December 27, 2003	Saturday	Ziqa’ad 3, 1424

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MMA, govt to launch conciliatory efforts today ISLAMABAD Dec 26: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s negotiating team will meet the government team before the start of the lower house session on Saturday to try to make it acceptable for the...		ARD meeting tomorrow ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: A meeting of the heads of the component parties of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) will be held here on Sunday to chalkout future strategy...
China reiterates support BEIJING, Dec 26: China strongly condemned on Friday “the terrorist attack” against Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, saying it would continue working with the international community to curb extremism....		LFO part of the Constitution? KARACHI: The Constitution (Seventeenth Amendment) Bill, tabled in the National Assembly on Friday, retains the Legal Framework Order, which was promulgated on Aug 21, 2002, as part of the basic law,...
Compensation for victims announced ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday announced financial assistance amounting to Rs500,000 each for the families of those killed in suicide attacks, officials said....		Saarc summit to be held on schedule, says Rashid ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: Information Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmed on Friday said foolproof arrangements had been made for holding the upcoming Saarc summit in Islamabad on Jan 4-6....
Burning of newspapers condemned KARACHI, Dec 26: The Sindh committee of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors in a meeting here the other day adopted a resolution condemning the recent arson attack in Thatta, in...		Mango growers call for farm policy MULTAN, Dec 26: The Mango Growers Association has expressed concern over what its meeting held on Friday observed non-existence of any agricultural policy in the country....
No let-up in pressure on extremists: Faisal: Deal with MMA JHANG, Dec 26: There will be no letup in the pressure being exerted by the government on extremist elements in the country as a result of the agreement with the MMA...		Woman, son killed in aerial firing SAHIWAL, Dec 26: A woman and her seven-year-old son lost their lives and another girl sustained serious injuries on Thursday in a firing by some participants of a marriage party at...
‘Absenteeism rife in hospitals, schools’ JHANG, Dec 26: Although the government is spending billions of rupees on the improvement of health and education, the condition of both these sectors is extremely miserable in Jhang district, admits...		Accident claims 3 lives TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 26: Three people were killed and 22 others sustained serious injuries in different road accidents in the district during the last 24 hours....
Two die in van-truck collision GUJRANWALA, Dec 26: A van driver and the security guard of a local college were killed while a director and an accountant sustained critical injuries in an accident on the GT...		Welding plant blast leaves two dead DERA GHAZI KHAN, Dec 26: Two labourers were killed and as many injured in an explosion of a welding plant at a cement factory, which is about 30 kilometres from here,...
The benefactor is now a dependent LAHORE, Dec 26: President Pervez Musharraf’s willingness to submit himself to his electoral college for a trust vote, after a year of debate between the supporters and opponents of the LFO...		Security tightened in Punjab LAHORE, Dec 26: Security has been heightened throughout the province in view of a bid on President Gen Musharraf’s life....
New chief secretary assumes charge LAHORE, Dec 26: Bank of Punjab chairman Kamran Rasool assumed charge of the Punjab chief secretary, here on Friday....		Indian jurists return LAHORE, Dec 26: The delegation of Indian jurists left here for home on Friday amid emotional scene, which saw almost all members breaking in tears. They arrived here on Dec 22....
Robbers kill driver LAHORE, Dec 26: A driver was shot dead by robbers and a security guard injured critically in separate incidents in the city....		PTCL earned Rs91.9bn in five years, Senate told ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) has earned a net income of Rs91.9 billion during the last five years, the Senate was told on Friday....
‘Agency had warned about security risk’ RAWALPINDI, Dec 26: The law-enforcing agencies ignored a warning from the intelligence agencies that petrol stations, specially the police welfare petrol station (PSO) falling in the president’s route, were security hazard,...		Opportunists to suffer: PML-N ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah raised his voice for the oppressed Muslims throughout the world even before the creation of Pakistan....
Encroachments on VVIP route termed security risk ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: Mushrooming encroachments on the VVIP route from the Islamabad Highway towards airport and beyond is a potential security hazard identified by the president secretariat....		Pilgrims to get special Haj passports ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: All the intending pilgrims will travel for Haj 2004 on special passports, which will be issued by the ministry of religious affairs, says a press release....
Comstech body okays $11.61m budget ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: The 11th General Assembly of OIC Standing Committee for Scientific and Technological Cooperation (Comstech) has approved a total budget of $11.61 million for the next two years....		Nazim accused of power theft SADIQABAD, Dec 26: Wapda officials claimed on Friday to have found the Qadirpur union council Nazim stealing electricity during a raid here....
Workshop LAHORE, Dec 26: District Labour Officer Javed Gill has said the industrialists refusing to submit declaration forms provided to them under the new industrial policy are violating the law....		Arms licences computerization from Jan 5 ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: Islamabad Capital Territory administration has planned to computerize the record of arm licenses issued from 1981 to 2003, the ICT source said....