October 26, 2001	Friday	Shaba'an 8, 1422

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Hospitals run out of emergency stocks MULTAN, Oct 25: Nearly all state-run hospitals and health centres in the Punjab lack medicines and other material necessary to handle emergency and trauma cases....		Over 20 houses damaged in Indian shelling SIALKOT, Oct 25: Over 20 houses were badly damaged and 11 animals were killed on Thursday in shelling by Indian troops in villages near the Sialkot working boundary....
Accused found hanged in lock-up SAHIWAL, Oct 25: An accused in a dacoity case was found hanged in the Farid Town police station on Thursday morning....		Development funds envisaged inadequate MULTAN, Oct 25: Development funds, which the Multan Municipal Corporation will allocate in the forthcoming budget in 58 union councils, appear to be insufficient keeping in view the requirement of the...
Govt not sincere in holding polls next year: PPP LAHORE, Oct 25: The Pakistan People’s Party has expressed serious doubts about the military regime’s sincerity to hold general elections by October next year, as ordained by the Supreme Court, saying...		Khwaja Farid centenary celebrations BAHAWALPUR, Oct 25: The four-day centenary celebrations to mark the death anniversary of sufi poet Khwaja Ghulam Farid began here under the auspices of Seraiki Adabi Majlis on Wednesday night....
Jailbreak: 13 employees suspended GUJRAT, Oct 25: In the wake Wednesday''s jailbreak, 13 employees of the Mandi Bahauddin District Jail, including a deputy and two assitant suprintendents, were suspended on Thursday....		Court ruling on Kamal’s paintings LAHORE, Oct 25: The Lahore High Court disposed of a writ petition moved by painter-calligrapher Aslam Kamal on Thursday with the direction that all future editions of Contemporary Paintings of Pakistan...
‘Exporters suffer more losses’ SIALKOT, Oct 25: Various trade bodies and associations have expressed concern over 60 per cent decline in exports in the district amid global unrest....		Patients face hassle at Okara DHQ Hospital OKARA, Oct 25: The District Headquarters Hospital (DHQ) has been functioning without required specialists, medicines and other basic facilities....
Robbers take away cash, gold, vehicles LAHORE, Oct 25: Robbers looted cash, gold ornaments and other valuables worth hundreds of thousand of rupees and drove away with a car and three motorcycles in different parts of the...		Provinces asked to ensure funds for local governments ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: National Reconstruction Bureau Chairman Lt-Gen (retd) Tanvir Hussain Naqvi has said that fiscal decentralization is pivotal to empowering local governments....
Text of APNS resolution ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: Following is the text of resolution adopted by APNS earlier this week:...		WB blasts Pakistan’s power watchdog ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: The World Bank has expressed serious dissatisfaction over the financial position of both the Wapda and the KESC, doubted analytical and regulatory capabilities of the Nepra and feared...
Public interest to be upheld: AJK PM: Plan to raise Mangla dam level MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 25: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan has assured the residents of Mirpur that they will be taken into confidence about a proposed plan to raise the level...		Defence division tops list of corrupt departments: report ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: The defence division tops the list of the government ministries and divisions having the highest number of corrupt and inefficient officials, statistics, recently compiled by the establishment division,...
40 die as US planes attack Kandahar QUETTA, Oct 25: The US planes bombed a village in Afghanistan, killing 40 people, including 19 of a family, on Tuesday-Wednesday night....		AG issued notice on Qazi’s petition ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Attorney-General of Pakistan to present his views on the issues raised in the constitutional petition filed by Jamaat-i-Islami Chief...
Trade firm’s ex-GM gets 14 years’ jail GILGIT, Oct 25: The regional accountability judge of the Northern Areas, Justice Sher Afzal, on Thursday sentenced Pervez Iqbal, former general-manager of Pak-China Trade, to 14 years’ imprisonment and awarded a...		Harkat man’s body brought to AJK, buried MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 25: An activist of the Harkatul Mujahideen, which is fighting Indian forces in the held Kashmir, was buried in a southern village of Azad Kashmir on Thursday after his...
Three Iraqis, Tajik held GILGIT, Oct 25: The Gilgit police have arrested three Iraqi nationals and a Tajik at the border town of Sost, some 200 kilometres from Gilgit, police officials told Dawn on Thursday....		Scientist taken into ‘protective custody’ ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: A former Pakistani nuclear scientist who ran some relief operations for neighbouring Afghanistan has been taken into “protective custody” by unidentified authorities, a government minister said on Thursday....
