December 8, 2001	Saturday	Ramazan 22, 1422

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Rally flays airstrikes, massacre of PoWs PESHAWAR, Dec 7: The Pakistan-Afghan Defence Council took out a protest rally here on Friday to condemn the US airstrikes on Afghanistan and denounce the massacre of Pakistanis and Taliban fighters....		Women councillors complain of discrimination PESHAWAR, Dec 7: Women councillors from Dera Ismail Khan have complained of lesser treatment being given to them by male councillors during sessions of local government institutions....
Governor stresses success of dist govt system PESHAWAR, Dec 7: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has warned that those who want to obstruct the new district governments system will be dealt with sternly....		Sessions judge dismissed PESHAWAR, Dec 7: The chief justice of Peshawar High Court, Justice Muhammad Sardar Raza, has dismissed from service additional district and sessions judge, Mardan, Taj Muhammad, after charges of corrupt practices...
LHVs await cancellation of transfer order MANSEHRA, Dec 7: Around 40 Ladies Health Visitors of the NWFP are still waiting for the cancellation of their transfer orders, sources told Dawn....		Doctors accused of misbehaving with patients DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Dec 7: Patients have complained of the rude behaviour of some of the doctors of the district teaching hospital, Dera Ismail Khan....
Zakat body to disburse Rs7.58m SWABI, Dec 7: District Zakat committee will disburse Rs7.58 million among 3,761 deserving people of the district under the rehabilitation programme and special Eid package of Guzara allowance before Eidul Fitr....		Hospitals’ Record sealed MINGORA, Dec 7: The director-general of health services, Brigadier Habibur Rehman, has expressed dissatisfaction over the performance of hospitals in Buner and Swat, says a press release on Friday....
Offer to help rebuild Afghanistan QUETTA, Dec 7: The Balochistan government is ready to participate in the reconstruction of Afghanistan by placing its human and material resources at the disposal of the federal government....		UC Nazim declines to receive honorarium HARIPUR, Dec 7: The Nazim of Dhenda Union Council, Mr Ahmad Sultan Khan advocate, has refused to draw the honorarium from the district fund and urged others to follow in his...
42 POs held, arms seized LAKKI MARWAT, Dec 7: Serai Naurang, Dadiwala and Serai Gambila police booked dozens of outlaws, seized huge quantity of illicit arms, ammunition and drugs, and recovered a stolen car....		PML will sweep polls, hopes leader MANSEHRA, Dec 7: The general secretary of PML, district Mansehra, Gul Nawaz Khan Yousafzai, has said that the ex-prime minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sheriff was effectively monitoring the affairs of...
Two killed in Haripur HARIPUR, Dec 7: Two people were killed in two different incidents in Haripur district here on Friday....		Karzai group commanders freed QUETTA, Dec 7: The Taliban leaders on Thursday released three commanders belonging to Hamid Karzai group. “Yes, Taliban have released three opposition commanders and handed them over to Hamid Karzai,” Ahmed...
Education reforms plan finalized ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: The government has finalized a comprehensive package of educational reforms with medium-term targets aimed at achieving 100 per cent literacy rate in the country....		Ombudsman’s authority to be extended to districts ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: The institution of ombudsman will be expanded to district level under the devolution plan, to provide the citizens an easy forum to redress their grievances against government officials....
Refugees not being forcibly relocated, says UNHCR ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: The UNHCR on Friday described as incorrect the charges of forcible relocation of Afghan refugees levelled against it by the Human Rights Watch (HRW)....		7.87pc uplift funds utilized in AJK MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 7: Only 7.87 per cent development funds have been utilized in Azad Kashmir during the first quarter of the current financial year, 0.8 percent less than that of the...
Two cops suspended for torture GILGIT, Dec 7: Authorities have suspended two cops Muhammad Alam and Abdullah of Gilgit city police station for the alleged torturing of four detainees....		KESC urged to set up billing sections in Hub HUB, Dec 7: Despite the complaints raised by local bodies’ representatives and the residents of the Lasbela district, the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) is yet to set up its billing...
