September 8, 2003	Monday	Rajab 10, 1424

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Cantonment board seeks Rs255m grant: Laying of pipeline, road network RAWALPINDI, Sept 7: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) has requested the federal government for a grant of Rs255 million for laying of pipeline and road network in the cantonment areas, it...		GPO tracking system inoperative in 11 cities RAWALPINDI, Sept 7: The computerized track and tracing system installed by the Pakistan Post Offices (PPO) in 11 big cities is not in operation since its installation some 11 months ago,...
Water quality monitoring project approved ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The Departmental Development Working Party (DDWP) of the ministry of science and technology has approved a water quality monitoring project for the rural areas of Pakistan and installation...		Delay in NICs delivery criticized RAWALPINDI, Sept 7: Delay in release of computerized national identity cards by the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) is causing great inconvenience to the people, this reporter has learnt....
Pakistan, China to cooperate in farm sector ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: Pakistan and China have decided to enhance cooperation in different fields of agriculture under the 16th Protocol of Science and Technology signed between the two countries....		CGH anaesthetist dismissed RAWALPINDI, Sept 7: An anaesthetist of Cantonment General Hospital (CGH) has been dismissed from service in connection with the death of a class 9 student, Zara, official sources told Dawn....
Scientists awaiting cash awards ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The nominees for the research productivity allowance 2003 of the federal ministry of science and technology are still waiting for the cash awards as the ministry has failed...		Man kills brother RAWALPINDI, Sept 7: A man killed his brother on Saturday, police said....
Delay in survey work criticized: Losses due to rain BADIN, Sept 7: District Relief Committee chairman Syed Ali Bux Shah has directed the DCO to form two more teams and engage three more Tapedars to complete the survey of losses...		Five more HIV cases detected in prison LARKANA, Sept 7: Five more cases of HIV positive have been discovered in the Central Prison Larkana taking the total to people suffering from the disease to 45 in Larkana alone....
Duststorm, drizzle hit Khairpur SUKKUR, Sept 7: Duststorm in Khairpur, Kotdiji, Nara and other parts of Khairpur district, which was followed by light rainfall in Nara Taluka and Kotdiji, paralyzed life in the district on...		Exam fees increased HYDERABAD, Sept 7: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Hyderabad has increased the examination fees....
Hepatitis-B patient’s death stirs protest NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Sept 7: About 300 people took out a procession and blocked the National Highway in Moro on Sunday to protest against the death of a boy, Sajid Malik, due...		Man killed over enmity JACOBABAD, Sept 7: A man was shot dead near the Rahoo police Chowki some five kilometres away from Kandhkot on Saturday....
Consumers hold demo against inflated bills SUKKUR, Sept 7: Hesco consumers from Rohri protested against the issuance of detection bills and wanted to meet with the Hesco chief, shortly after his arrival at Sukkur on Sunday, to...		Three growers kidnapped KHAIRPUR, Sept 7: Three banana growers, Irshad Ali, Gulshan and Maula Bukhsh were kidnapped in the jurisdiction of the Faiz Mohammad Bindo police near here on Saturday....
Marketing of handicrafts stressed MITHI, Sept 7: Tharparkar Rural Development Programme chairman Dr Suleman Shaikh has stressed the need for marketing of Thari handicrafts all over the world....		Deal on ‘uniformed’ president opposed QUETTA, Sept 7: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Balochistan, chief Sardar Yaqoob Khan Nasir said on Sunday that the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy would not accept an agreement between the...
Police may take over tribal areas of Balochistan ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The final review meeting on implementation of the Police Order, 2002, will be held on Sept 25, Interior Minister Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat told Dawn on Sunday....		Cancellation of road project to be challenged QUETTA, Sept 7: Balochistan Assembly Deputy Speaker Mohammad Aslam Bhootani has said that he will challenge the cancellation of a scheme for the construction of a 42km road in his constituency....
