October 22, 2003	Wednesday	Sha’aban 25, 1424

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Five more N-medical institutes to be set up ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) will establish five more nuclear medical institutes both in developed and remote parts of the country to provide cancer treatment facility to the...		Quality must to compete in world market: speakers: WTO regime ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: Pakistan should focus on improving the quality of its goods and services to compete with those of other countries in the international market under the World Trade Organization...
Health care system for Hajis evolved ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: A comprehensive health care system has been evolved for the intending pilgrims proceeding to Hijazul Muqadas during the ensuing Haj season....		More laws needed to help special persons RAWALPINDI, Oct 21: The government should do more legislation for solving the problems faced by special persons throughout the country, Member National Assembly Mian Mohammad Aslam said here on Tuesday....
Writers call for peace treaty ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The conference of Pakistan-India writers concluded on Tuesday with its delegates asking the governments of India and Pakistan to sign a peace treaty and abjure the use of...		Hudood Ord cannot be repealed: MMA ISLAMABAD Oct 21: The Hudood Ordinance is strictly based on the teachings of Quran and Sunnah thus it cannot be repealed even on recommendations of the National Commission on Status of...
Public sector failed to solve housing problems: MNA ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: A ruling party MNA on Tuesday staged a token walkout in the National Assembly when he was not allowed to speak further on his calling attention notice moved...		Emergency wards of teaching hospitals to be upgraded RAWALPINDI, Oct 21: The provincial health department plans to standardize services at the emergency wards of all the teaching hospitals in the province, a source in the health department told Dawn...
Community’s role in poverty alleviation emphasized ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: Minister of State for Environment, Local Governments and Rural Development Tahir Iqbal has called for effective community involvement in achieving the goal of poverty alleviation and sustainable development....		Ruling MPs’ absence delays NA session ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: Perennial absences by ruling coalition members hit the National Assembly hard on Tuesday, delaying a sitting devoted to private business for more than 100 minutes....
Next round of INS begins in December LOS ANGELES, Oct 21: The second round of INS (now called Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services-BCIS) Registration will begin in December when nationals of 24 Muslim countries will be required...		World asked to force Israel abandon fence: UNITED NATIONS, Oct 21: Pakistan urged the international community on Tuesday to fulfil its obligation to prevent the unlawful annexation of Palestinian land by Israel....
EC declares results for Nazim seats QUETTA, Oct 21: The provincial election commission has announced unofficial results of the polls held for vacant seats of Nazims and Naib Nazims in some districts of Balochistan....		Balochistan CM to Double ad budget QUETTA, Oct 21: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mir Yousuf Ali has agreed to double the provincial advertisement budget, according to an announcement by the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) after a...
Khakwani’s membership provisionally restored ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) provisionally restored on Tuesday the membership of the ruling party MNA, Ishaq Khakwani, who was barred from functioning as a member of the...		SC orders Punjab Revenue Board to produce record ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The Supreme Court allowed time to the Punjab government officials on Monday to produce records before the court regarding allotment of a piece of land in Lahore....
Afghan commander, two soldiers arrested QUETTA, Oct 21: Pakistani border security force arrested here on Tuesday a commander of Afghan army along with two soldiers who had crossed into Pakistan illegally....		17 injured in accidents GILGIT, Oct 21: At least 17 passengers sustained serious injuries in two separate traffic accidents the other day in Astore and Jaglote areas. All the injured were taken to the Gilgit...
Sherpao hints at no-trust move: Durrani govt alienating allies PESHAWAR, Oct 21: Federal Minister for Water and Power Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Tuesday said he did not rule out the possibility of a no-confidence motion against the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal...		Exemption sought from appearance: Ring Road case PESHAWAR, Oct 21: Federal Water and Power Minister Aftab Ahmad Sherpao requested the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday that he should be exempted from personal appearance in a National Accountability Bureau’s...
Wheat varieties developed KOHAT, Oct 21: The research wing of the Barani project has developed two varieties of wheat, which can give the best results in the barren land of southern NWFP....		Councillors decry ‘insufficient’ powers PESHAWAR, Oct 21: Representatives of the local government here on Tuesday complained about financial constraints and lack of executive powers, saying these two factors had affected their performance during the past...
Uplift work suspended over tehsil council row SWABI, Oct 21: The development work in the Swabi tehsil has come to a standstill because of a row between treasury and opposition members in the tehsil council, officials say....		Cinemas to remain closed in Ramazan PESHAWAR, Oct 21: The city cinema owners have voluntarily decided to close down cinema houses during Ramazan to maintain sanctity of the holy month, officials said....
‘Army must leave politics’ NOWSHERA, Oct 21: Pukhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party president Mahmood Khan Achakzai has stressed the need for unity among religious and progressive forces for ousting the military from politics....		Boy killed HARIPUR, Oct 21: A five-year-old boy was killed here on Tuesday when he was hit by a tractor. Eye witnesses said Taj Mohammad was driving his tractor when his son, Mubashir, got hit...
