20 July 2004 Tuesday 02 Jamadi-us-Saani 1425 Shaukat's bona fides challenged LAHORE, July 19: Advocate M D Tahir has filed an application with the Lahore High Court seeking an early hearing of a writ petition through which he challenged the bonafides of Mr Shaukat Aziz as a citizen of Pakistan ... Upper house admits resolution: Lifting of ban on trade unions ISLAMABAD, July 19: The Senate deputy chairman, Khalilur Rahman, on Monday admitted and referred a resolution moved by People's Party Parliamentarians (PPP) Senator Mian Raza Rabbani to the standing committee concerned ... Hoti says he won't join any other PPP group PESHAWAR, July 19: Former Pakistan People's Party provincial chief Khwaja Mohammad Khan Hoti has denied that he was planning to join any other PPP group after his removal from the party office. ... Durrani vows to follow party discipline on NSC NOWSHERA, July 19: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said that a decision regarding his participation in the next meeting of the National Security Council would be taken by the MMA leadership. ... MMA plans province-wide protest movement: Delay in arrest of Mufti Shamzai's killers HYDERABAD, July 19: The general secretary of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Sindh, Dr Khalid Mehmood Soomro, has said that the MMA will launch a protest movement throughout Sindh against an inordinate delay in arresting the murderers of Mufti Nizamuddin Shamzai. ... 7th wage award to be implemented, says Rashid ISLAMABAD, July 19: The government on Monday assured the working journalists/newspaper workers that it was alive to their economic problems and would ensure the implementation of the 7th Wage Award. ... Opposition to big dams reiterated HYDERABAD, July 19: The Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party has again rejected the parliamentary committee on water headed by Senator Nisar Memon, saying that he does not represent people of Sindh and they have held many demonstrations against him. ... Soomro calls for revising teachers' salary structure ISLAMABAD, July 19: Senate chairman Mohammadmian Soomro has called for revising teachers' salary structure with a view to providing them comfortable living. ... Education ministry put in the dock in NA ISLAMABAD, July 19: Appointments in federal government educational institutions, upgradation of schools, provision of infrastructural facilities to capital's schools, changes in curriculum, quota of the armed forces ... Computer education for all: Zobaida QUETTA, July 19: Federal Education Minister Zobaida Jalal has announced that the government would facilitate computer education at all the 10,500 public schools in the country. ... Government approves expansion of PTCL ISLAMABAD, July 19: The federal government has approved the expansion plan of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) to install two million new fixed telephone sets at a cost of Rs20 billion. ... Muslim leaders share fears with FBI WASHINGTON, July 19: Muslim community leaders have told the FBI that many Muslims are afraid of visiting mosques because they fear they may be branded as terrorists. ... Rind for uplift of Balochistan ISLAMABAD, July 19: Federal Minister for Agriculture, Food and Livestock Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind has said the government was taking steps for development of Baluchistan to bring it on a par with other developed areas of the country. ... Unesco rejects four Pakistani sites again LAHORE, July 19: Unesco has rejected four Pakistani sites as unfit for putting on the World Heritage List (WHL) for the second consecutive time in two years on account of "incomplete and contradictory" information provided by the federal archaeology department. ... 'Accession to Pakistan Day' held in AJK MUZAFFARABAD, July 19: People in Azad Jammu and Kashmir held rallies and public meetings on Monday to mark the "Accession (of Kashmir) to Pakistan Day" ... HRCP team meets Qayyum MUZAFFARABAD, July 19: Former AJK prime minister and ruling Muslim Conference leader Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan spoke on the need to provide an opportunity to Kashmiris from both sides of the Line of Control ... Another Indian woman seeks citizenship PESHAWAR, July 19: An Indian woman whose grandparents are Pakistani nationals is awaiting a verdict by the Peshawar High Court on her application for grant of Pakistani citizenship. ... 'First-ever' liver transplant LAHORE, July 19: The Institute of Child Health and Children's Hospital surgeons claim to have conducted the first-ever successful liver transplant in the country. ...

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