September 7, 2003	Sunday	Rajab 9, 1424

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CM denies presence of Al Qaeda men PESHAWAR, Sept 6: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has denied  the presence of Taliban or Al Qaeda activists in the province and asked the Centre to take the provincial government into confidence before initiating  any...		Rs21.7m loss in tubewells digging LANDI  KOTAL, Sept 6: The Khyber Agency public  health department incurred a loss of Rs 21.7 million due to ill-planning and lack of knowledge about deep digging of tubewells in Landi...
Nazim warns adulterators of action MARDAN, Sept 6: Mardan district Nazim Haji Raza Khan has directed food department authorities to proceed against those involved in adulteration in food items and punish them according to new law introduced by the federal government to curb this menace....		Education body to adopt 50 schools PESHAWAR, Sept 6: The Frontier Elementary Education Foundation (FEEF) will adopt 50 abandoned schools in remote areas of the province, especially in Kohistan district, to promote female education and also establish...
Man, woman shot dead near Gilgit GILGIT, Sept 6: A woman and a man were gunned down in district Ghizer on Friday, official sources said....		PAF cancels celebrations PESHAWAR, Sept 6: The Pakistan Air Force announced on Saturday cancellation of the Defence Day celebrations in the city and on the same day Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali also cancelled...
3 get life term for killing cousins PESHAWAR, Sept 6: Additional District and Sessions Judge Shehbar Khan on Saturday awarded life term to two brothers for killing their cousin and fined them Rs50,000 each....		Assurance PESHAWAR, Sept 6: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has stressed the need for creating awareness among the people about their role towards special children. He was talking to the management...
PPP rejects govt’s treason charges ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Rejecting treason charges against Benazir Bhutto, People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) president Makhdoom Amin Fahim has demanded action under Article 6 against those who had abrogated the country’s Constitution...		Sindh coalition partners express solidarity KARACHI, Sept 6: Coalition partners in Sindh showing solidarity with each other, made it clear that the province had registered substantial progress under their government, and wherever improvements were needed, they...
Minister denies allegations of negligence in US LAHORE, Sept 6: Punjab Health Minister Dr Tahir Ali Javed said on Saturday that a character assassination campaign had been launched against him by his political rivals....		‘PAs resolutions being ignored’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: PPP’s deputy secretary-general Mian Raza Rabbani has said that the federal government is violating the Constitution by ignoring resolutions unanimously passed by the NWFP and Sindh assemblies on...
Former official sentenced QUETTA, Sept 6: Accountability Court Judge Mohammad Naeem Kakar on Friday sentenced a former project director of the communications and works department in absentia to three years imprisonment for not appearing...		Two colleges to be opened at Barnala MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 6: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan on Friday approved the opening of two degree and intermediate colleges and upgradation of 100 primary and 60 middle schools....
Defence Day celebrated ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: The nation, with the armed forces, celebrated the Defence Day on Saturday with renewed resolve to defend the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the country....		Jamali, Durrani condole deaths in Dir ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali and NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani have, in separate messages, expressed their grief over the death of 30 people who died...
Rocca due in India on 9th ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Christina Rocca is due to visit India next week....		JCSC visits BD war memorial DHAKA, Sept 6: Pakistan’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Chairman Gen Mohammad Aziz Khan on Saturday placed a floral wreath at the Shikha Anirban (Eternal Flame) Memorial located inside the Dhaka...
Arrested Pakistanis harassed in Canada TORONTO, Sept 6: A prominent Canadian parliamentarian has asked the government to ensure security and safety of the arrested Pakistanis, mostly students, who are receiving “death threats” from other prison inmates....		‘Demographic changes in Gwadar feared’ QUETTA, Sept 6: Balochistan National Movement Chairman Dr Hayee Baloch on Saturday accused the government of hatching a conspiracy to turn the native population of Gwadar town into a minority in...
Intellectual property rights body to be set up ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: The government has decided to send the draft bill on Pakistan intellectual property rights organization (Pipro) to the law division for vetting, following the receipt of views from...		3 shot dead in Turbat QUETTA, Sept 6: Three persons were shot dead on Saturday in Turbat town, police said....
S. Arabia gives $95,000 to Comstech ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Saudi Arabia has contributed US$ 95,000 to the OIC standing committee on scientific and tech-nological cooperation (Comstech) secretariat, Islamabad, as a voluntary contribution to...		Zobaida to visit UK LONDON Sept 6, Education Minister Zobaida Jalal is arriving here on Sunday to discuss education programmes being run by the United Kingdom in the NWFP and Punjab with the head for...
Poor condition of BHU deplored NAWABSHAH, Sept 6: Residents of three union councils — Gupchani, Ismail Brohi and Ghandtar — are suffering due to poor health facilities at the Basic Health Unit, Gupchani....		Thar schools occupied by officials, others MITHI, Sept 6: Establishment of education department offices and guest houses of influential people in school buildings in Tharparkar district has created classroom shortage and badly affected academic activities....
Bank cashier to be booked for theft NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Sept 6: Officers of the United Bank on Saturday decided to lodge an FIR against the cashier of the bank’s Kotri Kabir branch after over Rs3.2 million was stolen...		Epilepsy patient beaten to death by exorcist SUKKUR, Sept 6: An exorcist beat a man to death while extracting a ghost from him in Rohri town on Friday night....
Two killed in tribal feud SHIKARPUR, Sept 6: Two men were killed in two separate incidents in the district on Saturday....		Man held with charas NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Sept 6: The excise police on Saturday seized seven maunds of Charas from a coach on the National Highway near Kandiaro....
45pc villages without electricity MULTAN, Sept 6: The federal minister for water and power, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, has said that 45 per cent of villages in the country are still deprived of electricity....		Candidate for tehsil Nazim ‘being pressurized’ DERA GHAZI KHAN, Sept 6: The Punjab government is allegedly pressurizing a candidate for the post of Nazim of Taunsa Sharif tehsil, Nawaz Shah, to make him withdraw from the contest...
By-poll campaign concludes BAHAWALPUR, Sept 6: Campaign for the by-election to tehsil Naib Nazim office ended on Saturday as the polling is due on Sept 8....		Police recover abducted boy OKARA, Sept 6: The son of a landlord, who was kidnapped by robbers to get their accomplice released, was recovered on Saturday after a 16-hour-long operation....
Land scam: complainants seek help BAHAWALPUR, Sept 6: Four people have threatened of self-immolation along with their 25 family members in protest against government officials...		Jail incident: deadline for submitting case extended GUJRANWALA, Sept 6: The anti-terrorism court No 1 on Saturday extended the deadline for submitting the cases of the Sialkot prison incident accused till Sept 11....
Schoolgirl electrocuted SIALKOT, Sept 6: A sixth class student died after receiving an electric shock near her school in Korpur (Sialkot tehsil) on Saturday....		Matric results BAHAWALPUR, Sept 6: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Bahawalpur, on Saturday announ-ced the results of matric supplementary examinations, 2003....
Suit filed for holding polls: Provincial PML-Q post PESHAWAR, Sept 6: A civil court on Saturday issued notices to the Election Commission of Pakistan, PML-Q central secretary-general Saleem Saifullah, provincial acting president of PML-Q Agha Syed Ali Shah, and...		Man kills girl TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 6: A girl was killed by her relative while a man was murdered by his two brothers in the district on Saturday. In Chak 94-JB near Pacca...
Eve-teasers shoot youth FAISALABAD, Sept 6: A youth was gunned down by four eve teasers in Chak 161-RB in Chak Jhumra on Saturday....		PhDs awarded FAISALABAD, Sept 6: The University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, has awarded PhD degrees to two students....