November 11, 2003	Tuesday	Ramazan 15, 1424

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Measles vaccination programme launched RAWALPINDI, Nov 10: The district health department on Monday launched a crash programme for measles vaccination targeting children, who missed out measles vaccination while getting the routine Expanded Programme for Immunization...		Federal Urdu varsity starts functioning ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: Federal University for Arts, Science and Technology, commonly known as Urdu university, formally started functioning on Monday with the initial strength of 250 students and eight faculty members....
Development of S&T capability urged ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: With more than 70 per cent of the world’s energy resources and a quarter of the world’s population, Muslim countries have GDP less than half of some of...		Grant for ecology management approved ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $1 million technical assistance grant to help the Pakistan government promote environmental management among industries, says a press release....
State interference in democratic system criticized ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Monday announced the establishment of a ‘Centre for Democratic Development’ in the capital....		FIA has no power over cooperative societies: LHC ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: The Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi bench, on Monday observed that the FIA had no authority to look into the affairs of the cooperative societies operating in Islamabad....
Jamali criticized for blaming opposition for parliament’s non-functioning ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: The parliamentary leader of the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) in the Senate, Mian Raza Rabbani, has criticized Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali for blaming the opposition for...		Parliament’s performance termed unsatisfactory ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: Legislators from Opposition and Treasury expressed disappointment over the one-year performance of the parliament and blamed each other for it....
‘Salaries in ZTBL less than those of other banks’ ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday conceded before the National Assembly that the pay allowances and fringe benefits of the employees of Zarai Taraqiati Bank (ZTBL) were less...		Investigation team to visit London: HC bugging controversy ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: Pakistan will soon dispatch a team to London to investigate the reported bugging of its High Commission some time after the Sept 11 terror attacks by MI5, Britain’s...
‘PTCL package for low income groups soon’ ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: Telecommunication and Information Technology Minister Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari said on Monday that a fixed-amount package had been prepared for phone subscribers who did not make more than...		Opposition slams speaker’s attitude ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: The opposition in the National Assembly on Monday criticized Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain for not issuing production orders in favour of detained Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy...
150 illegal Afghan immigrants held QUETTA, Nov 10: The police on Monday arrested 150 Afghan nationals staying in Quetta without proper legal documents on suspicion of their being involved in terrorist acts, Balochistan’s police chief said....		LHC asked to summon judges’ talks tape RAWALPINDI, Nov 10: Asif Zardari on Monday submitted an application before the division bench of Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi Bench, asking the court to summon the tapes in which former chief...
200,000 workers to be sent to Malaysia ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: Pakistan will send to Malaysia about 200,000 skilled and semi-skilled manpower, a top official of Overseas Pakistanis Foundation said on Monday....		Parliamentary body on dams meets today ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: The parliamentary committee on new water reservoirs will meet on Tuesday to consider the construction of Kalabagh and Bhasha dams, a senior official told Dawn....
‘UK Al Qaeda suspect being grilled’ ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: Pakistani authorities are interrogating a British national suspected of links to Al Qaeda, the foreign ministry said on Monday....		Accommodation for 64,000 Haj pilgrims arranged ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: The religious affairs ministry has arranged accommodation for 64,000 of about 70,000 intending pilgrims who have opted for official lodging facilities in Makkah and Madina during the Haj...
JUI finalizes list of new ministers QUETTA, Nov 10: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam’s provincial executive committee has finalized the names of its six members to be inducted in the Balochistan cabinet....		President, PM condemn blast ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Monday expressed anguish and pain over the Riyadh blast and condemned it....
Pakistanis asked not to visit Iraq ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: The government has advised all Pakistani nationals not to travel to Iraq due to security reasons....		Naval exercises begin ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: The naval forces of Pakistan and Bangladesh on Monday started joint maritime exercises in the Bay of Bengal....
Ibad inaugurates Sachal’s Urs KHAIRPUR, Nov 10: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad inaugurated 182nd annual Urs of Sufi saint Sachal Sarmast by laying a floral wreath on his shrine in Daraza on Monday....		Prison staff accused of torturing inmates SANGHAR, Nov 10: The inmates of the Sanghar District Jail and their relatives have levelled allegations of torture, corruption, inhuman treatment, sexual abuse of juveniles and use of narcotics against the...
Demo held against Hesco officials NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 10: A large number of people took out a procession here on Monday against Hesco officials for allegedly taking bribe and implicating consumers in false cases....		Cane growers switch over to sunflower THATTA, Nov 10: More and more growers of the district are switching over to sunflower cultivation owing to the crisis created by sugar mill owners by not starting the crushing season...
