January 13, 2002	Sunday	Shawwal 28, 1422

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Politicians give mixed response to speech LAHORE, Jan 12: President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s televized address to the nation on Saturday in which he announced several steps to curb religious extremism and militancy and also to prevent use...		Punjab jails overcrowded LAHORE, Jan 12: Almost all the 29 jails in the Punjab are overcrowded and short of staff....
100,000 displaced by border tension LAHORE, Jan 12: Governor Khalid Maqbool said on Saturday 100,000 people had so far left border areas of the Punjab following the escalation of tension between India and Pakistan....		PO shot dead in ‘encounter’ SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 12: A proclaimed offender was shot dead in an ‘encounter’ near Laker Mandi on Shahkot-Faisalabad Road late Friday night....
Crackdown in Punjab LAHORE, Jan 12: The Punjab police in their post-Musharraf’s speech operation on Saturday night sealed the offices of the Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) and the Tehrik-i-Jafria Pakistan (TJP)....		125 rounded up in Sindh interior: Crackdown against religious parties HYDERABAD, Jan 12: In a major pre-dawn swoop all over the Sindh province on Saturday, more than 125 activists of religious parties and organizations were rounded up by the police, ahead...
Two rice traders kidnapped LARKANA, Jan 12: Eight unidentified armed bandits kidnapped two rice traders and their driver from the outskirts of the city on late Friday night. Later they left the driver and took...		Nabi Bukhsh Bhutto passes away LARKANA, Jan 12: Nawab Nabi Bukhsh Khan Bhutto, the father of SNF chief, Mumtaz Bhutto, passed away in village Mirpur Bhutto near Ratodero on Saturday at the age of 98....
PIA may suspend Nawabshah flights NAWABSHAH, Jan 12: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has decided to suspend its flights to and from Nawabshah and close down its regional office here, reliable sources told Dawn on Saturday....		DLF sweeps Mardan Bar elections MARDAN, Jan 12: Democratic Lawyers Front swept the district bar elections here on Saturday with Iqbal Khan Hoti being elected president for the third time....
NWFP gets Rs120m from Centre: General sales tax on services PESHAWAR, Jan 12: The NWFP received over Rs120 million from the Centre as its share in the general sales tax on services and another amount of Rs10 million as royalty on...		New system has changed political culture: governor ABBOTTABAD, Jan 12: The NWFP governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said with the introduction of the new local government setup, we have changed the political culture which has given birth...
Ulema to launch drive for release of leaders MINGORA, Jan 12: The Muttahida Ulema Council (MUC) has decided to launch a movement for the release of Maulana Sufi Mohammad, chief of the Tanzeem Nifaz Shariat-i-Mohammadi (TNSM) and those detained...		Tank MC employees await dues’ payment TANK, Jan 12: The Municipal Committee of Tank has still not paid their pension/gratuity to 18 retired class IV employees, who are waiting for the past three years....
Dry spell affects wheat yield target HARIPUR, Jan 12: The on-going long dry spell has put the wheat yield target fixed by the agriculture department for Haripur district in jeopardy, informed sources told Dawn here on Friday....		Jamaat elects Shoora CHARSADDA, Jan 12: The Jamaat-i-Islami, Charsadda, elected the other day the following members for its district Shoora: Haji Abdullah Shah, Maulana Fakhrudin, Shah-i-Room, Sabz Ali, Haji Yaqoob Khan, Abdul Mastan and...
Cash, jewellery looted MANSEHRA, Jan 12: Armed men looted cash and valuables from a house in mohallah Chania on Friday night....		Need for defining terrorism stressed LONDON, Jan 12: A veteran leader of the Labour Party, Tony Benn, has said Pakistan and India must resolve their problems through talks as they would face ‘mutual assured destruction’ in...
Musharraf wants speedy completion of uplift schemes ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has issued directives that schemes under the Khushhal Pakistan Programme (KPP) be undertaken speedily as these would benefit the people besides generating economic activity...		Kashmiris’ struggle defended ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: The indigenous freedom struggle of the Kashmiri people cannot be confused with terrorism said central leader of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Fakhar Zaman on Friday....
India beefs up troops along LoC, says official MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 12: A senior army officer said on Saturday that Indian forces were beefing up their forward positions along the Line of Control (LoC) and the stand-off could explode....		Committee to assess Afghan needs formed ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: A high-level coordination committee, constituted as per president’s directives, will assess Afghanistan’s reconstruction needs and chalk out Pakistan’s role in it....
Urs cancelled due to fear of war MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 12: AJK Auqaf Department, in consultation with the district administration, has postponed the Urs of a renowned saint for fear of air raids by India....		Committees formed to supervise uplift work CHITRAL, Jan 12: The session of Union Council Deneen Chitral city, presided over by Nazim Hakeem Mujeebullah, held here on Wednesday....
Pakistan, Afghanistan to exchange criminals QUETTA, Jan 12: Pakistan and Afghan border authorities on Saturday agreed to exchange criminals wanted by each side and would take joint operation against the members of Al Qaeda group....		Rs10m uplift package for Pishin announced QUETTA, Jan 12: Balochistan Governor Amirul Mulk Mengal has announced Rs10 million for Pishin district under the governor’s development package besides Rs36.5 million being granted to the district under the Khushal...
India will not attack: Serohi ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: Former chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) and former Navy chief, Admiral (retd) Iftikhar Serohi, does not see eruption of war in the region despite the ongoing...		Bachelor’s degree to require 16 years’ study ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: In order to bring university education to the level of foreign universities, the Pakistani universities will now award bachelor’s degree after successful completion of 16 years of study...
Irshad may be named EC chief ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: The reconstitution of the election commission is awaiting the approval of the president, who has to pick from names forwarded to him for the appointment of the chief...		Strike in Quetta against kidnapping QUETTA, Jan 12: A shutter down strike was observed in Quetta on Saturday against the kidnapping of seven-year-old daughter of a child specialist and killing of a shopkeeper who tried to...
Support to Kashmiris to continue: Qayyum ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: National Kashmir Committee (NKC) Chairman Sardar Abdul Qayyum said there is no place in Pakistan’s stand on Kashmir for a diversion....		WFP to deploy ’copters for operations in Afghanistan ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: The World Food Programme has decided to deploy helicopters as part of its operational plan for Afghanistan to provide rapid assessment capability for remote areas towards the end...
S. Arabia stresses talks RIYADH, Jan 12: Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz on Saturday received a message from President Pervez Musharraf and called for dialogue between India and Pakistan to defuse rising tensions,...		SSP, TJP offices sealed QUETTA, Jan 12: Authorities sealed the provincial and district offices of Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) and Tehrik-i- Jafria Pakistan (TJP) on Saturday night immediately after President General Pervez Musharraf announced the banning...
PIA denies off-loading 4 Kuwaitis KUWAIT CITY, Jan 12: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Saturday denied preventing four Kuwaitis from travelling to Lahore and termed the report carried by some newspapers as “baseless”....		Ord amended ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday issued an ordinance amending the Employees Old Age Benefit (EOBI) Ordinance-1976 (XIV of 1976).—APP...