January 23, 2002	Wednesday	Ziqa'ad 8, 1422

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Provinces to get Rs1.5bn devolution fund: Dist govt system to be strengthened: president ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: Chief Executive Committee on Devolution on Tuesday met for the first time to review the implementation of devolution plan and progress of district governments installed in August last...		Conversion of LoC into border opposed MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 22: Kashmir’s largest and mainly indigenous freedom fighter group, Hizbul Mujahideen, on Tuesday rejected the idea of conversion of the Line of Control (LoC) into permanent border between India...
SC judgment requires new voters list: EC ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Tuesday spurned former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s demand that elections should be held on the basis of the electoral list prepared in...		Two prisoners’ execution stayed ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: The supreme court has stayed the execution of two condemned prisoners of Jhang, who were slated to be executed on Thursday....
Drive for caucus on Pakistan launched SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 22: The Pakistan American Democratic Forum has launched a nationwide campaign to establish a Congressional Caucus on Pakistan. The move was announced by Dr Agha Saeed, a member...		Restoration of students’ unions demanded MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 22: An alliance of nine student organizations in Azad Kashmir has called upon the government and the education department to resolve the issues of the student community....
Children’s ward inaugurated GILGIT, Jan 22: Force Commander Northern Areas (FCNA) Maj-Gen Nadeem Ahmed on Tuesday inaugurated the children’s complex at the Gilgit District Headquarters Hospital....		Annan due today ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will arrive here on Wednesday for his second official visit to Pakistan in less than a year....
JWP concerned over law and order situation QUETTA, Jan 22: The chief of Jamhoori Watan Party, Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, has convened the central executive committee (CEC) meeting of the party in Dera Bugti on Jan 31 to...		Ordinance promulgated ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday promulgated the Protection of Communal Properties of Minorities Ordinance, 2001....
Transporter, two brothers, servant murdered SIALKOT, Jan 22: Six gunmen killed a Daska transporter, his two brothers and a servant over an old enmity, at their dera on the Sambrial Road, a congested area of Daska...		Cops accused of looting cash from contractor SARGODHA, Jan 22: Some police officials in plainclothes have allegedly deprived a contractor of Rs25,000 and beat his employees on resistance near Luksian check post....
Govt urged to announce election schedule FAISALABAD, Jan 22: The Pakistan People’s Party has demanded the government to announce the election schedule....		Transporters go on strike GUJRANWALA, Jan 22: Transporters of Naushera Virkan tehsil have gone on a wheeljam strike against imposition of toll tax by the tehsil council....
Political heavyweights face axe SIALKOT, Jan 22: The university degree requirement for eligibility to contest general elections has ousted some political heavyweights in Sialkot district....		Life term for four GUJRANWALA, Jan 22: An additional district and sessions judge awarded on Tuesday life term to Muhammad Afzal, Muhammad Rafiq, Iradat Ali and Muhammad Ashraf in a murder case....
Irrigation patwari nabbed TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 22: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) on Tuesday claimed to have arrested an irrigation department patwari taking bribe from a farmer....		Psychiatric conference concludes BAHAWALPUR, Jan 22: The 14th national psychiatric conference concluded at the Quaid-i-Azam Medical College Auditorium on Tuesday....
Rs226m to be spent on Bajaur projects BAJAUR, Jan 22: Work on different development schemes costing Rs 226.3 million is in progress in different parts of Bajaur tribal agency....		Misappropriation of NGO money alleged TIMERGARA, Jan 22: Irregularities have been alleged in spending funds allocated by the Aurat Foundation for mobilizing public opinion and raising awareness of women’s participation in the local government elections 2001,...
75 per cent poll work completed in Chitral PESHAWAR, Jan 22: Like other parts of the country, pre-election arrangements are in full swing in Chitral district while the officials concerned expect that schedule work will be completed before the...		Zakat recipients face difficulties HARIPUR, Jan 22: A large number of widows, orphans and elderly people of Haripur have complained that they are facing problems in getting their Zakat fund cheques cashed from the banks...
Accused in drug case acquitted PESHAWAR, Jan 22: A local court acquitted on Tuesday an accused in a case of drug pushing and observed that the Crimes Investigation Agency (CIA) has no authority to conduct investigation...		Boycott, disputes dominate district council session MITHI, Jan 22: Exchanging heated arguments with the members of opposition during the Tharparkar district council’s session here on Tuesday, the ruling group accused them of ignoring business rules by bringing...
Wapda team to probe excessive billings: Sindh’s dispute with Centre LARKANA, Jan 22: A high-level committee of the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) is arriving here to probe into the allegations of excessive billings from the Sindh government against Hesco...		Naushahro Feroze: drug trade goes up NAUSHAHRO FEROZE Jan 22: Drugs are being sold without any hurdle throughout the district....
