November 13, 2001	Tuesday	Shaba’an 26, 1422

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40,000 health workers made to wait for salary MULTAN, Nov 12: The staff employed under the national programme for primary healthcare has not been getting their salaries regularly for the last one year....		Rs1,570m budget for Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, Nov 12: The district council has approved a budget of Rs1,570 million for the fiscal year 2001-2002....
Complaint against NAB investigators MULTAN, Nov 12: Private investigators hired by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in the Punjab are allegedly doing wrong than right to the ‘ehtesab’ process....		MMC fails to repair buildings of 3 schools MULTAN, Nov 12: The Multan Municipal Corporation has not yet repaired dangerous buildings of three of its schools, which house more than 300 students, assuming that it is the responsibility of...
Basic education for girls BAHAWALPUR, Nov 12: Some 180,000 girls will be imparted basic education by December 2002 under the government’s literacy and primary education project launched in eight tehsils of the Punjab....		Probe into anthrax episode GUJRAT, Nov 12: The Federal Investigation Agency, focussing eyes on the activities of GPO Employees Union, has initiated a probe into the anthrax episode, it is learnt....
Zila council demands Kalabagh dam TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 12: The government has been urged to start work on the proposed Kalabagh Dam to meet the irrigation water requirement in the country....		Traders threaten strike FAISALABAD, Nov 12: Police have yet to find a clue to the dacoits who had taken away Rs15 million worth gold ornaments from a Bano Bazaar shop on Saturday....
Two new Basmati varieties evolved PINDI BHATTIAN, Nov 12: The Soil Research Institute, Punjab, Pindi Bhattian, has developed two new varieties of Basmati rice which are more resistant to diseases with high per acre yield as...		Department Store looted FAISALABAD, Nov 12: Two masked robbers looted a departmental store on Faisalabad-Jaranwala road here on Monday....
Man shot dead over old enmity OKARA, Nov 12: Three people allegedly shot dead a young man in Pakka Jhughh village early on Monday morning....		Bandits take away three vehicles KASUR, Nov 12: Highwaymen on Monday drove away with a tractor-trolley and two motorcycles in different parts of the district....
Warlords may restart cultivation of poppy: ANF QUETTA, Nov 12: Afghan warlords may restart cultivation of poppy on a large scale in Afghanistan if the current turmoil continued, a top anti-drug functionary said here on Monday....		Afghanistan may slip into civil war: Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: Pakistan on Monday warned that any attempt to foist a single dispensation or entity on Kabul would again plunge Afghanistan into “civil war and war-lordism”....
War media centre to be set up ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: The United States and the United Kingdom have asked Pakistan to facilitate the setting up of a 24-hour information centre in Islamabad by next week to launch a...		Hearing of JI chief’s Petition adjourned ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing of constitutional petition by Amir of Jamaat-i-Islami, till Nov 15, giving notice to advocate general of Balochistan to explain why...
Pakistan fighting for concessions on textiles DOHA, Nov 12: The developing nations including Pakistan were fighting hard to secure key concessions on textiles, anti-dumping rules and agriculture as a World Trade Organization meeting in Doha entered a...		Musharraf’s ground zero visit cancelled NEW YORK, Nov 12: Pakistani and US officials struggled to prevent the last day of President Pervez Musharraf’s stay in New York from being totally disrupted by Monday’s crash of a...
Committee to ascertain Bahawalpur Amir’s assets ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: The Supreme Court on Monday appointed former Supreme Court Judge Abdul Shakoorul Islam to head the committee for ascertaining the properties left by late Amir of Bahawalpur within...		Ban on felling trees in AJK to stay: LA told MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 12: The government has not lifted nor is it contemplating lifting the ban on commercial felling of trees in Azad Kashmir, a minister informed the AJK Legislative Assembly here...
Beijing backs Islamabad’s stand NEW YORK, Nov 12: Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf here on Sunday and exchanged views on the regional situation and bilateral relations....		Attacks on Afghanistan condemned QUETTA, Nov 12: Pakistan Peoples party (SB) Chairperson Ghinva Bhutto on Monday condemned the air attacks on Afghanistan and demanded immediate end to the war....
Rs440 million Malakand budget approved MALAKAND, Nov 12: The Malakand district council approved a tax-free budget of about Rs440 for the year 2001-2002 at its session, held at the Jirga Mall here, on Monday....		Abbottabad, Mansehra budgets presented ABBOTTABAD, Nov 12: Over 150 million rupees will be spent on various public welfare and development projects in the district during the new financial year. Half of the development expenses will...
Osama’s fresh steps for his security PESHAWAR, Nov 12: Osama bin Laden has reduced the number of  his bodyguards to avoid attracting attention, an eyewitness, having access to the Al-Qaeda network, told Dawn here on Monday....		Four shot dead in Haripur HARIPUR, Nov 12: Four people were shot dead in three different incidents here on Monday....
SSP protests detention of workers, raid on Madressah DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 12: A procession was taken out by the Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan here on Monday to protest against the detention of its workers and police raid on Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman’s...		PPP-govt deal likely, claims PML SWABI, Nov 12: Provincial vice-president of PML(N) and former information minister, Abdus Subhan Khan, has claimed that a deal between Pakistan People’ Party and the government is under way....
Sanitation Conditions deplored ABBOTTABAD, Nov 12: The citizens have expressed dissatisfaction over the city’s sanitation and called upon the administration to undertake the task at the earliest....		Bush-Musharraf joint statement: text NEW YORK, Nov 12: The following is the text of the joint statement issued after the meeting between US President George W. Bush and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday:...
Farmer killed DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 12: A farmer was shot dead by his rival in Jhok Venus here on Sunday....		Funds demanded for scholarships: UC budget debate SHIKARPUR, Nov 12: The district council, Shikarpur, debated its revised budget on Monday, which was unanimously passed by the house on Saturday....
Police file first Karo-kari case as complainant LARKANA, Nov 12: The SHO of the Taluka police of the city lodged as complainant the first FIR of a Karo-kari related murder on Monday in the light of newly framed...		District Council passes surplus budget NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 12: The district council, Naushahro Feroze, passed its budget for the year 2001-2002 with a surplus of Rs0.153 million on Monday....
Rs48.860m budget approved SANGHAR, Nov 12: A surplus budget of Rs48.860 million was presented and approved by the district government on Monday....		Villager guns down two uncles, sister SUKKUR, Nov 12: A man gunned down his sister and two uncles in village Saleh Mohammad Chachar, taluka Ubaro, district Ghotki, on Monday....
Power breakdown in Mirpurkhas MIRPURKHAS, Nov 12: A 12-hour-long power breakdown hit Mirpurkhas and its adjoining areas as a result of which life was paralyzed on Monday....		Hunger strike HYDERABAD, Nov 12: The elected representatives of Nawabshah belonging to the Awami Ittehad and the office-bearers of some trade organisations of Nawabshah observed one-hour token hunger strike outside the Hyderabad Press...