October 19, 2001	Friday	Shaba'an 1, 1422

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No respite from Indian shelling SIALKOT, Oct 18: Seven cattle were killed in firing by Indian security forces in villages near the Sialkot working boundary on Thursday....		District Nazims to call on Musharraf MULTAN, Oct 18: President general Pervez Musharraf will soon start meeting district nazims to exchange views on matters of national interest, including the problems being faced by their respective district governments....
Case against traders, religious leaders: Anti-govt rally FAISALABAD, Oct 18: Kotwali police on Thursday claimed to have booked over two dozen religious leaders and representatives of trade bodies who were vocal against the government....		Most seats bagged by relatives SARGODHA, Oct 18: The candidates having relations with Nazims or Naib Nazims or supported by them have returned to respective union councils of Sargodha and Khushab districts in the by-election leaving...
Technology park LAHORE, Oct 18: A group of Canada-based Pakistani investors is developing a 20-acre technology park on Raiwind Road, about two kilometres from Thokar Niaz Beg, at a cost of Rs3 billion....		Phone in remote areas within 24 hours GUJRANWALA, Oct 18: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) on Thursday announced a package of new connections within 24 hours in remote areas....
Dacoits on the rampage KASUR, Oct 18: Dacoits looted cash and gold ornaments and drove away with a tractor in different incidents here on Thursday....		FCCI for stability in oil prices FAISALABAD, Oct 18: Local Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Mian Naimur Rahman has warned the federal government that if the oil companies continued increasing the price of furnace oil, industries...
Students to contribute to teachers’ salary TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 18: Proposal to uplift education sector in the district will be presented for approval in the coming session of the district council....		Rally to protest killing of Afghans DERA GHAZI KHAN, Oct 18: Activists of religious parties on Thursday took out a rally on the call of the Jamaat-i-Islami to protest against the killing of innocent Afghan people....
PO killed in ‘encounter’ GUJRAT, Oct 18: A notorious proclaimed offender was shot dead while his three accomplices were arrested on Thursday in an encounter with Karrianwala police near Awan Sharif....		‘Shortage of funds not acceptable excuse’ LAHORE, Oct 18: Lahore district Nazim Amer Mahmood directed the departments under his administrative control on Thursday not to cite shortage of funds as an excuse for their failure to solve...
Three PIA flights cancelled LAHORE, Oct 18: The PIA’s flight PK-401 for Karachi, scheduled to take-off at 8am on Thursday, was cancelled due to operational reasons....		Policeman held in rape case LAHORE, Oct 18: A policeman and one of his accomplices named in a rape case were arrested on Thursday night....
Police remove JUI camps VEHARI, Oct 18: The Vehari police on Wednesday night uprooted the JUI camp set up for the help of Afghan people....		No differences with China over support to US, says minister ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: Pakistan is seeking $750 million from bilateral donors and multilateral agencies to start work on the second and third phases of the Gwadar port....
Broad-based govt can include moderate Taliban: Short ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: The visiting British Secretary of State for International Development Ms Clare Short said here on Thursday that the US led coalition has decided to help set up a...		British MPs call for peaceful settlement of Kashmir issue LONDON, Oct 18: Barrister Sultan Mehmood and British MPs on Thursday urged the international coalition against terrorism to remove the root cause of terrorism by removing the injustices being perpetrated against...
53 Pakistani victims of WTC attack identified WASHINGTON, Oct 18: The New York-based National Unity Council of Pakistanis has issued a list of 53 Pakistanis - 43 men and nine women - that it confirms perished in the...		Projects approved MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 18: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Development Working Party here on Wednesday approved uplift schemes worth Rs281.6 million in LG&RD, health, education, transport, communication, planning and development, and...
Action likely against religious parties RAWALPINDI, Oct 18: Government is likely to launch a country-wide crackdown against religious parties to pacify their protests over its decision to support the US-led allied forces in the campaign against...		Afghan embassy slams killing of civilians ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: The Afghan embassy in Islamabad has strongly condemned what it termed “killing of over 400 civilians” by the continued American attacks on Afghanistan for the past 12 days....
