November 20, 2003	Thursday	Ramazan 24, 1424

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Space technology institute to be set up in Capital ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: The ministry of science and technology (MoST) has decided to establish a ‘National Institute of Space Technology’ in the capital....		Jamali seeks report from ministry: Rs40m corruption in NIH ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has taken cognizance of corruption in the HDC Rabies and Tetanus Toxoid vaccines production unit of the National Institute of Health (NIH)...
$4m initiative to fight child labour launched ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Out of officially acknowledged 3.3 million child labourers in Pakistan, some 11,000 may be lucky enough to be taken out of hazardous occupations over a period of four...		PPP wants MNA disqualified ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: A leader of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Mir Imran Khan Bijarani, has asked the Election Commission of Pakistan (EC) to disqualify MNA Salim Jan Mazari for possessing...
Cabinet to approve youth policy soon ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: A youth policy will soon be presented to the cabinet for approval, said the state minister for youth affairs, Rais Munir Ahmad, while speaking at the launching of...		Nadra devises new tech to track stolen vehicles ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has innovated a new technology to identify stolen vehicles....
Nawaz condoles ABS Jafri’s death ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Chief of his own faction of Pakistan Muslim League and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has expressed deep sorrow and grief over the death of seasoned journalist ABS...		NAB misleading public on Asif’s detention: PPP ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Vice-Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Makhdoom Amin Fahim has said National Accountability Bureau has once again tried to mislead the public about Asif Ali Zardari‘s continued detention, which...
Increase in MPs salary political bribe: MMA ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Senator Prof Khursheed Ahmed of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has refused to get the increase in the salary announced by the government, terming it a “political bribe”....		Burglars strike at four places RAWALPINDI, Nov 19: Burglars on Wednesday struck at four different places in Rawalpindi and made off with cash, jewellry and electronic goods, police said....
2 die in road accidents RAWALPINDI, Nov 19: Two persons died and five others sustained injuries in separate road accidents here on Wednesday, police said....		Fire breaks out at Itwar Bazaar ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: A huge fire broke out at Itwar Bazaar at G-6/1 on Thursday evening, which caused huge losses, the fire department said. However, nobody was reported hurt....
Kathy Evans dies ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Kathy Evans, a well-known journalist and a specialist in Afghan Affairs, passed away here on Wednesday. She was 50....		Three awarded death sentence RAWALPINDI, Nov 19: A court here on Wednesday handed down death sentence to two convicts and life imprisonment to the other for killing a man and committing robbery in Sarafa Bazaar....
Musharraf hosts Iftar for Muslim envoys ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: President Gen Pervez Musharraf hosted an Iftar dinner for the Islamabad-based ambassadors and high commissioners from Muslim countries at the Aiwan-i-Sadr here on Wednesday....		Islamabad to share information with Riyadh: Bomb blasts in kingdom ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Interior Minister Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat will leave for Saudi Arabia on Thursday for information sharing on terrorism and finalizing arrangements for sending a team to the...
Govt seeks cash bonds from militants ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Pakistan is demanding cash pledges from almost 600 militants in a new attempt to prevent banned extremist groups re-emerging under new names, officials said on Wednesday....		US welcomes crackdown ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: US Ambassador Nancy Powell on Wednesday said the United States “welcomes the weekend crackdown” on extremist organizations in Pakistan....
SC reserves judgment: ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: The Supreme Court reserved on Wednesday its judgment on a high-rise building in Karachi, after three days of continued hearing of a case which was pending since 1993....		Haj team to review arrangements ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: A two-member delegation of the Ministry of Religious Affairs was due to leave on Wednesday for Jeddah to review arrangements for Haj-2004....
US assures of help in resumption of talks with India ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: The United States has assured Pakistan of its “abiding interest” in helping to resume by early 2004 peace dialogue between Islamabad and New Delhi....		Ex-MP’s appeal admitted for hearing QUETTA, Nov 19: A Balochistan High Court division bench has admitted for regular hearing the appeal of ex-minister and PPP’s provincial leader challenging the sentence of imprisonment and fine awarded by...
Pakistani woman jailed in US WASHINGTON, Nov 19: A Pakistani woman, who had until recently lived in Upper Darby, was sentenced on Tuesday to 16 months in prison for lying to federal agents who were looking...		64 Pakistanis held off Turkey shore ANKARA, Nov 19: Turkish security forces have rounded up 64 Pakistani would-be illegal immigrants, two Greek sailors and two Turks in a human-smuggling operation in the Aegean province of Izmir, local...
2 DPs elected to Loya Jirga in second phase QUETTA, Nov 19: Afghan refugees living in parts of Balochistan have elected their four representatives for Loya Jirga to be held in Kabul to endorse new Afghan constitution....		Kuwaiti FM invited to visit Pakistan KUWAIT CITY, Nov 19: Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri has sent a letter to Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al Sabah, inviting him to visit Pakistan in order to strengthen relations between...
