September 27, 2003	Saturday	Rajab 29, 1424

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1,027 army officers working on civilian posts ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: As many as 1,027 serving and retired armed forces officers were appointed in different ministries, divisions and departments after the military takeover of October 1999 on induction, secondment...		Senate body calls for preventive steps: Clash among MPs ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: A Senate special committee on privileges on Friday asked Islamabad authorities to prevent recurrence of incidents like an altercation between two rival women parliamentarians outside the Parliament House...
‘Central fund’ proposal to be tabled in OIC: Dr Ata ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) chairman, Prof (Dr) Attaur Rehman, has said a proposal to establish a ‘central fund’ for human resource development for Islamic countries would be...		Economy needs more liberalization: experts ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: Pakistan is one of the leading countries in South Asia implementing trade policy reforms, gradually moving economy away from protectionism towards greater trade openness and global economic integration...
Tourism vital to poverty alleviation ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali have said the tourism industry can play a pivotal role in economic growth and poverty alleviation....		Capital police call reserves, MP for Saarc summit RAWALPINDI, Sept 26: Islamabad Capital Territory police have decided to call up military police (MP) and 4,000 regular police personnel from other parts of the country to perform ceremonial and security...
Iesco cuts line losses by 10.9pc ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: Islam-abad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) has achieved 10.09 per cent reduction in line losses....		HEC awards scholarships to 40 teachers ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has awarded PhD scholarships to 40 teachers of public sector engineering universities for higher studies in China, an official statement issued here said....
Zobaida to lead delegation to Unesco moot ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: Minister for Education Zobaida Jalal will lead Pakistan’s delegation to the 32nd session of Unesco’s General Conference scheduled to be held in Paris from Sept 29 to Oct...		IJT to hold train march RAWALPINDI, Sept 26: The Islami Jamiat-i-Talaba (IJT) is holding a countrywide Pasban-i-Harm Train March which will start from Peshawar on October 1....
Reserves not kept in gold, minister informs Senate ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday told members of the Senate that Pakistan did not maintain gold reserves and instead it kept its assets in foreign currency reserves....		Shujaat, Jamali discuss PML unification ISLAMABAD, Sep 26: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali and PML President Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain on Friday discussed problems created by a hasty unification of different factions of the Pakistan Muslim...
Chitral officials in a fix over abduction ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: The district administration of Chitral is in a quandary over the fate of a married woman kidnapped allegedly by a Karachi-based transporter from Mansehra about one-and-a-half months ago...		UK not opposed to seminaries: envoy QUETTA, Sept 26: British High Commissioner to Pakistan, Mr Lyall-Grant, has said that the British Government is not opposed to those seminaries who teach religious education blended with modern subjects so...
Students block Karakoram highway GILGIT, Sept 26: Hundreds of students and teachers belonging to different Madaris in Diamer district blocked the Karakoram Highway on Thursday at Thour Nalah against the construction of Diamer (Bhasha) dam,...		PM visiting US on Bush’s invitation ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali will be visiting the United States between Sept 28 and Oct 8 on the invitation of US President George W. Bush....
NHA asked to expedite work on projects QUETTA, Sept 26: Balochistan Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani on Friday directed the National Highway Authority’s officials to accelerate the pace of repairs on roads damaged by rains in the province....		Dera Bugti Nazim tenders resignation QUETTA, Sept 26: Dera Bugti’s district Nazim Mir Zulfiqar Haidar on Friday tendered his resignation from the post and forwarded papers in this regard to quarters concerned but reasons for quitting...
Two arrested QUETTA, Sept 26: Two persons were arrested on Friday after a large number of people from a village near the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan staged a demonstration in Chaman and...		Road blocked in protest against Hesco LARKANA, Sept 26: A large number of power consumers, hailing from Jara Wahacha, on Thursday blocked the Indus Highway, near Janibund, Nasirabad Taluka, by erecting barricades as they were protesting against...
Probe reports on abuse of schoolboys rejected: Matter referred to standing committee PESHAWAR, Sept 26: The NWFP Assembly on Friday continued its debate on the sexual abuse of a high school students in the city and referred the matter to the concerned standing...		People urged to help improve level of education SUKKUR, Sept 26: The acting president and chairman, Senate, Mohammedmian Soomro, has said that the educational standard was falling down and stressed the need for taking immediate remedial measures with the...
