October 18, 2003	Saturday	Sha'aban 21, 1424

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‘No medical college to be set up at Pims’ ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Federal Minister for Health Mohammad Nasir Khan told the National Assembly on Friday that at present there was no proposal under consideration of the government to establish a...		ARD concerned over law and order situation ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) has feared civil war in the country due to the wrong policies of the military regime....
Edward Said and H.K. Burki two ‘grandees’ ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Islamabad Cultural Forum’s invitations to hold a discussion on renowned international scholar Edward Said and senior Pakistani journalist H.K. Burki seemed to have evoked questions about the commonality...		Mismanagement blamed for lawlessness at QAU campus ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: The Academic Staff Association (ASA) of the Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) has held mismanagement at the boys hostels responsible for a series of killings on the campus over the...
PPP wants generals, judges to declare assets ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has condemned the assertion of the NAB spokesman that generals and judges would not make their assets and liabilities public as there was...		Lawyers beat up journalists RAWALPINDI, Oct 17: The supporters of the Lahore High Court Bar Association vice-president Tariq Pervez Janjua allegedly attacked and beat photo-journalists as he was leaving the court after having been granted...
Mly wants general as Wapda chief ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: The military authorities have proposed to the government that a serving army general should be appointed as the Water and Power Development Authority chairman in view of a...		Locals’ rights to be safeguarded: CM QUETTA, Oct 17: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousuf on Friday dispelled the reservations expressed by nationalist parties regarding the construction of the Gwadar deep-seaport and pledged that the government...
Nationalists oppose Gwadar port project QUETTA, Oct 17: Baloch, Pukhtun and Sindhi nationalist leaders on Friday condemned the federal government’s policies regarding the construction of the Gwadar port and vowed to resist the development projects launched...		President should set date for giving up uniform: Qazi ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: MMA’s parliamentary leader Qazi Hussain Ahmed has said that the alliance does not want to enter into a direct confrontation with the armed forces which is why it...
Kasuri talks to Saudi, Malaysian ministers PUTRAJAYA, Oct 17: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri and his counterparts from Saudi Arabia and Malaysia met here Friday on the sidelines of the Organization of Islamic Conference summit and held...		By-election postponed ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: The chief election commissioner on Friday postponed the by-election of Nasirabad district nazim, which was scheduled to be held on Oct 20....
Govt to register 1.5m illegal foreigners in five months ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: The government has decided to register 1.5 million illegal immigrants in Karachi by March 2004 in a bid to improve the law and order situation and cleanse the...		Musharraf meets Mahathir, Megawati PUTRAJAYA, Oct 17: President General Pervez Musharraf on Friday met Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and discussed bilateral and international issues and matters relating to restructuring of the Organization of Islamic...
Opposition’s boycott deplorable, says Jamali ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Friday regretted that the opposition parties were not playing their due role, and that their decision to boycott parliament’s proceedings was...		Kabul informed about Indian missions’ acts, says Faisal ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Pakistan has informed the Afghan government about anti-Pakistan activities being carried out by Indian consulates in Afghanistan, interior minister Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat said on Friday....
FC man killed in shootout QUETTA, Oct 17: A soldier of the Frontier Corps was killed and four other people were injured on Friday during an operation launched against dacoits and those involved in rocket attacks....		EC restores two MPAs’ status ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: The Election Commission on Friday restored positions of two members of the Punjab Assembly, Mrs Lubna Malik, and Malik Jawad Khar, after they submitted their wealth statements....
APNS body to meet on 20th KARACHI, Oct 17: A meeting of the executive committee of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) will be held in Quetta on Oct 20, says a press release of the society....		Indian writers’ team arrive in Pakistan LAHORE, Oct 17: Taran Cour Gujral was in tears on Friday when she landed on the soil that she had left in 1947. She was one of the 10 writers who...
Steps taken to counter Indian radar purchase: Good news in June: PAF chief LAHORE, Oct 17: Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat has said that the balance of conventional weapons can maintain peace in the region....		PPP doubts good governance claims LAHORE, Oct 17: PPP Federal Council secretary-general Khalid Kharal has alleged that the government has failed to give the country the good governance it had promised, and the “punishment” awarded to...
