November 24, 2003	Monday	Ramazan 28, 1424

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Encroachers running F-10 flower market ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has regularised all illegal occupants of a flower market at F-10 Markaz and evicted those claiming to having the right to run the...		Political activity comes to a standstill ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The political activities have almost come to a standstill in the Capital city with the departure of almost all the politicians and parliamentarians to their respective towns and...
Railway station, bus terminals witness Eid rush ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: People thronged all bus terminals and railway station in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Sunday to reach their hometowns and celebrate Eid holidays with their...		Teenage girl set on fire RAWALPINDI, Nov 23: A teenage girl suffered serious burns when she was set on fire by two brothers after forcibly entering her house at Dhoke Jhang, Adiala, on Sunday, police said....
117pc raise in MNAs salaries resented ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The secretary-general of All Pakistan Federation of Labour, M. Zahoor Awan, has expressed his dismay over 117 per cent increase in salaries and allowances of the members of...		UBL unions seek increase in salary RAWALPINDI, Nov 23: The office-bearers of different unions of the United Bank (UBL) have asked the government to bring their salaries on a par with those offered by other public-sector banks....
People asked to apply for CNICs by Dec 1 ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has asked all citizens to get the Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs) before January 1, 2004 as all manual ID cards...		Chaudhry Nisar condemns workers arrest ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The central leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the acting parliamentary leader of the ARD, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, condemned the raids conducted by the law-enforcement...
Improvement in standard of Islamabad parks ordered ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) chairman, Kamran Lashari, on Sunday directed improvement in the standard of various parks in the capital for promotion of healthy activities....		Clear weather forecast for Tuesday ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The meteorological department on Sunday forecast clear weather for Tuesday evening, claiming that Shawal moon will be clearly sighted....
Commission okays changes in laws ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan (LJCP) has approved many amendments in various laws to improve and make them in accordance with the need of time....		Proposals for power project submitted ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: Five parties, including three local and two foreign, have submitted their proposals for the construction of the $1.5 billion Neelum-Jhelum Hydro Power Project that would serve to protect...
Balochistan’s stand on NFC Award spelt out QUETTA, Nov 23: Provincial Finance Minister Syed Ehsan Shah said here on Sunday that Balochistan had suggested six indicators for inclusion in the NFC Award formula for the distribution of national...		Immigrants to get legal status in Canada TORONTO, Nov 23: Ottawa is working on a plan to grant legal status to thousands of illegal immigrants and undocumented workers, including Pakistanis, living in different cities of Canada....
Govt not to stop projects: Wasay: Financial crisis in Balochistan QUETTA, Nov 23: Senior Provincial Minister Maulana Abdul Wasay has said that the Balochistan government will not stop work on development projects owing to financial crisis....		Drive against terror to continue: Saudi envoy ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: Saudi Ambassador Ali Awadh Asseri said on Sunday that recent terrorist attacks in Riyadh had not deterred the Saudi kingdom from the resolve to wipe out terrorism from...
NWFP Ruet body meets today PESHAWAR, Nov 23: A controversy over the sighting of Shawwal moon looms large after the MMA-led government called a meeting of zonal Ruet-i-Hilal committee at Auqaf Complex, Peshawar, on Monday to...		Woman killed in accident KOHAT, Nov 23: A woman was killed and 17 others, mostly students, were injured in a collision between a college bus and a coaster on the Indus Highway near Muslimabad on...
Increase in agriculture inputs’ rates flayed HARIPUR, Nov 23: Rates of key farming inputs and services, including fertilizers, have risen sharply in the absence of a monopoly control mechanism, farmers complained here on Sunday....		Ulema stage sit-in against Naqvi’s arrest GILGIT, Nov 23: Religious leaders of the Shia community and members of the Northern Areas Legislative Council (NALC) staged a sit-in at the Rest House Chowk here to condemn the arrest...
Interference by DCO, Nazim criticized HARIPUR, Nov 23: Naib nazims of different union councils of the Haripur district on Sunday threatened to launch a protest campaign against the district coordination officer and the district Nazim after...		Boy shot dead in Haripur HARIPUR, Nov 23: A young boy was shot dead, while a man committed suicide in separate incidents here on Saturday....
