November 29, 2001	Thursday	Ramazan 13, 1422

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US ignores request for spares ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: The United States pronouncements of lifting military sanctions so far remain meaningless for Pakistan armed forces as no request, made for much-needed spares, has been entertained by Washington,...		Over 50 vehicles confiscated PESHAWAR, Nov 28: The customs collectorate, Peshawar, confiscated over 50 non-duty paid vehicles from the different parts of the province during the last five months reflecting the grater extent at which...
Court dismisses plea against restriction: Snooker clubs MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 28: A single-member bench of the AJK High Court here on Wednesday, dismissed a review petition against the order of the district magistrate whereby the owners of the snooker/billiard...		49 Pakistani fighters freed in Jalalabad ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: The post-Taliban administration in Jalalabad on Wednesday released 49 Pakistanis who had gone to Afghanistan to fight alongside the Taliban, the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported....
Provinces agree to simplify bail procedure ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: All the provinces and the registrars of high courts have agreed to the interim order of the Supreme Court, allowing the chief justices of high courts to place...		Secretariat staff call off strike QUETTA, Nov 28: Balochistan government accepted a number of demands of the civil secretariat employees here on Tuesday, provincial Finance Minister Malik Naeem Ahmed announced at a gathering of the employees....
‘Islamabad to accept Bonn moot decisions’ ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: Pakistan will agree to any decision, acceptable to a majority of Afghans, from Bonn meeting, Foreign Office Spokesman Riaz Ahmed Khan told a news briefing here on Wednesday....		US, Pakistan students exchange greetings WASHINGTON, Nov 28: An elementary school in the Washington area has been in touch with two schools in Karachi as part of an outreach effort meant to increase interaction between American...
Thousands of Afghans living in open: WFP GENEVA, Nov 28: Aid workers have located a group of several thousand displaced people living in the open in sub-zero temperatures, with very little food, in northwest Afghanistan, the World Food...		Four killed in accident KHAIRPUR, Nov 28: Four people were killed and 13 others were injured in a head-on collision between a wagon and a trailer on the National Highway near Babarloi, some 10 kms...
4m tons of wheat to be procured, says official ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: The government has decided to fix wheat procurement target for the public sector at four million tons in the forthcoming harvesting season....		MSF protest rally baton-charged MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 28: Two activists of the Muslim Students Federation (MSF) and a policeman received minor injuries in a clash here on Wednesday at the Bank Road....
$10bn aid for Pakistan proposed SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 28: Pakistan should be given a $10bn package as reward for its cooperation with America’s military coalition against Afghanistan, says the American Institute of International Studies (AIIS), a...		UNDP official due today ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: The administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and chairman of the UN Devlopment Group, Mark Malloch Brown, is arriving in Pakistan for a one-day visit on Thursday...
Man held in Ludhianvi’s murder case RAWALPINDI, Nov 28: An activist of a religious group, wanted by Sindh police, was arrested from Pirwadhai area on early Wednesday morning, the authorities disclosed....		Conference on corruption begins ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Lt-Gen Munir Hafiez arrived in Tokyo to represent Pakistan in the three-day third annual conference on combating corruption in Asia-Pacific, which started here...
Darra arms industry doing brisk business: Bullet shortage in Afghanistan KOHAT, Nov 28: A large number of experienced hands from Darra Adam Khel arms manufacturing industry have gone to Afghanistan to repair light artillery and other guns rendered defective during the...		Girls college to be set up in Swabi SWABI, Nov 28: District Nazim Sher Zaman Sher has said that a Darolaman and a degree college for girls will be established as efforts geared to this end were in an...
Malakand hospital lacks facilities MALAKAND, Nov 28: People are facing a number of difficulties owing to the closure of the general ward and laboratory of civil hospital, Totakan, Malakand Agency....		PIBL not making payments: customers MARDAN, Nov 28: Customers of the Prudential Investment Bank (PIBL) here have demanded that the management should allow them to withdraw their deposits, which have been held up for the last...
Prisoner found dead DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 28: A jailed drug smuggler died here at the Dera central prison on Tuesday....		Three POs arrested KOHAT, Nov 28: Police arrested three proclaimed offenders here on Tuesday....
Woman, man killed MALAKAND, Nov 28: Two people, including a woman, were killed in separate incidents here on Tuesday....		Minority councillors demand facilities GUJRANWALA, Nov 28: All minority councillors on Wednesday decided that they would boycott the district council session to be held here on Thursday....
