October 16, 2003	Thursday	Sha'aban 19, 1424

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Rs1bn subsidy on wheat flour announced: Ramazan package RAWALPINDI, Oct 15: Punjab cabinet here on Wednesday approved a subsidy of Rs1,005 million for providing wheat flour to the people on concessional rates during the holy month of Ramazan....		PPP seeks formation of NFC, CCI: Submits 2 bills, 3 resolutions to Senate ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) has submitted two bills and three resolutions to the Senate Secretariat regarding formation of National Finance Commission (NFC) and Council of Common Interests...
Provinces directed to ensure epidemic warning system ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: The Federal government has asked the provinces to ensure early disease-warning system for detecting and controlling epidemics of different ailments....		QAU to partially open today ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: The Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) administration has decided to partially open the campus from Thursday, sources told Dawn....
NCSW wants repeal of Hudood Ord: Majida ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: The National Commission on Status of Women (NCSW) has recommended the repeal of Hudood Ordinance as being anti-women because any law that permits injustice to any person or...		Law to protect rights of special persons soon RAWALPINDI, Oct 15: The government is all set to introduce a bill in the National Assembly wherein some unprecedented laws regarding rights of special persons will be introduced, said adviser to...
Nawaz claims Musharraf retreating on all fronts ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: Continued retreat on all fronts against India is the logical consequence of “cowardly and irresponsible policies of General Pervez Musharraf and his ambition to prolong his illegal rule...		ARD’s deputy information secy resigns ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: Deputy information secretary of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) Munir Ahmed Khan has resigned from his office due to differences with the new leadership of...
Rs35m project for University of Education approved ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved a Rs35 million project to equip the University of Education, Lahore, with latest and sophisticated laboratories....		UK announces new terms for transit visa ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: The British Home Office has announced that the nationals of India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Angola, Cameron and Lebanon planning to transit the UK will be required from October 16...
Call for better water resource management ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) director, Dr Asad Qureshi, has called for institutional reforms in the management of water resources of the country in view of the...		MMA team barred from entering into tribal areas PESHAWAR, Oct 15: Administration of the South Waziristan Agency on Wednesday stopped a seven-member parliamentarian team from entering the tribal region, citing a law which bans political activities in the federally...
N-technology won’t be exported: Rashid ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad said on Wednesday that the country’s nuclear technology was indigenous and there was no question of exporting it....		Repeal of Hudood Ord urged ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: Declaring the Hudood Ordinance un-Islamic, Sherry Rehman, an MNA of People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP), has demanded its immediate repeal and vowed to continue her party’s struggle for women...
President wants democracy to take roots KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said he wants democracy to take roots in the country as “this is the way forward for Pakistan.”...		Murder probe moving in right direction: PM ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali said on Wednesday that the investigation into MNA Maulana Azam Tariq murder case was going in the right direction and said he...
Saudi envoy stresses cooperation in war against terrorism ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia will enhance cooperation in the global war against terrorism and discuss means to strengthen ties in trade, economy and defence during the visit of...		Shujaat invited by Laloo NEW DELHI, Oct 15: Taking political party-to-party contacts forward between India and Pakistan, former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD President Laloo Prasad Yadev has extended formal invitation to president, the Pakistan...
Opposition to take up PM’s talks offer today ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: The supreme council of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal is likely to announce on Thursday a deadline by which the alliance will expect the government to bring the proposed draft constitutional...		President meets Egyptian, Saudi leaders PUTRAJAYA, (Malaysia), Oct 15: President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday met Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, Egyptian Prime Minister Atef Ebeid and Sudanese President Omer Hassan Ahmed El Bashir in...
Governor visits border QUETTA, Oct 15: Balochistan Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani visited the Afghan border near Chaman on Wednesday....		Musharraf, Jamali greet China ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Wednesday felicitated the president and prime minister of People’s Republic of China, respectively, on the successful...
Sworn in GILGIT, Oct 15: The first elected deputy speaker of the Northern Areas Legislative Council, Mohammad Jaffar of the Pakistan People’s Party, was administered the oath of the office on Wednesday....		Durand Line termed a legacy of colonial rule PESHAWAR, Oct 15: Politicians on Wednesday termed the Durand Line as an administrative need of the then British rulers, which had divided the Pukhtuns into four different units and was not...
Sale of wheat in Chitral needs check THE loopholes in the supply and distribution system of government wheat in Chitral have given a free hand to contractors and the officials concerned in manipulating the sale of the commodity...		Outbreak of viral fever kills four in Haripur HARIPUR, Oct 15: The outbreak of high degree viral fever has been reported in various parts of district Haripur....
