December 21, 2001	Friday	Shawwal 5, 1422

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PC-1 for dist council building rejected KOHAT, Dec 20: Karak District Nazim Mohammad Sharif Khattak has rejected  the PC-1 for the district council building and offices for the Nazims and deputy Nazims of 21 union councils, prepared by the...		Election will be held on time, says minister MARDAN, Dec 20: Federal minister for Kashmir and northern affairs, Abbas Sarfaraz Khan, has said that general election will be held on time according the mandate given by the supreme court,...
Washington sponsoring terrorism, says Fazl DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Dec 20: Maulana Fazlur Rehman, chief of his own faction of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI), has said the United States is the world’s terrorist No 1, which despite itself...		Asif rules out deal with govt NOWSHERA, Dec 20: Dispelling the impression of any secret deal between his party and the government, Asif Ali Zardari said on Thursday that by keeping him behind bars the government had...
Firecrackers injure two children SWABI, Dec 20: Two children were injured by firecrackers on Eid day as the sale of the banned material continued unabated across the district....		Errors in new IDcards reported MINGORA, Dec 20: Complaints about errors in the new computerized national identity cards are pouring in, with the people criticizing the National Database and Registration Authority for its sloppy performance....
One killed, 14 injured in accidents ABBOTTABAD, Dec 20: A man was killed and 14 others injured in two different accidents at Havelian here on Thursday....		Sherpao’s decision welcomed MINGORA, Dec 20: Fazalur Rehman alias Nono, General Secretary, Pakistan People’s Party, Swat, has welcomed the decision of Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, the former NWFP chief minister, to return to his...
Inquiry demanded PARACHINAR, Dec 20: Some political, religious and social figures of Kurram Agency have blamed the political administration of neglecting its duty by deputing non-combatant levy personnel to shift Al Qaeda fighters...		Transporters charge higher fares SWABI, Dec 20: Transporters in district Swabi continued to charge high fares from the commuters across the district while the local administration had failed to take action against them....
Carjackers’ gang busted DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Dec 20: Paharpur police have arrested a gang of car lifters and recovered a car....		Body found DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Dec 20: A young boy, who went to celebrate Eid in the  city, was found dead near Dhapanwali village on Wednesday....
Shot dead ABBOTTABAD, Dec 20: Mohammad Yousaf, son of Abdul Qayyum, was killed on Eid day in the Nagakkai village, over a family dispute.—Correspondent...		Hospital staff found absent from duty DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Dec 20: Except for a few nurses and a medical officer, the entire staff of the district headquarter teaching hospital, Dera Ismail Khan, including the medical superintendent and...
Govt asks depts to clear electricity dues by 31st ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The chief executive secretariat has directed all the public sector agencies, including armed forces, to pay their outstanding electricity dues by Dec 31 or face deduction at source....		Pakistani students get bail in US LOS ANGELES, Dec 20: Two young Pakistanis charged with visa fraud were granted bail on Monday and could be released, but bail hearing for a third man with them was postponed...
EU pledges 100m euros to lower poverty KARACHI, Dec 20: The European Union will provide all types of economic assistance to Pakistan, including 100 million euros, for poverty alleviation, Belgian Ambassador in Islamabad Igor Haustrate said here on...		Fiscal devolution to benefit provinces, district govts KARACHI, Dec 20: The share of the provinces in the overall national revenues is expected to go up as a result of fiscal devolution and poverty reduction programme....
JCSC chief stresses high level of training NOWSHERA, Dec 20: The Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Gen Mohammad Aziz Khan, said here on Thursday that high level of professional training helped the Pakistan Army   meet expectations of...		$386 million loan okayed by ADB ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $386 million Access to Justice Programme loan and Reproductive Health Care Project loan for Pakistan....
Two civilians injured in Indian shelling MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 20: Indian troops continued unprovoked shelling with light and heavy weapons from across the Line of Control on Thursday, wounding two more civilians in the southern Bhimbher district....		Asif may be held in new case ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The National Accountability Bureau is all set to arrest Asif Ali Zardari in a new case involving the import of one BMW car in the name of a...
Japan to give $8m to eradicate polio ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Japan has decided to extend approximately $8 million humanitarian assistance to help implement the government’s expanded programme of immunization....		US TV news channel apologizes to Musharraf WASHINGTON, Dec 20: Fox News has apologized to President Gen Pervez Musharraf for the language used with reference to him by a guest in a programme, which the television channel aired...
CJ acting president ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The chief justice of Pakistan, Justice Irshad Hasan Khan, will be the acting president from Thursday (Dec 20) till the return of President Gen Pervez Musha-rraf from his...		Fund for Afghanistan’s administrative recovery ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has established a $20-million fund to support the administrative and structural recovery of Afghanistan....
Man, son awarded death sentence FAISALABAD, Dec 20: Local Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) judge Chaudhry Muhammad Akram has awarded death sentence, life imprisonment and a fine of Rs100,000 each to one Mahmud and his son Shafaat Ali...		Rs0.5 million looted; youth kidnapped for ransom VEHARI, Dec 20: Four dacoits looted Rs0.5 million in cash and also kidnapped a youth for ransom at Rango Khan, Kehror Pacca....
Four killed in accident KASUR, Dec 20: Four people were killed while over a dozen others sustained serious injuries on Thursday in a chain accident near Hudaibia By-pass on the Manga Road....		Police fail to check crime in Chiniot JHANG, Dec 20: Over 90 per cent cases of theft, robbery and dacoity have not been registered by police in Chiniot tehsil....
Over 93pc wheat sowing target met in Sialkot SIALKOT, Dec 20: More than 93 per cent wheat sowing target has been achieved in Sialkot, Daska and Pasrur tehsils....		Teachers demand pay scale revision MULTAN, Dec 20: The new pay scale formulated by the government should be revised as it offer nothing much to low scale teachers....
Villager killed SIALKOT, Dec 20: A villager was killed while a woman sustained serious injuries in firing by Indian troops in villages along the Sialkot working boundary’s Sucheetgarh, Charwa and Zafarwal sectors late...		Two jeep riders killed on road SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 20: Two people were killed while three others, including a woman, received injuries in an accident on the Manawala Road, some 25 kilometres from here on Thursday....
Vet hospital without medicines GUJRANWALA, Dec 20: The city veterinary hospital has been running without medicines and equipment for the last three years....		Canal breach destroys crops, houses KHAIRPUR, Dec 20: The Khuhra Minor developed a 50-ft-wide breach on its embankments near Suk Wahan village as a result of which 50 acres of wheat crops, 20 houses and a...
Six injured in clash DADU, Dec 20: Six persons, including a woman, were injured in an armed clash between two groups of Jatoi tribesmen over a matrimonial dispute in village Gul Mohammad Jatoi of Mehar...		Road linking several villages inaugurated NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Dec 20: The district Nazim of Naushahro Feroze, Masroor Ahmed Khan Jatoi, inaugurated Munshi Muhammad Khan road the other day....
Food department workers observe hunger strike SUKKUR, Dec 20: The Sindh Food Department workers under the banner of Food Employees Workers Federation (FEWF) observed token hunger strike in front of the press club here on Thursday to...		‘Quaid-i-Azam was born in Jherruck’ THATTA, Dec 20: A five-member fact-finding committee, including four councillors and a journalist, entrusted by the Thatta District Government to investigate the controversial issue of the birth place of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad...