October 31, 2003	Friday	Ramazan 4, 1424

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12 held for supplying unsanitary meat: Municipal slaughterhouse raided RAWALPINDI, Oct 30: The district government officials on Thursday morning raided municipal slaughterhouse following complaints of supply of unhygienic meat and confiscated several slaughtered animals....		Education links with US institutes to be upgraded ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has started a programme to help public sector universities establish higher education links with US research institutes....
Three die in Pindi, Islamabad RAWALPINDI, Oct 30: Three persons died in separate incidents in Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Thursday, police said....		PAF teachers move FST ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: As many as 32 teachers of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) colleges in Islamabad and Rawalpindi on Thursday moved the Federal Services Tribunal (FST) for their treatment as...
Varsities likely to carry out defence-related research ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: The government has initiated a proposal under which engineering universities will be able to carry out part of the defence-related research....		Protest mars Tehsil council session RAWALPINDI, Oct 30: The proceedings of the Tehsil Council were again marred by protests and hurling of allegations by the members at the Nazim and the speaker for, what they called,...
Call for awarding scholarships on merit ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: The government is providing maximum opportunities to the students, so that they can enjoy maximum exposure, nationally or internationally....		Revamping of QAU security demanded ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: The students, teachers and the non- teaching staff of the Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) in an open meeting on Thursday expressed their profound sorrow at the tragic death of...
Arab envoys satisfied with govt policy ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: Arab ambassadors in Islamabad have expressed satisfaction over President Pervez Musharraf‘s recently renewed assurances regarding foreign investments in Pakistan....		PPP, PML-N blast govt on Javed’s arrest ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto and the chief of his own faction of the Pakistan Muslim League, Nawaz Sharif, have condemned the arrest of ARD President Makhdoom...
Opposition’s protest today ISLAMABAD Oct 30: The MMA-led demonstration outside the parliament house on Friday morning is likely to turn into a protest of all opposition parties against the detention of Pakistan Muslim League-N...		Retiring Irsa members told to continue ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: The federal government has asked retiring members of the Indus River System Authority to continue representing their respective provinces till the appointment of new members....
70 arrested on border CHAGAI, Oct 30: Taftan Levies on Thursday arrested 70 persons from the Pakistan-Iran border for illegally entering Pakistan without any legal documents....		President to visit China ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: President Pervez Musharraf will leave for China and South Korea on Saturday....
Butchers asked to end strike in 48 hours HARIPUR, Oct 30: Butchers in Haripur went on an indefinite strike on Thursday against what they called administration’s excesses on the issue of rise in the prices of meat....		Two killed as heavy power lines fall in Ghallanai GHALLANAI (Mohmand Agency), Oct 30: Two people, including a young girl, were electrocuted and three others received injuries when a heavy transmission line fell in Khurram Cheena area, some 20 kilometres...
Voting on no-trust motion boycotted TIMERGARA, Oct 30: Dir Qaumi Mahaz, a group of six political parties, boycotted voting on a no-trust motion against the Nazim of Upper Dir district, accusing the district coordination officer of...		Prices of essential commodities go up MANSEHRA, Oct 30: Residents of Mansehra and other areas of the district have termed the Ramazan package announced by the government as mere eye-wash....
7 killed in incidents MANSEHRA, Oct 30: At least seven people were killed and three other injured in separate incidents in Manshera and Kohistan districts during the last 24 hours....		20 tribesmen arrested in South Waziristan WANA, Oct 30: The political administration of South Waziristan Agency on Thursday rounded up about 20 Mehsud Abdulai tribesmen in a bid to recover two persons kidnapped by the tribe, according...
Woman dies in road accident GHANGCHE, Oct 30: A woman died and Skardu station commander Brigadier Muneer Ahmad was seriously injured in a head-on collision between a car and a jeep near K-2 Flour Mills, Skardu,...		SHC directs police to locate Shaista, Balakh SUKKUR, Oct 30: The Sindh High Court, Sukkur bench, has directed the AIGP and DPOs of Sukkur and Ghotki to locate Shaista Almani and her husband Qadir Bakhsh alias Balakh Sher...
Constable killed, TPO injured in encounter: Three men kidnapped KHAIRPUR, Oct 30: A police constable was killed and a TPO was injured near the Kando Wahan village in an encounter with bandits who were fleeing after kidnapping three persons on...		SHO asked to show FIR record: Cases against PPP men DADU, Oct 30: The judicial magistrate, Dadu, on Thursday issued notice to the SHO, Dadu town police station, to produce all relevant police records on Friday regarding an FIR lodged against...
