November 18, 2001	Sunday	Ramazan 2, 1422

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NAB completes inquiry against Usman Abbasi BAHAWALPUR, Nov 17: The National Accountability Bureau has completed investigation against Sahibzada Usman Daud Abbasi, former deputy speaker of the Punjab Assembly, it is learnt....		Millers asked to start crushing season by 26th KASUR, Nov 17: All sugar mills in the district will start crushing season before November 26 and millers will have to make payment to the cultivators within 30 days....
PO killed, cop injured in encounter SAHIWAL, Nov 17: A proclaimed offender was killed and a constable sustained serious injuries on Saturday in an encounter in a nearby Kamir town....		Rape case three years after incident TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 17: A rape case was registered against three people three years after the incident on Saturday on the orders of the Lahore High Court....
Spare-parts dealer deprived of Rs100,000, friend beaten SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 17: A spare-parts dealer was deprived of cash and other valuables and his colleague was severely injured on resistance by four dacoits near Khanqah Dogran on Saturday....		Girl, lover, his friend killed SIALKOT, Nov 17: A landlord with the help of his two accomplices shot dead his daughter, her lover and his companion late Friday night in Muzaffarpur village, Uggoki....
Nine injured in crossfire VEHARI, Nov 17: Nine people, including two women, sustained injuries in a crossfire between two rival groups in Chak 90/WB near Mailsi on Saturday....		Wrong question paper distributed BAHAWALPUR, Nov 17: The question paper of Islamic Studies was inadvertently distributed among the candidates at the Government Degree College for Women here on Saturday....
Benazir urges CE to broaden political base TORONTO, Nov 17: Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has urged President Pervez Musharraf to broaden his political base as his government struggles to justify the US campaign against Taliban in the...		Army major manhandles Dawn reporter ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: A senior Dawn staffer, Faraz Hashmi, was physically assaulted on Saturday by a serving army officer after their cars collided at a sharp U-turn near the Press Information...
Proposal to raise judges’ retiring age rejected ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: The proposal to extend the retiring age of supreme court and high court judges by three years, has been turned down by the “competent authority”, forcing the highest...		Japanese FM to visit Pakistan TOKYO, Nov 17: Japanese Foreign Minister Mrs Tanaka will visit Pakistan at the end of this month to hold talks with President Gen Pervez Musharraf on the situation in Afghanistan....
Beautification scheme MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 17: The AJK government has decided to ban construction along green belts and hills surrounding Muzaffarabad as a part of steps for the beautification of the capital....		Ordinance promulgated ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday promulgated the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001, to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898....
CJ wants SJC to be more effective PESHAWAR, Nov 17: Recommending amendment to Article 209 of the Constitution for making the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) more effective, the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Irshad Hassan Khan, said here...		Ayub Medical College reopens ABBOTTABAD, Nov 17: The administration of Ayub Medical College has notified that regular classes have resumed from 12th....
Robbers loot bus passengers DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 17: Six robbers looted cash and valuables from the passengers of a bus near the Abu Samra village on Dera-Bannu Road on Friday night....		Need for preserving forests stressed ABBOTTABAD, Nov 17: Kahlid Sultan, provincial government’s secretary of forest, has said that time is running out and now we had to save the forests at all costs....
NACCI president elected GILGIT, Nov 17: Shehbaz Khan advocate has been elected Northern Areas Chamber of Commerce and Industry president, Hafiz Hafeezur Rahman, senior vice-president and Abdul Lateef vice-president for 2001-02....		Reform court plan under study: minister MANSEHRA, Nov 17: Federal Minister Omar Asghar Khan has said that the government is planning to set up reforms courts at the community level to enhance the image of judiciary....
Occupation of schools by officials resented MITHI, Nov 17: The residents of Mithi town have urged the Sindh education minister, district coordination officer Tharparkar and other authorities to get vacated the buildings of the town schools which...		Pir Pagara injured in accident NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 17: Pir Pagara, chief of Pakistan Muslim League (F) and three others were injured when his Land Cruiser collided with a speedy Datsun pickup on National Highway near...
Three die as wagon overturns KHAIRPUR, Nov 17: Three persons were killed and 16 others were injured when a wagon overturned on the National Highway bypass....		Punjab not giving Seraikis their rights: Ponam DADU, Nov 17: The nationalists of the four provinces of Pakistan were not accepting the constitution of 1973 as it was a “dead document” for the Sindhi, Seraiki, Pakhtoon and Baloch...