept 5: The police have busted a 12-member gang of terrorists involved in sectarian attack on an Imambargah on July 4 and killing of trainee police recruits, four Hindus and...
Foreign aid fails to help people: PPP ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: The huge amount of economic assistance that Pakistan received because of its critical geographical position failed to help ordinary Pakistanis who continue to suffer during successive governments after...		Pakistan has no aggressive designs, says Musharraf ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: As a responsible member of the comity of nations and a nuclear power Pakistan is and will continue to contribute positively towards world peace. Our armed forces will...
MoU to be signed with France ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: Pakistan and France will sign on Saturday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to devise a joint anti-narcotics and anti-terrorism strategy, a source in the interior ministry told Dawn...		Opposition united on LFO, says Qazi QUETTA, Sept 5: There are no differences between the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy on the Legal Framework Order as both the alliances are struggling for...
SC’s opinion sought on PCO ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: The Supreme Court of Pakistan was approached by Maulvi Iqbal Haider seeking a declaration that President Gen Pervez Musharraf still enjoyed powers to re- promulgate the Provisional Constitutional...		Two rocket blasts rock Quetta QUETTA, Sept 5: The provincial capital was rocked when two rockets exploded in different areas of the city, including the Frontier Corps headquarters, on Friday, police said....
IMF briefed about anti-graft plans ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: The National Accountability Bureau on Friday briefed an International Monetary Fund mission on the national anti-corruption strategy....		Defaulters owe Rs44bn to Wapda, NA told ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: Wapda has to recover outstanding arrears of Rs43.9 billion from over 1.5 million defaulters in the country, the National Assembly was told here Friday....
Ban sought on virus-hit sugarcane varieties DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Sept 5: Agriculture experts have asked the NWFP government to impose ban on cultivation of virus affected Indian sugarcane varieties otherwise the sugar mills would not get the...		Crisis deepens in Gilgit college GILGIT, Sept 5: Differences between the Northern Areas Colleges Academic Staff Association (NACASA) and the Karakuram International University (KIU) over the administrative control of the Postgraduate College Gilgit (PCG) have increased...
AJK PM assures better education MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 5: Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan said on Friday that government is utilizing all available resources for improvement of educational standards in Azad Kashmir....		Two killed in Hangu HANGU, Sept 5: Two persons were killed and four injured in three separate incidents in Hangu district, police sources said on Friday....
Govt workers want fixed salary policy abolished PESHAWAR, Sept 5: All Class-IV Government Employees Association, NWFP, has demanded of the government to abolish fixed salary policy for the government employees in the province....		Tension grips Kharian village after sectarian killings GUJRAT, Sept 5: Tension gripped Chak Sikandar in Kharian some 50km from here after a prayer-leader and his son were allegedly killed by members of a rival sectarian group on Thursday...
Tough contest in the offing: Multan tehsil Nazim’s slot MULTAN, Sept 5: Political bigwigs’ interest in the campaign for the election for the Multan Saddar Tehsil Nazim’s slot has brought vigour to the bout....		Raid on judge’s home: Mepco men suspended MULTAN, Sept 5: The Multan Electric Power Company has suspended from service three of its officials for negligence that led to a raid on the residence of a district and sessions...
Robbers kill woman OKARA, Sept 5: Four bandits on Friday shot dead a woman and injured two others seriously on resistance during a dacoity in Lahorian village....		Power cut: teachers punish Fesco staff children TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 5: Children of the Faisalabad Electric Supply Company staff had to face the wrath of their schoolteachers following the disconnection of power supply to the district education...
Killers of four of a family still at large MULTAN, Sept 5: Cantonment police have failed to arrest any of the culprits, who had murdered four members of a family in the district on Thursday night....		Women councillors’ to play decisive role in Kamoki polls GUJRANWALA, Sept 5: The women councillors, 138 in number out of total 488, will play a decisive role in the election of Kamoki tehsil Nazim....
Two lady doctors fired RAHIM YAR KHAN, Sept 5: Two lady doctors of Sheikh Zaid Hospital’s gynae ward were sacked for negligence on Friday....		LHC employees clash with lawyers: Bar to boycott CJ’s court LAHORE, Sept 5: Several Lahore High Court (LHC) employees clashed with four lawyers when the latter allegedly beat up a writ branch clerk here on Friday....
Sugar retail price rise to Rs18.25 per kg LAHORE, Sept 5: The retail price of sugar has gone up by about Re1 per kilo in the last few days after a decision of sugar mills to what they call...		UHS to get 10pc of colleges’ fees LAHORE, Sept 5: The University of Health Sciences will annually charge the affiliated private medical colleges 10 per cent of the fees collected from students in addition to Rs1 million that...
CM accuses opposition of destabilizing system LAHORE, Sept 5: Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi lashed out at the opposition on Friday for what he said “destabilizing the system through which they entered the house”....		Afrasiab flays Advani’s remarks LAHORE, Sept 5: Justice Afrasiab Khan (retired), a former member of the National Kashmir Committee, has taken strong exception to Indian deputy prime minister L K Advani’s remarks that the recent...
WB invites NH&MP to train B’desh highway police LAHORE, Sept 5: World Bank officials have approached Pakistan to acquire services of the National Highways & Motorway Police for the training of their Bangladeshi counterparts....		Traders oppose GST at retail LAHORE, Sept 5: Traders have opposed imposition of the General Sales Tax at retail level and the universal self-assessment scheme, and urged the government to charge a fixed tax or 0.75...