November 30, 2003	Sunday	Shawwal 5, 1424

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Shortage of flour in Bahawalpur BAHAWALPUR, Nov 29: BAHAWALPUR, Nov 29: There is a flour shortage in the city and its suburbs. According to a survey, flour disappeared from the market when the district administration increased its price on the eve of Eidul Fitr. The retailers allegedly hoarded flour and created an artificial shortage in the market during the Eid holidays.		Victim’s father not produced in court: Honour-killing incident MULTAN, Nov 29: Police have not yet produced the father of Afsheen Mussarrat before a duty magistrate to bring his ‘arrest’ on record....
Dialysis machine at DHQ Hospital GUJRANWALA, Nov 29: Medical classes at the DHQ Hospital would start in November next, stated Corps Commander Lt-Gen Khalid Munir Khan....		Christians, Muslims resolve dispute FAISALABAD, Nov 29: The dispute between Christians and Muslims over attack on a church in Chak 165-GB of Samundri was resolved on Saturday....
Afghans asked to hand over rapists MIANWALI, Nov 29: The Khattaks of Kalabagh have given the Sardar of Kot Chandan camp’s Afghan refugees an ultimatum: the Afghans must surrender to them within two days the people who...		UN observers visit border villages SIALKOT, Nov 29: Permanent UN observers visited villages along Indian border on Saturday after the ceasefire....
Two killed in robbery attempt FAISALABAD, Nov 29: A robber and an inmate of a house were shot dead during exchange of fire between the gangsters and public at Momanabad in Factory Area police station precinct,...		Two alleged women smugglers held KASUR, Nov 29: Two women were arrested with 3 kgs of hashish and 40 bottles of liquor, Chunian police claimed on Saturday....
Woman, son burnt to death by in-laws FAISALABAD, Nov 29: A mother along with her son was burnt to death by her in-laws in Mehmoodabad, here on Saturday....		Four family row victims buried MULTAN, Nov 29: Four of the five people, killed in a tragic episode of a family row over matrimonial and property issues, were buried on Saturday....
Five killed in truck, Wagon collision SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 29: Five people, including three women, were killed while 12 others suffered injuries in a collision between two vehicles near Kharianwala, on the Faisalabad Road, on Saturday....		Bungling in anti-polio Campaign detected SARGODHA, Nov 29: The district health department allegedly misappropriated millions of rupees by constituting more than 390 polio teams on paper but sending only a few in the field during the...
3m to get jobs in a year, says minister NEW YORK, Nov 29: Industries and Production Minister Liaquat Jatoi said on Friday that at least three million jobs would be created in the public and private sectors within a year....		Divided Kashmiris speak to each other along LoC MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 29: In a rare goodwill gesture, the Indian and Pakistani border guards on Saturday allowed some divided Kashmiri families to exchange greetings with each other from their respective side...
Role of military rulers criticized QUETTA, Nov 29: Pukthunkhwa Milli Awami Party chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai on Saturday urged President Gen Pervez Musharraf to quit and send the army to the barracks to strengthen the political...		LFO issue would be resolved: Shujaat ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said on Saturday that the issue of the Legal Framework Order would be resolved amicably after his return to the country....
Musharraf to meet politicians ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has decided to start consultations with politicians from the second week of December to bring to an end the deadlock between the government and...		UK likely to restore visa service ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: The British high commission would resume full visa services in the country as soon as the security situation allowed, a British diplomat has told PPI....
NA, Senate sessions ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: The National Assembly and Senate sessions are likely to be summoned in the second week of December, official sources said here on Saturday....		FC official injured in landmine blast QUETTA, Nov 29: Bambhoor Rifles Commandant Lt-Col Moin Qadir and a soldier were seriously injured in a landmine blast in Lunjo Saghari area of Sui Tehsil on Saturday....
‘Sindh to meet sugar production target’ HYDERABAD, Nov 29: Sindh Abadgar Board president Abdul Majeed Nizamani has expressed the hope that the province will meet its sugar production target of 1,200,000 tons....		‘Peace talks to be welcomed’ LONDON, Nov 29: A British official said on Friday that any bilateral contact at the highest level between the Pakistani and Indian leadership during the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation...
Gwadar port to be linked with main rail track ISLAMABAD: Nov 29: Railways Minister Ghaus Bux Mahar has said the Gwadar port will be linked with the main railway track....		JKLF welcomes ceasefire ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front welcomed on Saturday the ceasefire in Kashmir, but expressed reservations on the proposed bus service between the territories controlled by India and Pakistan....
ISPR clarifies toy bomb casualties ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Casualties reported to the CMH, Muzaffarabad, attributed to a toy bomb explosion, resulted because of Indian artillery shelling on Nov 24, before the ceasefire came into effect....		Mahar for building reservoirs in Sindh SUKKUR, Nov 29: Sindh Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Mahar has said that he has never supported the construction of the Kalabagh dam and Thal canal but had said that due to...
Sindh not to get fair share of NFC award: Khuhro LARKANA, Nov 29: The leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly, Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, has said that like its weak stand on the water share issue, the provincial government would...		Shaista may not be produced in court SUKKUR, Nov 29: Balkhsher Mahar has reportedly been kept at an undisclosed place in Sukkur district from where he will be produced beforethe Sindh High Court, Sukkur bench, on Dec 3....
7 booked for kidnapping DADU, Nov 29: The Thariri Mohabat police on Saturday registered a case against seven persons in the kidnapping case of two sisters....		Demo against police held KHAIRPUR, Nov 29: Residents of the Saeed Khan Lakho village along with their children continued their protest demonstration and hunger strike against the excesses of Kandhara police on the Court Road...
Girl students face boarding problem HYDERABAD, Nov 29: The Sindh University authorities appear to be on the horns of a dilemma due to an acute shortage of residential accommodation for the girl students....		Govt working for people’s welfare: PM JACOBABAD, Nov 29: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said his government will not make false promises with the people like previous governments and he will do everything possible for...
Accident sparks protest HYDERABAD, Nov 29: A large number of villagers of Goth Kirir Khan Solangi staged a sit-in and blocked the Hala bypass road here on Saturday by placing the body of an...		Newsman’s plea yet to be heard against conviction PESHAWAR, Nov 29: A local newsman convicted under the blasphemy law has been awaiting the fixation of his appeal by the Peshawar High Court for the last more than six months....
Balmeeks to protest against demolition plan PESHAWAR, Nov 29: The Balmeek community from across the province will hold on Nov 30 a protest public meeting against the proposed demolition by the Peshawar Cantonment Board of two of...		Juvenile offender’s plea awaits outcome PESHAWAR, Nov 29: A juvenile offender has been waiting for the outcome of his appeal for more than four years in a death cell at Haripur prison....
Haripur DHQ hospital opening cancelled HARIPUR, Nov 29: The Haripur district government cancelled an earlier decision of partially opening the new DHQ hospital....		Checking crimes top priority of govt: CM PESHAWAR, Nov 29: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani on Saturday said that improvement in law and order situation was a pre- requisite for development and sustained economic growth....