September 23, 2003	Tuesday	Rajab 25, 1424

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556 federal govt houses in illegal occupation ISLAMABAD, Sept 22: About 556 government houses in the country are under illegal occupation as there is no specific law to get them vacated, the National Assembly was told on Monday....		HEC to review exam system in varsities ISLAMABAD, Sept 22: The Higher Education Commission has decided to review various modes of examinations being practised in the public sector universities....
Federal university campus to be set up in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Sept 22: A campus of the Federal University for Arts, Science and Technology will be set up in the Capital soon, a statement issued here on Monday said....		Hudood Ord: speakers remain divided ISLAMABAD, Sept 22: After a lively two-and-a-half-hour discussion, the speakers at a seminar on Hudood Ordinance remained divided over whether to repeal or amend the law....
Working rules for hospitals’ BoM notified RAWALPINDI, Sept 22: Punjab government has notified the rules and regulations governing the working of the boards of management (BoM) of autonomous hospitals, an official said here on Monday....		IIU: agencies take foreigners record ISLAMABAD, Sept 22: The officials of the ‘secret agencies’ on Sunday visited the International Islamic University (IIU) and checked the record of foreign students studying in various departments....
Speakers for neutralizing threats to peace ISLAMABAD, Sept 22: The participants of a function organized by the Citizens Peace Committee have stressed the need for maintaining peace at both national and international levels and to neutralize all...		Naveed Qamar denies joining Musharraf’s delegation ISLAMABAD, Sept 22: Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPP) MNA Syed Naveed Qamar has denied joining the delegation of parliamentarians accompanying President Pervez Musharraf to New York....
‘Regulatory bodies for private schools soon’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 22: The government will soon set up regulatory bodies, both at the national as well as provincial levels, to oversee the activities of privately-managed schools and institutions of higher...		President says he will not give up uniform NEW YORK, Sept 22: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Sunday that the elected government had a majority in parliament and reiterated that it would complete its term....
Automobile firms criticized in NA ISLAMABAD, Sept 22: Four automobile companies manufacturing vehicles locally came under fire in the National Assembly for increasing the prices of their products by two to 18 per cent....		Opposition plans hunger strike: President’s address to UN ISLAMABAD, Sept 22: The combined opposition on Monday condemned President Pervez Musharraf’s visit to the United States and his impending address to the UN General Assembly, terming it as contrary to...
Govt may invite MMA for talks ISLAMABAD, Sept 22: Fearing rejection of the proposed constitutional package by the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal supreme council, the government is planning to again invite the MMA leadership for talks in the next...		The charade should end THE LFO charade must end. It’s taking a toll of the credibility of both the government and the MMA. It’s stalling any worthwhile progress towards a real restoration of democracy and...
SC to hear govt plea against Hashmi ISLAMABAD, Sept 22: The Supreme Court will take up on Thursday a petition filed by the government for the cancellation of bail granted to Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, acting president of Pakistan...		Pakistan ready to lead Muslim world, says Musharraf NEW YORK, Sept 22: President Pervez Musharraf said on Sunday that Pakistan was willing and able to lead the Muslim world out of the present crisis since the Sept 11 attacks...
US-Israeli pressure decried LAHORE, Sept 22: Palestinian ambassador Ahmed Abdur Razzak Al-Salman says the idea of expelling Yasser Arafat “is tantamount to an attempt at expelling the entire Palestinian nation from its homeland”....		Formation of Press Council demanded PESHAWAR, Sept 22: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has expressed concern over delay in formation of the Pakistan Press Council....
Indian response to peace offers nil: Musharraf NEW YORK, Sept 22: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Sunday his government “did far more than our capacity to defuse tension on the Line of Control, to take actions which...		MMA ready to launch movement BAHAWALPUR, Sept 22: MNA Maulana Abdul Malik from Mansehra (NWFP) and MMA deputy parliamentary leader in the Punjab Assembly Dr Syed Wasim Akhtar have said the MMA was ready to launch...
Woman killed for seeking dowry SIALKOT, Sept 22: A woman was axed to death by her brother on Monday for pressuring him to give her dowry on the insistence of her in-laws at Laliyan village, Head...		Three education officials get six-year RI for fraud FAISALABAD, Sept 22: A special Anti-Corruption Court on Monday handed down six-year hard jail and fined Rs200,000 each to three Education department employees for misappropriating Rs322,000....
New train to be accorded ‘warm welcome’ TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 22: Banners of all colours have camouflaged roads and arteries leading to railway station with the claim of three politicians that the new train being steamed off...		Cotton control act ambiguous, claims PCGA MULTAN, Sept 22: The Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association has urged the government to defer the ban on the use of jute bags for cotton seed (phutti) transportation from farms to ginneries...
