December 15, 2001	Saturday	Ramazan 29, 1422

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Five die, 10 hurt on road GUJRAT, Dec 14: Five people, including two army officials, were killed while 10 others sustained injuries in an accident on the Sargodha Road, Kot Fateh Din on Friday....		TJP for liberation of Baitul Maqdus TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 14: The Tehrik-i-Jafaria Pakistan (TJP) leaders have condemned the Israeli atrocities on innocent Palestinians and held the US responsible for the unjustified occupation of Baitul Maqdus....
Three Nazims resign from sub-committees GUJRANWALA, Dec 14: Nazims of three union councils of Ghakkhar town resigned from sub-committees on Friday in protest against the district government failure to provide funds for the development works in...		Twice a Year abiana flayed MULTAN, Dec 14: The Mango Growers Association (MGA) has criticized the government for charging water rate twice a year from mango orchards which produce only once during the period....
Three ‘killers’ of taxi driver arrested SADIQABAD, Dec 14: Police on Friday claimed to have arrested three killers of a taxi driver....		‘Literacy rate to touch 60 per cent’ MULTAN, Dec 14: The district government has set a target of bringing the literacy rate to 60 per cent within next three years....
Teachers without salary for three months DERA GHAZI KHAN, Dec 14: The teaching staff of three schools of tehsil Taunsa Sharif have been without salary for the last three months....		Death for killer OKARA, Dec 14: District and sessions judge Chaudhry Mazhar Husain Minhas has awarded death sentence and 10-year rigorous imprisonment to a convict in a murder case here on Friday....
Rally flays govt foreign policy FAISALABAD, Dec 14: Activists of religious and jihadi organizations staged a rally on Friday to condemn the foreign policy of the government and to express solidarity with the people of Afghanistan...		Baitul Maal body BAHAWALPUR, Dec 14: There are 19,000 applications pending with the Baitul Maal scrutiny committee, Dawn has learnt....
12 injured as wagon rams into truck KASUR, Dec 14: Twelve passengers were injured, four of them seriously, on Friday in an accident on the Lahore-Kasur Road....		Train kills woman VEHARI, Dec 14: A woman was knocked down and killed by a train near Pirmurad Colony here on Friday....
Muslim peacekeepers for Kabul suggested ISLAMABAD, Dec 14: The United States Committee for Refugees (USCR) on Friday called for inclusion of Muslim troops in the multinational force for Afghanistan and underscored the need for keeping the...		15 Al Qaeda men caught crossing into Pakistan PESHAWAR, Dec 14: The Pakistan army on Wednesday arrested more than a dozen foreign Al Qaeda fighters trying to cross into Pakistan, highly-placed sources told Dawn....
Moin refutes Rumsfeld’s claim on Osama ISLAMABAD, Dec 14: Interior Minister Lt-Gen (retd) Moinuddin Haider on Friday claimed that neither Osama bin Laden nor any Al Qaeda leader have sought refuge in Pakistan....		India out to damage Islamabad’s interests: president HONG KONG, Dec 14: President Gen Pervez Musharraf charged India with trying to use Afghanistan to damage Islamabad’s interests and asserted his government was not sponsoring any violence in occupied Jammu...
Arabs holed up in hospital KANDAHAR, Dec 14: Fearing retribution, 13 injured Arab fighters were holed up Thursday at the city’s main hospital, threatening to blow themselves up if anyone other than medical staff entered their...		Pakistan Condemns terrorism: FO ISLAMABAD, Dec 14: A Foreign Office spokesman on Friday said Pakistan will not allow its soil to be used for terrorism....
‘Paris Club deal to improve fiscal situation’ ISLAMABAD, Dec 14: Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Friday that the agreement with Paris Club would provide Pakistan a credible exit from its external debt problem....		Hunza in grip of cold HUNZA, Dec 14: Following snowfall in central and upper Hunza on Friday, the region is under a spell of dry cold climate that has been compounded by shortage of fuel and...
Eid moon ISLAMABAD, Dec 14: The Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee would meet on Saturday for sighting the moon of Shawal. The meeting would take place at the Habib Bank Plaza in Karachi....		TNSM may launch drive for leader’s release MINGORA, Dec 14: The leaders of the Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat-i- Muhammadi (TNSM), Malakand division, have hinted at launching a forceful protest movement after Eid-ul-Fitr for the release of their Amir, Maulana Sufi...
Rs487m spent on 886 projects in NWFP PESHAWAR, Dec 14: In all, Rs487 million have so far been spent on the construction of 886 different nature development projects in the first phase of the Khushhal Pakistan Programme (KPP)...		3 EPA zonal offices may be set up PESHAWAR, Dec 14: The NWFP government is likely to establish three zonal offices of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the province, official sources told Dawn on Friday....
Seminar urges Kabul to free Pakistanis MINGORA, Dec 14: The organization, “Peace”, has demanded early release of the imprisoned Pakistanis in Afghanistan and protection to the lives of the Afghan refugees living in different camps in Pakistan....		Transport fares cut in Swabi SWABI, Dec 14: The district government has reduced transport fares on all routes, district Naib Nazim Mohammad Jamil said on Thursday....
Cloudy weather may affect surveillance PESHAWAR, Dec 14: Harsh and cloudy weather may affect the surveillance operation in the high mountainous region as the mercury has dropped to minus 15 degree Celsius in Spin Ghar (the...		Ex-judge refutes charges MARDAN, Dec 14: A former additional sessions judge of Mardan, Taj Mohammad Khan, has refuted all the charges that led to his dismissal from service....
Man killed, boy found hanged SWABI, Dec 14: One person was killed and an unidentified young boy was hanged in separate incidents here on Friday....		Accord with Tobacco growers SWABI, Dec 14: Two major tobacco companies of the country have officially displayed the names of those local growers of Virginia tobacco to whom agreements for the 2002 season would be...
Growers stop sugarcane supply to mills BADIN, Dec 14: The growers have stopped supplying sugarcane to the mills as the millers are offering Rs43 per maund for the crop instead of Rs48 per maund which was fixed...		Highwaymen attack bus near Sukkur SUKKUR, Dec 14: Unidentified bandits opened fire on a Karachi bound passenger bus on the National Highway near Arain bypass, here injuring a woman passenger....
Private firm to survey water position MIRPURKHAS, Dec 14: The provincial government has hired the International Research Consultant (IRC) to collect correct data about the water discharge in Nara and Rohri canals, sources said....		Bandit wanted in 20 cases arrested KHAIRPUR, Dec 14: Khairpur police claimed to have arrested dacoit Ghulam Rasool alias Rasoolo Sandelo on Friday when he was going to his village Ahmedpur for celebrating Eid....
Tension in hospital after doctors’ clash LARKANA, Dec 14: Tension prevails in Chandka Medical College Hospital (CMCH) following the clash between two additional medical superintendents, Dr Zulfikar Siyal and Dr Mushtaque Haideri few days ago....		JSM to purge anti-social elements SHIKARPUR, Dec 14: Agha Qamar Mashwani, district president of Jeay Sindh Mahaz, has said that Sindh was in trouble, as its people were badly suffering from all kinds of problems, including...
Young girl kidnapped DADU, Dec 14: A girl was kidnapped by five armed men in village Shaman Bhurt near Rajodero town some 76 kilo-metres away from here on Friday....		Dacoits shoot dead gardener THATTA, Dec 14: Yar Muhammad Soomro, a gardener of the forest department, was shot dead while constable Lal Bux Kandhro of police check post Khadi forest sustained severe injuries, when dacoits,...