October 4, 2003	Saturday	Sha’aban 7, 1424

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Water from villages near twin cities to be examined ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: The Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) will collect about five water samples each from 132 villages of the federal capital and 1,164 villages of Rawalpindi...		Comission needs urgent restructuring : Proposals to be forwarded to govt ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: The National Commission on Status of Women (NCSW) needs to be restructured and strengthened if it is to play any meaningful role in the advancement of women in...
Need to change laws on death penalty stressed ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: It is high time that the laws on death penalty were updated since these were originally passed in a very different social context, MNA and Parliamentarian Commission for...		IMWU for removing stigma of terrorism ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: The International Muslim Women Union (IMWU) has stressed upon the Muslim women organizations around the world to enhance their interaction and to work hard to remove the bad...
Intending Hajis asked to obtain CNICs ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has asked intending pilgrims to apply for Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs)....		Global efforts required to curb drug trafficking RAWALPINDI, Oct 3: The Canadian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Margaret Huber, has stressed the need for global efforts to eradicate drug menace....
RIUJ polls today ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: As many as 912 mediapersons of the twin cities of Rawalpindi-Islamabad will go to polls on Saturday to elect the office-bearers of Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ), says...		Karachi killings condemned ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: The Tehrik Nafaz-i-Fiqah Jafariya (TNFJ) has condemned the killing of seven people in a firing incident in Karachi on Friday....
HEC announces PhD fellowship ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has announced this year’s PhD fellowship under which 1,000 students will be awarded scholarships to complete their doctorates covering a wide range of...		Nazim calls for empowering women RAWALPINDI, Oct 3: There is an urgent need for making women the most useful members of the society by providing them with the best possible training....
PBC to provide free legal aid to prisoners RAWALPINDI, Oct 3: The Human Rights Commission of the Punjab Bar Council (PBC) in a meeting on Friday decided to visit Adiala Jail next week to provide free legal aid to...		Musharraf denies infiltration charges NEW DELHI, Oct 3: If India, with its massive army deployment in Kashmir, could not check alleged cross-border infiltration, there was no guarantee that Pakistan could, President Pervez Musharraf was quoted...
Judicial council meets today ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: Chief Justice Shaikh Riaz Ahmad has convened a meeting of the Supreme Judicial Council on Saturday for evolving a strategy to initiate steps for the accountability of the...		Teachers to boycott classes in N. Areas GILGIT, Oct 3: Teachers in the Northern Areas on Thursday decided to boycott academic activities in 13 colleges until the resolution of their demands....
Change in ARD’s tactics likely ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: The ARD which is meeting on Tuesday next is expected to do a lot of rethinking to find out answers to a plethora of questions thrown up by...		‘Nasrullah secured Benazir-Nawaz joint statement’ ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan had succeeded in securing from former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif a joint declaration, enunciating their mutual cooperation for the cause of democracy...
PML, MMA’s stand on mother tongues flayed QUETTA, Oct 3: Opposition parties in the provincial assembly on Friday criticized the Pakistan Muslim League and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal for opposing a resolution about instruction in schools in the native...		Hudood laws criticized PESHAWAR, Oct 3: Three Former judges of superior courts have termed the Hudood ordinances faulty pieces of legislation and discriminatory towards women, and recommended their repeal....
‘Pakistan poised for economic take-off’ ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday said Pakistan was poised for an economic takeoff and had immense potential to become a hub of economic activities in the region....		NA speaker dissatisfied with pace of legislation ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain on Friday expressed his dissatisfaction over the slow pace of legislation in the house and said, “it could be accelerated.”...
‘President should hold talks with former PMs’ ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: Gen Pervez Musharraf should directly hold talks with Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif if he wants to resolve the current political and constitutional crisis in the country, said...		Bomb blast rocks Rojhan Jamali QUETTA, Oct 3: Rojhan Jamali was rocked by a powerful bomb explosion in the village’s boys school on Friday....
NWFP PA adopts resolution against Pesco privatization PESHAWAR, Oct 3: The NWFP Assembly on Friday demanded that the federal government should restrain from privatizing the Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco)....		Four miners die in mudslide GHALLANAI (Mohmand Agency), Oct 3: Four miners were killed and four other critically injured when massive mudslide hit them while working in a marble quarry of Lakaro tehsil here on Thursday...
