December 21, 2003	Sunday	Shawwal 26, 1424

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Encroachment clearance drive opposed HARIPUR, Dec 20: A majority of tehsil council Haripur members on Saturday opposed the planned anti-encroachment drive in the city....		Employees asked to vacate quarters: State Bank Colony PESHAWAR, Dec 20: The State Bank of Pakistan’s notice to its employees to vacate the official accommodation in the State Bank Colony (SBC) by December 31, has caused a wave of...
Saddam capture puts focus on hunt for Osama PESHAWAR: The capture of ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussain has once again brought into the spotlight the hunt for Osama bin Laden....		Public Tandoors set up to offset bread shortage KOHAT, Dec 20: The district government has set up its own Tandoors to provide bread to the people at controlled rates following the strike by Nanbais’....
Three arrested MANSEHRA, Dec 20: Police on Friday arrested three persons for allegedly killing a shopkeeper at Khaki in the Lower Pakhal area of Mansehra district....		Resentment over delay in road project KOHAT, Dec 20: Public representatives, business community and transporters have expressed resentment over the delay in the completion of a 35-km-long section of the Kohat-Rawalpindi Road despite repeated warnings by the...
Village gets hospital HARIPUR, Dec 20: District Nazim Dr Raja Amer Zaman inaugurated the newly-constructed Life Saving Medical Facility (LSMF) — a type-D hospital — at the Hally village in the Barkot union council,...		Court suspends verdict SKARDU, Dec 20: The Northern Areas chief court has accepted an appeal against a verdict passed by the election tribunal Skardu whereby NALC membership of an applicant was declared as null...
Hearing in Naqvi’s bail plea put off till Dec 23 RAWALPINDI, Dec 20: An anti-terrorism court here on Wednesday adjourned hearing in the bail plea of Allama Sajid Naqvi, chief of the outlawed Islami Tehreek Pakistan (ITP), till Dec 23 after...		UN adopts resolution tabled by Pakistan: Promotion of religious and cultural understanding UNITED NATIONS, Dec 20: The United Nations General Assembly on Friday adopted a Pakistan-sponsored resolution which called for promotion of religious and cultural understanding, harmony and cooperation....
Opposition leaders’ appointment urged ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) has expressed its concern over the delay in appointment of opposition leaders in the National Assembly and the Senate, and...		Human rights situation in South Asia discussed DHAKA, Dec 20: Members of the judiciary, human rights activists and legal experts from South Asian countries asserted here on Friday that“all kinds of impunities” must go for the sake...
US Marine general calls on president RAWALPINDI, Dec 20: Commander United States Marine Corps Gen Michael W. Hagee, who is currently in Pakistan on an official visit, called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf here on Saturday....		Four hurt in two Quetta explosions QUETTA, Dec 20: Four men including the assistant advocate- general of Balochistan were injured in two explosions that rocked the provincial capital on Saturday night....
Mukarram Ali dies LONDON, Dec 20: International Institute of Islamic Banking and Insurance president Group Captain Syed Mukarram Ali (retired), died here on Friday at the age of 78....		College without chemistry teacher MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 20: The Science Model College in the AJK capital is without the teacher of a key science subject for the past 53 days....
War on terror to continue: Owais QUETTA, Dec 20: Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani has said that Pakistan will continue its fight against terrorism....		Education office raided, record seized: SMC funds misappropriation DADU, Dec 20: The anti-corruption establishment (ACE), Dadu, on Saturday raided the office of the EDO education and seized the record of the School Management Committee (SMC) funds and illegal appointments...
Demo against Hesco held SUKKUR, Dec 20: Residents of Moro held a demonstration here on Saturday to protest against Hesco officials....		SNF rejects police reforms, devolution plan LARKANA, Dec 20: The Sindh National Front on Saturday rejected police reforms and the district government system, urging the government to wind them up....