Rural uplift project to be scrutinized PESHAWAR, Sept 26: The performance of the Malakand Rural Development Project will be scrutinized by a house committee....		Man killed in encounter after highway robbery HANGU, Sept 26: The police killed an alleged outlaw and injured two others in an encounter, five hours after a highway robbery on the Kohat-Hangu road on Friday, in which two people were killed...
Breaches occur in three canals KHAIRPUR, Sept 26: Breaches occured in three canals of Sindh on Thursday and Friday, inundating cultivated land and houses....		Woman kept in chains recovered THATTA, Sept 26: The Thatta police, in a surprise raid conducted on the house of a labourer, recovered Gulshan Khatti, a housewife, with torture marks on her body from a locked...
Minister hints at health package PESHAWAR, Sept 26: A comprehensive health relief package will soon be presented before the assembly for approval, Provincial Health Minister Inayatullah Khan informs the NWFP Assembly....		Workshop organized ABBOTTABAD, Sept 26: A workshop on the role of women councillors in political affairs and decision-making was held here on Thursday....
209 primary schools remain closed THATTA, Sept 26: The National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) has identified some 209 closed primary schools in the district for want of teachers....		MMA opposes troops to Iraq under OIC, UN MULTAN, Sept 26: MMA’s Deputy Secretary-General Liaquat Baloch has opposed sending of troops to Iraq, even if this is done under the umbrella of the UNO or the OIC....
Rain lashes Faisalabad FAISALABAD, Sept 26: Heavy downpour lashed the city on Friday afternoon adding a feeling of winter to the air....		Junior judge can’t refer case to senior GUJRANWALA, Sept 26: A junior judge cannot refer a case to a senior judge directly and the Lahore High Court is a proper institution for referring cases to any court....
IJT, JI protest against motorway police: ‘Students manhandled’ GUJRANWALA, Sept 26: Activists of Islami Jamiat Talaba and Jamaat-i-Islami district and city organizations protested against the National Highway and Motorway Police for manhandling students and involving them in a criminal...		No surrender to MPs’ blackmail: Shujaat GUJRAT, Sept 26: PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Husain said on Thursday the Hafizabad MPs had only threatened to resign from their offices....
Stolen vehicle recovered from ASI SHEIKHUPURA, Sept 26: On the directions of the district and sessions judge, a local civil judge retrieved a stolen car from the possession of a Saddar ASI....		Wapda wavers in Chilas survey LAHORE, Sept 26: Wapda is reluctant to provide funds to the Federal Archaeology Department to conduct survey in Chilas, where Bhasha dam is proposed to be constructed, to save ancient rock...
Parents undertaking in minors marriage illegal LAHORE, Sept 26: The Lahore High Court on Friday ruled that any undertaking given by the parents regarding their minor children’s marriages solemnized without their consent was illegal and had no...		Research centre for livestock: Committee to enlist problems LAHORE, Sept 26: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has assured government’s full support to the livestock and poultry sector, announcing a four-member committee to enlist all problems being faced by it within...
Blind students win laurels in graduation LAHORE, Sept 26: The students of the first batch of the Aziz Jehan Begum Trust Institute for the Blind came off with flying colours in the BA examination held in 2003....		Industrial chambers to be involved in planning LAHORE, Sept 26: Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi said here on Friday that the government was activating all chambers of commerce and industry in the province to include their expertise in...
Funds for kidney institute LAHORE, Sept 26: The federal government has released the funds for the National Institute of Kidney diseases (WWF Block) which is likely to become functional next month....		Education dept can’t ‘regulate’ private institutions LAHORE, Sept 26: Punjab Education Minister Imran Masood has said his department has no legal authority to check and monitor the private sector educational institutions....
Nagina’s son, three others arrested LAHORE, Sept 26: Police on Friday took Nagina Khanum’s son Nawaz Khan into custody besides arresting three men from Peshawar....		MA education degree recognized LAHORE, Sept 26: The Punjab education department on Friday notified approval of the MA Education degree of the Institute of Education and Research of the Punjab University for the recruitment of...
UK judge LAHORE, Sept 26: A British judge, Justice Peter Singer, on Friday attended the proceedings of Lahore High Court on a petition for habeas corpus for the recovery of a 10-month-old infant....		Arms seized NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Sept 26: The Moro police arrested three armed men during patrolling near the Daris Minor on Friday....