December 6, 2001	Thursday	Ramazan 20, 1422

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Doctors, paramedics observe strike in Leiah MULTAN, Dec 5: Doctors and paramedical staff of public and private sector health facilities observed a complete strike throughout the Leiah district on Wednesday....		Sialkot may introduce education tax SIALKOT, Dec 5: The Sialkot district Nazim, Naim Javed, said on Wednesday the district government might impose a tax for promotion of education....
Cattle pens to be shifted outside city MULTAN, Dec 5: The Multan Municipal Corporation (MMC) has chalked out a plan to shift cattle pens from different residential areas to the colonies on the outskirts of the city....		BZU Declares LLB results MULTAN, Dec 5: The Bahauddin Zakariya University on Wednesday declared the results of LLB, Part-II, second annual examinations, 2001....
1,052 ad hoc teachers appointed in Toba TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 5: Under its self-planned education promotion programme, the district government on Wednesday appointed 1,052 ad hoc teachers and lecturers in the government primary, middle, high schools and...		11 more houses damaged in Indian firing SIALKOT, Dec 5: Eleven more houses were ruined and two goats were killed in firing by Indian troops on bordering villages in Chhumb, Joriyaan, Bajwat, Harpal, Bajrangarhi, Chaprar, Charwa, Sucheetgarh, Akhnor,...
57 prisoners released from Bahawalpur central jail BAHAWALPUR, Dec 5: District and Sessions Judge Badaruzzaman Chatha ordered release of 57 prisoners, involved in petty crimes, from Bahawalpur’s New Central Jail on Wednesday....		Police asked to improve law, order MULTAN, Dec 5: The police should step up security measures in the wake of deteriorating law and order situation in the district....
Dist council by-laws approved FAISALABAD, Dec 5: The district council approved by-laws for running its business on Wednesday in its fourth session held at Al-Fateh Sports Complex here....		Sanitary workers go on strike GUJRANWALA, Dec 5: Sanitary workers of Ghakkhar Town went on strike on Wednesday against non-payment of their salaries for the last two months....
Two shot dead SAHIWAL, Dec 5: Two persons were shot dead in different incidents in and around the city during the last 24 hours....		Operation against land grabbers after Eid FAISALABAD, Dec 5: An operation will be launched against illegal occupants of state land soon after the Eid....
Pakhtoon, Baloch elders hail Karzai’s appointment QUETTA, Dec 5: Pakhtoon and Baloch tribal elders, religious leaders and Afghan commanders of Helman province while welcoming the appointment of Hamid Karzai as head of the interim setup, has assured...		US Muslim bodies slam freezing of HLF assets WASHINGTON, Dec 5: American Muslim organizations in the United States have criticized the Bush administration’s decision to freeze the assets of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF), saying...
SC issues notices to attorney-general, advocates-general ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Attorney-General and the advocates-general of provinces to appear before a three-judge bench and explain what measures the government had...		Sattar, OIC chief discuss vital issues ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The Secretary- General of the Organization of Islamic Conference, Dr Abdelouahed Belkeziz, and Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar on Wednesday held discussions covering a range of issues of concern...
Concern at NAB’s bid to cover up scam voiced ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The Pakistan Peoples Party has expressed concern over the alleged bid of NAB to cover up the just exposed scandal involving skimming of over a billion rupees contributed...		Tension in tribal belt alarms UNHCR ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The UNHCR has expressed alarm over rising tension in Pakistan’s tribal area, along the border with Afghanistan....
Bonn pact to usher in era of peace: FO ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: Pakistan on Wednesday expressed the hope that the agreement signed in Bonn on interim authority in Afghanistan would usher in an era of peace and stability in the...		UNHCR staff ambushed ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: Three gunmen on Tuesday evening ambushed UNHCR staff as they were returning to Peshawar....
98pc projects completed in N. Areas GILGIT, Dec 5: A steering committee, headed by Northern Areas Chief Secretary Fazal Durrani, reviewed at a meeting on Monday the progress on various development projects of the Khushhal Pakistan Programme...		Cabinet approves National Housing Policy 2001 ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The federal cabinet on Wednesday approved the National Housing Policy 2001, outlining the government’s role as of a facilitator and regulator to stimulate economic activity and employment generation....
Bodies formed to press for Sufi’s release MINGORA, Dec 5: The people of Malakand division have formed various committees to organize a public movement for the release of TNSM chief and activists languishing in the district jail....		Govt sets condition to end Fazl’s detention DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Dec 5: The Peshawar High Court was told on Wednesday that if Jamiat Ulema Islam (F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman was ready to submit a bond that he...
Gadoon’s viability linked to cheap power output SWABI, Dec 5: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said the Gadoon industrial estate can be put on track of progress with the cooperation of industrialists and workers if only...		Lawyer, ASI scuffle in courtroom DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Dec 5: An ASI of Sadder police on Wednesday lodged a complaint with the senior superintendent of police against a lawyer after they had scuffled in the district...
Sherpao hopes Bonn pact will bring peace PESHAWAR, Dec 5: The former NWFP chief minister, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, has said that the accord signed by the Afghan delegates after several days of deep negotiations on the future...		Councillors to launch protest movement HANGU, Dec 5: The councillors of Hangu district decided on Wednesday, to launch a protest movement for securing their rights in the new local government system....
Transparency in use of funds assured HARIPUR, Dec 5: District Nazim Haripur, Dr Raja Aamir Zaman, has said that he would prefer to relinquish the charge of district Nazim in case he failed to protect the rights...		Govt urged to fill teachers vacancies MINGORA, Dec 5: The leaders of Sarhad College Teachers Association have expressed concern over shortage of teachers in the area colleges including the post-graduate Jehanzeb College, Swat, and Girls Degree College,...
Legal cover for district governments under study HARIPUR, Dec 5: Federa