October 8, 2003	Wednesday	Sha’aban 11, 1424

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Vehicle was hijacked on Sept 10 RAWALPINDI, Oct 7: The white Pajero jeep used in the assassination of Maulana Azam Tariq and his four associates on Monday was allegedly hijacked from Sadiqabad, Rawalpindi, on September 10, official...		One dead, dozen injured in rioting: Over 47 arrested ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: An employee of a cinema house died of suffocation, while about a dozen people were injured, as the activists of Millat-i-Islamia (MI) resorted to rioting after saying the...
Junior doctors at HFH observe strike RAWALPINDI, Oct 7: Junior doctors at the Holy Family Hospital (HFH) on Tuesday observed strike in protest against what they said the indifferent and discriminatory attitude of the hospital administration....		‘Faisal, Zardari on hit-list’ RAWALPINDI, Oct 7: After the assassination of Maulana Azam Tariq, the Islamabad police have been directed to step up security for Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat and PPP leader Asif Ali...
88pc women in jails due to flaws in Hudood Ord ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: As many as 88 per cent of women prisoners in the country are languishing in jails as a result of ambiguities in the Zina Ordinance....		Four persons die in separate incidents RAWALPINDI, Oct 7: Three persons were killed in a road accident, while a man committed suicide, police said here on Tuesday....
Body formed to assess damage ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: The government on Tuesday set up a committee to assess the damages caused to businesses, private and public properties in the capital by the unruly mob during a...		PM orders minister to compensate traders ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has issued directives to give cash compensation to those whose property was damaged by the activists of Millat-i- Islamia Pakistan (MIP) during...
Azam Tariq’s killing widely condemned RAWALPINDI, Oct 7: Various political parties and federal ministers have condemned the assassination of Maulana Azam Tariq and his four companions in Islamabad on Monday....		2 get 3-year RI for selling govt land RAWALPINDI, Oct 7: A Patwari and his accomplice were awarded three years rigorous imprisonment each by the special anti- corruption court here on Tuesday for selling government land on forged documents....
US firm wants to invest in telecom sector: Gen Zinni due on 24th ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: Former US Centcom chief, General Anthony Zinni, is arriving here on Oct 24 in his capacity as a director of a multinational company which wants to invest in...		Musharraf calls for fiscal discipline QUETTA, Oct 7: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday urged the Balochistan government to take measures for improving fiscal discipline and financial control to ensure optimum utilization of public funds....
Draft ready on return of plundered money ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: The United Nations General Assembly’s special committee has concluded its deliberations on the Convention Against Corruption, providing that the assets accumulated by corruption by officials should be returned...		Washington assures material, technical support ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca and Centcom chief Gen John Abizad made their whirlwind tours to Pakistan to assess Islamabad’s...
Water policy finalized ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: A “national water policy” has been finalized and will be implemented shortly after the approval of the federal cabinet, official sources told Dawn here on Tuesday adding that...		MMA blasts govt over killing ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has criticized the government for trying to implicate the religious alliance in the murder of Maulana Azam Tariq and condemned the statement of Prime...
Pakistani dies in New Jersey WASHINGTON, Oct 7: A Pakistani student died in a New Jersey hospital of wounds he received when attacked by unidentified assailants, the hospital announced on Tuesday....		Old ID cards not valid for passports ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: The directorate general Immigration and Passports would now issue passports, throughout the country, on the production of computerized national identity cards (NICs)....
MMA leader granted bail QUETTA, Oct 7: The Anti-Terrorism Court No2, Quetta Judge, Mohammad Hashim Kakar granted interim bail to Maulana Abdul Ghani, former provincial chief of Balochistan JUI in a murder case, and told...		FC called out in Kohat, Hangu KOHAT, Oct 7: The authorities in Kohat and Hangu have called out Frontier Constabulary after being declared prone to sectarian violence and extremely sensitive areas in the North-West Frontier Province, officials...
Beheaded RIYADH, Oct 7: Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani man on Tuesday for smuggling heroin into the kingdom, the Interior Ministry said. The execution took place in the port city of Jeddah.—Reuters...		World Bank lauds govt performance PESHAWAR, Oct 7: The World Bank has lauded the NWFP government for making efforts to meet benchmarks set under the Provincial Reforms Programme (PRP)....
Demos held against MNA’s murder PESHAWAR, Oct 7: Activists of the Millat-i-Islamia and the Pasban-i-Sahaba held a protest demonstration at the Qissakhwani Bazaar on Tuesday to condemn the killing of MNA Maulana Azam Tariq....		NAB issues warrants in fraud case PESHAWAR, Oct 7: An accountability court here on Tuesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants of an absconding project director of a Swiss funded project, Small Scale Enterprise Promotion....
Body fails to identify causes of sectarianism PESHAWAR, Oct 7: The Sectarian Terrorists Activity Record, a data collecting body that was formed in 1998 to gather the data of militant sectarian groups, has failed to pinpoint the causes of sectarian strife in...		PTV engineers want jobs regularized QUETTA, Oct 7: Pakistan Diploma Engineer’s Federation, Balochistan Zone, (PDEFBZ) representatives on Monday demanded of the federal government to regularize services of all resource persons in the Pakistan Television, Quetta Centre....
