November 21, 2003	Friday	Ramazan 25, 1424

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Faiz termed a symbol of struggle: Adabi conference ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: Had Faiz Ahmed Faiz been alive today, would he be classified as an intellectual terrorist and again incarcerated in Guantanamo Bay or Adiala jail, as he was once...		Exchange of information with Kabul stressed ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: The need for exchange of information directly between Pakistan and Afghanistan and doing away with dependence on the Western media for access to information and analysis was stressed...
Over $10m being spent to conserve mountains ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: The government is focusing on capacity- building of local communities for successful implementation of the mountain areas conservancy project (MACP), Minister of State (Incharge) for Environment Tahir Iqbal...		Centre to be set up in Capital to upgrade education sector ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has planned to establish an international centre in the federal capital to upgrade higher education sector in the country through international linkages....
Law to check corporal punishment soon: minister ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: The government will soon introduce a bill in parliament to check corporal punishment and physical harassment in schools....		Security beefed up for Jumatul Wida ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: Police have beefed up security in the Capital for Jumatul Wida and planned to deploy police commandos at mosques and imambargahs to avoid any untoward situation....
AJK govt told to frame service rules MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 20: The AJK High Court on Thursday directed the government to frame appointment terms and conditions and service rules for the Kashmir Liberation Cell and present the incumbent staff...		Private sector urged to help eradicate child labour: Universal Children’s Day ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday called for a proactive public-private sectors’ partnership for the sustained development of children....
ADB okays $187m loan, assistance for Balochistan roads ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved on Thursday a $187 million loan and technical assistance package to build a priority regional transport corridor and improve road network in...		Hashmi meets family in Adiala jail ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: President of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) and acting president of the Pakistan Muslim League-N Makhdoom Javed Hashmi met members of his family at Adiala...
India using Afghan soil against Pakistan: FO ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: The Foreign Office said on Thursday that India should immediately stop using Afghan territory for anti-Pakistan activities....		Islamabad asks Delhi to confirm participation ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: Pakistan said on Thursday it welcomes the statement by Indian External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha that Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee will attend the Saarc Summit, but asked...
Karzai urges Pakistan to fight ‘terrorism’ KABUL, Nov 20: Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday he expected neighbouring Pakistan to cooperate in fighting “terrorism”, and warned that any failure to do so would hurt both countries...		Briton taken into custody for spying charges ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: The federal government on Thursday informed the Rawalpindi Bench of the Lahore High Court that a British national, Tariq Mahmood, was in custody of the Pakistani law enforcement...
Two blasts rock Quetta QUETTA, Nov 20: The city was rocked on Thursday night when two powerful explosions took place near the railway station....		Hashish seized QUETTA, Nov 20: Customs officials have seized a Toyota pick-up and a speed boat from the Shabi Hor area, some 20km away from Gwadar, along the Pishukan coastline and recovered two...
Welfare package ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali said on Thursday that the government would soon announce a welfare package for improving the lot of the country’s fishermen....		Farmers seek powers under water law SANGHAR, Nov 20: Farmers’ organizations have said the Nara Canal Area Water Board is violating, misinterpreting and creating misconceptions about the Sindh Water Management Ordinance-2002....
Alliance on dam issue proposed KHAIRPUR, Nov 20: Jeay Sindh Mahaz-Z chief Zain Shah has called on political parties of Sindh to form an alliance to launch a struggle against the Kalabagh dam and Thal canal....		Muttahida criticizes opposition LARKANA, Nov 20: Criticizing opposition parties, the chief of the MQM, Altaf Hussain, said they are following double standard policies....
Confession recorded in murder case LARKANA, Nov 20: The fourth district judicial magistrate, Zahid Hussain Metlo, sent a murder accused to jail and remanded another in police custody for four days when they were produced before...		BBA, BCS admissions begin SUKKUR, Nov 20: Admissions are open for BBA and BCS at the Institute of Business Administration, Sukkur....
