December 2, 2003	Tuesday	Shawwal 7, 1424

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Pakistan lags behind in achieving goals: Unesco: Higher literacy rate ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: Pakistan is on the right track to meet all six goals of Education for All (EFA), but is lagging behind in achieving higher literacy rate by 2015, Unesco...		Master plan to be strictly followed: CDA chief ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) will strictly adhere to the master plan of Islamabad and any violation of the plan will not be tolerated in future, the authority...
Javed’s case: C’wealth urged to monitor proceedings ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: MNA Maimona Hashmi, the daughter of jailed ARD president Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, urged the Commonwealth to monitor the judicial proceedings against her father....		Court admits plea of Naqvi’s counsel for hearing: A-class in Adiala Jail sought RAWALPINDI, Dec 1: The judge of the anti-terrorism court No 1, Manzoor Ahmed Mirza, on Monday accepted for hearing a plea of the counsel of the banned Islami Tehrik Pakistan (ITP)...
Development of ICT infrastructure in Saarc region stressed ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: The Saarc member states have to develop an Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) infrastructure on a par with the standards set by rest of the world....		Benazir for better ties with Kabul ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has expressed concern over the ongoing war of words between Islamabad and Kabul....
World help required to check poverty, says Faisal ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: The country needs international assistance for controlling poverty, which is the real cause of human trafficking and illegal migration....		‘AIDS is a disease, not curse’ ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: Awareness needs to be created about HIV/AIDS as a disease and not a curse, and all the stakeholders should join hands with the government to eliminate the epidemic...
US fails to bring stability to Iraq: expert ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: In reaction to the 9/11 incidents, US President George Bush did not choose the right path, rather he choose to play the role of an ‘International Field Marshal,‘...		Two Killed RAWALPINDI, Dec 1: A boy was killed in a road accident while a man was murdered on Monday, police said....
Centenary of maiden flight to be celebrated ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: The Pakistan Air Force will celebrate centenary of the maiden flight by the first aircraft on December 17....		Zakat body approves Rs520m grant in last meeting LAHORE, Dec 1: The Punjab Zakat Council has sanctioned Rs520.22 million grant for 3,909 deserving people for their permanent rehabilitation in 19 districts....
PPP MNA to take part in global forum ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: A two-day global women’s forum ‘win with women: strengthen political parties’ will begin in Washington DC on December 9....		Sartaj to join Beaconhouse university as vice-chancellor ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: Former finance and foreign minister Sartaj Aziz will join the Beaconhouse National University (BNU) as vice- chancellor very soon, a spokesperson for the university said on Monday....
Cane growers protest against sugar millers: Non-payment of dues MIRPURKHAS, Dec 1: A large number of growers held a demonstration outside the Mirpurkhas Sugar Mills to protest against non-payment of quality premium and sugar cane dues amounting Rs3.5 billion against...		Call for blood screening of deportees from UAE PESHAWAR, Dec 1: Doctors have urged the government to make arrangements at the airports to screen the blood of those who are being deported from the United Arab Emirates and other...
Karo-kari claims three more lives DADU, Dec 1: Two women among three persons were killed on the pretext of Karo-kari in two different incidents here on Monday....		Clerks demand salary raise MINGORA, Dec 1: The All Pakistan Clerks Association (APCA) has criticized the government for raising the salaries of the elected representatives and ignoring the low-paid people....
Aids can be stoped thru education, say experts SWABI, Dec 1: Speakers at a function held in connection with the World AIDS Day stressed that education was the only means through which HIV/AIDS menace could be prevented in the...		Three die as jeep falls into ravine GILGIT, Dec 1: At least three people died and four were injured when their jeep fell into a deep ravine in the Kargah Valley, 25km from here, on Sunday night, police...
201 schools lying closed in Hyderabad HYDERABAD, Dec 1: Around 201 primary schools are lying closed in the district’s rural areas and the education department is making efforts to make the schools functional....		Jewellery, cash looted MARDAN, Dec 1: Unidentified armed men looted Rs24,000 in cash and ornaments from a jewellery shop at the cantonment bazaar here on Sunday....
Friendship gate opens at Chaman border QUETTA, Dec 1: Pakistan opened on Monday a friendship gate at the Pakistan-Afghan border in Chaman for pedestrians of both sides for legally crossing the international border, official sources said here....		Marriage without wali’s consent: SC reserves verdict ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its judgment on a set of cases involving a common question: is marriage of a Muslim woman without the consent of her...
