26 April 2004 Monday 05 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1425 Musharraf urged to quit army post by Dec 31 HYDERABAD, April 25: The acting president of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, has said that Article 63 of the Constitution will stand restored on Dec 31 under which no government servant can hold any elected office. ... 'PML-N, PPP benefited from 17th amendment' LAHORE, April 25: MMA deputy secretary-general Hafiz Husain Ahmad claimed on Sunday the 17th Amendment had benefited the PML-N and the PPP. Talking to newsmen here ... Pervaiz may run for PM's slot in next polls: Shujaat LAHORE, April 25: Ruling PML-Q president Shujaat Husain says Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi may run for the slot of prime minister in the next general elections. ... NWFP govt 'won't arrest' Shahbaz OKARA, April 25: The MMA has said the NWFP government will not arrest Mian Shahbaz Sharif if he does land at the Peshawar Airport. This was stated by MNA and JUI-F senior vice-president Maulana Fiazur Rehman Alvi on Sunday ... JSQM plans rally in Karachi DADU, April 25: The Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz will stage a rally in Karachi on May 25 to protest against the Kalabagh dam and Greater Thal canal projects. ... PONM plans movement from May 7 KARACHI, April 25: The Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (PONM) has decided to launch a protest movement from Balochistan against controversial projects in the first week of next month. ... Political parties criticized for being personally driven ISLAMABAD, April 25: Pakistan's judicial and political systems drew a flak for being corrupt at the international conference on "The United Nations Conventions Against Corruption (UNCAC)" held here recently. ... Govt criticized for refusing to deploy policemen for UN jobs KARACHI, April 25: Pakistan's share of allocated seats of the police personnel for deployment on UN peace-keeping missions lapsed twice in December 2003 and March 31 2004 as the government did not send the selected policemen to the mission. ... UN will help Pakistan bring back looted money ISLAMABAD, April 25: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) will help Pakistan in brining back its plundered wealth deposited in off-shore banks by the looters, chief crime conventions section of the UNODC, Mr Dimitri Vlassis told Dawn. ... Street-children from India due in Sindh today KARACHI, April 25: A 47-member team of Indian street-children, in the last leg of their friendly cricket tour, is arriving in Sindh on Monday morning. ... WB urges govt to continue reforms PESHAWAR, April 25: The World Bank wants the NWFP government to continue with its ongoing institutional reforms and adopt capacity-building programmes to improve overall financial management ... '43,717 went abroad for employment in 3 months' ISLAMABAD, April 25: As many as 43,717 persons proceeded abroad for employment during the first quarter of the current year. According to the data collected from the Protector of Emigrants ... Increase in NALC seats ruled out GILGIT, April 25: The Chief Executive of Northern Areas, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao on Sunday ruled out any increase in the Northern Areas Legislative Council seats and decrease in age limit for the NALC elections scheduled to be held on Oct 12-13. ... PRM condemns role of WB, IMF RAWALPINDI, April 25: The People's Rights Movement (PRM) has expressed solidarity with anti-capitalist forces around the world in their demand to decommission the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), says a press release. ... Dams included in Rawalpindi environment project RAWALPINDI, April 25: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has decided to include the feasibility studies of Chirah and Daducha dam projects in the Rawalpindi Environmental Improvement Project (REIP) ... 623 released from Muscat jails arrive KARACHI, April 25: A batch of 623 Pakistani prisoners, released from the jails of Muscat, arrived here on Sunday morning. These Pakistanis were smuggled for slave labour to Muscat, where they were arrested. ... Plan for census of Afghans PESHAWAR, April 25: Afghan officials have launched an excercise in two areas of the provincial metropolis to locate and list their countrymen ahead of the forthcoming census, officials said. ... Urdu Lughat Board becomes a govt dept KARACHI, April 25: The Urdu Lughat Board has lost its autonomous status and has become a government department under the federal ministry of education. ...

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