PPI - Pakistan Press International articles from February 2004

PPI - Pakistan Press International archives from February 2004

SPORTS: PROVINCIAL BODIES ABOLISHED TO PROMOTE CRICKET AT DISTRICT LEVEL.
February 1, 2004... HYDERABAD, Feb.01 PPI: Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board Shahryar Khan has said that provincial associations of cricket have been abolished with aim to promote cricket at District level and now the District cricket bodies have to work hard as...

Nazim accuses Hesco of creating civic problems.
February 1, 2004... HYDERABAD, Feb.01 PPI: Hyderabad Taluka City Nazim Haji Moeenuddin Sheikh has said that Hyderabad Electric Supply Company was creating problems for citizens by disconnecting power connections of pumping stations of Water and Sewerage Agency...

District: Woman protests against feudal lord.
February 1, 2004... HYDERABAD, Feb.01 PPI: An elderly woman Mst. Ashraf Khatoon belonging to Warah taluka of Larkana District observed token hunger strike before press club here against an influential wadera Saeed Ahmed Khan Chandio. She told newsmen that her...

District: PRORTEST ON ARREST OF PARTY LEADER.
February 1, 2004... Hyderabad, Feb.01 PPI: The workers belonging to Sindh National Party held demonstration in front of press club against arrest of their party chief organizer for District Badin Syed Naseer Ahmed Shah by Golarchi police. They demanded his...

District: District GOVERMENT to observe Kashmir day.
February 1, 2004... HYDERABAD, Feb.01 PPI: EDO Community Development Ibrahim Qureshi has announced that District government Hyderabad has planned to observe Kashmir Day on Februay 5 with zeal and enthusiasm. In a release issued here he said that a big rally will...

DISTRICT: Funds demanded for Commerce Colleges.
February 1, 2004... Hyderabad, Feb.01 PPI: District Council Hyderabad has asked provincial government to provide budget to 26 commerce colleges in Sindh instead of 81 Commercial Training Centers which were working no more after the increase in computer education....

District: HDA makes arrangement for Eid ul Azha.
February 1, 2004... Hyderabad, Feb.01 PPI: Director General Hyderabad Development Authority Ali Ahmed Lund has said that he has directed the MD WASA and all concerned engineers to remain alert on Eid days to ensure uninterrupted supply of water and disposal of...

District: Robberies in Nausheroferoze.
February 1, 2004... Naushehro Feroze, Feb.01 PPI: In six different incidents armed men deprived people of two motorcycles, cash, gold jewellery and other valueables and injured three persons at different places last night. In first incident near Mithiar city in...

PML-Q LEADER HELD.
February 1, 2004... MULTAN, Feb 01, PPI: Yazman police have arrested a homeopathic doctor Abdul Majid Shah who is local President of Muslim league-Q with 1000 bottles of alcohol and registered two cases against him. "We have caught a homeopathic doctor Abdul...

District: Security tightened.
February 1, 2004... MULTAN, Feb 1 PPI: Security has been tightened in Southern Punjab following the reports of secret agencies to avert any eventuality on the eve of Eidul Azha. "Leaves of police officials have been cancelled and they have been asked to join...

District: PTI worker, her children recovered.
February 1, 2004... MULTAN, Feb 01 PPI: Under the orders of District and Session Judge, Muzaffargarh an activist of Pakistan Tehrik-i- Insaf, Karachi, Saeeda Begum and her two children were recovered by a bailiff from the residence of one Khawaja Khalil Ahmed....

Cold and Dry weather Forecast.
February 1, 2004... KARACHI, Feb.01 (PPI): The Meteorological department has forecast fair weather with cold night in Karachi on Monday. The minimum temperature in the city is expected between 8.00 to 10 degree centigrade. The cold and dry weather would prevail...

Eidul Azha to be observed with religious fervour.
February 1, 2004... Ahmedpur East Feb 01 PPI: Eidul Azha will be observed with religious fervour in Subdivision Ahmedpur East on Monday. Main Eid congregation will be held in Markazi Eidgah Mehmood Park where MMA leader Maulana Muhammad Ahmed Mehmoodi will lead...

Iran`s First Vice President to visit Pakistan soon.
February 1, 2004... Islamabad, Feb 1 (PPI): First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref is due to visit Pakistan in the near future, Iran's Ambassador to Islamabad Mohammad-Ebrahim Taherian announced Sunday. " The regular visits of the high-ranking officials of the...

