October 15, 2003	Wednesday	Sha'aban 18, 1424

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Provincial secretaries to act as Irsa members ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: The federal government on Tuesday ruled that provincial irrigation secretaries would act as provincial members in the Indus River System Authority till the Irsa composition is complete....		Water management project launched ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: The science and technology ministry has launched a project for efficient water management in the irrigated areas of the southern Indus plain....
Official’s overstay to be probed ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: The standing committee on rules and procedures and privileges on Monday criticized unlimited authority and powers enjoyed by the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) and asked power...		‘Pakistan won’t get into arms race’ ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: Director General Inter Services Public Relations Maj-Gen Shaukat Sultan said on Tuesday that Pakistan was determined not to get into any kind of arms race....
Financial crisis discussed QUETTA, Oct 14: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousuf on Tuesday apprised State Bank Governor Dr Ishrat Hussain of the financial crisis being faced by the province, the current budget...		‘SBP to regulate forex trade’ QUETTA, Oct 14: State Bank Governor Dr Ishrat Hussain said on Tuesday that the SBP planned to regulate the foreign exchange companies....
Court directs SSGC to submit compliance report ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the management of the SSGCL to submit the compliance report on its judgment passed six months ago regarding reinstatement of the company’s...		Alleged drug peddler killed in encounter HYDERABAD, Oct 14: The police killed an alleged drug baron, Raheem Makrani, in the jurisdiction of Gulshan-i-Hali police station here on Tuesday....
Policeman killed in Indian shelling GILGIT, Oct 14: A police head constable was killed and nine other people, including two policemen, seriously wounded in the Qamri sector of the Northern Areas when Indian army opened unprovoked...		Welfare body staff accused of criminal assaults QUETTA, Oct 14: A woman on Tuesday accused the local staff of the Edhi Centre of repeatedly raping her for over a year while the acting in charge of the centre...
China backs OIC’s demand about Iraq’s sovereignty BEIJING, Oct 14: China on Tuesday expressed support to the position taken by the Organization of Islamic Conference that the sovereign status of Iraq should be restored as early as possible....		Unresolved issues be left alone: ANP QUETTA, Oct 14: The federal government should not raise unresolved issues, like the construction of Kalabagh dam, as it would lead to creation of misunderstandings between the federating units....
Five die in accident QUETTA, Oct 14: At least five people, including two women, were killed and 37 others injured, five of them seriously, when a passenger coach overturned on the Coastal Highway near the...		Clothes donated to refugees CHAMAN, Oct 14: The Japan Islamic Trust Tokyo has donated warm clothes, blankets, quilts and shoes for Afghan refugees living in four camps set up by the United Nations High Commissioner...
Rescheduling of exams urged QUETTA, Oct 14: The Students’ Alliance of the Balochistan University demanded on Monday that the MA and MSc examinations scheduled for December should be postponed till March....		Protest continues ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: Opposition parties in the National Assembly on Tuesday continued their protest against the Legal Framework Order....
Appointed ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: The government has appointed Air Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed as the vice-chief of the air staff. He was serving as the deputy chief of the air staff (operations),...		ILO offers help to set up workplace dialogue bodies ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: The director of International Labour Organization Office in Islamabad, Johannes Lokollo, while emphasizing the vital role of labour dispute settlement mechanisms in the growth of investment in Pakistan,...
20,000 children given polio drops in Capital ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: As many as 20,000 children were immunized on the first day of a three-day polio campaign that started on Tuesday in the rural areas of Islamabad Capital Territory...		Development plan for G-6 hits snags: Denial of ownership rights ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: The project of re-development of sector G-6 is said to be in the doldrums after the government announced that it will not give proprietary rights to the inhabitants...
Sindh govt warned against interference in local polls ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: President of People’s Party Parliamentarian Makhdoom Amin Fahim has condemned the arrest and harassment of councillors in Kot Digi in Khairpur district in Sindh on the occasion of...		Hudood laws: PPP submits bill to NA ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) MNA Sherry Rahman has submitted a bill for the repeal of Hudood laws to the National Assembly Secretariat....
UCs official suspended RAWALPINDI, Oct 14: The Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) on Tuesday suspended a union council secretary and booked the owners of two marriage halls for violating the Shadi Act, official sources told...		Govt attention towards agri sector sought RAWALPINDI, Oct 14: Participants at the inaugural session of the 4th national conference on plants pathology held here on Tuesday urged the government to save plant varieties facing extinction and allocate...
