October 30, 2001	Tuesday	Shaba'an 12, 1422

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Law against illegal arms not binding on NWFP govt: PHC: Non-issuance of notification PESHAWAR, Oct 29: The Surrender of Illicit Arms Act 1991 (SIAA)   became ineffective in the province on Monday when the Peshawar High Court issued a ruling about the non-issuance of...		Dacoits settle old score, gun down five LARKANA, Oct 29: A gang of dacoits on Monday killed five villagers in the jurisdiction of Hatri Ghulam Shah police station while they were cutting wood and escaped. The ill-fated villagers,...
Minister blames doctors for shortage of teaching staff LARKANA, Oct 29: The Sindh minister for health and population welfare, Major General (R) Ahsan Ahmed, stressed to tap the possibilities of public-private partnership in health sector having focus on extending...		‘US has failed to achieve objectives’ SWABI, Oct 29: The US-led coalition has failed to achieve its objectives despite heavy bombardments and implementation of various strategies on Afghanistan, including a move to create dissension in the ranks...
Old feuds may have led to arrest, execution of Abdul Haq PESHAWAR, Oct 29: Personal enmities and blood feuds involving Abdul Haq’s family could well have led to the arrest of the former Afghan commander....		Issuance of passport to BB urged MIRPURKHAS, Oct 29: Former federal minister and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) central leader Nawab Mohammad Yousuf Talpur has sharply reacted to the delay in issuance of passport to ex-prime minister Benazir...
Afghan policy slammed DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Oct 29: Maulana Amanullah, NWFP chief of JUI, on Monday called upon Gen Musharraf to establish a broad-based government in Pakistan before demanding similar government in Afghanistan....		Swabi tehsil budget passed SWABI, Oct 29: The tehsil council of Swabi on Monday passed a total budget of Rs 46,279,531 for year 2001-2002....
Nooruddin Shaikh laid to rest SUKKUR, Oct 29: Funeral prayers for former mayor Nooruddin Shaikh were held at Makki Mosque here on Monday....		Tobacco cess be spent on uplift plans: Swabi council SWABI, Oct 29: The district council has demanded that the funds collected by cessing tobacco be spent on development schemes of the area like sugercane cess had been allocated for the...
Bid to smuggle tea, cloth foiled KOHAT, Oct 29: An attempt to smuggle a huge quantity of green tea and foreign cloth from Peshawar into Kohat was foiled and the owner of the consignment was arrested....		Protest against loadshedding continues KHAIRPUR, Oct 29: Villagers of Agra, Saghiyoon, Nawara and 30 other villages of taluka Gambat staged a demonstration against unscheduled load-shedding of electricity on Monday near Saghiyoon, taluka Gambat....
Judicial Magistrate suspended NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Oct 29: Judicial magistrate, Kandiaro, Akram Malik, has been suspended by Sindh High Court, Karachi, on the allegation of misconduct and inefficiency....		One gunned down SHIKARPUR, Oct 29: A villager, Amanullah Mehar of village Nimoro was shot dead due to an old enmity in the court premises of first additional sessions judge here on Monday. He...
Jailer kidnapped SUKKUR, Oct 29: A jailer of central prison-2 was kidnapped by two armed kidnappers from the vicinity of the civil hospital here on Tuesday night....		Water scheme completed KARAK, Oct 29: The district Nazim Karak, Mohammad Sharif Khattak, on Monday formally inaugurated a water supply scheme, completed at a cost of Rs 31,74,000....
Benevolent funds THATTA, Oct 29: Hundreds of employees belonging to Thatta District are facing great inconvenience in getting their benevolent funds....		Talks with UNHCR remain deadlocked: Pakistan refuses to open border for refugees ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: The talks between visiting UNHCR chief, Ruud Lubbers, and Pakistani authorities about opening of borders remained deadlocked on Monday as both parties struck to their often repeated earlier...
Wapda may default on payment to Centre ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: Facing a cash deficit of Rs35 billion, the Wapda would not be paying this year Rs20 billion debt service liability to the federal government and around Rs6 billion...		Shaukat leaves for Japan to seek debt write-off ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz left for Tokyo on Monday as the special envoy for President Pervez Musharraf for seeking major debt relief from the Japanese government....
15 Afghan refugees deported QUETTA, Oct 29: Government deported 15 Afghan refugees through Chaman border on Monday for their involvement in violent anti-American protests here on Oct 8....		Six bodies arrive from Afghanistan QUETTA, Oct 29: The dead bodies of six Pakistanis, who were killed three days ago fighting the Northern Alliance forces, were brought to Chaman from Afghanistan on Monday ....
JUI leaders criticize support to US QUETTA, Oct 29: Religious leaders on Monday criticized the President Pervez Musharraf’s government for supporting US-led military strikes on Afghanistan and said their protests would grow until this policy was reversed....		Cll condemns Bahawalpur massacre ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Monday strongly condemned the killing of 16 worshippers at a church in Bahawalpur on Sunday....
Malik Qayyum allowed to practice in SC ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: Pakistan Bar Council’s enrolment committee has allowed former judge Malik Mohammad Qayyum to resume his private practice as an advocate of the Supreme Court....		US confirms Musharraf, Bush meeting on Nov 10 WASHINGTON, Oct 29: The White House confirmed on Monday that President Bush will meet Gen Pervez Musharraf in New York on Nov 10....
‘Tough time’ for Bahawalpur police MULTAN, Oct 29: The new governor reached Bahawalpur on Monday evening to have firsthand knowledge of the massacre of 15 Christian worshippers and a police constable....		Indian firing ravages five more houses SIALKOT, Oct 29: A cow and a goat were killed on Monday in firing by Indian troops in villages near the Sialkot working boundary....
ZC body to exercise Nazim’s powers GUJRANWALA, Oct 29: The district council constituted on Monday a seven-member committee which would exercise the executive powers of the district Nazim....		Victims of church massacre buried: Arrest assailants in a week: governor BAHAWALPUR, Oct 29: Memorial service for the victims of the church massacre was held at the Saint Dominic Church amid tight security on Monday....
Imran opens hospital in Sadiqabad SADIQABAD, Oct 29: Tehrik-i-Insaaf chief Imran Khan has inaugurated the Al-Ghazi Trust Hospital at Bhong....		Constable hurt in ‘encounter’ MULTAN, Oct 29: A constable was seriously injured when two armed men opened fire on him here on Monday....
Anti-America protests continue in Punjab GUJRANWALA, Oct 29: Religious parties continued on Monday their protest against the US-led attacks on Afghanistan and the killing of innocent people there....		No new tax in Sheikhupura budget SHEIKHUPURA, Oct 29: The tehsil council on Monday approved its surplus budget of Rs 213,471,911 for the year 2001-2002....