November 3, 2001	Saturday	Shaba’an 16, 1422

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Nazims assured representation on finance commission MULTAN, Nov 2: The current cotton crop situation indicates that the target of 10.8 million bales will be achieved....		Warrants for seven customs officials GUJRANWALA, Nov 2: The customs collector on Friday issued arrest warrants for seven officials who were reportedly involved in misplacing official record and embezzling a Land Cruiser....
Probe against ABS Hospital ex-MS GUJRAT, Nov 2: The health secretary has ordered an inquiry against a former medical superintendent (MS) of the Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Hospital for his alleged involvement in a case of misusing...		LLB degree of Kasur Bar VP found fake KASUR, Nov 2: The Punjab University on Friday termed the LLB degree of the local district bar association vice-president factitious....
DGK tax-free budget amid protest DERA GHAZI KHAN, Nov 2: Members of the opposition boycotted the proceedings of budget session as a protest against not giving them enough time to discuss the budget for final approval....		Hike in poultry feed rates opposed SIALKOT, Nov 2: Local district poultry association president Mirza Inam Baig and secretary-general Bilal Manzoor Chaudhry have condemned increase in feed rates by the millowners....
Students move against principal VEHARI, Nov 2: Scores of students of the Government College for Boys, Vehari, on Thursday staged a protest rally to express resentment over the principal’s indifference towards them....		10 more arrested in Bahawalpur BAHAWALPUR, Nov 2: The CIA police on Friday took into custody 10 more people, mostly activists of the Jaish-i-Muhammad, to interrogate them into the church massacre case....
Patwari gets relief after 34 years MULTAN, Nov 2: A patwari, who was convicted on fraud charges in four cases in 1982 was at last able to get relief from the Lahore High Court’s Multan bench....		Two killed in road accidents SAHIWAL, Nov 2: Two persons were killed and a dozen others sustained injuries in road accidents here on Friday....
Marriage ordinance being violated GUJRANWALA, Nov 2: The marriage ordinance, promulgated by the Nawaz Sharif government in 1997, is being violated by all segments of society with impunity....		Hashmi’s arrest condemned TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 2: PML-N acting chief Javed Hashmi has been arrested for supporting the wheeljam call for Nov 9 by the Pak-Afghan Defence Council....
Six get life term for killing five Qadianis SARGODHA, Nov 2: The Anti-Terrorism Court on Friday handed down life-term on two counts and fined Rs0.7 million collectively to six convicts for killing five Qadianis of Takht Hazara....		Wasa version on open drain FAISALABAD, Nov 2: The silt pocket on a sewer channel at Millat Chowk on Sheikhupura Road was created by Wasa itself for desilting the channel....
AJK wants changes in devolution plan MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 2: AJK cabinet on Friday approv-ed the recommendations of a committee regarding the implementation of the devolution of power plan in Azad Kashmir with certain amendments and decided to...		PIA seeks drastic cuts in New York operations NEW YORK, Nov 2: Pakistan International Airlines has asked its North American headquarters in New York to trim its staff by 70 per cent in view of the bad financial health...
Siege of Chilas airstrip lifted MANSEHRA, Nov 2: The ulema of NWFP and Northern Areas on Thursday announced an immediate lifting of the siege of the airstrip of the abandoned airport of Chilas and also agreed...		Cut in insurance premiums urged LONDON, Nov 2: The High Commissioner of Pakistan in United Kingdom, Abdul Kader Jaffer, has appealed to the chairman of the Lloyd’s war risk committee, Rupert Atkin, to reduce insurance premiums...
Role of Afghanistan’s neighbours underscored ISLAMABAD, Nov 2: Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou on Friday stressed the need for involving neighbouring countries in the process of establishing a broad-based government in Afghanistan....		25 more Afghan refugees deported QUETTA, Nov 2: The government on Friday deported 25 more Afghan refugees to Afghanistan for their involvement in violent anti-American protests in Quetta on Oct 8....
Dera-Bannu road blocked by JUI men DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 2: As a mark of protest and show of power, a large number of JUI(F) workers blocked the main Dera- Bannu Road near Pusha Pul early this...		Brahimi meets French FM ISLAMABAD, Nov 2: The UN secretary-general’s special representative for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, met the French foreign minister, Hubert Vedrine, on Thursday evening....
Rumsfeld to visit Pakistan WASHINGTON, Nov 2: The Pentagon confirmed on Friday that US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld will be visiting Pakistan....		Detainees Day observed MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 2: Speakers at a function held here on Friday to mark the “Detainees’ Day”, said that India should stop dreaming about perpetuating its illegal occupation of Kashmir....
7th Wage Board Award notified ISLAMABAD, Nov 2: Minister for labour, manpower and overseas Pakistanis, Omar Asghar Khan, confirmed on Friday that the wage board award for the newspaper employees has been notified....		Gen Hafiez new NAB chief ISLAMABAD, Nov 2: Lt-Gen Munir Hafiez on Friday assu-med charge of chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), becoming the third serving army general to head the NAB....
LHC admits Asif’s bail Petition for hearing ISLAMABAD, Nov 2: The Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi bench, on Thursday admitted a writ petition filed by former senator Asif Ali Zardari, seeking bail in polo ground case, and issued notice...		65,000 DPs crossed border, says UNHCR PESHAWAR, Nov 2: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has estimated that some 65,000 displaced Afghans have entered the Frontier province through illegal routes since Sept 11, taking shelter in...
5,000 acres earmarked for coconut plantation THATTA, Nov 2: For expeditious promotion of coconut and palm oil tree plantations, 5000 acres of forest land has been earmarked in Thatta and Badin coastal zone....		12 food inspectors suspended SUKKUR, Nov 2: Nine food inspectors were suspended in Naushahro Feroze district and three in Dadu on Friday....
Two gunned down NAWABSHAH, Nov 2: A man and a girl were gunned down reportedly over Karo-kari in a village near 60-Miles on Thursday....		Six law officers appointed PESHAWAR, Nov 2: After a delay of about an year, the NWFP government finally issued a notification on Friday for filling six posts of additional and deputy advocates general....
ANP demands halt to US airstrikes PESHAWAR, Nov 2: Awami National Party has called for immediate halt to airstrikes in Afghanistan, urging the world community to expedite efforts for convening Loya Jirga to resolve the Afghan imbroglio...		PTV telecasts news in Gogri language ABBOTTABAD, Nov 2: PTV Thandiyani booster has started relaying Gogri news bulletin of five minutes which is telecast on PTV World Channel No 9 and can be seen in Hazara and...
JSQM demands Bashir’s release NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 2: The activists of Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz took out a rally and marched from Al-Kausar Chowk to Tharushah Chowk here on Friday....		40 Afghans arrested in Jacobabad SUKKUR, Nov 2: At least 40 Afghan nationals were arrested in Jacobabad, during the over night raids of Thursday and Friday....