November 6, 2001	Tuesday	Shaba’an 19, 1422

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DCOs, Nazims directed to ensure strike failure FAISALABAD, Nov 5: The Punjab government has directed all the district coordination officers and Nazims to foil at any cost the attempts of religious and trade bodies to make the Nov...		IGP says no clue to church assassins MULTAN, Nov 5: The Bahawalpur church tragedy could have been avoided if law enforcement agencies had taken some precautionary measures in the backdrop of attacks on Afghanistan....
Gas pipeline plan from Sialkot to EPZ SIALKOT, Nov 5: The Federal government has approved a project of laying the gas pipeline from Sialkot to the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) Sambrial via Bhopalwala....		Subscribers demand stocktaking in PTCL JHANG, Nov 5: As the local central telephone exchange is going digital, posting of a qualified engineer to run a rather complex system has become imperative....
Decision on CT scan machine still awaited SARGODHA, Nov 5: Almost a year has passed but the issue of installing the CT scan machine at the local DHQ Hospital could not be decided....		Women lawyers form Separate wing GUJRANWALA, Nov 5: Female members of the Gujranwala District Bar Association have formed their separate wing....
‘US not a trustworthy friend’ SAHIWAL, Nov 5: Pak-Afghan Defence Council chief organizer Liaquat Baloch has said that the “United States is not a trustworthy friend.”...		Case against agitating students VEHARI, Nov 5: City police on Monday registered a case against eight college students who allegedly tried to cause breakdown of law and order in the campus....
Wapda’s corporate firms to challenge decision of Nepra ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: Wapda’s corporate companies would challenge, in the courts, a decision of the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) that excluded industrial consumers of small power producers (SPPs) out...		Musharraf outlines investment potential ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: President Pervez Musharraf on Monday said Pakistan offered vast potential for foreign entrepreneurs....
SC reserves Judgment on Sheikh Rashid’s plea ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: A Supreme Court bench on Monday reserved judgment on an appeal of Sheikh Rashid Ahmad, a PPP leader, against the Lahore High Court’s majority decision to set aside...		AJK opposition stages walkout MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 5: The entire opposition and a ruling party member staged token walk out from the AJK assembly here on Monday in protest against the remarks of a minister regarding...
Anti-polio drive in Balochistan, Northern Areas begins today QUETTA, Nov 5: A three-day anti-polio vaccination campaign will be launched from Tuesday throughout Balochistan with the help of the World Health Organization (WHO) and Unicef....		Bugti slams US support to military government QUETTA, Nov 5: Former Balochistan chief minister and leader of the Jamhoori Watan Party, Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, has said that America should use diplomatic and political means to resolve the...
Massive violations of civil rights in US feared LOS ANGELES, Nov 5: A new draconian law on terrorism carries a potential of becoming a source of massive violations of civil liberties in future....		Performance of teachers linked to exam results PESHAWAR, Nov 5: The NWFP minister for education, Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani has said that because of the present Afghan crisis Pakistan was at a crossroads and had to pick between...
Plan to develop fisheries and sericulture sectors PESHAWAR, Nov 5: The fisheries and sericulture departments will work out an action plan to develop fisheries and sericulture sectors to boost the economic activities in the province....		TNSM stops sending volunteers KHAAR, Nov 5: The Tehrik-i-Nifaz-i-Shariah Muhammadi on Monday temporarily suspended the process of sending volunteers to Afghanistan....
Orakzai Taliban chief extends full help KOHAT, Nov 5: The patron-in-chief of Taliban of Orakzai Agency, Akhunzada Aslam Farooqui, has assured the Taliban in Afghanistan of full cooperation of tribesmen and offered them 12,000 men with arms...		Students asked to concentrate on studies KOHAT, Nov 5: Maj Gen Saeed Ahmed Khan, GOC, IX Div has called upon the students that the country needed men of vision and farsightedness, to lead the nation into new...
Polio drops for Afghan children in camps MANSEHRA, Nov 5: Due to the Afghan DPs influx in the NWFP, the ratio of polio cases in the province is equal to that of the other three put together....		Shortage of water irks farmers LAKKI MARWAT, Nov 5: Non-availability of canal water to irrigate lands has put farmers of Ihsan Pur area in a difficult situation who fear that if the problem persists, about 12,500...
Three power houses to be set up in Dir PESHAWAR, Nov 5: District Nazim lower Dir Dr Mohammad Yaqoob Khan said on Sunday that his government has allocated Rs10 million in the district budget 2001-2002 as seed money for setting...		Donations for Jihad HANGU, Nov 5: The Tehrik-i-Taliban, Orakzai Agency on Monday asked armed volunteers to reach Mashthikhel area on Nov 11 from where they would cross over to Afghanistan for joining the “holy...
Clash over land in Laddah LADDAH, Nov 5: Fighting broke out between two clans of the Langarkhel tribe of South Waziristan Agency over the ownership of a piece of land in the Laddah sub-division here on...		Hand in road blockade denied MANSEHRA, Nov 5: The tribal elders of Kala Dhaka have denied they had any hand in the blockade of Karakuram Highway, saying that they would continue to cooperate with the government...
Irregularities alleged in PU admissions MINGORA, Nov 5: A number of candidates seeking admission to different departments of the Peshawar University have alleged large-scale irregularities in the admission process....		Police recover part of looted arms from Bugtis LARKANA, Nov 5: The operation against the attackers of Bugti police station of Kandhkot in Jacobabad bore fruit when police succeeded in recovering 13 weapons and one wireless base set on...
Governor sees 70pc less water this year THATTA, Nov 5: Governor Sindh Muhammadmian Soomro has underlined the need for preparation of feasibility studies of low cost development schemes, keeping in view the meagre resources available with the government,...		Report on illegal hunting sought MITHI, Nov 5: The district council, Tharparkar, has sought a report from the game warden of the district regarding illegal hunting and poaching. Besides, he has directed the Nazims of union...
Four arrested, LMG seized NAWABSHAH, Nov 5: The Excise Police, Nawabshah Circle, arrested four people and recovered a light machine gun and 80 bullets from their possession near the Mir Khan Leghari stop on the...		College sans affiliation found SUKKUR, Nov 5: The in-charge of the Army Monitoring Cell, Ghotki, Brig Abdul Latif, along with EDO (Education) Mohammad Ibrahim, raided the Mushal College of Education and found that it was...
Wapda warned against power cut BADIN, Nov 5: The Taluka Nazim of Badin, Dr Mussarat Hussain Khowaja, has severely criticised the action of Hesco for having disconnected power supply to street lights of the town and...		Shahbaz Qalandar’s Urs opened SEHWAN, Nov 5: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro here on Monday inaugurated the 749th three-day annual Urs celebrations of Hazrat Usman Marvendi Lal Shahbaz Qalandar....
Anthrax fear reaches Jacobabad SUKKUR, Nov 5: The Jacobabad post office received a letter containing white powder suspected to be anthrax....		Anti-polio walks held NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 5: Third phase of immunization campaign against polio, will begin from Tuesday....