Commemorative stamp.
February 1, 2004... Bahawalpur. Feb 01 PPI: Postal Services Department has issued a commemorative stamp with a photograph of Last Ruler of Fomer Bahawalpur State Nawab General Sir Sadiq Mohammad Khan Khamis Abbasi on the eve of golden jubilee celeberations of...

Crime: Drug Pedlar arrested with 2 Kg. Hashih.
February 1, 2004... KARACHI, Feb.01 (PPI): The divisional intelligence staff of Sindh excise & taxation department arrested one Hafeezullah son of Abdul Habib from Mowachh Goth on Hub road, Karachi and recovered two kilogram Hashish on Saturday night. The...

Madadgar 15 cycle race organised.
February 1, 2004... Karachi, Feb. 01 PPI: It is very difficult for any department to improve its performance without co-operation from public, said DIG Training Saud Mirza while speaking at prize Districtribution ceremony of Great Madadgar 15 Human Rights Gold...

Lines Area problems will be resolved: Minister.
February 1, 2004... Karachi, Feb. 01 PPI: Sindh Minister for Excise and Taxation Rauf Siddiqui has said that the elected representatives of present government were making efforts to resolve the problems of masses at their doorsteps on priority basis. He stated...

Ibad to offer Eid prayers at Bagh-e-Quaid-Azam.
February 1, 2004... Karachi, Feb. 01 PPI: The largest Eid congregation will be held by city District government Karachi in Bagh-e-Quaid-e-Azam (formerly Polo Ground) where Governor Dr. Ihsratul Ibad, City Naib Nazim Tariq Hassan, ministers, MPAs, MNAs and...

Aftab Shaikh orders removal of Gambling Dens from Malir Town.
February 1, 2004... KARACHI, Feb.01 (PPI): Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister on Home Affairs Aftab Ahmed Shaikh responding to public complaints has directed the Malir Town police to remove all the gambling dens from the area immediately. He issued the directives...

Pakistan-US joint efforts to `rid world of oppression`: Powell.
February 1, 2004... Islamabad, Feb 1 (PPI): The US Secretary of State Colin Powell has said the people of Pakistan and USA have made joint efforts to rid the world of 'oppression and terror' so that the people of the world could live in 'peace and freedom'....

CITY: Beautification Plans for Chundrigar and other city roads delayed.
February 1, 2004... Karachi, Feb.01 (PPI): The City District Government Karachi and other concerned agencies have not yet prepared the beautification plan for I.I. Chundrigar road as decided at a high level meeting in the middle of December 2003. A Master Plan...

District.(Hyderabad): 20 BAGS OF EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL SEIZED,1 ARRESTED.
February 1, 2004... HYDERABAD, February 1(PPI): Pinyari police in Hyderabad has seized 20 bags of explosive material and arrested one person who had come to get the bags from a local transport company. Police had got tip off that large quantity of explosive...

Problems of Landhi, Korangi to be resolved.
February 1, 2004... Karachi, Feb. 01 PPI: The previous governments gave a step-motherly treatment to the areas of Landhi and Korangi but the present government is committed to resolve problems of people of these areas, said provincial Advisors Wasim Akhter and...

Governor Sindh to meet general public on Eid day.
February 1, 2004... KARACHI, Feb.01 (PPI): Governor Sindh Dr. Ishratul Ibad Khan will offer Eid-ul-azha prayer at 0800 hours on Monday at Polo ground. Later, he will exchange Eid greetings with representatives of armed forces at the Governor's House from 0900 to...

Emergency cells set up in civil hospitals.
February 1, 2004... Karachi, Feb. 01 PPI: Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister for Health Nauman Saigal said on Sunday that emergency cells have been set up in all civil hospitals of the province where doctors and paramedical staff would be present round the clock....

District.(Shahpur Chakar): Breach in canal inundates 100 acre land.
February 1, 2004... Shahpur Chakar, Sindh,, Feb.01 (PPI): A 40-feet wide breach occured in Rono Minor emanating from Sada Wah (canal) on Sunday morning inundating about 100 acres of land damaging the standing crops. The local landlords using their own tractors...

UCs' performance improved: Town Nazim.
February 1, 2004... Karachi, Feb. 01 PPI: Nazim Saddar Town Farooq Faria has said improvement is visible in the performance of union councils as a result of utilisation of development funds in an effective manner under a co-ordinated policy. This he said while...