Concern voiced over robberies MINGORA, Nov 23: MPA Mohammad Amin has expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in the district....		Afsheen’s body may be exhumed today MULTAN, Nov 23: The Khanewal district and session judge has ordered exhumation of the body of Afsheen Mussarrat, who died under mysterious circumstances a few days ago at her father’s house...
SHO summoned for illegal detention SIALKOT, Nov 23: A local court bailiff on Sunday raided the Daska Sadar police station and recovered three persons — Nasir, Abdul Razzaq and Ejaz — kept there in illegal detention....		Education policies inimical to teachers, students FAISALABAD, Nov 23: The Punjab Teachers Union has termed the education policies of the government harmful for the future of the younger generation and against the interests of teaching community as...
Heirs resent police inaction GUJRANWALA, Nov 23: Heirs of the slain Naushera Virkan market committee vice-chairman resented against the police for not arresting an MPA and his brother involved in a murder case despite rejection...		Two more PML-N leaders booked FAISALABAD, Nov 23: PML-N MNA Abid Sher Ali and his brother former Faisalabad Municipal Corporation mayor Amir Sher Ali have been booked on charges of making provocative speeches against the government...
PML-N man sent to jail on judicial remand SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 23: PML-N leader Javed Latif, who was arrested on Saturday, has been sent to the district jail on a 14-day judicial remand....		PPP leader ‘tortured’ by rivals BAHAWALPUR, Nov 23: PPP district vice-president Dr Rao Abu Bakr had alleged that he was abducted and tortured by his rivals on Saturday night....
Medical board Confirms police torture FAISALABAD, Nov 23: A medical board of the DHQ Hospital said in its report on Sunday that three newsmen and a shopkeeper were tortured....		Remodelling of two canals completed SADIQABAD, Nov 23: The Irrigation department has completed remodelling of Ahmadpur Lamma distributary and Bahadurpur minor with an expenditure of Rs30 million....
Woman shot dead on resistance KASUR, Nov 23: Three dacoits on Sunday shot dead a woman on resistance at Haveli Malkanwali village, Raiwind Sadar....		MMA ‘natural ally’ of govt OKARA, Nov 23: Defence minister Rao Sikander Iqbal has said that the MMA is a “natural ally” of the government and it has assured the government that its MNAs would not...
1,450 bank employees confirmed SAHIWAL, Nov 23: At least 1,450 temporary employees of the National Bank of Pakistan have reportedly been confirmed....		Dist govt ‘oblivious’ to scourge of encroachments LAHORE, Nov 23: Every vacant space in the city has been taken over by land-grabbers and small-time purveyors over the last few decades....
Launching of ring road work ordered LAHORE, Nov 23: President Gen Pervez Musharraf conducted a surprise inspection of The Mall underpass and the another planned near the F C College along with Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi here...		CDG’s charged parking scheme fails to deliver LAHORE, Nov 23: The charged parking introduced in various city areas by the City District Government has failed to improve parking facilities provided to the public....
16 crossings to have traffic sensors LAHORE, Nov 23: The Traffic Engineering and Transport Planning Agency of the Lahore Development Authority will install traffic sensors at 16 road crossings....		WB wants end to corruption in PIDA, Irrigation LAHORE, Nov 23: The World Bank is learnt to have asked the Punjab government to do away with interference, revamp and eliminate corruption in the irrigation department as well as the...
Istaqlal on parliament role LAHORE, Nov 23: The Istaqlal Party says the privatization of the state assets to multinationals is providing them with an opportunity to manipulate prices....		200 buried near Attock: Binyamin LAHORE, Nov 23: Punjab PML-N vice-president Binyamin Rizvi has alleged that some 200 mutilated human bodies and other organs were buried in various graveyards of Jund tehsil in Attock district under...
Essential drugs on black market LAHORE, Nov 23: The inexpensive but essential medicines are on the black market due to an artificial shortage despite the health ministry claims that it has stepped up its efforts for...		Azhar to Mobilize masses LAHORE, Nov 23: Former PML-Q president Mian Muhammad Azhar said in a statement on Sunday that he would mobilize the masses and hold the looter accountable....