December 13, 2001	Thursday	Ramazan 27, 1422

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11 defaulters escape from Kamoke tehsil lock-up GUJRANWALA, Dec 12: Eleven defaulters escaped from Kamoke tehsil office on Wednesday after breaking the lock-up and manhandling the official guard....		Protest drive against govt after Eid: JI FAISALABAD, Dec 12: A protest movement will be launched against the government after Eid which will continue till the release of all the arrested religious leaders and the ouster of the...
‘Killer’ of six cops arrested BAHAWALPUR, Dec 12: An alleged killer of an SHO and five constables has been arrested in Lahore, it is learnt....		Gram crop under pest attack in Bhakkar BHAKKAR, Dec 12: Gram crop in the Bhakkar district, the largest gram producing district in the province, is under severe ‘Heliothis’ attack....
Call to ensure full payment to co-op victims FAISALABAD, Dec 12: The cooperative scam action committee has asked President Pervez Musharraf to direct the authorities concerned for the auction of movable and immovable properties of responsible persons to ensure...		92 girls’ schools closed MULTAN, Dec 12: Absence of teachers and limited resources have led 92 middle and primary schools for girls to closure....
Widow, grandson murdered SAHIWAL, Dec 12: A widow and her grandson were reported killed at ‘Sehr’ on Wednesday while her granddaughter injured seriously over a land dispute....		Bails of two brothers rejected TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 12: Local Additional District and Sessions Judge Malik Falaksher Farooqa on Wednesday rejected bail applications of two brothers, formal mayors, involved in murder of local cotton ginning...
Three gangs busted OKARA, Dec 12: Local police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested three gangs involved in cases of inter-district dacoities and car snatching....		Harvesters become redundant GUJRANWALA, Dec 12: More than 75 imported harvesters have become redundant for want of spare parts....
Man injured by dacoits KASUR, Dec 12: Dacoits on Wednesday shot at and injured a man and made off with cash and gold ornaments worth Rs150,000 from his house in Sabri basti....		DPs begin returning to Afghanistan voluntarily ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: The voluntary return of refugees from Pakistan has started with about 3,300 crossing the Chaman border into Afghanistan during the last two days, United Nations officials said....
Amnesty flays killings by Indian forces ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: The Amnesty International (AI) has flayed the unlawful killings of 10 civilians and injuring of up to 40 others by Indian forces following an attack on an army...		Polls to be held on schedule: NRB ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: Chairman National Reconstruction Bureau Lt Gen Tanvir Naqvi on Wednesday said the government is committed to democracy and elections will be held in accordance with timetable announced by...
Law on freedom of information: clarification ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: A spokesman for the ministry of information has clarified that the government has not excluded the law on freedom of information from the package of media-related laws being...		Thai Airways re-opens Pakistan, Iran routes BANGKOK, Dec 12: Thai Airways said on Wednesday it was resuming flights to Pakistan and routes to Europe that fly over Iran, which had been suspended at the start of US-led...
Former Taliban commaders slam action against Ulema QUETTA, Dec 12: Former Taliban commanders have warned Spin Bolduk tribal administration to stop conducting unnecessary raids at the houses of Ulema and other people in search of Arab Mujahideen and...		Pakistan’s support of huge benefit, says Straw LONDON, Dec 12: British foreign secretary Jack Straw has termed Pakistan’s support in fighting terrorism as of “huge benefit” and said international community would not forget its role....
Board for Madaris to be set up ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: The government has decided to set up a federal board to supervise the affairs of religious educational institutions, including syllabus....		Report of Taliban leaders’ entry denied ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: Islamabad on Wednesday denied a report that leaders of Afghanistan’s ousted Taliban regime had escaped to Pakistan....
Three killed, 9 wounded in accidents MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 12: Three people died and nine were injured in two road accidents, police said on Wednesday....		Need stressed to streamline traffic, trade HUNZA, Dec 12: The speakers at a seminar on Monday expressed concern over lack of civic amenities and stressed the need for a mechanism to monitor traffic, business and other activities...