SPORTS: KCCA meeting on Thursday.
February 1, 2004... Karachi, Feb. 01 PPI: An emergency meeting of the executive council of Karachi City Cricket Association has been called on Thursday at 4 p.m. at KCCA office to consider the situation arising out of allowing only one team from Karachi to play in...

District: 16 get released.
February 1, 2004... HYDERABD, Feb 01 PPI: Sixteen convicts were released from two prisons one day before Eidul Azha after remission granted by government on the occasion of Eidul Azha. 15 were freed from Central Jail Hyderabad while one from Nara Jail Hyderabd....

District: Five gunned down.
February 1, 2004... Osta Mohammad, Feb 01 (PPI) - has many as five persons belonging to a same family were brutally killed in a village, Zahid Hussain under the jurisdiction of Manjoo Shora Police station here on Sunday. According to report four arms persons...

District (Chiniot): Burnt dead body found.
February 1, 2004... CHINIOT Feb 01-(PPI): Sadar Police Station recovered a unknown burnt dead body from sugarcane field of Thata Kaamoka, a suburb village here on Sunday. Some unknown killer having murdered the man on an enmity set his body ablaze and threw dead...

District (Chiniot): Land disbursement continues among landless.
February 1, 2004... CHINIOT Feb 01-(PPI): Provincial Colonies Minister Manazar Ali Ranja has said that the government is continuing free Districtribution of more than 1.5 lac acre land among the landless farmers without any hinderance. While talking to landless...

District (Dipalpur): Musharraf to solidify democracy.
February 1, 2004... DIPALPUR Feb-01(PPI): Pakistan Muslim League District president and former District council Chairman Mian Muhammad Moeen Khan watter has said that General Musharraf being as elected president will strengthen the democracy. Talking to...

District (Dipalpur): People must join MP to make Pakistan prosperous.
February 1, 2004... DIPALPUR Feb-01 (PPI): Pakistan Millat Party Okara president Tariq Farid Khan Sunday asked the people to join party to help prove true deam of prosperous Pakistan. Talking to newsmen here on Sunday at the residence of MP tehsil president...

PG:PHA unveils two-week long Jashan-e-Baharan festivities.
February 1, 2004... LAHORE Feb 01-(PPI): In order to celebrate the Jashan-e-Baharan (Spring Festival 2004) in a befitting manner and depicting native culture in full sway, the Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) has unveiled its two-week long festivities and...

Health: Doctor's Eid warning.
February 1, 2004... LAHORE Feb 01-(PPI): Different city doctors have advised the people, particularly those suffering from hypertension and cardiac problems, to avoid earning too much meat on Eidul Azha. They said while overeating was not good in any case, those...

District (Chiniot): Maqbool Ahmad made PML-N Jhang president.
February 1, 2004... CHINIOT Feb 01-(PPI): Pakistan Muslim League (N) Youth Wing Punjab president Mian Ghulam Hussain Shahid has nominated Maqbool Ahmad Ansari as president of Jhang. Provincial general secretary Rana Ejaz Ahmad, divisional president Faisalabad...

Politics: Saeed urges people to serve Mujahidin physically, financially.
February 1, 2004... LAHORE Feb 01-(PPI): Jamat ul Dawa Amir Prof Hafiz Muhammad Saeed Sunday urged the people to render physical as well as financial sacrifices in the path of Allah for Mujahidin at the time of ordeal. In his statement issued today on the...

District (M Bahaudin): Bus looted.
February 1, 2004... MANDI BAHAUDIN Feb 01-(PPI): Four unknown armed highwaymen looted a passenger bus at gunpoint on highway here on Sunday. Reportedly, a bus (BUB-6859) was going to Lahore from Mandi Bahaudin and halted by the four unknown armed robbers at...

District (Jhang): Security beefed up on Eid ul Azha.
February 1, 2004... JHANG Feb 01-(PPI): The security has been beefed up in the city to maintain law and order situation to avoid any untoward incident on the occasion of Eid ul Azha. This was disclosed by the District Police Officer (DPO) Jhang Khadam Hussain...

