October 11, 2001	Thursday	Rajab 23, 1422

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Eleven houses damaged in Indian firing SIALKOT, Oct 10: Three buffaloes and two donkeys were killed while 11 houses were damaged in firing by Indian Security Forces on Pakistani border villages near the Sialkot working boundary here...		Call to fill vacant posts of lady doctors GUJRANWALA, Oct 10: Women councillors of the tehsil city council have demanded Health authorities to post required number of medical officers for conducting post-mortem of women’s bodies at the DHQ Hospital....
38 judges promoted LAHORE, Oct 10: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday promoted 20 senior civil judges as additional district and sessions judges and 18 civil judges as senior civil judges....		Protest campaign from tomorrow: Low phutti price MULTAN, Oct 10: The Kisan Board Pakistan will launch a protest drive from Friday (Oct 12) against low phutti (seed cotton) prices....
Extension in construction period granted LAHORE, Oct 10: In compliance with the directives of the Punjab ombudsman, Lahore Development Authority has allowed extension in building period free of surcharge as it has failed to provide basic...		Give priority to national interests, says Safdar LAHORE, Oct 10: Punjab Governor Muhammad Safdar on Wednesday urged the educated people and intellectuals to give priority to national interests in view of the internal and external threats to the...
Dacoits, thieves strike 10 times LAHORE, Oct 10: Robbers and thieves took away cash, gold ornaments, valuables, cars and motorcycles in 10 strikes in the city on Wednesday....		Man injures two brothers-in-law GUJRANWALA, Oct 10: An addict stabbed and injured his two brothers-in-law over a petty issue in Garjakh on Wednesday....
BHUs without medicines GUJRAT, Oct 10: As many as 90 basic health units in the district have been without medicines for the last one year....		Heaps of garbage refute FMC claims FAISALABAD, Oct 10: Heaps of garbage in residential and commercial areas refute the claims of the Faisalabad Municipal Corporation about launching cleanliness drive in the city....
Another psychiatry ward in Nishtar MULTAN, Oct 10: Concerted efforts will be made for setting up another psychiatry ward in the Nishtar hospital....		Three killed over drain dispute TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 10: Three people were murdered over a dispute in Gojra on Wednesday....
Traders for early arrest of dacoits DERA GHAZI KHAN, Oct 10: Traders of new vegetable market have demanded immediate arrest of the dacoits who injured and looted one of their colleagues on Tuesday....		US likely to release new hit list of Islamic charities LOS ANGELES, Oct 10: In the drive to cut off funding for terrorist groups, the US Treasury Department is expected to release a second list of various Islamic charity organizations, including...
UNHCR resumes airlifting relief supplies today ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) plans to resume airlifting of relief supplies from Copenhagen, Denmark, to Pakistan on Thursday....		Germany assures Pakistan of help through IMF, WB ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: Pakistan has suggested a broad-based coalition government in Afghanistan with representation from all sections, saying that “no regime can be imposed by outside powers”....
Pakistani Canadians back war on terrorism TORONTO, Oct 10: Canadians of Pakistani origin held a meeting in Mississauga recently and supported the war against terrorism....		BHC Ehtesab bench dismisses Faiq’s appeal ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: Ehtesab Bench of the Balochistan High Court in Quetta on Wednesday dismissed the appeals filed by Mir Faiq Ali Jamali ex-provincial minister, Hafeez-ur-Rehman ex-provincial Secretary Labour and Chaudhry...
Tremor felt in Quetta QUETTA, Oct 10: Quetta and its adjoining areas were rife with rumours whole day on Wednesday when a mild tremor measuring 3.0 on the open ended Richter scale struck the city....		Work on Gwadar port, coastal highway put on hold ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: Notwithstanding the increased presence of the US forces in the region, China has asked its companies to expedite their multi-million-dollar investment projects in Pakistan, official sources told Dawn...
AJK govt may lift ban on timber-felling MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 10: The AJK government is considering lifting the ban on timber-felling at a limited scale to provide room for inevitable cutting of spare trees on the one hand and...		Participation of refugees in rallies banned MANSEHRA, Oct 10: To maintain law and order in the prevailing situation, the NWFP government has strictly banned the participation of Afghan refugees in rallies, public meetings and other activities, related to American strikes...
38 checkposts set up along Balochistan border: Dacoits’ movement to be checked LARKANA, Oct 10: To keep a vigil on the movements of dacoits and curb their activities, 38 checkposts have been set up along with the borders with Balochistan in Jacobabad district....		Edhi ready to help victims of attacks BAJAUR, Oct 10: The Edhi Foundation has made elaborate arrangements to provide medical treatment to casualties from the on-going bombardment in Afghanistan who might arrive in the Bajaur Agency....
Four die, 20 injured as bus overturns KHAIRPUR, Oct 10: At least four persons including an old woman died, while twenty others were seriously injured on Wednesday when a bus (FDP-9172) overturned on the Khairpur-Kumb-Nawabshah road in an...		Rally flays attacks on Afghanistan NAWABSHAH, Oct 10: A joint rally was taken out against the US airstrikes in Afghanistan by different religious parties here from Kabir Mosque near the city railway station in which around...
18 tribes end feud, vow to join Jihad KOHAT, Oct 10: A grand Jirga from all the 18 tribes of Orakzai Agency announced a no-war pact among the tribes that were engaged in feuds for centuries and decided that...		Police book Muttahida activist DADU, Oct 10: Dadu town police have booked Naimatullah Shahani, chief organizer of Mutahedda Qaumi Movement, district Dadu, late on Tuesday night....
35 JUI workers sent to jail KHAIRPUR, Oct 10: Some 35 activists of Jamiat Ulama-i-Islam (JUI) who were arrested from Pir jo Goth, Kumb and Hingorja were sent to Khairpur central jail after charge-sheet against them was...		Anti-US demos held in Mardan MARDAN, Oct 10: Defence Council for Afghanistan (DCA) and the Anjuman Markazi Tanzeem Tajiran Mardan (MTTM) held a protest procession and public meeting at Bank Road against the attacks by the United States forces on Afghanistan....
Truck driver electrocuted SUKKUR, Oct 10: A truck driver Rasool Nawaz,