January 10, 2002	Thursday	Shawwal 25, 1422

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ZC empowers Nazims to collect shop licence fee GUJRAT, Jan 9: The district council has empowered Nazims of the union councils to collect shops licence fee....		‘Army ready to defend country’ BAHAWALPUR, Jan 9: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool has said that the armed forces were fully prepared to defend the motherland and combat any aggression....
Autopsy confirms torture of ‘dacoits’ MULTAN, Jan 9: The autopsy reports of the two alleged dacoits shot dead by police in a ‘shootout’ on Monday give a dubious shade to the incident....		‘Farmers not helping with desiltation’ TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 9: Farmers of some areas are not cooperating with the Irrigation staff in the on-going desiltation work of water courses and minor canals....
Quackery on the rise in Sheikhupura SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 9: Scores of quacks are practicing in every corner of the district due to the negligence of the local health authorities....		Armyman killed in Indian shelling SIALKOT, Jan 9: A jawan of the Chenab Rangers was martyred in mortar shelling by Indian troops in Shakargarh sector early on Wednesday morning....
Two die, a dozen hurt in accidents GUJRANWALA, Jan 9: Two people were killed while a dozen others injured in fog-related accidents here on Wednesday....		Toll staff overcharges, misbehaves with public VEHARI, Jan 9: Local transporters and traders strongly protested against overcharging and misbehaviour by the toll tax collecting staff....
PTCL Contractor overcharging GUJRANWALA, Jan 9: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has signed an agreement with a private company to operate and maintain all its customer service centres and telegraph offices, it is...		Bar cancels membership GUJRANWALA, Jan 9: The Punjab Bar Council withdrew its order of restoration of the memberships of 14 lawyers of Gujranwala who were suspended on the charge of violating a Bar resolution...
Objections to new property tax system SIALKOT, Jan 9: The revised property tax system has become controversial as hundreds of people have objected to the assessments made by the Excise and Taxation Department....		Selective application of graft law alleged: SC issues notice to NAB ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to NAB to present complete record of a case in which one accused alleged that the graft law enacted for the...
Congressmen assure continued US support ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: The visiting congressmen while appreciating the efforts made by Pakistan and its unwavering support towards coalition to fight terrorism have assured the finance minister of continued assistance of...		Terrorism, freedom movement are different: APHC ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: Mohammad Ashraf Saraf, a leader of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, has called upon the international community to draw a clear distinction between terrorism and freedom movement....
3,250 Afghans in no-man’s land: UNHCR ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: The number of Afghan refugees in the no-man’s land along the Chaman border has swelled to 3,250 as the United Nations High Commission for Refugees continues to press...		Management varsity under study ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: The federal government is considering to set up a public sector management university (PSMU) by upgrading one of the existing institutes with the primary objective of developing economic...
CIA man, civilian injured in shootout KARACHI, Jan 9: An official of the Crime Investigation Agency and a civilian were injured in an encounter with the station house officer of the Aziz Bhatti police station near Civic...		Gambia appoints justice Arif as CJ ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: Justice Chaudhry Mohammad Arif, a judge of the Supreme Court, who retired on Monday will soon proceed to Gambia to take over as the chief justice of the...
ITNE gives relief to newspaper employees PESHAWAR, Jan 9: On the orders of the chairman, Implementation Tribunal for Newspapers Employees, Justice (retd) Jawed Nawaz Gandapur, appointment letters were issued to 12 employees of a local Urdu newspaper....		Five killed, three hurt in accident MIRPURKHAS, Jan 9: Five people were killed and two others were injured in an accident on Tuesday night....
‘New laws to help build image of police’ SUKKUR, Jan 9: Additional Inspector General of Police, Sindh, Niaz Ahmed Siddiqi has said that several RAW agents have been arrested, and an attempt to blew up a railway station at...		Two bandits arrested in Sukkur SUKKUR, Jan 9: Two dacoits were arrested by the police in Murad Shah Colony on Wednesday....
Punjab sends Rs10m aid to Sindh KARACHI, Jan 9; The Punjab government has sent Rs 10 million for the cyclone affected people in Badin to be utilised for the construction of a model village in Golo Mandhro....		Harassment of minority people denied THATTA, Jan 9: The district excise and taxation officer, while terming the allegations of harassment raised by some minority people, has claimed that the objective of the allegations was to save...
Govt depts asked to ready for eventuality LARKANA, Jan 9: The district coordination officer (DCO), Larkana, M. Hashim Leghari, asked the officials of the departments concerned to remain alert at all times in case of war breaking out...		Seminaries asked to stop admitting Afghans KOHAT, Jan 9: The government has directed the administrators of more than 1,750 religious seminaries in the NWFP to stop admitting Afghan children and elders and other foreigners or they will...
