October 2, 2003	Thursday	Sha’aban 5, 1424

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Package for senior citizens soon ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: The ministry of social welfare is working on a package to provide relief to senior citizens in the country....		KKH’s 25th anniversary commemorated ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: A simple, but graceful ceremony was held at Postal Staff College, Islamabad, to launch a commemorative postage issued by Pakistan Post in collaboration with China Post....
PPP leader slams Rashid ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: People’s Party Parliamentarians General Secretary MNA Raja Pervez Ashraf has said General Musharraf during his recent US visit may have raised the issue of his personal security with...		Formulation of national S&T plan urged ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: Adviser to the prime minister on science and technology Dr Attaur Rehman on Wednesday asked the S&T ministry to come up with a national science and technology policy...
Wasa takes over partial charge of new water supply system RAWALPINDI, Oct 1: The Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) has taken over partial charge of the maintenance of the newly-laid Asian Development Bank-funded water supply system from Khanpur Dam from the...		Two girls kidnapped in Pindi RAWALPINDI, Oct 1: Two sisters were abducted from Gulistan Colony on Tuesday, police said. Kanwal Riaz, 11, and Sumbal Riaz, 6, were last seen by their neighbours playing outside their house in Lane 3...
ISI agrees to vacate land ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: The Inter-Services Intelligence Agency (ISI) has agreed to voluntarily vacate its land falling in the alignment of the under-construction I. J. Principal Road, a source in the Capital...		PML puts off plan to move EC: Unification ISLAMABAD Oct 1: The Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) has decided not to approach, for the time being, the election commission with the request for removal of affixes from all the five...
ARD after the Nawabzada KARACHI: The death of Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan has given rise to many questions as to the future course of political developments. The first and foremost is, will the alliance split along...		Shujaat meets MMA leader ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and the party’s senior leader senator S.M. Zafar had a meeting with MMA’s Liaqat Baloch in Lahore on Tuesday evening to...
Border security steps discussed with Kabul QUETTA, Oct 1: Pakistani and Afghan border authorities at a flag meeting held at the Friendship Gate in Chaman on Wednesday decided to adopt more effective measures to check illegal crossing...		Dictators blamed for terrorism ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, while holding dictators responsible for terrorism, has called upon the world to make a distinction between Al Qaeda network and Islam, saying carelessly...
Pakistan cited for software piracy ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: Accusing the country of being one of the leading producers of pirated optical discs of copyright material, the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) has asked the United States...		Rs8.5bn RBOD project to be completed in two years ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: The federal government has approved “Balochistan effluent disposal into right bank outfall drainage (RBOD)” project to be completed by June 30, 2005 at a cost of Rs8.5 billion....
Defence ties with Malaysia discussed ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: Defence Minister Rao Sikandar Iqbal has met Malaysian prime minister and defence minister and discussed with them enhancement of bilateral cooperation in different fields including defence....		Ex-minister’s claim termed incorrect ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: The finance department has claimed that the government’s claim that the external debt and liabilities have declined by more than $2.5 billion was correct and former finance minister...
Bomb blast damages rail tracks in Quetta QUETTA, Oct 1: Railway track linking the provincial capital with the rest of the country was partially damaged in a bomb blast near Balochis-...		‘Nasrullah briefed C’wealth in UK’ ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: The Commonwealth’s decision to extend suspension of Pakistan’s membership was largely influenced by a personal briefing given by Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan during his recent London visit, sources told...
‘Harmony must for regional prosperity’ RAWALPINDI, Oct 1: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday that harmony and increased cooperation among the South Asian countries would help bring sustained progress and prosperity to the one-fifth of...		Govt urged to reinstate employees MITHI, Oct 1: Forty-two employees of the district council, Tharparkar, who are observing a hunger strike in front of the Mithi Press Club against termination of their services, have urged the...
NAB fails to pay rent, tility bills: MPA hostel turned into lock-up PESHAWAR, Oct 1: The NWFP Assembly was told on Wednesday that the National Accountability Bureau, which had turned the MPA hostel into a lock-up soon after the military takeover, had neither...		Bid to divide MMA bound to fail: Qazi NOWSHERA, Oct 1: Jamaat-i-Islami Amir Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said that some elements are hatching conspiracies to create a rift among the components of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA)....