WB asks govt to make Ogra independent ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: The World Bank has criticized Pakistan for setting up a toothless Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) which could not regulate the petroleum sector independently....		Soomro rejects motion: Withdrawal of IRO-2002 ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: Senate Chairman Mohammadmian Soomro has rejected a motion of People’s Party Parliamentarians Senator Mian Raza Rabbani calling to be taken up for discussion in the next session. The...
US urged to facilitate Pakistan-India talks ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: The United States and the international community need to keep up the momentum for a “constructive dialogue towards peace” between Pakistan and India....		Initiative for CBMs welcomed MIRPUR, Dec 1: The opposition leader in the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly (AJKLA), Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry, has expressed the hope that the recent initiative for confidence-building measures (CBM) by India...
UK hails lifting of ban on overflights LONDON, Dec 1: Britain on Monday warmly welcomed President Pervez Musharraf’s decision to lift a ban on Indian flights over Pakistan’s territory, and hoped that both the countries would continue on...		Judgment in NBP staff case withheld ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: The Supreme Court on Monday, after a day-long hearing into the appeals and counter-appeals filed by over 300 initial grade employees of the National Bank of Pakistan, reserved...
Pakistan, China to boost cultural ties BEIJING, Dec 1: Pakistan and China have agreed to strengthen cultural links and people-to-people contacts through exchange of students, teachers, media and writers’ delegations, art performance groups, experts and exhibitions....		Arab League welcomes LoC ceasefire ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: The Arab League has welcomed the agreement reached between India and Pakistan for a ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir....
Noraiz leaves for Ukraine ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Chaudhry Noraiz Shakoor left here on Monday for Ukraine on a three-day official visit to discuss cooperation in the oil and gas...		Hike in petroleum prices widely condemned BAHAWALPUR, Dec 1: Transporters and the general public have given vent to their anguish over further rise in the prices of petroleum products....
Removal of big billboards ordered in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, Dec 1: The city tehsil council has banned installation of big billboards on government buildings and commercial plazas and ordered their removal within three days....		Fish farms to be set up on 2,500 acres SIALKOT, Dec 1: The private sector will establish fish farms on another 2,500 acres in the Punjab during the current fiscal year, it is learnt....
Attendance in schools to be computerized DERA GHAZI KHAN, Dec 1: The education department will soon be linked with the domestic satellite system and a computerized attendance system launched in schools and colleges, said the federal minister...		Trader shot dead in Gujrat GUJRAT, Dec 1: A trader was shot dead by an unidentified man on Circular Road near Faisal Gate area here on Monday....
Constable injured in encounter TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 1: A constable was injured seriously on Monday in an encounter with an alleged dacoit at Gojra railway station....		Lawyers observe strike FAISALABAD, Dec 1: Local lawyers observed a complete strike on Monday to express their resentment over the killing of a civil judge in Sargodha....
Shopkeepers arrested FAISALABAD, Dec 1: Police arrested eight shopkeepers for selling lottery tickets in different parts of the city on Sunday night....		Bandits strike four times in Kasur KASUR, Dec 1: Armed bandits looted 160 bags of cotton yarn, cash and took away a car and a motorcycle in four different strikes in the district during the last 24...
Girl crushed to death by bus MULTAN, Dec 1: A girl was crushed to death by a bus near here on Sunday night....		Punjab govt increases wheat price LAHORE, Dec 1: The Punjab food department on Monday increased the price of wheat for millers by Rs5 per 40kg —- from Rs330 to Rs335....
Two killed BAHAWALPUR, Dec 1: Two persons were killed and as many sustained injuries in two different road accidents here on Monday....		Hamza Alavi — a social scientist-cum-political activist KARACHI, Dec 1: Hamza Alavi, who died on Monday, aged 82, led a very active intellectual life....
Qasim forms committees to expose govt claims LAHORE, Dec 1: Opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly Qasim Zia has formed committees to expose provincial government’s “false” claims about its performance in various sectors....		Vario’s bail extended LAHORE, Dec 1: An appellate bench of the Lahore High Court on Monday extended the bail of former provincial minister Akhtar Ali Vario....
Educate people about HIV/Aids risk factors LAHORE, Dec 1: Speakers at a seminar have stressed the need to educate the people about the risk factors that might cause HIV/Aids....		Land-grabbers active near Sarowala Maqbra LAHORE, Dec 1: The beauty of Sarowala Maqbra in Baghbanpura has been marred by land-grabbers who have constructed houses around the Mughal era building in violation of the Antiquities Act....