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Tehsildars told to achieve 50pc recovery target GUJRANWALA, Dec 31: A meeting of the Revenue department voiced its disquiet over the pace of recovery and directed all tehsildars to achieve at least 50 per cent recovery target besides...		Border villages all but evacuated LAHORE, Dec 31: Evacuation from border areas picked up pace on Monday as air, rail and road transport between India and Pakistan was suspended indefinitely....
Nadra to set up ‘swift registration’ centres BAHAWALPUR, Dec 31: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) will open a chain of Swift Registration Centres (SRCs) all over the country in 2002....		Consumers complain of low gas pressure TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 31: Gas consumers face problems as a result of low pressure in the morning and at night....
Six held for Extorting money from transporters GUJRAT, Dec 31: Police on Monday arrested six outlaws for extorting money from transporters....		Civil Defence in jeopardy BAHAWALPUR, Dec 31: The local Civil Defence Organization is no more in a position to avert emergency in case of aggression by India....
Land erosion by Chashma canal MIANWALI, Dec 31: The erosion caused by Chashma Hydro project canal has damaged six tubewells, crops over 100 acres and many houses....		Rs60 million literacy plan for Mansehra unveiled MANSEHRA, Dec 31: The district Nazim of Mansehra, Azam Khan Swati, announced various measures aimed at increasing literacy rate in the area and improving standard of education in government schools....
Illegal gas kits pose threat to human lives HARIPUR, Dec 31: Illegal LPG gas cylinders fitted in a number of passenger vehicles in Haripur have become a threat to the lives of commuters travelling by these vehicles....		Al-Qaeda men to be shifted to Kandahar PESHAWAR, Dec 31: Almost 151 Al-Qaeda men, most of them Arabs, detained in a prison at Kohat would be shifted to Kandahar for interrogation, reliable official sources told Dawn here on...
Jirga bans photography ORAKZAI AGENCY, Dec 31: A Jirga of Mamoonzai tribe here on Monday banned photography in its area and announced heavy penalties for anybody violating the ban....		War seems imminent, says JI leader SWABI, Dec 31: Provincial Amir of Jamaat-i-Islami, Prof Mohammad Ibrahim, said on Monday that war between the two nuclear powers of South Asia seemed imminent....
Buner council Reviews committees’ performance BUNER, Dec 31: The Buner district council in its meeting at Daggar on  Monday discussed the progress on its decisions, especially the performance of the supervisory committees....		Shot dead DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Dec 31: Unidentified persons shot dead a man, Nazir Hussain, son of Malik Elahi Bakhsh, in Mohammad Hayatullah area, on Monday....
Demo held against torture of women DADU, Dec 31: The victim families of village Gul Mohammad Chandio of taluka Khairpur Nathan Shah staged a demonstration in front of the press club here on Monday to protest against...		Protest against Hesco officials KHAIRPUR, Dec 31: The residents of Khanpur Junejo village, Halani and Razidero protested against Hesco officials on Monday for demanding bribes for restoring their electricity which was disconnected several days ago....
Sick man dies due to police negligence SANGHAR, Dec 31: A man, Shahnawaz, suffering from Hepatitis-C was taken to the Jhol police station where he was kept in the open and died due to severe cold on Monday....		432 people killed over Karo-kari last year LARKANA, Dec 31: Around 432 persons were killed in Sindh province over Karo-Kari in year 2001. Out of the victims 293 were women while 139 were men....
Villagers get two accused freed SUKKUR, Dec 31: Villagers attacked a police party and got freed two accused in Jatoi Wandh village of taluka Garhi Yaseen on Monday....		165 schools reopened SHIKARPUR, Dec 31: To discuss administrative and development matters, a meeting of the Executive District Officers, including DCO Shikarpur district, was presided over by district Nazim Mohammad Arif Khan Mehar at...
Thaw seen in frosty Pakistan, India ties WASHINGTON, Dec 31: Pakistan’s new move against the Lashkar-i-Taiba and India’s favourable reaction to the development have been interpreted here as signs indicating a small thaw in the fiercely frosty relations...		Samad Wani passes away MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 31: A well-known Kashmir journalist, political activist and special adviser to the AJK prime minister on media, political affairs and Kashmir Liberation Cell, Khwaja Abdus Samad Wani, passed away...
Islamabad will never initiate action: FM KATHMANDU, Dec 31: Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar said here on Monday that Pakistan was opposed to war and would never initiate any military action across the border or the Line of...		UK media attention shifted to South Asia LONDON, Dec 31: The stand-off between Pakistan and India has shifted the British media attention from Afghanistan and for the first time in three months the news headlines are not about...
