January 18, 2002	Friday	Ziqa'ad 3, 1422

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Health dept officials misuse gas, power GUJRAT, Jan 17: The provincial health authorities have failed to control the misuse of electricity and sui gas at official residences situated along all the 34 health centres in the province...		Little chance for minority candidates to become MPs: Christians resent joint electorate GUJRANWALA, Jan 17: Leaders of the local Christian community criticized the government for abolishing separate electorate....
Call to implement ILO conventions FAISALABAD, Jan 17: The government has been asked to implement conventions of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and abolish all discriminatory laws against women....		Situation calm on Sialkot border SIALKOT, Jan 17: It remained calm on the working boundary on Thursday....
Local govt ignored in recruiting LHWs DERA GHAZI KHAN, Jan 17: The district health department has filled at least 270 vacancies against the health workers allegedly ignoring the local government’s approval....		Probe into embezzlement in cotton research dept MULTAN, Jan 17: The local Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) has appointed a committee to inquire into the alleged corruption in the Punjab Cotton Station by its three officials....
Rivals clash on court premises SAHIWAL, Jan 17: Several people were injured in a clash among the members of two rival groups in the premises of local sessions court on Thursday. Police used batons to disperse...		‘Govt policies harmful to sovereignty’ FAISALABAD, Jan 17: The Pakistan Muslim League has termed the government policies harmful for the national sovereignty and the federation....
Minor boy, girl shot at, injured KASUR, Jan 17: A minor boy and a girl were shot at and injured seriously early Thursday morning on resistance in a dacoity bid at Kalarakabad village, Raiwind....		12 prayer leaders arrested VEHARI, Jan 17: The local police on Thursday arrested 12 prayer leaders on the charge of misusing loudspeakers from various parts of the district....
Rs4.25bn allocated to Balochistan for education reforms QUETTA Jan 17: An amount of Rs4.25 billion have been allocated to Balochistan under education sectoral reforms, said Federal Minister for Education, Zubaida Jalal while presiding over a high-level meeting here...		PML-LM trying to unite factions ISLAMABAD Jan 17: Pakistan Muslim League (like-minded group) President Mian Mohammad Azhar has convened a meeting of the party’s central working committee here on Feb 3 to review the situation arising...
Annan coming to discuss border tension ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will be meeting President Gen Pervez Musharraf during his two-day visit to Pakistan beginning on Jan 23....		Abolition of NA council demanded GILGIT, Jan 17: Various political parties at a meeting the other day paid tribute to the martyrs of the first democratic struggle waged against the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) in Gilgit...
Skin epidemic hits Kurram Agency ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: A disfiguring fatal skin epidemic, Lieshmaniasis, has hit Kurram Agency with 738 cases of the disease detected in the local population and 1,500 in Afghan refugees, the World...		Health units to be upgraded PESHAWAR, Jan 17: District Nazim of Nowshera Pervez Khattak has said that all existing health facilities will be further upgraded so that the public could have access to medical services at...
Shaukat leaves for Tokyo today ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz is scheduled to leave for Japan on Friday to attend the meeting of ‘Steering Group on Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan’ to be held in...		Rs683m to be spent on metalling of roads MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 17: The AJK Public Works Department will start construction of 348.2-kilometre-long roads in different parts of the AJK during this financial year....
Rs6.5m sanctioned for uplift of Dureji HUB, Jan 17: An amount of Rs6.5 million has been sanctioned for Dureji Tehsil of district Lasbela under Khushal Pakistan Programme....		Jirga slams arrest of TNSM men MINGORA, Jan 17: A Loya Jirga held in the Malakand division on Thursday expressed concern over the arrest of banned Tanzim Nifaz Shariat-i-Mohammadi workers and urged the government to stop the...
20 arrested for growing poppy BAJAUR, Jan 17: The political administration of Bajaur Agency has arrested 20 farmers for growing poppy in different areas of the Salarzai sub-division here on Thursday....		Naib Nazimeen want equal status with DC members LAKKI MARWAT, Jan 17: The Naib Nazimeen of district Lakki Marwat have demanded that they be given equal status as that of the members of the district council members so that...
Schools being used as guest-houses HANGU, Jan 17: Shortage of teaching staff and equipment in government-run educational institutions in Hangu district has put the future of students here at stake as the government and local authorities...		Bar office-bearers take oath BUNER, Jan 17: The newly-elected six-member cabinet of the Buner Bar Association for they year 2002 took the oath of their respective offices here at the bar room, Daggar, on Thursday....
