October 29, 2001	Monday	Shaba'an 11, 1422

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Anthrax cases reported in Fata livestock PESHAWAR, Oct 28: Several cases of anthrax in livestock have been reported from the Orakzai and Kurram agencies prompting an urgent need to control the disease in the affected and adjoining...		No land for Tarbela Dam displaced, says NWFP PESHAWAR, Oct 28: The NWFP government has expressed its inability to the federal authorities to provide for the resettling of some of the Tarbela dam affected families, official sources told Dawn....
Three die in accident NOWSHERA, Oct 28: At least three people died and four others sustained serious injuries in a road accident near Akora Khattak on GT Road on Saturday....		D.I. Khan alliance face break-up DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Oct 28: Cracks have appeared in the recent Alkizai-Miankhels alliance which was established for local government elections....
Engineer kidnapped in Darra KOHAT, Oct 28: A mechanical engineer of Kohat Cement Company, Major Qazi Irfan has been kidnapped by some unidentified tribesmen in Darra Adam Khel while on his way to Kohat from...		Juveniles languish in prison PESHAWAR, Oct 28: A number of juvenile offenders are languishing here in Central Prison as the prosecutors have not yet withdrawn their prosecution despite issuance of a government’s notification....
Minister assures businessmen of security ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: Federal Minister for Privatization Altaf Saleem has said that production activities are in full swing and there is a very conducive law and order situation for foreign investors...		HRW fears attacks on staff of relief agencies ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: Hostility towards refugees and aid workers in the tribal areas of Pakistan is already high and may increase with a further influx of refugees, making it difficult for...
President says probe into killings under way ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: President General Pervez Musharraf has expressed deep sense of shock and sorrow over the killing of innocent people in a church at Bahawalpur on Sunday by the terrorists....		Lubbers for more refugee camps QUETTA, Oct 28: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Ruud Lubbers, said on Sunday he would urge Pakistan to be a little bit more flexible about accepting new Afghan refugees and...
Church attack an ‘evil act’, says Pope VATICAN CITY, Oct 28: Pope John Paul condemned the murder of Christians in Bahawalpur church on Sunday as “an evil act”, and said he was praying for the victims and their...		Brahimi arrives for talks ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: A 3-member special delegation of the United Nations led by Lakhdar Brahimi, the special envoy of the UN Secretary General for Afghanistan, arrived here on Sunday to discuss...
13 killed in Kashmir shoot-outs SRINAGAR, Oct 28: Indian troops on Sunday tightened a cordon around a mosque in held Kashmir to flush out barricaded guerrillas as 11 mujahideen and two soldiers died in overnight violence...		Moin blasts massacre ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: Interior Minister Lt-Gen (retd) Moinuddin Haider has said the involvement of Indian intelligence agency RAW in the Bahawalpur tragedy could not be ruled out....
Shesham dieback: efforts to save dying species FAISALABAD, Oct 28: Scientists, pathologists and soil experts must pool their energies to combat the menace of ‘Shesham Dieback’ which is fast biting the precious species....		Over 50 senior posts in Health Dept vacant MULTAN, Oct 28: Over 50 senior posts in the Health Department in various districts of the Punjab are either lying vacant or have junior doctors working against them on officiating basis....
PPP leaders named in Gujrat murders GUJRAT, Oct 28: A-division police have registered a case under sections 302, 324, 148, 149, 109 against 10 people, including two politicians belonging to the PPP, in Saturday’s ambush that left...		PPP campaign to mobilize workers: First convention tomorrow FAISALABAD, Oct 28: PPP has decided to launch a country-wide workers mobilization campaign and hold conventions to press the government to restore democracy and Constitution....
Hospital fee up in Mianwali budget MIANWALI, Oct 28: The Mianwali district council annual budget of Rs58.05 million has been presented before the house for approval....		Landmine defused SIALKOT, Oct 28: An Indian-made anti-tank landmine was defused by the bomb disposal squad in Boath village of Sialkot tehsil on Sunday....
OIC urged to condemn US attacks MULTAN, Oct 28: America will attack other Muslim states in furtherance of its so-called anti-terrorism campaign, if OIC member countries do not condemn military operation in Afghanistan....		Two murdered KASUR, Oct 28: A man was killed while another was injured in a shootout between two rival groups in Illahabad here on Sunday....
Inaugural flight FAISALABAD, Oct 28: A maiden direct Faisalabad-Jeddah flight left Faisalabad airport on Saturday night....		Bahawalpur mourns massacre BAHAWALPUR, Oct 28: The district administration has announced local holiday on Monday to mourn the massacre of worshippers in a local church....
Security beefed up LAHORE, Oct 28: The Punjab police have beefed up security throughout the province after Sunday’s massacre in Bahawalpur....		Mirpurkhas crops to get more water MIRPURKHAS, Oct 28: Water flow in the head of Nara canal has been increased, following closure of channels of Guddu barrage and rice canal at Sukkur barrage as result of which...
Governor lauds role of dermatologists LARKANA, Oct 28: The Sindh Governor Muhammedmian Soomro said it was encouraging that dermatologists in Pakistan were in tune with the changing trends in the field of dermatology as they were...		Contract doctors’ salaries raised LARKANA, Oct 28: The Sindh minister for health and population welfare, Maj Gen (r) Ahsan Ahmed, announced to increase salaries of the contract doctors from Rs 5941 to Rs 6941....
ADBP drive to recover Rs950m loan soon DADU, Oct 28: Eight branches of ADBP, Dadu, have completed all formalities against 200 defaulters, to send the default cases of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to recover an amount of Rs...		Youth commits suicide HYDERABAD, Oct 28: A young man committed suicide under mysterious circumstances in his house here on Sunday night....
Afghan DPs’ influx worries Altaf THATTA, Oct 28: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has warned if the establishment continued its step- motherly towards with the smaller provinces, the possibility could not be ruled out that...		Councillor killed in tribal clash BADIN, Oct 28: A councillor of union council Khadro of taluka Tando Bago died and eleven others got injured, one of them seriously, in an armed clash between Gorgaij and Rustamani...
Landlord killed SUKKUR, Oct 28: A landlord of Salehpat was gunned down by two brothers on the pretext of Karo-kari....		Children stage anti-US demo HYDERABAD, Oct 28: About one hundred children under the aegis of Islami Jamiat-i-Tulba Hyderabad staged a protest demonstration outside the Hyderabad press club here on Sunday against American air strikes on...