Tribal newsmen’s installation WANA (South Waziristan), Oct 15: An installation ceremony of the Tribal Union of Journalists will be held on Oct 25 at Peshawar....		Transportation of timber legitimized PESHAWAR, Oct 15: Senior Minister Sirajul Haq has said that the provincial government has recently legitimized transportation of timber from Afghanistan to Pakistan in order to counter smuggling and other irregularities....
‘Border force to be inducted by March’ SUKKUR, Oct 15: The regional police officer, Sukkur range, has said police stations and checkpoints being constructed in border areas will start functioning by March next year....		Pest destroys 15pc rice crop LARKANA, Oct 15: With the harvest season drawing near, at least 15 per cent of standing rice crop in Larkana, Shikarpur and some areas of the Balochistan province has already been...
Villagers accuse police of excesses KARACHI, Oct 15: The adviser to the Sindh chief minister on home affairs, Aftab Ahmad Shaikh, on Wednesday visited a family observing a token hunger strike outside the Karachi Press Club...		Four drown in canal near Sehwan DADU, Oct 15: Four devotees of Qalandar Lal Shahbaz drowned while they were taking bath in the Aral Wah Canal, near Sehwan, on Wednesday....
Case against 8 students registered KHAIRPUR, Oct 15: The A-Section police, Khairpur, have registered a case against eight students of the Shah Abdul Latif University under section 506/2, 147, 149, 504, 427 PPC on the complaint...		1991 water accord termed outdated LAHORE, Oct 15: The 1991 accord has outlived its utility as far as water distribution is concerned, said Jehangir Khan Tareen, head of the parliamentary committee on new reservoirs....
Teachers pass resolution against VC LAHORE, Oct 15: The Punjab University Oriental College faculty on Wednesday passed a resolution against the vice-chancellor and the registrar and demanded unconditional a written apology from them....		Two injured: Robbers loot Rs400,000 LAHORE, Oct 15: Robbers injured two men and escaped with cash, jewellery and valuables in different parts of the city on Wednesday....
OIC urged to adopt new Kashmir strategy LAHORE, Oct 15: The Kashmir Action Committee Pakistan has called upon the OIC summit conference to adopt a new approach for the solution of the Kashmir issue in view of the...		SHO suspended LAHORE, Oct 15: Ghalib Market SHO inspector Shahid Chaddar was suspended from service while a case was registered against constable Nazir on Wednesday for stopping the car of a senior army...
Man arrested with 300kg hashish LAHORE, Oct 15: The Anti-Narcotics Force, Punjab, claimed on Wednesday to have seized 300kg hashish, and arrested an exporter at the Railway dry port, Mughalpura....		Shaukat Aziz declares assets LAHORE, Oct 15: Federal Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz has filed a declaration of his assets and liabilities with the Election Commission of Pakistan....
PPP flays Zardari’s detention LAHORE, Oct 15: People’s Party leaders on Wednesday condemned what they called unjustifiable seven-year detention of Asif Ali Zardari and demanded his release without delay....		Animal rights plea dimissed LAHORE, Oct 15: The Lahore High Court has dismissed the plea that the fundamental rights to security of life and trade (Articles 9 and 18 of the constitution) are violated in...
Shops gutted LAHORE, Oct 15: Two shops were gutted and a house and a Wapda transformer partially damaged by fire at Malik Park on the Bund Road, here on Wednesday....		Murdered LAHORE, Oct 15: An electrician allegedly stabbed and killed his wife over a domestic dispute in Harbanspura on Wednesday....
No-trust against Naib Nazim tabled: Row with Nazim GUJRANWALA, Oct 15: The row between city Nazim Babu Javed Ahmad and Naib Nazim Ehsanullah Chaudhry reached its climax when a no-trust movement was tabled against the latter at a meeting,...		Govt servants warned against corruption SARGODHA, Oct 15: The government employee should mend their ways and stop indulging in corruption, otherwise they will be sacked....
Rangers recover 19th boat accident victim’s body SIALKOT, Oct 15: Bodies of all the people who drowned in the river Chenab near Head Marala when a boat capsized on Oct 5 have been recovered....		Policemen sentenced to death in Hudood case GUJRANWALA, Oct 15: A local court sentenced to death a constable and his associate in a Hudood case here on Wednesday....
Ten robberies reported in district KASUR, Oct 15: Robbers took away cash, gold ornaments and other valuables worth hundreds of thousands of rupees in 10 strikes in and around the district, on Wednesday....		Roof collapse kills two of a family near Kasur KASUR, Oct 15: A man and his infant son were killed while his wife and two other children sustained injuries when the roof of their house collapsed at Gali Amiran Wali,...