October 25, 2001	Thursday	Shaba'an 7, 1422

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Growers quit cotton assessment body: Crop size estimate ‘inflated’ MULTAN, Oct 24: Four of the five members representing growers on the Standing Committee on Cotton Crop Assessment (SCCCA) have resigned in protest....		No new tax in Faisalabad district council budget FAISALABAD, Oct 24: The district Nazim presented on Wednesday Rs541 million budget for district council for 2001-02 amid rumpus....
Work on projects slows down OKARA, Oct 24: With the establishment of the district government, work on development projects has lost momentum as the authorities concerned in the district council and three tehsil councils seem to...		Hotels found evading tax GUJRAT, Oct 24: At least nine local hotels have been evading taxes on various counts for the last 10 years, it is learnt....
Rapist of 13 minor girls arrested FAISALABAD, Oct 24: Local police on Tuesday night claim to have arrested an alleged rapist in Mohallah Yousafabad....		Indian forces damage 11 houses in Sialkot SIALKOT, Oct 24: Indian forces continued bombing of border villages in Sialkot working boundary throughout Wednesday....
Selection grade for more teachers MULTAN, Oct 24: As many as 199 secondary schoolteachers in six districts of the Punjab will be given the selection grade....		Man kills himself, wife, two children GUJRANWALA, Oct 24: A man killed his wife and two minor children and later shot himself dead over a domestic dispute in Bhano Kot Saddar village on Wednesday....
Police bid to save colleague JHANG, Oct 24: Chiniot city police are reluctant to register a case against a head-constable and his accomplices despite issuance of orders by the Jhang SSP two weeks ago....		Highwaymen kill two motorcyclists LAHORE, Oct 24: Three armed men killed two motorcyclists on Kanjwana Road near Kumharanwali Haveli in Kahna on Wednesday....
Inspector sacked, SHO suspended KASUR, Oct 24: The Lahore range DIG on Wednesday sacked an inspector and suspended a SHO....		Death in honour killing SARGODHA, Oct 24: Additional Sessions Judge Malik Riaz Ahmad Khokhar on Wednesday awarded death sentence on two counts to an accused in a murder case....
Date extended FAISALABAD, Oct 24: The University of Agriculture has extended the admission date for the post-graduate classes up to Oct 29....		Exhibition LAHORE, Oct 24: A four-day science models exhibition started at the National Museum of Science and Technology on Wednesday....
Pakistan, US working on same agenda WASHINGTON, Oct 24: A pause in the campaign in Afghanistan during Ramazan will depend on the military situation obtaining at that time....		AJK asks Wapda to pay GST on Mangla dam power ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: The Azad Kashmir government has demanded general sales tax (GST) on electricity that Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) is generating from Mangla Dam, Dawn has learnt....
Delaying tactics of India termed threat to peace MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 24: AJK President Mohammad Anwar Khan has said that India’s tactics to delay any solution to the longstanding Kashmir issue are threatening the global peace. and asked the world...		UNHCR foresees acute crisis QUETTA, Oct 24: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Pakistan fears an influx of 1.5 million Afghan refugees “if situation deteriorates in Afghanistan”, Fatoumata Kaba, the UNHCR spokesperson...
NALC may get assembly status GILGIT, Oct 24: The Northern Areas Deputy Chief Executive Fida Muhammad Nashad has said that the government is considering granting assembly status to the Northern Areas Legislative Council (NALC) on the...		Reform strategy: IMF awaits Pakistan’s final move WASHINGTON, Oct 24: The International Monetary Fund is waiting for Pakistan to finalize bilateral and multilateral financial arrangements before deciding on a reform strategy for the country under the Poverty Reduction...
N-energy only viable option: PAEC KARACHI, Oct 24: Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission’s Member Power Javed Iqleem has said that nuclear energy is the only viable option for our country as the fossil fuel reserves of Pakistan...		Conviction of 22 in rape case upheld ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of 22 people on the charge of gang rape....
SC takes up Qazi’s petition today ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: The Supreme Court will take up on Thursday Jamaat-i-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad’s petition, which has sought the intervention of the apex court in a “sudden change in...		SC won’t grant bail in terrorism case, says CJ ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: The Supreme Court will not grant bail to any person booked for acts of terrorism and hooliganism....
