September 12, 2003	Friday	Rajab 14, 1424

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QAU faculty critical of HEC project ISLAMABAD, Sept 11: The faculty members of the Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) have expressed their reservations about the Higher Education Commission (HEC) plan to hire foreign teachers at attractive salary packages, Dawn...		Ministry to streamline NGOs’ activities ISLAMABAD, Sept 11: The ministry of women development, social welfare and special education has decided to have a strict check on the activities of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), official sources told Dawn....
Private firms to be hired for garbage disposal ISLAMABAD, Sept 11: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is hiring contractors for collection and disposal of garbage and waste from the ‘G’ and ‘I’ series sectors in the capital....		Probe launched into hospital project RAWALPINDI, Sept 11: The Punjab government has launched yet another probe into the irregularities in the Islamic Development Bank-financed project at the Holy Family Hospital (HFH), doctors said here on Thursday....
MPs body to seek changes to 2 laws: Improvement in prison conditions ISLAMABAD, Sept 11: The Parliamentarians Commission for Human Rights (PCHR) is preparing to move the National Assembly next month, seeking amendments to two laws for improving conditions in prisons....		APC rejects accord on Mangla Dam ISLAMABAD, Sept 11: The political parties of Azad Kashmir have demanded that the Mangla Dam extension agreement should be cancelled forthwith and alternative means be adopted to fulfil the requirements of...
Molecular viral laboratory inaugurated at NIH ISLAMABAD, Sept 11: A state of the art molecular virology sequencing laboratory was inaugurated at the National Institute of Health (NIH) here on Thursday....		Pindi and UK city to be declared as twins RAWALPINDI, Sept 11: The British High Commission will work for declaring Rawalpindi and one of the cities in the United Kingdom twin cities....
Jamali’s US visit to strengthen govt: Asif ISLAMABAD, Sept 11: PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday said Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali’s upcoming visit to the US would strengthen him more than it would President Gen...		CNG-fitted bus services in Capital likely ISLAMABAD, Sept 11: Islamabad Transport Authority (ITA) is likely to launch environment-friendly bus services in the capital in collaboration with private firms, a source in the ITA told Dawn on Thursday....
PTI opposes sending troops to Iraq ISLAMABAD, Sept 11: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan has threatened to launch a mass agitation movement against the government if it decides to send troops to Iraq....		Women counters set up at Islamabad airport RAWALPINDI, Sept 11: As many as 0.6 million people have been registered with the Personnel Identification Secure and Comparison Evaluation System (PISCES) to check illegal immigration....
Buner team meets Sherpao ISLAMABAD, Sept 11: Minister for Water and Power Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao held out assurance to a delegation from district Buner that all the problems pertaining to his ministry would be...		More reservoirs needed: Wapda ISLAMABAD, Sept 11: The country’s existing water storage capacity would reduce by 34 per cent by the year 2013 due to sedimentation if new reservoirs were not built....
The fighter Sheikh Rashid was Today, Sept 12, marks the first death anniversary of Sheikh Muhammad Rashid....		SC issues notice on Karachi coast spill ISLAMABAD, Sept 11: The Supreme Court issued notice on Thursday to the attorney-general on the petition seeking appointment of an independent inquiry commission with the mandate to fix responsibility for allowing...
Gas rates’ hike from next review meeting ISLAMABAD, Sept 11: The gas tariff rationalisation plan that envisaged up to 70 per cent increase in domestic rates over a period of three years will be implemented at the time...		Draft Hisba Act to be put before NWFP PA PESHAWAR, Sept 11: The NWFP government has decided to table the draft Hisba Act in the form of a bill before the provincial assembly in its forthcoming session, even if the...
Foreigners’ detention case: AG summoned PESHAWAR, Sept 11: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Thursday put the NWFP advocate general on notice in a writ petition challenging the detention of 11 foreign nationals...		15 unregistered vehicles seized LANDI KOTAL, Sept 11: The Frontier Constabulary has intensified its campaign against unregistered vehicles in the Khyber Agency after the expiry of a deadline for the acquisition of a temporary registration...
Dairy products being smuggled TIMERGARA, Sept 11: Smuggling of dairy products to Afghanistan from Dir and other districts of the NWFP has caused shortage of these products in the local market....		Govt-MMA talks concluded, says Qazi NOWSHERA,  Sept 11: MMA parliamentary leader in the National Assembly Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said that talks between the MMA and the government on the controversial clauses of the Legal Framework Order have concluded....
NWFP flood relief cell without funds PESHAWAR, Sept 11: The NWFP government’s flood relief cell is unable to pay compensatory amount to families of victims who lost their lives last week when lightning struck two villages in Upper...		Export processing zone SWABI, Sept 11: The Gadoon Amazai industrial estate was prevented from total collapse after the government gave it the status of export processing zone, a step which would generate employment and...
