September 17, 2003	Wednesday	Rajab 19, 1424

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Plan to phase out ozone depleting gases by 2008: Refrigeration industry ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: All Pakistan Refrigerator Manufacturers Association on Tuesday announced to phase out the use of Ozone Depletion Substances (ODS) by the end of 2008 instead of 2010 to save...		Rs4.4 billion Zakat distributed in 2002-03: NA told ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: A sum of Rs4.4 billion was distributed among 0.24 million people under the Zakat rehabilitation programme during the year 2002-03, the National Assembly was informed....
Need for declaring clean water HR issue stressed ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: Access to safe drinking water should be declared a human right....		UK embassy seeks more land for building extension ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: The embassy of United Kingdom has sought additional land for extending its visa section, a source in the Capital Development Authority (CDA) told Dawn on Tuesday....
Senate chief calls for making OIC dynamic entity ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: The Senate chairman, Mohammadmian Soomro, has underlined the need for reinvigorating the OIC with a view to make it a dynamic organization of the Muslim world....		Kathak performer enthralls audience ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: Saima Khushnood, the well-known dancer in the twin cities and her brother Waqas Khushnood, a Kathak dancer entertained the audience at the ‘coffee morning’ at a local hotel...
Solar energy project to be launched near capital ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: The Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) and the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration on Tuesday decided to launch a project to provide cheap electric power to Alipur Farash,...		Nazim urges flawless PDF loan policy RAWALPINDI, Sept 16: District Nazim Raja Tariq Kiyani on Tuesday called for plugging loopholes in the grant of loans by the Punjab Education Foundation (PEF)....
JI holds demo against govt’s foreign policy RAWALPINDI, Sept 16: Scores of workers and supporters of Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) staged a protest demonstration here on Tuesday against what they termed government’s failed foreign policy....		Mice killer plant grown RAWALPINDI, Sept 16: Glericidia — a mice killer plant has successfully been grown by the scientists of National Agriculture Research Council, an official said on Tuesday....
MMA dissident claims support of like-minded members ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: A rebel member of the Muttahida Majlis-i- Amal (MMA) in the National Assembly, Maulana Shah Abdul Aziz, on Tuesday said he enjoyed the support of a group of...		Shah Hamdan a preacher of love, harmony ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: Emancipation and enlightened moderation have always been the way of Sufis and these qualities are best exemplified by Mir Ali Shah Syed Ali Kabir Hamadan, who preached love...
APHC leaders urged to maintain unity MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 16: AJK leaders on Tuesday offered cautious response to the split in the All Parties Hurriyat Conference with calls to the alliance’s leaders to maintain unity in their ranks....		Govt asked to conduct poverty survey ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: The government has been advised by an officially-appointed experts’ committee to conduct a new household survey immediately to measure the poverty level, which according to international donors is...
‘Pipeline plan to be pursued’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: Petroleum and Natural Resources Minister Chaudhry Nouraiz Shakoor has said that regardless of whether India joins the project or not Pakistan will press ahead with the implementation of...		NA to devise national policy on globalization ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: The National Assembly on Tuesday decided to debate the four WTO agreements and devise a national policy on globalization issues....
PM’s move to reform local govt system ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has written to the MMA to seek its proposals for bringing about changes in the Local Government Ordinance in order to reform...		Moderates back Ansari SRINAGAR, Sept 16: Moderates in the All Parties Hurriyat Conference said on Tuesday that they would keep pressing for talks to resolve the Kashmir dispute despite a split with hard-liners....
‘India not interested in restoring rail link’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: Preparations for the restoration of train service with India are complete from the Pakistani side but there is no intimation from the Indian side to begin a dialogue...		President for stronger economic ties with S. Korea ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday underscored the importance of strengthening of economic and commercial cooperation with the Republic of Korea....
Gwadar project: ‘locals to get priority’ QUETTA, Sept 16: Balochistan Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani said on Tuesday that the policy of the federal and provincial governments regarding the Gwadar project was to give first priority to the...		SHC orders gas company to pay land compensation SUKKUR, Sept 16: A bench of the Sindh High Court, Sukkur, on Tuesday ordered the Mari gas field management to pay compensation for lands where wells were being drilled....