People urged to protect children’s rights ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Presi-dent Gen Pervez Musharraf has reiterated commitment of the government to protect children’s rights....		PPP demands financial autonomy for provinces ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) has criticized the government for establishing what it called a “financial one unit” endangering the country’s stability and provincial harmony....
Nomination WASHINGTON, Nov 19: Safi Qureshey, a Pakistani-American, has been appointed to serve on the transition team in California state, with a primary responsibility to find and recommend people for political appointment,...		Leghari claims govt-MMA deal over LFO PESHAWAR, Nov 19: Former Pakistan president Sardar Farooq Ahmed Leghari has said that an understanding on the controversial clauses of the legal framework order has been reached between the federal government...
Need for gender equality stressed HUNZA, Nov 19: Speakers at a seminar stressed the need for gender equality, saying that women should not be ignored if development and prosperity were desired....		Three killed in Baltistan SKARDU, Nov 19: Three persons including a child died in different incidents in Baltistan, sources said here on Tuesday....
Drive to eliminate aerial firing PESHAWAR, Nov 19: A local NGO has launched a mass awareness campaign to educate people about the aerial firing which have claimed many precious lives, particularly in the Frontier....		Girls degree college opened in Fata GHALLANAI (Mohmand Agency), Nov 19: Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah said that a bright career awaited the educated tribal women in every sphere of life and urged the tribal girl students...
Naib Nazim reinstated as Nazim threatens to resign KHAIRPUR, Nov 19: The Sindh Local Government Commission has restored Shafi Mohammad Chandio as Nazim Union Council Faqirabad and subsequently as acting district Naib Nazim, Khairpur, till the final decision by...		Cabinet decision criticized MIRPURKHAS, Nov 19: The Scheduled Castes Federation of Pakistan (SCFP) has criticized the Sindh Cabinet’s decision to take away the recruitments of BPS-1 to BPS-15 from the Sindh Public Service Commission’s...
Govt urged to accept MMA’s proposal SUKKUR, Nov 19: Sindh Jamaat-i-Islami Amir Dr Mumtaz Ali Memon has said the country can be rescued from the crisis if the government accepts the formula presented by the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal....		Land dispute led to murders: police LARKANA, Nov 19: The Larkana police on Wednesday claimed the alleged killers of two schoolchildren, whose bodies were found early this week, had confessed to the crime....
Nazim admits rise in crime SHIKARPUR, Nov 19: District Nazim Mohammad Arif Mahar has said the government is trying its best to redress the grievances of people through district governments....		Stray dog bites six NAWABSHAH, Nov 19: Six people were bitten by a stray dog in Manuabad area of city on Wednesday....
Canal closure condemned SANGHAR, Nov 19: The Chotiari Distributary remained closed for the fourth consecutive day as water was not released into it on Wednesday...		SHC issues notices SUKKUR, Nov 19: The Sindh High Court, Sukkur bench, on Wednesday issued notices against 17 respondents, including federal, Sindh and Khairpur district government functionaries, in a petition alleging harassment by a...
Hospitals’ emergency staff to get 50pc raise LAHORE, Nov 19: The Punjab government has decided to offer 50 per cent raise in salaries and other facilities to the staff working in hospital emergencies....		‘Struggle’ to continue till Hashmi’s release LAHORE, Nov 19: PML-N leaders at a protest meeting here on Wednesday resolved to continue their struggle till party’s acting president Javed Hashmi was set free....
Policemen murder expatriate LAHORE, Nov 19: Police murdered an expatriat near the Township police station on Wednesday....		SBP defends NAB’s steps for loan recovery LAHORE, Nov 19: The State Bank informed the Lahore High Court on Wednesday that the National Accountability Bureau had taken stringent measures for the recovery of stuck up loans without any...
UHS sticks to decision in IMDC case LAHORE, Nov 19: The University of Health Sciences syndicate on Wednesday stuck to its decision that the affiliation case of the Islamabad Medical and Dental College (IMDC) will be processed only...		Interim support price for sugarcane fixed LAHORE, Nov 19: In the absence of a new board to fix sugarcane price, the Punjab cane commissioner on Wednesday notified Rs40 per 40 kilogramme and cess of 50 paisa as...
Check kite ban violators, orders Nazim LAHORE, Nov 19: District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood on Wednesday directed the SSP operations to launch a fresh campaign to check kite flying without showing any leniency to those violating the...		Shah Mahmood flays govt’s double standard MULTAN, Nov 19: PPP’s central leader and MNA Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi has alleged that the government has double standard to deal with the subject of religious extremism and seminaries....