December 6, 2003	Saturday	Shawwal 11, 1424

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Gwadar plan approved Population won’t be shifted to other places QUETTA, Dec 5: The Balochistan Government has approved the Gwadar development master plan and decided that local population would not be shifted to other place from existing township....		President House, CJ’s office among Wapda defaulters ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: Wapda has to recover outstanding electricity dues amounting to Rs1.74 billion from different defaulting government departments working under the governments of NWFP and Balochistan and the federal government....
Potential for crisis remains: ICG ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The International Crisis Group (ICG) maintains that despite the ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC), the potential for yet another violent crisis between Pakistan and India looms...		Aga Khan vows more support for Chitral ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, Prince Karim Aga Khan, Friday pledged enhanced support for Chitral and called for working unitedly to build a common future....
Border issues discussed QUETTA, Dec 5: Pakistan and Iran on Friday discussed ways to curb drug trafficking and stop each other’s nationals from crossing the border illegally....		Media not free in Pakistan, says HRW ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has termed Pakistan an undemocratic country where freedom of expression is not guaranteed and the media is hostage to the officialdom with cases...
Break impasse or resign, PPP asks PM WASHINGTON, Dec 5: PPP senator Dr Abdullah Riar urged Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali to resolve the current constitutional impasse or resign....		Students freed GILGIT, Dec 5: The arrested student activists of the ISO have been released following negotiations with the local administration, police sources said on Friday....
River Indus changing course near Larkana LARKANA, Dec 5: In the wake of reports that the Indus was changing course at Akil-Agani loop Bund, a team of irrigation experts arrived here and visited the site on Thursday....		Chitral police take flak at open kutchery CHITRAL, Dec 5: Chitral police came under fire from the public in an ‘open kutchery’ conducted by the local MNA Abdul Akbar Chitrali and the two MPAs Maulana Abdur Rehman and...
626 schoolteachers’ posts vacant SWABI, Dec 5: At least 626 posts of teachers are vacant in the government schools in the district, which is affecting the studies and creating administrative problems....		Two children buried alive KHAAR (Bajaur Agency), Dec 5: Two children of an Afghan family were buried alive when massive mudslide hit their house at the Kerala refugee camp here on Thursday night....
Breach floods houses, crops SUKKUR, Dec 5: Fifteen houses and crops were flooded when a 100-foot-wide breach occurred in the Nether Detho Shakh near Yakoob Langah village in Moro on Thursday....		Four of a family die in accident NAWABSHAH, Dec 5: Four members of a family, including three children, died while 13 others were seriously injured when a Nawabshah-bound mini truck hit a parked truck on Friday morning....
Growers protest against Hesco KHAIRPUR, Dec 5: The growers of Nara Taluka held a demonstration at the Naro Gate and a sit-in on a section of the Tajal-Chondiko road in protest against Hesco officials for...		Diplomats visit museum PESHAWAR, Dec 5: French ambassador to Islamabad Pierre Charsse and Iraqi diplomats visited Peshawar Museum on Thursday, a press release said....
Blast destroys shops JACOBABAD, Dec 5: A powerful time bomb went off at the main bazaar of Sohbatpur, Jafferabad district, Balochistan, on Friday as a result of which one shop was totally destroyed and...		Villager killed SHIKARPUR, Dec 5: A villager, Nazar Junejo, resident of the Mirzapur village, Garhi Yasin Taluka, was gunned down by his rivals when he reached his paddy harvest to keep a watch,...
Police role in Afsheen case ‘pitiable’ MULTAN, Dec 5: The local police have not even been able to determine how many relatives of Afsheen Musarrat are involved in her murder despite the fact that none other than...		Expatriate, two sons shot dead in Gujrat GUJRAT, Dec 5: A man and his two young sons, who were settled in the UK, were shot dead by some unidentified assailants one of whom also died during blind firing...
DSP bows out of jail case investigation: ATC summons IGP GUJRANWALA, Dec 5: The investigation team of the Sialkot jail incident once again failed to submit chargesheet with the Anti-Terrorism Court No 1 on Friday, claiming that the IGP has taken...		Close contest expected in Bar elections FAISALABAD, Dec 5: A neck and neck fight is expected for the top slots of the District Bar Association....
Rates of bricks increase SIALKOT, Dec 5: The rising prices of the coal have pushed up the prices of bricks which are being sold at Rs1,800 per thousand in both Sialkot and Narowal districts....		Patwaris to get status of revenue officers SIALKOT, Dec 5: Punjab Revenue Minister Gul Hameed Rokhari has said patwaris would soon be given the status of revenue officers....
Mills’ wheat quota enhanced GUJRANWALA, Dec 5: The Punjab government has enhanced wheat quota of flour mills from 11,000 metric ton to 12,000 metric ton to provide flour in the market on consolidated prices....		Court orders medical of prisoner FAISALABAD, Dec 5: The additional district and sessions judge has ordered medical examination of condemned prisoner Nawaz alias Jaji who was allegedly tortured in the local Central Jail....
Flour shortage affects prices in R.Y. Khan RAHIM YAR KHAN, Dec 5: The monopoly of the flour millers has caused the shortage of flour which has resulted in sky rocketing prices of the commodity in the local market....		Sialkot lawyers observe strike SIALKOT, Dec 5: On the appeal of the District Bar Association, the local lawyers on Friday observed strike to mark their protest against what they said “delaying tactics” of police in...