September 19, 2003	Friday	Rajab 21, 1424

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Soil erosion affects 11m hectares annually ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: About 11 million hectares are being affected annually due to some 40 million tons of soil that gets accumulated in the Indus basin, Minister of State for Environment...		UN concerned over groundwater misuse ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: UN agencies in Pakistan have expressed serious concern over the over-exploitation of groundwater resources, particularly by big landlords who use it not only on their lands but also...
‘No foreign aid in Madressahs’ streamlining’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: Minister for Education Zobaida Jalal has ruled out involvement of any foreign aid in the ongoing Rs1 billion project of streamlining Madressahs....		SC dismisses Nazim’s plea against teacher: Misuse of school premises ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by Lahore Nazim against a schoolteacher, and asked the Nazim to keep his emotions under control....
MNAs stopped from meeting Asif in court ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) has criticized the government for stopping a group of MNAs from meeting jailed party leader Asif Ali Zardari in an accountability court in...		Project to save medicinal herb launched ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The ministry of food, agriculture and livestock (MINFAL) has launched a project to promote cultivation of a highly medicinal herb “Kutth” now in danger of extinction due to...
Capital police arrest 22 out of 908 POs, Senate told ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The capital territory police could arrest only 22 proclaimed offenders (POs) out of a total of 908 during a special campaign launched in August 2003....		Nadra conducts online recruitment tests ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) conducted the first-ever online test for recruitment of staff for different posts, a spokesman for the Authority said on Thursday....
Action plan for HR developed ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The ministry of education has developed a national plan of action for human rights education with the support of United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco)....		Haj quota for workers approved ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The government has approved a special Haj quota of 700 seats for industrial workers during 2004, whose expenditure will be borne by the concerned industrial establishment....
Balochistan Assembly to discuss law & order QUETTA, Sept 18: The Balochistan Assembly will discuss the law and order situation in the province on Saturday....		PPP’s splinter groups may merge ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: A new political party is in the offing with the proposed merger of all the parliamentary groups and political organizations that have been part of the Pakistan People’s...
No contact with govt on package: MMA LAHORE, Sept 18: The government has not yet contacted the MMA to present its final reply on the constitutional package as the two-day reprieve sought by it at the end of...		‘Iran-IAEA row worrisome’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: Pakistan is deeply concerned about the row between Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog after the latter imposed on Tehran an Oct 31 deadline to prove that it...
8 treasury members boycott PA session QUETTA, Sept 18: Eight MPAs of the Pakistan Muslim League and the National Alliance boycotted the session of the Balochistan Assembly on Thursday in protest against the alleged “mistreatment” of the...		India’s bid to get veto power opposed ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: Pakistan is opposed to the expansion of the United Nations Security Council in the permanent category and believes India does not qualify to be a member in this...
Moot of WTO members planned, says minister ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan said on Thursday that a mini-ministerial meeting would be convened by end of current year to further develop consensus among the WTO member...		‘NWFP to solve print media’s problems’ KARACHI, Sept 18: The NWFP government has assured the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) of resolution of the problems faced by the print media, including payment of long outstanding dues and...
Pagara meets Musharraf ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: Veteran PML leader Pir Pagara on Thursday called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf....		‘87 kidnapping cases registered’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: A total of 87 cases of kidnapping for ransom were registered since December 2002, interior minister Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat informed Senate on Thursday....
NWFP retires Rs1.9bn expensive federal government loan PESHAWAR, Sept 18: The NWFP has retired about Rs1.9 billion debt out of the total expensive cash development loan payable to the federal government, official sources told Dawn ....		Deceased’s father pleads for justice: Policeman accused of murder PESHAWAR, Sept 18: The father of a man killed three weeks ago, has asked the Chief Justice of Pakistan to take a suo motu action against the murderer as the local...
Nazims fail to submit performance report PESHAWAR, Sept 18: The district, tehsil and union council Nazims in the NWFP have failed to submit their six monthly performance reports to the provincial government, in violation of the Local...		Consultation with N. Areas on Bhasha dam urged GILGIT, Sept 18: A member of the Northern Areas Legislative Council (NALC) Jaffar Shah has said that the people of the Northern Areas should be consulted before construction work on the...
Transfers & postings PESHAWAR, Sept 18: The NWFP government has ordered certain postings and transfers of some officers with immediate effect....		Senior police officials shuffled PESHAWAR, Sept 18: Senior police officials have been shuffled by the NWFP government....