Man awarded 17-year RI by ATC MARDAN, Oct 7: The Anti-Terrorism Court sentenced an accused to 17 years rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs20,000 for molesting a child....		ISPR’s claim about terrorist camps refuted GILGIT, Oct 7: Rebutting a claim by ISPR Director-General Shaukat Sultan, a Northern Areas Legislative Council member has said there is no terrorist camps in Tangir tehsil of Diamer district....
Full confidence in tribesmen, says governor PESHAWAR, Oct 7: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said being an independent and sovereign nation the upholding of honour and dignity as well as security and solidarity of Pakistan...		Ransacked checkpoint restored LANDI KOTAL, (Khyber Agency), Oct 7: Authorities in the Khyber Agency on Tuesday re-established khasadar check-post at the Shalobar Chowk in the Bara area....
Tension grips Gilgit after protests GILGIT, Oct 7: Tension gripped Gilgit and its suburban areas on Tuesday when protestors burnt tyres and blocked the roads to condemn the killing of Maulana Azam Tariq, chief of the...		Ban on 32 varsity teachers GILGIT, Oct 7: The Northern Areas administration on Monday banned the entry of over 32 protesting professors and lecturers of the Degree College Gilgit in Karakoram International University (KIU) which was...
Anti-corruption court yet to start functioning ABBOTTABAD, Oct 7: The special anti-corruption court, established on Aug 29, is yet to start functioning as no case has been shifted from Peshawar, sources complained here on Tuesday....		Strike observed in Sindh cities: Maulana Tariq’s killing MIRPURKHAS, Oct 7: To protest against the killing of Millat-i-Islamia chief MNA Maulana Azam Tariq, a strike was observed in some cities of Sindh on Tuesday and demonstrations were held in...
Inquiry into CMC repair work urged LARKANA, Oct 7: The principal of Chandka Medical College, Larkana, on Tuesday called for initiating an inquiry into the bad quality of repair work in the college’s premises....		Shortage of flour causes price hike SUKKUR, Oct 7: Shortage of flour has occurred in Sukkur and its surrounding areas due to which the price of a 100kg flour bag has increased by Rs40....
Minor children married to settle dispute SUKKUR, Oct 7: A three- year-old girl was married off with a four-year-old boy in the Sahibabad Jagirani village, near Kandhra, on Sunday following a Jirga decision over a Karo-kari dispute....		Wapda blamed for Badin devastation BADIN, Oct 7: Speakers at a seminar have held Wapda responsible for the devastation of Badin district during recent rains....
Protest against newsman’s murder continues SHIKARPUR, Oct 7: Journalists of the district took out a silent procession here on Tuesday against the murder of Kawish reporter Amir Bakhsh Brohi....		Two Mahars killed SHIKARPUR, Oct 7: Two Mahar tribesmen were killed by four armed men of the Tarat Jatoi clan at a railway crossing, two kilometres off Lakhi, on the Lakhi-Ruk Road on Tuesday...
Naib Nazim’s poll delayed KHAIRPUR, Oct 7: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Sukkur, has restrained Sindh Election Commissioner from holding election of Khairpur District Naib Nazim till Oct 28....		Internet lines increased SANGHAR, Oct 7: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited has increased Internet lines to 15 and more lines will be provided when optical fibre lines start functioning....
NRB suggested ways to improve LB system LAHORE, Oct 7: The Punjab government on Tuesday gave suggestions to the National Reconstruction Bureau for improving the district government system and effectively implementing the Police Order 2002....		PLF for review of LHC observation: Plea against generals LAHORE, Oct 7: The Pakistan Lawyers’ Forum on Tuesday sought the review of the Lahore High Court’s observation given in an objection petition that it lacked constitutional jurisdiction to hear any...
Shahbaz’s petition to be taken up today LAHORE, Oct 7: The Lahore High Court is likely to take up on Wednesday an objection petition of PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif filed against the LHC office’s objection to his petition...		Edward Said remembered LAHORE, Oct 7: Speakers at a reference on Tuesday paid homage to Palestinian intellectual Edward W Said, and called him as an exponent and defender of the rights of all oppressed...
Children identify causes of dropout LAHORE, Oct 7: Punishment by teachers is the prime reason for increase in the dropout rate of students at primary level....		Forex firm director summoned thru NAB LAHORE, Oct 7: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday summoned the director of a foreign exchange company through the NAB....
CJ sanctions Rs10m for elevators at Aiwan-i-Adal LAHORE, Oct 7: Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court Iftikhar Husain Chaudhry on Tuesday approved a sanction of Rs10.87 million for the installation of two elevators at the Aiwan-i-Adal....		No wheat crunch this year, claims minister LAHORE, Oct 7: The Punjab has attained food security for the year and there would be no wheat crunch this year....