October 3, 2003	Friday	Sha’aban 6, 1424

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Participants pledge women emancipation ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: Delegates to a conference here on Wednesday pledged to help women overcome injustices and emancipate themselves from practices incompatible with religious values and human dignity....		Nine CDA officials suspended ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: Interior Minister Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat on Thursday suspended nine officials of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), including two directors, for showing negligence in their duties, a ministry...
Pakistan, US to boost S&T cooperation: Sciences linkage project launched ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: Pakistan-US Natural Sciences Linkage Programme has been launched to increase the contact and collaboration among the scientists and institutions of Pakistan and the United States, announced Prof Attaur...		Accounts of housing societies frozen ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: The accounts of three cooperative housing societies have been frozen, the deputy commissioner Islamabad, Tariq Mehmood Pirzada, said....
‘Digital library to be set up next year’ ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: The government is introducing a digital library next year to provide 5,000 journals in addition to 30,000 abstracts of different journals to students, researchers, scientists and universities, Advisor...		China invites Pakistani legislators ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: China has invited parliamentarians from Pakistan to participate in the two regional Parliamentary Forums scheduled to be held in China in October 2003 and January 2004....
LHC grants stay to four cantonment employees RAWALPINDI, Oct 2: The Lahore High Court Rawalpindi bench on Thursday granted interim relief to four employees of the Rawalpindi and Chaklala cantonments, staying their transfer orders....		Unesco proposes setting up of teachers body ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: A report on the status of teachers in Pakistan has suggested setting up of a professional body, like a national teachers’ council, to enhance their standing in society....
Man dies RAWALPINDI, Oct 2: A man was burnt alive in his house while a passenger train ran over a woman in Tarnol on Thursday, police said....		New Iraq resolution to be studied: Pakistan UNITED NATIONS, Oct 2: Pakistan’s ambassador to the United Nations Munir Akram said on Thursday that Islamabad had clear requirements on the shape of a new draft US resolution on Iraq...
Extradition pact with US flayed ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: The Pakistan Bar Council on Thursday criticized the government for signing an agreement with the United States for the surrender of citizens....		1,027 civilian posts occupied by servicemen ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: As many as 104 serving and retired Lieutenant Generals, Major Generals or equivalent ranks from other services are among the 1,027 military officers inducted on civilian posts in...
Indonesian suspects’ repatriation discussed ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: Indonesian officials on Thursday opened talks with Pakistani officials on the possible repatriation of six Indonesian students detained on suspicion of having links with the Jemaah Islamiyah network,...		NGO chief held for links with Al Qaeda KOHAT, Oct 2: Military authorities on Wednesday arrested the chief of an NGO on suspicion of having links with Al Qaeda network, officials confirmed here on Thursday....
Pakistani attacked in US LOS ANGELES, Oct 2: A 24-year-old Pakistani was beaten up by gangsters in South Orange, New Jersey, the Association of Pakistani Professionals said in statement on Thursday....		Three killed QUETTA, Oct 2: Three people, including two Kharan Rifles men, were killed and four others injured when their official vehicle collided with a pick-up carrying smuggled petrol during chase near Nukondi...
Name deleted QUETTA, Oct 2: Anti-terrorism court No.1 judge Shaukat Rakshani on Thursday accepted the government’s request for the withdrawal Balochistan Revenue Minister Mir Asim Kurd’s name from a case of seizure of...		NWFP govt unveils health package: Reinstatement of doctors on cards PESHAWAR, Oct 2: The NWFP government on Thursday unveiled a health package to replace the Institution-Based Practice (IBP)....
KTH begins free OPD PESHAWAR, Oct 2: Free OPD has been started at the Khyber Teaching Hospital to facilitate the patients, said the chief executive of the hospital....		Govt urged not to build Kalabagh dam PESHAWAR, Oct 2: Speakers at a seminar urged the government to concentrate on the construction of other water dams instead of the Kalabagh dam to avoid controversy....
Crime rate has come down: SSP MANSEHRA, Oct 2: Mansehra SSP Ehsan Tufail has claimed that the district police during the last nine months have made concerted efforts for curbing the crimes, and have considerably brought down...		No mly operation in NWFP, PA told PESHAWAR, Oct 2: The NWFP Assembly was told here on Thursday that the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal government had no knowledge of the ongoing military operation against the Al Qaeda fugitives in southern...
Nazim survives no-trust motion HARIPUR, Oct 2: Tehsil Nazim Iftikhar Ahmad Khan survived a no-trust motion amid allegation of forcibly keeping away the majority of the opposition members from the session....		University modifies admission policy PESHAWAR, Oct 2: The University of Peshawar has abolished the seats reserved under the self-finance scheme in the morning shift and increased seats for the students seeking admissions on merit, officials...
