October 24, 2001	Wednesday	Shaba'an 6, 1422

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The corrupt won’t contest polls: Omar hints at reforms LAHORE, Oct 23: Drastic political reforms will be enforced to bar the corrupt and convicted politicians from contesting the general elections next year....		Most complaints ombudsman received are against Wapda MULTAN, Oct 23: The regional ombudsman’s office, set up in June last, has so far received around 2,000 complaints against various federal government departments....
Ban on poisonous preservatives sought: Increasing suicides SAHIWAL, Oct 23: Cases of suicide by girls have increased manifold as poisonous pills used for the preservation of wheat are found in every home these days....		Mango orchards hit by water shortage MULTAN, Oct 23: The Mango Growers Association (MGA) has expressed concern over the shortage of irrigation water and consequent closure of canals....
Six animals killed in Indian shelling SIALKOT, Oct 23: Thirteen houses were badly damaged, while four buffaloes and two goats were killed by Indian shelling on Pakistani border villages near the Sialkot working boundary on Tuesday....		Abandoned slaughter houses MIANWALI, Oct 23: Mianwali is the most backward district in the Punjab. Without acknowledging this reality, it was upgraded from the rank of backward area to the status of under-developed area...
Three of a family shot dead by rivals GUJRANWALA, Oct 23: Three members of a family were gunned down while two others were injured by their rivals in Qila Dedar Singh on Tuesday....		Six Naushera villages made part of Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, Oct 23: The Punjab Revenue Department has included six villages of Naushera Virkan tehsil in Gujranwala tehsil limits and issued a notification on Tuesday....
BZU to mail admission forms with result cards MULTAN, Oct 23: The Bahauddin Zakariya University has decided to revive the old practice of sending admission forms along with the result cards to those candidates who have been declared fail...		Saleem Malik granted bail LAHORE, Oct 23: A local judicial magistrate accepted the bail plea of former Pakistani cricket captain Saleem Malik against a surety bond of Rs 30,000 on Tuesday....
Dacoits on shooting spree VEHARI, Oct 23: Dacoits killed two people and injured a trader in three strikes in the district during the last 24 hours....		Five perish in wagon crash CHINIOT, Oct 23: Five people were killed while as many sustained injuries in a bike-wagon collision near Bhowana Town on Tuesday....
Muslim states urged to rehabilitate Afghanistan ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Finance minister, Shaukat Aziz has urged all Muslims to contribute towards the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Afghanistan....		Pakistan allows setting up more refugee camps ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Pakistan on Tuesday allowed UNHCR to establish a refugee camp two kilometres inside the Chaman border at Killi Faizo, UN officials said at a news conference....
Musharraf lauds UN performance ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: President General Pervez Musharraf has said that the government and the people of Pakistan take great pleasure in joining the international community in celebrating the 56th anniversary of...		Decision on fishing boats fee soon QUETTA, Oct 23: The governor, Justice (retd) Amirul Mulk Mengal, has said that the governing body of Balochistan Coastal Development Authority would decide within a week whether to levy fee on...
Washington wants calm along LoC WASHINGTON, Oct 23: The war of words between Pakistan and India that has heated up in the last few days has caught the United States in the middle, with Washington, worried...		JI chief seeks SC intervention: Change in Afghan policy ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Qazi Hussain Ahmad, Amir, Jamaat-i-Islami, on Tuesday approached the Supreme Court seeking its intervention “to save the declining graph of national integration” due to sudden change in Pakistan’s...
US using chemical weapons, says Zaeef ISLAMABAD Oct 23: Afghan ambassador in Islamabad Mulla Abdul Salam Zaeef on Tuesday alleged that the US-led forces were using chemical weapons against the Afghans....		US relief goods for Afghans arrive ISLAMABAD Oct 23: A planeload of relief goods consisting of tents and blankest from the United States arrived here on Tuesday morning....
Tribesmen block road to protest kidnappings DARRA ADAMKHEL, Oct 23: The tribesmen of Darra Adamkhel, Khyber Agency, here on Tuesday blocked the Indus Highway near Feroz Khan village for two hours in protest against the kidnapping of...		TNSM plans armed demos against US TIMERGARA, Oct 23: Tehrik-i-Nefaz-i-Shariah Muhammadi (TNSM) has announced that its workers will stage armed demonstrations   in all tehsils of the district on Wednesday to protest against the continuing US air...
5 officials, DP held in treason, bribery cases SWABI, Oct 23: The Swabi anti-corruption police on Tuesday arrested five officials of the revenue department on the charge of treason and an Afghan displaced person for giving a bribe to...		US attacks failed, says Afghan governor BAJAUR, Oct 23: The Governor of Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province, Maulvi Abdur Rauf Khaddam, has said that the non-stop US air strikes have failed either to inflict damage to Taliban’s military...
JUI chief performs Nikah ceremony DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Oct 23: Despite house arrest and the declaration of his house as sub-jail, Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman performed the Nikah Haji Muhammad Amin Nomani’s son, on Oct 21....		Nazim demands powers to maintain law & order MANSEHRA, Oct 23: District Nazim Azam Khan Swati has threatened that he will step down if the government does not confer powers on him under clause 2 of the local bodies’...
Bodies of two minor brothers found KOHAT, Oct 23: The dead bodies of two minor brothers, who went missing in the morning while on their way to school, were recovered from a drain by the police on...		Five killed MARDAN, Oct 23: At least five persons, including a woman, were killed in different incidents in Mardan district in the last 24 hours....
Thatta Nazim plans forced education for children THATTA, Oct 23: Thatta district Nazim Syed Shafqat Hussain Shah Shirazi has hinted at seeking police help in getting the children from remote areas admitted to primary schools if his district...		Team visits pest-hit paddy fields LARKANA, Oct 23: A three-member team of Sindh plant protection office led by Mohammad Anwer Memon visited the areas of Larkana district where rice crop had came under pest attack....
Impersonator held for cheating officials NAWABSHAH, Oct 23: The Nawabshah police have arrested a man who by misusing the name of Sindh governor has looted several government officials....		Demo staged against demolition of school SUKKUR, Oct 23: Hundreds of the students and the staff of government primary school, Achar Ghitti, Sukkur, with the members of Achar Ghitti welfare association on Tuesday staged protest demonstration against...
Naushahro Nazim’s role questioned NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Oct 23: The members of district council, Naushahro Feroze, belonging to the Awam Dost Panel, have accused the district Nazim of meting out step-motherly treatment towards the elected Nazims...		Education official’s transfer demanded MITHI, Oct 23: Thirteen Nazims of different union councils of Tharparkar district have demanded of the chief secretary Sindh and minister education to transfer Mohammad Ali Unnar, assistant district officer education...
5 villages deprived of electricity LARKANA, Oct 23: The officials of Hesco Kambar sub-division on Tuesday removed power transformers of five villages and snapped electricity supply to four villages for non-payment of bills....		Villager killed MIRPURKHAS, Oct 23: A villager, Tekam Das, died when he was hit by a bus on the Mithi Naokot road on Monday....
Five injured in armed clash DADU, Oct 23: Five persons were injured in a clash between two groups of farmers over cattle grazing in village Shafi Muhammad Khoso near Mehar town on Tuesday....		Two arrested after encounter DADU, Oct 23: Two armed men were arrested by Bhan Saeedabad police after a brief exchange of fire on Manhayoon-Bhan Saeedabad link road on Tuesday....