October 16, 2001	Tuesday	Rajab 28, 1422

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Punjab remains shut FAISALABAD, Oct 15: A majority of commercial centres remained closed across the Punjab on Monday as activists of religious parties and other organizations took to streets to condemn the US attack...		Technique to utilize saline land LAHORE, Oct 15: The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) has developed, after a 20-year research, a new technique which can help bring under plough some 6.5 million hectares of saline lands...
ACE recovers Rs40m in a month MULTAN, Oct 15: The Anti-Corruption Establishment arrested 127 officials of various departments and recovered Rs40 million concerning NAB and ACE cases during the last month....		Agri varsity launches website FAISALABAD, Oct 15: The Agriculture University, Faisalabad, has formally launched its website containing history of the institution and information regarding subjects, teachers and students....
Shalimar rolls out from Multan MULTAN, Oct 15: The Shalimar Express between Multan and Karachi was launched here on Monday....		Man killed, father beaten up by rivals GUJRAT, Oct 15: A man was shot dead while his father was tortured allegedly by five people, including a proclaimed offender, in Shadiwal early on Monday morning....
Nazim booked for kidnapping villager JHANG, Oct 15: The Nazim of Pir Panja Union Council was booked on Monday for kidnapping a resident of Vijelka village....		Bus accident leaves 13 injured SAHIWAL, Oct 15: At least 13 people sustained injuries, two of them critical, when a bus overturned on the bypass on Sunday evening....
Murder case against five students TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 15: Police on Monday registered a murder case against five students of the Government Municipal Degree College for killing their college fellow....		CE gave no interview to US paper: Qureshi ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: President Pervez Musharraf’s spokesman on Monday expressed “shock” and “utter disbelief” at remarks attributed to Pakistani President by the USA Today and CBS radio, quoting him as having...
2 million tons wheat needs quick disposal ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: The government is faced with the daunting task of disposing off over two million tons of surplus wheat, besides rice and onions, with limited export options and storage...		Minority govt in Kabul doomed to fail: FO ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: Any effort to foist a non-representative government on Kabul would neither bring peace nor stability to Afghanistan, foreign office spokesman Riaz Mohammad Khan said at his daily press...
Workers reject ban on Jaish, Harkat MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 15: Hundreds of Jaish-i-Mohammad activists on Monday took out a procession and held a rally to condemn the US ban on their organization and the air-strikes against Afghanistan....		SC reserves judgment: Plea against freezing of assets ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: A three-judge bench of the supreme court on Monday reserved judgment on the petition of the relatives of Abdus Sattar Dhero, former managing director of the Port Qasim...
Support for US attacks flayed QUETTA, Oct 15: Traders pulled down shutters of their shops in the city in response to the Jamiat Ulema Islam’s call for a countrywide strike to express resentment over the arrival...		Reports of Mutawakil’s defection refuted ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: The Afghan embassy in Islamabad on Monday strongly refuted reports of Afghan Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmed Mutawakil’s defection and arrival in the federal capital....
100,000 Afghan children at risk: Unicef ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: The United Nations warned on Monday that lives of some 100,000 children inside Afghanistan are at risk if sufficient food does not reach them before winter season....		Commitment to fight hunger reiterated ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that Pakistan is committed to join hands with the world community to fight hunger and reduce poverty....
Complete strike observed in Gilgit GILGIT, Oct 15: A complete shutter-down strike was observed here on Monday at the call of the Defence Council for Afghanistan and other religious groups to protest against the US-led attacks...		Two die HUNZA, Oct 15: At least two persons were killed by an avalanche in Shimshal....
Four wounded in Wana firing: Protests against bombing DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Oct 15: Four people received bullet wounds when an exchange of fire took place between protesters and the law enforcement agencies at Wana, South Waziristan Agency, on Monday....		Strike observed in upper Sindh SUKKUR, Oct 15: Complete strike was observed in Sukkur, Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Kandhkot, Ghouspur, Buxapur, Pano Aqil, Ghotki and other parts of upper Sindh on the call of Pak-Afghan defense council and...
United Nations issues $584m donor alert ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: The United Nations has issued a new donor alert amounting to $584.03 million for six months to ensure delivery of an inter-agency humanitarian assistance plan for Afghanistan and...		Demo termed warning to US SUKKUR, Oct 15: Chief of Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan, Allama Shah Ahmed Noorani, has accused America of carrying out terrorist acts in Afghanistan and elsewhere, especially in the Muslim countries....
Poachers held, rare species recovered THATTA, Oct 15: A wildlife raiding party led by district game warden Pir Muhammad raided a consignment site, and recovered over one hundred illegally hunted rare varieties of duck and migratory...		Nadra clerk granted bail PESHAWAR, Oct 15: The Peshawar High Court on Monday allowed bail to a registration clerk of National Database and Registration Authority, who is accused of being involved in preparation of national...
JI, TNSM vow to support Taliban CHITRAL, Oct 15: Jamaat-i-Islami and Islami Jamiat-i-Talaba workers took out a procession here on Monday to protest against the US-led attacks on Afghanistan....		Karak law and order situation reviewed KARAK, Oct 15: The district Nazim, Mohammad Sharif Khattak, has said that complete law and order harmony prevails in the district. A close liaison between local administration and Ulema has been...
500 JUI activists released SUKKUR, Oct 15: About 500 workers of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam alongwith its leaders from Jacobabad were released by the administration after a deal with Dr Khalid Mehmood Soomro, secretary general of JUI...		Rallies held to condemn US attacks KOHAT, Oct 15: Several anti-US protest rallies were taken out in the district on Monday to condemn attacks on Afghanistan....
Ulema blast Wali Khan’s remarks BAJAUR, Oct 15: Leaders of religious and political parties have critizized Rahbr-i-Tehrik Khan Abdul Wali Khan’s statement and urged him to apologize to the Ummat. They also asked him to revive...		Man guns down uncle NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Oct 15: A man was killed by his nephew on a matrimonial dispute in village Ghulam Rasool Ujjan near Tharushah on Monday....
Money, arms donated to Taliban ORAKZAI AGENCY, Oct 15: Leaders of various religious groups here on Sunday asked their members to install anti-aircraft guns on hilltops to hit warplanes attacking Afghanistan....		By-election in Nawabshah, Mithi today NAWABSHAH, Oct 15: By-elections are being held for the seat of Nazim of union council No:4 of Nawabshah City on Tuesday....
Post office in rented room MITHI, Oct 15: Since no government building is available for the post office at Mithi, it has been functioning in different rented buildings for last couple of years....		Unity urged ABBOTTABAD, Oct 15: Federal Local Bodies and Manpower Minister Omer Asghar Khan has lauded the role of the press in the development of the country and asked it to help create...