Refugees influx effectively blocked, says official ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: The Pakistan government has effexctively checked the much-feared influx of Afghan refugees, by deployment of troops, surveillance, and patroling along the Afghan border, informed official sources told Dawn...		5 of a family killed over Karo-kari MANSEHRA, Dec 12: Five people of a family were killed and two others wounded over Karo-Kari in Pulra, some 35km from here, on Tuesday night, police source told Dawn on Wednesday....
41 women education officers promoted MANSEHRA, Dec 12: The NWFP Education Department has ordered promotion of 41 women officers of grade 17,18 and 19. The promoted women officers included subject specialists, instructresses, deputy directoresses, headmistresses, vice-principals...		Missing fighter’s wife looking for husband PESHAWAR, Dec 12: As the war in Afghanistan took new turn, the wife of an Afghan commander who mysteriously disappeared from his house in Peshawar in 1995, has once again appealed...
Lawlessness hampers aid delivery: UN ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: The United Nations on Monday expressed concern about deteriorating law and order situation in Afghanistan hampering the delivery of essential humanitarian assistance to six million people facing starvation....		‘Undemocratic rule affecting economy’ ISLAMABAD Dec 12: Qaisar Sheikh, chief organizer of the Pakistan Muslim League overseas, has said that the reason for Pakistan losing foreign markets was the undemocratic rule in the country....
Jaish renamed Al-Furqan PESHAWAR, Dec 12: Jaish-i-Mohammad, the Jihadi organization, led by Maulana Azhar Masood, has been renamed as Al-Furqan, states a document of the Kashmir-centred Muttahida Jihad Council....		Health staff asked to work with dedication MANSEHRA, Dec 12: Shahzada Gustasap Khan, Naib Nazim of the Mansehra district, has urged the doctors, hospitals in-charge and other health officers of the district to work with honesty and dedication...
APHC chief hopeful about talks on Kashmir ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference Prof Abdul Ghani Bhat has expressed the hope that meaningful talks may take place for the solution of Kashmir dispute....		Rs13.2m Oghi tehsil budget presented MANSEHRA, Dec 12: The Oghi Tehsil budget of Rs13.2 million for the year 2001-2002 was presented the other day by Naib Nazim Khwaja Mohammad Tanouli....
Double-murder mystery remains unresolved MANSEHRA, Dec 12: The Shinkiari police have failed to find any clue to the murder of two unidentified girls aged about 16 and 17, whose mutilated and burnt bodies were found...		Mega uplift projects to be completed on time: minister QUETTA, Dec 12: The Balochistan minister for local councils and rural development, Agha Abdul Qadir Baluch, has said that the provincial government will complete all the mega projects within the stipulated...
Three held with drugs NOWSHERA, Dec 12: Police seized 77kg charas and arrested three persons near the Attock Khurd checkpoint on Tuesday....		Cop killed, nine injured in fierce gunbattle SUKKUR, Dec 12: A police constable was killed and nine others including one SHO and three ASIs were wounded in a gun battle between outlaws and police in village Qasim Banglani...
Move to form committees termed illegal MIRPURKHAS, Dec 12: The meeting of the district council, Mirpurkhas, to constitute committees for the district government was held at the Syed Gulab Nabi Shah Hall on Wednesday....		PPP leader sees agencies behind SDA SHIKARPUR, Dec 12: Sardar Wahid Bux Khan Bhayo, a member of the provincial council of PPP, has criticised the formation of Sindh Democratic Alliance (SDA) and said that the alliance comprised...
Drug pusher held NAWABSHAH, Dec 12: At least 60 kilogram of charas was seized and a drug peddler was arrested by excise intelligence, Sakrand near Sabu Rahu, Sakrand. On a tip-off, excise police stopped...		No LHW to be sacked: official DADU, Dec 12: Forty new population welfare department centres will be opened in Sindh soon. Presently, the population growth rate is 2.1 per cent. However, the government has asked the population...
Truck runs over motorcyclist KHAIRPUR, Dec 12: One motorcyclist was hit to death by a truck while two others were seriously injured here on Wednesday morning on national highway near Daraza Sharif. The deceased was...		Teachers’ deputation cancelled LARKANA, Dec 12: The deputations of teaching and non-teaching staff in schools of Larkana district were cancelled here on Wednesday....