October 19, 2003	Sunday	Sha'aban 22, 1424

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‘US wants enhanced trade ties’ ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: The US Assistant Trade Representative for South Asia, Ashley Wills, has said that the United States attaches great importance to its friendship with Pakistan, and desires enhanced trade...		PN ships reach China for joint exercise SHANGHAI, Oct 18: Two Pakistan navy ships arrived here on Saturday to take part in joint Sino-Pakistan maritime exercise from Oct 21 to 23....
Judges’ posts to be filled: CJ SUKKUR, Oct 18: Chief Justice Sindh High Court Saiyed Saeed Ashhad has said recruitments on a large scale will soon take place in different cadres of the judiciary to help dispose...		Jamali, Khatami to meet on 21st ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali will leave for Tehran on Oct 21 and hold official talks with Iranian President Mohammad Khatami the same day, says an official...
Opposition flays plan to expand cabinet QUETTA, Oct 18: Leader of the opposition in the Balochistan Assembly Kachkol Ali on Saturday described the expansion in the provincial cabinet as being unjustified, saying it would pose a major...		Abdullah accorded warm welcome ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz arrived here on Saturday to a grand reception reflecting the depth of relations between the two countries....
PM says gap in medical development yawning RAWALPINDI, Oct 18: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Saturday called upon doctors to prepare themselves for bridging the widening technological gap in medical sciences between the developed and the...		Two die in Indian shelling MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 18: Two persons were killed and three sustained serious injuries when Indian troops unleashed heavy firing and shelling in a village at Samani Sector on Saturday....
Arrest of killers demanded NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Oct 18: Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz activists and students of the Boys High School, Tharushah, took out a procession here on Saturday, demanding early arrest of the murderers of...		4 school employees suspended for abuse PESHAWAR, Oct 18: The Schools and Literacy department on Saturday suspended services of four employees of a school, including a senior teacher, allegedly involved in sexual abuse of students at the Government City Higher Secondary School for...
Army operation to continue: governor NOWSHERA, Oct 18: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that the operation would continue in tribal areas including South Waziristan Agency to flush out foreign suspects from the area....		Opposition denies no-trust motion against Durrani MANSEHRA, Oct 18: The Leader of the Opposition in the NWFP Assembly, Shahzada Mohammad Gustasap Khan, dispelled on Saturday the impression that a no-confidence move was in the offing against the...
HEC told not to act against varsity PESHAWAR, Oct 18: A two-member Peshawar High Court bench has directed the Higher Education Commission (HEC) not to take any action against the centres opened by Sarhad University of Science and...		Students to launch protest movement PESHAWAR, Oct 18: The Pukhtunkhwa Students Organization (PSO) has said that it would launch a protest movement if the government failed to arrest the killers of a Pakhtun student who was murdered...
Man shot dead HARIPUR, Oct 18: A man was killed while his cousin sustained injuries in a bid to foil a robbery attempt in village Kholian Bala some five kilometres from here in the...		New NWFP JI chief PESHAWAR, Oct 18: Senior Minister Sirajul Haq has been appointed the provincial chief of Jamaat-i-Islami, NWFP for the next three years, said a press release on Saturday....
Draft Shariat Bill ready: minister QUETTA, Oct 18: Senior Balochistan Minister Maulana Abdul Wasay said on Saturday that the Nifaz-i-Shariat committee had finalized the draft Shariat bill, that would be reviewed in a provincial Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal...		Canal extension plan revised ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: The Balochistan government has submitted to the Planning Commission for approval the revised Rs2.2 billion Extension of Pat Feeder Canal project....
ISP criticized GILGIT, Oct 18: Internet users in Gilgit have accused Comsats of providing poor services....		Demand for postponement of exams rejected QUETTA, Oct 18: Balochistan University Vice-Chancellor M.A. Rashid on Friday rejected the demand of the students to postpone the annual MA and MSc examination, scheduled for Dec 8,...
US may allow import of markhor LOS ANGELES, Oct 18: In a break with long-standing practice, the United States administration is proposing to permit limited imports of endangered wild animals as hunting trophies and commercial products, potentially...		Bar leaders elected QUETTA, Oct 18: Malik Zahoor Ahmed Shahwani and Akbar Ali were elected Balochistan Bar Council vice-chairman and executive committee chairman, respectively, on Friday. After their election, they said the government had...
45 FC men suspended QUETTA, Oct 18: The Frontier Corps has initiated departmental inquiry against its 45 lower rank officials for having contacts with smugglers and other people involved in illegal activities....		Prices reduced MARDAN, Oct 18: To provide relief to the people during the month of Ramazan, the Price Review Committee (PRC), Mardan, announced a cut in prices of various food items. The committee...
UC Nazim’s election HARIPUR, Oct 18: The councillors of union council Dheenda elected their Nazim here on Saturday....		Benazir forms committee to evolve protest strategy HYDERABAD, Oct 18: People’s Party Parliamentarians MNA Nawab Abdul Ghani Talpur has said party chairperson Benazir Bhutto has constituted a 12-member committee to evolve a strategy about the future course of...
Lawyers oppose water projects LARKANA, Oct 18: The lawyers community, affiliated with the Sindh High Court Bar Association and the District Bar Association, jointly took out a procession on Saturday to protest the construction of...		60 education employees suspended THATTA, Oct 18: Sindh Secretary for Education Ghulam Ali Pasha has suspended 60 employees of the education department, including assistant district officers and a principal, after a surprise visit to 10...
Prisoners observe hunger strike NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Oct 18: A group of prisoners of the Kandiaro taluka sub-jail observed a token hunger strike on Saturday to protest against the Mukhtiarkar and the jail chief for not...		Cotton rates attributed to poor global output MULTAN, Oct 18: State Minister for Food, Agriculture and Livestock Sikandar Hayat Bosan has attributed high cotton prices in the domestic market to the poor global crop this year....
Criminals’ hideout eliminated: police JHANG, Oct 18: Jhangar Gilhotran, the notorious hideout of inter-district gangs of cattle-lifters and traffickers of illicit arms, has been cleaned up....		PAEC oncology conference starts MULTAN, Oct 18: The two-day PAEC National Oncology Conference began here on Saturday....
Man kills children, commits suicide VEHARI, Oct 18: A man along with his two children reportedly committed suicide on Saturday by taking pesticides over a property dispute at Chak 37/WB....		Railways blamed for accident TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 18: Residents living in Pacca Anna railway station precinct on Saturday blamed the local railway authorities for an accident at an unmanned level crossing near Chak 93-JB....
Indian team FAISALABAD, Oct 18: A six-member Indian delegation, headed by Dr Karpal Singh Olakh, vice-chancellor of the Ludhiana Agriculture University, will participate in the two-day annual meeting of the Old Boys Association...		District Nazim may face no-trust move SARGODHA, Oct 18: To oust the district Nazim from his office, a meeting of parliamentarians and Nazims was held under the chairmanship of MNA Chaudhry Ghias Ahmed Mela at a local...