November 16, 2001	Friday	Shaba'an 29, 1422

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Shadan Lond clash: Nazim sends report to governor DERA GHAZI KHAN, Nov 15: District Nazim Jamal Khan Leghari has sent a report regarding the Shadan Lond incident to the Punjab governor, while various agencies are conducting a probe into...		Trader shot dead in ‘targeted’ hunt FAISALABAD, Nov 15: Leather exporter and local trade leader Rana Haq Nawaz was shot dead while his friend police inspector Ijaz Khan Baluch sustained multiple injuries in what seemed to be...
Training for farmers GUJRANWALA, Nov 15: The agriculture department has initiated the second phase training of landlords and farmers which would continue till Dec 31....		Priority to education, health: Maqbool SARGODHA, Nov 15: Amelioration of education and health sectors are top priorities on the government’s agenda....
Seven-member dacoits’ gang arrested GUJRAT, Nov 15: Police claimed on Thursday to have busted a seven-member gang of inter-district dacoits....		MMC union threatens to go on hunger strike MULTAN, Nov 15: The employees of the local Municipal Corporation will go on hunger strike if the culprits, who injured the MMC sanitary worker, are not arrested....
Pakistan, Iran won’t be part of world force, says UN: Maintenance of peace in Afghanistan ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: Pakistan and Iran would not be part of any multinational force to be deployed in Afghanistan for maintenance of peace, said UN deputy special representative for Afghanistan, Francesc...		Afghans stranded at Torkham border MICHNI(Khyber Agency), Nov 15: Thousands of Afghans intending to enter Afghanistan were stranded at Torkham on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border as the new Afghan border guards closed the war-ravaged country’s border with...
Warrants issued in ‘Indian agents case’ ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued non-bailable warrants for two accused, alleged to be Indian agents, who were awarded death sentence by an anti-terrorism court in Karachi on...		Tortured Pakistani narrates ordeal in S. African jail KOHAT, Nov 15: The South African government detained two Pakistanis suspected of having links with Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaida organization who were on their way to Mozambique with valid documents and...
Another raid on Pakistani home WASHINGTON, Nov 15: More details were reported on Thursday of the raid carried out earlier in the week on the homes of three Pennsylvania residents of Pakistani descent....		SC reserves judgment on Asif’s petition ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: The supreme court on Thursday reserved its judgment on the petition of Asif Ali Zardari, demanding that his cases be shifted from Attock to Rawalpindi, and the order...
Ex-commanders ask Taliban to surrender QUETTA, Nov 15: Former Mujahiden commanders and important tribal elders of five provinces of Afghanistan have asked Taliban leadership to give up peacefully to avert bloodshed and pave the way for...		APNS flays attack on newspaper office KARACHI, Nov 15: All Pakistan Newspapers Society has strongly condemned the attack on the offices of daily Paigham, Sahiwal by armed hooligans who ransacked the offices and manhandled editors and staff...
Motorway work may resume next march MARDAN, Nov 15: The construction work which was stopped on Peshawar-Islamabad motorway early this year, may start again as the government is planning to auction its contracts in March next year....		Malakand University inaugurated PESHAWAR, Nov 15: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that the Malakand university would usher in an educational revolution in the entire Malakand belt which would enable the students...
Auqaf law to be extended to all Malakand areas PESHAWAR, Nov 15: The NWFP government has decided to extend the Auqaf Act to all Malakand areas and appoint Khateebs in seven districts and tehsils....		Hekmatyar seeks visa for Afghanistan KOHAT, Nov 15: Chief of his own faction of Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan, Gulbadin Hekmatyar has requested Pakistan to allow him to enter Jalalabad through Torkham to take part in the future UN-sponsored...
Detention of Fazl challenged in PHC DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 15: The Peshawar High Court, Dera bench, has sought comments from the NWFP government, Home Secretary Javed Iqbal, district Nazim Maj Latifullah Khan Alizai and the superintendent...		Collision claims six lives in Haripur HARIPUR, Nov 15: Six people were killed in a road accident near Gadwal, some 18km from here on Thursday....
Enmity leads to murder DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 15: Enmity led to the murder of a man in Gandi Umar Khan on Wednesday....		Office timings during Ramazan PESHAWAR, Nov 15: The following office hours will be observed during Ramazan in the provincial government offices including district offices....
Proposals for Reni canal project under study: minister SUKKUR, Nov 15: Proposals for the construction of Reni canal is under consideration and a top priority is being given to the project....		Governor takes notice of doctors shortage in Thar MITHI, Nov 15: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro is reported to have taken serious notice of the shortage of medical officers in Thar when some members of Tharparkar district council apprised him...
SHO suspended, detainees released LARKANA, Nov 15: The Senior Superintendent of Police, Larkana, has suspended and reverted the SHO and head moharrar of the Bakrani police station for allegedly keeping two villagers in illegal confinement....		Man kills wife over domestic dispute SUKKUR, Nov 15: A woman, Zarina Jakhrani (22), was gunned down by her husband, Daro Jakhrani, over a domestic dispute in Darogho Jakhrani village, Jacobabad District, the other day....
Electricity to five villages cut NAWABSHAH, Nov 15: A special team of Wapda disconnected electric supply to five villages of Nawabshah and Sakrand talukas....		Three MQM men, dacoit held, arms recovered SUKKUR, Nov 15: The Ghotki police arrested Azmat, Munna and Azim and seized three pistols, bullets and two motorcycles from their possession in a raid on a Daharki area on Thursday....
Dog-bite victim dies due to lack of vaccine KHAIRPUR, Nov 15: A female victim of dog-bite died in a village near Rasoolabad on Thursday due to the non-availability of anti-rabies vaccines in Sobhodero hospital....		Labourer dies as roof collapses DADU, Nov 15: A labourer, Bux Ahmed Jamali (45), was killed on the spot, while another was injured when the roof of an old house collapsed near the New Bus Stand,...