December 5, 2001	Wednesday	Ramazan 19, 1422

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Road from Kandahar to Pakistan being bombed CHAMAN, Dec 4: With US planes bombing from above and anti-Taliban Afghan tribesmen tightening their grip on the ground, only the foolish or the desperate drive on the road from Kandahar...		Taliban using human shields: HR groups QUETTA, Dec 4: The Taliban are resorting to the use of civilians as human shields in contravention of international law, according to human rights groups....
Rs21bn ADB loan for police, judicial reforms soon ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: The government is acquiring a loan of $350 million (Rs21 billion) from the Asian Development Bank on commercial rates for introducing reforms in the judicial and police systems,...		AJK PAC to ensure transparency MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 4: The new Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Azad Kashmir at its inaugural meeting on Monday vowed to ensure transparency in financial matters and improvement in the working of...
PTCL official awarded five years RI QUETTA, Dec 4: The Accountability Court, Quetta, No.2, headed by Judge Nadir Khan Durrani, has awarded five-year rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs15.6 million to Ashfaq Khalid, former senior divisional...		Conference of Afghan donors begins today ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: A two-day Afghanistan Support Group’s annual conference will begin in Berlin on Wednesday to coordinate various aid and development initiatives for the country....
Minister calls for more relief efforts ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: The Unicef executive director, Carol Bellamy, on Tuesday called on the minister for Kana and Safron, Abbas Sarfaraz Khan, and discussed issues regarding Afghan refugees, displaced persons and...		US freezes $54 million connected to Taliban ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: The United States has frozen $54 million connected to the Taliban and Al Qaeda besides blocking access of 150 individuals and organizations to the US financial system....
142 uplift projects completed in Balochistan QUETTA, Dec 4: The Balochistan government is implementing over 450 development projects with the federal government and foreign financial assistance in the province....		John Walker must have been brainwashed: mother NEW YORK, Dec 4: The mother of John Walker, the American Taliban fighter who was captured at Mazar-i-Sharif, called upon US authorities to show mercy for her son who, she said,...
UN survey team due in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: A 17-member team of the United Nations officials is expected in Islamabad later in the week to asses support requirements for an enhanced UN presence in the region....		Beardless men being attacked in Afghanistan ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: Six Afghans who shaved off their beards after the withdrawal of Taliban forces had their noses and ears cut off in a roadside ambush by unidentified gunmen, a...
SP suspended MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 4: The AJK government on Monday suspended a superintendent of police with immediate effect in the light of a judicial commission report....		Abbasia Link Canal to be opened soon: Maqbool RAHIM YAR KHAN, Dec 4: Punjab governor Lt-Gen Khalid Maqbool (retired) has vowed to commission the Abbasia Link Canal system on partial basis to boost the agriculture sector....
Zila council demands govt intervention: Support price, delay in cane crushing JHANG, Dec 4: The district council has, through a resolution, urged the authorities concerned to ensure that the millers purchase sugarcane at the official support price of Rs42 per 40kg from...		Dacoits shoot four in 17 strikes LAHORE, Dec 4: Robbers and thieves shot at and injured four people and made off with cash, gold jewellery, valuables, cars and motorcycles in 17 strikes in the city on Tuesday....
‘Every mosque in UK being monitored’ LAHORE, Dec 4: “After Sept 11, every Muslim organization and mosque in England is being monitored besides illogical propaganda against Muslims by the European print and electronic media.”...		DPI directed to review teachers’ seniority list BAHAWALPUR, Dec 4: Justice Akhtar Shabbir of Lahore High Court, Bahawalpur bench, has directed the director public instruction (DPI), Punjab, to review the seniority list of teachers and submit his report...
Action against profiteers FAISALABAD, Dec 4: District coordination officers and district Nazims have reportedly been directed by the Punjab government to take legal action against shopkeepers and vendors selling eatables at exorbitant rates....		Dist council session adjourned for third day FAISALABAD, Dec 4: The district council could not transact business on Tuesday for the third consecutive day for want of quorum....
