September 10, 2003	Wednesday	Rajab 12, 1424

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No threat of epidemics’ outbreak in Sindh: National Assembly told ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: There is no threat of outbreak of epidemics like malaria and cholera in the flood-hit areas of Tharparker, Badin and Thatta, parliamentary secretary for health Ms Raheela Yahya...		Provincial autonomy demanded QUETTA, Sept 9: Awami National Party and Pakhtun Students Federation leaders have said that resolution of issues, especially the grant of autonomy to provinces and strengthening of federal parliamentary system would...
Benazir voices concern at poverty ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Former premier and PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto on Tuesday said it pained her to hear about the enhanced poverty, kidneys sale and suicide by the jobless youth of...		ARD faces split over protest strategy ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Cracks may have begun to appear in the ranks of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) with a group of MNAs expressing their dissatisfaction over the...
Opposition cuts short shouting, walks out: MNAs slam cantt boards working ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Opposition parties cut short protest shouting but walked out of the National Assembly on Tuesday, vowing to build up pressure on the government for a settlement on the...		Plea against holding two posts admitted QUETTA, Sept 9: The Balochistan High Court division bench admitted here on Tuesday the petition challenging the holding of the posts of the chief ministership and party provincial presidency simultaneously, for...
Five killed, 30 hurt in road accident ABBOTTABAD, Sept 9: Five people were killed and 30 others injured when a passenger bus going to Havellian from Abbottabad, fell into a ravine, some eight kilometres from here, on Tuesday....		N. Area schools open today GILGIT, Sept 9: The Northern Areas administration has decided to reopen schools and colleges in three districts of Gilgit, Ghanche and Skardu on Wednesday, said official sources on Tuesday....
PA opposes repeal of Hudood laws PESHAWAR, Sept 9: The NWFP assembly on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution against proposed recommendations of the National Commission on the Status of Women that seek repeal of the Hudood Ordinance,...		Eight C&W officers granted bail PESHAWAR, Sept 9: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday granted bail to eight officers of the Communication and Works Department arrested in connection with misappropriation in the...
Nazim cancels DCO’s order ABBOTTABAD, Sept 9: District Nazim Mustafa Jadoon has cancelled the suspension order of Langrial union council nazim passed by the district coordination officer after a no-confidence motion was initiated against him....		Two killed MINGORA, Sept 9: Two people were killed and one was injured in two incidents here in Swat district on Tuesday....
Fata school faces lack of facilities LANDI KOTAL, Sept 9: The only girls higher secondary school in the tehsil is facing a host  of problems, resulting in a number of dropouts recently....		AJK, British police to share information MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 9: The AJK and the British police have signed memoranda of understanding for the exchange of information and training, an official said here on Monday....
Varsity needs funds to build staff colony PESHAWAR, Sept 9: University of Peshawar lacks financial resources to construct a staff colony though land for the purpose has been earmarked on the campus for quite some time, officials say....		Police arrest 100 in crackdown: Protest against crime FAISALABAD, Sept 9: Special raiding teams of the local police on Tuesday rounded up over 100 villagers for damaging property and injuring two constables during a demonstration against high incidence of...
Dist Nazim fears hard times despite victory: Tehsil Naib Nazim polls BAHAWALPUR, Sept 9: District Nazim Tariq Cheema is envisaging hard times ahead even after his nominee Malik Zahid Channar’s unofficial victory for the tehsil Naib Nazim’s slot....		Seven killed in road accident SIALKOT, Sept 9: Seven people, including two women, were killed and nine others injured in a road accident on the main Daska-Gujranwala Road near Glotian, Daska tehsil, on Tuesday afternoon....
A strange tribal tradition SHEIKHUPURA, Sept 9: A strange tribal tradition was recently enacted in the presence of hundreds of people in Basti Vendran, near Narang Mandi....		Cyber crime accused on judicial remand MULTAN, Sept 9: Special Judge (central) Mohammed Arif Sial on Tuesday sent four accused in the cyber money fraud case to jail on judicial remand till Sept 23....
Lawyers observe black day SIALKOT, Sept 9: On the appeal of the Punjab Bar Council, the lawyers community observed a ‘black day’ in protest against the police failure to arrest those nominated police officials involved...		Two transporters die in armed clash SHEIKHUPURA, Sept 9: Two people were killed in an armed clash between transporters in Madar village on Tuesday....
