October 9, 2003	Thursday	Sha’aban 12, 1424

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ARD leaders pay tribute to Nawabzada Nasrullah RAWALPINDI, Oct 8: The component parties of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) here on Wednesday paid glowing tributes to late Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan during a reference in memory of...		HIV/AIDS control programme soon ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: The government is launching an enhanced HIV/AIDS control programme, spread over six years, to prevent HIV from vulnerable groups and spreading to the general adult population....
Rawalpindi gets unsafe drinking water RAWALPINDI, Oct 8: The Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) is supplying contaminated water to the residents, a recent study conducted by the district health department showed....		Formal FIR in Azam Tariq’s killing lodged RAWALPINDI, Oct 8: In a late night move, the Golra police lodged a formal FIR of the killing of Maulana Azam Tariq on Wednesday, sources said....
74pc pass MBBS 2nd professional RAWALPINDI, Oct 8: As many as 74 per cent students were declared successful in the University of Health Sciences’ MBBS second professional examination....		Woman, boy killed in road accident ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: A woman was run over by a speeding car at Sihala on Tuesday night, the police said....
Monitoring body ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: The ministry of health on Wednesday announced formation of a national fortification alliance to guide the National Nutrition Programme for development of multi-sectoral places to combat micronutrient deficiencies...		MNA’s killing due to agencies negligence ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: Negligence of law-enforcement agencies has been proved in the assassination of Millat-i-Islamia (MI) chief Maulana Azam Tariq, sources in the interior ministry told Dawn on Wednesday....
Unicef for formulation of policies on potable water ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: Unicef has called for formulation of policies on drinking water including national water quality standards at provincial and national level in Pakistan and establishment of coordinating mechanisms for...		Youth need due attention, says Sehba ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: Youth need to be given due attention, especially in term of investment so that they could play an important role in nation-building, said the first lady Begum Sehba...
Lawmakers divided on Kalabagh dam ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: Parliamentarians at a seminar on Wednesday remained divided over the question of Kalabagh dam construction but some proposed to amend the Constitution to distribute royalties among the provinces...		Islamabad favours mandate expansion: Tripartite Commission ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: Islamabad is pressing for expansion of the mandate of the ‘Tripartite Commission’ comprising Pakistan, Afghanistan and United States to make it an all-encompassing mechanism for resolving disputes, diplomatic...
BNM faction denies merger with BNDP QUETTA, Oct 8: The Balochistan National Movement (BNM) denied the merger of the party with the Balochistan National Democratic Party (BNDP) and accused the dissidents of deviation from the manifesto of...		Gang busted, abducted boy recovered QUETTA, Oct 8: The police have busted a gang involved in kidnapping for ransom and recovered an eight-year-old son of a businessman....
Shujaat’s departure delays LFO accord ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: The sudden departure of Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, the president of Pakistan Muslim League, for Germany has virtually ended all hopes of an early resolution of the Legal Framework...		US MPs praise Pakistan’s role in war against terror ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: Five visiting United States senators praised Pakistan’s role in the fight against terrorism during talks with Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri, the...
120,000 people to go for Haj under regular scheme ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: The religious affairs ministry is making preparations for holding ballot to choose 120,000 pilgrims out of the 165,000 applications received under the regular Haj scheme for the year...		US citizens asked to be cautious WASHINGTON, Oct 8: The United States said on Tuesday that the situation in Pakistan was unpredictable and urged its citizens living in the country to exercise “utmost caution”....
Taliban not regrouping in Pakistan, says Sami PARIS, Oct 8: Maulana Samiul Haq, leader of his own faction of the JUI, has said that if President Gen Pervez Musharraf wants to remain in power “he’ll need the support...		Extremists can’t misuse Pakistan: President RAWALPINDI, Oct 8: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that nobody will be allowed to misuse Pakistan’s territory for carrying out extremist activities within the country or against any other state....
Strike against Hesco observed SUKKUR, Oct 8: A partial strike was observed and protest demonstrations were held in Sukkur, Shikarpur, Jacobabad and other parts of upper Sindh on Wednesday against Hesco and the killing of...		‘Four Dehs to be declared calamity-hit’ MIRPURKHAS, Oct 8. Sindh Irrigation Minister Sadruddin Shah Rashdi has said that the Sindh government has been asked to declare four Dehs in Mirpurkhas district calamity-hit areas following two breaches in...
Nazim committing excesses: PPP THATTA, Oct 8: Activists of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) observed a token hunger strike outside the press club on Wednesday to protest against the alleged excesses of district Nazim Syed...		Demo against Zarai Bank officials held SANGHAR, Oct 8: Hundreds of farmers from different parts of the district took out a procession here on Wednesday to protest against the Zarai Taraqiyati Bank officials....
One killed, 10 hurt due to electrocution MIRPURKHAS, Oct 8: One person was killed and 10 others, including women and children, were injured when live hanging wires touched their van near the Mirwah Gorchani town on Tuesday....		Sale of substandard pesticides flayed KHAIRPUR, Oct 8: Growers of Khairpur, Setharja and Thari Mirwah continued their protest against the sale of substandard pesticides here on Wednesday....
