October 23, 2003	Thursday	Sha’aban 26, 1424

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Pakistan, India urged not to use N-weapons ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: The visiting mayor of Hiroshima, Tadatoshi Akiba, urged both Pakistan and India not to use nuclear weapons in any situation....		PML-Q floats idea of non-governmental body on Kashmir ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: Pakistan Muslim League-Q has suggested the formulation of a non-governmental Kashmir...
Call for promoting breastfeeding ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: The participants of a consultation have stressed on the need for promoting, supporting and protecting breastfeeding in the country....		RCB restarts uplift works RAWALPINDI, Oct 22: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) has restarted work on its development projects after Lahore High Court dismissed a petition of contractors against the civic body....
Zardari says he rejected generals’ deal offers RAWALPINDI, Oct 22: Imprisoned leader of Pakistan People’s Party Asif Zardari on Wednesday said he was facing incarceration not because of any crime but due to the fact that he wanted...		HEC’s Tenure Track System worries AIOU faculty ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: The Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) faculty has expressed its concern over the Tenure Track System (TTS) introduced by the Higher Education Commission (HEC), official sources told Dawn....
Salima Hashmi and satirist’s heaven ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: Salima Hashmi did not present any theory of art at PNCA’s “Dialogue on Art” programme on Wednesday evening. Nor did she wax eloquent as the word, she said,...		33 MIP activists jailed RAWALPINDI, Oct 22: The Anti-Terrorism Court-I on Wednesday sent 33 activists of Millat-e-Islamia Pakistan (MIP) to Adiala Jail for resorting to rampage in Islamabad soon after saying the funeral prayers of...
‘Poverty affects 1bn children in poor states’ ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: Over one billion children in the developing countries suffer from severe effects of poverty with more than 90 million children in South Asia alone going hungry everyday....		Pakistan can defend itself: Jamali TEHRAN, Oct 22: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali said on Wednesday Pakistan is alive to the border security and capable to defend itself....
Kashmir can flare into a nuclear conflict: US report WASHINGTON, Oct 22: A Congressional report has warned the Bush administration that the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan has the potential of flaring into a major conflict between South Asia’s...		OIC to retry sending team to Valley ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) has decided to make another attempt to send a fact finding mission to occupied Kashmir and establish a fund to set up...
Islamabad asks world to realize free markets UNITED NATIONS, Oct 22: Pakistan has called upon the international community to turn into reality the talks about free markets, trade liberalization and the outcome of Doha Development Round....		Reforms fragile, says IMF ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said the political backdrop for reforms in Pakistan remains fragile and the government could be restrained to move ahead given the need...
Rally urges arrest of student’s killers QUETTA, Oct 22: The Students Action Committee staged a demonstration in front of Quetta Press Club here on Wednesday demanding the arrest of those accused of killing Nasiruddin Ghalizai, a student...		PPP slams postponement of Nazims’ election QUETTA, Oct 22: PPP provincial leader Nawabzada Haji Lashkari Khan Raisani has criticized the government’s decision to postpone the Naib Nazims’ election in Bolan and Nasirabad districts....
14 tribesmen arrested under FCR WANA (South Waziristan), Oct 22: The political administration of South Waziristan Agency in its crackdown against the tribesmen has arrested 14 people on Wednesday, officials said....		2 killed in bank robbery QUETTA, Oct 22: Two persons including a bank manager were killed and two others were injured in firing during a robbery in the Habib Bank branch of Shahrag, some 150km east,...
Nazim of Mandi Bahauddin restored ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: A Supreme Court bench on Wednesday restored Nazar Mohammand Gondal as district Nazim of Mandi Bahauddin....		Military talks with Turkey begins RAWALPINDI, Oct 22: Matters pertaining to Pakistan-Turkey defence relations and issues of mutual interest were discussed at the opening session of the second meeting of the High Level Military Dialogue Group...
Dist Council passes ADP of Rs608.85m LARKANA, Oct 22: The district council, Larkana, in its session on Wednesday unanimously passed the proposed annual development programme for the year 2003-2004 for Rs608.85 million....		Statements in couple’s murder case recorded SANGHAR, Oct 22: Station house officers of operation and investigation divisions of the district on Wednesday recorded their statements before the district and sessions judge in the murder case of Mohammad...
Official asked to submit report: Occupation of irrigation land MIRPURKHAS, Oct 22: The executive engineer, Jamrao division, Ghulam Hussain Leghari, has called for a report from the sub-divisional officer, irrigation, Mirpurkhas sub-division, regarding the complaint about irrigation land, located behind...		MQM chief for due rights to provinces BADIN, Oct 22: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has said the country cannot be strong unless the smaller provinces get their due rights....
SU de-affiliates Iqra College of Education HYDERABAD, Oct 22: The University of Sindh has de-affiliated the Iqra College of Education with immediate effect....		Two killed by armed men SUKKUR, Oct 22: Two people were killed by armed men in two separate incidents in Shikarpur district on Tuesday....
