November 18, 2003	Tuesday	Ramazan 22, 1424

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HEC directed to increase varsity enrolments ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Monday urged the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to take measures for increasing enrolment of university students from the existing 2.6 per cent to...		IT education to be started in 2,000 schools ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: Federal Minister for Information Technology Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on Monday said his ministry had planned to introduce Information Technology (IT) education in 2,000 schools in the country....
38pc children below five in country underweight: report ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: About 38 per cent of the children in Pakistan between the age of six months and five years are underweight while 36.8 per cent are stunted....		7-day remand of Sajid Naqvi given to police RAWALPINDI, Nov 17: A special anti-terrorism court here on Monday granted a seven-day remand of the outlawed Islami Tehrik Pakistan (ITP) chief, Allama Sajid Naqvi, to police in the murder case...
Power supply to 150 villages cut DADU, Nov 17: Hesco on Monday cut off power supply to 150 villages....		Body of another boy recovered LARKANA, Nov 17: The mutilated body of another boy, Mujahid Hussain Khokhar, aged 9, who was kidnapped along with his cousin on Nov 13, was recovered from the Rice Canal on...
No-trust move planned KHAIRPUR, Nov 17: Taluka and union council Nazims of the Khairpur Dost Panel have said they will table a no-confidence resolution against the district Nazim....		MMA interfering in LG affairs: Nazim HARIPUR, Nov 17: District Nazim Dr Raja Amer Zaman has criticized the NWFP government for infringing upon the powers of district government by executing development projects through MPAs, and meddling in...
27 sugar mills remain closed: growers MIRPURKHAS, Nov 17: Sindh Sugarcane Growers Association president MNA Syed Qurban Ali Shah has said only the Sanghar Sugar Mill has started crushing while the remaining 27 mills of the province...		Policeman killed JACOBABAD, Nov 17: A police constable was killed while two others injured when some 30 unidentified outlaws attacked a police picket in Bhitai Colony, Kandhkot taluka, along the Sindh-Balochistan border on...
4 prisoners handed over to political authorities WANA (South Waziristan), Nov 17: Four prisoners who had escaped from the local lock-up were handed over to the political authorities on Monday....		Parties lend support to MMA govt on NFC PESHAWAR, Nov 17: Representatives of all political parties in the provincial government’s special committee have lent support to the stand the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal led NWFP government will adopt at the NFC,...
Jamali urged to enhance water body’s powers ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: Senator Nisar Memon on Monday called on Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali and requested him to include areas outside the Indus Basin in the terms of reference...		Jam unveils development package for tribal areas QUETTA, Nov 17: Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousuf has announced a special development package of Rs610 million for the uplift of tribal areas....
SC vacates stay order: Hayat Regency hotel case ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: The Supreme Court on Monday vacated the stay order it had earlier granted against the opening of bids for Hayat Regency hotel in Karachi, and directed the SHC...		Fresh statement ordered in Edhi centre rape case QUETTA, Nov 17: A Baloch-istan High Court division bench has directed the SHO of Gwalmandhi police station to record fresh statement in the FIR filed by Ganji Bibi alleging that some...
President, PM condole Jafri’s death ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has expressed sorrow over the sad demise of a renowned journalist, A.B.S. Jafri, who breathed his last in Karachi on Monday after a protracted...		Snowfall cuts off Astore from country ASTORE, Nov 17: Heavy snowfall and rains have triggered a series of landslide and blocked the Shahra-i-Astore for all kinds of vehicular traffic....
Pakistan envoy calls on Indian minister NEW DELHI, Nov 17: Pakistan High Commissioner, Aziz Ahmad Khan on Monday called on Indian Human Resource Development Mini-ster Murli Manohar Joshi and said once the dialogue process starts, chances of...		DPs’ arrests criticized QUETTA, Nov 17: The Awami National Party, Balochistan, has criticized the arrests of Afghan refugees in the provincial capital and termed the operation un-Islamic and against the local traditions....
Lankan pilots refuse to fly Pakistanis COLOMBO, Nov 17: Pilots of an international airline Monday refused to fly 102 Pakistani men who were being deported from Sri Lanka after overstaying their visas, officials said....		Diverse traffic problems in Sialkot SIALKOT, Nov 17: Vehicular traffic in the district is becoming more and more indisciplined due to alleged negligence of the authorities concerned....
13 more offices sealed in Bahawalpur: Crackdown on banned outfits BAHAWALPUR, Nov 17: As many as 13 more offices of the banned religious outfits were sealed and their record seized on Monday....		School land occupied by ‘influential’ men TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 17: A group of land grabbers who has the backing of an influential person of the area finally grabbed the land allotted to the Government Islamia Secondary...
Robbers strike seven times SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 17: Unidentified bandits looted two houses and snatched a tractor-trolley, a car, a motorcycle in seven strikes in different parts of the district during the last 24 hours....		Herpes awareness campaign BAHAWALPUR, Nov 17: The Pakistan Association of Dermatologists (PAD), Bahawalpur chapter, has launched a vigorous campaign to create awareness about the skin disease ‘Herpes’....
Woman raped by three TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 17: Three men allegedly raped a married woman for several days whom they kidnapped with the help of a woman from Chak 752 GB....		Foundry owners hold demo GUJRANWALA, Nov 17: Owners of around 600 foundries on Monday took out a rally and staged a sit-in outside the local Steel Mills sub-office in protest against the rise in prices...
Student killed in accident SAHIWAL, Nov 17: A commerce college student was run over and killed by a bus, here on Monday....		13 shopkeepers booked for overcharging CHINIOT, Nov 17: At least 13 shopkeepers were booked for fleecing customers by violating the Ramazan Ordinance during raids to check the prices of the provisions here on Monday....
Drive against tinted glass LAHORE, Nov 17: The Punjab government will re-start its campaign to remove tinted glass from vehicles after Nov 20....		Police told to collect data about foreign students LAHORE, Nov 17: Punjab IGP Syed Masood Shah on Monday directed his force to collect information about foreigners studying at seminaries....
City govt’s bus stand plan in doldrums LAHORE, Nov 17: The city district government plan to convert the Multan Road depot of the defunct Punjab Road Transport Corporation into a modern general bus stand for southern Punjab-bound buses...		MSc bio-medical engineering LAHORE, Nov 17: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool on Monday approved to start MSc bio-medical engineering and diploma in medical technology courses at University of Health Sciences in collaboration with the University...
Robbers have a field day LAHORE, Nov 17: Robbers on Monday struck nine times in different parts of the city and made off with cash, gold, vehicles and valuables....		Plea against raise in MPs salaries refilled LAHORE, Nov 17: A local lawyer after removing the objection of the Lahore High Court office on Monday re-filed the write petition before the LHC challenging the increase in salaries and...
PAC directs attachment of sub-treasurer’s property LAHORE, Nov 17: The Public Accounts Committee of the Punjab Assembly on Monday directed the attachment of property of a sub-treasurer in the Attock district revenue office to recover embezzled amount...		Speculative business caused DAP price hike LAHORE, Nov 17: Denying reports of DAP (diamonium phosphate) fertilizer shortage, agriculture officials say the price hike is due to ‘speculative pressure’ on import....
Mercury dips LAHORE, Nov 17: With the rain bringing city’s temperature further down on Monday, people thronged shops of first- and second-hand warm clothes....		Martyrdom of Hazrat Ali observed LAHORE, Nov 17: The martyrdom day of Hazrat Ali (RA) was observed with due reverence here on Monday...