DPO’s role leads to double murder SANGHAR, Oct 8: A young man and a girl were shot dead by a firing squad near here on Wednesday for they wanted to marry each other against the will of...		CM urged to ensure arrest of newsman’s killers NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Oct 8: Journalists of Mehrabpur and Thahrushah observed token hunger strikes at their respective press clubs on Tuesday to protest the killing of a journalist, Amir Bakhsh Brohi, at...
Enforcement of Police Order hits snags ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: Police Order-2002 which was to be enforced on Sept 30, 2003, has been held up for lack of adequate funds and shortage of required staff, sources told Dawn....		400,000 saplings to be planted in Haripur HARIPUR, Oct 8: Over 400,000 saplings of mixed local species are being planted at an area of 1,700 acre under a public participatory project of Sahara Development Organization (SDO) and UNDP/PTF...
Return of statue demanded PESHAWAR, Oct 8: The department of archaeology and museums has asked the federal government to return the statue of Buddha and other pieces of archaeological importance seized by the customs authorities at the Peshawar dry port...		Anti-obscenity drive planned NOWSHERA, Oct 8: The Jamaat-i-Islami has planned s campaign against the cyber cafes spreading “obscenity” in the province....
Modern techniques in farming stressed JACOBABAD, Oct 8: Farming experts on Tuesday urged growers in Sindh to adopt modern technologies to maximize the crop production in the province....		Students hold protest demo in Gilgit GILGIT, Oct 8: Over 300 students of the Postgraduate College Gilgit took out a protest rally against the appointment of new teachers on Wednesday and blocked the University Road, official sources...
Man shot dead over Karo-kari SUKKUR, Oct 8: A landlord, Ali Khan Bhambhro, was shot dead allegedly by his cousin, Wazir Ali Bhambhro, in Kandhra, Rohri taluka on Monday....		PPP leader criticizes govt KHAIRPUR, Oct 8: The People’s Party Parliamentarians leader, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, has expressed concern over the worsening law and order situation in Sindh....
Promotion of livestock sector urged HARIPUR, Oct 8: Pakistan, being the 5th biggest milk producing country in the world possesses great potential of enhancing its milk, meat, and poultry production to the optimum level, and can...		Body formed to solve doctors’ problems PESHAWAR, Oct 8: The provincial government has constituted a committee to solve problems faced by doctors working on a contractual basis....
Man killed DADU, Oct 8: A man, Roshan Ali, 27, was shot dead by five persons over an old enmity in the Khanpur town here on Tuesday....		Hailstorm lashes Peshawar PESHAWAR, Oct 8: Widespread rains followed by hailstorm lashed many parts of the provincial metropolis and its surrounding areas bringing down mercury to 20 degree centigrade on Wednesday, according to Met...
Wheat support price may go up by Rs50 per 40kg LAHORE, Oct 8: The government is considering to increase the wheat support price by Rs50 per 40kg, sources in the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Livestock claimed here on Wednesday....		Rate of flour at all-time high LAHORE, Oct 8: The atta (flour) price, ranging between Rs210 and Rs215 per 20kg, touched an all-time high in some areas of Lahore on Wednesday after the All Pakistan Flour Mills...
Lawyers’ long march against LFO LAHORE, Oct 8: The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of lawyers announced on Wednesday that it would hold a long march from Lahore to Islamabad against the LFO on Oct 13 with...		Processions banned in Punjab LAHORE, Oct 8: The Punjab government decided on Wednesday to immediately ban processions, public meetings and demonstrations to pre-empt violence and disturbance in the aftermath of the assassination of Maulana Azam...
Plan to establish two irradiation plants LAHORE, Oct 8: The Pakistan Horticulture Development and Export Board (PHDEB) is trying to link up the private sector with the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) for establishing two irradiation centres...		NAB can’t take up waivers’ case: DPG LAHORE, Oct 8: The NAB claimed in the Lahore High Court on Wednesday that it could not look into the waivers given to the defaulters from time to time, as it...
Qazi to mourn boy’s murder LAHORE, Oct 8: Jamaat-i-Islami amir Qazi Husain Ahmed will stage a sit-in at Mandi Bahauddin on Saturday (Oct 11) as a mark of protest against the murder of a minor at...		Committee to meet auto-makers LAHORE, Oct 8: The environment protection department has appointed a committee to persuade auto-makers to stop manufacturing two-stroke engines before implementation of the ban on it....
Land for industrial city acquired LAHORE, Oct 8: The Punjab government has acquired 1,500 acres of land on Sunder Road for the development of an industrial city with a 500 acres of garments city....		Maqbool pledges facilities to farmers SIALKOT, Oct 8: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool assured farmers on Wednesday that they would be amply compensated for the loss they had been bearing because of skirmishes around border villages in...