October 6, 2001	Saturday	Rajab 18, 1422

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Four killed in fireworks explosion GUJRANWALA, Oct 5: Four people, including two brothers, were killed while five others sustained burn injuries on Friday when fireworks blew up in neighbouring Eminabad village....		JI threatens agitation if Afghanistan attacked MULTAN, Oct 5: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) amir Qazi Husain Ahmed says his party will bring people on roads to protest against possible American strikes in Afghanistan....
Two die, as many injured on road MULTAN, Oct 5: Two persons, including a Naib Nazim, were killed while as many sustained injuries in different road accidents in and around the city during the last 24 hours....		Search for unanimous candidate: Tribal tension DERA GHAZI KHAN, Oct 5: In the wake of tension running between the Bozdars and Jaafars, the tribal area administration is reportedly trying to get the candidate elected unopposed in the...
‘No more road cuts’ FAISALABAD, Oct 5: Wasa will complete the ongoing drainage work near Tezab Mill on the Jaranwala Road within 15 days so as to ensure subsequent work on the road by the...		23 of family injured as wagon overturns VEHARI, Oct 5: At least 23 members of a family were injured, two of them seriously, on Friday in a road accident on the Vehari-Burewala Road, some five kilometres from here....
Another postmaster suspended GUJRANWALA, Oct 5: The postmaster of the Naushera Road post office has also been suspended from service by the GPO authorities for selling used stamps....		Girls’ school in bad shape SADIQABAD, Oct 5: The Girls Primary School, Basti Karim Bux Bhaila, is a picture of neglect of the education department high-ups....
Four cops sacked for negligence TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 5: Four policemen of the Cuttiana police station were terminated from the service for showing negligence here on Friday....		Indian shelling continues SIALKOT, Oct 5: The Chenab rangers thwarted two major Indian attempts of fencing Sialkot working boundary’s Bajwat and Jammu sectors and destroyed three pillars late Thursday night....
Property Dispute claims life FAISALABAD, Oct 5: A local farmer was shot dead over a property dispute in Chak 25-JB, on Thursday....		Massive Afghan relief action urged ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: A group of 19 international NGOs on Friday called upon the United States and its allies, the United Nations, the Taliban and the Northern Alliance to formally recognise...
JUI rejects ban on Harkat, Al Rasheed MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 5: The workers of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Azad Kashmir on Friday took out a procession to condemn the inclusion of Harkatul Mujahideen and Al Rasheed Trust (ART) in the list...		Ex-official of food dept convicted QUETTA, Oct 5: Accountability Court No 2, Quetta, headed by Judge Nadir Khan Durrani, convicted and awarded sentence to an Ex-Assistant Controller Food and his brother in two references pertaining to...
Scientists to get research grant ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Science and Technology Ministry has allocated Rs28 million for a project to provide financial support and opportunities to scientists on the basis of projects submitted by them and...		Imam of Ka’aba calls for restraint RIYADH, Oct 5: The Imam of Ka’aba on Friday urged restraint and reason in the campaign against terrorism and cautioned that vengeance might only lead to more terror....
Development schemes, jobs demanded HUB, Oct 5: Local bodies members of Lasbela district have decided not to allow Arab Sheikhs to use their soil for hunting any more....		Kuwait to help refugees ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Kuwait will assist UNHCR in tackling Afghan refugee crisis to reduce their sufferings, damages and hunger after the recent events....
Unemployment on the rise KARACHI, Oct 5: Unemployment is on the rise and round half-a- million people are added to the ranks of the jobless every year, according to latest official statistics available here....		Seven officials suspended KHAIRPUR, Oct 5: The vice-chancellor of the Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Abdul Rahim Malik, has suspended seven officials of the university on the charges of malpractice....
Inquiry into PTCL affairs initiated: Officials accused of corruption DADU, Oct 5: The district support team on Friday has initiated a high-level inquiry against the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) officials....		Shortage of water hits crops in Nara MIRPURKHAS, Oct 5: Scores of distries and minors of Nara canal command area have dried up due to acute shortage of water in Nara head....
35 booked for razing woman’s house SUKKUR, Oct 5: The Ghotki police on Friday registered a case against 35 people under the terrorist act on the alleged charges of demolishing the house of a poor woman and...		Ulema vow to resist attack on Afghanistan SHIKARPUR, Oct 5: Leaders of various religious parties, speaking at the congregations of the Juma prayer here on Friday, expressed their determination to resist attacks on any Muslim country, particularly Afghanistan...
LMC employees observe strike LARKANA, Oct 5: The employees of the Larkana Municipal Corporation (LMC), including the sanitary staff, observed a strike on Friday in protest against the non-payment of two months’ salaries....		Man kills pregnant wife, cousin over Karo-kari SANGHAR, Oct 5: A man shot dead his pregnant wife and a cousin on the pretext of Karo-kari at 14 Jamrao village here, on Friday....
Motorcyclist dies in accident NAWABSHAH, Oct 5: One person was killed and another injured when a van rammed into a motorcycle on Nawabshah Link Road on Friday....		Sukkur BISE exam SUKKUR, Oct 5: The controller of examinations of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Sukkur, has announced that the practical papers of physics, chemistry, biology, computer science and food and...
Anti-dacoit operation soon SUKKUR, Oct 5: Over three thousand policemen from all over the province reached Sukkur on Friday to launch a massive operation against the dacoits holed in Ludhar Belo, Korshahoo, Teghani jo...		Cop accused of helping prisoner escape MANSEHRA, Oct 5: Mohammed Nazir, relative of Ejaz Ahmed alias Goga, who was murdered three years ago, has accused a police head constable, Babar, of helping alleged killer Khurram Malik to...
CE criticized for supporting US KARAK, Oct 5: Provincial Amir of Jamat-i-Islami and leader of Pakistan-Afghanistan Defence Council, Prof Mohammad Khan has criticized the government’s decision to extend support to the United States....		Absorption of surplus staff ordered PESHAWAR, Oct 5: The NWFP governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has directed that restructuring exercise should be made so that the surplus staff could be adjusted. The governor said with the...
Increase in compensation demanded BUNER, Oct 5: Shahzada Khan, Nazim of union council Koga- Chamla, has said the inhabitants of his constituency are under heavy burden of more than 30,000 Afghan refugees since 1982 without...		Demand for Puhktoon province slammed DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Oct 5: The senior vice-president of Awami National Party and ARD, D.I.Khan district, Aziz-ul-Hasan Wazir, has condemned a demand for a separate province for Pukhtoons, to be named...