Lawmakers laud Nawabzada’s services LAHORE, Oct 17: The opening session of the Punjab Assembly was adjourned until Monday afternoon without any business here on Friday as a mark of respect for the late Nawabzada Nasrullah...		Lower grade appointments subjected to LHC decision LAHORE, Oct 17: The Lahore High Court has subjected the fresh appointments of staff in grades I to IV by the Punjab government to its decision, and issued notice to the...
Lawyers criticize army official LAHORE, Oct 17: The Lahore High Court Bar Association has strongly reacted to the dispute between a major-general and the Ghalib Market police, saying that the incident shows that rulers have...		Doctors’ reinstatement not to affect others PESHAWAR, Oct 17: The reinstatement of doctors, who resigned in protest against the introduction of the institution- based practice, would not affect those doctors who were promoted after their resignations, officials...
Consensus must for Kalabagh dam: Ibad DADU, Oct 17: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said the Kalabagh dam will be constructed after a consensus on the issue among the provinces, adding that the federal government is...		Nazim survives no-trust move HARIPUR, Oct 17: A no-confidence motion against the district Nazim Haripur Dr Raja Amer Zaman was rejected on Thursday with a majority vote....
Price hike goes on unchecked MANSEHRA, Oct 17: The authorities have failed to check an unprecedented rise in the prices of essential commodities before Ramazan in the district....		CJ orders probe into couple’s killing ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Chief Justice Shaikh Riaz Ahmad on Friday directed the district and sessions judge of Sanghar and the Sindh police chief to hold separate inquiries into the murder of...
Durrani says Tameer scheme will help people PESHAWAR, Oct 17: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has appreciated Shell Pakistan for launching its Tameer programme in the country, saying that this would help reduce unemployment in the country....		Draft act to upgrade KMC to varsity prepared PESHAWAR, Oct 17: The Frontier government is set to table the proposed draft act for the upgradation of Khyber Medical College (KMC) to medical university in the next cabinet’s meeting, official...
Nine more devotees killed in Sehwan DADU, Oct 17: Nine more devotees of Hazrat Qalandar Lal Shahbaz were killed during the Urs on Thursday night and Friday....		Tribesmen block road PESHAWAR, Oct 17: Hundreds of tribesmen blocked the Peshawar- Torkham highway for more than five hours in Jamrud, Khyber Agency on Friday to protest against the arrest of their leaders by the administration....
Work on Sialkot airport to begin on 23rd SIALKOT, Oct 17: The ground-breaking ceremony of the Sialkot international airport will be held near Sambrial, Daska tehsil, on Oct 23....		200 vehicles impounded in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, Oct 17: Over 200 public transport vehicles, including Transport Society of Gujranwala (TSG) wagons, were impounded by the district administration and police for transporting people to Islamabad for welcoming the...
Officials accused of delaying inquiry: Gujrat jailbreak attempt GUJRAT, Oct 17: A provincial jail department’s fact-finding team, expected to visit the Gujrat district jail on Friday to inquire into a case of jailbreak attempt by some under-trial accused, postponed...		Boy dies in train-wagon collision TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 17: A boy was killed and several others sustained injuries, two of them serious, when a Quetta-bound Chiltan Express hit a wagon on Friday at an unmanned...
District govt to spend Rs60m on park SIALKOT, Oct 17: The Sialkot district government has announced that it will construct a Rs60 million park near the famous picnic spot of Head Marala in collaboration with the local business...		Ramazan bazaars BAHAWALPUR, Oct 17: Ramazan bazaars will start functioning in all tehsil headquarters of the district from October 26....
Call to reduce Indian visa processing period LAHORE, Oct 17: A delegation of parliamentarians from Pakistan during its visit to India has highlighted the need of reducing Indian visa application processing period....		Daawa moot MULTAN, Oct 17: The three-day congregation of Daawa Islami started at Sher Shah, some 20 kilometres off here, on Friday....
176 cattle thieves held GUJRANWALA, Oct 17: The Gujranwala, Faisalabad and Sargodha police have launched a crackdown on cattle thieves and raided their hideouts along the Chenab river, arrested 176 criminals and recovered over 1,500...		Govt to establish new social security directorates GUJRANWALA, Oct 17: The Punjab government will establish two new directorates of social security at Sialkot and Gujrat to protect the rights of industrial workers, it was learnt here on Thursday....