Juvenile offenders’ detention continues: Directive not being followed PESHAWAR, Oct 25: A notification issued by the provincial government offering some benefits to juvenile offenders has become useless as the concerned authorities have not been following it....		LEAs launch massive operation in Darra KOHAT, Oct 25: Once again the whole district administration and the law enforcement agencies have embarked upon a massive search and rescue operation for the kidnapped councillor and his friend in...
Needy not receiving Zakat allowances ABBOTTABAD, Oct 25: Sustenance allowance, dowry fund and rehabilitation fund have not been paid to more than 40,000 widows and orphans in Abbottabad district for the last two years....		Mujaddedi wants attacks stopped PESHAWAR, Oct 25: Former president of Afghanistan Prof Sibghatullah Mujaddedi has urged the ruling Taliban and the US- led coalition to show mercy towards the innocent Afghan people and bring an...
Opposition rejects Haripur budget HARIPUR, Oct 25: The opposition members of Haripur district assembly have rejected the district budget and termed it ‘a pack of flaws’....		Admission to Hazara University begins MANSEHRA, Oct 25: The newly-established, Hazara University has started admissions in seven subjects on self-finance basses for its inaugural session....
Donation camps set up for Taliban DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Oct 25: Jamiat-i-Ulema Islam (JUI) and a number of Jihadi groups have established camps in Dera Ismail Khan for collection of donations to help Taliban and Afghan people...		Taliban refuse volunteers BAJAUR, Oct 25: Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Mohammadi (TNSM) on Thursday postponed its plans to send 3,000 volunteers to Afghanistan from Malakand....
US bombings jolt Pakistan’s border towns SADDA, Oct 25: The continued US aerial strikes on the Paktia province has jolted the border towns of Pakistan....		JI holds protest rally in Mardan MARDAN, Oct 25: Jamat-i-Islami, Mardan, held a public meeting at Kachehri Chowk where the party leaders condemned air strikes on Afghanistan by the United States and its allied forces, terming it...
Nowshera budget passed NOWSHERA, Oct 25: The district council of Nowshera on Wednesday passed a Rs827.17 million budget for 2001-02....		Railways asks PTCL to restore network LARKANA, Oct 25: The Pakistan Railways has approached the Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) for the restoration of overhead wire network for the smooth running of trains....
Rotation plan worsens water crisis MIRPURKHAS, Oct 25: Water crisis has intensified in Mirpurkhas division with the decline of water level in the Nara Canal....		Two fleeing prisoners arrested SUKKUR, Oct 25: Sukkur police have captured two undertrial prisoners who had escaped from Salehpat police station after breaking the wall of the lock-up on Monday last....
Quaid’s colleague is dead NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Oct 25: Khan Muhammad Bhatti, a companion of father of the nation, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, died on Thursday at the age of 108 years in village Sono Khan...		Anthrax fear travels to Nawabshah NAWABSHAH, Oct 25: Suspected letters addressed to President Gen Pervaiz Musharraf, GHQ, Rawalpindi, and Ali Mohammed Jinnati Baba of Thatta were taken into possession by the Post Office, Nawabshah, as the...
No one claims bodies of dacoits SANGHAR, Oct 25: No relative or friend came to claim the bodies of six dacoits who were gunned down by police on Wednesday....		PPP leader wants early return of Benazir LARKANA, Oct 25: A central leader of Pakistan People’s party Mir Qadir Bakhsh Hasni on Thursday said that only an early return of party chairperson, Benazir Bhutto, can help Pakistan come...
Youth dies of poison KHAIRPUR, Oct 25: A youth identified as Israr Ali son of Anwar Ali Haleem resident of village Ghulam Muhammad Haleem of taluka Sobhodero died here on Thursday in Gambat Civil Hospital....		Protest against power cut HYDERABAD, Oct 25: Hundreds of residents of Makrani Para and adjoining localities including women and children staged a protest demonstration and blocked Makki Shah Road for two hours here on Thursday...
Uplift sans discrimination pledged NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Oct 25: The District Nazim of Naushahro Feroze, Masroor Khan Jatoi, has pledged to strive for the development of his district without any discriminate....		Sujawal institute THATTA, Oct 25: Leaders of public opinion here have appealed to the authorities to shift the Youth Vocational Centre from Sujawal to Mirpur Bathoro....