Demo against hospital management held DADU, Oct 22: A large number of councillors and shopkeepers held a demonstration on Wednesday to protest against the EDO, health; the civil surgeon of the Civil Hospital, Dadu, and other...		Segregation rules affect women patients PESHAWAR, Oct 22: When Afghan refugee Sehr Jan died in childbirth in a camp near Peshawar she became the latest victim not only of the rigours of labour but also of...
ARD to kick off campaign against govt tomorrow PESHAWAR, Oct 22: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) will kick off a campaign against President Gen Pervez Musharraf from a public meeting to be held in Peshawar on Friday,...		Minister warns against sale of adulterated flour PESHAWAR, Oct 22: The government has warned the flour millowners of strict action if they produced and sold sub-standard flour to the people during the holy month of Ramazan....
‘MMA taking cosmetic steps’ PESHAWAR, Oct 22: Pakistan People’s Party (Sherpao) leader Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao has said that the MMA government stands exposed before the people due to what he called the “cosmetic measures”...		Narcotics, weapons seized; 5 arrested PESHAWAR, Oct 22: Police seized narcotics and weapons, and arrested five alleged smugglers, including a 12-year-old girl, on the Grand Trunk Road here on Wednesday, officials said....
College students suspended HARIPUR, Oct 22: More than 30 students of a private intermediate college have been suspended for a week by the college administration....		Army action ruled out in Mohmand GHALLANAI (Mohmand Agency), Oct 22: Vice Chief of the Army Staff Gen Mohammad Yousaf has ruled out any operation against Al Qaeda suspects in the Mohmand tribal region, saying that the army has been stationed to supervise development schemes in...
US may Target Pakistan: speaker SWABI, Oct 22: NWFP Assembly Speaker Bakht Jehan Khan said on Wednesday that the United States and its were threatening Iran and Syria after occupying Afghanistan and Iraq and Pakistan might also...		Wages demanded NOWSHERA, Oct 22: The town council employees continued their hunger strike for the fourth day in protest against the non-payment of their salaries for the last three months....
Compensation approved GILGIT, Oct 22: The ministry of Kashmir affairs and Northern Areas affairs informed the Inspector General of Police, Sakhiullah Khan Tareen, on Wednesday that NAs Chief Executive Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao...		Opposition asked to end agitation PESHAWAR, Oct 22: The Millat Party has asked opposition parties in the National Assembly to put an end to their politics of agitation and let parliament complete its term....
Azhar, Abida to join ARD LAHORE, Oct 22: Some important political leaders who laid the foundation of the ruling PML-Q and then occupied important positions in it are going to join hands with the Alliance for...		Sanaullah ‘corners’education minister: Control over devolved dept LAHORE, Oct 22: PML-N’s Rana Sanaullah Khan single-handedly cornered the treasury benches on Wednesday by raising the point whether a minister was competent to talk on the part of his department...
Representation Allowed against bill LAHORE, Oct 22: Deputy Speaker Sardar Shaukat Mazari allowed on Wednesday all opposition MPAs who had opposed the bill against domestic violence a representation in the house committee....		Shopkeeper shot dead by robbers LAHORE, Oct 22: Robbers shot dead a shopkeeper and injured a security guard on resistance on the Ravi Road, here on Wednesday....
Privileges bill tabled in PA LAHORE, Oct 22: The provincial government on Wednesday introduced a bill in the Punjab Assembly to amend the Punjab Privileges Act, 1972, for provision of official plate bearing letters “MPA” to...		UBL staff demand raise LAHORE, Oct 22: The United Bank Council of CBA Trade Unions has demanded increase in salaries of its employees, and redress of their grievances for ensuring efficient working of the bank....
Qadri’s son to contest by-poll from Jhang LAHORE, Oct 22: Pakistan Awami Tehrik chief Tahirul Qadri has decided to field his son, Hasan Moeenuddin Qadri, in the by-poll to NA-89, Jhang....		MMA team to meet PM LAHORE, Oct 22: A committee of the MMA will call on Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali on his return from Iran to pave way for his meeting with the religious alliance’s senior...
Wapda offered out-of-court settlement LAHORE, Oct 22: Impreglio, the lead contractor of Ghazi Barotha project which has moved to International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, has reportedly offered Wapda out-of-court settlement....		Israel recognition untimely: Lord Nazir FAISALABAD, Oct 22: The UK’s House of Lords member, Nazir Ahmed, has termed the move to recognize Israel as immature and untimely because it would harm the interests of Ummat and...
Hashmi calls for body to probe Kargil episode MULTAN, Oct 22: PML-N’s acting chief Makhdoom Javed Hashmi has demanded that a commission should be formed to probe into the Kargil episode....		Three get death for double murder GUJRANWALA, Oct 22: An additional district and sessions judge handed down death sentence and Rs300,000 fine to three convicts in a double murder case of Wazirabad, on Wednesday....