Demo held against police DADU, Nov 20: A large number of social development activists, women and students held a demonstration in front of the Johi town police station for three hours to protest against the...		Nadra asked to prepare e-govt plan for Fata PESHAWAR, Nov 20: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has directed the National Database & Registration Authority (Nadra) to prepare a plan for the introduction of e-government in Federally Administered Tribal...
Project to be launched to regulate land use PESHAWAR, Nov 20: The provincial local government and rural development department will shortly execute the land-use planning and zoning framework project across the province to control unauthorized uplift activities in the...		Chinese goods flood markets HARIPUR, Nov 20: The China-made footwear and cosmetics have flooded the local market on the occasion of Eid, exposing a great danger to the local industry, this correspondent noted during a...
Govt urged to Implement Child Rights Convention PESHAWAR, Nov 20: The speakers at a children’s convention on Thursday demanded that the government strictly implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)....		Welfare body formed KHAAR (Bajaur Agency), Nov 20: In order to overcome the rapid population growth rate in the tribal areas a local welfare organization has been formed with the name of the Bajaur...
Delay in setting up of borstals criticized PESHAWAR, Nov 20: Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (Sparc) on Wednesday expressed concern over the delay in initiating work over the borstal institutions in Peshawar and...		Rs3.4m stolen from bank recovered NOWSHERA, Nov 20: Police on Thursday recovered money stolen from Risalpur branch of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) and arrested a security man within 24 hours after investigating the case,...
Punjab achieves 24pc of wheat sowing target LAHORE, Nov 20: The Punjab had sown wheat over 3.694 million acres, which is 24.07 per cent of its target of 15.35 million acres, by Nov 15 —- normally taken as...		Wagons to be phased out in Lahore LAHORE, Nov 20: The District Regional Transport Authority will gradually phase out all the wagons plying in the provincial metropolis, and replace these with buses on all the city district routes....
Nazims asked to ensure religious harmony LAHORE, Nov 20: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has asked district governments to follow the ongoing campaigns against illegal arms and the vehicles with tinted glass....		Thousands of children work at kilns LAHORE, Nov 20: Over 70,000 minor girls are forced into child labour in kilns throughout the Punjab according to a report of the social welfare department....
Poll pleas against Laleka adjourned LAHORE, Nov 20: The Lahore High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing of two election petitions against Federal Minister for Labour and Manpower Abdus Sattar Laleka when one petitioner sought transfer...		Badr allowed to go for Umra LAHORE, Nov 20: The Lahore High Court granted on Thursday a one-time permission to PPP secretary-general Jahangir Badr to proceed to Saudi Arabia for the performance of Umra....
Economist for cut in industrial input cost LAHORE, Nov 20: Pakistan should strive hard to reduce industrial input cost, including power tariff, and interference of official departments....		Repeal of two Controversial labour laws demanded LAHORE, Nov 20: Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign President Chaudhry Manzur Ahmed MNA and Chaudhry Qamaruz Zaman Kaira MNA have moved a resolution in the National Assembly, calling for the repeal...
MPA to record statement LAHORE, Nov 20: PML-N’s Sheikh Amjad Aziz will record his statement on Dec 8 in an election petition challenging his election as MPA....		Fresh elections demanded LAHORE, Nov 20: Istaqlal Party chief Manzoor Gilani has demanded elections afresh saying the present parliament has become redundant....
39 shopkeepers fined LAHORE, Nov 20: City district government special teams on Thursday imposed a fine of Rs46,300 on 39 shopkeepers and lodged FIRs against another six found selling essential commodities at exorbitant rates....		Five PML-N leaders held in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, Nov. 20: The local police arrested five PML-N leaders, including two former MNAs, during a crackdown launched here on Thursday night....
APC to finalize anti-govt move: Meeting in Karachi OKARA, Nov 20: The opposition’s all parties conference will be held on Dec 9 at Karachi to finalize the programme of anti-government movement....		Girl students resent blockade of passage GUJRANWALA, Nov 20: The girl students of several institutions on Thursday expressed displeasure over construction of a wall in front of the Jamia Masjid Shah Jamal, Gakkhar, which they said had...