District (MB' Uddin): 4278 flour sacks to be Districtributed.
February 1, 2004... MANDI BAHAUDDIN Feb 01-(PPI): Pakistan Muslim League (Q) District President and MPA Riaz Asghar Chaudhry announced to Districtribute 4278 flour sacks among the deserving people this month and two coupons valuing Rs. 30 each would be given to...

District (Jhang): Sacrificial animals' skin collecting banned.
February 1, 2004... JHANG Feb 01-(PPI): The government has strictly banned the collection of sacrificial animals' skins by the defunct religious and Jihadi organizations on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha. In order to check such violations, the law enforcement...

PG: Musharraf-Vajpayee parleys to resolve all issues including Kashmir: CM.
February 1, 2004... LAHORE Feb 01-(PPI): Punjab Chief Minister Ch. Pervaiz Elahi has said that President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has taken a bold initiative for breaking the impasse and hence the Musharraf-Vajpayee parleys will help to resolve all outstanding...

District (Jhang): Artificial flour shortage hits city, its outskirts.
February 1, 2004... JHANG Feb 01-(PPI): The flour mills owners in connivance with the food department officials have created artificial dearth of flour in the city and its outskirts to earn undue profit on the occasion Eid ul Azha. The people of the locality are...

District (Jhang): PML-Q to support MP candidate in by election.
February 1, 2004... JHANG Feb 01-(PPI): Pakistan Muslim League (Q) has decided in principal to support the contesting candidate of Millat party (MP) Sheikh Waqas Akram during the by election of the constituency of NA-81 Jhang. All the matters have been finalized...

Amrindar rules out Khalistan move clue, minorities victimization in India.
February 1, 2004... LAHORE Feb 01-(PPI): Indian Punjab Chief Minister Capt. (Retd) Amarindar Singh has categorically ruled out any clue of the Khalistan Movement as well as any victimization of minorities including Christians and Muslims by the majority Hindu...

PG: CDG hosts luncheon for Indian delegates.
February 1, 2004... LAHORE Feb 01-(PPI): District Nazim Mian Amir Mahmood from the City District Government Sunday hosted a luncheon for the visiting Indian Punjab Chief Minister Capt. (Retd) Amarindar Singh and his delegation here in a local hotel. The CDG...

Politics: Shujat says he will visit India in April.
February 1, 2004... LAHORE Feb 01-(PPI): President Pakistan Muslim league (Q) Ch. Shujat Hussain has said he will visit India this year some time in April with a parliamentary delegation. He was talking to the reporters here on Sunday before leaving for Gujrat...

Governor's Eid message.
February 1, 2004... LAHORE, Feb 01-(PPI): Islam teaches the Muslims to sacrifice for each other, to share in each other's joy and sorrow and sub-ordinate the individual wishes and desires to the greater good of society. This was started by Governor Khalid...

Governor to offer Eid prayers at Badshahi Mosque.
February 1, 2004... LAHORE, Feb 01-(PPI): Governor Punjab Lt. Gen. Khalid Maqbool (r) will offer his Eid prayers at the historic Badshahi Masjid. (THROUGH ASIA PULSE)

Eidul Azha today.
February 1, 2004... LAHORE, Feb 01-(PPI): Eidul Azha will be celebrated in the provincial capital with traditional fervour and enthusiasm on Monday (today). Hundreds of thousands of believers, accompanied by their children and dear ones, will throng the mosques...

Bishop's Eid message.
February 1, 2004... LAHORE, Feb 22-(PPI): Bishop of Lahore Dr Alexander John Malik has said that Eidul Azha is a priceless gift of Almighty Allah to humanity and a source to get Allah is mercy, blessing and grace. In his message of Eid, he extended cordial...

Qasim Zia Eid message.
February 1, 2004... LAHORE, Feb 01-(PPI): PPP-Punjab chief Qasim Zia has said that Eid has brought us joy besides renewed pledge to sacrifice the best thing we have. In a joint message, he said Eid was not only meant to sacrifice animals in the name of Allah but...

PG: CM's message on Eidul Azha.
February 1, 2004... LAHORE, Feb 01-(PPI): Punjab Chief Minister Ch. Pervez Elahi has said that Eidul Azha is the day of earning the blessings of Allah as well as reiterating our determination to make every sacrifice for safeguarding the collective interests of...

