October 25, 2003	Saturday	Sha’aban 28, 1424

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RDA, Wasa row makes 40,000 people suffer: Supply of contaminated water RAWALPINDI, Oct 24: Councillors and representatives of an NGO on Friday held a token demonstration in front of Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) office, asking the agency to stop the supply...		Social audit vital for policies implementation: Daniyal ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: Social audit is a powerful instrument to track the effects of devolution and fine-tune policies and their implementation, the National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) chairman, Daniyal Aziz, said here...
22 fair price shops set up in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: The district administration has established 22 fair price shops in the federal Capital to provide consumer items at cheaper rates during the holy month of Ramazan....		Controversial notification of PWD withdrawn ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: The Federal government has withdrawn the condition of classification, categorisation, enlistment and evaluation of performance of the contractors enlisted with Pakistan Public Works Department (PWD), sources in the...
‘Mard-i-Momin needed to do good to mankind’ ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: If Iqbal were living in this age, he would be deeply anguished by the Bush doctrine to divide Muslims of Iraq in three parts....		Officials overseas training of no benefit: Shaukat ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: Federal Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Shaukat Aziz on Friday deprecated the practice in the government of sending officials overseas in the name of training which was...
Provinces told to ensure peace during Ramazan ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: The centre has directed all provinces to ensure complete peace during the holy month of Ramazan, Interior Minister Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat told Dawn on Friday....		Hudood Ord: MQM MNA challenges religious scholars ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: A Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) MNA, Dr Amir Liaquat Hussain, has challenged the religious scholars and leaders to hold a live TV debate with him on Hudood Ordinance...
Govt policies on Balochistan to be resisted, says Mengal QUETTA, Oct 24: Former chief minister and Balochistan National Party (Mengal) president Sardar Akhtar Mengal has said the adventurous policies aimed at imbalancing of the demographic ratio of the province will...		Foreign investors say stable govt a must ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: Foreign investors expressing security concern on Friday said only stable government, consistent policies and less involvement of bureaucracy could attract investment in the country....
Uncle of girl killed couple, SC told: Sanghar honour killing case ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: The Supreme Court was informed on Friday by police that a couple in Sanghar District was murdered by a girl’s uncle and described the murder as honour killing....		Opposition walks out of NA session ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: As the approaching fasting month of Ramazan seemed already sending National Assembly members homeward, the lower house broke for a two-day recess on Friday after hardly any business...
More US help sought in anti-terror war QUETTA, Oct 24: Pakistan said on Friday it was doing everything it could to stop infiltration of Taliban and Al Qaeda fugitives, but it needed more US equipment and money to...		4 die in Indian shelling MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 24: Four more people were killed in AJK in Indian shelling from across the restive Line of Control late on Thursday, police said on Friday....
SC refers ex-MNA’s case back to NAB ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: The Supreme Court on Friday disposed of a petition of Haji Nasimur Rehman, former ANP MNA, seeking annulment of his sentence by NAB Court....		Fog forces flights’ diversion KARACHI, Oct 24: PIA had to divert its five flights, four international and one domestic, from Karachi to Masqat and back to Lahore owing to inclement weather in the morning....
Ruet committee meets tomorrow ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: The meeting of the central Ruet-i-Hilal committee for sighting the moon of Ramazan-ul-Mubarak will be held in Peshawar on Sunday....		ANP terms Kalabagh dam project anti-Pukhtun SWABI, Oct 24: The provincial president of Awami National Party Begum Nasim Wali Khan has said that those predicting the construction of Kalabagh dam are living in a fool’s paradise....
Prosperity linked to women’s education SWABI, Oct 24: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah said on Friday the nation could not attain prosperity without imparting modern education to women....		Two sentenced to death SUKKUR, Oct 24: The judge, anti-terrorism court No2, Sukkur and Larkana, Mohammad Riaz Rajput, on Friday awarded capital punishment to the accused in the murder case of Dr Mumtaz Ali Khoso,...
MQM chief demands jobs for local people JACOBABAD, Oct 24: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has criticized multinational oil and gas exploration companies for not employing the local people....		Amnesty urges president to commute death sentence PESHAWAR, Oct 24: The Amnesty International has expressed concern over the impending execution of a juvenile offender, Mohammad Ameen, after the refusal of the Chief Justice of Pakistan to allow the...
Two policemen among three killed as picket attacked JACOBABAD, Oct 24: Three persons were killed and one injured when about 20 outlaws attacked the Uchh police picket with rocket launchers in the jurisdiction of Suhbatpur police station, Jaferabad district,...		Trainee nurses observe strike PESHAWAR, Oct 24: Hundreds of trainee nurses at the Khyber Teaching Hospital observed a strike on Friday against what they called  the inappropriate attitude of their chief nursing superintendent (CNS) and principal of the nursing school....
