December 16, 2001	Sunday	Ramazan 30, 1422

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E&T offices record seized GUJRANWALA, Dec 15: The record of excise and taxation offices in Ghakhar Town, Gujrat and Kharian was taken into custody and some offices were also sealed on Saturday....		Bank cashier injured on resistance GUJRANWALA, Dec 15: Dacoits and robbers shot at and injured the cashier of a bank branch, looted two houses, a factory, several passers-by and also took away a car in six...
Robbers strike seven times FAISALABAD, Dec 15: Robbers made off with cash, gold ornaments, other valuables and two motorcycles in seven strikes in the city....		Ad hoc employees not paid wages for seven months TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 15: The delayed salaries of around two dozen ad hoc employees of the Irrigation department for the last seven months could not be paid to them even...
Man shot dead by fleeing dacoits KASUR, Dec 15: A neighbour was shot dead for going after dacoits at Fazal Khan Colony, Saddar Deewan Road here on Saturday....		‘Zakat be given to the poor, deserving’ OKARA, Dec 15: Zakat should only be distributed among the poor and deserving persons....
Soft drink company’s warehouse burnt MULTAN, Dec 15: Fire reduced to ashes the warehouse of a multi-national soft drinks company in Razabad Colony near Police Line, Suraj Miani Road, on Saturday....		Arts council policy to regulate theatre FAISALABAD, Dec 15: A comprehensive policy has been announced here on Saturday by the Punjab Arts Council for the implementation of prescribed rules and regulations and taking action against violators in...
2 more bids to fence border thwarted SIALKOT, Dec 15: The Chenab Rangers thwarted two more Indian attempts to fencing the Chhamb and Charwa sectors of Sialkot working boundary, here, late on Friday night....		Theft OKARA, Dec 15: Five thieves deprived a landlord of his valuables worth hundreds and thousands of rupees in Majra village....
DGK tribals deprived of flour subsidy DERA GHAZI KHAN, Dec 15: The Tribal Areas here, as well as several union councils of Taunsa Sharif tehsil, did not get the subsidized flour under the Punjab government’s Ramazan package....		19 booked for water theft MIRPURKHAS, Dec 15: At least 19 people, 10 of them landlords, were booked by the Jhuddo police for stealing water on Saturday....
11 injured in clash over construction of wall DADU, Dec 15: Eleven persons were inured in a clash between two groups of Arain clan over construction of the compound wall of a shopping centre at the railway crossing in...		Cancellation of entry test results decried NAWABSHAH, Dec 15: The students, who have passed entry tests for admission to medical colleges of the province conducted by the IBA, have rejected the decision of Sindh health department to...
Two recovered from illegal confinement SUKKUR, Dec 15: An official of the Sindh High Court, Sukkur Bench, raided the Kandhra police station on Friday and recovered two men who were being kept in illegal confinement since...		Four wounded in accident near Thatta THATTA, Dec 15: Five persons including four sons of PML (N) district Thatta president Abdul Rehman Memon were injured, one of them critically, when their car collided head-on with a truck...
Man beaten by robbers KHAIRPUR, Dec 15: A group of six unidentified armed robbers barged into the house of one Muhammad Hashim in Syed Mohalla in Khan Wahan area near here late Friday night and...		Drivers’ rally against tax NAWABSHAH, Dec 15: A rally was taken out by Mazda truck drivers to protest against the parking tax here on Friday....
Four cops injured in tanker-mobile collision KHAIRPUR, Dec 15: Four police constables of the Tando Masti police station were injured in early hours of Saturday, when an oil tanker (LSB-4606) and a police mobile (SP-4532) collided head-on...		Kashmir unrest not terrorism: The Guardian LONDON, Dec 15: Defining Kashmir unrest as terrorism is a “monstrous distortion”, said The Guardian on Saturday in its comments over the attack on Indian Parliament on Thursday....
Provinces asked to provide land: Tarbela Dam displaced people PESHAWAR, Dec 15: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has directed the provincial governments of NWFP, Sindh and Punjab to provide their quota of land to those affected by the Tarbela Dam construction...		US troops start repairs of Kandahar airport KANDAHAR, Dec 15: US troops, after taking control of Kandahar airport, have started repair work on the damaged parts of the runway to be readied for deployment of international forces....
Cost overrun in M1 project feared ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: The federal government might lose billions of rupees in the construction of Peshawar-Islamabad (M1) road project, as even after the lapse of seven months since the project was...		Attack staged by India: AJK president MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 15: AJK President Sardar Mohammad Anwar Khan on Saturday condemned Thursday’s attack on Indian parliament, but said the “drama had been staged by the Indian government itself, primarily to...
Pakistan among 48 ‘not free’ countries: study ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: Pakistan is ranked among the 48 countries labelled as “Not Free” and denying their citizens political rights and civil liberties, a study titled “Freedom in the World 2001-2002”...		31 Al Qaeda men held PESHAWAR, Dec 15: Militia forces arrested 31 foreign fighters of Al Qaeda in Kurram Agency’s Zairan Kandao area on Saturday, senior provincial government officers confirmed....
Musharraf to meet Zemin BEIJING, Dec 15: President Pervez Musharraf and the Chinese President Jiang Zemin will meet here on Thursday Dec 20 to evolve a common strategy on regional and international issues....		Eid in parts of NWFP today PESHAWAR, Dec 15: Eid-ul-Fitr would be observed in parts of the NWFP, including Peshawar, on Sunday in line with an announcement made by a team of ulema who held a meeting...
Skin disease spreads in Kurram Agency PESHAWAR, Dec 15: Leishmeniases — a skin disease — has attained  endemic proportions in the Lower Kurram  Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), needing immediate action by the provincial health department...		Afghan DPs celebrate Eid today PESHAWAR, Dec 15: Afghan refugees living in the country will celebrate Eidul Fitr on Sunday. They started fasting with Saudi Arabia....
School holidays from 17th PESHAWAR, Dec 15: The provincial government has decided to observe Eid and winter holidays in schools and colleges throughout the NWFP and its adjacent Federally Administered Tribal Areas from Dec 17...		Rehman Baba — an aesthete par excellence PESHAWAR: The saying that Rehman Baba, the great saint and mystic poet of Pushto, “is not an apostle, but has a book revealed to him” manifests the immense popularity his verses...