September 25, 2003	Thursday	Rajab 27, 1424

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Four die as hailstorm hits Pindi, Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: The gusty winds and hailstorm that hit the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad mid-night Tuesday left four persons dead, over a dozen injured and caused large-scale damages...		242 posts vacant in Pims: Senate told ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) is facing shortage of staff as 242 posts are still vacant in the hospital, the Senate was told on Wednesday....
2 MPs demand action against each other: 8-member body to probe incident ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: Two rival women parliamentarians on Wednesday took their altercation to parliament and demanded action against each other for the incident that happened on Tuesday....		Gen Yusaf firing visits exercise area RAWALPINDI, Sept 24: General Mohammad Yusaf Khan, Vice-Chief of Army Staff, on Wednesday visited the troops in the exercise area near Jhelum and witnessed a firing exercise....
Pakistan-China friendship based on trust, says Soomro ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: A Chinese delegation led by Xu Dunxin called on the Acting President, Mohammadmian Soomro, in the Parliament House on Wednesday....		Bodies of 8 Pakistanis arrive RAWALPINDI, Sept 24: The bodies of eight Pakistanis, who drowned in a river while trying to cross into Greece from Turkey earlier this month, arrived here early on Wednesday morning....
Pakistan asked to increase spending on social sector ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: The 18-member United Nations Committee has expressed concern over the lack of budgetary allocations for education, health and disabled children in Pakistan, says a press release here on...		Ronak’s death stirring up controversies ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: The unfortunate death of seven-and-a-half months old leopard cub, ‘Ronak’, has opened up a Pandora’s box as various groups of people are more engaged in stirring up controversies...
ANF recovers 1.5kg heroin ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) arrested three members of an international gang of drug-traffickers and seized 1.5 kg heroin from their possession during a raid at a hotel in...		8,000kg poor quality pickles destroyed RAWALPINDI, Sept 24: The district authorities on Wednesday destroyed 8,000 kilograms of fungus-infested pickles, which had been confiscated from different shops during the ongoing anti- food adulteration campaign....
Kashmir needs immediate attention: Kasuri’s address to UN UNITED NATIONS, Sept 24: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri told the United Nations on Wednesday that the situation in the occupied Jammu and Kashmir called for the urgent attention of the...		Railways to add 1,300 new wagons ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: Pakistan has decided to induct as many as 1,300 new high capacity wagons in the Pakistan Railways at a total cost of Rs5.87 billion including a foreign supplier’s...
PML unification hits snags ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: Process for the unification of the five PML factions has run into serious legal complication within days of an announcement in this regard....		US concerned about troops safety: envoy PESHAWAR, Sept 24: The US ambassador to Pakistan, Nancy Powell, has said Washington is concerned about the safety of its troops operating on the other side of the border of Pakistan...
Long march on Oct 13: SCBA ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: Supreme Court Bar Association President Hamid Khan has said that the lawyers community will organize a long march from Lahore to Islamabad for the revival of 1973 Constitution....		UNEP report reveals huge hydrocarbon in seawater ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: The United Nations Environment Programme has submitted its report to the government about the ship Tasman Spirit accident that says acute effects of oil spill are evident and...
MMA not to surrender portfolios: Wasay QUETTA, Sept 24: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has turned down the request of Chief Minister Jam Yousuf for surrendering some ministerial portfolios for other coalition partners in the provincial government....		Senate takes notice of foreign ministry officials’ absence ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: Deputy Chairman Senate Khalilur Rehman on Wednesday reprimanded the foreign ministry for not assigning anyone in the absence of the foreign minister to answer questions relating to the...
CPNE forms press council committee KARACHI, Sept 24: Secretary-General Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE), Dr. Jabbar Khattak, has announced formation of a committee to look into the issues related to formation of the Pakistan Press...		MPA’s arrest warrant issued QUETTA, Sept 24: An anti-terrorism court has issued MPA Mir Asim Kurd’s arrest warrant in an arms seizure case....
Decision to part ways with MMA final: JUI-S: Minister foresees reconciliation PESHAWAR, Sept 24: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal launched efforts on Tuesday night to remove differences with Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Sami group) hours after the group announced it was dissociating itself from the alliance....		Priority for road projects urged PESHAWAR, Sept 24: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has directed the authorities to prioritize road projects under the Malakand Rural Development Programme with a view to completing public welfare-oriented schemes...
$300m aid for NWFP under study, says Nancy PESHAWAR, Sept 24: US Ambassador Nancy J. Powel in a meeting here on Wednesday with Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani indicated that the American government had a proposal to grant $300...		Recruitment centre’s shifting opposed ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: The Chitral district government has taken exception to a decision of the Frontier Corps to shift the recruitment centre of the Chitral Scouts from its headquarters in the...