IDB pledges $50 million assistance to Afghanistan ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has decided to extend a $50 million humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan....		TNSM men to leave for Afghanistan today MINGORA, Oct 24: The Tehrik Nefaz-i-Shariah Muhammadi (TNSM) Malakand division workers, armed with sophisticated weapons, would leave for Afghanistan on Thursday via Bajuar agency to join hands with the Taliban against...
‘Education dept officials violate service rules’ DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Oct 24: Officials of the district education department of D.I.K have been violating service rules and regulations without fear of accountability....		Flaws in Haripur’s bus route system HARIPUR, Oct 24: The Provincial Transport Authority, NWFP’s ill-conceived policies pertaining to allotment and renewal of route permits has been causing a loss of thousands to the national exchequer for the...
1,500 DPs enter Bajaur daily BAJAUR, Oct 24: The influx of Afghan refugees in the Bajaur Agency in the last couple of days has increased manifold as the continuing US bombardment has resulted in civilian casualties...		Tehsil council short of offices, staff MANSEHRA, Oct 24: The first session of Tehsil Council Mansehra here on Monday saw councillors singing a litany of complaints and listing the problems besetting the tehsil, upon which the Nazim...
Power breakdowns hit life KOHAT, Oct 24: Frequent power breakdowns have made life miserable in various parts of the district in the past one month....		Districts given uplift funds, says governor PESHAWAR, Oct 24: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah on Wednesday said the government had distributed resources among the district governments, which, he added, were empowered to prioritize areas for development....
Govt leading country to civil unrest: Fazal DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Oct 24: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that the policies adopted by President Pervez Musharraf are leading the country to civil unrest....		Nowshera UCs assured of share in funds NOWSHERA, Oct 24: The district Nazim of Nowshera, Pervez Khattak, on Tuesday assured the council members that their suggestions would be accommodated in the district and tehsil administration budget....
Two killed in D.I. Khan DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Oct 24: Two persons were gunned down in different localities here during the last 24 hours....		ADBP arrests 12 defaulters in recovery drive NAWABSHAH Oct 24: The Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan (ADBP), arrested 12 defaulters from Naushahro Feroze district, which lies in the Nawabshah Zone, kicking-off a massive campaign to recover the outstanding...
Security measures at Jacobabad reviewed: Corps Commander visits airbase SUKKUR, Oct 24: Corps. Commander Sindh, Lt. Gen.Tariq Waseem Ghazi, visited Jacobabad airbase and reviewed the security arrangements....		Armed men thrash cop, snatch gun DADU, Oct 24: A police constable was injured and a government rifle was snatched by three unidentified armed men in an attack at a police picket late on Tuesday night, two...
Three hurt as Karachi-bound coaches attacked LARKANA, Oct 24: Three passengers were injured when highwaymen opened fire on two Karachi bound coaches on Wagan road on late Tuesday night....		Plea to restart anti-malaria plan MITHI, Oct 24: The members of district council of Tharparkar have urged the government to restart the national malaria control programme, which has remained suspended for the last couple of years...
Faiz Ganj villagers decry power cut KHAIRPUR, Oct 24: A large number of villagers belonging to 15 villages of taluka Faiz Ganj continued their demonstrations on the third consecutive day on Wednesday against the loadshedding in the...		Journalists hold protest HYDERABAD, Oct 24: A large number of journalists of Hyderabad on Wednesday blocked the press club road and staged a protest sit-in against attack on the house of newsman Ghulam Hussain...
Sweepers want salaries SUKKUR, Oct 24: Over 50 sweepers took out a protest procession in Thul town, Jacobabad and later staged a sit-in, in front of the Town committee to lodge their protest against...		Nazim raids BHU, finds staff absent MANSEHRA, Oct 24: The Nazim of Jallo union council, Asif Khan, paid a surprise visit to the basic health unit at Bagh Bande where he found irregularities in record and recovered...
Two die in accidents DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Oct 24: A young man and a seven-year-old boy died in two road accidents here....		Man shot dead SWABI, Oct 24: A man was shot dead by his opponents while he was on his way from Taraki to Shewa Adda on Tuesday. Saeed Khan became the fifth person killed...