Suspended Zakat body chief files plea LARKANA, Jan 22: Abdul Qadir Jagirani, the suspended chairman of the Zakat committee, deh Fatuhal Chodho, Mirokhan, has filed a petition in the Sindh High Court, Larkana circuit, against chairman of...		Joint electorate hailed MITHI, Jan 22: The Nazims and councillors as well as former MNAs and MPAs of Thar have lauded President Pervez Musharraf’s address to the nation and the government’s decision to abolish...
Two women killed over Karo-kari SUKKUR, Jan 22: A married woman and a girl were shot dead on the pretext of Karo-Kari in two separate incidents near Daharki on Wednesday....		Man dies, three hurt in clash SHIKARPUR, Jan 22: A villager was shot dead and three others were wounded in a clash between Marfani tribesmen and a group of robbers outside Mubarakpur....
Reply sought from Nazim in land grab case LAHORE, Jan 22: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday called for a reply from the Lahore district Nazim for Jan 29 on a petition against illegal occupation of a plot and...		Geo-stationary satellite by year-end: Ata LAHORE, Jan 22: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Prof Dr Ataur Rehman has said the government is preparing to launch its own geo-stationary satellite by the end of the year...
Four members of a car snatchers’ gang held LAHORE, Jan 22: Police claimed to have arrested four members of a five-man gang who snatched cars of a specific model....		Theatre owners, video, CD dealers asked to mend ways LAHORE, Jan 22: District Nazim Mian Amer asked the theatre owners, video cassette and CD dealers on Tuesday to mend their ways before the interference of the government agencies in their...
Drug courts unable to cope with case load LAHORE, Jan 22: The six drug courts working in the Punjab handed down, mainly to druggists, prison sentences for a total of 39 years and imposed Rs42.747 million fines in 2,854...		Excavators discover horse-like mammal LAHORE, Jan 22: The excavators, who had found the biggest mammal in Balochistan in 1999, have claimed to have discovered chalicothere, a horse-like species with large nails....
Govt ready to hire foreign IT faculty LAHORE, Jan 22: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Prof Dr Ataur Rehman has said the government is ready to hire IT faculty from abroad to serve in Pakistan....		Directive to Workers Welfare Board LAHORE, Jan 22: The Punjab Ombudsman has taken a serious view of the ‘mal-administration’ on the part of the Provincial Workers Welfare Board for not allotting a residential flat to a...
Sunni parties reject joint electorate LAHORE, Jan 22: The Difa-i-Islam Mahaz, comprising 13 Sunni parties, rejected on Tuesday joint electorate for minorities and a ban on the use of loudspeakers in mosques....		No development charges from plot owners: CDA: Underdeveloped areas ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) will not receive developmental charges from the plot owners in those areas, where basic infrastructure and other amenities have not been provided....
Pims seeks govt help to pay back Rs100m debt ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) has sought an immediate one-time grant from the government to pay back its whopping Rs100 million debts, an official source told...		Jica to assist in health projects ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: The Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) will provide assistance and technical manpower in establishing rehabilitation training centres and vocational training institutes in Pakistan....
Nazim withdraws move to take DHQ hospital control RAWALPINDI, Jan 22: District Nazim Raja Tariq Kiani has withdrawn a proposal to put District Headquarters Hospital under the administrative control of district government after strong opposition from various quarters....		Rich-poor disparity increases: study ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: In recent years the growth rate of real incomes has declined to less than four per cent while the per capita income has increased by more than one...
FBI team arrives ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: A three-member high level US delegation, led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) chief, arrived here Tuesday night, official source said....		Four-member gang busted GUJRANWALA, Jan 22: Model Town police claimed on Tuesday to have busted a four-member gang of inter-district dacoits and robbers following a brief encounter....
Factory catches fire LAHORE, Jan 22: Valuables and waste paper worth around Rs10 million were reduced to ashes in a factory fire in Chungi Amar Sadhu on Tuesday....		Another 157 pro-Taliban men sent to Haripur jail HARIPUR, Jan 22: As many as 157 more pro-Taliban fighters have been sent to Haripur jail after completion of interrogation by the Pakistani intelligence agencies and FBI in Peshawar and Kohat, raising...
Judgment in Navid Qamar case likely on 30th ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: An accountability court is likely to announce its verdict in a corruption reference against former Privatization Commission chairman Navid Qamar on January 30....		‘Navy ready to defend country’ RAWALPINDI, Jan 22: Pakistan Navy is fully prepared to defend the country against any misadventure by India, Vice Admiral Fayazur Rehman said here on Tuesday....