Tribesmen block highway LANDI KOTAL, Oct 1: Tribesmen blocked the Peshawar-Torkham highway here on Wednesday over a monetary dispute, resulting in disruption of vehicular traffic for several hours....		Dist council rejects govt uplift schemes NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Oct 1: The district council on Wednesday rejected development schemes sent by the Sindh chief minister secretariat, ministers, MNAs, MPAs and the chief secretary, contending only council members were...
Five killed in accident NOWSHERA, Oct 1: Five persons were killed and six received injuries when a passenger bus overturned and plunged into a ravine after hitting a man on the G T Road near...		Pest attacks rice crop LARKANA, Oct 1: The standing paddy crop has come under a severe pest attack which will inflict heavy losses on growers in the Larkana district....
NHA official arrested for rowdiness: Meeting for president’s visit FAISALABAD, Oct 1: National Highway Authority’s M-3 project General Manager Muhammad Aurangzeb was arrested on Wednesday by police at a meeting for allegedly using “filthy language and chastising the officials in...		Church blast accused granted bail GUJRANWALA, Oct 1: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday accepted the bail application of an accused involved in the Chianwali church bomb case....
Plea for check on arbitrary fee raise DERA GHAZI KHAN, Oct 1: The parents of students studying in the Divisional Public School have written letters to the governor and the chief minister drawing their attention to the raise...		Musharraf to open M-3 today FAISALABAD, Oct 1: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will inaugurate the Motorway-3 — from Faisalabad to Pindi Bhattian — on Thursday....
5 kidnapped in Sialkot SIALKOT, Oct 1: Four armed men abducted a landlord’s wife and three minor children, besides taking away cash and valuables worth Rs307,000 from his house at Mughalpura mohallah, Daska, on Wednesday....		Youth kills aunt, two cousins GUJRANWALA, Oct 1: A youth shot dead his aunt and her two children over a murder enmity on Wednesday in Pero Shahad Colony, Rahwali....
Three killed in accident KASUR, Oct 1: Three people were killed while as many sustained serious injuries in a road accident on Wednesday near Sindhuan Kalan village, Sarai Mughal....		Tax recovery contract cancelled FAISALABAD, Oct 1: The Tehsil Municipal Officer (City) has cancelled the property transfer tax collection on complaints of overcharging and forgery....
Case against police officials registered: Goldsmith’s arrest KASUR, Oct 1: A-Division police have registered a case against a police post sub-inspector and a constable, who allegedly picked up a goldsmith and deprived him of cash and gold ornaments...		Two held SHEIKHUPURA, Oct 1: The Motorway Police, led by its women staff, held two alleged smugglers with arms and contraband worth millions of rupees after an encounter near Kot Abdul Malik early...
200 units dump effluent into Ravi LAHORE, Oct 1: Over 200 industries are discharging waste water into the Ravi, according to the Punjab Environment Protection Department....		Postponement of canals’ closure sought LAHORE, Oct 1: The Punjab Water Council on Wednesday asked the irrigation department to delay closure of canals for non-perennial cotton till Oct 16....
LHC rejects plea against sending troops for Iraq LAHORE, Oct 1: The Lahore High Court office on Wednesday rejected a petition on technical grounds in which the petitioner had claimed that the government had decided in principle to send...		Experts call for national water policy LAHORE, Oct 1: Irrigation experts, engineers, intellectuals and politicians who attended a meeting of the Hamdard Thinkers Forum on Wednesday demanded that a national water policy should be prepared and steps...
Monsoon season concludes LAHORE, Oct 1: The monsoon season ended on Wednesday after giving adequate rain in the country, especially in the drought prone areas in Sindh and Balochistan....		Private bus stands in Lahore to be closed LAHORE, Oct 1: The City District Government will wind up all the private bus stands along Bund Road after the completion of the proposed Multan Road General Bus Stand....
Govt reply sought on TJP leader’s trial LAHORE, Oct 1: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday asked the provincial government to explain why the trial of a Tehrik-i-Jafria leader had not been concluded despite a six-year lapse....		Cheap flour: mills to get wheat from 7th LAHORE, Oct 1: The Punjab will start releasing wheat to mills on Oct 7 and devise a plan to supply flour to the poor at economical rates....
Protest against Fesco privatization held LAHORE, Oct 1: Wapda workers on Wednesday observed a protest day throughout the country against the proposed privatization of the Jamshoro powerhouse and Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco)....		Nadra asked to issue cards in 15 days LAHORE, Oct 1: Minister for Interior Faisal Saleh Hayat has directed National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) administration to provide computerized national identity cards (CNIC) within 15 days to the applicants...