14 April 2004 Wednesday 23 Safar 1425 Fahim says govt fragile, foresees early polls SUKKUR, April 13: People's Party Parliamentarians acting chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim has termed the government a fragile one and predicted that it will not last longer and President Gen Pervez Musharraf will be left with no other option except announcing fresh elections. ... Body formed to draft PML constitution: Reunification committee meets ISLAMABAD, April 13: The reunification committee of four Pakistan Muslim League (PML) factions and Imtiaz Sheikh's Sindh Democratic Alliance here on Tuesday decided to go ahead with their plans to prepare a consensus constitution ... Benazir criticizes sentencing of Hashmi ISLAMABAD, April 13: The former prime minister and chairperson of the Pakistan People's Party, Benazir Bhutto, has criticized the 23-year sentence handed down to the Opposition leader, Javed Hashmi. ... Lawyers term conviction political victimization: Javed Hashmi case QUETTA, April 13: The Balochistan High Court Bar Association on Tuesday adopted a resolution, condemning PML-N leader Makhdoom Javed Hashmi's conviction besides calling for making the letter ... PML-N holds demo against Hashmi's sentence KARACHI, April 13: The provincial chapter of the Pakistan Muslim League-N staged a protest rally on Tuesday outside the Karachi Press Club against the sentence of acting party president Makhdoom Javed Hashmi. ... PML-N launches protest campaign; 40 arrested LAHORE, April 13: The PML-N launched a 10-day protest campaign on Tuesday against the conviction of its acting president Javed Hashmi, claiming that over 40 party workers had been arrested and houses of another 20 male and 14 female activists raided ... MMA govt to support artists: minister PESHAWAR, April 13: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal government would support artists in every way possible because art depicts the mind of an artist and society, NWFP Education Minister Maulana Fazl-i-Ali said here on Tuesday. ... Soomro asked to seek PM's help on absence of ministers ISLAMABAD, April 13: Leader of the house in the Senate Wasim Sajjad on Tuesday asked Chairman Mohammedmian Soomro to seek Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali's intervention over the absence of ministers during the question hour. ... Balochistan's water issue obscures Senate agenda ISLAMABAD, April 12: The government assured the upper house on Monday that necessary steps were being taken to meet the growing demand of water for drinking and irrigation in Balochistan and that a body, led by the prime minister ... Concern voiced in Senate over bus route row ISLAMABAD, April 13: Concern was voiced by both the treasury and opposition benches in the Senate on Tuesday over problems faced by commuters in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad after a private bus company was given exclusive operational rights to seven key routes. ... Adjournment of PA session criticized PESHAWAR, April 13: Speaker of the NWFP Assembly Bakht Jahan Khan adjourned the assembly session for lack of quorum soon after recitation from the Holy Quran on the first day here on Tuesday. ... Students told to pursue science, technology ISLAMABAD, April 13: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has advised the youth to pursue their careers in science and technology to benefit the country. ... National IT programme in offing: Owais KARACHI, April 13: An overall national Information Technology programme is being initiated in the country and this would be implemented during the next two to three years. ... Azad Kashmir ministers' resignations accepted MUZAFFARABAD, April 13: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat on Tuesday accepted the resignations of four ministers and a parliamentary secretary. ... 'Indifferent attitude of provinces led to errors': Minister briefed on textbooks ISLAMABAD, April 13: Education Minister Zobaida Jalal was told here on Tuesday that indifferent attitude of provinces had led to mistakes in the textbooks, which recently created controversy in the country. ... Environmental education to be part of curricula KARACHI, April 13: The federal ministry of environment and the ministry of education have jointly started implementation of a Rs26 million environmental education promotion project at school and college level. ...

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