November 9, 2001	Friday	Shaba’an 22, 1422

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Religious parties vow to observe wheeljam GUJRANWALA, Nov 8: “Intimidation can’t deter religious parties from observing wheel-jam strike on Friday,” said Jamaat-i-Islami’s Punjab chief Hafiz Muhammad Idrees at a news conference on Thursday....		Councillor’s killers sentenced FAISALABAD, Nov 8: The anti-terrorism court awarded death sentence on six counts with a fine of Rs1,200,000 to a convict and life imprisonment with a fine of Rs1,200,000 to three others...
Maqbool sees influx of foreign investment MULTAN, Nov 8: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool was optimistic on Thursdy about positive changes in the economy of the country from the first quarter of the next year....		Rs9.6m recovered from embezzlers MULTAN, Nov 8: The Anti-Corruption Establishment, Multan, claim to have arrested 87 persons of different departments and recovered an embezzled amount of Rs9.6 million from their possession during the month of...
Income tax staff demo against police SAHIWAL, Nov 8: Around a hundred employees of the local income tax department held a demonstration in front of the Farid Town police station and demanded recovery of their missing office...		Man killed, two hurt in car-bus collision OKARA, Nov 8: A car rider was killed and two other sustained serious injuries in a road accident at Depalpur Chowk here on Thursday....
NGOs’ help sought to curb TB SIALKOT, Nov 8: The cooperation of NGOs have been sought for curbing the menace of tuberculosis....		AJK not entitled to royalty of Mangla Dam, assembly told MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 8: The constitutional status of Azad Kashmir is the cause of non-payment of the Mangla Dam’s royalty to it by the federal government, as the Article 157 of the...
UN demands inquiry into civilian losses ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: The United Nations on Thursday called for an enquiry to ascertain whether indiscriminate and excessive force being used by the US-led forces in Afghanistan is leading to loss...		Security in Quetta tightened, 50 held QUETTA, Nov 8: The army and law-enforcing agencies started patrolling the city on Thursday in connection with the Friday’s wheel-jam strike call given by Pak-Afghan Defence Council (PADC) and other religious...
LHC stays hearing of reference against Asif ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: The Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi bench, on Monday stayed hearing of an accountability reference, involving Asif Zardari with regard to assets pending in the Attock Accountability Court....		HRCP calls for restoration of democracy NEW YORK, Nov 8: The Chairman of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Afrasiab Khattak, on Wednesday said “in all this talk of anti-terror coalition General Pervez Musharraf must also hear that...
Specialists for Lasbela Hospital demanded HUB, Nov 8: The Lasbela Headquarters Hospital, Uthal, is short of specialist doctors and necessary surgical equipment, district Nazim Jam Kamal Khan learnt this during his visit to the hospital on...		Qazi suffers mild heart attack KOHAT, Nov 8: Qazi Hussain Ahmed, chief of Jamaat-i-Islami who is under house arrest in the Tanda Dam Rest House of Kohat suffered a mild heart attack on Thursday afternoon, reliable...
Phone call delays PIA flight for Islamabad RAWALPINDI, Nov 8: An Islamabad-bound flight of PIA from London was stopped at London Airport after the Airport Traffic Control traced a “threatening call” made by a passenger on board at...		JUI chief detained ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: The government on Thursday detained chief of Jamiat-i-Ulema Islam Maulana Fazlur Rehman as part of its crackdown on militants before tomorrow’s strike....
Four of a family die in roof collapse QUETTA, Nov 8: Four members of a family were killed and two others injured when the roof of a mud house collapsed in Loralai on Thursday....		Two injured in rocket attack, explosion QUETTA, Nov 8: A labour was injured when a rocket was fired at a stone crusher in Nal, some 70km from Khuzdar, on Wednesday....
No question of instability in Pakistan: Musharraf LONDON, Nov 8: President General Pervez Musharraf on Thursday dismissed talk of any instability and said vast majority of Pakistanis supported his decision to back the international coalition in the fight...		More Gadoon units closing down SWABI, Nov 8: Some units in Gadoon Amazai Industrial Estate have started closing down, with their sponsors blaming their action on the unabated US-led air raids on Afghanistan....
Women members of Swabi council stage walkout SWABI, Nov 8: Women councillors of tehsil Swabi staged a walkout from a council session here as a mark of protest against non-allocation of development funds for uplift projects in their...		Group set up to make Strike successful DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 8: Local organizations of various religious parties have taken steps to make the strike called by the Pakistan-Afghanistan Defence Council (PADC) for Friday a success....
Tests at Shakardarra gas, oilfield delayed KOHAT, Nov 8: The test of the most powerful zone in the Shakardarra oil and gas fields have been unnecessarily delayed because the officials of the education department are reluctant to...		Action against delinquent employees needed: Nazim NOWSHERA, Nov 8: The Zila Nazim of Nowshera, Pervez Khan Khattak, on Thursday said that ill-planning and undue interference in the government departments had crippled their working....
Passengers looted LAKKI MARWAT, Nov 8: Over Rs170,000 in cash, wrist-watches, shoes and other valuables were looted from passengers of a bus by armed robbers on Thursday evening....		Data about Pakistanis in US being collected MINGORA, Nov 8: The secret agencies have started collecting information about Pakistanis living at present in the United States temporarily or permanently....
Two hunters drown LAKKI MARWAT, Nov 8: Two water birds hunters were drowned in the River Indus while hunting in the Kutcha area near Isa Khel, some 40 kilometres from here, on Thursday evening....		Man killed over minor dispute MANSEHRA, Nov 8: Three persons killed a man over a minor dispute here on Thursday....
One dies, five injured as police attack village LARKANA, Nov 8: One villager was killed and five others got injured including the SHO and a head constable of Veehar police station following what police claimed an encounter between the...		Tribal dispute settled SHIKARPUR, Nov 8: The deadly dispute between two groups of Shar tribe going on for the last four years in taluka Garhi Yasin was settled here on Thursday....
Privatization of Pak-Saudi Fertilizer to be resisted SUKKUR, Nov 8: Office-bearers of Pak-Saudi fertilizers employees union, Mirpur Mathelo, have again pledged to resist privatization of the factory by launching a protest movement from November 12....		Dadu District Council budget okayed DADU, Nov 8: The members of District Council, Dadu, have unanimously approved a surplus budget of Rs13.035 million of the council for the year 2001-2002....
Breach in Sujawal minor NAWABSHAH, Nov 8: A 35-feet wide breach occurred in Sujawal minor at village Chardad Sher Ali Shah near Daur late on Wednesday night....		JUI activists pelt train with stones SUKKUR, Nov 8: Enraged activists of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI) pelted the Peshawar-bound Khushhal Khan Khatak Express with stones in Kandhkot on Thursday during an anti-US rally, which resulted into injuries to...