December 24, 2001	Monday	Shawwal 8, 1422

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KESC debt to be converted into govt equity ISLAMABAD, Dec 23: The government has decided to convert Rs80 billion debt of Karachi Electric Supply Corporation into the federal government equity....		Afghan interim setup will collapse soon, claims JI QUETTA, Dec 23: Jamat-i-Islami acting chief Liaquat Baloch has said that “foreign-imposed” interim setup in Kabul will not succeed in brining permanent peace and stability to Afghanistan....
Hizb denies hand in women’s massacre MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 23: Kashmir’s largest and indigenous freedom fighters’ group, Hizbul Mujahideen, said on Sunday that no Mujahideen group was involved in the ruthless killings of five women from minority communities...		Chashma Sugar Mills buying cane at low price: growers DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Dec 23: Local sugarcane growers have complained that the administration of Chashma Sugar Mills is creating several problems for them....
Woman dies in road accident MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 23: One person was killed and 10 others were injured when a jeep skidded off a road near the Khuli Galli village in the Kotli district on Sunday....		Press club poll MARDAN, Dec 23: Election of the Mardan Press Club for 2002 will be held on Dec 30, an MPC meeting decided on Monday. A senior reporter, Janat Gul, was nominated the...
Uthal phone subscribers’ grievance HUB, Dec 23: Residents and business community of Uthal have complained that PTCL has been depriving them of telephone facility during nights for over one week....		Rapid strike force under study: Soomro LOS ANGELES, Dec 23: Pakistan government is actively looking to establish a “rapid strike force” on its international borders with Afghanistan and India to curb smuggling, trafficking and cross-border terrorism, Sindh...
UN observers visit site: Indian shelling continues SIALKOT, Dec 23: The Indian security forces on Sunday evening shelled Sukmaal sector of the Sialkot working boundary and damaged the standing paddy crops....		Constable shot at, injured on resistance KASUR, Dec 23: A constable was shot at and injured seriously on Sunday by three robbers on resistance near Pattoki....
Jihadi groups go underground FAISALABAD, Dec 23: The activists and office-bearers of several major jihadi organizations have gone underground for fear of crackdown against them....		Robbers strike nine times in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, Dec 23: Robbers made off with cash, ornaments and took away six motorcycles and a wagon in nine strikes in the city during the last 24 hours....
Dacoits kill ex-councillor SAHIWAL, Dec 23: Dacoits killed a former councillor and inj-ured his son on resistance in Chak No 2/10-L on Sunday morning....		Laid to rest OKARA, Dec 23: The wife of Ghulam Ahmed Sabir, vice-president of the Okara United Bank Limited, died due to illness here on Sunday. She was 50....
Naib Nazim caught stealing electricity GUJRANWALA, Dec 23: A joint raiding team of army and Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco) on Sunday caught a Farid Town union council Naib Nazim tampering with electricity meter....		Ticket system next week FAISALABAD, Dec 23: The local traffic police will launch new challan system in the district in the next week....
Man held for lodging plaint against cop JHANG, Dec 23: A man was allegedly implicated in a false case and put behind the bars by Shorkot city police for filing an application against the Warryam police post in...		JI for election under interim set-up BAHAWALPUR, Dec 23: All political parties opposed to America have decided to exert pressure on the military regime to set-up an interim government for holding free, fair and impartial election under...
Two stage artistes held for vulgarity FAISALABAD, Dec 23: The local police claim to have arrested whole cast of two stage dramas, including producers and directors, on the charges of using vulgar language and dances here on...		Murder of Moeen’s brother condemned TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 23: PML (N) central leader M Hamza has condemned the murder of interior minister’s elder brother terming it failure of the military regime to protect citizens’ lives....
Park faces ownership dispute TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 23: Teku Park’s ownership dispute between its management and Pakistan Railways has reached the local civil judge’s court....		Prosecution witness cross-examined: Reference against Asif Zardari ATTOCK FORT, Dec 23: A prosecution witness on Saturday deposed before an accountability court here in the reference against Asif Ali Zardari, spouse of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, that he...
