November 19, 2003	Wednesday	Ramazan 23, 1424

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Rs561m needed to equip Pindi teaching hospitals RAWALPINDI, Nov 18: The local teaching hospitals need Rs561 million to improve their emergency services....		105 polytech institutes to be set up: minister ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: The government intends to set up 105 polytechnic institutes in addition to the existing ones in the country with a capital cost of Rs7.7 billion ($130 million), said...
Media can play vital role in promoting peace: speakers: Pakistan-Afghanistan ties ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: Speakers at a workshop here on Tuesday emphasized the role of journalists in promoting understanding and peace between Pakistan and Afghanistan....		‘No foreign pressure for banning outfits’ RAWALPINDI, Nov 18: Federal Minister for Information and Media Development Sheikh Rashid Ahmad on Tuesday said Pakistan had been supporting the Karzai government in Kabul and any worries on the part...
2 held, huge cache of arms seized in Taxila RAWALPINDI, Nov 18: The police on Tuesday arrested two persons in Taxila and seized a huge quantity of weapons which they claimed were to be used for subversive activities....		Focus on family health stressed ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: The health policy of the previous military government lacked focus on family health and unless all the aspects of this important element were covered, the maternal and infant...
F-9 Park to be developed on modern lines ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to develop Fatima Jinnah Park on modern lines through the private sector....		Wapda chief told to work for reducing line losses ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: The Federal government on Tuesday notified the appointment of Tariq Hameed as Water and Power Authority (Wapda) chairman....
Benazir calls for universal not selective democratic values ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: The former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto, on Tuesday made a strong plea for religious harmony and setting up of a world based on freedom and equality. At the...		Burn victim dies, another in critical condition RAWALPINDI, Nov 18: A 17-year-old girl, who was critically burnt after being doused with acid, is in critical condition at the surgical ward of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences....
Maimoona seeks ‘A’ class for jailed father ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: MNA Maimoona Hashmi, in an application submitted with the court of judicial magistrate, sought ‘A’ class facilities for her father Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, who was sent to Adiala...		Drug pusher awarded 2-year RI RAWALPINDI, Nov 18: A court awarded two-year rigorous imprisonment to a drug-trafficker here on Tuesday....
Cabinet likely to permit talks on FTA with Iran ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: The federal cabinet is expected to allow the ministries of commerce and foreign affairs to began negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) with Iran, and to...		US pressing Islamabad for more action WASHINGTON, Nov 18: The latest campaign in Pakistan against militant outfits also reflects an increasing US pressure on Islamabad to do more in the fight against terror, diplomatic sources told Dawn...
Nancy may get fresh assignment ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: US ambassador Nancy Powell may soon bid farewell to Pakistan and return to Washington DC to head the Bureau of Africa at the State Department, informed sources told...		Haj flights begin from Dec 26 KARACHI, Nov 18: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will launch its Haj flights operation from Dec 26, and complete it within 31 days....
Court moved against stamps ‘defacement’ MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 18: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir High Court was moved here on Tuesday to prohibit the “defacement” of postage stamps bearing the portraits of national heroes, flags of Pakistan...		Two Pakistanis attacked in New York NEW YORK, Nov 18: The New York city police on Monday arrested two Hispanic teenagers after they attacked two Pakistani brothers as they left a mosque in Corona (Queens). Both were...
Pakistan elected toUN trade law body UNITED NATIONS, Nov 18: Pakistan was elected along with 43 other members on Monday on the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law for a period of six years....		Bomb blast QUETTA, Nov 18: A powerful bomb blast on Monday night rocked Taftan, a township on the border of Pakistan and Iran, and injured one person....
Minister briefs president RAWALPINDI, Nov 18: Mini-ster for Information and Broa-dcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmad on Monday called on President General Pervez Musharraf and briefed him about his recent visit to India.—APP...		Canal remains closed for third day SANGHAR, Nov 18: The Chotiari Distributary remained closed for the third consecutive day on Tuesday, complained the growers whose lands were irrigated through the canal....
SHC orders police to recover couple SUKKUR, Nov 18: Sukkur bench of the Sindh High Court on Tuesday expressed its dissatisfaction over the police performance in the case of Shaista Almani and Balkhsher Mahar as the police...		District council meets amid dispute KHAIRPUR, Nov 18: A row between the district Nazim, Khairpur, Nafisa Shah, and her rival group continues as the local government department has failed to resolve the dispute....
50 houses bulldozed, 25 held SUKKUR, Nov 18: At least 50 houses in 15 villages were either bulldozed or set ablaze during a police operation against outlaws in the Bhitai police station jurisdiction on Tuesday....		Badin Nazim opposes disputed projects BADIN, Nov 18: District Nazim Kamal Khan Chang has opposed the construction of the Kalabagh dam and the greater Thal canal, pointing out that the projects have been rejected by the...