‘Green channel’ for Multan farmers MULTAN, Nov 28: The district government is going to introduce a ‘green channel’ system, enabling farmers to sell their produce directly to consumers in Friday and Sunday bazaars....		Colleges without teachers MULTAN, Nov 28: Lack of teachers’ interest and pathetic attitude of the education department have jeopardized the future of boys and women degree colleges of Makhdoom Rashid....
Tax-free Vehari budget VEHARI, Nov 28: The Vehari District Council approved its Rs1177.9 million tax-free budget for the fiscal 2001-2002 on Wednesday....		Bungling in highways dept KASUR, Nov 28: An army team on Wednesday detected a bungling of hundreds of thousands of rupees in the Highway Department....
Man, niece burnt alive in road accident OKARA, Nov 28: A man and his six-year-old niece were burnt alive while his sister-in-law sustained serious burn injuries on Wednesday in a road accident on the Renala-Shergarh Road near Chak...		FDA employees go on strike FAISALABAD, Nov 28: The employees of the Town Planning and Estate Management Wing of the Faisalabad Development Authority on Wednesday refused to discharge their duties till withdrawal of action initiated by...
Concern at circus close to school, mosque GUJRAT, Nov 28: A circus close to the Line School System, Lalamusa, and a mosque is strongly objected by parents of the students and the prayer leader, it is learnt....		Six houses, paddy damaged in Indian firing SIALKOT, Nov 28: Six houses and paddy crops were damaged by Indian firing in border village Thatti Kalan of the Sialkot working boundary’s Sucheetgarh sector on Wednesday....
Bar condemns massacre of PoWs in Afghanistan GUJRANWALA, Nov 28: The District Bar Association has condemned the massacre of non-Afghan prisoners of war and the Taliban by the Northern Alliance and other...		Sikh pilgrims hail shrines maintenance NANKANA SAHIB, Nov 28: Leaders of the visiting Sikh pilgrims on Wednesday expressed satisfaction over the maintenance of shrines by the Pakistan government....
Seminars on communicable diseases MULTAN, Nov 28: Seminars will be arranged here to create awareness among people about communicable diseases....		Two friends killed as train hits car SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 28: Two friends were killed on Wednesday when a Jaranwala bound train hit their car (LOY-935) at an unmanned level crossing, some three kilometres from here, near Warburton....
Arrest warrants PINDI BHATTIAN, Nov 28: Arrest warrants for 200 defaulters of Agriculture Development Bank, Pindi Bhattian tehsil, have been issued, while cases of 28 others have been sent to the Banking Tribunal,...		Power disconnection to villages decried LARKANA, Nov 28: A large number of villagers hailing from two villages of Ratodero on Wednesday protesting against the excesses of WAPDA staged a demonstration....
Growers body threaten to rescind accords: Water distribution MIRPURKHAS, Nov 28: The Farmers Organisations Council, which met here on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Syed Ali Gohar Shah, has set a deadline for irrigation department to correct mismanagement by...		Railway bogey catches fire MIRPURKHAS, Nov 28: A sleeper bogy of railway was gutted when fire broke out in it on Wednesday here near railway station Mirpurkhas. Details collected by this correspondent said that fire...
Warrant against official issued HYDERABAD, Nov 28: While describing the conduct of government officials unsatisfactory, the Sindh High Court Hyderabad circuit bench here on Wednesday issued bailable warrants, for the arrest of the then Land...		Row over cow claims two lives SHIKARPUR, Nov 28: In a deadly clash between two groups of Bandani Jatois in Kot Shahoo, kutcha area, two persons were killed and four others received serious bullet injuries on Wednesday...
Husband strangulates wife MIRPURKHAS, Nov 28: A married woman was strangulated by her husband in Deh 360, at village Ghulam Hussain Tungri on the pretext of Karo-kari on Tuesday night. Report said that accused...		Woman killed in clash KHAIRPUR, Nov 28: One woman was killed while four other persons got injured following a clash between two factions of Kaladi tribe at village Nahar Kaladi, taluka Kot Diji here on...
Sukkur Nazim visits jail SUKkUR, Nov 28: Zila Nazim, District Sukkur, Syed Nasir Hussain Shah accompanied by Zila Naib Nazim Iqbal Dawood and Taluka Nazim Sukkur, Syed Kazim Ali Shah visited central Prison-I Sukkur this...		Youth commits suicide NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 28: Twenty-year old Nazar Muhammad Barejo committed suicide by taking pesticide in village Allahyar Barejo, near Padidan, on Wednesday morning....