Electoral reforms welcomed SWABI, Jan 17: Central chairman of Swabi Qaumi Mahaz, Dr Salim and former provincial secretary of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf Asad Qaiser have welcomed the restoration of joint electorate system and termed the...		Police clueless about murder HARIPUR, Jan 17: Despite the passage of one week the Haripur police could not find any clue to the culprits involved in the murder of three members of a family....
‘Denial’ of water to Sindh deplored: G.M. Syed’s birth anniversary observed DADU, Jan 17: The Punjab establishment is not giving due share of water to Sindh which has resulted in the collapse of the agricultural sector and has ruined the rural economy...		‘Constitution hurdle to provincial autonomy’ NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Jan 17: The 1973 Constitution is the main hindrance to provincial autonomy, said the acting president Ponam, Mahmood Khan Achakzai, while addressing the District Bar Association on Thursday....
Water crisis in Sukkur deepens SUKKUR, Jan 17: Sukkur experienced another waterless day on Thursday as two transformers which were installed at the water pumping station burnt down due to a short circuit and the Wapda...		15 held over tribal clash KHAIRPUR, Jan 17: At least 15 people were arrested by the Bradi Jatoi police in the katcha area, Kingri Taluka, on Wednesday night....
Rs2bn set aside for IT firms LAHORE, Jan 17: Islamabad has allocated Rs2 billion for the computerization of the federal and provincial governments in order to build a home market for the local software companies....		Airport attack a minor event, says Maqbool LAHORE, Jan 17: Terming the terrorist attack at the Lahore airport a minor event, Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool said on Thursday efforts were being made to identify the elements behind it....
Amendments draw mixed response LAHORE, Jan 17: The restoration of a joint electorate, increase in the number of National Assembly seats and women’s quota will go a long way toward strengthening the civil society, and...		37 polio cases confirmed LAHORE, Jan 17: The Punjab Health Department said on Thursday that 37 confirmed polio cases had been reported from 11 districts in the province so far....
186 schools merged LAHORE, Jan 17: The Lahore district wing of the Education Department has merged 186 primary and middle schools into nearby schools....		Two capital hospitals told to improve working ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The government has taken note of increasing incidents of negligence and dereliction of duties on the part of senior doctors of the Capital’s two hospitals....
Council not ready to certify its report on water quality ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) is not ready to certify its findings about water quality in the federal capital despite the passage of almost three...		Arrangements finalized for Kashmir Day ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The arrangements to observe kasmir Solidarity Day on February 5 has been finalized and “Kashmir — Justice Without Discrimination” has been approved as the theme for this year....
No delay in MoST projects due to loss of record: Atta ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The minister of science and technology has said that there should be no delay in the ongoing projects launched by his ministry due to the loss of records...		Law is no profession of the lords RAWALPINDI, Jan 17: Lawyers sitting in the district courts encounter innumerable problems such as lack of security, limited resources, inadequate space, rubbish heaps, tout mafia, parking of vehicles, poor construction of...
SC issues notice to FST member ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to a member of the Federal Services Tribunal (FST) who allegedly decided a case against a Wapda official....		17 gamblers held RAWALPINDI, Jan 17: The Rawalpindi police on Thursday booked 17 men on the charge of gambling....
Rs40m for gas provision SAHIWAL, Jan 17: The Punjab governor has approved a grant of Rs40 million under the Khushal Pakistan Programme (KPP) for the provision of sui gas to the remaining areas in Sahiwal...		Lawyers urged to plead cases with preparation QUETTA, Jan 17: The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr Justice Bashir Jahangeeri, has urged lawyers to plead cases with full preparation so that judges could decide them easily and people get...
Koizumi reiterates support to Musharraf ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has assured President General Pervez Musharraf of his full support in reviving Pakistan’s economy....		Rs551.4m approved for AJK development MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 17: AJK Development Working Party (DWP) in a meeting on Thursday approved Rs551.4 million uplift plans in the health, education, power, communications, physical planning and housing sectors....
ANP trying to woo disgruntled leaders NOWSHERA, Jan 17: Awami National Party has launched efforts to woo some of its disgruntled leaders back into the fold before the general elections later this year....		Water supply suspended for a week MIRPURKHAS, Jan 17: Around 500,000 people of Mirpurkhas have been deprived of drinking water due to the negligence of the authorities concerned....
Engg varsity VC’s tenure extended LAHORE, Jan 17: The tenure of University of Engineering and Technology Vice-Chancellor Lt-Gen Muhammad Akram (retired) has been extended for another four years....		PBC cancels, suspends licences of lawyers LAHORE, Jan 17: The Punjab Bar Council tribunal headed by Mr Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry of the Lahore High Court has cancelled the licences of two lawyers and suspended the licence...