November 15, 2001	Thursday	Shaba’an 28, 1422

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Anthrax fear reaches agri varsity FAISALABAD, Nov 14: A BSc student in the local Agriculture University on Wednesday received an envelope having suspected Anthrax powder, it is learnt....		Zaeef, others’ stopover in DG Khan DERA GHAZI KHAN, Nov 14: Afghan diplomats, including Mulla Abdus Salam Zaeef, spent a night here on their way to Kandahar via Quetta....
No ADBP loans for tractors, dairy farms TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 14: The Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan (ADBP) has not been issuing loans for purchasing tractors and developing dairy and livestock farms for the last two months....		Call to withdraw cases against Benazir BAHAWALPUR, Nov 14: People’s Party central acting general secretary Raza Rabbani and Punjab president Qasim zia have demanded withdrawal of all cases against PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto instituted against her by...
PML leader blames govt for Kabul fall GUJRANWALA, Nov 14: PML-N chief coordinator and former federal minister Ahsan Iqbal has alleged that the government was responsible for the fall of Kabul....		Family robbed of cash, gold SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 14: Bandits looted cash, gold ornaments and other valuables from a family near the upper Chenab canal on the Lahore Road on Wednesday night....
Rs5 million for small industrial estate SIALKOT, Nov 14: The municipal corporation has announced a special grant of Rs5 million for the development of the Sialkot small industrial estate....		Landlord, Driver shot dead FAISALABAD, Nov 14: A landlord and his driver were gunned down over an old enmity in Chak 265-RB on Wednesday....
Man shot dead by bandits MULTAN, Nov 14: A man was shot dead while another injured by dacoits in different parts of the city on Wednesday....		Alliance besiege Taliban-occupied refugee camp ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: The Northern Alliance forces have reportedly surrounded a Taliban-occupied camp for displaced people in southwestern Afghanistan, trapping some 9,000 Afghan civilians, the UNHCR said here on Wednesday....
Japan to give $300m more grant TOKYO, Nov 14: Japan decided on Wednesday to provide fresh aid worth $300 million to Pakistan in light of Islamabad’s contribution to the war on terrorism, reports said....		AJK government’s performance irks speaker MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 14: AJK Legislative Assembly Speaker Sardar Siab Khalid on Wednesday passed remarks against the government for “evading its responsibilities,” after Acting Prime Minister Syed Mumtaz Ali Gillani failed to...
Asif denies PPP-govt deal ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: Jailed Pakistan People’s Party leader Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday dispelled reports that the PPP has struck a deal with the military government....		FBI raids two houses owned by Pakistanis WASHINGTON, Nov 14: Two houses owned by Pakistani Americans in the Chester suburb of Philadelphia were raided by FBI agents and members of a hazardous materials squad on Tuesday and a...
British MPs move motion on Kashmir situation LONDON, Nov 14: Two British MPs have moved an Early Day Motion (EDM) in the House of Commons on the current situation in occupied Kashmir and expressed showed their concern over...		Railways uplift accord signed with China BEIJING, Nov 14: A contract was signed here under which China will supply 69 locomotives and 175 passenger coaches worth $200 million to Pakistan to modernize its railway system....
WB official briefed about reforms ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: The visiting World Bank vice-president for South Asian Region Mieko Nishimizu held a detailed meeting with the senior officials of the ministry of finance here on Wednesday on...		Availability of water for Rabi reviewed ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: A high-level meeting held at the General Headquarters on Wednesday reviewed water availability situation during the current Rabi crop....
US envoy to discuss Afghanistan ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: The newly named US special envoy to the Afghan opposition, James Dobbins was due to arrive in Islamabad on Wednesday night for consultations on Afghanistan....		200 Afghans pushed back QUETTA, Nov 14: Pakistan has tightened security at the border with Afghanistan after the fall of Kabul and pushed back over 200 Afghans on Wednesday who had been arrested at different...
