December 10, 2001	Monday	Ramazan 24, 1422

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Local council byelection postponed LAHORE, Dec 9: The Pakistan Election Commission (PEC) has postponed the holding of local council bypolls till April next year, sources in the PEC say....		Farmers eying rallies to fight cane crisis FAISALABAD, Dec 9: The local Farmers Association has threatened that growers will take out protest rallies if the government does not change its policies on present crisis....
Rs4.74m recovered from the corrupt MULTAN, Dec 9: The Anti-Corruption Establishment, Multan, claim to have arrested 70 officials of different departments and recovered Rs4.74 million from their possession during the last month....		Absconding ‘terrorist’ still at large JHANG, Dec 9: City police have yet to find any clue to the accomplice of a terrorist, who deprived a man of his motorcycle near the Government Girls Degree College, on...
100pc raise in the bazari fee proposed TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 9: The local tehsil municipal council has proposed 100 per cent raise in teh bazari (encroachment) fee which will be levied from July, 2001, after approval from...		Indian shelling continues SIALKOT, Dec 9: The Chenab Rangers thwarted another two Indian attempts of fencing in Chhumb, Joriyaan and Charwa sectors near the Sialkot working boundary late on Saturday night....
One killed, 25 hurt as bus falls into ditch SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 9: One person was killed while 25 others sustained injuries, six of them seriously, in a road accident near Manawala on Faisalabad Road on Sunday....		PO shot dead by fellows VEHARI, Dec 9: Clash among members of a criminal gang claimed life of a proclaimed offender in the Pakhi Morr area on Sunday....
Leiah Nazim on hospital-Wapda dispute MULTAN, Dec 9: Leiah District Nazim Shahabuddin Seharr has said that he had no choice but to order registration of a case against the DHQ hospital MS and other staff....		Dispute between Nazim, Rlys deepens: Demolition of illegal shops SUKKUR, Dec 9: The divisional superintendent (DS), Pakistan Railways, Sukkur, Mr Yaqoob Ali Zardari, along with senior officials of Sukkur railway division called on GOC Pano Aqil Cantonment the other day...
Petrol outlet, vehicles looted DADU, Dec 9: Armed robbers broke into the office of the manager of Bhitai petrol pump of former Sindh Chief Minister Liaquat Ali Khan Jatoi on Dadu-Larkana section of the Indus...		604 teachers appointed LARKANA, Dec 9: The Zila Nazim of Larkana Khursheed Junejo and Naib Nazim Nazir Ahmed Bughio on Saturday distributed offer orders amongst 604 primary school teachers, junior school teachers and high...
Four killed in two accidents NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Dec 9: Four persons were killed in seperate accidents in Naushahro Feroze and Thatta district on Sunday....		Completion of repair work demanded THATTA, Dec 9: The district council has demanded the early completion of repair and renovation work on schools, hospitals and link roads in cyclone-hit coastal areas....
5,000 bottles of moonshine recovered SHIKARPUR, Dec 9: Police raided an illegal liquor factory and seized 5,000 bottles of locally-produced liquor labelled with different brands of English liquor, with fake government stamps, seals and documents, machines...		Youth dies LARKANA, Dec 9: A young boy Abdul Haq Jatoi (22) died under mysterious circumstances in Ratodero on Sunday....
Setting up of highways authority okayed KOHAT, Dec 9: The NWFP cabinet has okayed the establishment of NWFP Highways Authority to take over maintenance of the roads and reconstruct the British-era bridges, Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah...		Change in Kabul brings hope for electronics dealers LANDI KOTAL, Dec 9: Hamidullah is happy and hopeful. He has reasons to rejoice. There are more customers visiting his secondhand TV shop in Peshawar than they were during the Taliban...
Kohat council constitutes 18 committees KOHAT, Dec 9: As many as 18 new monitoring committees were re-constituted during a special session of the Kohat district council here on Saturday for the normal functioning of various departments...		Jail visits by doctors proposed ABBOTTABAD, Dec 9: District Naib Nazim Barrister Javed Abbasi has expressed his displeasure over the poor health and sanitation conditions at the Abbottabad Jail....
Nazim asks officials to change attitude HARIPUR, Dec 9: Zila Nazim Dr Raja Aamir Zaman held an open kutchery here on Sunday to get the proposed development schemes approved from the people and elected representatives of different...		Two students kidnapped in Hangu KOHAT, Dec 9: Two school students were kidnapped by unknown proclaimed offenders from a village near Hangu on Saturday, police said....
Man kills brother HARIPUR, Dec, 9: One person Khushi Mohammad shot dead his brother Ilyas over a land dispute here on Sunday....		50,000 new digital phone lines in AJK soon MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 9: The Special Communication Organization is speedily processing the paper work to launch the second phase of its digital telecom project in Azad Kashmir next year during which around...
50 per cent of education grant will go to provinces ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: The government has decided to distribute 50 per cent among the four provinces, of the additional grant of Rs2 billion in education sector, early next year....		Fraud charges filed against 2 Pakistani students in US LOS ANGLES, Dec 9: The US Federal prosecutors filed immigration fraud charges on Friday against two Pakistani students who were held for questioning after the Sept 11 terrorist attacks....
Zaeef stopped from entering Madressah in Islamabad ISLAMABAD Dec 9: The administration on Sunday disallowed Taliban regime ambassador to Islamabad, Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, to speak to students at a Madressah and attend an Iftar party there....		NAPWD fails to overcome power crisis in Gilgit GILGIT, Dec 9: The Northern Areas Public Works Department has (NAPWD) failed to overcome power crisis that has been badly affecting life in the Gilgit town for two months, shopkeepers told...
PTCL to offer Eid package ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) will offer its subscribers an Eid package of 75 per cent cut in its tariff for nationwide calls....		600 bottles of liquor seized ABBOTTABAD, Dec 9: The police seized 600 bottles of locally-made liquor from a car and arrested two persons on Sunday....