Irrigation staff ends protest NAWABSHAH, Nov 18: The irrigation staff of the Nusrat division ended their protest against the Buchheri union council Nazim here on Tuesday after negotiations were held between the Nawabshah taluka Nazim...		Hunger strike observed MIRPURKHAS, Nov 18: The activists of the HRCP and their supporters observed a token hunger strike to protest against gainst a landlord, Habji Thakar, on Tuesday....
Murdered boys’ relatives arrested LARKANA, Nov 18: The police remained without any clue about the killers of two boys till Tuesday....		New DHQ hospital to be opened partially HARIPUR, Nov 18: The new 210-bed district headquarters hospital would start functioning partially from Nov 22, it was decided at a meeting on Monday....
Man killed in blizzard CHITRAL, Nov 18: A man died and several were injured when a group of people crossing the Lowari top on foot were caught in a blizzard on Monday night....		Shortage of firewood in Chitral CHITRAL, Nov 18: District council members in a session held Nazim Shahzada Mohyuddin and the police responsible for the shortage of firewood, deteriorating law and order situation and other problems....
Bus robbed near Lakki Marwat LAKKI MARWAT, Nov 18: Occupants of a bus and a car were looted in two separate incidents in the vicinity of Lakki Marwat police station, police said here on Monday....		Service structure demanded MANSEHRA, Nov 18: The president of the Paramedical Association Mansehra, Mohammad Khalid Khan, has demanded that the NWFP government should issue notification for the service structure of the paramedics for putting...
Increase in traffic jams MINGORA, Nov 18: Traffic problems in Mingora have become more complicated during Ramazan as traffic jam at peak hours create problems for commuters....		Six arrested MANSEHRA, Nov 18: Six activists of the Islami Jamiat Talba were rounded up by the police on Tuesday when they tried to block the Karakoram Highway near the Government Post Graduate...
Burial sites found during excavation PESHAWAR, Nov 18: The provincial archaeology and museums directorate has found 12 graves of the Aryan period with skeletons and other items during the first excavation at Parwak in Chitral district....		Proprietary rights for dwellers in Punjab LAHORE, Nov 18: Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi on Tuesday decided to grant proprietary rights to the residents of katchi abadis in the province, including 49 in Lahore. He ordered provision...
PU centres trade piracy charges LAHORE, Nov 18: The Punjab University is faced with an interesting situation when two of its centres trade piracy charges over research work on the same subject, with one of them...		Rs3 million robberies LAHORE, Nov 18: Robbers on Tuesday made off with cash, gold ornaments, valuables and vehicles worth over Rs3 million from different parts of the city....
Rulers have ‘no regard’ for MPs: MNA LAHORE, Nov 18: MNA Maimoona Hashmi said here on Tuesday that the arrest of her father Makhdoom Javed Hashmi was an indicator as to how personal security guaranteed by the Constitution...		Agreement between Sargodha MPs, Nazim LAHORE, Nov 18: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi effected on Tuesday a rapprochement between Sargodha legislators and District Nazim, shooting down an attempt to table a no-confidence move against the latter....
Plea against raise in pay again returned LAHORE, Nov 18: The Lahore High Court office on Tuesday returned to a lawyer the petition he had refiled against the increase in the pay and allowances of parliamentarians....		Foundation of PIPO to be laid today LAHORE, Nov 18: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi will lay the foundation of Punjab Institute of Preventive Ophthalmology (PIPO) on Wednesday (today)....
Convicts shifted to Kot Lakhpat LAHORE, Nov 18: Two convicted sectarian militants, who were flown into the city from Karachi on Monday night, were shifted to the Kot Lakhpat Jail on Tuesday....		Hunters’ camps come under fresh attacks DERA GHAZI KHAN, Nov 18: Another attack by ‘unidentified assailants’ on camps set up by the Houbara Foundation (HB) and advance teams of UAE dignitaries in Mauza Dalana has exposed the...
Employees seek return from Tevta MULTAN, Nov 18: Around 2,368 employees of the technical wing of the provincial higher education department have applied for discontinuation of their services on deputation with Technical Education and Vocational Training...		Lyall finds original touch in new city FAISALABAD, Nov 18: One cannot change history by changing a name, says British High Commissioner to Pakistan Mark Grant Lyall about Faisalabad, which was founded by Sir James Lyall, a cousin...
Robber shot dead in encounter with police SAHIWAL, Nov 18: A robber was shot dead while another injured in an encounter with police here early on Tuesday morning....		Agricultural varsity to offer degree course FAISALABAD, Nov 18: The University of Agriculture Faisalabad has decided to introduce a new postgraduate degree course — MSc population sciences — from the next academic session....