Strengthening of police force demanded PESHAWAR, Oct 2: The NWFP police have demanded that the government should enhance the strength of the force by almost 100 per cent over a period of three years as per requirements of the Police Order 2002, official sources told Dawn here...		Arrest warrants issued PESHAWAR, Oct 2: The Peshawar district and sessions judge on Thursday issued non-bailable arrest warrants of a customs inspector, Anjum Fida Hussain, for not appearing before the court in a case...
Qazi terms LFO danger to country NOWSHERA, Oct 2: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal vice-president Qazi Hussain Ahmad has termed the Legal Framework Order (LFO) a potential danger to the integrity of the country and said the LFO hindered implementation...		Effluent from Punjab damages Sindh land SUKKUR, Oct 2: At least 45,000 acres land of Sindh has been damaged by the effluent from factories of Bahwalpur district....
Three arrested in bomb blast cases HYDERABAD, Oct 2: The Hyderabad police arrested three people, including an activist of a banned organization, in a raid in a house in Khokhar Mohallah on Thursday....		Demo against Hesco held LARKANA, Oct 2: A procession was taken out by shopkeepers and traders in Dokri on Thursday to protest over unannounced power loadshedding and inflated bills....
Oil firm urged to recruit local people DADU, Oct 2: Hundreds of activists of different political parties and people belonging to various villages of Johi Taluka held a demonstration in Johi on Thursday to protest against the oil...		Farm loan defaulters arrested SANGHAR, Oct 2: The Zarai Taraqqiati Bank (ZTBL) has launched a campaign to recover loans worth millions of rupees from farmers....
Dist council debates medical facilities MIRPURKHAS, Oct 2: A meeting of the district council, Mirpurkhas, presided over by Mir Anwar Talpur, was held here on Wednesday....		2 siblings die of measles THATTA, Oct 2: Two siblings, Asghar Babbar, 5, and Zahida Babbar, 1, died of measles in the Chachar Babbar village, near Jhimpir, on Wednesday....
Police accused of harassing ADP supporters KHAIRPUR, Oct 2: The Awam Dost members of district council are being harassed by police before elections for the seat of Naib Nazim of the district....		Ghazi Barotha capacity may be underutilized: Failure to install dedicated lines LAHORE, Oct 2: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has failed to install dedicated power transmission lines for the Ghazi Barotha hydel-power project, and may not be able to utilize...
Transporters vow to resist closure of bus stands LAHORE, Oct 2: Transporters will resist city district government attempts to wind up private bus stands on Bund Road to facilitate the development of its Multan Road general bus stand....		Shahbaz urges LHC to summon him LAHORE, Oct 2: PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday requested the Lahore High Court to summon him to Pakistan for facing the proceedings of a criminal case pending against him and...
AG’s office to go online by year end LAHORE, Oct 2: The online accounting and auditing system will be introduced in the Finance Department, AG’s Office and at the Faisalabad district accounts office this year....		Pakistan, Japan festival held LAHORE, Oct 2: The Pakistan-Japan Friendship Festival, 2003, began here on Thursday with the holding of a Japan children art competition and speech contest....
PML-N to observe protest from 12th LAHORE, Oct 2: The PML-N will observe a protest week from Oct 12 to 20 against ousting of the party’s government through a military coup four years ago on Oct 12....		‘ARD to continue contact drive’ LAHORE, Oct 2: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy’s mass contact drive will continue as had been planned by its late president, Nawabzada Nasrullah. Leaders of major constituents of the...
PR to pay retirement dues within a month LAHORE, Oct 2: The railway administration will pay dues to their employees within one month after their retirement....		Education officials found absent from duty LAHORE, Oct 2: District Coordination Officer Khalid Sultan on Thursday found three district officers, a deputy district officer and all employees of the district officer (colleges) absent from duty....
LHC seeks reply from SBP LAHORE, Oct 2: The Lahore High Court on Thursday sought a reply from the State Bank of Pakistan on a petition challenging a circular through which all scheduled banks were directed...		Airlifting of pesticides urged LAHORE, Oct 2: The government must airlift pesticides in order to save cotton crop from the heavy pest attack, Farmers Associates Pakistan demanded on Thursday....
Bid to hijack PPP’s name to be resisted LAHORE, Oct 2: The PPP has vowed to resist any move for adopting the name of the party and registering it with the Election Commission by any individual or group except...		Solo walk LAHORE, Oct 2: Karachi-based artist, social worker and peace activist Jimmy Engineer will undertake a solo walk for the patients of the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital here on Friday....
Clarification LAHORE, Oct 2: In reference to a news item published on Sept 26 stating that the Punjab University had issued notices to various institutions operating in the Punjab, including APTECH, to...		Marriage Ord: Violators to be penalized GUJRANWALA, Oct 2: The City Tehsil Council will implement the orders of the Punjab chief minister of serving one dish in marriages by taking strict action against the violators....