PG: Pervez Elahi bids farewell to Amrindar.
February 1, 2004... LAHORE, Feb 01-(PPI): Punjab Chief Minister Ch. Pervez Elahi Sunday bade farewell to Chief Minister Indian State of Punjab Capt. (Retd) Maharaja Amrindar Singh at Wahga Border. Provincial Minister Ch. Zaheer-ud-Din, Mian Aslam Iqbal, Ch....

PG: Pervez Elahi, Amrindar vow to extend cooperation.
February 1, 2004... LAHORE, Feb 01-(PPI): Punjab Chief Minister Ch. Pervez Elahi has said that negotiations have started between India and Pakistan for resolving all disputes including Kashmir. Direct contact between masses and political parties of both the...

PG: Amrindar visits Nankana.
February 1, 2004... LAHORE, Feb 01-(PPI): Chief Minister Indian State of Punjab Capt. (Retd) Maharaja Amrindar Singh, alongwith his delegation, Sunday visited the birthplace of Baba Guru Nanak Devaji, founder of Sikhism in Nankana. He performed his religious...

Politics MMA announces to protest against scientists'de-briefing on Feb 6.
February 1, 2004... LAHORE, Feb 01-(PPI): MMA Sunday announced to observe a country-wide strike against N-scientists' arrest and allegation on Dr. Qadir on Feb 06. It also demanded of government to hold open trial against al charges leveled against Dr. Abdul...

Politics: PDP to observe Kashmir solidarity-day.
February 1, 2004... LAHORE Feb 01-(PPI): Pakistan Democratic Party (PDP) will set up camps in various cities to show solidarity with Kashmiris on February 5. According to its schedule issued here on Sunday, a camp in this regard will be arranged at Nicolson Road...

Politics: Qazi clarify support to resolution on scientists in BA.
February 1, 2004... LAHORE, Feb 01-(PPI): MMA acting president Qazi Hussain Ahmed has held communication gap responsible of its alleged paradoxical step of supporting the government resolution on scientists' de-briefing in Balochistan Assembly and opposing the...

Politics: KTP protests against dismissal of Dr. Qadir.
February 1, 2004... LAHORE, Feb 01-(PPI): Khaksar Tehreek Pakistan (KTP) staged a protest demonstration against the dismissal of renowned atomic scientist Dr. Abdul Qadir at Ichhrah Chowk here on Sunday. While leading the demonstration, party chief...

Politics: Qazi greets nation on Eid.
February 1, 2004... Lahore, Feb-02 PPI: Jamat-e-Islami Amir Qazi Hussain Ahmed extending his Eid-ul-Azha greeting to nation said that 10 Zilhaj renewed the memories of the great sacrifice presented by Hazrat Ibrahim thousand years ago. In a statement on Sunday,...

National: Chaudries shocked over Mina incident.
February 1, 2004... LAHORE, Feb 01-(PPI): PML President Ch. Shujat Hussain and Punjab Chief Minister Ch. Pervez Elahi have expressed shock and grief over the death and injuries of Hajjis as a result of stampede at Mina. Describing this incident as a major...

PPP (BB Greets Muslims On Eid-ul-Azha).
February 1, 2004... ISLAMABAD Feb. 01 (PPI) Former Prime Minister and Chairperson of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto has greeted the Muslims throughout the world on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha falling today (Monday). "Eid-ul-Azha has a two-fold...

Jamali (PM to address joint session of AJK Assembly on Thursday).
February 1, 2004... Islamabad,Feb 01 (PPI) Prime Minister,Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali would address the joint session of AJK Assembly on Thursday (Feb 5) which will be telecast live by the AJK Television that goes into operation on the day. PM Jamali would...

SPORTS (RCS "media box" should be extended).
February 1, 2004... ISLAMABAD Feb. 01 (PPI) The "media box" at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium having the capacity of almost 60 to 70 journalists will not be enough for the sports correspondents of sub-continent coming here for the coverage of Pak-India series. "The...

EID:Eidul Azha today.
February 1, 2004... Islamabad,Feb 01 (PPI) Eidul Azha is being celebrated today (Monday) with religious fervour in commemoration of the supreme sacrifice offered by Hazrat Ibrahim Khalilullah and his son Hazrat Ismail Zabihullah in fulfillment of the Divine...

Kashmir-PATHRIBAL COMMISSION CHALLENGED HT CASTIGATES MUSHARRAF FOR PLEASING AMERICA.
February 1, 2004... Peshawar Feb. 01 (PPI) The banned religio-political party, Hazbut Tahrir (HT) has said that for American interests Musharraf was following a policy of 'come and hit us, we were the culprits' Musharraf himself was creating justifications for...