‘People being misled by Musharraf’ : Dam projects SUKKUR, Sept 18: Leaders and workers of the Jeay Sindh Mahaz took out a procession here on Thursday to protest against construction of the Kalabagh dam and the Thal canal....		11 get life term in murder case SUKKUR, Sept 18: The judge of the Anti-Terrorism Court-III, Sukkur and Larkana divisions, here on Thursday sentenced 11 persons to life imprisonment and a fine of Rs200,000 each in a murder...
Demo held against corrupt officials DADU, Sept 18: A large number of people took out a procession here on Thursday against the alleged corruption of district officers of works and services, roads, buildings and education works...		Notices issued to private schools MIRPURKHAS, Sept 18: The Income Tax office, Mirpurkhas, has issued notices to dozens of private schools of the city requiring them to complete their annual assessment....
DCO asked to pay pensioner’s dues LARKANA, Sept 18: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Larkana, on Thursday ordered the DCO of Dadu to clear arrears of a pensioner in one month....		Gas leakage damages paddy crops BADIN, Sept 18: Leaking of natural gas from the gas field of Chak-25, Golarchi, Badin district, damaged 15 acres of paddy crops on Wednesday. Besides, it caused irritation in the eyes...
Religious scholars flay misuse of blasphemy law LAHORE, Sept 18: Police investigation into a campaign against a local plastic footwear business house on blasphemy charges found it to be the result of company’s refusal to bribe an alleged...		Farmers reject body headed by NA speaker LAHORE, Sept 18: Controversy has surfaced over the formation of a committee headed by National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Husain for settling the issue of payments to growers by the GB...
Aptma splits over chairman election LAHORE, Sept 18: The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) once again stood divided on Thursday over the issue of election of its central chairman from Sindh for 2003-04 as former...		PPP to field candidates for bypolls LAHORE, Sept 18: The Punjab PPP has decided to field candidates in the by-polls for union council Nazims and councillors to be held next month....
Admission board chief summoned LAHORE, Sept 18: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday summoned the chairman of the Admission Board of Medical Colleges for Sept 23 on a petition seeking admission...		Sugar mills owe Rs906m to growers LAHORE, Sept 18: The thirty-nine (39) sugar mills in the province owe Rs906 million to growers, says a report prepared by the Cane Commissioner Office....
Govt servants’ appeal LAHORE, Sept 18: Government employees have appealed to the prime minister to order maintenance of five-year difference in the candidates’ maximum age limit for taking the CSS examination....		Smuggled goods seized LAHORE, Sept 18: The anti-smuggling staff of the Customs department on Thursday claimed seizure of one ton smuggled tea, silk, two non-duty paid vehicles and other goods worth Rs15 million. A...
‘Security situation in Pakistan improves’ LAHORE, Sept 18: British High Commissioner Mark Lyall Grant said on Thursday that the security situation had improved in Pakistan....		Rs40m announced for power supply project: Grant for gas provision approved KASUR, Sept 18: Prime Minister Mir Zafrullah Khan Jamali on Thursday announced Rs40 million for the provision of electricity to villages near the Sutlej river....
Body to settle row over tubewells’ sinking FAISALABAD, Sept 18: A high-level committee, comprising members of the provincial assembly, tehsil and union council Nazims, Wasa managing-director, and representatives of farmers, has been constituted under the chairmanship of the...		Desalination plant installed in Cholistan BAHAWALPUR, Sept 18: A desalination plant has been installed in Cholistan for the treatment of brackish water to make it fit for human consumption....
Internet users face connectivity problems MIANWALI, Sept 18: Thousands of local users are often not able to connect to the internet because of technical faults in the recently-installed ISP of Pakistan On-Line....		Traders divided over strike FAISALABAD, Sept 18: Traders have split over the issue of observing a strike on Sept 23 against taxation policies, especially the self-assessment scheme....
Transformers for industrial units soon TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 18: Wapda will soon introduce small transformers of 10 KVA and 15 KVA for those consumers who wanted to install small industrial units....		No-trust plan against Nazim dropped GUJRANWALA, Sept 18: PML-Q activists have dropped their plan of a no-trust move against the district Nazim following the unification of five factions of the PML under the leadership of Chaudhry...
Boy kidnapped for ransom GUJRAT, Sept 18: A class nine student was allegedly kidnapped for Rs1 million ransom from the Lalamusa city area....		Small farmers ‘made’ to pay tax GUJRANWALA, Sept 18: Farmers and owners of agriculture lands measuring less than 12.5 acres have resented collection of tax from them despite the provincial government’s order of their exemption....