September 13, 2003	Saturday	Rajab 15, 1424

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Pakistan to seek flexibility in use of $3 billion aid ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: Islamabad will seek maximum flexibility in the use of the $3 billion US aid package announced for Pakistan by President Bush, informed sources told Dawn on Friday....		Govt to build water reservoirs: Jam QUETTA, Sept 12: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Yousuf has said that water reservoirs would be constructed in various parts of the province to protect people from devastation caused by floods and...
Utility prices up by 135pc in four years ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: Prices of utilities in the country have increased by 71 to 135 per cent since the military takeover in 1999 except the electricity tariff which went up by...		US to push for law against money laundering ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: The United States is sending its treasury secretary John W. Snow to Pakistan to take up rather forcefully with the government here the issue of Islamabad’s seeming reluctance...
Generic names for medicines sought ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: Ruling coalition members in the National Assembly on Friday demanded that generic names should be adopted for medicines in order to bring down their prices which were said...		Muslims must give up archaic practices: Asma WASHINGTON, Sept 12: UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings Asma Jehangir has said that Muslims will have to decide whether they want to continue to live in the past or be...
Cultivation of poppy stopped: Faisal ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: The government has successfully stopped poppy cultivation in the country and destroyed its stocks in various areas of North West Frontier Province (NWFP), interior minister Makhdoom Syed Faisal...		UNHCR notes drop in asylum seekers ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: There has been a significant drop in the number of Pakistanis seeking asylum in the industrialized countries, show the UNHCR asylum statistics for the second quarter of this...
Petitions dismissed QUETTA, Sept 12: An Election Tribunal here headed by Mr Justice Akhtar Zaman Malghani of the Balochistan High Court has dismissed election petitions filed against Mir Tariq Magsi, brother of ex-chief...		No ban on renewal of arms licence ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: The National Assembly has been informed that there is no ban on renewal of Kalashnikov licences....
Warrants issued QUETTA, Sept 12: A single bench of the Balochistan High Court has issued bailable warrants for the arrest Zhob Tehsildar for not obeying court’s order. The bench had earlier ordered him...		Increase in farmers’ income given weight: Proposal for agri policy FAISALABAD, Sept 12: The National Committee on Agriculture has formulated a new agricultural policy for changing the cropping pattern, increasing yield, improving the marketing system, overhauling research and preparing for WTO...
Tubewells not to lower water level: Wasa MD FAISALABAD, Sept 12: Wapda Managing-Director Ghayyasuddin on Friday refuted the claims of villagers residing along the Jhang Branch canal that installation of tubewells in the area would lower the underground water...		Councillor arrested in gang-rape case SAHIWAL, Sept 12: Dera Rahim police on Thursday arrested a councillor and one of his four accomplices for gang-raping a girl in Chak 186/9-L....
Inquiry officer furnishes ATC with report: Sialkot tragedy GUJRANWALA, Sept 12: The Kasur district police officer, Ghulam Muhammad Kalyar, who has been tracing the causes of the Sialkot jail incident, on Friday produced the findings of an investigation report...		Two killed in Okara OKARA, Sept 12: Two men were murdered, while another sustained injuries in two separate incidents on Thursday....
Disabled boy recovered from police custody MULTAN, Sept 12: A teenage boy, whose right leg was polio-affected, was recovered by a court bailiff from the roof of New Multan Police Station where he had been detained illegally,...		Show-cause issued to DDEO SADIQABAD, Sept 12: The Rahimyar Khan district education officer has issued a show-cause notice to the Liaquatpur deputy district education officer on charges of negligence and remaining absent from duty....
Plea against killing dismissed MULTAN, Sept 12: Additional District and Sessions Judge Abdus Sattar on Friday dismissed the plea of a woman against the alleged extra-judicial killing of her son....		‘Over Rs9m spent on Parliament House carpets’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has spent Rs9.669 million in 2002-03 to replace carpets in the Parliament House, the National Assembly was told here on Friday....
Allocation for mosques up by Rs1.87 million: Over Rs6m fixed for parks uplift in Capital ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: The government spent over Rs20 million on upkeep of various mosques in the capital during the financial year 2002-03, and for the current fiscal year, the amount has...		Drive against illegal universities to be launched: HEC ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has decided to launch a countrywide campaign against illegal campuses of institutions of higher learning....
MNA cautions Centre against deprivation in Balochistan ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: Balochistan National Party MNA Abdur Rauf Mengal has said the federal government owes about $1 billion to Balochistan as royalty on natural gas alone....		President lauds efforts of Asian Society ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has lauded the work done by Asian Society to improve the understanding about the Asian people in the United States....
‘Over Rs698m spent on AIDS prevention since 1994’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: The government has so far spent Rs698.4 million under the Public Sector Development Programme on the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS since 1994, the National Assembly was told...		Another sewage treatment plant to be set up in I-16 ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) will install a sewage treatment plant at sector I-16 for better disposal of solid waste and to ensure clean atmosphere....
JKLF for independence before plebiscite LAHORE, Sept 12: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Amanullah Khan has demanded that an the state should be given independence for 15 years before a plebiscite is held to determine...		Some people trying to sabotage deal: Qazi LAHORE, Sept 12: MMA vice-president Qazi Husain Ahmed has alleged that a group of people around President Gen Pervez Musharraf is trying to sabotage the understanding between the government and the...
Inquiry into PHA’s failure ordered: Rs16m plantation project LAHORE, Sept 12: The Civil Aviation Authority has constituted a committee to ascertain the causes of failure of a Rs16 million project awarded to the Parks and Horticulture Authority to carry...		Review petition against officers’ luxurious lifestyle LAHORE, Sept 12: The Lahore High Court on Friday heard a review petition against provision of luxuries to public functionaries....
Widow refuses to own infant in LHC LAHORE, Sept 12: A widow, who had filed a habeas corpus petition for the recovery of her five-month-old son from the custody of her in-laws, on Friday refused to accept an...		Kalabagh dam may not have canals LAHORE, Sept 12: The Water and Power Development Authority has proposed to convert the Kalabagh dam into a carry-over that may not give rise to any canal....
Process to implement police order ‘begins’ LAHORE, Sept 12: Staying noncommittal when the Police Order, 2002, will be implemented in letter and spirit, senior officials in the Punjab say the process to fulfil the federal government demand...		Senator flays opposition LAHORE, Sept 12: Senator Kamil Ali Agha, the chief minister’s chief coordinator, on Friday ridiculed the opposition leaders, who were using all conceivable methods to win positions in the local government...