19 prisoners suffering from hepatitis-B MIRPURKHAS, Oct 30: Out of 205 prisoners in the Mirpurkhas district jail, at least 19 were found to be carriers of hepatitis-B....		Bankers summoned in Brohi murder case LARKANA, Oct 30: The Sindh High Court, Larkana circuit bench, on Thursday issued notices to managers of the United Bank Limited, Lakhi Gate, Muslim Commercial Bank, Steurat Ganj, National Saving Center-I...
Nazim accused of misusing funds NAWABSHAH, Oct 30: Several dozen people, including Nazims and councillors, took out a procession in Qazi Ahmed town on Thursday against district Nazim Faryal Talpur for misusing development funds and registering...		Electricity breakdown MIRPURKHAS, Oct 30: People faced hardships on Thursday due to power failure in many areas of the city....
SU student detained HYDERABAD, Oct 30: The Jamshoro police have detained a second year student, Arshad Khan, University of Sindh, following a scuffle between two groups of students....		Prices reviewed JACOBABAD, Oct 30: The Taluka Council on Thursday reviewed the price situation in the wake of Ramazan, warning profiteers of stern action....
Power tariff cut in two years, says Jamali LAHORE, Oct 30: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has promised to bring down electricity tariffs in two years, blaming independent power producers for the existing high rates....		Hashmi’s arrest hits PA LAHORE, Oct 30: The arrest of Javed Hashmi, leader of the PML-N and the ARD, rocked the Punjab Assembly on Thursday with the opposition making stinging attacks on the powers that...
Tehmina defends ARD president LAHORE, Oct 30: PML-N vice-president Tehmina Daultana says the arrest of ARD acting president Javed Hashmi on a letter issue shows that the letter is genuine....		LHC seeks help of amicus curiae: Court fee for recovery of dowry LAHORE, Oct 30: The Lahore High Court on Thursday sought the assistance of three amicus curiae to decide a question pertaining to the court fee for recovery of dowry articles....
CDG calls for ban on kite flying LAHORE, Oct 30: The City District Government has proposed a permanent ban on kite flying within a 15 kilometre radius of the heart of the provincial metropolis....		Democracy linked to provision of rights LAHORE, Oct 30: Democracy cannot be restored unless people are given basic human needs, says PPP-SB chairman Ghinwa Bhutto....
110 motions disposed of in 30 minutes LAHORE, Oct 30: The boycott of Punjab Assembly proceedings by the opposition on Thursday came as a blessing in disguise for the speaker who disposed of an unprecedented 110 adjournment motions...		Price control campaign reduced to lodging FIRs LAHORE, Oct 30: The city district government Ramazan price control campaign has been reduced to lodging FIRs against profiteers as none of the officials conferred with summary trial powers of first...
35 Sikhs from UK arrive LAHORE, Oct 30: The second batch of 35 Sikh pilgrims arrived here from UK on Thursday to attend the 534th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak....		Four deportees arrive from Canada LAHORE, Oct 30: Four Pakistani students who were deported from Canada reached here on Thursday....
Attempted murder Accused freed LAHORE, Oct 30: An attempted murder accused has allegedly been set free on the “personal guarantee” of Gulberg ASP....		PM calls for anti-piracy legislation LAHORE, Oct 30: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has directed the provincial chief ministers to prepare legislation to end the piracy of books in the country....
Wapda labour union seek increase in Eid allowance LAHORE, Oct 30: The Pakistan Wapda Hydro-Electric Central Labour Union has appealed to Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali to announce Eid allowance equal to one month pay for government employees...		Vegetable rolls termed unfit for consumption LAHORE, Oct 30: The City District Government food security officials have warned the public against consumption of ready-to-cook samosa and chicken and vegetable rolls....
Cancellation of tax contracts sought FAISALABAD, Oct 30: The provincial local government and rural development department has asked the tehsil municipal administrations to cancel all the contracts of collection of taxes, fees, cess and other levies...		Students stopped from staging demonstration DERA GHAZI KHAN, Oct 30: Police baton-charged and injured the students of the Technology College and arrested scores of them inside the institute where they had gathered to call on the...
Six poachers held in Gujrat: Beating up of wildlife team GUJRAT, Oct 30: Tanda police registered a case against six poachers for manhandling and thrashing the district Wildlife officer and his staff, Dawn learnt here on Thursday....		Hashmi’s arrest flayed TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 30: Former MNA and PML-N central leader M. Hamza has condemned the arrest of ARD chief Makhdoom Javed Hashmi....
PR owes Rs19bn in overdraft LAHORE, Oct 30: The Pakistan Railways informed the Lahore High Court on Thursday that it had to levy various fees and increase charges because the federal government has issued it a...		UHS fails to deliver detailed mark sheets LAHORE, Oct 30: The University of Health Sciences has failed to deliver detailed mark sheets to the candidates for MBBS and BDS degrees in professional examinations conducted by it....