December 3, 2003	Wednesday	Shawwal 8, 1424

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Medicinal, aromatic plants body being set up ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: The Pakistan Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Organization (PAMAPO) will be established under the supervision of a university to explore the importance of such plants, said the chairman of...		Eid Milan held in honour of Faraz ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: Eminent poet Ahmed Faraz has said the progressive writers’ movement had trained writers who subscribed to its concepts to immerse themselves in the sufferings of the masses and...
86pc literacy in next 15 years: official ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: Pakistan has taken a number of effective measures and initiatives for Education for All (EFA) planning, implementation, management and resource mobilization, said Education Secretary Shafqat Ezdi Shah here...		Saarc body for expansion of telecom facilities ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: The Saarc Technical Committee on Communications and Transport on Tuesday called for enhanced cooperation among the member states for promotion of telecommunication links and utilisation of Information...
Developing nations should have a say in IMF, WB policy-making: speakers ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: Prominent Pakistani intellectuals at an international seminar here on Tuesday called for reforming the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) so as to give due representation...		Benazir calls for reduction in petroleum prices ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: Former prime minister and Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto has criticized the government’s decision to raise petroleum prices....
Nazim warns police against illegal detentions RAWALPINDI, Dec 2: District Nazim Raja Tariq Kiyani on Tuesday warned the police against illegally detaining the citizens at police stations....		CDA charges for additional construction up by 300pc ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has revised the rates, scrutiny fee and regularization charges for additional construction in residential and commercial buildings by 300 per cent....
118kg opium seized ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: The Special Investigation Cell of the Anti- Narcotics Force (ANF) arrested one person from Rawalpindi on Monday and recovered 118.5kg of opium from his possession....		Govt’s farm policy has failed: PML-N ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: The PML-N information secretary, Siddiqul Farooq, has criticized the government for its “failed agricultural and industrial policies.”...
PML-N hopes MMA will not strike deal on LFO ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: Acting parliamentary leader of Pakistan Muslim League-N in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has expressed the hope that the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) will not make any...		AJK SC allows leave to appeal : Disqualification reference MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 2: Azad Jammu and Kashmir Supreme Court here on Tuesday allowed the petition for leave to appeal against the admission of two almost identical writ petitions by the High...
A glaring omission by UNIFEM ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) has launched a new web portal on ‘Women, War and Peace’ to provide information and timely updates on the impact...		SC reserves judgment in pension case ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: The Supreme Court observed on Tuesday that it is not empowered to legislate and the Constitution only authorized the apex court to interpret constitutional provisions....
Quaid was opposed to restriction : Wali’s consent ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: A Supreme Court bench, seized of a set of petitions involving the question; whether marriage of a Muslim woman without the consent of her guardian is valid, was...		Crackdown on Al Qaeda men on the cards PESHAWAR, Dec 2: Authorities in the tribal region straddling the Pakistan-Afghan border are contemplating a crackdown on Taliban and Al Qaeda elements sometimes next week, government officials in Peshawar said....
Flights revival to boost tourism ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: Tourism officials were optimistic on Tuesday the revival of flights to and from India in the New Year will bring tourists back to Pakistan....		Revival of ties with Srinagar demanded GILGIT, Dec 2: The people of Gilgit-Baltistan and Srinagar should be allowed to revive their century-old relations as part of recent confidence building measures (CBMs) by Pakistan and India....
Britain hails pullback proposal LONDON, Dec 2: Britain on Tuesday welcomed President General Pervez Musharraf’s latest proposal to pull out Pakistani troops from Azad Kashmir if India did likewise by withdrawing its 700,00 troops from...		Azad Kashmir APHC hails peace moves ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: Azad Kashmir chapter of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has hailed the latest moves of Islamabad which it says have given rise to the hopes that these...
English made compulsory, says minister ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: Federal Education Minister Zobaida Jalal said on Tuesday a uniform curriculum has been prepared for primary level education throughout the country....		Japan welcomes Pakistan-India peace steps ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: Japan has hailed the decision to resume airlinks between Pakistan and India....
Road blocked GHALLANAI (Mohmand Agency), Dec 2: Tribesmen belonging to Qandhari and Kamali Halimzai areas blocked the main Gandhab-Bajaur Road on Monday to protest against low electricity voltage and frequent loadshedding in their...		13 more AIDS cases detected in Larkana LARKANA, Dec 2: Thirteen more positive cases of AIDS have been detected in Larkana, raising the number to 60 in the district....
