December 29, 2003	Monday	Ziqa’ad 5, 1424

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Iranian team due today to discuss pipeline plan ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: Pakistan and Iran are expected to approve on Tuesday a pre-feasibility study on a $2 billion gas pipeline between the two countries, Dawn has learnt....		Capital to be sealed for Saarc moot ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: The government has decided to seal Islamabad from Tuesday to ensure foolproof security arrangements during the Saarc Summit scheduled to be held in the capital from Jan 4,...
Vajpayee determined to attend summit: reports WASHINGTON, Dec 28: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee seems determined to attend the Saarc summit in Islamabad, the US media reported on Sunday....		Mannequins removed from shops in NWFP PESHAWAR, Dec 28: Clothing stores in the NWFP have been forced to remove mannequins from their windows under an unofficial directive, shopkeepers said on Sunday....
Support pledged KARACHI, Dec 28: A meeting of 75 Sindh Assembly members belonging to Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Pakistan Muslim League, PPP Patriots and independents met at Sindh House, Islamabad, with Sindh Chief Minister...		Initiatives for poverty reduction planned ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: Members of the Prime Minister’s Task Force on Poverty Alleviation and Employment Generation will advise the government to take “comprehensive initiatives” for tackling the widespread poverty....
Musharraf conveys sympathies to Khatami ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday night called Iranian President Sayed Mohammad Khatami to convey deep sympathies of government and people of Pakistan over the devastation caused by...		Saarc body meets today ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: The Programming Committee of the seven-member South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) will meet here on Monday for its 24th session to review a set of agenda...
5 Pakistanis face terror charges in Cyprus NICOSIA, Dec 28: Five Pakistanis face terrorism-related charges in Cyprus after being arrested on Sunday for allegedly lying to security personnel about why they were loitering suspiciously at the Paphos international...		Vaccine for pilgrims in short supply FAISALABAD, Dec 28: Hundreds of intending pilgrims have not been able to fulfil the mandatory requirement of vaccination for travel to Saudi Arabia due to unavailability of the vaccine....
Couple, daughter killed GUJRAT, Dec 28: A couple and their minor daughter were killed while their two sons and four others were injured in a road accident in Jalalpur Jattan on Sunday....		Three cops control Sialkot’s traffic SIALKOT, Dec 28: One sub-inspector and two constables are controlling the entire traffic of Sialkot district, having a population of 3.3 million....
Case against SI, 11 constables BAHAWALPUR, Dec 28: Civil Lines police on Sunday registered a case against 12 policemen, including an SI, for allegedly trespassing the house of a homeopath at Maqbool Colony....		Minister’s father killed in road accident SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 28: The father of Federal Health Minister Dr Naseer Ahmad Khan was killed in an accident while his driver and a gunman suffered injuries on Motorway near Hafizabad on...
Dealers create LPG shortage NAROWAL, Dec 28: With no Sui gas facility is available to Narowal citizens, the shortage of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders in this extreme weather has added to their difficulties....		Two die as wagon hits truck CHINIOT, Dec 28: Two passengers were killed while 13 others sustained injuries when a speeding wagon rammed into a stationary truck near here on Sunday....