Three postal employees suspended FAISALABAD, Sep. 22: Three employees of the Postal Department, including two postmasters, have been suspended from service for negligence in duty....		PPP man served notice GUJRANWALA, Sept 22: Me Benazir Bhutto has expressed her dismay over the support of ruling party aspirant for the Kamoki Nazim’s slot by district PPP president former MNA Abdullah Virk....
Highway in need of repairs SADIQABAD, Sept 22: The busy highway which links important towns of Rahim Yar Khan district and runs parallel to the main railway line is in a shambles....		NTN office starts working GUJRANWALA, Sept 22: The office set up here to give national tax number (NTN) to tax payers has started functioning....
UAF invites applications FAISALABAD, Sept 22: The University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, has invited applications for admission to various undergraduate courses for the 2003-2004 session....		Rain-affected people still await relief DADU, Sept 22: Relief goods have not been distributed among rain victims of Kachho as residents of 20 affected villages are living without basic facilities like water and medical facilities....
Durrani promises raise in police salary PESHAWAR, Sept 22: The provincial government is planning to increase salaries of police officials, which will cost the provincial exchequer Rs30 million annually....		Bid to smuggle cloth foiled KOHAT, Sept 22: Customs staff on Sunday seized 15,700 metres of foreign cloth which was being smuggled to Punjab from the tribal areas and arrested two persons....
Opposition leader notified PESHAWAR, Sept 22: NWFP Assembly Speaker Bakht Jahan Khan has notified that Shahzada Gastasip Khan is the Leader of the Opposition....		Timber mafia activities in Malakand go unchecked MINGORA, Sept 22: After denuding Malakand division of its forests, the timber mafia has started cutting trees along the main roads as the authorities concerned have failed to check its activities....
NPP opposes Kalabagh dam SHIKARPUR, Sept 22: Dr Mohammad Ibrahim Jatoi, National People’s Party (Sindh) president and MNA from Shikarpur, has opposed the Kalabagh dam terming it an anti-Sindh project....		American expansionism condemned LARKANA, Sept 22: The Pakistan People’s Party (Shaheed Bhutto) central committee, at its meeting held in Garhi Khuda Bukhsh Bhutto on Sunday, expressed concern over the international situation, particularly the US...
Bodies of three drowned kids not yet found HARIPUR, Sept 22: Bodies of the three missing children who had drowned on Sunday evening in a boat capsize in Tarbela lake with three other children could not be recovered as...		10 injured as school roof sheds rubble KHAIRPUR, Sept 22: Ten students of primary classes of boys primary school Khan Wahan were injured on Monday when rubble from the roof of a classroom fell on them....
Rs730m gas projects undertaken in NWFP PESHAWAR, Sept 22: Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Chaudhry Nouraiz Shakoor Khan has said that Sui Northern Gas Company (SNGC) will complete projects worth Rs730 million in the NWFP...		Construction of building in garden opposed PESHAWAR, Sept 22: The proposed construction of a building for the computer science and biotechnology departments in the Botanical Garden, near Islamia College, University of Peshawar, is likely to cause immense...
Kalabagh dam issue can be resolved: NWFP governor at LCCI LAHORE, Sept 22: NWFP Governor Lt-Gen Syed Iftikhar Husain Shah (retired) has said that some people want to politicize the Kalabagh dam issue while others take it as a technical matter....		Opposition urged to be flexible LAHORE, Sept 22: Participants in a convention of the PML-Q office-bearers and district and tehsil Nazims here on Monday urged opposition parties to give up their negative attitude and instead hold...
Hassaan restored to office: LG’s application suspended LAHORE, Sept 22: The Lahore High Court suspended on Monday the retrospective application of the Punjab Local Government (recall motions against Nazims and Naib Nazims) Rules, 2003, as a result of...		Another human trafficker held LAHORE, Sept 22: Shafqatullah Butt, second on the Iranian list of most-wanted human traffickers operating from Pakistan, has reportedly been arrested from Daska (Sialkot) by the Federal Investigation Agency....
Survey of Historical sites from January LAHORE, Sept 22: The Federal Archaeology Department will resume a survey of new sites in 11 districts from January next —- six years after the completion of the survey of 23...		Bhasha’s feasibility by June next LAHORE, Sept 22: The feasibility studies for the Bhasha dam will likely to be complete by the June 2004 deadline, Wapda chairman Zulfiqar Ali Khan claimed here on Monday....
Lawyers term new package eyewash LAHORE, Sept 22: The Joint Action Committee of lawyers on Monday declared the government’s proposed constitutional package “a sordid attempt to deceive the people of the country.”...		4,500 apply for six PR SIs’ posts LAHORE, Sept 22: As many as 4,500 applications have been received for six posts of assistant sub-inspectors of railway police....