Qadhafi’s special envoy arrives ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: The head of Qadhafi International Foundation for Charity Associations (QIF), Saif El Islam Qadhafi, arrived here late on Friday on a three-day visit to Pakistan as a special...		IMF allows Pakistan to raise deficit target ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: In a major policy shift, the International Monetary Fund has allowed Pakistan a budgetary deficit target of 5.7 per cent for 2001-2002, to effectively help address concerns on...
Two die of suffocation HUNZA, Dec 7: Shiekh Liaquat, a trader of Lahore, and his relative died of suffocation due to poisonous gas when they were asleep in Al-Mehmood Hotel, Sost....		Constable shot dead, ASI injured by highwaymen FAISALABAD, Dec 7: A headconstable was shot dead while an ASI and a constable suffered critical bullet wounds when three robbers opened fire on them on the Shahkot-Jhumra Road, some 33...
Growers bear the brunt of delay in cane crushing SARGODHA, Dec 7: Delay in cane crushing by sugar mills’ owners, despite their planning to start it in the last month, has hampered sowing of wheat....		Coop victims face problems in claim verification GUJRAT, Dec 7: Several claimants affected by the National Industrial Cooperative Finance Corporation scam have to face a lot of problems in getting their claims verified from two offices of the...
LJ man with Rs0.5m headmoney arrested JHANG, Dec 7: A Lashkar-i-Jhangvi terrorist, carrying Rs0.5 million headmoney, and a constable were injured on Friday in a brief shootout on the Jhang-Muddoki Road, some 10 km from here....		Dacoit killed in encounter near Sialkot SIALKOT, Dec 7: A dacoit was killed in an encounter with Head Marala police near Khumbrianwala village, here on Friday....
Potable water for Nazim’s farmland KASUR, Dec 7: The Nazim of a local union council No 27 (Ibrahimabad) has been found watering his and his relatives’ fields from a newly-built water supply scheme which is yet...		Innovative side of earthen pottery SADIQABAD, Dec 7: Earthen pottery of various hues and designs is gaining popularity among people in rural and urban areas....
‘Govt vying for country’s stability’ OKARA, Dec 7: The country is witnessing an era of inspirational leadership and regained direction in the form of devolution of power....		Sewerage pumps need to be replaced MULTAN, Dec 7: All disposal pumps in the city have outlived their usefulness and are required to be replaced....
PSP for Seraiki as medium of instruction MULTAN, Dec 7: The Pakistan Seraiki Party has vowed to press the government for introducing Seraiki language as medium of instruction at the primary education level....		Three traffic cops held extorting ‘Eidee’ GUJRANWALA, Dec 7: Three traffic police constables were arrested by a DSP red-handed when they were receiving ‘Eidee’ from transporters here on Friday....
Appropriation in education department SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 7: Appropriation of thousands of rupees was detected in the local education department here on Friday....		Four die on road MULTAN, Dec 7: Road accidents in and around the city during the last 24 hours claimed four lives....
Firing creates panic in Chandka Hospital LARKANA, Dec7: Firing in Chandka Medical College Hospital on Friday created panic and injured two persons including a minor girl whose condition was said to be critical....		AI demands probe into Qila-i-Jangi carnage HYDERABAD, Dec 7: Amnesty International (AI) Pakistan has demanded an urgent inquiry into the large-scale massacre of the Taliban forces at Qila-i-Jangi near Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan....
Dacoits loot passengers, kidnap villager SUKKUR, Dec 7: Armed dacoits blocked the Bagarji-Goserji link road and looted passengers and kidnapped a villager on late Thursday night....		18 arrested for setting paddy on fire SHIKARPUR, Dec 7: Police arrested 18 Jatoi tribesmen for setting a paddy field on fire and stealing crops near Garhi Yasin on Friday....
SU pre-entry test on 30th HYDERABAD, Dec 7: The director admissions, University of Sindh, announced on Friday that pre-entry test for admissions in Bachelor degree programme for the academic session 2002 would be held on December...		JI rejects interim setup MIRPURKHAS, Dec 7: Over 50 activists of Jamaat-i-Islami district Mirpurkhas staged a protest demonstration on Friday outside the Noorani Masjid....