Policemen booked in murder case KHAIRPUR, Sept 16: The Landhiyoon police on Tuesday registered a case against three police officials on the complaint of Hussain Bakhsh Korai, brother of Rashid Korai, who was killed on Monday...		Filling of vacant posts urged MIRPURKHAS, Sept 16: Employees of the highway department, Mirpurkhas division, held a demonstration in front of the press club here on Tuesday, demanding that the government should fill vacant posts in...
Crop destroyed SWABI, Sept 16: Hailstorm and heavy rains have destroyed the maize crop in various localities of Swabi district....		Demo held against LFO LARKANA, Sept 16: The Khaksar Tehrik Pakistan workers took out a protest procession here on Tuesday against the Legal Framework Order....
Friendship with China to be cemented PESHAWAR, Sept 16: The NWFP Chief Minister, Akram Khan Durrani, has announced that his government will allot a piece of land for the construction of proposed “Aiwan-i-Dosti” to strengthen friendship bonds...		Two accused arrested SHIKARPUR, Sept 16: The Chak police have arrested Sachi Dino and Dado Mahar, main accused nominated in the FIR for dishonouring a dead woman, on Tuesday....
Public-private sector partnership vital: CM: Impact of subsidies to be studied LAHORE, Sept 16: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has emphasized the need for close cooperation between the government, private sector and development agencies for improving the quality of life of the poor....		ADB offers $1 billion to Punjab LAHORE, Sept 16: The Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) has proposed an assistance programme of about $1 billion for Punjab over the next four years....
Ishrat for unifying tax, revenue collection agencies LAHORE, Sept 16: Central bank governor Dr Ishrat Husain has suggested unification of the provincial tax and revenue collection agencies as part of broader institutional reforms....		Punjab, Balochistan CMs discuss politics LAHORE, Sept 16: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Jam Yousaf called on his Punjab counterpart, Pervaiz Elahi, here on Tuesday and discussed with him inter-provincial matters and the political situation....
‘Invasion to coercion: Setbacks force US to switch strategy’ LAHORE, Sept 16: The setback the US suffered in Kabul and Baghdad invasions, the European challenge to its authority and the emerging nuclear powers in Asia have forced Washington to change...		PML-Q wins run-off election LAHORE, Sept 16: The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam) panel comprising City District Government coordinator Amer Munir and Mehr Mohammed Asif won the run-off election for Ravi Town Nazim and Naib Nazim...
‘Funds for new dam no problem’ LAHORE, Sept 16: Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Tuesday funds for the new dam which the government wanted to take in hand next year would not be a problem...		Jamali LAHORE, Sept 16: Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali is due to address a public meeting in Kasur on Thursday....
Suggestion to build Kalabagh dam’s substitute floated SIALKOT, Sept 16: Kashmiri people are ready to give land in Muzaffarabad for the construction of a dam (in place of Kalabagh) if all the four provinces would agree....		Inquiry team seizes Sialkot passport office record SIALKOT, Sept 16: An inquiry team of the immigration & passport department in Islamabad, led by assistant directors Nawaz Khan and Munir Ahmad Awan, has seized all the record of Sialkot...
Nasrullah reminds MMA of commitments LAHORE, Sept 16: Recognizing MMA’s sovereign right to hold talks with the government to find some solution to the LFO problem, ARD president Nawabzada Nasrullah has expressed his confidence that the...		Kasur to spend Rs1m on PM’s meeting KASUR, Sept 16: The Kasur district council which met on Tuesday approved an expenditure of Rs one million to make Prime Minister Jamali’s Thursday public meeting here a success....
Man held on human trafficking charges FAISALABAD, Sept 16: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested a man on charges of human-trafficking and extorting money from people on the pretext of sending them abroad for employment....		SBP chief assures better farm loans LAHORE, Sept 16: State Bank Governor Dr Ishrat Husain on Tuesday assured farmers increase in the amount of loan and cut in markup rate....
Hafizabad Naib Nazim elected HAFIZABAD, Sept 16: Advocate Rana Akbar Ali was elected the Hafizabad district Naib Nazim on Tuesday....		Police fail to arrest attackers JHANG, Sept 16: Qadirpur police have so far failed to arrest the proclaimed offenders, who fired at two police mobile teams in the past two months....