CM announces Rs2bn uplift package for Sialkot SIALKOT, Oct 24: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has announced a Rs2 billion development package for the Sialkot district....		Notices served on tanneries in Kasur KASUR, Oct 24: Notices have been served on a cluster of newly-built tanneries on Lahore-Ferozepur road after the approval of the Punjab environment secretary....
Tehsil Nazim voted out by majority GUJRANWALA, Oct 24: Saddar Tehsil Nazim Mubashir Ahmad Cheema was voted out by a majority of members in the house, here on Friday....		Excise staff served chargesheet DERA GHAZI KHAN, Oct 24: A chargesheet has been served on an excise and taxation officer and two clerks of the local motor registration branch by the inquiry officer in a...
TMA officials charged with corruption SARGODHA, Oct 24: The Citizen Forum chairman, Maulana Manzoor Husain, has alleged that corruption is going on unchecked at the tehsil municipal administration....		Powerlooms hit hard by hike in yarn prices TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 24: Owners find it difficult to run their powerloom units in wake of increase in yarn prices....
PO shot dead in ‘encounter’ JHANG, Oct 24: A proclaimed offender was killed while his two accomplices beat their retreat after a two-hour long encounter with the Massan police near Chund Pull on Thursday night....		Man killed Outside courts over enmity GUJRAT, Oct 24: A man, who was going to Kharian to attend proceedings of a case, was shot dead by his rivals opposite the sessions court on Friday morning....
Actress held in raid on theatre GUJRANWALA, Oct 24: Stage actress Nargis was arrested along with four of her colleagues by a police team on the charge of promoting obscenity during a play, here on Friday....		Two school children die JHANG, Oct 24: Two schoolchildren were killed and eight others sustained injuries in a road accident near Chiniot on Friday....
LPG shortage ahead of Ramazan NAROWAL, Oct 24: There is acute shortage of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders ahead of Ramazan....		CJ takes note of prisoners’ escape LAHORE, Oct 24: Taking suo moto notice of four prisoners’ escape from the Sialkot judicial lock-up, the LHC Chief Justice on Friday directed the Advocate-General Punjab to seek instructions and report...
Constable killed by dacoits MULTAN, Oct 24: A head constable was shot dead by six dacoits in Duniapur, Lodhran district, some 60 km off here, on Thursday night....		Opposition dominates question hour LAHORE, Oct 24: The Punjab finance and forest ministers who dealt with questions about their departments during the question hour in the assembly on Friday proved that they could not tackle...
Moon likely to be sighted tomorrow LAHORE, Oct 24: The Punjab University space science department has predicted that the moon of Ramazan 1424AH will be sighted at 5.20pm on Oct 26 (tomorrow)....		Pandemonium breaks out in PA LAHORE, Oct 24: Pandemonium broke out in the Punjab Assembly on Friday, and the opposition walked out, following a verbal bout between Imbasat Khan of the Treasury and Uzma Zahid Bukhari...
CM refuses autonomy to Punjab ACE LAHORE, Oct 24: Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has refused to give autonomy to the provincial Anti-Corruption Establishment, directing it to first improve its working within the given framework....		Rules governing SMEs lending soon: Ishrat LAHORE, Oct 24: State Bank Governor Dr Ishrat Hussain has said that the new set of financial regulations for the small and medium enterprises sector had been prepared and would be...
Lahore focus of SCBA polls LAHORE, Oct 24: With 50 per cent membership of the Supreme Court Bar Association hailing from Lahore, the city is the main focus of the candidates for election to Bar offices...		PFMA to provide 20kg flour for Rs160 LAHORE, Oct 24: The Punjab Flour Mills Association (PFMA) on Friday announced that it would provide 30,000 bags of 20kg each at the rate of Rs160 throughout the province during Ramazan....
Abida not interested in Jhang by-election LAHORE, Oct 24: Former federal minister Begum Abida Husain has denied reports that she will be taking part in a by-election on the National Assembly seat vacated as a result of...		‘Parliament alone can decide about defence needs’ LAHORE, Oct 24: Punjab PML-N President Sirdar Zulfikar Ali Khosa and Vice-President Mian Javed Lateef say parliament alone can decide the minimum nuclear deterrence and no individual is competent to define...
Opposition’s brief boycott against LFO LAHORE, Oct 24: The opposition MPAs in the Punjab Assembly continued on Friday brief boycott of the session to mark their protest against the LFO....		Companies continue to ignore new labour policy LAHORE, Oct 24: Industrialists of the city district have ignored the show-cause notices issued by the District Labour Office on their failure to file declarations under the new labour policy....