Teachers demand 5-month salary LARKANA, Nov 10: Teachers recruited through the public service commission (PSC), under the middle school project in Larkana, demonstrated outside the press club on Monday demanding their five-month salaries....		MMA sees conspiracy behind Riyadh blasts SUKKUR, Nov 10: Secretary General of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, chief of Jamiat-i-Ulema-i-Islam and MNA Maulana Fazlur Rehman has condemned the bomb blasts in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) terming it a conspiracy against...
Govt to table bill in NWFP Assembly: Reinstatement of doctors PESHAWAR, Nov 10: The NWFP government has finally moved amendments that would pave the way for the reinstatement of senior doctors who had either resigned or had proceeded on retirement in...		Crackdown against tribesmen launched PESHAWAR, Nov 10: Authorities on Monday arrested 35 persons, shut down more than 300 shops and confiscated dozens of vehicles after launching a full-scale crackdown against the Karakhel tribe in the...
Industrialists face legal action PESHAWAR, Nov 10: The NWFP Environmental Protection Agency has sent cases against nine industrial units in the provincial capital to the environmental tribunal in Lahore for legal action against discharge of...		Draft prepared to ban Swara PESHAWAR, Nov 10: The provincial law department has prepared the initial draft of a law, banning the Swara custom and declaring it a penal offence, an official said here on Monday....
Japanese police team holds workshop PESHAWAR, Nov 10: Senior police officials from Japan on Monday gave a presentation to guide the investigation wing of the North West Frontier Province police on collecting evidence from the crime scene...		Power supply to DPs camps cut KHAAR, Nov 10: The Water and Power Development Authority with the help of the political authorities has disconnected power supply to the Afghan refugee camps in the Bajaur Agency and arrested over 20 people...
Differences in JUI-F deepen MANSEHRA, Nov 10: Differences among members of the JUI-F have deepened on the issue of stripping Mufti Kifayatullah of the party’s basic membership....		Flour price remains at record high level LAHORE, Nov 10: The flour price remained record high in the province on Monday despite all official claims to the contrary....
LHC urges savings directorate to review orders LAHORE, Nov 10: A directive of the Central Directorate of National Savings, barring further commercial bank loans against government securities, has landed a business concern in financial trouble. The Lahore High...		Survey ordered for more underpasses, flyovers LAHORE, Nov 10: The Punjab government has ordered a survey of crossings with heavy traffic load to construct underpasses and flyovers....
Seven more human traffickers held LAHORE, Nov 10: The Federal Investigation Agency claimed on Monday to have arrested seven more human smugglers from Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin and Gujranwala during its ongoing campaign....		More shopkeepers arrested LAHORE, Nov 10: The City District Government squads arrested 30 more shopkeepers and lodged FIRs against another 45 for selling essential items at exorbitant rates during the Ramazan price control campaign...
Pleas against property tax assessment put off LAHORE, Nov 10: The Lahore High Court on Monday adjourned for Dec 1 hearing of petitions which challenged the new method of the assessment of property tax by the Punjab Excise...		MMA flays Riyadh bombing LAHORE, Nov 10: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal vice-president Prof Sajid Mir has condemned the Riyadh bombing, alleging that American agency FBI is behind this incident....
Farmers to get 25pc more water from LCC LAHORE, Nov 10: The farmers of the Lower Chenab Canal system will get 25 per cent additional water after completion of rehabilitation work....		Child killed in accident LAHORE, Nov 10: A child was killed while his elder brother and mother suffered injuries in an accident on Raiwind Road on Monday....
PML-N protest tomorrow LAHORE, Nov 10: The PML-N will hold a protest rally in Sheikhupura on Wednesday against the arrest of its president Javed Hashmi....		Woman set afire by husband LAHORE, Nov 10: A man attempted to kill his wife by setting her afire in Sabzazar on Monday....
Quick arrival of officers at crime scene ordered LAHORE, Nov 10: The city district police officer on Monday directed police investigators to ensure their presence at the crime scene immediate after the incident....		Nakai’s secy held by NAB LAHORE, Nov 10: Waris Wahla, who served as the private secretary to former chief minister Sardar Arif Nakai, has been arrested by the National Accountability Bureau on a charge of embezzlement....
No rain relief LAHORE, Nov 10: With no rain insight, dry weather contiunes to create respiratory problems for people....		Staff, dealers accused of stealing oil GUJRAT, Nov 10: Some influential oil dealers have allegedly stolen thousands of litres of diesel oil from Chak Pirana Oil Depot of the Pakistan State Oil with the collaboration of depot...