PPP senator criticizes labour ministry ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) Senator Enver Baig has criticized the performance of the ministry of labour, manpower and overseas Pakistanis and demanded inquiry into alleged bungling in...		Drive ordered RAWALPINDI, Oct 14: The deputy inspector general of police, Rawalpindi range, Israr Ahmed, has directed the superintendents of police of the four districts and the SP traffic to launch a drive...
White Cane Day PM for joint efforts to help special persons ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali has said the government and the private sector should join hands to bring about an improvement in the existing state of affairs of...		Regulatory body planned to handle oil spill ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: Minister of State (incharge) for Environment Tahir Iqbal on Tuesday stressed the need for setting up of a regulatory body to handle major oil spill disasters....
Death sentence ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: The additional district and sessions judge, Chaudhry Habibur Rahman, awarded death sentence to a man in a murder case here on Tuesday.—Our Reporter...		WHO concerned over poor anti-polio drive PESHAWAR, Oct 14: The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed serious concern over the poor anti-polio vaccination campaign in the North Waziristan Agency, official sources told Dawn....
PC objects to PTA appointments PESHAWAR, Oct 14: The Privatisation Commission (PC) has raised objection to the appointment of two members of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) who are on deputation from the Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL)....		Four killers of Agani held LARKANA, Oct 14: The Larkana police on Tuesday arrested four of the killers of Malik Agani, a Sindhi short story writer and television playwright, who was killed along with his son,...
Five PPP activists arrested KHAIRPUR, Oct 14: The Kot Diji police on Tuesday registered a kidnapping case against six men who, according to a PPP MPA, were party activists....		Gadoon EPZ to be made operational, says official SWABI, Oct 14: Export Processing Zone Authority (EPZA) Chairman Syed Akbar Hussain has asked the Gadoon Chamber of Commerce and Industry to prepare a report about the entrepreneurs interested in running...
PU holds Mushaira PESHAWAR, Oct 14: A grand humorous Mushaira, held at the University of Peshawar on Monday night, provided the much-needed entertainment to the students who had just taken their examinations....		Governor opens eye camp HANGU, Oct 14: Governor Iftikhar Hussain Shah urged the well- to-do people to help the ailing humanity in their time of need....
Demo against police held DADU, Oct 14: A large number of inhabitants of the Kalari village, Dadu Taluka, led by Mohammad Ramzan and Ghulam Abbas, held a demonstration outside the local press club on Tuesday...		Villager killed SHIKARPUR, Oct 14: A villager, Mohammad Yousuf Solangi, was shot dead by his relatives due to an old enmity on Tuesday at the Bado village, Garhi Yasin Taluka....
PML-N to resist troops’ dispatch to Iraq FAISALABAD, Oct 14: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz would not allow President Gen Pervez Musharraf to address the National Assembly as “he was an unconstitutional president and a former Army chief”....		Three brothers, cousin shot dead by PO GUJRAT, Oct 14: Four members of a family, who were going to attend court proceedings in an attempted murder case, were shot dead by a proclaimed offender and his accomplices in...
Pervaiz vows to strengthen local bodies TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 14: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi said on Tuesday that his government would strengthen the local government system by resolving differences between parliamentarians and district Nazims....		PML-Q identity to be preserved OKARA, Oct 14: The groups that have merged with the PML are respectable and will be adjusted in provinces and the centre, but we do not want to lose PML-Q’s identity....
Two sisters killed in roof collapse GUJRANWALA, Oct 14: Two sisters were killed when the roof of their house collapsed at Gakameter village in Wazirabad, on Tuesday....		Policeman held for death in custody SAHIWAL, Oct 14: The Pakpattan police on Tuesday arrested a head constable and declared a sub-inspector and an inspector of Yousafwala Police Station proclaimed offenders on charges of torturing an accused...
Robbers kill milkman GUJRANWALA, Oct 14: A milkman was shot dead while his brother was injured by robbers during a strike at Behari Colony, here on Tuesday....		Birth and death record to be computerized SIALKOT, Oct 14: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) will soon computerize birth and death record....
Death for killer of brother-in-law MULTAN, Oct 14: The additional district and sessions judge on Tuesday sentenced a man to death with a fine of Rs0.1 million for killing his brother-in-law....		MPs being forced to change loyalties, says Fahim LAHORE, Oct 14: ARD chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim alleged on Tuesday that the government had started pressuring opposition legislators to change loyalties and join hands with the ruling party....
Javed’s accomplices to be heard tomorrow LAHORE, Oct 14: A full bench of the Federal Shariat Court is set to take up the appeals of two juveniles on Thursday, who are undergoing life-imprisonment as collaborators of the...		More legislators submit declarations LAHORE, Oct 14: Another three legislators submitted declarations for their assets and liabilities to the Election Commission of Pakistan at its Lahore establishment on Tuesday....