Boy injured in Indian shelling MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 31: Indian troops heavily shelled two sectors in the southern Poonch district of Azad Kashmir on Monday, injuring a boy and damaging several houses, officials said....		AG freezes development spending: Accounts default LAHORE, Dec 31: The Accountant General, Punjab has frozen the development budget of all provincial departments that have so far not got accounts of the development funds reconciled for the year...
The train that connected divided families LAHORE, Dec 31: The Samjhota Express began its operation between Lahore and Atari on July 22, 1976....		Rules for autonomous hospitals finalized LAHORE, Dec 31: The Punjab health department on Monday ultimately finalized the draft of Punjab Medical and Health Institutions Rules, 2002, and sent to the law department for onward submission to...
Workshops for public transport drivers LAHORE, Dec 31: Punjab Transport Secretary Khalid Mahmood Mela has announced the launch of a programme to teach traffic rules to semi-literate public transport drivers by holding district level training workshops...		Health deptt preparing for ‘war’ LAHORE, Dec 31: The Punjab health department has started preparations according to the ‘war book’ to meet any major emergency in the wake of current Pakistan-India situation....
Rs40 per 40kg cane support price: Mills, farmers unhappy LAHORE, Dec 31: The Punjab government, under Sugar Factories Control Act 1950, has fixed factory gate price of cane at Rs40 per 40kg for the crushing season 2001-2002....		Heritage Week from Feb 11 LAHORE, Dec 31: The Parks and Horticulture Authority plans to celebrate the Heritage Week from Feb 11 to 17 in a bid to revive public interest in cultural capital of the...
‘No comment yet’ on request for extradition LAHORE, Dec 31: Syed Anwar Mahmood, the federal information secretary, refused on Monday to say whether Pakistan would hand over to India the 22 people New Delhi had asked for....		Seminar on workers’ health LAHORE, Dec 31: Speakers at a seminar have stressed the need for adopting necessary safety measures to check and minimize ‘health risk’ in industrial and commercial units in accordance with the...
JI critical of religious leaders’ arrest LAHORE, Dec 31: President Pervez Musharraf is vitiating the political atmosphere of the country by putting behind the bars leaders of political and religious parties under pressure from the US and...		Protection from killers sought LAHORE, Dec 31: An aggrieved family of Kailay village in the limits of Pasrur police station, Sialkot district, has appealed to the Punjab IGP to provide them protection from the murderers...
PML-QA for briefing Islamic countries LAHORE, Dec 31: The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam) urged the government on Monday to send special delegations comprising diplomats and politicians to Islamic countries to brief them on the situation India...		‘Government determined to weed out extremism’ ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The government is determined to weed out extremist elements from the society who are eating out the vitals of our social fabric by spreading intolerance, Interior Minister Moeenuddin...
Govt suspends trade of rare birds ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The Convention on International Trade of Indigenous Species (CITES) has asked all signatory countries, including Pakistan, to strictly prohibit the trade of indigenous birds with United Arab Emirates...		Bangladeshi woman wants to go back ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: A Bangladeshi woman has appealed to the authorities concerned to make arrangements for her repatriation....
Taxila small industrial estate being declared EPZ ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The government is considering declaring small industrial estate, Taxila, as an export processing zone, Punjab Small Industries Corporation’s (PSIC) regional director Malik Bashir Awan said on Monday....		Complaints mar tehsil assembly session RAWALPINDI, Dec 31: Complaints against the Tehsil municipal administration, especially the Tehsil municipal officer, marred the proceedings of the Rawalpindi Tehsil assembly on Monday forcing the speaker to prorogue the session...
Tension on border leads to suspension of AMTs RAWALPINDI, Dec 31: Heightening tensions with India has forced the government to suspend the army-run monitoring system in the country, sources told Dawn here on Monday....		CDA clarifies news item ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The Capital Development Authority has clarified a news item published in Dawn on December 22, titled “CDA official suspended for disobeying AMT”, and said the official was suspended...
FBISE declares HSSC (Suppl) results ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) has announced Higher Secondary School Certificate (Supplementary) Examination 2001 results here on Monday....		PML-QA for culture of tolerance ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: Mohammad Siddiq Butt, the general secretary of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-i-Azam Group (PML-QA), has emphasized the need for the development of a culture of tolerance in the country....
Zoo to have crocodile, ostrich and zebra ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to expand the zoo by bringing in more animals, an official of the organization said on Monday....		Cry for Freedom moved to Nomad ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: Tassaduq Suhail’s ‘Cry for Freedom’, paintings exhibition has been shifted from United Nations Information Centre to Nomad art gallery from today....