Musharraf vows to ‘strengthen’ defence SIALKOT, Dec 4: Efforts are being made to strengthen defence of the country....		Literacy campaign halts halfway MULTAN, Dec 4: The executive district officer (literacy) has not yet appointed district officers for the literacy promotion programme in the district....
Trespass: LHC orders cases against cops LAHORE, Dec 4: Justice Naeemullah Khan Sherwani of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday ordered registration of a criminal case against 16 policemen of Pattoki....		Four drug pushers arrested OKARA, Dec 4: Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested four drug pushers with 5.5kg opium in Deepalpur tehsil....
Show-cause notices to 13 judges LAHORE, Dec 4: One judicial officer has been compulsorily retired and show cause notices have been issued to 13 others, according to decisions taken by the Lahore High Court administration committee...		Volunteers’ captors demand ransom MINGORA, Dec 4: Afghan warlords have demanded millions of rupees as ransom for the release of those Pakistani and Arab fighters, who have been arrested and kept in prisons in different parts of the...
Situation tense as Nazim backs workers: Pak-Saudi Fertilizer privatization SUKKUR, Dec 4: The dispute between the employees of the Pak-Saudi Fertilizer Factory, Mirpur Mathelo, a state-owned organization, and its management has taken a dramatic turn with the district Nazim Ghotki,...		JUI committee to negotiate PoWs’ release MANSEHRA, Dec 4: The Jamiat-i-Ulma-i-Islam (JUI) has formed a committee to negotiate with the new Afghan government for the recovery of prisoners of war, JUI district Amir Mufti Kafaitullah said in...
Three hostages recovered after gunbattle LARKANA, Dec 4: Larkana police after an armed encounter got released three men from the clutches of dacoits on Tuesday, who were kidnapped on late Monday night from village Vikya Sangi...		Councillors threaten to resign HARIPUR, Dec 4: Eleven councillors of the Khalabat union council have threatened that if the provincial government does not change its attitude towards local bodies’ representatives, they will resign collectively....
UC Nazim, notables held for gambling SHIKARPUR, Dec 4: A police party raided Shikarpur Gymkhana and arrested eight officers and notables red handed while gambling late on Monday night....		Illegal radio stations told to close operation BAJAUR, Dec 4: The political administration of Bajaur Agency has directed different religious organizations and tribal elders to close their private radio stations functioning in different areas of the agency, within...
Forgery case against settlement officials LAKKI MARWAT, Dec 4: Anti-corruption circle registered a forgery and treachery case against some officials of the settlement department....		Assault on Baffa TC Officer condemned MANSEHRA, Dec 4: In order to condemn the recent shameful incident of a Baffa Union Nazim insulting and beating up the chief officer of Baffa Town Committee, an emergency meeting of...
Robbers loot bus passengers NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Dec 4: At least five armed men looted lacs of rupees in cash and other valuables from the passengers of a bus (ADB-3758) on Tuesday morning at Machur stop....		Law, order improves in Sukkur, meeting told SUKKUR, Dec 4: Acting Zila Nazim Sukkur, Mr. Iqbal Dawood held a meeting with DCO and SSP Sukkur at their offices and discussed with them general law and order situation in...
Dist govt to furnish 74 union councils MARDAN, Dec 4: The district government will provide 25 chairs and two tables to its 74 union councils each, Naib Nazim Attaur Rehman announced this here on Tuesday....		Matric exams in March ABBOTTABAD, Dec 4: The Abbottabad Board of Intermediate and  Secondary Education has notified that the annual matric examination, 2002, would start from March 28....
Councillor among seven held for gambling THATTA, Dec 4: The Bannu police arrested seven people including a councillor and three teachers in a raid on a gambling den near Mawal Mori in Thatta on Tuesday....		Bandits shoot dead policeman NAWABSHAH, Dec 4: Three unidentified armed men gunned down a head constable near Railway crossing, Khadar, in district Sanghar on Tuesday....
Teachers not paid salaries NOWSHERA, Dec 4: Around 1,500 teachers in the Frontier province have not received their salaries for the last five months....		Cyclist crushed DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Dec 4: An over-speeding jeep (MNK-33) ran over Haji Karim Bakhsh on Dera-Tank road on Tuesday evening....