Walkout staged KOHAT, Sept 24: The opposition in the district council staged a walkout from the session to protest against what they termed the arrogant attitude of the district Nazim on Tuesday....		Babar flays efforts to launch ‘King’s PPP’ NOWSHERA, Sept 24: The Pakistan People’s Party has warned that all efforts by the military rulers to manufacture another King’s party out of the PPP will prove a big failure....
Three more HIV cases reported LARKANA, Sept 24: Three more cases of HIV-infected persons, including a woman, have come to light here, raising the figure of such cases to 48 in the Larkana district alone....		‘Anti-Sindh projects to be resisted’ HYDERABAD, Sept 24: Anti Greater Thal Canal Action Committee convenor and Sindh PPP president Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has said that the people of Sindh will adopt all methods to stop construction...
Greater Thal canal, Kalabagh dam projects opposed SANGHAR, Sept 24: Protest demonstrations against the greater Thal canal and Kalabagh dam were held on Wednesday by the Anti-Greater Thal Canal Committee, comprising the Pakistan People’s Parliamentarians, Jamiat-i-Ulema-i-Islam (F), Sindh...		Strike against sugar mill management observed BADIN, Sept 24: A shutter-down strike to protest against the management of the Army Welfare Sugar Mill (AWSM) was observed here on Wednesday....
20 patients operated NAWABSHAH, Sept 24: Renowned gynaecologist from the United Kingdom, Prof John Kelly, conducted 20 operations of VVF (a common disease in women) in a free medical camp held at the gynaecology...		Shikarpur gets Rs184m for development SHIKARPUR, Sept 24: District Nazim Mohammad Arif Mahar, addressing a meeting of the district council here on Tuesday, said that Rs184 million had been allocated in the annual budget for development...
Nazims to prepare ACRs DADU, Sept 24: The district council on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution empowering union council Nazims to prepare annual confidential reports (ACRs) of doctors and teachers and employees of agriculture serving...		Students protest DADU, Sept 24: A large number of students of the Government Degree College for Boys, Dadu, held a demonstration in front of the main gate of the college on Wednesday to...
Country may face water shortage in Rabi LAHORE, Sept 24: The country may face shortage of water up to 12 per cent during the coming Rabi season, according to early estimates of the Punjab Irrigation Department....		Rain prayers answered LAHORE, Sept 24: Widespread rain, which was heavy at some places, was reported in many parts of the NWFP, northern areas and Islamabad on Wednesday....
‘Angry’ MPAs see a lot happening in next few days LAHORE, Sept 24: Punjab Culture Minister Shaukat Ali Bhatti and other MPAs who have resigned said here on Wednesday that a process had been started for bringing about a change in...		IGP’s secy status notified LAHORE, Sept 24: The Punjab government notified the status of ex-officio secretary for the IGP on Wednesday, giving him full administrative powers of his department, including the posting and transfer of...
MMA to impeach president if govt backs out LAHORE, Sept 24: The MMA is planning to change its strategy in the parliament as it feels that the government should not be given a free hand for running the house...		Alliance wins first round of LCCI polls LAHORE, Sept 24: The PIAF-Founders Group Alliance on Wednesday won all four chamber class seats, sweeping the first round of LCCI election-2003 and defeating its rival —- the Founders —- with...
No resignation Received yet, says Pervaiz LAHORE, Sept 24: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has said that no resignation of MPAs from Hafizabad has yet been received by the Punjab Assembly speaker....		Order of IT Commissioner set aside LAHORE, Sept 24: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday set aside the orders of the regional income tax commissioner, regarding the random selection of the returns filed under the new Self-Assessment...
DCO urged to resolve dispute: Tubewells’ sinking FAISALABAD, Sept 24: Scores of Nazims, Naib Nazims and councillors of union councils living along the Jhang Branch Canal have asked the DCO to call a special committee meeting to resolve...		Christian leaders warn of protest: Outlaws still at large BAHAWALPUR, Sept 24: The local Christian leaders threatened on Wednesday that they would launch a protest movement, if the remaining two nominated accused in the rape attempt case at Chak 55-DB,...
Cotton growers urged to look at higher global prices MULTAN, Sept 24: State Minister for Food, Agricultural and Livestock Sikandar Hayat Bosan has urged the cotton growers and ginners to keep in view the higher international prices while selling their...		52 councillors support resigning MPs HAFIZABAD, Sept 24: In support of the resignation of five members of Pakistan Muslim League-Quad-i-Azam, 52 members of district, union and tehsil councils have handed over their resignations to MNA Chaudhry...
Alleged robber escapes from custody SIALKOT, Sept 24: An alleged robber, who was being treated at the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital in police custody, escaped on Wednesday....		22 prisoners shifted to Rawalpindi, Lahore jails GUJRANWALA, Sept 24: At least 22 dangerous captives of Gujranwala jail were shifted to jails in Rawalpindi and Kot Lakhpat, Lahore, it was learnt here on Wednesday....