Kashmir day in FATA- Governor to lead a walk.
February 1, 2004... Peshawar Feb. 01 (PPI) Kashmir Solidarity day will be observed in FATA to mark solidarity of FATA people with their kashmiri brethren. The main ceremony in this connection will be held at Jamrud in Khyber agency,on 5th February 2004 at 1230...

Governor to celeberate Eid at Kohat.
February 1, 2004... Peshawar Feb. 01 (PPI) The NWFP Governor Lt. Gen. (r) Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah will observe Eid ul Azha at his native city Kohat, where he will offer Eid prayers at Eid Gah Kohat City. The Governor will come to Peshawar on the second day...

MMA TO FULFIL ALL COMMITTMENTS.
February 1, 2004... Peshawar Feb. 01 (PPI)-The NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani in ameeting with the Amir of JI and central leader of MMA Qazi Hussain Ahmad assured that his government would go all out to accomplish the mission for which the people voted...

GOVERMENT. TO STREAMLINE ALL NATURAL RESOURCES.
February 1, 2004... Peshawar Feb. 01 (PPI) The NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said that his government was striving to streamline its natural resources as a base for economic growth of the province. The foreign and demotic investors were in contact...

Honour killing has no nexus with Islam.
February 1, 2004... QUETTA Feb 1 (PPI): Killing in the name of Ghairat (generally known as honour killing, karo kari or sia kari) has no nexus with Islam at all. This was observed by participants at consultative meeting of National Commission n Status of Women...

District-Five gunned down in Tamboo.
February 1, 2004... DERA MURAD JAMALI Feb 1 (PPI): Five persons including a mother and three children were brutally killed in a firing incident in Tehsil Tamboo Saturday-Sunday night. According to details, four persons armed with modern weapons started...

Eidul Azha.
February 1, 2004... QUETTA Jan 1 (PPI): Eidul Azha will be celebrated Monday comomemotaring supreme sacrifice offered by Prophet Hazrat Ibrahim (AS) as elsewhere in the country and the world. Eid prayers will be held at over two hundred places including eidgahs,...

Young hawker murdered.
February 1, 2004... QUETTA Feb 1 (PPI): A young hawker was killed and his body was thrown in a a gunny bag in a deserted area here Sunday. According to details, police found body of Hawker Amanullah which was lying in a deserted area in a gunny bag in Killi...

Governor, CM-Eid messsages.
February 1, 2004... QUETTA Feb 1 (PPI): Balochistan Governor Owais Ahmad Ghani has said Eidul Azha reminds us the unique sacrifice offered by Hazrat Ibrahim (AS) of his son Ismail (AS) for the will of Almighty Allah. In his message on eid day, Governor said the...

Musharraf urges people to show spirit of Islamic fraternity on Eid.
February 1, 2004... ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: President Pervez Musharraf has urged the nation to show the spirit of Islamic fraternity on the occassion of Eid-ul Azha and seek blessings of Allah Almighty and the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him) to confront challenges...

Information Minister leaves for US.
February 1, 2004... LONDON, Feb 1: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed left for the United States re after a brief stay in the United Kingdom. He was seen off at the Manchester airport by Pakistan High Commission's Consul General...

India, Pakistan should deal with all relevant issues including Kashmir at talks: Kasuri.
February 1, 2004... NEW DELHI, Feb 1: Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri has said that Islamabad and New Delhi should deal with all those relevant issues at the Indo-Pak talks that people would legitimately expect to be addressed. "Everybody knows...

Pakistan delegation to travel to Afghanistan after Eid: Faisal.
February 1, 2004... ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat has said a delegation will travel to Afghanistan soon after Eid to finalize the training and assistance to their armed forces and police personnel. in an interview with Voice of America...

Govt trying to streamline its resources-Durrani.
February 1, 2004... PESHAWAR, Feb 1: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani said that his government was striving to streamline its natural resources as a base for economic growth of the province. The foreign and domestic investors were in contact with the...

Pakistan qualifies to become member of SCO: FO.
February 1, 2004... BEIJING, Feb 1: Pakistan has qualified itself to become the member of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a key regional security grouping in Central Asia. "We believe Pakistan has proved its credential as a frontline State in the war...