October 27, 2001	Saturday	Shaba'an 9, 1422

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Indians wreak havoc along Working Boundary SIALKOT, Oct 26: Indian firing in villages near the Sialkot working boundary on Friday continued to torment the innocent....		LHC for legislation on honour killing: Sentence enhanced MULTAN, Oct 26: Enhancing the sentence of a double-murder convict in an ‘honour’ killing case, a division bench of Lahore High Court has pointed out room for legislation specific to it....
Rallies condemn mass killings GUJRANWALA, Oct 26: Religious parties took out a big rally on Friday to protest against the US military operation in Afghanistan, killing innocent people in mosques, hospitals and at public places....		Jail official ‘deprives’ foreigners of $750 MULTAN, Oct 26: A foreigner lodged in the women’s jail here has alleged that an official has defrauded her and four other foreigners and deprived them of $750....
Another fugitive re-arrested GUJRAT, Oct 26: Another fugitive, who escaped from the Mandi Bahauddin District Jail on Wednesday, was re-arrested from his hideout in Lahore on Friday....		Dacoit killed, householder injured in crossfire KASUR, Oct 26: A dacoit was killed while the owner of a house injured in a crossfire in Dalib Singh village, Phool Nagar, on Friday....
Two women among eight dacoits arrested TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 26: Police on Friday claim to have arrested eight members of a 13-man inter-district dacoits’ gang, including two women....		Protest against death in custody SAHIWAL, Oct 26: Scores of villagers on Friday swarm streets against the custodial death of an accused in a dacoity case....
Seminar on shishem dieback FAISALABAD, Oct 26: A one-day national seminar on shishem dieback will be held in the Forest Research Institute (FRI), Gattwala, here on Saturday (today)....		Two die as bus rolls into canal VEHARI, Oct 26: Two persons were killed while 13 others sustained injuries in an accident on the Luddan-Burewala Road on Friday....
Four houses looted BAHAWALPUR, Oct 26: Dacoits looted cash and valuables worth hundreds of thousands of rupees from four houses in Chak 36/BC on Thursday night....		Cotton worth millions burnt TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 26: Raw cotton and lint worth millions of rupees were gutted on Friday when a fire broke out in a cotton ginning factory in Shorkot Bazaar....
SC reserves judgment in Zainab case ISLAMABAD, Oct 26: The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its judgment on the appeal of Mst Zainab Noor, a victim of husband’s brutality, whose three vital organs were destroyed by inserting...		Japan may restore $500m annual aid: $5bn debt write-off also under study ISLAMABAD, Oct 26: Japan is considering restoring its 500 million dollars annual assistance under Yen Package Loan for Pakistan because of Islamabad’s decision to combat terrorism....
JI, JUI condemn support to US MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 26: The activists of Jamaat-i-Islami and some other religious parties shouted vociferous slogans against the US-led attacks on Afghanistan at a rally here on Friday, and demanded of President...		Qazi not allowed to travel to Quetta ISLAMABAD, Oct 26: The chief of Jamaat-i-Islami, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, was stopped by police at the Islamabad International Airport from boarding a flight to Quetta, where he was scheduled to lead...
Firms call back expatriate staff ISLAMABAD, Oct 26: Most of the big multinational companies (MNCs) in the energy sector have called back their expatriate employees to Pakistan following realization that law and order situation was normal....		US hunting down Pakistanis for Sept 11 attacks NEW YORK, Oct 26: In a representation with the US State Department and the US Justice Department, Pakistan on Friday expressed deep concern over the death of one Pakistani in custody...
Brahimi due today ISLAMABAD, Oct 26: United Nations secretary-general’s special representative on Afghanistan Lakhdar Brahimi will arrive here on Saturday....		Uganda frees six Pakistanis KAMPALA, Oct 26: Six Pakistanis arrested on Sept 22 over alleged links with terrorism were freed on Friday after the government failed to come up with any charges against them....
APNEC-PFUJ rejoinder to APNS KARACHI, Oct 26: The All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation (APNEC) and Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) have, in a rejoinder to All Pakistan Newspapers Society, appealed to President Pervez Musharraf...		PADC demands release of Jamaat chief QUETTA, Oct 26: A public meeting of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Defence Council (PADC) on Friday at the Ayub Stadium demanded immediate release of Jamiat-i-Ulema Islam Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and removal of...
Two nuclear scientists to be released soon: official ISLAMABAD, Oct 26: The two nuclear scientist taken into protective custody by the government for questioning are likely to be released soon....		UNHCR chief due today ISLAMABAD, Oct 26: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Ruud Lubbers, is arriving in Pakistan on Saturday to meet government officials and to evaluate the agency’s emergency operations, UN officials...
Hunting wiping out migratory birds THATTA, Oct 26: An increasing numbers of hunters are seeking licences as migratory birds have arrived in Thatta and Badin from Siberia and Central Asia. Though it is another matter altogether...		Anti-US protesters block Silk Route, Indus Highway MINGORA, Oct 26: Armed men blocked the main silk route (Karakoram Highway) demanding President Gen Pervez Musharraf to step down, or else they would continue the blockade of the international route...
Rs834m Kohat dist budget approved KOHAT, Oct 26: The district assembly approved a budget of Rs834.181 million for 2001-02 with a non developmental expenditure of Rs607.266 million and developmental allocations of Rs226.881 million, mainly in the...		JUI stages anti-US rally SUKKUR, Oct 26: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (F) took out on Friday an anti-US rally from Dreha stop of Indus Highway to Sukkur City, stretched over a distance of six kilometres....
Each Mansehra UC to get Rs800,000 funds MANSEHRA, Oct 26: District Nazim Azam Khan Swati has said that every union council of the district will receive Rs800,000 as initial grant for development schemes from the Khushal Pakistan Programme....		Veteran commander comes to a bad end ISLAMABAD, Oct 26: When the Taliban executed Abdul Haq on Friday they not only killed one of Afghanistan’s most experienced mujahideen, but one of the most effective opposition leaders trying to...
Robber gunned down DADU, Oct 26: One alleged robber was killed in exchange of fire between villagers and robbers in village Dodo Solangi in taluka Johi late on Thursday night, 24 kilometres off here....		Kidnappers release Naib Nazim HANGU, Oct 26: Kidnappers released district naib Nazim, Hangu, Haji Besmillah Jan along with four others here on Thursday night....
Three sites for DPs completed PESHAWAR, Oct 26: United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has completed work on three sites for new refugees in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), says a press release issued...		Hunger strike camp uprooted MARDAN, Oct 26: Central Secretary of All Pakistan Clerks Association, Sajjad Ahmad Yousuf Zai, has condemned the uprooting of their hunger camp by the Mardan police on the directives of District...
Shifting of sugar mill demanded NAWABSHAH Oct 26: Enraged residents of Mir Hassan Khaskheli, Khati, Panwhar, Brohi, Rustamani and Rind villages have demanded of the government to help shift the sugar mill operating within the city...		21 held for selling drugs HYDERABAD, Oct 26: The Hali Road police have arrested 21 people, 11 for selling narcotics and 10 for running a gambling den, from various places on Friday....
Hospital to be set up at border PESHAWAR, Oct 26: The Gandhara Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) Chairman Prof Surgeon Mohammad Kabir has drawn up a plan to set up a 20-bed camp hospital at Pakistan-Afghan border at Torkham to treat serious and emergency...		Govt’s Afghan policy backed MARDAN, Oct 26: Former NWFP minister and Pakistan Peoples Party leader Rahim Dad Khan has said his party supported the Gen Pervez Musharraf’s government in the present crisis because it was...