Rs55m released under SAP MANSEHRA, Dec 23: For the 30 pending development schemes of the district, an estimated amount of Rs55.382 million has been issued/released under the social action programme (SAP), Dawn has learnt through...		5 tribesmen kidnapped in Orakzai Agency KALAYA, Dec 23: Five people were kidnapped over an old dispute involving two tribes of the Orakzai Agency here on Sunday....
Transporters charge high fares ABBOTTABAD, Dec 23: Transporters are charging old tariff from the commuters for the inter-city routes despite the revision of fares by the local governments of Abbottabad and Haripur....		Bar polls held DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Dec 23: Mr Arshad Ahmad Awan was elected President and Mr Shuja Ali Khan Secretary-General of the Mansehra Bar Association here on Saturday....
UC Nazims asked to submit uplift plans ABBOTTABAD, Dec 23: Abbottabad District Naib Nazim Barrister Javed Abbasi has asked the union council Nazims to send their projects and schemes to the district secretariat for starting the developmental schemes...		Kohat prison inmates moved to other jails KOHAT, Dec 23: The military authorities shifted all the 704 prisoners from the Kohat Central Prison for security reasons in view of the presence of 139 detained Al Qaeda members and...
Land mafia occupies Auqaf property MALAKAND, Dec 23: A local land mafia has illegally occupied the land of the NWFP Auqaf department in the Malakand Agency....		District Nazim hails govt’s Afghan policy DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Dec 23: Latifullah Ali Zai, District Nazim, Dera Ismail Khan, has said that as a result of the local bodies system, an era of prosperity and development would...
Remarks flayed MINGORA, Dec 23: Fazal-ur-Rehman Nono, the general-secretary of the Pakistan People’s Party, Swat, has criticized former federal interior minister Naseerullah Babar for his remarks against NWFP former chief minister Aftab Ahmad...		Refugees returning MARDAN, Dec 23: A number of refugees from northern Afghanistan have left Mardan after the Bonn moot....
Three Al Qaeda men killed in Kunar BAJAUR, Dec 23: Three Taliban suspects were killed in an encounter with the troops of Afghanistan’s Eastern Shoora some three kilometres from Asadabad, the capital of Kunar province, on Saturday night....		No charges for CNICs delivery: official ABBOTTABAD, Dec 23: The district registrar NADRA, here, has asked the general public not to pay extra to the NADRA representatives at the time of delivery of computerised identity cards....
Five dacoits held near Kashmor SUKKUR, Dec 23: The Kashmor police arrested five dacoits near Kashmor on Sunday....		Two shot dead in ‘encounter’ SUKKUR, Dec 23: Two dacoits were killed in an encounter with police near Thul on Sunday....
26 injured as bus overturns NAWABSHAH, Dec 23: At least 26 passengers including five women were injured when a speedy bus overturned due to breaking of tie-rod near Doulatpur on National Highway....		Price war leads to closure of sugar mills THATTA, Dec 23: The sugarcane price war between the mill owners and growers has resulted in the closure of the four sugar mills of Thatta district for indefinite period from Monday....
Nazims, police slammed for inefficiency SHIKARPUR, Dec 23: Haji Nisar Ahmed Memon, president, All Small Traders Association (ASTA), Shikarpur, criticized the district and taluka Nazims and Naib Nazims as well as the district administration and police...		Sukkur teachers call off boycott SUKKUR, Dec 23: The teachers of the government schools and colleges called off their boycott on assurance of the acting district Nazim that Police would not conduct raids for their arrest....
Tribal dispute resolved KHAIRPUR, Dec 23: An eight-year-old land dispute between the Mangnejo and Narejo tribes was settled in the circuit house, Khairpur, on Saturday....		Missing children LARKANA, Dec 23: A local social welfare organization called Khidmat-i-Masoom has delivered 52 missing children to their parents during December, said a press release on Sunday....