Bandits kill four of a family HARIPUR, Jan 9: One woman and her three young sons were killed and  another was seriously injured when they resisted a dacoity attempt by six robbers at their Mohallah Pattan residence...		Wapda disconnection threat yields record recovery of dues PESHAWAR, Jan 9: A recent move of the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) to disconnect electricity connections of the defaulting departments and institutions of the federal and provincial governments in...
Teachers will not be exempted from duty: Preparation of electoral rolls SWABI, Jan 9: The supervisors and enumerators deputed for preparation of electoral rolls from the education department have been asked to perform their school duty and the lists should be prepared...		Shortage of water hits Dir Lower TIMERGARA, Jan 9: The residents of Dir Lower are facing acute shortage of drinking water due to the on-going dry spell....
ANP backs crackdown on religious terrorism PESHAWAR, Jan 9: Awami National Party (ANP) has extended support to Pervez Musharraf government for taking measures to check religious terrorism and extremism....		Euro being accepted cautiously KOHAT, Jan 9: The money exchangers in the open market are very cautiously accepting Euro, fearing that counterfeit notes may have been circulated by the mafia already in the illegal business...
Plea to stay SC judges’ oath-taking rejected LAHORE, Jan 9: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday rejected a plea to stay the swearing-in of its three judges as judges of the Supreme Court and issued notices to the...		JI plans march to press democracy agenda LAHORE, Jan 9: The Jamaat-i-Islami plans to organize a march between Lahore and Rawalpindi or Rawalpindi and Islamabad, possibly in the third week of February, to press the government to restore...
Ticket system for traffic violations inaugurated LAHORE, Jan 9: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool inaugurated on Wednesday the ticket system for traffic violations with a warning to traffic policemen to implement the law without any discrimination and treat...		India urged to give ‘positive’ response to peace moves LAHORE, Jan 9: The Pakistan India Peace Initiatives on Wednesday urged India to give a positive response to the peace efforts and steps by Pakistan and play its role in removing...
Bank fraud accused in NAB custody LAHORE, Jan 9: An accountability court on Wednesday remanded accused Zubair Beg Mirza, a grade-I officer of the Habib Bank’s Dharampura branch, in the National Account-ability Bureau custody till Jan 23....		Experts seek early assent for biotech policy LAHORE, Jan 9: The failure of the government to approve bio-safety guidelines is costing billions of rupees a year, Dr Kausar Abdullah Malik, a member of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission,...
Allama Iqbal Town budget approved LAHORE, Jan 9: The Allama Iqbal Town general council unanimously approved on Wednesday a tax free, surplus budget of Rs161.85 million for the remaining part of the current financial year....		IPEC to conduct survey on child labour ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: The International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) will initiate a new baseline survey to estimate the magnitude of the problem in Pakistan, which according to...
Dist govt depts embezzle Norwegian grant RAWALPINDI, Jan 9: An amount of Rs1.8 million, donated by the Norwegian embassy for the municipal library, has allegedly been embezzled by the functionaries of the Rawalpindi District government, Dawn has...		Wasa work-charge earners not paid December wages RAWALPINDI, Jan 9: The work charge employees of the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa), Rawalpindi, have not been paid salaries for the month of December, employees told Dawn....
Mansur seeks more time for money-transfer ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: Former naval chief Admiral (Rtd) Mansurul Haq, involved in a corruption reference, could not be released even on Wednesday as the first instalment of $5 million, which he...		Mairaj concerned over US manhunt in Pakistan: report ISLAMABAD Jan 9: The secretary-general of Pakistan Tehrik-i- Insaf (PTI), Mairaj Mohammad Khan, has expressed concern over media reports that the government had allowed the US forces to hunt Al-Qaeda and...
Posting LAHORE, Jan 9: The Punjab government posted Mrs Ayesha Ahmad, awaiting posting in the Services and General Administration Department, as Rawalpindi assistant district officers (revenue), against a vacant post, says a...		Students rally demands independent Kashmir MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 9: Around 300 students staged a “Peace March” in the AJK capital on Wednesday, and blamed India and Pakistan for creating “war hysteria” in the region to divert the...
One held for attacking newsman: IG QUETTA, Jan 9: The police have arrested an accused involved in shooting at a newspaper editor and threatening the BBC correspondent and other newsmen....		Committees to monitor uplift funds’ use: governor QUETTA, Jan 9: Balochistan Governor Amirul Mulk Mengal on Wednesday said the government is establishing monitoring committees in the province to keep an eye on the use of development funds and...
Wireless system hits snags in NAs GILGIT, Jan 9: The wireless project launched by the Special Communication Organization (SCO) in Northern Areas has reportedly hit snags as its subscribers failed to establish communications through this system....		Resistance against marriage lands women in jail BUNER, Jan 9: Two young women are spending their days in the sub-jail Daggar here in the Buner district for quite a long time for protesting against what they called “forcible...