November 20, 2001	Tuesday	Ramazan 4, 1422

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SC suspends SHC verdict on excise duty on loans ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: The Supreme Court on Monday suspended operation of a judgment by Sindh High Court on the issue of excise duty on loans extended by the banks....		Wapda asked to hold probe into losses, embezzlements ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Audit Department has pointed out losses, wastage and embezzlement of millions of rupees in various projects of Wapda according to special audit reports for the year 1999-2000 submitted...
Fish farms water being misused TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 19: Influential farmers are misusing the irrigation water meant for their fish farmland....		Girls college without lecturers, water SADIQABAD, Nov 19: Absence of subject specialists and basic facilities in the Government Girls Degree College, Liaquatpur, has marred the smooth functioning of the institution....
Two colleges declared ‘best’ GUJRANWALA, Nov 19: The Punjab government and Inter boards committee of chairman declared two educational institutions ‘best’ on the basis of an average grade point....		Traders protest gold robbery FAISALABAD, Nov 19: Traders and shopkeepers of tehsil Samundri have threatened to swarm roads if the dacoits, involved in jewellery heist, are not arrested within next couple of days....
Man shot dead, two injured KASUR, Nov 19: Two unidentified assailants on Monday shot dead a man and injured two others seriously near Dhadian village, Kanganpur....		Fraud case against banker SIALKOT, Nov 19: Daska City police on Monday registered a fraud case against HBL’s Bambanwala branch manager, a patwari and another accused....
No relief for consumers at Ramazan bazaars VEHARI, Nov 19: Ramazan bazaars set up in various parts of the district by the Vehari tehsil municipal administration have failed to provide any relief to common man....		Mill workers for reopening hospital BUREWALA, Nov 19: Workers of the Burewala Textile Mills have voiced their worries over the closure of the 25-bed hospital....
Agri varsity to set up rose oil lab FAISALABAD, Nov 19: The local University of Agriculture has planned to construct new laboratories and to renovate the existing departments with an expenditure of Rs8.7 million....		Defunct legislative bodies vested with new powers ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Secretariats of defunct legislative bodies have been vested with certain administrative and financial powers through the Chief Executive Order No. 11 of 2001....
No move to raise judges’ retiring age ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Official sources have denied as incorrect a news item appearing in Dawn on Sunday, headlined; “Proposal to raise judges retiring age rejected.”...		16 suspects arrested on border QUETTA, Nov 19: Balochistan authorities had arrested 16 Pakistani suspects on Pakistan-Afghan border, said the Secretary,Home, Azmat Haneef Orakzai, at a press briefing here on Monday....
Children’s rights to be protected, says CE ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Monday that the government’s policy for the protection of rights of children is guided by Islamic injunctions, also enshrined in the Constitution....		12 killed as Seyaf’s base in Nangarhar pounded PESHAWAR, Nov 19: American war planes on Monday pounded the military base of Afghan Jihadi leader Abdur Rab Rasool Seyaf in the Nangarhar province near Pakistan’s border....
Pakistan delegation puts off Lanka visit ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: A high-level Pakistan technical delegation that was scheduled to initiate negotiations on a comprehensive free trade agreement with Sri Lanka on Nov 20, has postponed its visit due...		51 BSSA members arrested QUETTA, Nov 19: Police have arrested 51 members of the Balochistan Secretariat Staff Association who were on a strike to press for the acceptance of their demands, said Civil Line Police...
Sidelined Afghan royalists speak bitterly PESHAWAR, Nov 19: “We trusted the Americans but terrorists are still in Afghanistan and the Northern Alliance has entered Kabul,” says Syed Ishaq Gailani, summing up the bitterness of Afghan royalists...		382 refugees shifted to new camp PESHAWAR, Nov 19: A batch of 382 Afghan refugees living in the Jalozai makeshift camp were shifted to the newly established camp at Kotakai in Bajaur agency, 120 kilometres north of...
Abbottabad budget passed ABBOTTABAD, Nov 19: Col (retd) Mustafa Jadoon, Nazim of Abbottabad district, has said that the next budget would include development schemes for three years....		TNSM leader, 67 followers held KOHAT, Nov 19: The authorities in the tribal area have arrested the chief of Tehrik-i-Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Mohammadi of Malakand Agency, Sufi Mohammad along with his 67 followers who were making attempts to cross...
Islamia College affairs discussed PESHAWAR, Nov 19: A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Islamia College, Peshawar, was held here under the chairmanship of Education Minister syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani....		Remarks about CE: leaders booked KOHAT, Nov 19: The police have booked prominent leaders of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (S), Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan and Jamaat-i-Islami for passing derogatory remarks against President Gen Pervez Mushrraf and Pakistan army at a...
Working children awarded certificates PESHAWAR, Nov 19: A certificate distribution ceremony for the students of Mashaal Schools for Working Children was held in Chamkani under the auspices of the Human Resource Management and Development Centre...		Educational institutions to open on 22nd PESHAWAR, Nov 19: The educational institutions in Kohat will open on Nov 22....
Young man killed over enmity DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 19: A young man was gunned down as a result of an old enmity at Kulachi on Sunday night....		Sale of plots in seven Larkana housing schemes banned LARKANA, Nov 19: The Larkana Development Authority (LDA) banned the sell and purchase of plots in seven unauthorized housing colonies in Larkana....
Three held in raid SANGHAR, Nov 19: Police arrested three men — Hiro, Pehlaj and Teekam — in a raid on the Sanghar-Nawabshah road in the wee hours of Monday....		Closure of canal mars cultivation of wheat KHAIRPUR, Nov 19: Mirwah Canal, the biggest waterway of Khairpur district, has been closed for eight days under rotation programme....
One shot dead over matrimonial dispute SUKKUR, Nov 19: Thirty year old Nizamuddin son of Muhammad Siddiq Rajper was gunned down in village Kot laloo near Faiz Gunj on Monday....		Nazim promises amenities DADU, Nov 19: Water supply, drainage and basic health facilities would be provided to newly established colonies in the outskirt of Dadu City....
Driver killed in accident MIRPURKHAS, Nov 19: An ambulance driver belonging to the health department, Mirpurkhas, was killed on the spot and two people were injured when a Naukot-bound coach collided head-on with their ambulance...		Kidnapping case lodged LARKANA, Nov 19: Kambar police on the compliant of Abdul Ghafoor Mughiri registered FIR of abduction against Ghulam Mustafa Mirbahar, Hakim Ali, Zulfikar Ali and an unknown for allegedly kidnapping a...