October 31, 2001	Wednesday	Shaba'an 13, 1422

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Train derails near Shorkot Cantt: Track unserviceable: PR engineer TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 30: A train derailed on Tuesday morning at on the Shorkot Cantonment-Kamalia section between Chak 325-GB and 328-GB....		Poor allocations for prevention ‘harmful’ MULTAN, Oct 30: Incidence of seasonal diseases is reportedly on the increase throughout the country as prevention has become a low priority for the health authorities in terms of resource allocation....
Gas pipeline blast victims yet to get compensation TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 30: The public is as ignorant to the situation as anybody even after two years of blast in Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL)....		Ailing the ill GUJRAT, Oct 30: Some local medical store owners, druggists and wholesale dealers have arbitrarily enhanced prices of medicines and life saving drugs by 25 to 35 per cent on the plea...
IT institute in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, Oct 30: Punjab Finance Minister Tariq Hamid has announced that an information technology institute will be established in Gujranwala....		PPP seeks workers’ opinion on party policy FAISALABAD, Oct 30: The establishment of a broad-based government in Afghanistan can be the only source to bring peace to the region....
Plan to check cross-border polio transmission LAHORE, Oct 30: The Punjab Health Department has chalked out a plan in collaboration with the other provinces to check inter-provincial cross-border polio transmission....		Church carnage: 22 suspects arrested BAHAWALPUR, Oct 30: In a major crackdown, police rounded up some 22 suspects on Tuesday to trace the assailants of church carnage....
JUP against broad-based govt in Afghanistan SAHIWAL, Oct 30: JUP chief Maulana Shah Ahmad Noorani has criticized the demand for a broad-based government in Afghanistan....		‘War no solution’ LAHORE, Oct 30: The National Workers Party has demanded immediate halt of bombing on Afghanistan by America and Britain....
Industrialist dies on GT Road GUJRANWALA, Oct 30: A young industrialist was killed in an accident on the GT Road on Tuesday....		Six arrested in Vehari VEHARI, Oct 30: Police claimed to have arrested at least six suspects from various parts of the district for interrogation in Bahawalpur killings on Tuesday....
Cash, cars, motorcycles taken away LAHORE, Oct 30: Robbers and thieves took away cash, three cars, a van and five motorcycles from different parts of the city on Tuesday....		Brahimi meets mly aide of Zahir Shah ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: The UN secretary-general’s special representative for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, met Gen Rahim Verdak in Islamabad on Tuesday, a UN spokesperson said at a news conference....
Pakistan to allow more Afghan refugees ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: Pakistan has agreed to allow more Afghan refugees to enter its borders following an understanding reached with the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees (UNHCR)....		India slams UNMOGIP head’s remarks on Kashmir NEW DELHI, Oct 30: India tied itself in knots on Tuesday by threatening to initiate action against the head of a 50-year-old UN peace observers’ group in Kashmir who spoke out...
Ministries asked to prepare foreign investment plans ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: The federal government has directed all the ministries to prepare investment plans and feasibility studies of viable medium and large-sized projects in the country to seek foreign investment....		SC upholds death sentences for five ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: The supreme court on Monday upheld the death sentence of five rapists in two separate cases, bringing the number of people whose capital punishment was maintained by the...
TNSM chief returning today KHAAR, Oct 30: Amir of the Tehrik-i-Nifaz-i-Shariat Muhammadi, Maulana Sufi Muhammad is expected to return to Bajaur from Afghanistan on Wednesday as thousands of his armed supporters camp out for permission...		UK Muslims fighting ‘holy war’ for Taliban: paper LONDON, Oct 30: The British media is reporting that hundreds of Muslims from Britain, some of them from Pakistani origin, have travelled to Afghanistan to fight for the Taliban. The reports...
‘Tax liability of deceased recoverable from heir’ ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) Saleem Akhtar has said that the tax liability of a deceased person can be recovered from his legal heir....		Muslim states should stop supporting US: JIAK MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 30: Chief of Jamaat-i-Islami Azad Kashmir, Abdur Rashid Turabi on Tuesday said that the US was committing aggression against Afghanistan, and that Muslim states should withdraw their support in...
College teacher exonerated of blasphemy charge ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: An Ulema committee on Monday exonerated a teacher of the Federal Government Girls College, G-10/4, from the charge of committing blasphemy....		Security for Christians tightened ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: The military government has tightened security at churches after the massacre of 15 Christians and a police guard, Minorities Minister S.K. Tressler said on Tuesday....
Meeting on internal situation today ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has convened a special meeting of the home secretaries of all the four provinces and interior minister to discuss the country’s internal situation here...		N-scientists not handed over to CIA: Qureshi ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: The president’s spokesman Maj-Gen Rashid Qureshi on Tuesday refuted reports that nuclear scientists Sultan Bashiruddin Mehmood and Chaudhry Majeed had been handed over to the United States authorities....
Blockade of KKH causes food shortage MANSEHRA, Oct 30: With the blockade of Karakoram Highway by armed jihadi volunteers at different spots entering its fifth day on Monday, towns in Northern Area and Batgram have been facing...		Kohat to have degree college for women soon KOHAT, Oct 30: In view of the problems being faced by female students in getting admission to the two girls colleges due to limited number of seats, the government has decided...
Karak Tehsil budget approved KARAK, Oct 30: The Tehsil Council of Karak on Tuesday passed a deficit budget of Rs 800,000 for 2001-2....		Flood victims still await rehabilitation MANSEHRA, Oct 30: The people of the Dader Qadeem village, who were hit by flash floods over three months ago, have not been rehabilitated yet....
Vegetable, and fruit traders hit by war KOHAT, Oct 30: Afghan and Pakistani fruit and vegetable traders are suffering huge losses as truckers, who usually travel between Paktia and Parachinar at night and have to switch off their...		D. I. Khan Nazim presents budget DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Oct 30: The district government has presented a surplus financial budget of 2001-2002....
9-year-old girl raped NOWSHERA, Oct 30: Two accused allegedly molested a  nine-year-old girl in Shedo on G. T. Road here on Monday. The accused, who had fled the scene, were later arrested by the...		Fake militia officer held LAKKI MARWAT, Oct 30: The Ghazni Khel police arrested a fake militia force officer during the routine night patrolling near Titter Khel....
Distribution of arms: one held LANDI KOTAL, Oct 30: Political authorities in Khyber Agency have arrested Maulana Hazrat Nabi for organising anti-government demonstrations and distributing arms among the people....		Canal breach destroys crops, houses DADU, Oct 30: A 45-feet wide breach occurred in Kudan Wah at Rahmatullah colony near Khairpur Nathan Shah town on Tuesday morning....