November 2, 2003	Sunday	Ramazan 6, 1424

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Call to fix 2pc Tarbela Dam royalty for Haripur PESHAWAR, Nov 1: Finance division parliamentary secretary Omer Ayub Khan, MNA, has stressed the need for constructing new water reservoirs, including the proposed Kalabagh dam....		Pakistan ready to sign water accord with Afghanistan: Sherpao PESHAWAR, Nov 1: Federal Minister for Water and Power Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao has said that Pakistan is ready to enter into a water accord with Afghanistan, like the Indus-Basin Water...
WHO plans joint steps to control dengue fever PESHAWAR, Nov 1: The World Health Organization (WHO) has planned to work in collaboration with the provincial health department and other agencies to create awareness about dengue fever among the people...		Kidnapping accused granted bail PESHAWAR, Nov 1: The additional district and sessions  judge, Shehbar Khan, on Saturday granted bail to a person accused in the kidnapping case of a former MNA’s grandson....
Warring tribes agree to truce in Jamrud LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Nov 1: The political administration in Jamrud has brought a truce between two warring tribes and arrested some 28 tribesmen from both side. The gunbattle which continued...		Minor held under FCR WANA (South Waziristan), Nov 1: The administration of the South Waziristan agency has arrested a 10-year old boy under the Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR)....
Expensive falcons seized PESHAWAR, Nov 1: Customs authorities at the Peshawar airport seized expensive falcons, which were being smuggled to Doha, through a Pakistan Airlines flight on Saturday....		Aged couple found dead MINGORA, Nov 1: An aged couple was brutally slaughtered on Friday night in the suburb of Chuprial village of Matta Tehsil, some 30 kilometres away from here....
One killed as jeep falls into ravine MANSEHRA, Nov 1: One person was killed and three others were injured when a speedy jeep (GLT-6671) skidded off the Kaghan Road and plundged into a deep ravine near Balakot...		India forcing Pakistan to attach conditions to talks ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: India is forcing Pakistan also to resort to conditional talks and it may happen if New Delhi continues to link future talks with the successful outcome of the...
MMA plans to launch drive against mly action QUETTA, Nov 1: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal Deputy Secretary-General Hafiz Hussain Ahmed claimed on Saturday that the federal government was planning to launch an operation in the border areas of Balochistan at the...		Action against illegal fishing ordered QUETTA, Nov 1: The Balochistan government has warned the fisheries department officials and others over continued illegal fishing and trawling on the coastline of the province....
Quetta a haven for Taliban, says report WASHINGTON, Nov 1: In a hard-hitting editorial on Wednesday the Washington Post claimed that Quetta has become “the new headquarters of the extremist Taliban.”...		MMA to sort out differences ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: The internal differences among the MMA component parties are likely to be discussed and straightened out in the upcoming supreme council meeting of the alliance scheduled in the...
Court orders dissolution of marriage MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 1: AJK Shariat Court Chief Justice Syed Manzoor Hussain Gillani has held that a woman had a right to get divorce from her husband and a judge was obliged...		FM to visit Belgium, UK from tomorrow ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri will visit the United Kingdom and Belgium from Nov 3 to 6 to discuss with his counterparts the regional situation and bilateral relations....
Indian national arrested ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: The capital territory police have arrested an Indian national on charges of illegally entering Pakistan here on Saturday, police said....		Two rockets explode in Quetta QUETTA, Nov 1: The cantonment area of the city was rocked when two rockets exploded with brief intervals on Saturday....
India detains fishing boat NEW DELHI, Nov 1: India’s coastguard has apprehended a Pakistani fishing boat with six people on board off the Gujarat coast, a report said Saturday....		Afghanistan hands over 3 detainees KABUL, Nov 1: The Afghan government Saturday handed over three arrested Pakistani nationals to the country’s mission in Kabul as a gesture of goodwill, officials said....
PML meeting ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali is expected to preside over the parliamentary party meeting of the Pakistan Muslim League on Monday....		Silt causing shortage of water, says official HYDERABAD, Nov 1: The executive engineer, Nasir division, responding to a protest demonstration by growers of the Bilori Minor, has said that the minor, which begins from the tail of the...
Action against TPO sought KHAIRPUR, Nov 1: District Nazim Nafeesa Shah has demanded that the police authorities should book the Agra TPO and conduct an investigation against him for chopping government-owned trees in the rural...		Resolution of water issue stressed LARKANA, Nov 1: Senator Nisar Memon, chairman of the parliamentary water committee, has said those protesting in streets and assemblies are avoiding dialogue to resolve the water issue....
Fruit prices go up MIRPURKHAS, Nov 1: The district administration has failed to control prices of fruit and general commodities during the holy month of Ramazan....		Transporters observe strike MITHI, Nov 1: Transporters observed a strike for 10 hours here on Saturday to protest against challans of their vehicles....
Nazim accused of stealing record GUJRANWALA, Nov 1: Sadar tehsil council Naib Nazim Sardar Inamul Haq and other members accused Nazim Mubashar Ahmed Cheema of stealing the record of a no-trust motion passed against him by...		Dist govt refuses to use MPA’s grant: Press club construction TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 1: The district government has refused to utilize Rs0.6 million grant of opposition MPA Begum Nishat Afza for the construction of the district press club building....
21 college students granted bail DERA GHAZI KHAN, Nov 1: As many as 21 students of the district Technology College were set free by police on Saturday on a bail granted to them by judicial magistrate...		Two varsity students stabbed FAISALABAD, Nov 1: Two students of the GC University, Faisalabad, were stabbed and injured by two outsiders on the campus on Saturday....
Man kills wife, commits suicide KASUR, Nov 1: A man allegedly committed suicide after shooting his wife on Saturday at Gaga Sarai village, Phoolnagar....		Woman sentenced to life term MULTAN, Nov 1: Additional District and Sessions Judge Abdul Sattar on Friday handed down life imprisonment and Rs50,000 fine to a woman for killing her husband. The convict will have to...
OIC fund for scientific progress under study ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: Pakistan is taking concrete measures, including diplomatic, to examine the possibility of establishing a multi-billion dollar Pan-Islamic Fund for the promotion of science and technology in the OIC...		Over-speeding claims two lives LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Nov 1: Two people were killed and 20 seriously injured when a speedy pick-up rammed into a truck near the Pakistan-Afghan border of Torkhum on Saturday....