WHO tests confirm Congo fever in Quetta ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: Laboratory tests by the World Health Organisation (WHO) have confirmed the prevalence of Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in Quetta, a UN official said at a news conference...		China denies change in visa policy BEIJING, Oct 18: A foreign ministry spokesman on Thursday denied the press reports that China changed its visa policy towards Pakistan or any other Muslim country....
13 officials promoted to BS-22 ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: The government on Thursday notified the promotion of 13 civil servants to the highest ladder in the civil service, BS-22....		NADP offices closed down GILGIT, Oct 18: The Northern Areas Development Project (NADP) has closed down its field offices in Diamer, removed its vehicles and asked its non-local employees to leave the district in view...
Yousuf made NSC member ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has appointed Vice Chief of Army Staff Gen Mohammad Yousuf as a member of the National Security Council (NSC) with immediate effect, says a...		Farm tax collection in NWFP may fall below target PESHAWAR, Oct 18: The NWFP government is not expecting much results from the on-going drive of filing of income tax returns in absence of big land holdings in greater number, according...
‘Airstrikes frustrate move to oust Taliban’ PESHAWAR, Oct 18: Peshawar-based former Afghan Jihadi commanders’ move to engineer removal of the Taliban by causing defections within the ruling militia and by winning over tribal elders in Afghanistan have...		Foreigners’ entry into Agency opposed PESHAWAR, Oct 18: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Mohmand Agency leaders issued a decree against the entry of journalists hailing from the US and European nations in the agency area on Thursday....
Rs204m revised Haripur dist council budget HARIPUR, Oct 18: The district Nazim, Dr Raja Amir Zaman, on Thursday presented a revised budget of Rs204.5 million for the district council of Haripur for the fiscal year 2001-2....		Thousands enter Pakistan CHAMAN, Oct 18: Thousands of refugees were crossing the Afghan border into Pakistan on Thursday, carrying their wounded from Kandahar along with their possessions....
War and drought bring miseries to Afghanistan PARIS, Oct 18: Surgical thread, cotton, silk, carpets, emeralds and lapus-azuli, all products exported from Afghanistan until the economy, one of the poorest in the world, was laid waste by war...		PML-Q condemns bombing PESHAWAR, Oct 18: Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam group) has condemned the US and their allies attacks on Afghanistan and also condemned the Pakistan act of providing them bases against Afghanistan....
Overcrowded Mardan jail makes inmates’ lives miserable MARDAN, Oct 18: The inmates of the Mardan jail are forced to live like animals in unhygienic conditions due to serious overcrowding in the prison....		NWFP may get funds for backing West PESHAWAR, Oct 18: The NWFP is likely to get substantial funds from world donor agencies in return for Pakistan’s support of the West’s war against terrorism....
Madressah students leave for Afghanistan SWABI, Oct 18: The students who have completed their studies at various Madaris in the Swabi district have left for Afghanistan to fight for Taliban as ground attack by the allied...		Work on Ghazi Barotha project may be delayed GHAZI, Oct 18: The consortium of foreign construction firms-Ghazi Barotha Contractors (GBC)- wants the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) to suspend contract for the execution of the multi-billion US dollar...
District council meeting held CHITRAL, Oct 18: The first ever session of the District Council started here on Thursday amidst hurling of accusations on each other by the members....		Two die in landmine explosion BAJAUR, Oct 18: Two women were killed and five injured in a landmine explosion in a border village of Afghanistan on Thursday....
263 primary schools closed in Dadu DADU, Oct 18: Some 121 boys and 142 girls primary schools have been closed in the remote areas of Dadu district since 1994, while 50 girls and boys primary schools have...		Governor urged to get school vacated MITHI, Oct 18: The members of Parent-Teacher Association and the people of Mithi have appealed to the Sindh governor, the corps commander and the education secretary to get vacated five classrooms...
CMC council objects to SPSC chief’s remarks LARKANA, Oct 18: The academic council of Chandka Medical College (CMC), Larkana, has objected to the remarks the chairman of the Sindh Public Service Commission made about the standard of education...		Nazim dies SANGHAR, Oct 18: Nazim, union council Shah Mardanabad, Faqir Pir Bux Khaskheli, died from electrocution late Wednesday night....