October 12, 2003	Sunday	Sha'aban 15, 1424

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Balochistan asks govt to reduce wheat price: Provincial assembly prorogued QUETTA, Oct 11: The Balochistan assembly on the last day of autumn session approved formation of nine standing committees, passed three bills, adopted two resolutions including recommendation to the government to...		Major powers behind disarmament failure: Pakistani envoy calls for negotiations UNITED NATIONS, Oct 11: Pakistan told the United Nations on Friday the conference on disarmament and other disarmament machinery is paralyzed not because of the intransigence of the non-aligned countries, but...
NHA’s Rs25.84bn budget approved ISLAMABAD, Oct 11: The National Highway Authority has been enabled to achieve financial discipline for the first time, claimed its Chairman Maj-Gen Farrukh Javed....		BNP-M, BSO threaten strike QUETTA, Oct 11: Representatives of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal and Baloch Students Organization on Saturday threatened to observe a strike in colleges in Quetta on Monday if 47 students, arrested for...
OIC to discuss Kashmir, Iraq KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11: The 57-member Organization of Islamic Conference on Saturday adopted the agenda for the Oct 16 Summit meeting, including Kashmir, Iraq and the widening gulf between Islam and...		US company to construct Munda dam ISLAMABAD, Oct 11: The government has given a go ahead signal to a US company for the development and uplift of “Munda” multipurpose dam at a cost of $1 billion....
Islamabad unhappy over C’wealth statement ISLAMABAD, Oct 11: Islamabad on Saturday expressed its unhappiness and amazement at a reported statement by an official of the Commonwealth secretariat in which he had commented on the current political...		HR Watch criticizes government NEW YORK, Oct 11: Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf’s four-year rule has led to serious human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said on Friday in an open letter to the president to...
18 Afghans held for illegally crossing border QUETTA, Oct 11: Personnel of the Frontier Corps on Friday arrested 18 Afghans for having illegally crossed into the Pakistani territory near Chaman, sources confirmed here....		2 FC men die in accident QUETTA, Oct 11: Two personnel of the Frontier Corps were killed and six other injured after one of their Quetta-bound truck overturned near Kuch on Friday night, officials confirmed here on...
Free medical camp QUETTA, Oct 11: Free medical treatment and medicines were provided to around 5,400 patients in the Ziarat district during the three-day-long medical camp, which concluded here on Saturday....		A chronology: 1999-2003 ISLAMABD, Oct 12: Nawaz government is dismissed, prime minister, brother taken into custody.
Smuggled stones on display: Gems and mineral show PESHAWAR, Oct 11: A good number of precious stones smuggled from Afghanistan were on display with the local gems at the 10th Pakistan Gems and Mineral Show held at a local...		Afghan refugee found dead HARIPUR, Oct 11: An Afghan watchman was shot dead by unknown persons in village Ghehr Khan here on Friday evening. Police said an Afghan refugee Shamshad, a resident of Afghan refugee camp No 16...
Nazims want no-trust clause removed  MINGORA, Oct 11: Nazims of tehsils and town councils in the NWFP have asked the government to stop interference in their affairs, allocate sufficient development funds, besides omitting the no-confidence article...		Three jailed for life in murder case DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Oct 11: An anti-terrorism court here on Saturday awarded life imprisonment to three accused of in the famous murder case of SSP Ijaz Ahmad Langaryal....
SHC allows two girls to live with uncle LARKANA, Oct 11: The Sindh High Court, Larkana circuit bench, on Friday allowed two sisters, Najma, 18, and Jamila, 17, to live with their maternal uncle as they feared that their...		Aliens activities to be checked: CM SUKKUR, Oct 11: The law enforcement agencies have been directed to prepare a comprehensive plan to detect illegal immigrants in Sindh in order to check their activities....
Man killed over water dispute NAWABSHAH, Oct 11: A man, Ahmed Khan, son of Juma Khan Mari, was gunned down by four men on a water-related dispute in Jadu Jono village Sakrand taluka on Saturday....		Hostage recovered SUKKUR, Oct 11: Fayyaz Ahmed Solangi, who was kidnapped by bandits from Sadiqabad, was recovered by the Sukkur police from the kutcha area of Qadirpur on Friday....
Ustad Bukhari remembered DADU, Oct 11: The 11th death anniversary of Ustad Bukhari, a renowned poet of Sindh, was observed at a function held here on Saturday....		Plea to reinstate PR workers MIRPURKHAS, Oct 11: The president, Railway Workers Federation, Manzoor Ahmed Razi, has urged the federal minister for railway, Ghous Bux Mahar, to restore the Mirpurkhas-Khokhrapar and Mirpurkhas-Nawabshah railway services....
Qazi flays govt for failure to protect masses GUJRAT, Oct 11: The government has failed to maintain law and order which is evident from the incidents like the killing of MNA Maulana Azam Tariq and a Rakh Baloch village...		Man, son among four killed in Kasur KASUR, Oct 11: Four people, including a man and his son, were killed in three incidents in the district during the last 24 hours....
2,200 pillion riders held GUJRANWALA, Oct 11: More than 2,000 people were arrested by police throughout the district during the last 48 hours on charge of violation of ban on pillion riding, it was learnt...		Unchecked sale of fireworks FAISALABAD, Oct 11: The district and tehsil administration as well as local police seemed helpless in stopping fireworks display in the city on Saturday....
Doctors’ absence leaves three children dead SHEIKHUPURA, Oct 11: Three children died in the absence of doctors at the local district headquarters (DHQ) hospital the other day....		45 objections raised to report: Sialkot jail tragedy GUJRANWALA, Oct 11: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday allowed the district attorney to file the chargesheet of Sialkot jail tragedy by Oct 22, and ordered the investigators to remove as many...
Ulema’s help sought to maintain peace SIALKOT, Oct 11: Effective measures will be taken to maintain law and order in both Sialkot and Narowal districts....		Workshop SAHIWAL, Oct 11: The Punjab government has ordered organization of training workshops across the province from Oct 17 for the district administration officials....
Honorarium for women councillors soon FAISALABAD, Oct 11: The Punjab chief minister will announce a handsome monthly honorarium for the women councillors in a party convention to be held in Lahore....		Three bodies recovered TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 11: Three bodies were recovered on Saturday from different parts of the district....