Two kidnap victims recovered from Bara LANDI KOTAL, Sept 11: Two men, kidnapped from Gulberg, Lahore on Aug 11, were recovered from illegal confinement in Bakakhel area of the Bara tehsil late Wednesday night....		Japan’s aid sought for dam project SWABI, Sept 11: The NWFP government has approached the Japanese government for financing the Kundal Dam project in the mountainous belt of Gadoon Amazai....
Villagers slate plan to install tubewells: Protest wave in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, Sept 11: Hundreds of villagers demonstrated in front of the offices of Wasa chief and the district police officer on Thursday to express their resentment against the decision to install...		Four schoolgirls feared drowned GUJRANWALA, Sept 11: Four girls of a primary school were feared drowned in a canal while nine others were rescued when a tonga plunged into a canal in Sukheki on Thursday....
Classes of shelterless college begins MULTAN, Sept 11: District Nazim Riaz Hussain Qureshi inaugurated classes of the ‘shelterless’ College of Home Economics here on Thursday....		Sections of ATA deleted from FIR FAISALABAD, Sept 11: The Thikriwala police have reportedly deleted the section of Anti-Terrorist Act from a case registered against over 300 villagers, including a union council Nazim, for indulging in terrorist...
Sialkot case: inquiry officer issued notice GUJRANWALA, Sept 11: A ATC issued a show-cause notice to Kasur DPO Ghulam Kalyar for his failure to report findings of the probe into Sialkot jail incident, and directed the investigating...		Bill to enhance punishment for water theft soon: minister TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 11: The treasury will shortly table a bill in the Punjab Assembly to enhance punishment for water theft, says Irrigation Minister Amer Sultan Cheema....
Woman identifies rapists TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 11: A gang rape victim of Chak 340-JB Gojra identified all four accused in the Jhang district jail on Thursday during an identification parade....		Case against 3 policemen SIALKOT, Sept 11: The Sialkot Anti-corruption Establishment on Thursday registered a case against SHO Suhail Ahmad Tarar, head constables Sajjad Anwar and Muhammad Boota of the Kotwali police on the charge...
Three SSP men held VEHARI, Sept 11: The police arrested on Wednesday night three activists of the Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan from Lodhran suburbs, sources said here on Thursday....		Govt trying to ‘buy votes’: Drive announced against voters’ kidnapping LAHORE, Sept 11: The Jamhoori Group, contesting the elections for the Ravi Town Nazim and Naib Nazim, announced on Thursday that it would launch a campaign against the government for “kidnapping”...
Indus Delta facing threats LAHORE, Sept 11: The Indus Delta where the mighty River Indus meets the Arabian Sea is the seventh largest delta in the world....		India-Israel nexus be taken up at NA: PML-Q LAHORE, Sept 11: Terming increasing cooperation between India and Israel a challenge to the Muslim world, especially Pakistan, PML-Q central vice-president Mian Abdul Waheed has demanded immediate discussion on the subject...
Cotton growers warned LAHORE, Sept 11: Cotton crop is vulnerable to American bollworm attack and farmers must take immediate preemptive measure in this regard....		Wall of Badshahi Mosque damaged for drainpipes LAHORE, Sept 11: The Auqaf department has damaged a wall of the Badshahi Mosque behind the tomb of Allama Iqbal for installation of drainpipes....
CDG to seek public opinion on dances LAHORE, Sept 11: The City District Government will seek public opinion on a controversy about inclusion of dances in stage plays and musical shows....		Power trippings make life miserable LAHORE, Sept 11: Power trippings made people’s life miserable all over the city on Thursday....
Wapda chief’s suggestion flayed LAHORE, Sept 11: The Punjab Water Council (PWC) on Thursday took exception to Wapda chairman’s proposal that 6.7 million acre feet (MAF) of water should be allowed to flow downstream Kotri...		Town Nazim moves court to preempt voting LAHORE, Sept 11: Data Ganj Bakhsh Town Nazim Khwaja Hassaan filed a petition in the Lahore High Court on Thursday to preempt the voting to be held on Sept 23 on...
10 students hurt in clash with wagons crew LAHORE, Sept 11: Ten students sustained injuries in a clash with wagon drivers and conductors at a college on Raiwind Road in Chuhng on Thursday....		PA committee seeks report on officials’ utility bills LAHORE, Sept 11: The Punjab Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee-I has sought a report about bureaucrats utility bills....
Food scheme launched LAHORE, Sept 11: The Punjab government has launched a World Food Programme sponsored scheme of giving oil tins to mothers before and after delivery in the most backward areas....		Musharraf rebuts traitor charge LONDON, Sept 11: The following is the edited text of President Pervez Musharraf’s interview with BBC World which was conducted by Robin Lustig:...
PTCL closes down 2,000 cordless numbers SUKKUR, Sept 11: At least 2,000 cordless telephone numbers were closed down by the PTCL on the complaint of law enforcing agencies in Jacobabad district on Tuesday....		1,000 phone lines go dead in Sukkur SUKKUR, Sept 11: At least 1,000 telephone lines of the Site exchange went dead as some people cut underground cables at three different places on Wednesday....