November 17, 2001	Saturday	Ramazan 1, 1422

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Guerilla war to begin in Afghanistan soon: leaders SWABI, Nov 16: After the fall of Kabul and other provinces and retreat of the Taliban militia, the stage is set for a guerilla war in Afghanistan....		Matric results announced ABBOTTABAD, Nov 16: Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education has announced the result of Supplementary Examination of Matric....
Budget discussed ABBOTTABAD, Nov 16: Convener of the district assembly Javed Abbasi has assured the members of the house that the next budget will be prepared by the members of the district assembly....		Rally slams Afghan policy CHARSADDA, Nov 16: A big pro-Taliban rally was held at the Farooq-i-Azam Square in Tehsil Bazaar here after Friday prayers....
Burglars kill man, woman HARIPUR, Nov 16: Burglars murdered a young man, a woman and injured another one in two different incidents of burglaries here on Thursday....		Quality items’ supply assured PESHAWAR, Nov 16: Zila Nazim of Swat, Dr Mehboobur Rehman, has said quality food items will be provided to people on control rates during Ramazan....
Tank without girls’ college TANK, Nov 16: The people here are very concerned at the NWFP government’s step-motherly attitude towards district Tank....		Section 144 LAKKI MARWAT, Nov 16: District Nazim Humayan Saifullah Khan has imposed section 144 CrPC in the district, which will renain in force for one month....
Afghans’ entry to be checked strictly QUETTA, Nov 16: The Balochistan government has decided to strictly check the influx of new Afghan refugees and armed people who attempt to slip into Pakistan would be arrested in the...		‘Tilt towards West not to affect ties with China’ BEIJING, Nov 16: Sino-Pakistan relations will not be affected by Pakistan’s joining of the US-led anti-terrorism coalition and its improved ties with the West, said Pakistan ambassador to China Riaz Khokhar....
Govt to start Rs50m fisheries project GILGIT, Nov 16: The government has decided to start a project in Ghizer district at a cost of Rs50 million For the development and conservation of trout, Northern Areas Fisheries Deputy...		World Bank to back educational reforms ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: The World Bank has decided to support various educational reform programmes both in formal and non-formal education sector....
US attempts to win over Muslim hearts and minds WASHINGTON, Nov 16: The United States, confronted with widespread unease in the Islamic world over its military campaign in Afghanistan, has launched a massive effort to win over the hearts and...		Terrorism, freedom struggle must not be equated: Sattar UNITED NATIONS, Nov 16: Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar said on Thursday that terrorism need to be defined in a way as to distinguish it from the legitimate struggles of the oppressed...
Pakistan warned of fighters sneaking in ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: The UNHCR has conveyed its concerns to Pakistan about possible crossing into its territory of fighters from Afghanistan, UN officials said at a news conference here on Friday....		Government policies blamed for fall of Kabul QUETTA, Nov 16: Black day was observed by religious parties on Friday in response to the call given by the Pakistan-Afghan Defence Council against the capture of Kabul and other cities...
AJK court’s summons challenged in LHC ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: The Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi bench, on Friday issued notice to Attorney General of Pakistan to give his views on whether Pakistani citizens could be summoned by court...		Nepra asked to submit performance report to CE ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has sought performance report of the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) immediately....
69pc in AJK have electricity, says minister MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 16: The AJK government is spending Rs209 million this year to provide electricity to around 17,000 new consumers, minister for electricity Sardar Mir Akbar Khan said here on Friday....		No Redco, UBL deal: counsel ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: The supreme court was informed on Friday that United Bank Limited had not entered into any agreement with Redco group, headed by Saifur Rehman, for rescheduling of defaulted...
Malik Qayyum appears as SC advocate ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: Former judge of the Lahore High Court, Malik Mohammad Qayyum made his maiden appearance as an advocate of Supreme Court on Thursday....		Progress on uplift projects reviewed ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: A high-level meeting here on Friday reviewed the progress on mega-development projects annouced by the president on Aug 14 this year and directed the concerned authorities to accelerate...
Syringes worth Rs50 million missing from health store MULTAN, Nov 16: Some 10 million syringes worth Rs50 million are missing from the store of the provincial health department in Lahore....		Pathetic tale of four THQ hospitals MULTAN, Nov 16: At least four tehsil headquarters hospitals in south Punjab are either inoperative or working in other buildings despite having their own premises....
US used Pakistan to dislodge Taliban, says Imran SAHIWAL, Nov 16: The US has successfully used Pakistan rulers as tools to eliminating the Taliban government and bringing the Northern Alliance, once their worst enemies, in power....		Citrus export fetches Rs700m to Sargodha SARGODHA, Nov 16: District Nazim Amjad Ali Noon said on Friday the district had been earning Rs700 million every year through the export of citrus....
Women police to help fight crime MULTAN, Nov 16: Induction of women in the police department is a successful move to check the inflation in incidents of crime....		No clue to trader’s murder FAISALABAD, Nov 16: No clue to the killer of a trade leader had so far been traced by police on Friday....
Surplus budget for Multan approved MULTAN, Nov 16: Local district government has approved its amended surplus budget for 2001-2002, enhancing development allocations to 27 per cent from earlier 16 per cent of the total expenses....		Bridge over Palkhu collapses GUJRAT, Nov 16: Traffic remained suspended for several hours on the Wazirabad Road when an old bridge over Palkhu Nullah caved in on Thursday evening. Luckily, at the time of the...
Elementary teachers denied salaries GUJRANWALA, Nov 16: The teachers of the elementary schools for boys and girls, Kamoki circle, on Friday protested for being deied salaries for the last three months....		Nazim’s say in principal’s appointment rejected VEHARI, Nov 16: The Tanzim-i-Asataza Pakistan has condemned the government move to empower district Nazim to appoint college principals....
Highwaymen GUJRANWALA, Nov 16: A bandit was nabbed while his four accomplices escaped with Rs25,000 in cash near Tetley village on Friday....		ADBP arrests 39 defaulters in Dadu DADU, Nov 16: The Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan, Dadu region, launched an operation against defaulters in the district and arrested 39 of them on Friday....
Pollution from cotton factories threatening lives NAWABSHAH, Nov 16: The people of Nawabshah town are facing numerous health hazards due to thick smoke being emitted from several cotton factories operating within the town’s premises....		50 trucks loaded with cotton seized SUKKUR, Nov 16: DCO Ghotki in a raid seized some 50 trucks loaded with cotton on Sindh and Punjab border on Friday....
Five killed in accident near Kandhkot SUKKUR, Nov 16: Five passengers of a pickup were killed and 16 injured in a road accident on the Indus Highway near Kandhkot on Friday....		One dies of snakebite KHAIRPUR, Nov 16: A hari, Ali Ahmed Kurio, belonging to Eisa Kurio village, Kingri Taluka, died of snakebite the other day....
Three police officials suspended KHAIRPUR, Nov 16: The superintendent of police, Khairpur, Abdul Khaliq Shaikh, has suspended three police officials of various police stations over public complaints....		Two bandits arrested in Larkana LARKANA, Nov 16: Two dacoits were arrested with a dispenser treating one of the injured outlaws and owner of the house where he had taken refuge here on Thursday....