Two killed over Karo-kari JACOBABAD, Dec 20: Two people were killed when about twenty- five armed persons attacked the Bahadur Sehto village on Saturday in the jurisdiction of Abad police station....		Inquiry against SHO ordered HYDERABAD, Dec 20: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, has appointed district and sessions Judge Tharparkar as inquiry officer to verify charges of illegal detention and maltreatment of a man...
District council wants powers under SLGO HYDERABAD, Dec 20: The district council has demanded of the government that powers envisaged in the Sindh Local Government Ordinance, 2001, should be delegated to local bodies representatives and the legislators...		‘Need to improve education quality’ :” Sindh University convocation HYDERABAD, Dec 20: Sindh Education Minister Irfanullah Khan Marwat has stressed the need for improvement in the quality of education at primary and secondary levels, saying a strong base is necessary...
Demo held against proposed fee rise HYDERABAD, Dec 20: Students of the Jinnah Law College and the Sindh Law College held a protest demonstration and observed a token hunger strike outside the press club here on Saturday...		‘Shaista case exposed feudal system’ HYDERABAD, Dec 20: Communist Party of Pakistan’s woman wing leader Meeran Imdad Qazi has said the Shaista Almani case has exposed the ugly face of the feudal system in Sindh....
No-trust move against UC Nazim passed HYDERABAD, Dec 20: The union council-16, Latifabad taluka, adopted a no-confidence resolution against Naib Nazim Maqbool Ahmad Noonari here on Saturday....		Canal closure schedule announced HYDERABAD, Dec 20: The chief engineer of Sukkur Barrage announced here on Saturday that all the canals of Sukkur Barrage command area will remain closed from Jan 6 to 20, 2004,...
Dist govt toll on six roads from Jan 1 FAISALABAD, Dec 20: The district government has decided to levy toll on six main roads of the district despite protests from elected representatives and the people at large....		EPB criticized for ‘mismanagement’ FAISALABAD, Dec 20: The All-Pakistan Cloth Exporters Association (APCEA) has criticized the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) for mismanagement and mishandling of textile quota and discriminatory and biased policies against up country...
No more talks on LFO, says Qazi SHEIKHUPURA/SARGODHA, Dec 20: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal acting chief Qazi Husain Ahmad on Saturday ruled out further dialogue with the government on LFO, Gen Musharraf’s uniform and other issues....		Student shot, another hurt at wedding SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 20: A college student was shot dead and his class fellow injured by a participant in a marriage party while ASP sustained injuries when angry students pelted stones at...
UAF to promote social sciences FAISALABAD, Dec 20: University of Agriculture Vice-Chancellor Dr Riaz Hussain Qureshi has said the UAF is vying to bring social sciences on par with other disciplines like horticulture, agricultural entomology, botany,...		Illegal mini telephone exchange unearthed GUJRANWALA, Dec 20: An illegally-run mini telephone exchange in Trust Plaza was unearthed by a raiding team of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) here on Saturday while the accused managed...
Demo against honour killings BAHAWALPUR, Dec 20: A demonstration opposing violence against women and honour killings in Bahawalpur and other parts of south Punjab was held here on Saturday (Saturday) under the auspices of Human...		Afsheen’s case: bail plea hearing tomorrow MULTAN, Dec 20: Additional District and Sessions Judge Abdul Sattar Khan adjourned for Dec 22 the hearing of the bail confirmation applications of the accused in Afsheen Mussarat’s murder case, here...
Traders protest against dacoity SIALKOT, Dec 20: More than 150 villagers, including traders of Glotiyan village, demonstrated and blocked traffic on the main Daska-Glotiyan-Gujranwala Road on Saturday to protest the incident of robbery in their...		61pc of Dera people await CNICs DERA GHAZI KHAN, Dec 20: National Database and Registration Authority could make computerized national identity cards of only 39 per cent population of the district....
Selection board challenged GUJRANWALA, Dec 20: The Lahore High Court has stayed the induction of a cardiologist in place of another doctor at the DHQ Hospital by the District Coordination Officer....		Marriage party robbed VEHARI, Dec 20: Four unidentified gunmen robbed the participants in a marriage party near Chak 118-EB on Saturday....