FM to deliver invitations for Saarc summit KATHMANDU, Sept 7: Foreign Minister Khurshid M. Kasuri will arrive in Kathmandu on Sept 12 to deliver a formal letter of invitation for a regional summit in Islamabad early next year,...		Outstanding domestic debt up by Rs133bn ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: Pakis-tan’s total outstanding domestic debt crossed a staggering Rs1.850 trillion mark on June 30, 2003, up by about Rs133 billion from Rs1.718 trillion in June 2002....
MMA rules out underhand deal QUETTA, Sept 7: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal Secretary-General Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Sunday that the details of the agreement reached between the government and the alliance would be presented before the people....		SC opens today after vacations ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The Supreme Court will open on Monday when six benches will resume work after three-month summer vacations....
OIC’s Kashmir group meets on 26th ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The Organization of Islamic Conference’s contact group on Kashmir is expected to meet on Sept 26 in New York to review the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and...		Action againstTaliban stressed KABUL, Sept 7: Afghan Presi-dent Hamid Karzai said on Sunday that he hoped for results from the government’s promise to step up efforts against Taliban militants crossing into Afghanistan to carry...
2 hurt in Indian firing MIRPUR, Sept 7: Two civilians including a girl were wounded in Azad Kashmir late on Saturday night in fresh shelling by Indian troops on a forward village close to this side...		Seven killed as minibus hits tree FAISALABAD, Sept 7: Seven passenger of a minibus were killed and 11 others sustained multiple injuries when it ran into a tree on the Samundri-Pirmahal Road, about 53kms from here, on...
Five Gadoon units resume operation SWABI, Sept 7: Five of the abandoned industrial units in the Gadoon Amazai Industrial Estate have re-started production, for the first time in the last 12 years....		Issues regarding LFO to be solved soon: NA speaker LONDON, Sept 7: National Assembly Speaker Chaudhary Amir Hussain has expressed the hope that issues regarding the Legal Framework Order (LFO) will soon be sorted out....
Six of a family shot dead over marriage issue VEHARI, Sept 7: A father of nine grown-up boys and girls who allegedly killed one of his daughters last year, on Sunday shot dead his estranged wife and five of his...		Repair of highway demanded SHEIKHUPURA, Sept 7: A large number of commuters and residents of Machike, Farooqabad, Khanka Dogran and other localities on the Lahore-Sargodha Road have demanded repair of the dilapidated road....
Banners of opposition candidates removed SIALKOT, Sept 7: Electoral banners of all but the PML-QA candidate have been removed from every where in Sialkot, Daska and Pasrur tehsil by officials of Tehsil Municipal Administrations on the...		President in uniform unacceptable to MMA MULTAN, Sept 7: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal deputy secretary-general MNA Liaquat Baloch has refuted that the alliance has accepted the president in uniform....
Teenaged girl abducted, gang-raped by five TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 7: A teenaged girl was kidnapped and gang-raped on Saturday night by five vagabonds at Chak 755-GB near Pirmahal....		No check on corruption in revenue dept OKARA, Sept 7: Corruption continues to flourish in the revenue department without any check....
Youth crushed TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 7: A youth was crushed to death by a speeding truck on Shorkot Road here on Sunday....		Elite Force man dies in shootout with PO DERA GHAZI KHAN, Sept 7: An official of Elite Force was killed while a policeman was injured in a shootout with a proclaimed offender in Kot Mubarik area on Sunday....
Beneficial dam must be built first: CM LAHORE, Sept 7: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi said on Sunday that the country required dams and the beneficial one must be constructed first....		Sugar industry ‘vulnerable’ to WTO LAHORE, Sept 7: The sugar industry may be the first one to bear the brunt of the impending World Trade Organization (WTO) if it failed to improve in efficiency and technology....
PML-Q likely to sweep bypolls LAHORE, Sept 7: By-election to 26 seats of district, town and tehsil nazims and naib nazims in the Punjab, which fell vacant before the October 2002 general elections, will be held...		Body proposed for Moenjodaro’s preservation LAHORE, Sept 7: The Unesco has proposed to establish a new Executive Board for the preservation of Moenjodaro as the present arrangements have fallen short of expectations....