Remand extended GUJRANWALA, Sept 9: A local court on Tuesday extended physical remand of city Naib Nazim Ehsanullah Chaudhry involved in a murder case up to Sept 13....		Police Order may not be implemented by 30th LAHORE, Sept 9: The implementation of certain provisions of the Police Order 2002, like the appointment of SPs for investigation, might extend beyond the deadline of Sept 30 set by the...
LHC questions integrity of seconder: Recall motion against Hassaan LAHORE, Sept 9: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday questioned the integrity of the seconder to a recall motion tabled against Data Ganj Bakhsh Town Nazim Khwaja ...		Motorcyclist shot dead by fleeing robbers LAHORE, Sept 9: Robbers shot dead a motorcyclist on resistance in Sultan Park area of Gulberg on Tuesday night....
Sugar price up by Rs160 per 100kg LAHORE, Sept 9: The ex-mill price of sugar has gone up by Rs160 per 100kg in the last one week or so following the millers’ decision to reduce supply of the...		Irrigation system to be ‘remodeled’ LAHORE, Sept 9: Acting governor Afzal Sahi on Tuesday declared rightful the Aiwan-i-Zaraat Punjab demands for the provision of cheap unadulterated agriculture inputs, early completion of remodelling of canals and reduction...
16 PMC students fill UHS forms LAHORE, Sept 9: Only 16 students of the Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, have submitted admission forms for the MBBS second professional examinations, being held by the University of Health Sciences for...		Multan Institute of Cardiology’s PC-1 approved LAHORE, Sept 9: The Punjab Planning and Development Department approved on Tuesday the PC-I of the Multan Institute of Cardiology to be built at a cost of Rs781 million....
Verdict reserved in generals’ case LAHORE, Sept 9: The Lahore High Court reserved judgment on Tuesday on a petition filed against its office’s decision to reject the plea for the judicial probe of the army generals,...		M.Phil, PhD at South Asian Centre LAHORE, Sept 9: The Centre for South Asian Studies, Punjab University, has launched its regular classes of PhD and M.Phil leading to PhD programme....
Run-off polls on 16th LAHORE, Sept 9: Polling for run-off election for Ravi Town Nazim and Naib Nazim will be held on Sept 16....		Procedure to amass GP Fund LAHORE, Sept 9: The accountant general, Punjab, is devising a procedure under which GP Fund of government employees deducted and deposited in various districts during their posting there will be transferred...
Arms display: case against offenders LAHORE, Sept 9: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has ordered registration of a criminal case against the political workers who publicly displayed arms on local body bypoll in the city on Monday....		Lahore, Karachi ‘twin-cities’ LAHORE, Sept 9: Lahore and Karachi were declared “ideological twin-cities” on Tuesday for the promotion of Pakistan Ideology....
90pc pollution in cities caused by vehicles: minister RAWALPINDI, Sept 9: Federal Minister for Industries and Production Liaquat Ali Jatoi has underlined the need for keeping the environment healthy and clean to avoid potential health hazards....		Rs18bn to be spent on education, says Pervaiz RAWALPINDI, Sept 9: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Illahi on Tuesday said an amount of Rs18 billion will be provided in the next three years for promotion of education in the...
AMP to foil army’s bid to buy state land ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Anjuman-i-Mazarain Punjab (AMP), the representative organization of one million tenants, has vowed to foil army’s move to buy around 23,699 acres of state land across the province....		ARD asks MMA to share details: Talks with govt on LFO ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) briefed the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) on details of its meetings with the government on the Legal Framework Order (LFO) only after...
Six kutchi abadi residents to get ownership rights ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: The government has in principle decided to give ownership rights to the dwellers of six regularized kutchi abadis in the capital, a local MNA Mian Mohammad Aslam told...		PTCL takes action against five officials ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) has taken disciplinary action against five officers of the optical fibre region for showing negligence in the performance of their duties....
Women MPs vow to protect Hudood law ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: The women parliamentarians, mainly from Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), on Tuesday vowed to fight against what they called the westernized women’s struggle to repeal the Hudood Ordinance....		Rs40m released for 43 research proposals ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has released an amount of Rs40 million for 43 research proposals submitted by researchers from public sector universities....
Clerks arrested ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Margalla police have arrested three clerks of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences for allegedly stealing hospital equipment....		National Assembly Housing Society accounts frozen ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Deputy Commissioner Tariq Mehmood Khan on Tuesday froze the bank accounts of National Assembly Cooperative Housing Society (NACHS) and banned sale/purchase of plots for Society’s violation of registration...