October 5, 2003	Sunday	Sha’aban 8, 1424

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Women stress need to preserve family unit: Challenges in globalized world PESHAWAR, Oct 4: Women participants from across the world stressed here on Saturday the need for strengthening...		Reinstatement of doctors reviewed PESHAWAR, Oct 4: A high-level meeting reviewed here on Friday the issue of the reinstatement of doctors who had resigned in protest against the ban on private practice....
Staff for health unit demanded PESHAWAR, Oct 4: Chairman of Abaseen Foundation has demanded of the provincial government to appoint more staff at the basic health unit, Nahaqi, so that people of the area could be...		Germany to provide help for education PESHAWAR, Oct 4: The German agency for foreign assistance (GTZ) has agreed, in principle, a loan for education to the tune of euro 12.6 million to Pakistan for the purpose of...
No gender bias in judiciary: PHC CJ PESHAWAR, Oct 4: Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan has said that the induction of a large number of women judges into the subordinate judiciary has proved that...		Plans for medical varsity finalized PESHAWAR, Oct 4: NWFP health minister Inayatullah Khan has said that PC-1 for the first-ever medical university in the province had been prepared....
Teenaged girl steals show at press club PESHAWAR, Oct 4: Local teenaged singer Sitara Younas stole the show when she gave her maiden public performance at a Peshawar Press Club programme held to acknowledge the hard work and...		Doctors advised to prescribe oral medicines PESHAWAR, Oct 4: A team of foreign plastic surgeons, currently visiting Peshawar, has urged the local doctors to treat patients through oral medication and avoid injections and high doses of antibiotics....
Allocation for free textbooks to raise PESHAWAR, Oct 4: The NWFP government is likely to increase allocation for free distribution of textbooks among the students of primary level in government schools worth about Rs50 million, according to...		Qazi slams govt for operation in Wana NOWSHERA, Oct 4: Qazi Hussain Ahmed has slammed the government for what he called the so-called operation against Al Qaeda and Taliban fugitives in Wana, South Waziristan Agency, saying the action...
Law, order in Fata will be improved: governor PESHAWAR, Oct 4: Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that the law and order situation in the tribal areas will improve once the reorganization plan of the law enforcement agencies...		Two get life term PESHAWAR, Oct 4: District and Sessions Judge Hayat Ali Shah on Friday sentenced two brothers to life imprisonment with a fine of Rs50,000 each in a murder case....
Two brothers shot dead SWABI, Oct 4: Two brothers have been killed while their mother and sister and another relative were critically injured by a man over a marriage dispute in Kota village....		MPs must submit wealth statements each year: EC ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: The Election Commission said on Saturday that Section 42A of the Representation of the People Act, 1976, and Section 25A of the Senate (election) Act, 1975, provided that...
PM stresses adherence to rule of law WASHINGTON, Oct 4: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has stressed on the need to adhere to the rule of law and the constitution, saying that the constitution is meant to...		Camps of outlaws identified, says CM QUETTA, Oct 4: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousuf said on Saturday that the terrorists involved in the rocket attack on a railway pilot engine have been identified and would...
Judges barred from attending functions ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: The Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan on Saturday barred superior court judges from attending or presiding over literary, social, cultural, political or diplomatic functions....		End to anti-worker laws demanded QUETTA, Oct 4: Pakistan Workers Confederation Secretary Khursheed Ahmed demanded on Saturday that the government should abolish all anti-labour laws and regularize the services of those appointed on contract basis....
WB likely to fund big dam projects ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: The World Bank is considering to fund mega water projects in the developing countries, including Pakistan, India and the Philippines, to expand its operations, reversing its 1995 decision...		Govt urged to protect two Peshawar journalists PARIS, Oct 4: International journalists’ rights organization, Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), on Saturday called on Pakistan to protect two newsmen who were detained on Sept 18,2003, by an “outlawed fundamentalist group”...
Jamali opens visa printing system WASHINGTON, Oct 4: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali inaugurated the computerized visa printing system here at Pakistan’s recently-constructed chancery....		Flight delayed KARACHI, Oct 4: Pakistan International Airlines flight PK-305 from Lahore to Karachi was delayed for several hours when the plane had to return to Lahore shortly after it took off, due...
