November 19, 2001	Monday	Ramazan 3, 1422

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German govt to support Wapda’s Vision-2025 FAISALABAD, Nov 18: The German government has promised full support to Wapda in implementing its Vision-2025 programme on generating new water and power resources....		Cottage industries ‘face’ closure FAISALABAD, Nov 18: The local Cottage Industries Association is going through a critical phase in the face of multi-pronged problems to the industry....
EDO office in school building JHANG, Nov 18: The shifting of the EDO (education) office in a school building has been creating problems for the students and teachers....		Six injured in clash SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 18: Six people sustained serious bullet injuries on Sunday when two rival groups exchanged fire over a land dispute in Kot Ranjeet village, some eight kilometre from here....
Subscribers at war with faulty phone system FAISALABAD, Nov 18: Hundreds of subscribers of the People’s Colony Telephone Exchange have been facing innumerable problems due to the negligence of the authorities concerned....		2 cops held for helping accused escape LAHORE, Nov 18: Two policemen were arrested on Sunday allegedly for helping an accused to escape from their custody on district court premises on Saturday....
Profiteers warned of stern action GUJRANWALA, Nov 18: The district administration has fixed prices of various commodities and warned hoarders and shopkeepers they will be taken to task if they violate the order....		Dist govt to take control of trust hospital SIALKOT, Nov 18: The local district government has decided to take control of the Munshi Imam Din Memorial Trust Hospital in the ‘larger public interest’....
Sunday service resumes in Bahawalpur church BAHAWALPUR, Nov 18: The Sunday service has resumed in the main prayer hall of St Dominican Church after the suspension of three weeks....		Boy found stabbed to death OKARA, Nov 18: A 10-year-old boy was found stabbed to death after being sodomized in village 11/1-AL on Saturday....
Sahiwal’s tax-free budget SAHIWAL, Nov 18: The local district council has approved its annual budget for 2001-03 at a meeting held under the chairmanship of convener and Naib Nazim Malik Muhammad Yar....		Two die in bike-tanker collision VEHARI, Nov 18: Two persons were killed while another sustained injuries in an accident on the Vehari-Multan Road on Sunday....
Tobacco growers asked to cultivate alternative crops SWABI, Nov 18: The tobacco companies have reduced the tobacco quota (11.6 per cent) for the year 2002 and the tobacco growers have been asked to grow alternative crops, said an...		Pakistanis’ fate in Eriteria jails hangs in balance KOHAT, Nov 18: The fate of the eight Tablighis (preachers) languishing in the central prison in Eriteria since Oct 30, 1993 still hangs in the balance following repeated failures of the...
Sharp rise in prices of essential items BUNER, Nov 18: The people here in Buner had to experience unprecedented rise in the prices of daily use items on the first day of Ramazan....		Ex-town official suspended for corruption NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 18: The DCO, Naushahro Feroze, Jamil Ahmed Siddiqui, suspended former town officer, Mehrabpur, and ordered to freeze various bank accounts on the charge of misappropriation of Rs4.5m by...
Osama enemy of Afghans: Alliance commander PESHAWAR, Nov 18: “I hate Osama bin Laden only because of his support to the Taliban,” remarked Commander Fahim, guarding a colony recently vacated by Arab nationals in Jalalabad, the capital...		Two men killed MARDAN, Nov 18: At least three persons, including a Wapda superintendent, were killed in different areas of Mardan district in the last 24 hours....
900 killed in Mazar-i-Sharif ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: At least 900 Taliban and volunteers from Pakistan and some Arab countries were brutally killed during fighting in Mazar-i-Sharif....		Woman commits suicide NAWABSHAH, Nov 18: A woman committed suicide by taking pesticides in the Ghulam Mustafa Sanjrani village near Jam Sahib on Sunday. Ameer Khatoon, wife Rahim Bukhsh, ended her life due to...
Pakistan playing major role in UN: Shamshad NEW YORK, Nov 18: Pakistan is playing a leadership role in the United Nations, said the country’s permanent representative to the UN, Shamshad Ahmad, here on Sunday....		Investment in textiles to be sought: Team off to Beijing ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: A high-level nine-member delegation left here on Sunday for Beijing to seek Chinese investment in garments, seafood and footwear in a country-specific area in Pakistan besides expanded market...
GHQ directs officers not to open mail ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: Anthrax scare has hit the General Headquarters (GHQ) of Pakistan Army, putting handling of “secret” and “top secret” mail into jeopardy....		Diplomat harassed in US WASHINGTON, Nov 18: A Pakistani diplomat was harassed and abused at the weekend in New York in what appears to have been a hate incident, though the police did not lodge...
Egyptian FM due today ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: Egyptian Foreign Minister, Ahmed Maher, is due to arrive here on Monday as a special envoy to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak....		2 die in accident MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 18: Two people died and at least 10 others were injured in a road accident on Sunday....
Students suffer due to teachers shortage THATTA, Nov 18: Some 1,379 students, majority of them from science group, are suffering due to shortage of teaching staff in three degree and one intermediate science college of Thatta district...		Cop killed, 16 hurt in bandits’ attacks SHIKARPUR, Nov 18: A police constable was killed and 16 people, including two policemen, were wounded when bandits attacked two convoys of coaches on Shikarpur-Kandhkot Road near the Begari Wah bridge...
Flour mills refuse to lift wheat stocks LARKANA, Nov 18: The Sindh Flour Mills Association (SFMA) has refused to lift wheat on government rate from Sindh Food Department. The Sindh government had purchased wheat at the rate of...		Survey team to assess, settle Dehs issue SUKKUR, Nov 18: Governor Sindh Muhammad Mian Soomro gave a firm assurance to the Nazims of Sukkur and Ghotki that 17 Dehs of Daharki would not be handed over to Punjab....
Nazim asks officials to ensure supply of water NAWABSHAH, Nov 18: District Nazim Faryal Talpur has reiterated her resolve to solve problems of the people....		Matrimonial dispute leaves 12 injured DADU, Nov 18: Twelve people were wounded in a clash between two groups of the Solangi tribe over a matrimonial dispute in the Mitho Khan Solangi village near the Thrari Mohabbat...