Two killed in Buleda QUETTA, Nov 14: Two persons, including the Naib Nazim of Buleda Tehsil, were shot dead in Buleda on Wednesday....		Water release from Tarbela raised ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: The management of Tarbela on Wednesday raised water release to 68,000 cusecs daily from 60,000 cusecs to meet the need of wheat and sugar-cane crops in Punjab and...
Taliban detain relief goods’ truck convoy TORKHAM, Nov 14: More than 60 trucks loaded with relief goods were stranded at Torkham, on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, after the Taliban authorities refused to let the vehicles cross over to...		PMAP asks Osama to quit Afghanistan PESHAWAR, Nov 14: Abdur Rahim Mandokhel, deputy chairman of the Pushtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP), on Wednesday held what he called the military and Punjabi bureaucracy responsible for the genocide of...
Tough law to stop hazardous medicines’ sale demanded PESHAWAR, Nov 14: Kept at front showcases with alluring names and pictures, the sale of aphrodisiacs is no more a taboo and they are as easily accessible as other medicines in...		Afghan policy has failed, says Mushahid PESHAWAR, Nov 14: Former information minister Mushahid Hussain Syed said on Wednesday that the recent developments in Afghanistan had proved that Pakistan’s Afghan policy, which it had adopted 25 years ago,...
Two killed, woman commits suicide MARDAN, Nov 14: Two men were killed and a woman committed suicide in the district during the past 24 hours....		Community role urged for wildlife conservation PESHAWAR, Nov 14: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has called for enhanced role of community in wildlife cdonservation....
Khananoo Residents demand amenities BUNER, Nov 14: The newly-formed welfare organization Tanzeem Roorwali has called upon the authorities to resolve problems of Khananoo Derai, union council Makhranai-Chamla....		Disunity among Muslims lamented LAKKI MARWAT, Nov 14: Pukhtoons are fighting shoulder to shoulder with the Taliban,not because the latter are Pukhtoons but because they are also Muslim....
Teachers’ problems SWABI, Nov 14: The local leaders of All Teachers Association said the NWFP Education Minister, Imtiaz Hussain Gilani, had asked them that male and female teachers of the district who had...		Plan for upliftment of Thar devised: Soomro MITHI, Nov 14: The governor of Sindh, Mohammedmian Soomro, said the government is well aware of the fact that non-availability of potable water, recurrence of droughts, and lack of metalled roads...
Attackers of PS identified: DIG LARKANA, Nov 14: “We have succeeded in recovering 34 weapons out of 43 that were looted by criminals who had attacked Bugti colony police station in Kandkot of Jacobabad district”, said...		Three killed in ambush SANGHAR, Nov 14: Three people were killed in an ambush near Maqsoodo Rind, about 78 kms from here, in the wee hours of Wednesday....
Attitude of Nawabshah opposition slammed NAWABSHAH, Nov 14: Members of the Awam Dost Panel have condemned the undemocratic and mischievous attitude of the Awami Ittehad and its allies during the running session of taluka council, Nawabshah....		Manifesto of SDA soon: Imtiaz SHIKARPUR, Nov 14: Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh, coordinator and member of standing committee of Sindh Democratic Alliance (SDA), has said that the people were politically aware so they wanted to get their...
Telecard Phone service disconnected NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 14: Services of Telecard company, has been disconnected, by the general manager, STR-V, Sukkur, due to over billing and non-payment. Telecard operators and general public of the five...		Four persons kidnapped SUKKUR, Nov 14: Four persons, including a former SDO of the Irrigation Department, were kidnapped near Kashmor on Tuesday night....
PTCL issues warrants against defaulters LARKANA, Nov 14: To recover outstanding dues, the PTCL issued around 1,423 warrants against its defaulters in the STR-V region....		Illegal arms seized LAKKI MARWAT, Nov 14: Police, on the instruction of Abdullah Khan,SP, has launched a campaign against criminals and arrested more than 72 of them, who were involved in heinous crime....