November 26, 2001	Monday	Ramazan 10, 1422

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JUI opposes foreign-backed dispensation for Afghanistan MANSEHRA, Nov 25: Ex-senator and JUI’s leader Hafiz Hussain Ahmad has said the US is not interested in a broad-based, multi-ethnic government in Afghanistan, but wants to induct a foreign-based dispensation....		Ahmadzais want UN peacekeepers in Kabul PESHAWAR, Nov 25: A representative jirga of Afghanistan’s Ahmadzai tribe has asked the United Nations Security Council, European Union and other international organisations to declare Kabul a de-militarized zone and deploy...
NLC, WFP sign agreement ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: A service agreement has recently been signed between the National Logistic Cell (NLC) and the World Food Programme....		Refugee girls hope to become professional QUETTA, Nov 25: The young girls of the Hazara quarter in old Quetta city all know what they want to do when they grow up....
11 Indus Highway sections completed KOHAT, Nov 25: The Chairman of National Highway Authority, Maj-Gen Farrukh Javed, has said that the work on 11 sections of the Indus Highway has been successfully completed at a cost...		24 students’ results cancelled MINGORA, Nov 25: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Saidu Sharif, Swat, has cancelled the results of 24 students, who were caught using unfair means during the matric supplementary...
Air pollution not grim in N. Areas, says survey GILGIT, Nov 25: No toxic ingredients and hazardous suspended particles have been found in the samples of “ambient air” collected from various parts of the Northern Areas, said a survey report...		Zakat council okays Guzara allowance ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: The 83rd session of the Central Zakat Council under the chairmanship of Justice Nazim Hussain Siddiqui, here on Saturday discussed the agenda items in order of priority which...
FIA role to be redefined ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: The government will redefine and revitalize the role of Federal Investigation Agency in its fight against white-collar crime and terrorism....		Workshop PESHAWAR, Nov 25: The World Health Organization has arranged a media workshop here on Monday to create awareness about health matters.—PPI...
17 projects put on hold ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: Pakistan has put on hold as many as 17 multi-billion-dollars infrastructure and energy projects being developed by the Chinese companies mainly because of regional political situation....		Tribal elders to hold talks with Taliban: Peaceful transfer of power in Kandahar QUETTA, Nov 25: Former Afghan commanders and tribal elders, belonging to six Pakhtoon-populated provinces of Afghanistan, have decided to send a delegation with a massage for the Taliban to surrender and...
AJK bureaucracy blamed for lack of investment MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 25: The president of Muzaffarabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Syed Kifayat Hussain Naqvi, has accused the bureaucracy of using negative tactics to discourage investments in Azad Kashmir, and...		Pakistanis sense US has failed to keep deal NEW YORK, Nov 25: Only 10 weeks after Gen Musharraf pledged his “full support” to the United States, enraging Islamic militants in Pakistan and Islamic hard-liners in the army, the (Pakistanis)...
Balochistanasked to recover damages ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: The federal government has directed the Balochistan government to recover Rs21 million in damages caused to public property by religious parties during anti-US protest strikes....		Pakistani held, released in Italy LAHORE, Nov 25: A Pakistani businessman who went to Italy to purchase an aircraft with the government’s permission was arrested by the intelligence police shortly after he checked in a Rome...
PPP leader calls for talks with India MIRPURKHAS, Nov 25: Pakistan People’s Party welcomes the Bonn conference on Afghanistan and hopes that it will bring a positive solution to the war-ravaged country....		Over 75 kids affected by polio: Another 15 cases in DG Khan MULTAN, Nov 25: Another 15 cases of wild virus polio have been detected from four districts of former Dera Ghazi Khan division, rising the number of the affected children to over...
Three canal breaches inundate vast area TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 25: Crops on hundreds of acres were inundated following three breaches in canals at different places of the district on Sunday....		Six students booked for firing on campus SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 25: Six students of the Government Degree College were booked on Sunday for firing on the campus....
Bid to cover up Rs4m health dept bungling MULTAN, Nov 25: The Punjab health authorities have allegedly hushed up a case involving a bungling of Rs4 million in the name of ‘re-payment’ of anti-polio campaign banners under the pretext...		Call to set up dryport BAHAWALPUR, Nov 25: The local district council, during a meeting on Saturday, demanded the government that a dryport should be set up in the district for the convenience of importers and...
Dacoits have a field day in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, Nov 25: Dacoits and robbers looted the house of an army officer, a food company store, a commuter wagon and drove away with a rice-laden truck in four strikes on...		Workshop on School Councils development MULTAN, Nov 25: The Punjab Education Department in collaboration with the Multi-donor Support Unit (MSU) is likely to arrange a workshop in Multan to develop the programme for strengthening School Councils...
Eye allergy cases rise in Vehari VEHARI, Nov 25: Eye allergy cases are on the rise in Vehari district, specially in rural areas....		Inquiry into Shadan Lond incident begins DERA GHAZI KHAN, Nov 25: A team, comprising Multan DIG, Leiah SSP and Multan SP (crimes), on Saturday started an inquiry to find out the reasons behind the Shadan Lond incident...
Children’s row leaves 13 hurt MULTAN, Nov 25: Clash over children’s feud between two families left 13 people injured near Churaywala bridge in Qadirpur Rawan, on Sunday....		Goods looted SAHIWAL, Nov 25: Dacoits on Friday night looted cash and gold ornaments and drive away with a motorcycle from a house in Basti Jahaz Ground....
Future of 91 MBBS students hangs in balance: Associate Prof blamed NAWABSHAH, Nov 25: Atleast 91 students of final year at People’s Medical College Nawabshah are on the horns of a dilemma, as they have failed in MBBS final examinations due to...		Teachers protest ends in scuffle with LEA personnel SUKKUR, Nov 25: Hundreds of teachers blocked the Sukkur-Shikarpur road and staged a sit-in in front of the National Press Club Sukkur the other day against the Sindh Education Department’s policy...
Ex-SHO killed villager, inquiry team told LARKANA, Nov 25: The suspended DSP of Karani, Mr Jan Mohammad Brahmani, disproved charges levelled against him here on Saturday....		Operation against dacoits any time: IGP SUKKUR, Nov 25: The Inspector General of Police Sindh, Syed Kamal Shah, along with Home Secretary Sindh, Brig.(Retd) Mukhtiar, DIG Sukkur and Larkana Divisions, besides the SSPs of the two divisions...
SHO forces suspect to parade naked in public THATTA, Nov 25: Hundreds of cricket fans and citizens witnessed a dreadful drama staged by the Sujawal police as their SHO tortured and forced a suspect to parade naked during an...		One killed in accident LARKANA, Nov 25: One person died and three others injured in a road accident on Sunday on Larkana-Mohenjodaro road when a carry of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) dashed against a tree....