MMA to decide on LFO in December LAHORE, Oct 21: The MMA has announced that it would take decisions regarding the LFO, uniform and an anti-government drive, in December....		Timeframe sought for sugarcane crushing LAHORE, Oct 21: The controversy surrounding the start of sugarcane-crushing season hit the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday when the opposition demanded a timeframe in this regard....
Right to agitate is basic, says LHC LAHORE, Oct 21: The Lahore High Court has observed that the right to life and the right to agitate are fundamental rights enshrined in the constitution, and the superior judiciary is...		Open spaces outside city demanded: Seminar on kite-flying LAHORE,Oct 21: A majority of the speakers at a seminar on ‘Future of kite-flying in Lahore’ held here on Tuesday supported the City District Government ban on the sport and proposed...
Domestic violence bill referred to PA body LAHORE, Oct 21: The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday referred the Punjab Prevention of Domestic Violence Bill 2003 to the house committee amid protest by the opposition....		Ban on meals ‘couldn’t be implemented’ effectively LAHORE, Oct 21: Minister for Law Raja Bashrat informed the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday that the ban on extravagant marriage meals could not be implemented up to the desired level....
Probe into cotton crop Failure demanded LAHORE, Oct 21: The provincial working committee of the PML-N, which met here on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Sirdar Zulfikar Ali Khosa, criticized the government in strongest terms for its...		PPP willing to give rulers ‘safe exit’ LAHORE, Oct 21: PPP Information Secretary Taj Haider says his party is willing to give the present rulers a safe exit to pave the way for restoration of democracy. However, he...
Mansoor may be made ARD vice-president LAHORE, Oct 21: PDP President Nawabzada Mansoor Khan is likely to be appointed vice-president of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy, alliance sources say....		Four-member Indian team arrives LAHORE, Oct 21: A four-member Indian delegation reached here through Wagah on Tuesday for promoting peace between the two countries....
Judge begins probe into couple’s killing SANGHAR, Oct 21: The district and sessions judge, Sanghar, Mir Nabi Bux Talpur, has begun an inquiry on Tuesday into the killing of Shazia Khaskheli and Hassan Solangi on the orders...		Nadra flayed for delay in issuing CNICs DADU, Oct 21: Sindh People’s Party Parliamentarians president Nisar Ahmad Khuhro has said people are facing difficulties in elections and routine work as Nadra has failed to ensure timely issuance of...
Rural health centre in poor condition NAWABSHAH, Oct 21: The rural health centre, Qazi Ahmed, is in a poor condition due to the apathy of the health department. The issue is all the more serious as it...		Growers face acute water shortage MIRPURKHAS, Oct 21: Speakers at a one-day workshop on ‘Problems of irrigation and drainage’ complained that growers were finding it impossible to cultivate crops with a shortage of water....
Five killed, 14 injured in accident KHAIRPUR, Oct 21: Five persons were killed and 14 were injured when a Karachi-bound passenger coach (P-6240) and a trailer collided head-on on the National Highway in Ranipur here on Monday...		Hesco workers stage rally SUKKUR, Oct 21: Hesco employees staged a rally outside the press club here on Tuesday to protest against the Presidential Ordinance, 2000....
Pesh Imam among two kidnapped SHIKARPUR, Oct 21: Two men were kidnapped by five dacoits near Gaheja when they were going to a public call office on Sunday....		Pervaiz links UCs grant to party’s good FAISALABAD, Oct 21: Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has announced that a special grant of Rs2.5 million each will be provided to those union councils, which will reorganize and strengthen the...
150,000 UK visas for Pakistanis next year FAISALABAD, Oct 21: British High Commissioner Mark Lyall Grant has said that a total of 80,000 UK visas would be issued to Pakistanis this year and 150,000 next year....		12 students sent on judicial remand: ‘Hooliganism’ at hospital SHEIKHUPURA, Oct 21: Twelve students of a local government college were sent on judicial remand here on Tuesday, after the A-Division police registered cases against them under Sections 427, 382, 354,...
Relatives beat policemen to free outlaw SIALKOT, Oct 21: The relatives of a local proclaimed offender got him freed from a police party, which was carrying him to the police station, at Gujraal village, here on Tuesday....		Bureaucracy ‘delays’ police order MULTAN, Oct 21: The chairman of the provincial coordination committee for the district public safety commissions has criticized the bureaucrats, police officials and the district Nazims for “delaying” implementation of the...
Man arrested on human trafficking charge GUJRAT, Oct 21: An alleged human trafficker was arrested by the FIA passport cell, Islamabad, from Mandi Bahauddin, Dawn learnt here on Tuesday....		Councillors protest at insanitary conditions DERA GHAZI KHAN, Oct 21: The councillors of urban union councils held on Tuesday a protest demonstration against poor sanitation condition in the city in front of the tehsil Nazim’s office...