Balochistan PA demands extension in deadline for NICs QUETTA, Oct 4: The Balochistan Assembly on Saturday unanimously adopted a resolution demanding that the federal government should extend the date of cancellation of old national identity cards till December 2005...		Killings flayed ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: A Tehreek Nifaz-i-Fiqh-i-Jafariya Pakistan spokesman has condemned the Suparco bus incident and termed it an open act of terrorism and a challenge for the government....
Clarification ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: The planning and development division has issued a clarification regarding a news item published in Dawn issue of Sept 29, saying that Pakistan will be facing a financial...		Nazims’ offices closed MIRPURKHAS, Oct 4: The district government through a notification has ordered to close offices of the Nazim of Khokhrapar union council and the Naib Nazim of Naukot union council after the...
Over 4,000 waterways to be built: minister SUKKUR, Oct 4: More than 4,000 watercourses would be constructed by the end of June 2004, moreover, work on the rehabilitation of more than 100 small canals would also be finalized...		Sanitary workers go on strike LARKANA, Oct 4: The sanitary staff of the Warah taluka council on Saturday went on strike to protest against the nonpayment of their salaries....
Polluted water inundates graveyards SUKKUR, Oct 4: Polluted water from industries of Bahawlpur, Punjab, has inundated graveyards of Khair Garh, Mai Dholan and Lalepoto in the Ghotki district....		Canal breached SUKKUR, Oct 4: A vast area was inundated when the Mal Wah developed a breach at Mitho Jokhio village near Daulatpur on Thursday....
Dist govt offers investment: Sida projects SUKKUR, Oct 4: The district Nazim has said that he has asked the Sindh Government to allow his district government to contribute towards the Sida’s projects by offering 10 per cent...		Canadian newsman flays US media THATTA, Oct 4: The American media has deceived the US viewers through its fabricated stories about Iraq and Afghanistan but now they are realizing the true state of what is happening...
Anti-polio campaign HYDERABAD, Oct 4: The district Nazim has appointed a three- member committee to identify the areas of poor coverage during the previous rounds of anti-polio campaign....		Rain victims reject survey of losses BADIN, Oct 4: The residents of various villages of the coastal area of Badin Taluka have demanded a re-survey be carried out for the assessment of losses through an honest team....
Pesticide spray on rice crop demanded LARKANA, Oct 4: An urgent pesticide spray should be carried out to combat the pest attack on rice crop in Sindh and Balochistan and the government should announce subsidy on pesticides...		Slain journalist buried SHIKARPUR, Oct 4: Senior journalist and district reporter of daily Kawish and KTN, Amir Bux Brohi, who was murdered by three armed men here on Friday night, was laid to rest...
Noorani callsfor deploying more troops along LoC LAHORE, Oct 4: The government should deploy armed forces along the Line of Control to provide security cover to the people in Azad Jammu Kashmir instead of sending troops to Iraq...		Plea against runaway girls’ marriages LAHORE, Oct 4: The Lahore High Court was requested through a writ petition filed on Saturday to direct the federal government to frame laws to discourage marriages of runaway girls and...
Body formed to settle water supply dispute FAISALABAD, Oct 4: The District Coordination Officer has formed a 20-member committee to remove objections raised by some villagers and politicians about the sinking of tubewells along the Jhang Branch canal...		Increase in phutti price demanded MULTAN, Oct 4: The Pakistan Seraiki Party has chalked out a campaign to compel the government to fix the cotton seed price at Rs1,500 per maund....
Motorway GM sent on judicial remand FAISALABAD, Oct 4: Judicial Magistrate Mohsin Rasheed on Saturday rejected the bail application of the National Highway Authority general-manager (motorway)....		Rs150m per annum for each district: Education sector uplift GUJRAT, Oct 4: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has said that provision of basic facilities to the education sector is the top priority of his administration....
AJK seeks investment in hydel power SIALKOT, Oct 4: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan said on Saturday his government would give a number of incentives to businessmen who wanted to invest in the valley....		Sialkot jail case probe complete GUJRANWALA, Oct 4: The Kasur district police officer has completed his investigation of the Sialkot jail incident and forwarded the chargesheet to the Sialkot district attorney for submission to the court....
Medical store owners observe strike TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 4: Owners of medical stores observed a complete strike on the call of the Pakistan Chemists and Druggists Association here on Saturday....		Harmful weed being used in Bouquets LAHORE, Oct 4: Florists are excessively using parthenium hysterophorus, one of the most dangerous weeds which causes different diseases among humans and plants alike, in the preparation of bouquets....