Concern voiced over Afghan situation PESHAWAR, Oct 3: Senior Afghan citizen and former president of Shura-i-Tafahum Afghanistan Haji Hayatullah has expressed concern over the increasing political unrest in his country....		Wife kills husband’s murderer NOWSHERA, Oct 3: A woman killed her husband’s first wife, Bukhtiara, on the premises of the district and sessions court, here on Friday....
PPP denies role against MMA PESHAWAR, Oct 3: PPP leader Khwaja Mohammad Khan Hoti has said his party will stay away from efforts aimed at dislodging the MMA government....		IJT stages anti-US rally PESHAWAR, Oct 3: Islami Jamiat-i-Talaba here on Friday organized a rally at the University of Peshawar to express their anger over the US intervention in the internal affairs of all Muslim...
Multan council enhances discretionary fund of Nazim: Health, education allocation cut MULTAN, Oct 3: The district council, Multan, has approved an increase of 450 per cent in the discretionary fund of the Zila Nazim, raising the allocation from Rs10m to Rs55m....		Police performance criticized SARGODHA, Oct 3: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervez Elahi said on Friday that he had provided all facilities to police with the undertaking that they would mend their ways, improve their...
Gepco to spend Rs10m on safety SIALKOT, Oct 3: The Gujranwala Electric Power Company (GEPCO) will spend Rs10 million for the purchase of safety gadgets for its employees to reduce accidents in the Gujranwala division....		Roof collapse leaves four dead, 52 hurt FAISALABAD, Oct 3: Four people, including two children, were killed and 52 others injured when the roof of a house caved in at Ashrafabad here on Friday....
‘Okara farm officials being laid off’ MULTAN, Oct 3: The management of the Okara military farms has allegedly started laying off its dairy farms employees who are relatives of tenants demanding ownership of land....		Three get death for gang-rape LAYYAH, Oct 3: Additional District and Sessions Judge (Karor Laal Esan) Jahan Dad Khan has awarded death sentence to Mohammad Shafique, Arshad Ali and Mohammad Sarwar allies Teana on charges of...
FIA arrest another human trafficker FAISALABAD, Oct 3: The Federal Investigation Agency claimed on Friday to have arrested leader of a human traffickers’ gang....		MMA men denied bail GUJRANWALA, Oct 3: The Anti-Terrorism Court rejected bail applications of two more MMA activists in a circus firing case and issued their non-bailable arrest warrants here on Friday....
Goods worth Rs2.8m looted SIALKOT, Oct 3: Robbers on Thursday night looted cash, ornaments and other valuables worth Rs2.8 million in various parts of the Daska tehsil....		Two brothers shot dead TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 3: Two brothers were killed by as many unidentified assailants in Mauza Jamal Pahar here on Thursday night....
Violation of EIA rules affecting environment LAHORE, Oct 3: Neither the public nor private sectors bother to carry out the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) before launching any industrial development or infrastructure projects....		UHS asks colleges to sign affidavit: Calls for surrendering 10pc income LAHORE, Oct 3: The University of Health Sciences has reminded the private medical colleges seeking affiliation with it to sign the affidavit that they will surrender 10 per cent of their...
LHC rejects Shahbaz’s petition LAHORE, Oct 3: The Lahore High Court office on Friday rejected on technical grounds PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif’s petition challenging the orders of an anti-terrorism court through which he had been...		Section 144 LAHORE, Oct 3: The City District Government has, under Section 144 CrPC, banned entry of unauthorized people in an area of 200 yards around the MBBS examination centres with immediate effect....
Lawyers team returns from India LAHORE, Oct 3: A 20-member delegation of lawyers returned from India on Friday after attending the International Legal Conference at Chandigarh....		JUP to hold convention today LAHORE, Oct 3: The Punjab chapter of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan will hold a two-day workers convention here at the Minar-i-Pakistan from Saturday....
Nigerian with 7.5kg heroin held LAHORE, Oct 3: The anti-smuggling wing of customs claimed on Friday to have arrested a foreigner and recovered 7.5kg superior quality heroin worth Rs10 million in international market....		Walk for cancer patients LAHORE, Oct 3: Peace activist Jimmy Engineer walked from the Punjab University’s New Campus to the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital on Friday to raise funds for poor cancer patients and...