December 7, 2003	Sunday	Shawwal 12, 1424

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Pact signed with Iran to curb human trafficking QUETTA, Dec 6: Pakistan and Iran on Saturday signed an agreement to cooperate with each other in arresting the culprits involved in human trafficking, car-jacking and other heinous crimes....		270,000 literacy centres to be set up: Zobaida RAWALPINDI, Dec 6: Federal Minister for Education Zobaida Jalal on Saturday said that over 270,000 literacy centres would be established in the country under the education sector reforms....
Burial of Texas blaze victims on Tuesday WASHINGTON, Dec 6: A Pakistani man and his wife will bury their five children in Alvin, Texas, on Tuesday following a tragedy that has saddened the entire town....		PM leaves for France today ISLAMABAD, Dec 6: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali will leave for Paris on Sunday for official visits to France and Switzerland, say officials....
Pakistan’s role appreciated: Anti-terrorism ISLAMABAD, Dec 6: The Al Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee of the United Nations has lauded Pakistan’s contribution in the war on terrorism and appreciated it for its consistent cooperation with...		Peace with India offers economic benefits: report WASHINGTON, Dec 6: Peace with India, although still elusive, offers tempting economic benefits for Pakistan, says an Associated Press report published in the American newspapers on Saturday....
Matrimonial dispute claims two lives LARKANA, Dec 6: A mother and daughter were killed while another injured over a matrimonial dispute by seven armed men in Kambar town on Saturday....		Mengals reject plan to build cantonment QUETTA, Dec 5: A jirga of Mengal tribe has rejected the planned construction of cantonment in Wadh area and stressed upon the government to reverse the decision....
Two brothers wounded HANGU, Dec 6: Two brothers were shot at and critically wounded by highwaymen, who tried to stop a passenger van at Zargari in Hangu district on Friday....		Flour crisis worsening in Sukkur SUKKUR, Dec 6: The crisis of flour is worsening in the Sukkur division and its adjoining areas and flour which was earlier available at Rs10 per kilogramme is now being sold...
Sindh’s water case prepared HYDERABAD, Dec 6: The Sindh Water Committee has prepared a case of the province on the water issue, which will be sent to the comity of nations, international donor agencies and...		Increase in cane price demanded HYDERABAD, Dec 6: The Sindh Abadgar Board has expressed concern over a Sindh government notification fixing the sugarcane price at Rs41 per 40 kilograms and demanded that the price should be...
ADP vows to foil no-trust move KHAIRPUR, Dec 6: A meeting of Awam Dost Panel union council Nazims and Naib Nazims of Kotdiji taluka was held here on Saturday, which was presided over by MNA Manzoor Hussain...		Water supply rotation programme implemented MIRPURKHAS, Dec 6: The administration of the Nara canal has started a water rotation programme particularly at the tail-end areas....
13 booked DADU, Dec 6: FIRs were registered against 13 landlords at Rukan, Dadu, Johi and Phulji police stations on Saturday after three irrigation raiding teams found 13 watercourses tampered with....		Chinese writers get warm welcome PESHAWAR, Dec 6: A delegation of Chinese writers and scholars arrived to a warm welcome accorded by the provincial chapter of the Academy of Letters here on Saturday....
Hisba Act likely to be introduced: PA session on Friday PESHAWAR, Dec 6: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has summoned the NWFP assembly session to meet here at the assembly hall on Khyber Road at 10am on Friday....		Commission to Islamize education system PESHAWAR, Dec 6: The NWFP government has constituted a commission to ensure the province’s education system is consistent with the Shariat, an official statement said....
Fire destroys two shops NOWSHERA, Dec 6: A blaze reduced two electric shops to ashes in the Nowshera Kalan area here on the night between Friday and Saturday....		400 makeshift shops gutted in Gujranwala: 20 firefighters suspended GUJRANWALA, Dec 6: Over 400 makeshift shops at the flea market along the railway track in front of Sheranwala Bagh were gutted when a fire broke out there because of what...
BZU syndicate meeting inconclusive MULTAN, Dec 6: A meeting of the Bahauddin Zakariya University syndicate held here on Saturday remained inconclusive on vital issues while the vice-chancellor reportedly withdrew an agenda item about the appointment...		MMA won’t give vote of trust to Musharraf BAHAWALPUR, Dec 6: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal will not give a vote of confidence to Gen Pervez Musharraf....
PML-Q men hurt in clash FAISALABAD, Dec 6: Several PML-Q workers on Saturday injured one another during a clash that erupted over difference of opinion at a meeting held at the circuit house....		Case against 15 for triple murder GUJRAT, Dec 6: The Lalamusa city police late on Friday night registered a case against 15 men, including son of a former district Naib Nazim of PML-Q, on the charge of...
Case against ASI for ‘amassing wealth’ TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 6: A case was registered against an ASI on Saturday on the charges of amassing wealth beyond known sources of his income....		Villagers nab gang leader SADIQABAD, Dec 6: Villagers caught the ring leader of the Bosan gang after an armed encounter in the Indus belt near Janpur on Friday night....