December 17, 2001	Monday	Shawwal 1, 1422

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17 Hangu district committees reshaped HANGU, Dec 16: The district council of Hangu re-constituted 17 committees including health, education, electricity, telephone, irrigation, justice, sports and culture....		47 prisoners released from district jail ABBOTTABAD, Dec 16: A total of 47 prisoners were released from the Abbottabad district jail by the authorities after their trial was conducted by the Civil Judge-I, Amjad Zia, and Civil...
Wapda’s Fata arrears soar to Rs7bn PESHAWAR, Dec 16: Despite the fact that Rs5 billion electricity dues payable by the tribal areas’ consumers were recently written off, the Water and Power Development Authority’s total recoverable amount from...		Rs5.3 million Zakat to be disbursed HARIPUR, Dec 16: As many as 5029 poor people belonging to District Haripur would be paid Rs5.3 million on account of Zakat and Guzara allowance on the occasion of Eidul Fitr....
Overland mail service to China suspended GILGIT, Dec 16: Overland postal service to China from the Northern Areas has been suspended at the request of the Chinese authorities, reliable sources told Dawn....		Na’at contest held PESHAWAR, Dec 16: The NWFP Minister for Auqaf and Religious Affairs, Qari Roohullah Madani, said here on Saturday the holding of Qirat and Naat competitions inculcate good manners in society, specially...
Transporters charging higher fares in DIK DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Dec 16: Despite cut in prices of oil and diesel, the public transporters are still charging high fares in Dera Ismail Khan....		Rs1.5m for uplift of Ghazi tehsil HARIPUR, Dec 16: District Nazim Dr Raja Aamir Zaman has expressed his determination to protect the present status of tehsil status of Ghazi at every cost and hinted at tendering resignation...
US warplanes drop leaflets PARACHINAR(Kurram Agency), Dec 16: US warplanes have dropped thousands of leaflets over Tora Bora area in Afghanistan and adjoining tribal areas here, asking the Al-Qaeda members to surrender as all their...		Bid to smuggle tea foiled LAKKI MARWAT, Dec 16: The Serai Naurang police on Saturday foiled an attempt to smuggle a huge quantity of export-quality tea leaves and arrested two smugglers....
Protest rally MANSEHRA, Dec 16: The Pakistan-Afghanistan Defence Council took out a protest rally here the other day against the role of the United States and its allies in the prevailing situation, reports...		Broad-based rebuilding efforts for Kabul urged WASHINGTON, Dec 16: Fundamentalism may have been weakened in Afghanistan, but it is by no means certain that even if Pakistan does not want it to be so, extremism will not...
People want Nawaz or Benazir as PM: study ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: The voters’ response in the third phase of the local government elections has shown that people are likely to elect either Benazir Bhutto or Nawaz Sharif as the...		US firm to continue oil exploration in Makran ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: Ocean Petroleum Company, USA, will spud an exploration well in Makran off-shore in the 4th quarter next year that would be based on the interpretation of extensive 3D...
Powell greets Sattar ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: United States secretary of state, Colin Powell, has sent Eidul Fitr greetings to Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar....		Kashmir body sees Indian agencies’ hand in attack SRINAGAR, Dec 16: Jammu and Kashmir Mass Movement Chairperson, Farida Behanji, while condemning Thursday’s attack on the Indian parliament in New Delhi has said that the matter should be investigated through...
President stresses need for curbing extremism ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: Felicitating the nation on Eidul Fitr, President Gen Pervez Musharraf has underscored the need for curbing the trends of extremism, hatred, violence, sectarianism and sentimentalism....		Prisoners get remission PESHAWAR, Dec 16: The government has converted death penalties awarded to juvenile prisoners into life imprisonments countrywide....
Eid celebrated in Canada TORONTO, Dec 16: Over one million Muslims, including 150,000 Pakistanis, celebrated Eid in Canada on Sunday....		High prices, recession dampen Eid festivities FAISALABAD, Dec 16: The continuous recession and escalating prices of commodities have dampened Eid festivities....
Three of a family murdered GUJRANWALA, Dec 16: Three members of a family, including a house owner, were found murdered on Sunday in Nizamabad, Wazirabad....		Councillor accused of fraud SADIQABAD, Dec 16: A councillor allegedly deprived a farmer of Rs150,000 by claiming to be acting on behalf of the police....
Case against producers, artistes for rules violation FAISALABAD, Dec 16: Police registered a case against artistes, producers, directors and owners of two cinema houses for violating stage drama rules here on Saturday night....		Police refuse to register case TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 16: The family of a tractor-trolley driver who was kidnapped and murdered by a gypsy family failed to register a case against the accused despite hectic efforts....
2 shopkeepers booked for tampering meters BAHAWALPUR, Dec 16: Kotwali and Civil Lines police registered cases against two shopkeepers, Shakoor and Mahboob, for tampering with electricity meters here on Sunday....		Dies on road OKARA, Dec 16: A motorcyclist was killed while another was injured in a road accident here on Sunday....
Headconstable dies in encounter GUJRANWALA, Dec 16: A headconstable was killed on Sunday in an encounter with robbers in Sodara, Wazirabad....		Man killed, 20 injured as bus overturns VEHARI, Dec 16: A man was killed and 20 other passengers were injured when a bus overturned on Sunday on Burewala-Mian Channu Road....
11 gamblers arrested, 16 escape MIRPURKHAS, Dec 16: Eleven gamblers were arrested while 16 others escaped in several raids conducted in different parts of Mirpurkhas and Sanghar districts during last 24 hours....		3 injured, 6 houses damaged in tribal clash SUKKUR, Dec 16: Three persons were injured and six houses were damaged when Jakhrani and Bugti tribesmen attacked the houses of each other in village Lal Khan in the jurisdiction of...
Private firm fails to get correct data: Water discharge into Nara, Rohri canals MIRPURKHAS, Dec 16: The team of the IRC, a private firm hired by the Sindh government, has failed to ascertain correct facts and figures about the water discharge into Nara and...		Transporters charging higher fares MITHI, Dec 16: Altercations and arguments between the commuters and the transporters in Tharparkar district have become a routine affair as the former are not ready to pay exorbitant fare after...
Traders decry rise in PTCL charges SUKKUR, Dec 16: The chairman, All Pakistan Organization of Small Traders and Cottage Industry, Haji Haroon Memon condemned the proposed increase in the line rent and local call charges announced by...		Laying of phone cables stopped SUKKUR, Dec 16: The Sukkur local government has stopped the telephone department and the Sui Gas department from laying their lines and has confiscated their tools from the ongoing points of...
Quality of education declining in Thar MITHI, Dec 16: The people of Thar have expressed serious concern and dissatisfaction over the ill-conceived and flawed policies in the education department owing to which the quality of education is...		Bus set on fire LARKANA, Dec 16: Six unidentified armed men set a bus on fire near Aarija town on Sunday morning....