Water shortage condemned BADIN, Dec 2: The local growers have complained about water shortage at the tail-ends of Raj Wah, Noor Wah, Ganj Bahar, Soomarki and other water channels and demanded judicious distribution of...		Rain victims await relief MIRPURKHAS, Dec 2: The rain-affected people of Mirpurkhas district are still waiting to be provided relief as the revenue department, Mirpurkhas, has still not been able to complete its survey regarding...
New pesticides policy soon: minister SUKKUR, Dec 2: The government will soon introduce a new pesticides policy to check sale of spurious and adulterated pesticides, under which special courts will be established to try violators of...		Ban imposed on circus in Sukkur SUKKUR, Dec 2: The district Naib Nazim, Sukkur, Iqbal Dawood Pakwala, has imposed a ban on organizing circus or Mela in a park or anywhere else in Sukkur city and has...
11 criminals arrested HYDERABAD, Dec 2: In the on-going crackdown against criminals launched by the district police, Hyderabad, 11 criminals were arrested who were involved in robberies at various places...		Man killed JACOBABAD, Dec 2: A man, Gulshan, 25, resident of Shikarpur, was killed when he slipped from a train on Monday in the jurisdiction of the Saddar police station, Jacobabad....
Bail granted KHAIRPUR, Dec 2: The district second additional sessions judge here on Monday granted bail before arrest to a union council Nazim and his nine relatives....		Qazi blames Musharraf for political stalemate MANSEHRA, Dec 2: The chief of Jamat-i-Islami and the central leader of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal Qazi Hussain Ahmad on Tuesday said that the MMA has entered into an agreement with the...
Gas for more cities soon, says CM PESHAWAR, Dec 2: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani on Tuesday announced a Rs179 million plan for extension of gas supply to Peshawar, Charsadda, Mardan and Swat districts....		Unrest in Haripur jail quelled: 20 inmates shifted HARIPUR, Dec 2: Authorities have quelled an alleged unrest in the Haripur jail on Monday night, reportedly forcing two judges of lower courts to cancel their visit in connection with jail...
48 appointment orders cancelled MINGORA, Dec 2: The Nazim of Swat district, Asfandyar Amir Zeb, has cancelled all the 48 appointment orders of low grade employees in the education department and constituted a seven- member...		NA-18 gets Rs130m ABBOTTABAD, Dec 2: National Assembly Deputy Speaker Sardar Mohammad Yaqoob here on Monday said Rs130 million had been transferred to different departments for development schemes in NA-18 for the current fiscal...
Marble mining suspended GHALLANAI (Mohmand Agency), Dec 2: The marble mining operation in the Mohmand Agency was suspended on Monday after some tribesmen opened fire on miners....		Aga Khan due in Chitral PESHAWAR, Dec 2: Prince Karim Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of Ismailis, will go to Chitral on a day-long visit on Thursday....
Young man stabbed to death HARIPUR, Dec 2: A young man was stabbed to death by two brothers on suspicion of alleged illicit relations with their sister in the Nerota village in the upper Khanpur area...		Three arrested KHAAR (Bajaur Agency), Dec 2: Three Afghans forced their way into a health facility at the Kotaki refugee camp here on Sunday night and robbed the staff of their cash at...
Ban on public meetings, rallies in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, Dec 2: A ban has been imposed on holding of public meetings and rallies in commercial and residential areas of the district, it is learnt....		Slain judges’ heirs stage sit-in outside ATC: Chargesheet yet not submitted GUJRANWALA, Dec 2: The heirs of the slain judges staged a sit-in outside the Anti-Terrorism Court No 1 on Tuesday when the investigation team could not produce the chargesheet of the...
Bail of MPA, his brother extended GUJRANWALA, Dec 2: The Lahore High Court extended interim bail of an MPA and his brother involved in a murder case up to Dec 18 as police could not produce record...		Traders press for gangsters’ arrest: Rs3.7m gold robbery BAHAWALPUR, Dec 2: A Markazi Anjuman-i-Tajran and Anjuman-i-Sarafan delegation on Tuesday called on Bahawalpur Range DIG Pervez Akbar Lodhi and DPO Sikandar Hayat to convey its grievances against police....
Three killed, 10 hurt in collision MIANWALI, Dec 2: Three people were killed, while 10 others sustained injuries, two of them serious, in a head-on collision between a speeding wagon and a truck on the Mianwali-Rawalpindi road...		Bull kills owner TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 2: A bull killed a farmer in Chak 178-GB Gogha on Tuesday....
Three freed from ASI’s illegal custody SARGODHA, Dec 2: The district and sessions judge on Tuesday ordered registration of case against an assistant sub-inspector of Cantonment police station for keeping...		Land dispute claims two lives SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 2: Two people were killed while an elderly man sustained serious injuries when their rivals opened fire on them in Chuhawali village, some 40 kilometres from here, on Tuesday....